Quiet Magic: Emily Rodda on ‘The Shop at Hoopers Bend’
Thursday, 11 May 2017
Emily Rodda’s latest novel The Shop at Hoopers Bend is a return to the author’s earlier books, where the magic is ‘about following your instincts’ rather than fantasy realms. Fay...
Book blogger spotlight: Reading Matters
Wednesday, 10 May 2017
UK-based Australian blogger Kim Forrester started Reading Matters in 2004 to help her remember what she was reading. Now she likes to focus on ‘books that may have slipped under...
Margaret Hamilton: A life in children’s books
Wednesday, 10 May 2017
Former children’s book publisher Margaret Hamilton AM recently retired from the national board of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) after 57 years with the organisation. This is an...
Book bites: books to come for teens and tots
Tuesday, 9 May 2017
Children’s book buyer at Hill of Content Bookshop Meg Whelan offers a taste of books to come. In the picture Aaron Blabey is back with Guff (August, Viking), a hilarious...
Brave new world: Sydney’s Beachside Bookshop
Tuesday, 9 May 2017
Sydney’s Beachside Bookshop, which specialises in teen fiction, celebrated its one-year anniversary earlier this year. Owner and second-generation bookseller Libby Armstrong shares her bookseller’s diary. ‘Oh, you’re very brave.’ If...
Join the club: Small children’s publishers building book clubs
Tuesday, 9 May 2017
Driven by a lack of access to media and retailers, concerns over literacy and a desire to instil a love of reading, small children’s publishers are investing in new ways...
Hanging in the balance: Gender parity in classroom text lists
Tuesday, 9 May 2017
With the Victorian Year 12 English text list recently reaching gender parity, Bec Kavanagh investigates how text lists are generated in other states and whether a gender-balanced list translates into...
Teen talk: A S King, Randa Abdel-Fattah and Will Kostakis on this year’s Reading Matters conference
Tuesday, 9 May 2017
Authors A S King, Randa Abdel-Fattah and Will Kostakis will be participating in this year’s Reading Matters conference. Jackie Tang finds out what they’ll be discussing at the conference—and what...
Between the lines: Observations on the trade by Gladys Bembo
Tuesday, 9 May 2017
Congratulations to a good friend of this esteemed organ, Angela Meyer, who has recently been named Bonnier Publishing Australia’s Employee of the Year. Since her time working for Books+Publishing, Angela...
Shelf talk: Poetry lines
Tuesday, 9 May 2017
It is an exciting time for Australian poetry, with many emerging and established voices being published in the coming months. Veteran poet Geoff Page has written over 20 collections. His...
Shelf talk: Talking points
Tuesday, 9 May 2017
In her column in this magazine, UQP nonfiction publisher Alexandra Payne writes about a resurgence in feminist trade publishing in Australia. Here are two titles to look out for in...
Editor’s picks: Jackie Tang’s winter reads
Tuesday, 9 May 2017
There’s no discontent in sight as Jackie Tang highlights her picks for winter. Catherine Lacey’s second novel The Answers (Granta, July) is a surreal and penetrating psychological study of love...
Your store: A round-up of retailing news, tips and titbits
Tuesday, 9 May 2017
Love match How can booksellers better compete with florists and confectioners on Valentine’s Day? This was the challenge that led to Avid Reader’s Secret Admirer campaign, which won the Best...
International perspectives: John Mutter and James Daunt on the book industry in the US and UK
Tuesday, 9 May 2017
John Mutter, editor-in-chief of US bookselling publication Shelf Awareness, and James Daunt, MD of UK bookstore chain Waterstones and founder of Daunt Books, will deliver keynote addresses at this year’s...
Double Act: Hybrid authors on publishing both ways
Tuesday, 9 May 2017
A new breed of hybrid authors are experimenting with self-publishing alongside traditional publishing. Jackie Tang and Andrea Hanke spoke to John Birmingham, Judy Horacek and Kylie Scott about their self-publishing...
