Wednesday, 1 March 2017
Sydney-based Zabriskie Books ‘began as a small bookshop nestled in the back streets of Sydney’s famous Bondi Beach’. ‘Our goal is to produce a beautiful, engaging and varied nonfiction catalogue,’...

Wednesday, 22 February 2017
Established in 2012, Melbourne-based Real Film and Publishing specialises in ‘memoirs, biographies, family histories and legacy books’ in high-quality hardback. Only a few of the books are available commercially, as...

Wednesday, 22 February 2017
The importance of data and innovation were the takeaways from this year’s Digital Book World, writes Hardie Grant Books managing director Roxy Ryan. Read her report here.

Wednesday, 15 February 2017
Peter Helliar’s first children’s book, Frankie Fish and the Sonic Suitcase, is a time-travel adventure starring 12-year-old Frankie and his cranky grandad, who has a hook for a hand. Read...

Wednesday, 8 February 2017
Launched in 2003 and based at Brisbane’s Griffith University, the Griffith Review publishes quarterly books around a topical theme, combining essays, memoir, reportage, short fiction, poetry and visual essays. ‘Some...

Wednesday, 8 February 2017
Jeff Sparrow’s book on African-American singer, actor and political activist Paul Robeson combines ‘essay, journalism, history and biography to produce something engaging, original and insightful’. Read Chris Saliba’s interview with...

Wednesday, 1 February 2017
Former Nielsen Book Australia general manager Shaun Symonds takes a closer look at the small press sector and its bestselling titles. Read the full article here.

Wednesday, 25 January 2017
When Amelia Lush from Better Read Than Dead won the 2016 Leading Edge Books Conference Best Business Idea award for the store’s teacher-librarian nights, it was just one glimpse into...

Wednesday, 11 January 2017
Allison Rushby’s forthcoming middle-grade novel The Turnkey (Walker Books, March) is a ‘page-turning mystery’ set in London’s Highgate Cemetery during the Blitz. Read reviewer Maria H Alessandrino’s interview with Rushby here.

Wednesday, 14 December 2016
Run by author, illustrator and publisher Maree Coote, Melbournestyle Books is a publisher and design studio that specialises in illustrated works for adults and children, inspired by ‘original, meaningful Melburniana’....

Wednesday, 14 December 2016
Small presses have been lauded for their investment in literature and new Australian authors, yet they continue to face challenges around funding, distribution and their role in an evolving publishing...

Wednesday, 7 December 2016
International publisher Quarto—which partners with Murdoch Books in Australia—celebrated its 40th birthday this year. Portia Lindsay spoke to director Marcus Leaver about artistry and innovation in illustrated publishing. Read her...

Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Earlier this year, the Small Press Network (SPN) launched a mentorship program that matched eight Victoria-based SPN members with established publishing professionals. One of the mentees was Keiran Rogers from...

Wednesday, 23 November 2016
Each year we ask publishers to tell us about their most anticipated titles for 2017. Read about their top children’s and YA titles from the latest issue of Books+Publishing magazine here.

Wednesday, 16 November 2016
In an edited extract from The Return of Print? Contemporary Australian Publishing (ed by Aaron Mannion & Emmett Stinson, Monash University Publishing), Sydney writer and editor Sarah Couper interviews several...

Wednesday, 9 November 2016
About Kids Books was launched in 2015 in Wollongong, NSW, by author Di Bates, and specialises in novels for middle-grade readers. ‘So many Australian publishers these days seem to focus...

Wednesday, 9 November 2016
Former Books+Publishing publisher Andrew Wilkins attended this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, and came away with eight lessons for publishers, agents and booksellers. Read his report here.

Thursday, 3 November 2016
‘I had accidentally stumbled upon the job of my life,’ writes Jane Covernton about her entry into children’s publishing. The co-founder of Omnibus Books and more recently, Working Title Press,...

Wednesday, 26 October 2016
Each year we ask publishers to tell us about their most anticipated titles for 2017. Read about their top adult nonfiction titles from the latest issue of Books+Publishing magazine here.

Wednesday, 26 October 2016
Launched in Melbourne in 2013, Threekookaburras has a focus on ‘perennially useful nonfiction and experimental fiction’ and a ‘low-cost, profit-sharing model that slots between self-publishers and the bigger, independent presses’,...

Wednesday, 19 October 2016
Each year we ask publishers to tell us about their most anticipated titles for 2017. Read about their top adult fiction titles from the latest issue of Books+Publishing magazine here.

Wednesday, 19 October 2016
Founded in 2005 in Ballarat, Victoria, and now based in Redland Bay, Queensland, Connor Court Publishing specialises in titles that ‘challenge the status quo’. Founder Anthony Cappello says what makes...

Wednesday, 12 October 2016
The publishing industry needs to take a closer look at the diversity of its workforce and its books, argues UWA Publishing director Terri-ann White in her latest column for Books+Publishing...

Wednesday, 12 October 2016
Founded in 2001, Melbourne Books publishes a ‘unique range of Melbourne themed books covering subjects from food, music and culture to architecture and sport’, including the bestselling Moroccan Soup Bar...

Wednesday, 5 October 2016
The past five years has seen a significant rise in Australian books adapted for the screen, with adaptations currently making up nearly 50% of Australian TV and film producers’ slated...