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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...

Books in the media this weekend, 30–31 July 

Friday, 29 July 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend.  National  The Saturday Paper  A System So Magnificent It Is Blinding (Amanda Svensson, Scribe) Lessons...

Books in the media this weekend, 23–24 July 

Friday, 22 July 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Harvest Lingo (Lionel Fogarty, Giramondo) Out of Breath (Anna Snoekstra, HQ Fiction)...

Bookshop tour: Scorpio Books, Christchurch 

Wednesday, 20 July 2022
Established nearly 50 years ago, Scorpio Books is the biggest bookshop in the South Island of Aoteoroa New Zealand, and is considered an institution by many Christchurch locals. The well-loved...

Books in the media this weekend, 16–17 July 

Friday, 15 July 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper  Lilly and Her Slave (Has Fallada, Scribe)  Uncanny Angles (Sean Williams,...

Who is #BookTok-ing in Australia, and how 

Wednesday, 13 July 2022
Around the world, publishers are attracting new readers and experiencing increased sales via the #BookTok hashtag on TikTok—but what about here? Jo Case looks at how Australian publishers, booksellers and...

Six key ingredients for BookTok success 

Wednesday, 13 July 2022
With growth of #BookTok-recommended titles phenomenally outstripping the wider adult fiction market, publishers are keen to harness the platform and booksellers must keep an eye on what's trending. Jo Case...

Tracey Lien on ‘All That’s Left Unsaid’

Tuesday, 12 July 2022
Tracey Lien's debut novel All That's Left Unsaid (HQ Fiction, September) blends a murder-mystery with a 'raw and honest' exploration of the Vietnamese-Australian experience in the late 90s. Reviewer Anthea Yang, who...

Books in the media this weekend, 9–10 July

Friday, 8 July 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend.  National The Saturday Paper  The Age of Fibs (Beth Spencer, Spineless Wonders)  Disorientation (Elaine Hsieh...

Life after Trump: Political books now 

Wednesday, 6 July 2022
While the Australian federal election (and the Morrison government) is now behind us and Trump titles no longer dominate the category, books that explain the world we inhabit are still...

Melanie La’Brooy on ‘The Wintrish Girl’

Tuesday, 5 July 2022
Melanie La'Brooy's The Wintrish Girl (UQP) is the first book in her 'Talismans of Fate' fantasy trilogy for middle-grade readers. Featuring magical creatures and new friendships, the book uses tropes...

Meet ABA Bookseller of the Year Melanie Peacock 

Tuesday, 5 July 2022
Born and bred on Sydney’s north shore, winner of the 2022 Australian Booksellers Association Bookseller of the Year Melanie Peacock cannot walk past a bookshop without venturing in. Peacock started...

Melanie La’Brooy recommends 

Tuesday, 5 July 2022
Somehow I made it through most of my life without ever reading a single book by Sir Terry Pratchett. It wasn’t until my teenage son became a Pratchett devotee and...

Books in the media this weekend, 2–3 July 

Friday, 1 July 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend.  National The Saturday Paper The Diplomat (Chris Womersley, Picador)  Enclave (Claire G Coleman, Hachette)  Lapvona...

Books yule love: 2022 Christmas nonfiction 

Wednesday, 29 June 2022
Books+Publishing rounds up Australian publishers’ top local adult nonfiction titles releasing in time for Christmas 2022. Memoir and biography Themes of joy, love and community run through two highly anticipated memoirs...

Tobias Madden recommends 

Tuesday, 28 June 2022
A book I recently read and adored was Holden Sheppard’s upcoming YA novel The Brink (Text, August). On the surface, it’s a hard-hitting story about a group of school leavers...

Tobias Madden on ‘Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell’

Tuesday, 28 June 2022
Tobias Madden's Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell (Penguin, September) is a Ballarat-set coming-of-age rom-com that follows teens Eli and Noah as they bond online and navigate meeting in person. Featuring...

Books in the media this weekend, 25–26 June 

Friday, 24 June 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend.  National The Saturday Paper  Rattled (Ellis Gunn, A&U) The Red Witch (Nathan Hobby, The Miegunyah...

Books yule love: 2022 Christmas fiction 

Wednesday, 22 June 2022
Books+Publishing rounds up Australian publishers’ top local adult fiction titles releasing in time for Christmas 2022. Book club picks Among the releases due in the second half of 2022 are several...

Books in the media this weekend, 18–19 June 

Friday, 17 June 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend.  National  The Saturday Paper  Basin (Scott McCulloch, Black Inc.) Dirt Town (Hayley Scrivenor, Macmillan) Horse...

BookUp 2022: Greening and gatekeeping 

Thursday, 16 June 2022
The second annual BookUp conference, presented by the Australian Publishers Association (APA), was held in Sydney on Thursday, 9 June. ‘At least 180 people engaged with the program this year,...

Sophie Cunningham recommends 

Thursday, 16 June 2022
I’ve just finished Bedtime Story by Chloe Hooper (S&S). It’s a beautiful book, about the act of story telling and about the traumas that sometimes lie at the heart of...

Sophie Cunningham on ‘This Devastating Fever’

Wednesday, 15 June 2022
This Devastating Fever (Ultimo, September) is Sophie Cunningham's first novel in more than a decade. The novel interweaves the story of Leonard and Virginia Woolf and their friends in the Bloomsbury...

Books in the media this weekend, 11–12 June 

Friday, 10 June 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend.  National  The Saturday Paper  Bad Art Mother (Edwina Preston, Wakefield) Losing Face (George Haddad, UQP)...