Thursday, 30 August 2018
Canberra press gallery journo-turned-political thriller co-author Steve Lewis has got himself into some hot water with his frank and honest feedback to critics of the directions taken in programming this...

Tuesday, 3 July 2018
What on earth is going on with the Randy Penguins? By the time you read this, things might be clearer but at the time of writing, star publisher Ben Ball...

Thursday, 19 April 2018
Congratulations to Morris Gleitzman, who has been announced as the next Australian Children’s Laureate. The news made it to the UK in record time, with our colleagues at The Bookseller...

Monday, 23 October 2017
It’s that time of year again—the maddest week on the annual publishing calendar, as publishers and agents engage in what was once described to me as a ‘week-long speed-dating orgy’....

Monday, 17 July 2017
Foot in mouth, part the first. Every writers’ festival needs a little frisson of controversy, and at this year’s Sydney shindig it was ABC Books and Arts host Michael Cathcart...

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...

Tuesday, 14 March 2017
The details of the close relationships enjoyed by authors and their literary agents are normally veiled in a miasma of traditional politeness and contractually obliged silence. So the very public...

Thursday, 6 October 2016
The Brisbane Writers Festival made international news after the controversial opening speech of American author Lionel Shriver. In deciding to stray from her original brief of talking about ‘community and...

Friday, 8 July 2016
Other than the endless shepherding of authors, sitting on panel sessions and applauding through award announcements, writers’ festivals also offer excellent opportunities for networking, as so many important bookish people...