Reading your greens: Eco-friendly children’s books
Friday, 13 February 2015
Mason Engelander explores how eco-friendly children’s books have evolved with the rise of the green movement.Some of the earliest ‘green books’ for kids did not carry an explicit environmental theme....
What to expect when you’re expecting in publishing: Parental leave in the workplace
Friday, 13 February 2015
Why is such a female-dominated industry not leading the way when it comes to parental leave? Matthia Dempsey spoke to several publishers about paid parental leave and flexibility in the...
Hardie Grant’s Roxy Ryan reports from Digital Book World
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
‘The ability for booksellers and publishers to articulate, reach and engage readers in their products is something that they can do better than anyone else,’ writes Hardie Grant marketing director...
On tour: Meet the author Stephan Pastis
Tuesday, 3 February 2015
Stephan Pastis is the author of the ‘Timmy Failure’ series (Walker Books). The latest title in the series, We Meet Again, was published in 2014. Pastis will be touring Australia...
Billie’s new adventure: Sally Rippin on writing picture books
Tuesday, 3 February 2015
Sally Rippin’s latest two picture books, Billie’s Great Desert Adventure and Billie’s Underwater Adventure (illus by Alisa Coburn, Hardie Grant Egmont) will ‘stir the imagination in all sorts of colourful...
On tour: Meet the author Roxane Gay
Tuesday, 3 February 2015
Roxane Gay is the writer of the novel An Untamed State (Corsair) and the collection of essays Bad Feminist (Corsair). She will be a guest of Adelaide Writers’ Week and...
Power play: Meg McKinlay on ‘A Single Stone’
Friday, 30 January 2015
Meg McKinlay’s novel for younger readers A Single Stone (Walker Books, May) ‘manages to pose big questions about gender and power, and thoroughly entertain’, writes reviewer Frances Atkinson. She spoke to...
Authors on income and acquisitions in a changing industry
Thursday, 29 January 2015
Last year, 57 Australian authors participated in an online forum as part of a Macquarie University study into changes in the Australian book industry. The authors shared their views on...
On tour: Meet the author Joanna Rakoff
Thursday, 29 January 2015
Joanna Rakoff’s memoir My Salinger Year was published by Bloomsbury in 2014. Rakoff will be travelling to the Perth Writers Festival and Adelaide Writers’ Week in February and March. What would...
Blurred lines: Jen Craig on ‘Panthers and the Museum of Fire’
Wednesday, 28 January 2015
‘The year 2015 is only in its early days, but already I know that Sydney writer Jen Craig’s novella, Panthers and the Museum of Fire [Spineless Wonders, March], will be...
Francophilia: Patti Miller on ‘Ransacking Paris’
Wednesday, 28 January 2015
Patti Miller’s Ransacking Paris (UQP, April) is ‘that rare object—a book for anyone who believes we don’t need any more expat memoirs’, writes reviewer Max Oliver. He spoke to the...
‘Visually sophisticated, quirky, funny and daring’: Mike Shuttleworth reports from the Paris children’s book festival
Wednesday, 21 January 2015
‘France is producing some of the finest books for children in the world,’ writes Mike Shuttleworth, reporting from the Paris children’s book festival Salon du livre et de presse jeunesse...
No more ‘nice’ books: Jackie French’s Colin Simpson Memorial Lecture
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
In her 2014 Colin Simpson Memorial Lecture, Australian Children’s Laureate Jackie French argues that children are turning away from reading because they are bored by many of the books on offer....
The character of a country: Nick Dyrenfurth on ‘Mateship: A Very Australian History’
Tuesday, 25 November 2014
Nick Dyrenfurth’s Mateship: A Very Australian History (Scribe) explores with the evolution of Australian ‘mateship’ from colonial times to the John Howard era. It ‘provides a thoughtful cultural reading of the...
