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It’s not easy being green: Adelaide’s Pop-up Bookshop boycots HEDS

Wednesday, 31 July 2019
Adelaide’s Pop-up Bookshop co-owner Kate Treloar tells Books+Publishing why she decided to boycott a major book distributor on environmental grounds. In June, Adelaide’s Pop-up Bookshop announced on Facebook that it...

Book designer spotlight: Mark Campbell

Wednesday, 31 July 2019
Mark Campbell got his break in the book industry at Hardie Grant Books, where he worked in marketing before moving over to design. He is currently head of design at...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 31 July 2019
Sales Fiction Helen Leake and Gena Ashwell of Dancing Road Productions have optioned the screen rights to Bitter Wash Road (Garry Disher, Text) via Jenny Darling & Associates (see news). Children’s Scholastic has sold...

Publishers Weekly

Monday, 29 July 2019
Books+Publishing is partnering with US trade news magazine Publishers Weekly to provide our subscribers with exclusive access to the weekly digital edition of PW magazine for a limited time. This edition features an investigation into...

Charts this week

Monday, 29 July 2019
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 One Good Deed David Baldacci Macmillan 2 Under Currents Nora Roberts Hachette 3 The World's Worst Teachers David Walliams HarperCollins 4 Boy...

UK Booksellers Association urges shops to go green

Wednesday, 24 July 2019
‘Booksellers can take the lead in their communities, and in the trade—where there is already a high awareness of the challenge—and the green manifesto is designed as a key step...

Publicity round-up

Wednesday, 24 July 2019
Books+Publishing’s weekly publicity round-up covers forthcoming publicity for Australian and internationally authored books due to appear in Australian media over the coming weeks. Nonfiction History, politics & business Bastian Obermayer...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 24 July 2019
Sales Fiction Jenny Darling & Associates has extended the screen option taken by Generator Pictures for The Natural Way of Things (Charlotte Wood, A&U) until November 2021. Nonfiction HarperCollins has...

Holiday book haul: Junior Christmas 2019 preview

Wednesday, 24 July 2019
Kelsey Oldham rounds up some local highlights from publishers’ 2019 Christmas lists. (See our adult fiction and nonfiction highlights here.) Aussie favourites Some of our most celebrated Australian children’s authors...

Good tidings we bring: Christmas 2019 preview

Wednesday, 24 July 2019
Sarah Farquharson rounds up this year’s top locally authored Christmas titles. (See our kids and YA Christmas highlights here.) Blockbuster fiction The small press with one of the biggest books...

Charts this week

Monday, 22 July 2019
Top 10 bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The World's Worst Teachers David Walliams HarperCollins 2 Pig the Tourist Aaron Blabey Omnibus Books 3 Boy Swallows Universe Trent Dalton...

Publishers Weekly

Monday, 22 July 2019
Books+Publishing is partnering with US trade news magazine Publishers Weekly to provide our subscribers with exclusive access to the weekly digital edition of PW magazine for a limited time. This edition features...

Publicity round-up

Wednesday, 17 July 2019
Books+Publishing’s weekly publicity round-up covers forthcoming publicity for Australian and internationally authored books due to appear in Australian media over the coming weeks. Nonfiction Society, arts & culture Penelope &...

Jane Curry: Editing has become a gendered profession

Wednesday, 17 July 2019
'[Editing] is now seen as a female profession and, like nursing and teaching, it is undervalued as a result. Editors may ‘lean in’ in terms of commitment and skill but...

Hidden in plain sight: Jane Curry on the role of the editor

Wednesday, 17 July 2019
Ventura Press founder Jane Curry explores the role of the editor. 'Who’s the editor?’ I have only been asked this question once in my career and it was by a...

Book buyer spotlight: James Bennett’s buying team

Wednesday, 17 July 2019
Australian library supplier James Bennett’s 11-strong buying team combines expertise from the bookselling, library and publishing sectors. Buyer Louise Oliver spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘book buyer spotlight’ series. How long...

Publishers Weekly

Monday, 15 July 2019
Books+Publishing is partnering with US trade news magazine Publishers Weekly to provide our subscribers with exclusive access to the weekly digital edition of PW magazine for a limited time. This edition features...

Charts this week

Monday, 15 July 2019
Top 10 bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The World's Worst Teachers David Walliams HarperCollins 2 Pig the Tourist Aaron Blabey Omnibus Books 3 The Fast 800 Recipe Book Clare...

Susannah Bowen: Six things to know about book marketing

Wednesday, 10 July 2019
Susannah Bowen is the head of marketing (higher education) for Cengage Australia and, with Alison Baverstock, the author of How to Market Books (Routledge). Here, Bowen shares her tips for...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 10 July 2019
Sales Fiction Transit Lounge has sold the film option for Soon (Lois Murphy) to Cenozoic Pictures. Children’s Mary Hare at ALC Agency has licensed What’s in Your Mind Today? (Louise Bladen...

Publicity round-up

Wednesday, 10 July 2019
Books+Publishing’s weekly publicity round-up covers forthcoming publicity for Australian and internationally authored books due to appear in Australian media over the coming weeks. Fiction & poetry Susan Hurley (Eight Lives, Affirm)...