Books in the media this weekend: 22–23 January
Friday, 21 January 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Dark Matter (Michael Winterbottom, Bloomsbury) Sister Girl (Jackie Huggins, UQP) Love Marriage (Monica...
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,...
Books in the media this weekend, 11–12 December
Friday, 10 December 2021
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. Please note, several publications are running 'best of' features in lieu of reviews this week....
Books in the media this weekend, 4–5 December
Friday, 3 December 2021
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Adrift in Melbourne (Robyn Annear, Text) Girt Nation (David Hunt, Black...
Books in the media this weekend, 27–28 November
Friday, 26 November 2021
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper My Body (Emily Ratajkowski, Quercus) The New Curator: Exhibiting architecture &...
Get to know the SPN Book of the Year shortlist
Monday, 22 November 2021
The winner of the 2021 Small Press Network (SPN) Book of the Year Award will be announced this Friday, 26 November during the annual SPN Independent Publishing Conference. Each Monday,...
Books in the media this weekend, 20–21 November
Friday, 19 November 2021
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 data becomes available. National The Saturday Paper 7...
Get to know the SPN Book of the Year shortlist
Monday, 15 November 2021
The winner of the 2021 Small Press Network (SPN) Book of the Year Award will be announced on 26 November during the annual SPN Independent Publishing Conference. Each Monday, in the...
Books in the media this weekend, 13–14 November
Friday, 12 November 2021
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper The Dogs (John Hughes, Upswell) Fiona Foley Provocateur: An art life...
Get to know the SPN Book of the Year shortlist
Monday, 8 November 2021
The winner of the 2021 Small Press Network (SPN) Book of the Year Award will be announced on 26 November during the annual SPN Independent Publishing Conference. Each Monday, in...
Books in the media this weekend
Friday, 5 November 2021
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend, 6–7 November, 2021. This week's round-up will be updated as data becomes available. National The...
Books in the media this weekend
Friday, 29 October 2021
This week’s round-up will be updated as data is available. National The Saturday Paper How to End a Story (Helen Garner, Text) The Magpie Wing (Max Easton, Giramondo) Wild Abandon...
Books in the media this weekend
Friday, 22 October 2021
This week’s round-up will be updated as data is available. National The Saturday Paper The Brumby Wars (Anthony Sharwood, Hachette) Devotion (Hannah Kent, Picador) Search History (Eugene Lim, Coffee House...
Books in the media this weekend
Friday, 15 October 2021
This week’s round-up will be updated as data is available. National The Saturday Paper Cop (Valentin Gendrot, trans by Frank Wynne, Scribe) Currowan (Bronwyn Adcock, Black Inc.) Scary Monsters (Michelle...
Books in the media this weekend
Friday, 8 October 2021
This week’s round-up will be updated as data is available. National The Saturday Paper Bodies of Light (Jennifer Down, Text) Love & Virtue (Diana Reid, Ultimo) Philosophy for Spiders: On the low theory...
Books in the media this weekend
Friday, 1 October 2021
This week's round-up will be updated as data is available. National The Saturday Paper Bewilderment (Richard Powers, William Heinemann) Permafrost (S J Norman, UQP) Signs and Wonders (Delia Falconer, S&S)...
Books in the media this weekend
Friday, 24 September 2021
In a new weekly feature for booksellers, Books+Publishing rounds up the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Believe in Me (Lucy Neave,...
Books in the media this weekend
Friday, 17 September 2021
In a new weekly feature for booksellers, Books+Publishing rounds up the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Beirut 2020 (Charif Majdalani,...
Booksellers celebrate Sally Rooney Day
Friday, 17 September 2021
With a highly effective pre-release publicity campaign capitalising on the success of her Netflix-adapted bestseller Normal People (Faber), Irish writer Sally Rooney’s third novel, Beautiful World, Where Are You (Faber),...
Books in the media this weekend
Friday, 10 September 2021
In a new weekly feature for booksellers, Books+Publishing rounds up the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. The Saturday Paper, 11 September Beautiful World, Where...
Books in the media this weekend: A new round-up
Friday, 3 September 2021
In a new weekly feature for booksellers, Books+Publishing rounds up the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. The Saturday Paper, 4 September Always (Morris Gleitzman,...
Melbourne City Reads boosts sales, ‘camaraderie and solidarity’
Friday, 27 August 2021
Inner-city Melbourne bookshops report increased sales as a direct result of the Melbourne City Reads scheme, which launched at the start of August and each month offers 25% off the...
Meet the ABIA Rising Stars 2021: Meg Whelan
Monday, 26 April 2021
The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) Rising Star of the Year is awarded to an emerging talent in Australian publishing who has spent less than 10 years in the industry. In the...
Meet the ABIA Rising Stars 2021: Isabelle O’Brien
Friday, 23 April 2021
The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) Rising Star of the Year is awarded to an emerging talent in Australian publishing who has spent less than 10 years in the industry. In the...
Meet the ABIA Rising Stars 2021: Stef Italia
Friday, 16 April 2021
The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) Rising Star of the Year is awarded to an emerging talent in Australian publishing who has spent less than 10 years in the industry. In the...
Christmas 2020: ‘Brilliant’ according to publishers
Tuesday, 16 February 2021
Despite heading into Christmas with a high degree of confidence after a year of strong lockdown-boosted sales, most Australian publishers surveyed were nonetheless pleasantly surprised to find Christmas sales even...
Christmas 2020: Strong sales across all categories
Monday, 15 February 2021
Most booksellers surveyed by Books+Publishing were pleased to report that sales were spread across all sections of their shops, with this reflected in the most mentioned titles spanning a diverse range...
Christmas 2020 survey results: ‘Best Christmas ever’
Friday, 12 February 2021
Books+Publishing received feedback from representatives of over 60 bookshops around Australia for its annual Christmas survey. Christmas 2020 was a bumper one for many Australian booksellers, with nearly every shop...
Browsing online: how has book buying changed during the pandemic?
Monday, 11 May 2020
Isolation, lockdown and the closure of physical bookstores have resulted in a massive spike in online retail. Books+Publishing investigates what book buying looks like during Covid-19 and asks whether the...
‘Don’t presume to know how people will respond to your situation’: Small publisher Stormbird Press on coping with adversity
Tuesday, 28 April 2020
The small environment-themed publishing house Stormbird Press lost everything during Australia's bushfires in January. Publisher Margi Prideaux tells Books+Publishing how her year became 'slower and less ambitious, but maybe better...
