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Inside the Australian and New Zealand book industry

Monday, 24 June 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...

Jon Page on the retail recession

Wednesday, 19 June 2019
'I call it a retail recession. We spoke to retailers on the strip where we are and some of them have already closed and got out, and some are having...

Book buyer spotlight: Peter Pal’s Stuart Dunstan

Wednesday, 19 June 2019
How does book buying differ for the library sector? Stuart Dunstan, fiction buyer for Australian library supplier Peter Pal, spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘book buyer spotlight’ series. How long have...

Publicity round-up

Wednesday, 19 June 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 Tony Birch (The White...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 19 June 2019
Sales Fiction Sharon Galant at Zeitgeist Media Group has sold UK and Commonwealth rights (excluding ANZ and Canada) to Below Deck (Sophie Hardcastle) to Allen & Unwin UK (see news). Children’s...

Change maker: Sally Rugg on ‘How Powerful We Are’

Wednesday, 19 June 2019
LGBTIQ rights activist Sally Rugg led the GetUp campaign for marriage equality for five years and is now executive director at change.org. Rugg’s first book, How Powerful We Are (Hachette,...

Meryl Halls: Creating better bookshops

Wednesday, 19 June 2019
Meryl Halls recently became managing director of the UK Booksellers Association (BA). In June she’s in Australia to give the keynote address at the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) conference. She...

Meet the ABA Young Booksellers of the Year: Eadie Allen from the Sun Bookshop

Wednesday, 19 June 2019
In the lead-up to the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) 2019 conference, Books+Publishing spoke to each of the five shortlisted nominees for the Young Bookseller of the Year award ahead of the winner announcement on...

Charts this week

Monday, 17 June 2019
Top 10 bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Boy Swallows Universe Trent Dalton Fourth Estate 2 Everything Is F*cked Mark Manson HarperCollins 3 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a...

Staying relevant: Robbie Egan on his plans for the ABA

Thursday, 13 June 2019
Ahead of the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) 2019 conference, Books+Publishing spoke to ABA CEO Robbie Egan, who took over the role from Joel Becker in December 2018. For those who...

James Daunt: Barnes & Noble stores ‘need a little botox’

Thursday, 13 June 2019
‘Elliott expects, at some point, to sell B&N for a lot more than they bought it for—they expect to make tons and tons of money. But they also know that...

Publicity round-up

Thursday, 13 June 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 Tony Birch (The White...

Rights round-up

Thursday, 13 June 2019
Sales Fiction Fiona Henderson at Simon & Schuster Australia has sold North American rights to The Sunday Girl (Pip Drysdale) to Sourcebooks editorial director Shana Drehs, via Amy Fletcher of Simon...

Dion Beasley & Johanna Bell’s ‘Cheeky Dogs: To Lake Nash and Back’

Thursday, 13 June 2019
'Cheeky Dogs: To Lake Nash and Back transcends the picture book genre, much in the way that Shaun Tan’s work does. Beasley’s story also presents the rare point of view...

The regional bookshops competing with Big W

Thursday, 13 June 2019
Brad Jefferies speaks to independent booksellers in regional areas about the impending closure of around 30 Big W stores. Reactions were mixed when it was reported in March that up...

Meet the ABA Young Booksellers of the Year: Kate Adams from Better Read Than Dead

Wednesday, 12 June 2019
In the lead-up to the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) 2019 conference, Books+Publishing spoke to each of the five shortlisted nominees for the Young Bookseller of the Year award ahead of...

Charts this week

Tuesday, 11 June 2019
Top 10 bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Boy Swallows Universe Trent Dalton Fourth Estate 2 Everything Is F*cked Mark Manson HarperCollins 3 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley...

Meet the ABA Young Booksellers of the Year: Simon McDonald from Potts Point Bookshop

Friday, 7 June 2019
In the lead-up to the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) 2019 conference, Books+Publishing spoke to each of the five shortlisted nominees for the Young Bookseller of the Year award ahead of...

Bonnier and Storytel go to war over audiobook fees

Wednesday, 5 June 2019
‘There are some for whom subscription represents a holy grail, as if books must always follow other media sectors. The truth is somewhat thornier ... beneath the veneer of the...

Publicity round-up

Wednesday, 5 June 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 Penny Flanagan (Surviving Hal,...