The big questions: David J Smith on ‘iF’
Friday, 7 November 2014
Canadian author David J Smith’s picture book iF (New Frontier, February) breaks down big, unwieldy concepts for young, enquiring minds. ‘The best thing about this book is Smith’s innovative look...
Fox, Griffiths and Marsden top Australian children’s bestsellers charts 2013-14
Tuesday, 21 October 2014
For the fourth year in a row, books by Mem Fox, Andy Griffiths and John Marsden have topped the Australian picture book, children’s fiction and YA bestsellers charts, according to...
Reilly, Ponting top Australian bestsellers charts 2013-14
Tuesday, 21 October 2014
Matthew Reilly’s The Tournament (Pan) and Ricky Ponting’s memoir Ponting: At the Close of Play (HarperSports) have topped the Australian adult fiction and nonfiction bestsellers chart for July 2013 to...
On tour: Meet the author Robin Hobb
Friday, 17 October 2014
What are you reading right now?I have a galley of The City Stained Red by Sam Sykes (Victor Gollancz). Each chapter rotates to a different character and slowly the crack...
Talkback: 14/14-day territorial copyright agreement
Friday, 17 October 2014
Is the 14/14-day territorial copyright agreement working for you? Books+Publishing asked two publishers and two booksellers.Henry Rosenbloom, publisher, ScribeIt’s a good example of something that sounds good on the surface...
Behind closed doors: Rose Michael on the acquisitions process
Friday, 17 October 2014
Ten years ago, as a lecturer in the publishing and communications program at the University of Melbourne, Rose Michael hosted a debate on the then-contentious topic of whether the marketing tail wagged...
Fit, fed & informed: Tim White on the trend for healthy lifestyle titles
Friday, 17 October 2014
One of the major trends in cookbooks in recent years has been the growth and success of ‘healthy lifestyle’ titles, writes Books for Cooks co-owner Tim White.‘Diet’, from the Greek/French...
Your store: Storytime yoga
Friday, 17 October 2014
The Little Bookroom in Melbourne has introduced storytime yoga classes for kids with local studio Yoga Sparks. Events coordinator Jess Speight said the Carlton North store was approached by the owner...
Your store: Cooking with books
Friday, 17 October 2014
There’s a waiting list of more than 10 people wanting to join Beaufort Street Books’ ‘Degustation’ cookbook club, which began in May. Jane Seaton, owner of the Perth bookstore, says it’s...
Shelf talk: Good sports
Friday, 17 October 2014
The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and across the country people are preparing to spend the summer on the couch watching the cricket. As well as the usual...
Shelf talk: Quirky tales
Friday, 17 October 2014
The Christmas and New Year break is a perfect time for readers to try something a little different. The Strange Library (Harvill Secker, December), a new short story release from...
YA in the spotlight: Susannah Chambers on YA publishing
Friday, 17 October 2014
The rise and rise of the YA blockbuster (‘Twilight’, ‘The Hunger Games’, The Fault in Our Stars) has put YA publishing in the spotlight. But has it affected the way...
Doing the deed: Sex in YA literature
Friday, 17 October 2014
At a certain point in teenagers’ lives sex begins to loom large on the imaginative and experiential horizon, so it’s only natural that YA literature reflects this. However, the appearance...
Cooking the books: Hannah Koelmeyer shares her career journey
Friday, 17 October 2014
Hannah Koelmeyer is the online content editor for Cooked—a Netflix for cookbooks created by Hardie Grant Publishing. ‘My job is editor, designer, copywriter, marketer, social media manager,’ she writes. When asked...
Editor’s picks: Issue 4 2014
Friday, 17 October 2014
This month Andrea Hanke is looking forward to a ‘high-concept literary tour de force’; a collection of essays on war, peace and country music; and a ‘personal selection’ of Van...
Stella goes to school: The Stella Prize Schools Program
Friday, 17 October 2014
Nearly 70% of Victoria’s Year 12 English texts are by male authors. To inspire students to question this male-dominated culture and to read texts by female authors, the Stella Prize...
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