Quote of the week
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
'Once you move from thinking in terms of retrofitting to an inclusive publishing model, which embeds accessibility requirements into the publishing workflow, much of the cost actually falls away'—Sarah Runcie...
Accessible print for all: Sarah Runcie on the Australian Inclusive Publishing Initiative
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
In October Sarah Runcie from the Australian Publishers Association (APA) travelled to Tokyo to address the Advanced Publishing Lab at Keio University about the APA's Australian Inclusive Publishing Initiative (AIPI). She...
Podcast spotlight: So You Want to Be a Writer
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Established in 2014, So You Want to Be a Writer is made by the Australian Writers’ Centre (AWC) and co-hosted by author Allison Tait and AWC CEO Valerie Khoo. Each episode covers...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Sales Fiction Allen & Unwin has sold UK rights to The Museum of Modern Love (Heather Rose) to Weidenfeld & Nicolson (see news); and English-language rights in the UK, Europe...
Gerald Murnane’s ‘A Season on Earth’
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
'Murnane’s early writing, as shown here, is accessible and often humorous in his own dry way. As he becomes more recognised, both locally and internationally, A Season on Earth could be recommended...
Charts this week
Monday, 12 November 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Three Secret Cities Matthew Reilly Macmillan 2 Meltdown Jeff Kinney Puffin 3 The Lost Man Jane Harper Macmillan 4 Wundersmith Jessica...
Quote of the week
Thursday, 8 November 2018
‘If we’re not encouraging our boys to read books with girls as the main characters, we’re doing them a great disservice. What are we telling our boys? That stories about...
Podcast spotlight: Write Through the Roof
Thursday, 8 November 2018
Hosted by speculative fiction author Madeleine D’Este, Write Through the Roof is a podcast for writers who want to improve their craft. Guests have included crime writer Emma Viskic and...
Rights round-up
Thursday, 8 November 2018
Sales Fiction Allen & Unwin has sold UK rights to The Museum of Modern Love (Heather Rose) to Weidenfeld & Nicolson (see news). Jane Cockram has sold rights to her...
A remarkable entry point: Terri-ann White on the Sharjah International Book Fair
Thursday, 8 November 2018
UWA Publishing director Terri-ann White travelled to the United Arab Emirates to attend the Sharjah International Book Fair, which runs from 31 October to 10 November. As a publisher who is...
Kirsten Alexander’s ‘Half Moon Lake’
Thursday, 8 November 2018
'This isn’t simply the story of a missing boy—though that alone would have been enough to sustain a reader’s interest—it’s also a skilful exploration of multi-generational trauma, wrapped up in...
Charts this week
Monday, 5 November 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Kingdom of Ash Sarah J Maas Bloomsbury 2 The Lost Man Jane Harper Macmillan 3 Nine Perfect Strangers Liane Moriarty Macmillan 4...
Lifelong learning: Younger readers editions
Thursday, 1 November 2018
Kelsey Oldham investigates the role played by younger readers editions in the growth of children’s nonfiction. It’s a well-established fact that adult nonfiction titles sell strongly in Australia. In 2018...
Frankfurt 2018: crime, ‘uplit’ and ‘big ideas’ books in demand
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Australian publishers who attended this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair (10-14 October) reported emerging trends around crime fiction and thrillers, ‘uplit’ and popular science books. Black Inc. international director Sophy Williams...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
‘Currently, many decisions are made on instinct and impulse ... It’s [hard] to get good data on the most basic question: Who is buying the book? Imagine if the publishing...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Sales Fiction Amanda Urban at ICM Partners sold North American and Canadian rights to The Book of Science and Antiquities (Thomas Keneally) to Atria Books. Nonfiction Lucia Osborne-Crowley has sold...
Podcast spotlight: Seeking Tumnus
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Established in 2015, Seeking Tumnus is a podcast in which its hosts 'revisit the books of [their] youth and ... explore the uncanny wilds of contemporary adolescent fiction'. Hosted by...
Written in the stars: Minnie Darke on ‘Star-crossed’
Tuesday, 30 October 2018
Minnie Darke’s Star-crossed (Michael Joseph, March) follows an aspiring journalist who begins to tinker with her paper’s astrology section after learning that her crush consults his horoscope whenever he’s faced with making...
Bound together: Kate Richards on ‘Fusion’
Tuesday, 30 October 2018
Kate Richards’ Fusion (Hamish Hamilton, February 2019) tells the story of conjoined twins, their carer, and an injured stranger who is brought into their isolated bush home. Reviewer Jacqui Davies described...
What’s cooking?: Julie Gibbs shares her career journey
Tuesday, 30 October 2018
Trade publishing consultant Julie Gibbs shares her career journey. I was lucky enough to grow up in a bookish household in Adelaide, buying Enid Blyton books with pocket money and reading...
Gift of the Blab: An interview with Aaron Blabey
Tuesday, 30 October 2018
Aaron Blabey is the creator of the ‘Pig the Pug’ and ‘The Bad Guys’ series. Kelsey Oldham asks the author about his success. You’re known for your prolific output, which...
Sister act: The story of The Dorothy Butler Children’s Bookshop
Tuesday, 30 October 2018
Co-owner Mary Wadsworth tells the story of The Dorothy Butler Children’s Bookshop in Auckland, New Zealand. In 1965 Dorothy Butler established the bookshop that my sister Helen and I now...
Charts this week
Monday, 29 October 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Nine Perfect Strangers Liane Moriarty Macmillan 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley & Sons 3 Bridge of Clay Markus Zusak...
Bookish backchat: Elias Grieg on ‘I Can’t Remember the Title but the Cover is Blue’
Thursday, 25 October 2018
Author, academic and bookseller Elias Grieg’s debut book I Can't Remember the Title but the Cover is Blue (A&U, December) is an ‘always amusing and often laugh-out-loud funny’ compendium detailing Grieg’s...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 24 October 2018
'In a shrinking and fragmented media environment a publicist’s job can be challenging but having a group of book publicists and journalists in a room does remind you how much...
Podcast spotlight: Hope Book Club
Wednesday, 24 October 2018
Launched in 2018, the Hope Book Club is a podcast focusing on books that will 'enrich your life'. Co-hosts Katrina Roe and Natasha Moore discuss what they've been reading and...
Brad Cooper’s ‘The Finest Gold’
Wednesday, 24 October 2018
'While The Finest Gold is ostensibly a sporting memoir—and it does cover in fascinating detail the punishing regimes and mental requirements for success—its real charm lies in Cooper’s dazzling, shimmering...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 24 October 2018
Sales Nonfiction Monash University Publishing has sold Greek-language rights for Half the Perfect World: Writers, Dreamers and Drifters on Hydra, 1955-1964 (Paul Genoni & Tanya Dalziell) to Potamos Publishers. Children’s...
Louise Cornege on the Publishers Publicity Circle
Wednesday, 24 October 2018
A networking group for UK publicists, the Publishers Publicity Circle (PPC), launched an Australian chapter this year. Allen & Unwin head of publicity Louise Cornege is the chair of PPC...
Making the deal: The state of rights sales in the UK
Wednesday, 24 October 2018
While the UK remains a tough market for Australian publishers to break into, UK indies are showing an interest in Australian voices, reports Catherine Moller. Several Australian independent publishers have had...
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