Charts this week
Monday, 15 April 2019
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 WeirDo #12: Hopping Weird! Anh Do Omnibus Books 2 The Secret Runners of New York Matthew Reilly Macmillan 3 The Barefoot Investor...
Tony Birch on identity and storytelling
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
'What has changed in the last decade, a remarkable shift that critics of festivals ignore, is that Aboriginal writers now appear in greater numbers, and we get to speak for...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
Sales Children’s Black Inc. has sold the film and television option to The Amazing Adventures of Grover McBane, Rescue Dog (Claire Garth, Piccolo Nero) to Laura Clelland and Sandra Makaresz (producers...
Publicity round-up
Wednesday, 10 April 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 Joanne Harris (The Strawberry Thief, Hachette)...
Christopher Cheng & Bruce Whatley’s ‘One Tree’
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
'One Tree acknowledges the old ways while being realistic, but not negative, about modern life. It shows there are always possibilities for change and it emphasises how lucky we are...
The prize is right: Authors on winning an unpublished manuscript prize
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
How does winning an unpublished manuscript prize affect the careers of debut authors? Jackie Tang talks to two recent winners. It’s difficult to ignore the sheer number of unpublished manuscript...
Charts this week
Monday, 8 April 2019
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Secret Runners of New York Matthew Reilly Macmillan 2 WeirDo #12: Hopping Weird! Anh Do Omnibus Books 3 The Barefoot Investor...
Waterstones staffers agitate for wage increases
Wednesday, 3 April 2019
‘Waterstones’ much-celebrated return to profitability has been engineered by Daunt, but built on the labour of booksellers, much of it inadequately remunerated and unrecognised ... Theirs is the tireless effort...
Publicity round-up
Wednesday, 3 April 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 Into the Fire (Affirm, Sonia Orchard)...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 3 April 2019
Sales Fiction Bonnier Zaffre has sold Russian-language rights to Fled (Meg Keneally) to Hemiro. Nonfiction Monash University Publishing has sold African rights to Knowledge and Global Power: Making New Sciences...
Susan Hurley’s ‘Eight Lives’
Wednesday, 3 April 2019
'Hurley’s background in medical research and the pharmaceutical industry gives the story an authoritative voice, while the multi-voice narrative drips a steady pipette of equal-parts suspense and mystery, right through...
Charts this week
Monday, 1 April 2019
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley & Sons 2 Celtic Empire Clive Cussler & Dirk Cussler Michael Joseph 3 The Fast...
Jocelyn Moorhouse’s ‘Unconditional Love: A Memoir of Filmmaking and Motherhood’
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
'Moorhouse has the storyteller’s powerful memory for detail and the filmmaker’s eye for the emotionally imbued image, whether describing the intense girl she once was or the guilt-wracked mother she...
Publicity round-up
Wednesday, 27 March 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 Samantha Shannon (The Priory of the...
Young people speak out about the closure of SLV’s Centre for Youth Literature
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
'Even if everything does continue on as usual ... it denies teenage and youth leaders having their own independent organisation. It's like saying YA literature isn't important enough to have...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Sales Fiction Zeitgeist Agency has sold Dutch-language rights to Below Deck (Sophie Hardcastle) to Uitgeverij Prometheus, and German-language rights to Kein & Aber. Hachette has sold German-language rights to The...
Hazelwood (Tom Doig, Viking)
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
During a heatwave in February 2014, brown coal ignites within Hazelwood Power Station’s open-pit mine, causing a fire that burns for 45 days and sends toxic plumes of smoke over...
LBF ‘as busy as ever’; Australians report interest in ‘uplifting nonfiction’ and self-help for kids
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
Australian publishers attending the 2019 London Book Fair (LBF) reported an interest in ‘uplifting or inspiring nonfiction’ and ‘self-development, self-esteem, resilience and mental health books for children and adolescents’, among...
Charts this week
Monday, 25 March 2019
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley & Sons 2 18th Abduction James Patterson Century 3 Fing David Walliams HarperCollins 4...
Faber CEO calls on publishers to ‘have courage’ in face of Brexit
Wednesday, 20 March 2019
‘I fear there are those who believe that global English language markets are in their interests, both retailers and publishers. They are not.’—In his keynote at the London Book Fair’s...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 20 March 2019
Sales Fiction Jenny Darling & Associates has sold UK and Commonwealth (ex ANZ) rights to The Weekend (Charlotte Wood, A&U, October) to Weidenfeld & Nicolson, and North American rights to Riverhead...
Publicity round-up
Wednesday, 20 March 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 Peggy Frew (Islands, A&U) will be...
Meg McKinlay’s ‘Catch a Falling Star’
Wednesday, 20 March 2019
'McKinlay’s gift for writing accessible characters for younger readers shines through in Catch a Falling Star, with a solid story grounded in the thoughtful exploration of grief.' ... read Tehani Croft's...
University presses in Australia: ‘remarkable, robust and flourishing’
Tuesday, 19 March 2019
After disruptions at Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) and a glut of mainstream media coverage about the state of scholarly publishing in Australia, Sarah Farquharson spoke to the country’s other university...
Tales of the unexpected: Events at Riverbend Books
Tuesday, 19 March 2019
Events manager Vicky Tosh shares the joys and hiccups of managing author events at Brisbane’s Riverbend Books. Before I was hired at Riverbend Books, I had never worked in a...
Waging battles: Author income in Australia
Tuesday, 19 March 2019
The book industry begins with authors. They toil for hours to release their ideas on the page, but each day they also struggle with making ends meet. Elizabeth Flux looks...
The ASA: The story so far
Tuesday, 19 March 2019
The Australian Society of Authors is the professional association for Australiaʼs authors and illustrators. CEO Juliet Rogers shares some history and future plans of the organisation. Once upon a time,...
Karys McEwen: Why you should meet your heroes
Tuesday, 19 March 2019
In her first column for 2019, high school library manager Karys McEwen argues that young people have much to gain from interacting with authors in person—but authors need to be...
Charts this week
Monday, 18 March 2019
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 18th Abduction James Patterson Century 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley & Sons 3 Fing David Walliams HarperCollins 4 The...
Publicity round-up
Thursday, 14 March 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 Alice Robinson (The Glad Shout, Affirm)...
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