The Rights Stuff 2013: Survey of Australian rights trading
Wednesday, 18 September 2013
For the 11th year in a row, Think Australian has surveyed Australian rights managers and literary agents to gauge the health of Australian rights trading and book exports. Andrew Wrathall...
Why publish stuff which no-one reads?
Tuesday, 10 September 2013
David Musgrave, poet, novelist and founder of independent press Puncher & Wattmann, argues that many readers are interested in reading poetry, they just need help finding the good stuff. People outside...
On tour: Meet the author Elizabeth Wein
Monday, 9 September 2013
US historical YA fiction author Elizabeth Wein is visiting Australia in September. Wein is the author of six historical YA novels including Code Name Verity (Egmont Books) and its follow-up book...
On the map: Maureen Brooks on ‘Mapping Our World’
Thursday, 5 September 2013
Maureen Brooks is the manager of publications, sales and promotions at the National Library of Australia (NLA). She spoke to reviewer Chris Harrington about NLA’s newest exhibition book, Mapping Our...
On tour: Meet the author Jackie Collins
Thursday, 5 September 2013
Superstar author Jackie Collins is visiting Australia in October. Her new book Confessions of a Wild Child (Simon & Schuster) is the eighth book about Lucky Santangelo, and takes the heroine...
Going solar: Charles Hope on ‘The Solar System’
Tuesday, 3 September 2013
Charles Hope is an author, editor and picture researcher who has written several nonfiction children’s books, including titles in the ‘Extreme Weather’ and ‘Going Supernova’ series (both Wild Dog). His latest book The...
On tour: Meet the author Junot Diaz
Thursday, 22 August 2013
US author Junot Diaz is visiting Australia in August for the Melbourne and Brisbane writers festivals. Diaz is the author of books including The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,...
Death Railway: Richard Flanagan on ‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North’
Thursday, 22 August 2013
Richard Flanagan’s new novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Vintage) tells of an Australian surgeon living in a Japanese POW camp. The author spoke to Clive Tilsley. You...
Breaking bonds: Frances Whiting on ‘Walking on Trampolines’
Wednesday, 21 August 2013
Reviewer Jessica Broadbent recommends Frances Whiting’s new novel Walking on Trampolines (October, Macmillan) to readers who are looking for ‘something lovely and comforting to cheer them up in the cold...
Why new adult is not a natural extension of YA
Wednesday, 14 August 2013
With a list that includes Abbi Glines, Jamie McGuire and Colleen Hoover, Simon & Schuster publishes some of the best-known new adult authors into Australia. Head of marketing and publicity...
Class act: Christos Tsiolkas on ‘Barracuda’
Thursday, 8 August 2013
Christos Tsiolkas’ new novel Barracuda (A&U, November) is his ‘most personal and heartfelt book to date’, writes reviewer Martin Shaw. He spoke to the author. In Barracuda we get to...
Interview: Lisa Dempster, CEO and director of Melbourne Writers Festival
Wednesday, 31 July 2013
This year’s Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) is fast-approaching (22 August to 1 September). New CEO and director Lisa Dempster spoke to Andrew Wrathall about the program highlights and how MWF is supporting local literary talent. What do you...
Tim White on what booksellers want from publishers
Wednesday, 31 July 2013
Reading Christopher Currie’s opinion piece about what booksellers want from publishers, I was moved first to comment and then to respond. Without detracting from anything Chris raised, all of which...
The essence of adventure: Tim Cope on ‘On the Trail of Genghis Khan’
Thursday, 25 July 2013
Adventurer, author and filmmaker Tim Cope gives ‘an awe-inspiring account of his three-year trek on horseback from Karakorum, the ancient capital of Mongolia, to the Danube River in Hungary’ in...
Keiran Rogers: Robert Galbraith didn’t sell. Why is anyone surprised?
Wednesday, 24 July 2013
‘The Cuckoo’s Calling reminds me why I fell in love with crime fiction in the first place’—Val McDermid ‘One of the most unique and compelling detectives I've come across in...
