Charts this week
Monday, 26 March 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...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
‘There are two unresolved questions in podcasting: discoverability and monetisation … how do you find and grow your audience? And how do you finance the creation of great content?’—Executive producer Astrid...
Podcast spotlight: Astrid Edwards on The Garret
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Established in 2016, The Garret is an Australian podcast 'celebrating the best writers writing today' across a variety of genres. Each episode features interviews with writers on the craft of...
Erin Gough’s ‘Amelia Westlake’
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
‘Gough has created a clever, engaging feminist romp for readers aged 12 and up that is utterly unputdownable’ ... read Readings Kids manager Angela Crocombe's full review here.
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Sales Fiction Brow Books has sold UK and Commonwealth rights to Apple & Knife (Intan Paramaditha) to Harvill Secker. (See news.) Text has sold rights to the The Plotters (Un-su...
‘What the world needs now’: Meet BWF guest artistic director Carl Lindgren
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Carl Lindgren is a former media publisher, magazine editor and curator who has been involved with Brisbane’s creative communities for more than 20 years. In 2018, he joins Brisbane Writers...
Charts this week
Monday, 19 March 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 2 Terry's Dumb Dot Story: A Treehouse Tale Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton Pan 3...
Quote of the week
Thursday, 15 March 2018
‘He brought an outsider’s view to Australia, while at the same time capturing the larrikin spirit and often destructive masculinity of Australian men.’ —Crime writer Michael Robotham remembers award-winning author...
Rights round-up
Thursday, 15 March 2018
Sales Fiction Text has sold North American and US rights to The Plotters (Un-su Kim, see news). Nonfiction Black Inc. has sold world audio rights to Leather Soul: A Half-back...
Gail Jones’ ‘The Death of Noah Glass’
Thursday, 15 March 2018
‘The Death of Noah Glass combines an enjoyable escapade involving art theft, mafia conspiracy, romance and a suspicious death with a literary exploration of grief, identity and the power of...
Claire Miller on ‘Between the Covers, Behind the Counter’
Thursday, 15 March 2018
On 27 February, a group of publishers, booksellers and other children’s literature enthusiasts gathered in Fremantle at children’s bookstore Paper Bird Books & Arts for ‘Between the Covers, Behind the...
Charts this week
Tuesday, 13 March 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 2 17th Suspect James Patterson Century 3 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 7 March 2018
‘At best I think we can say that this was a wonderful opportunity missed. I am sure that there are capable people and authors out there who could do the...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 7 March 2018
Sales Fiction Clare Forster at Curtis Brown Australia has sold North American rights to The Jade Lily and The Cheapside Jewels (both Kirsty Manning) to William Morrow via Stacy Testa...
Robert Hillman’s ‘The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted’
Wednesday, 7 March 2018
‘This sensitive, enthralling story should appeal to a wide spectrum of readers and is destined to become a favourite’ … read Joanne Shiells’ full review here.
Behind the marketing campaign: Kirstin Corcoran on ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’
Wednesday, 7 March 2018
Heather Morris’ debut novel The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Echo) is a fictionalised account of Austrian-Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor Ludwig ‘Lale’ Sokolov's experience of being a tattooist (tätowierer) in a prison camp...
Charts this week
Monday, 5 March 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 2 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Mark Manson Macmillan 3 The Woman...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
‘In my experience blokes feel confident writing young, in their twenties. Women take a while to get up the nerve to write their book’—Helen Garner on emerging writers in the...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Sales Fiction Penguin Random House has sold German-language rights to True Blue and Drifter’s Song (both Sasha Wasley); and Czech rights to The Chocolate Tin (Fiona McIntosh), No Job for...
Adam Cece’s ‘The Extremely Weird Thing that Happened in Huggabie Falls’
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
‘The Extremely Weird Thing that Happened in Huggabie Falls won the 2017 Text Prize, and it’s easy to see why: it’s a funny read, full of hijinks and adventure. Most of...
Charts this week
Monday, 26 February 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 2 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Mark Manson Macmillan 3 Still Me...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 21 February 2018
Sales Fiction: Allen & Unwin has sold film rights to The Twentieth Man (Tony Jones). Fremantle Press has sold Italian rights to The Hope Fault (Tracy Farr) to Parallelo45 Edizioni....
The state of bookselling in America: Tom Hoskins on attending the American Booksellers Association Winter Institute
Wednesday, 21 February 2018
This year’s American Booksellers Association Winter Institute conference in Memphis was the largest gathering to date: 680 booksellers from around the world were joined by more than 130 authors and...
Dervla McTiernan’s ‘The Ruin’
Wednesday, 21 February 2018
‘The Ruin is as much a morality tale as it is an incendiary page-turner. This superior, haunting novel of murder, deception and ethical dilemma is set in Galway, on Ireland’s...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 21 February 2018
‘We, as publishers, have not done a great job going digital. We’ve tried. We’ve tried enhanced or enriched ebooks—didn’t work. We’ve tried apps, websites with our content—we have one or...
Charts this week
Monday, 19 February 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 2 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Mark Manson Macmillan 3 Still Me...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 14 February 2018
‘I want to be an ambassador for the fears and hopes and dreams and dreads that young people have as they contemplate and navigate today’s world, and also as they...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 14 February 2018
Sales Fiction: Penguin Random House Australia has licensed French-language rights to All Day at the Movies (Fiona Kidman); and German-language rights to The Chocolate Tin (Fiona McIntosh). Nonfiction: Penguin Random...
Lucy and Rebekah Mannering’s ‘Surviving Your Split’
Wednesday, 14 February 2018
‘Written in a friendly, conversational style and lightened with occasional bouts of humour, Surviving Your Split feels like a sage friend who is holding your hand through the minefield of...
Charts this week
Monday, 12 February 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 2 Still Me Jojo Moyes Michael Joseph 3 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a...
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