Book designer spotlight: Peter Long
Wednesday, 21 August 2019
Peter Long worked as a designer in theatre and film before moving across to the book industry, where he has worked as a freelancer for most of his career, aside...
Publicity round-up
Wednesday, 21 August 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 Memoir & biography Ash Grunwald (Surf...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 21 August 2019
Sales Fiction Lyn Tranter at Australian Literary Management has sold a two-year screen adaptation option for The Swim Club (Anne de Lisle, Random House) to Arclight Films International. Nonfiction Black...
Story you can hold: Tyson Yunkaporta on ‘Sand Talk’
Wednesday, 21 August 2019
In Sand Talk (Text, September), researcher and arts critic Tyson Yunkaporta looks at global systems from an Indigenous perspective. Reviewer Karen Wyld said the book ‘offers fuel for timely discussions...
Publishers Weekly
Monday, 19 August 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...
Charts this week
Monday, 19 August 2019
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The 117-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths Pan 2 Dare to Lead Brene Brown Vermilion 3 Boy Swallows Universe Trent Dalton HarperCollins 4 The...
Diversity lacking in the Australian arts sector
Wednesday, 14 August 2019
‘The data is unequivocal: Australia’s cultural leaders are simply not representative of our richly diverse Australian community. The question now is, what are we going to do about it?’—Jackie Bailey,...
Publicity round-up
Wednesday, 14 August 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 Memoir & biography Rob Morrison (Curious...
Baker & Taylor’s retail exit
Wednesday, 14 August 2019
In early May, Baker & Taylor (B&T) announced it was closing its retail wholesale business—choosing instead to focus on the library market. Brad Jefferies asked local booksellers what this means...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 14 August 2019
Sales Fiction Simone Camilleri of Green Ink Agency has sold film rights to The Girl on the Page (John Purcell, HarperCollins) to Causeway Films (see news). Nonfiction Spinifex Press has...
Book designer spotlight: Sandy Cull
Wednesday, 14 August 2019
Sandy Cull spent ‘12 wonderful years’ as a designer at Penguin Australia—where she designed the first two editions of Stephanie Alexander’s The Cook’s Companion—before returning to freelance in 2006. She...
Publishers Weekly
Monday, 12 August 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...
Charts this week
Monday, 12 August 2019
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The 117-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths Pan 2 Dare to Lead Brene Brown Vermilion 3 Good Girl, Bad Girl Michael Robotham Hachette 4...
The shortcomings of literary awards
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
‘Yes, prizes generate income for a few authors and publishers, but I am hard-pressed to think of any other aspect of literary culture that has been genuinely enriched by literary...
Publicity round-up
Wednesday, 7 August 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 Memoir & biography Sanam Maher (A...
Judging a book by its cover: Jane Curry on the influence of Instagram
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
Ventura Press publisher Jane Curry argues that the biggest influence on design trends this decade has been Instagram. With 5000 new titles a month released into the Australian market, what...
Book designer spotlight: Evi O
Wednesday, 7 August 2019
Evi O spent a decade working as a designer at Penguin Books Australia, where she specialised in illustrated books on food, design, art, architecture and gardens, before opening her own...
There Was Still Love (Favel Parrett, Hachette)
Tuesday, 6 August 2019
Favel Parrett’s third novel, There Was Still Love, is a meticulously observed and masterfully crafted immigrant story about a displaced Czech family. The novel oscillates in nearly every way—between the...
Publishers Weekly
Monday, 5 August 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 a focus on...
Charts this week
Monday, 5 August 2019
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint RRP 1 The 117-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths Pan $14.99 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley & Sons $29.95 3 4 Ingredients...
The Man in the Water (David Burton, UQP)
Thursday, 1 August 2019
Four years after his award-winning YA memoir How to be Happy, David Burton returns with The Man in the Water, a coming-of-age mystery novel with an undercurrent of grief and...
All of the Factors of Why I Love Tractors (Davina Bell, illus by Jenny Løvlie, Little Hare)
Thursday, 1 August 2019
A little boy called Frankie, accompanied by his mother, visits the library and borrows his favourite book about tractors. He is already well versed in all the characteristics and functions...
ALA denounces Macmillan’s new ebook lending restrictions
Wednesday, 31 July 2019
‘When a library serving many thousands has only a single copy of a new title in ebook format, it’s the library, not the publisher, that feels the heat. It’s the...
Publicity round-up
Wednesday, 31 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 Memoir & biography David Glasheen (Millionaire...
All hands on deck: Inside The Little Bookroom with Michael Earp
Wednesday, 31 July 2019
Situated in Melbourne’s inner north, The Little Bookroom is Australia’s oldest dedicated children’s bookshop. In his bookseller’s diary, children’s literature specialist Michael Earp reveals how a combination of experience, new ideas...
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...
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