Podcast spotlight: The Morning Bell
Thursday, 26 April 2018
Established in 2014, the Morning Bell is a literary podcast recorded live at the Brunswick Street Bookstore every second Wednesday. For each episode, a guest joins host Joel Martin and co-hosts...
Rights round-up
Thursday, 26 April 2018
Sales Fiction Author Ryan O'Neill has directly sold UK and Commonwealth rights (ex ANZ) to The Drover's Wives to Lightning Books. (See news.) Children’s Berbay Publishing has sold German rights...
Clare Strahan’s ‘The Learning Curves of Vanessa Partridge’
Thursday, 26 April 2018
‘The Learning Curves of Vanessa Partridge is a book that speaks directly to the concerns of older teenage girls. It is a story that prioritises self-care and assertiveness over politeness and...
Up for promotion: Digital marketing strategies
Tuesday, 24 April 2018
Danielle Binks investigates how publishers and authors are using digital marketing and promotional strategies to reach new readers. Word-of-mouth, it has been said, sells books. But the question remains: how...
Charts this week
Monday, 23 April 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 2 WeirDo #10: Messy Weird! Anh Do Scholastic 3 The Subtle Art of Not Giving...
Personal growth: 2017’s fastest growing categories
Friday, 20 April 2018
This year Books+Publishing will publish a regular column from Nielsen BookScan Australia associate director Julie Winters on book data trends. In her first column, Winters looks at the fastest-growing subject...
Prime location: thriving in sobering times at Avenue Elsternwick
Friday, 20 April 2018
When Melbourne’s Avenue Bookstore owner Chris Redfern opened a second store in Elsternwick in 2012, the year after the REDgroup collapse, some were sceptical. Bookseller Savannah Indigo explains how the...
Oh! The Horror! The rise of horror in children’s fiction
Thursday, 19 April 2018
Danielle Binks explores youth literature’s reanimated interest in the horror genre. Stephen King once said, ‘We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones’, and it certainly...
Podcast spotlight: Better Reading Podcast
Wednesday, 18 April 2018
Established in 2017, Better Reading Podcast is a weekly bookish podcast where Better Reading founder and director Cheryl Akle holds in-depth conversations with both Australian and international authors. Spanning over...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 18 April 2018
Sales Fiction Allen & Unwin has sold German rights to The Dark Lake sequel Into the Night (Sarah Bailey); and Romanian rights to The Lightkeeper’s Wife (Karen Viggers). Lyn Tranter...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 18 April 2018
‘Six years on, what has amazed us is how fast and far-reaching the effects have been ... I encourage leaders in other areas—especially cultural ones—to consider bold interventions, as we...
Bri Lee’s ‘Eggshell Skull’
Wednesday, 18 April 2018
‘Blending memoir with social commentary, Bri Lee’s Eggshell Skull is a book about trauma, culpability and retribution. Unlike recently published personal narratives that are used as a launchpad to explore...
Come together: Jemma Birrell’s career journey
Wednesday, 18 April 2018
Tablo creative director Jemma Birrell has spent her career connecting audiences with books, whether it be in bookshops, at festivals or online. She shares her career journey. I started working...
Charts this week
Monday, 16 April 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 2 CSIRO Low-Carb Every Day Grant Brinkworth & Dr Pennie Taylor Macmillan 3 WeirDo...
Podcast spotlight: From the Lighthouse
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
Established in 2017, From the Lighthouse is a fortnightly literary podcast produced by the English department at Macquarie University. Each episode is hosted by academics Dr Stephanie Russo and Dr...
Kate Wild’s ‘Waiting for Elijah’
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
‘Wild is an investigative journalist whose narrative nonfiction will appeal to readers of Helen Garner and Chloe Hooper. She explores her subject with great depth, compassion and sensitivity, sharing in...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
‘There are lots of listeners that don’t read books, and there are a dizzying range of demographics listening. In five years’ time—I put money on it—audio will not be this...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
Sales Fiction Allen & Unwin has sold Bulgarian rights to The Passage of Love (Alex Miller). Fremantle Press has sold the film option to the ‘Detective Stevie Hooper’ series (An...
Publishing, fast and slow: Martin Hughes on ‘slow’ media
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
Martin Hughes is the co-founder and publisher of Affirm Press, the former editor of the Big Issue and, in 2018, a regular columnist for Books+Publishing. In his first column, Hughes...
Charts this week
Monday, 9 April 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 2 WeirDo #10: Messy Weird! Anh Do Scholastic 3 The Shepherd's Hut Tim Winton Hamish...
Robbie Arnott’s ‘Flames’
Thursday, 5 April 2018
‘Flames is an engrossing read told from multiple perspectives. Each new chapter is narrated by a different character and Arnott skilfully switches between different voices and genres in a trick...
Podcast spotlight: Kill Your Darlings podcast
Thursday, 5 April 2018
Established in 2013 and redeveloped into an hour-long format in 2014, the Kill Your Darlings podcast features 'interviews, readings and discussions about books, culture and the arts in Australia and...
Quote of the week
Thursday, 5 April 2018
‘To me, a town, village or city is empty without the power of a bookshop … That is why we have to fight for bookshops. Every last one is precious...
When girls don’t read: Reaching reluctant girl readers
Thursday, 5 April 2018
Lorien Kaye asks how the book industry can connect reluctant girl readers with books. Mention kids who don’t like reading and most people immediately think of boys. Discussion of ‘reluctant...
Charts this week
Tuesday, 3 April 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 2 The Shepherd's Hut Tim Winton Hamish Hamilton 3 12 Rules for Life Jordan B...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 28 March 2018
Sales Fiction Hachette Australia has sold UK and Commonwealth (ex ANZ) and translation rights to The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village (Joanna Nell) to Hodder & Stoughton. Children’s The...
Quote of the Week
Wednesday, 28 March 2018
'The support this book has received from independent booksellers all over the country has been truly overwhelming. I am so grateful to every person who has ever hand-sold Nevermoor …...
Jamie Marina Lau’s ‘Pink Mountain on Locust Island’
Wednesday, 28 March 2018
'Vivid, inventive descriptions of yum cha, high-school friendships and claustrophobic apartment living evoke the experience of growing up in a diasporic community and the sensory overload of being surrounded by...
Out west: WestWords executive director Michael Campbell
Wednesday, 28 March 2018
WestWords is an independent company based in Parramatta that began its life as The Western Sydney Young People’s Literature Development Project in 2007. Established to address the low level of literature...
Podcast spotlight: The Readings Podcast
Wednesday, 28 March 2018
Established in 2016, the Readings Podcast is 'a celebration of books, reading and pop culture'. Episodes range in format, from author interviews to event recordings to booksellers talking about recommendations...
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