Conversation starter: Felicity Vallence shares her career journey
Tuesday, 9 May 2017
Former Penguin publicist and marketing manager and passionate YA advocate Felicity Vallence shares her career journey. I joined Penguin just after their move to Camberwell, as a fresh-faced publicity assistant, and...
Under the influence: Reaching online influencers
Tuesday, 9 May 2017
As ‘old media’ books coverage shrinks, the influence of voices in ‘new media’ is becoming increasingly important. But how do publishers reach online influencers—and how are traditional influencers growing their...
Backlist bestsellers
Tuesday, 9 May 2017
Andrea Hanke explores the trends behind backlist bestsellers. To get a better picture of the books that sell strongly years after their initial release, we asked Nielsen BookScan to provide a...
Back to backlist: extending the sales period beyond new release
Tuesday, 9 May 2017
How do you extend the sales period of a book past its new-release window? Brad Jefferies spoke to two local publishers and online bookseller Booktopia, which claims to sell a...
Joining the chorus: Alexandra Payne on feminist publishing
Tuesday, 9 May 2017
UQP nonfiction publisher Alexandra Payne examines the resurgence of feminist books, their viability and the price of moving from the margins to the mainstream. I have a bookcase at home that...
Book-to-film adaptations coming in 2017
Thursday, 4 May 2017
The second half of 2017 promises a wide selection of book-to-film adaptations, with remakes of popular classics, adaptions of new sci-fi novels and much in between. Christina Copeland rounds up...
Heavyweight division: Peter Carnavas on ‘The Elephant’
Wednesday, 3 May 2017
Best known for his picture books, Peter Carnavas’ junior fiction novel The Elephant (UQP, July) ‘paints a portrait of a small family coming to terms with a tragedy through love,...
Crime teen investigation: Tristan Bancks on ‘The Fall’
Wednesday, 3 May 2017
In Tristan Bancks’ middle-grade novel The Fall, 12-year-old Sam Garner finds himself investigating a crime after witnessing a body falling from his apartment building. Bancks spoke to reviewer Braiden Asciak....
‘Books+Publishing’s guide to the Miles Franklin longlist
Wednesday, 3 May 2017
Nine titles are vying for this year’s Miles Franklin Literary Award. Four of these are from multinational publishers (two from Hachette and one each from HarperCollins and Pan Macmillan) and...
Book blogger spotlight: Book Thingo
Thursday, 27 April 2017
Kat Mayo says Book Thingo, a blog she runs with about half-a-dozen regular contributors, is a site for ‘readers, browsers and compulsive book hoarders, mostly of romance novels’. She spoke...
Heart to heart: Melanie Cheng on ‘Australia Day’
Thursday, 27 April 2017
Melanie Cheng’s Australia Day (Text, July) is a ‘bittersweet, beautifully crafted collection’ about the conflicts and realisations that occur when people of different backgrounds are brought together. She spoke to reviewer...
Untying the knots: Mark Brandi on ‘Wimmera’
Thursday, 27 April 2017
Mark Brandi’s debut crime novel Wimmera (Hachette, July) is a ‘languid and unsettling’ story about two boys growing up together in a small town in the 1980s. He spoke to reviewer...
Children’s Institute 2017: STEM, mindfulness books contributing to growth
Thursday, 27 April 2017
The Children’s Institute in Portland in early April was a fantastic overview of the strong current children’s book market and a wonderful opportunity to interact with booksellers from across the...
Book blogger spotlight: Genie in a Book
Thursday, 20 April 2017
Eugenia Alabasinis’ blog Genie in a Book began in 2014 with a sole focus on YA novels, but has since expanded to include a range of adult fiction. Alabasinis spoke...
Book blogger spotlight: Angel Reads
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
Blogger Angel Gouvas has been writing about YA books since 2012, and has a particular interest in #LoveOzYA and discussions about diversity. Gouvas spoke to Books+Publishing for our ‘Book blogger...
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