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Why we need more Indigenous editors

Wednesday, 21 September 2022
Publishing needs more Indigenous editors, but cannot rely solely on its Indigenous workforce to ensure it catches up on effective practices in relation to Indigenous writers and writing, writes Sandra...

Reflections from an Open Book intern: Bohdi Byles

Wednesday, 21 September 2022
The Open Book: Australian Publishing Internship is a six-month internship program aimed to increase cultural diversity in the Australian publishing workforce. Bohdi Byles was this year's Sydney-based intern; he shares his...

Books in the media this weekend, 17–18 September

Friday, 16 September 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Survival of the Richest (Douglas Rushkoff, Scribe) This Devastating Fever (Sophie...

50 years of NLA Publishing

Wednesday, 14 September 2022
This year marks the 50th anniversary of NLA Publishing. National Library of Australia (NLA) director-general Marie-Louise Ayres looks back on five decades of the NLA Publishing imprint. The National Library...

Recipe for life: Illustrated lifestyle post-lockdown

Wednesday, 14 September 2022
In our latest genre spotlight Books+Publishing delves into illustrated lifestyle to find out if the gains made in the category have continued on after lockdown. Many of us who experienced life...

Books in the media this weekend, 10–11 September

Friday, 9 September 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Bon and Lesley (Shaun Prescott, Giramondo) New Australian Fiction 2022 (ed...

Moore establishes locum booksellers business

Wednesday, 7 September 2022
Stacey Moore, owner and founder of independent bookshop Bookgrove in Ocean Grove, Victoria, has started another business, BreakAway Books locum booksellers. As part of the new business, Moore is offering...

Amplify Bookstore’s spring picks

Wednesday, 7 September 2022
Amplify Bookstore, an independent online bookseller specialising in books by Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) authors, shares the shop’s top picks for spring. Spring has arrived, and we...

Michelle Kadarusman on ‘Berani’

Tuesday, 30 August 2022
A powerful middle-grade story about animal activism, Berani (A&U, November), Michelle Kadarusman's latest novel, follows two young protagonists, Malia and Ari, who work together to rescue orangutan Ginger Juice. Our...

Michelle Kadarusman recommends

Tuesday, 30 August 2022
I usually have a few books on the go, both children and adult reads. Two newer books that really stood out for me recently were Rainfish by Andrew Paterson (Text)...

Bookshop tour: Lamplight Books, Auckland

Tuesday, 30 August 2022
Auckland's Lamplight Books is a newly established independent bookshop with a special focus on architecture and design books. Recently celebrating its first birthday, the shop has quickly become a staple...

Books in the media this weekend, 27–28 August

Friday, 26 August 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper August in Kabul (Andrew Quilty, MUP) The Nerves and their Endings...

Employment in the Australian publishing industry in 2022

Wednesday, 24 August 2022
In July 2022 Books+Publishing (B+P) surveyed more than 300 people about their employment in the Australian book industry, following up on similar surveys in 2013 and 2018. This report focuses on the data...

Books in the media this weekend, 20–21 August

Friday, 19 August 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Desire: A reckoning (Jessie Cole, Text) Marlo (Jay Carmichael, Scribe) The...

Passion for poetry: Sales in the wake of ‘Dropbear’

Tuesday, 16 August 2022
With sales of nearly 15,000 copies to date, Evelyn Araluen's 2022 Stella Prize winner Dropbear has defied the stereotype of poetry as a traditionally niche and low-selling genre. In our...

Books in the media this weekend, 13–14 August

Friday, 12 August 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Grounded (Alisa Bryce, Text) Provocations (Jeff Sparrow, NewSouth) Should We Fall...

Meg Foster recommends

Wednesday, 10 August 2022
Dropbear by Evelyn Araluen. It is a raw, evocative and powerful book of poetry that looks at Australia through a vivid and unvarnished lens. Many poems have First Nations’ perspectives...

Meg Foster on ‘Boundary Crossers’

Wednesday, 10 August 2022
Meg Foster is a historian of banditry, settler colonial and public history; her new book Boundary Crossers (NewSouth, November) explores the lives of four lesser-known Australian bushrangers. Described by reviewer...

Pitched at MIFF

Wednesday, 10 August 2022
Back in person at the Melbourne International Film Festival, the Books at MIFF event once again gave publishers and literary agents the opportunity to pitch books with screen potential. After...

Books in the media this weekend, 6–7 August

Friday, 5 August 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Legitimate Sexpectations (Katrina Marson, Scribe) Mothercare (Lynne Tillman, Soft Skull Press)...

Untapped no more: heritage literature back in print

Wednesday, 3 August 2022
Launched in November 2020, Untapped: The Australian Literary Heritage Project began as a collaboration between authors, libraries and researchers to bring out-of-print Australian books back into circulation as ebooks available...