Christopher Currie on what booksellers want from publishers
Wednesday, 17 July 2013
In previous articles under this banner, booksellers with far more experience and intellect than I have identified many essential individual ways in which publishers could greatly benefit the lives of...
On tour: Meet the author Abbi Glines
Monday, 15 July 2013
US new adult author Abbi Glines visited Australia in June. Glines has three books coming out in 2013: one in the ‘Sea Breeze’ series and two in the ‘Fallen Too...
In your dreams: James Phelan on ‘The Last Thirteen’
Monday, 15 July 2013
James Phelan’s The Last Thirteen: Book One: 13 (Scholastic, September) is the first book in a new series for younger readers about a battle to control the dream world. The...
Business smarts: Bill Liddelow of Boffins Bookshop
Monday, 15 July 2013
Boffins Bookshop in Perth has won Specialist Bookseller of the Year at the Australian Book Industry Awards for six years running. Owner Bill Liddelow shares his bookselling wisdom—with a nod...
On tour: Meet the author Kathy Reichs
Monday, 15 July 2013
Forensic anthropologist and author Kathy Reichs is visiting Australia in September. Her new book Bones of the Lost (William Heinemann) is the latest instalment in Reichs’ bestselling Temperance Brennan series,...
ABA conference 2013: The hot topics
Monday, 15 July 2013
Around 260 members of the local industry attended this year’s Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) conference, which was held in Adelaide on 16-17 June and followed the Leading Edge Books conference...
New faces: Mary Masters and Patricia Genat
Monday, 15 July 2013
This year there are two new faces at the Small Press Network and the Australian Booksellers Association. Andrea Hanke spoke to SPN general manager Mary Masters and ABA president Patricia...
Eating, breathing & talking books: Profile on Robert Watkins
Monday, 15 July 2013
Robert Watkins’ CV includes bookseller, account manager, publicity manager, marketing manager and Dame Edna impersonator. In January he was appointed commissioning editor of adult books at Hachette Australia. He shares...
Away in a bookshop: A round-up of Christmas titles
Monday, 15 July 2013
With new novels from Tim Winton and Margaret Atwood, bios of Ricky Ponting and Nelson Mandela, and gift books from Maggie Beer and Beci Orpin, this Christmas brings books to...
Top of the pops: A round-up of Father’s Day titles
Monday, 15 July 2013
There is an element of nostalgia to this year’s Father’s Day titles, from new books to mark anniversaries for Wisden and Bathurst, to reflections of boyhood adventures. Andrea Hanke rounds...
Editor’s picks
Monday, 15 July 2013
Andrea Hanke’s ears are ringing with buzz books Recently, someone in publishing tried to explain to me the difference between book buzz and book hype. Buzz, he said, is organic,...
Your store: Retailing news, tips and titbits
Monday, 15 July 2013
Preparing for National Bookshop Day The third annual National Bookshop Day is scheduled for Saturday 10 August. As well as hosting their own events, booksellers can take part in a...
Bad Karma: Mark Lamprell on ‘The Full Ridiculous’
Monday, 15 July 2013
‘The Full Ridiculous (Text, October) reminds us that sometimes, to really appreciate the beautiful highs of life, you need to hit rock bottom first,’ writes reviewer Louise Fay. She spoke...
A life education: Chris Womersley on ‘Cairo’
Monday, 15 July 2013
In his new novel Cairo (Scribe September), Chris Womersley recreates Melbourne life in the 1980s. The author spoke to Martin Shaw. This novel begs the question: what were you doing in...
Enter the tiger: Fiona McFarlane on ‘The Night Guest’
Monday, 15 July 2013
Fiona McFarlane’s debut novel The Night Guest (Hamish Hamilton, September) ‘brims with fine detail’, writes reviewer Joanne Shiells. She spoke to the author. How did you manage to inhabit the...
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