Australian bookshop tour: Potts Point Bookshop
Wednesday, 9 March 2022
Potts Point Bookshop is an award-winning bookseller located in Sydney’s CBD. With staff that have over 50 years of bookselling experience between them, the shop has been widely recognised by...
George Haddad on ‘Losing Face’
Tuesday, 8 March 2022
George Haddad's Losing Face (May, UQP) follows the lives of an intergenerational Lebanese-Australian family living in Western Sydney. Told primarily from the perspective of young protagonist Joey, Haddad's narrative reveals the complexities...
Books in the media this weekend 5–6 March
Friday, 4 March 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Diagnosis Normal (Emma A Jane, Ebury) Son of Sin (Omar Sakr,...
April books reviewed
Wednesday, 2 March 2022
A round-up of local books to look out for in April, as recommended by Books+Publishing reviewers in the past month. Fiction In April, readers can anticipate Toni Jordan’s ‘timely’ new...
Jennifer Pinkerton on ‘Heartland’
Wednesday, 2 March 2022
Jennifer Pinkerton's Heartland (A&U, May) is a wide-ranging survey of modern dating and relationships that addresses topics from love in lockdown and dating app usage to polyamory and pornography consumption. Reviewer...
How international book markets performed in 2021
Wednesday, 23 February 2022
Through the PubMagNet initiative, a collaboration between book industry trade magazines from around the world, representatives from publications in Italy, Spain, the UK, Russia, Norway and the German-language markets have...
Lana Spasevski on ‘A Sprinkle of Sadie’
Tuesday, 22 February 2022
Sadie loves to bake, but sometimes things don't go to plan. In her new junior fiction series, A Sprinkle of Sadie (Affirm, April), Lana Spasevski explores the power of food...
Books in the media this weekend, 19–20 February
Friday, 18 February 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper The Grass Hotel (Craig Sherborne, Text) A Terrible Kindness (Jo Browning...
Booksellers’ high hopes for Christmas 2021 tempered by supply chain reality
Wednesday, 16 February 2022
Books+Publishing received feedback from representatives of over 120 bookshops around Australia for its annual Christmas survey. After ‘the best Christmas ever’ in 2020, booksellers were expecting good things for Christmas...
Australian bookshop tour: Eltham Bookshop
Wednesday, 16 February 2022
Founded in 1997, Eltham Bookshop is a 'fiercely independent' bookstore located in Melbourne's north-eastern suburbs. Owned and run by Meera Govil, winner of the 2012 Australian Booksellers Association Bookseller of...
Books in the media this weekend, 12–13 February
Friday, 11 February 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. This week’s round-up will be updated as information becomes available. National The Saturday Paper Cold...
Publishers report ‘good’ Christmas that could have been better
Wednesday, 9 February 2022
Given the supply issues in the lead-up to Christmas 2021, concern about the looming Omicron variant in December and the fact that the previous Christmas in 2020 was a record...
Matthew Ricketson & Patrick Mullins on ‘Who Needs the ABC?’
Tuesday, 8 February 2022
In Who Needs the ABC? (Scribe, April) authors Matthew Ricketson and Patrick Mullins provide a comprehensive guide to the national broadcaster, which celebrates its 90th birthday this year. The authors...
Books in the media this weekend, 5–6 February
Friday, 4 February 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Rahel Varnhagen (Hannah Arendt, NY Review Books) What's the Worst that...
Australian bookshop tour: Dymocks Sydney
Wednesday, 2 February 2022
Established over 140 years ago, Dymocks is one of Australia’s largest bookselling chains. With 50 stores across the country, and plans for 25 more, Dymocks has become a household name...
March books reviewed
Tuesday, 1 February 2022
A round-up of local books to look out for in March, as recommended by Books+Publishing reviewers in the past month. Fiction Next month, fans of Kári Gíslason can anticipate his...
Books in the media this weekend: 29–30 January
Friday, 28 January 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. This week's round-up will be updated as information becomes available. National The Saturday Paper The...
Last chance to complete our Christmas survey
Thursday, 27 January 2022
Books+Publishing is currently conducting its annual Christmas survey of booksellers and publishers. This is the last week to complete the survey. We are accepting submissions until Monday, 31 January. Please take...
Dominique Wilson on ‘Orphan Rock’
Tuesday, 25 January 2022
Dominique Wilson's third novel Orphan Rock (Transit Lounge, March) spans generations and continents, following the life of a young woman living in Sydney in the late 19th century. Reviewer Deborah Crabtree...
Australian bookshop tour: Readings Emporium
Wednesday, 19 January 2022
Readings is an independent bookselling chain with eight stores operating across Melbourne. Established in 1969, Readings has become a cornerstone of the local literary scene, often hosting book launches, panels...
New bookshop Bookpedia
Monday, 17 January 2022
Books in the media this weekend: 15–16 January
Friday, 14 January 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. ACT The Canberra Times Saturday, 17 January A Ghost in the Throat (Doireann Ni Ghriofa,...
Sue Whiting on ‘Pearly and Pig and the Great Hairy Beast’
Tuesday, 11 January 2022
Expert worrier Pearly Woe and her pet Pig are a remarkable pair. Representatives of the Adventurologists Guild, they travel Antarctica searching for Pearly’s missing parents, in a new book for...
Gabaldon tops charts again
Friday, 10 December 2021
The top of the bestsellers chart is unchanged with Diana Gabaldon’s Go Tell the Bees that I Am Gone in first spot for the second week in a row. Anh...
February reviews round-up
Wednesday, 8 December 2021
A round-up of local books to look out for next year, as recommended by Books+Publishing reviewers in the past month. Fiction In February 2022, readers can anticipate the release of...
Melbourne City of Lit meets Wonju’s Tudeukgol Bookshop
Wednesday, 8 December 2021
In this series, run in partnership with the Melbourne City of Literature Office, we get to know some of the bookstores in the UNESCO Cities of Literature network. In the...
Final ‘WBN’ for 2021 next week
Wednesday, 1 December 2021
The final Weekly Book Newsletter (WBN) for 2021 will be published next Wednesday, 8 December. Classifieds, job advertisements and Christmas closing dates for inclusion in the final WBN should be...
Amplify Bookstore’s 2022 picks
Wednesday, 1 December 2021
Amplify Bookstore, an independent online bookseller specialising in books by Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) authors, shares the shop’s picks for 2022, including a focus on titles coming...
Melbourne City of Lit meets Exeter’s Crediton Community Bookshop
Wednesday, 1 December 2021
In this series, run in partnership with the Melbourne City of Literature Office, we get to know some of the bookstores in the UNESCO Cities of Literature network. Meet the community-owned...
Marketing ploy helps Vaynerchuk debut at number one
Friday, 26 November 2021
On the back of a ‘unique’ marketing campaign urging customers to buy a dozen copies of his book, US entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk’s business title Twelve and a Half has debuted...
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