Personal growth: 2017’s fastest growing categories
Friday, 20 April 2018
This year Books+Publishing will publish a regular column from Nielsen BookScan Australia associate director Julie Winters on book data trends. In her first column, Winters looks at the fastest-growing subject...
Prime location: thriving in sobering times at Avenue Elsternwick
Friday, 20 April 2018
When Melbourne’s Avenue Bookstore owner Chris Redfern opened a second store in Elsternwick in 2012, the year after the REDgroup collapse, some were sceptical. Bookseller Savannah Indigo explains how the...
In somebody else’s shoes: Australian Children’s Laureate Morris Gleitzman’s plans for his term
Thursday, 19 April 2018
Prolific children’s author Morris Gleitzman has been chosen as the Australian Children’s Laureate. He spoke with Sarah Farquharson about his plans for his two-year term as laureate. What are you...
Oh! The Horror! The rise of horror in children’s fiction
Thursday, 19 April 2018
Danielle Binks explores youth literature’s reanimated interest in the horror genre. Stephen King once said, ‘We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones’, and it certainly...
Between the lines: Observations on the trade by Gladys Bembo
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...
Book bites: Children’s bookseller L J Lacey offers a taste of books to come
Thursday, 19 April 2018
Picture this Picture books with ‘life lessons’ introducing little ones to new ideas are a growing trend, and Lessons of a LAC (Lynn Jenkins, illus by Kirrili Lonergan, EK Books,...
Shelf talk: Category round-ups of forthcoming titles by those in the know
Thursday, 19 April 2018
Fantastic fiction I find something exciting in science-fiction (SF) and fantasy every month, but there are a few forthcoming releases that are worth bringing to everyone’s attention. The biggest news...
Editor’s picks: 2018 highlights from the ‘Books+Publishing’ team
Thursday, 19 April 2018
Meet the B+P team. Jackie Tang, Andrew Wrathall and Sarah Farquharson share their top picks for the new year. Jackie Tang: I love reading about the underbelly of the food...
Your store: A round-up of retailing news, tips and titbits
Thursday, 19 April 2018
A complete transformation With nostalgic older fans and new fans alike still excited about all things Harry Potter, the Mad Hatters Bookshop in Manly, Queensland, tapped into the boy wizard’s...
Podcast spotlight: Better Reading Podcast
Wednesday, 18 April 2018
Established in 2017, Better Reading Podcast is a weekly bookish podcast where Better Reading founder and director Cheryl Akle holds in-depth conversations with both Australian and international authors. Spanning over...
Come together: Jemma Birrell’s career journey
Wednesday, 18 April 2018
Tablo creative director Jemma Birrell has spent her career connecting audiences with books, whether it be in bookshops, at festivals or online. She shares her career journey. I started working...
Memory trick: Margot McGovern on ‘Neverland’
Friday, 13 April 2018
Debut author Margot McGovern was inspired by her favourite childhood reads to create Neverland (Random House, April), ‘a dark and compelling examination of memory, self-determination and the dangers of romanticising...
Podcast spotlight: From the Lighthouse
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
Established in 2017, From the Lighthouse is a fortnightly literary podcast produced by the English department at Macquarie University. Each episode is hosted by academics Dr Stephanie Russo and Dr...
Publishing, fast and slow: Martin Hughes on ‘slow’ media
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
Martin Hughes is the co-founder and publisher of Affirm Press, the former editor of the Big Issue and, in 2018, a regular columnist for Books+Publishing. In his first column, Hughes...
Podcast spotlight: Kill Your Darlings podcast
Thursday, 5 April 2018
Established in 2013 and redeveloped into an hour-long format in 2014, the Kill Your Darlings podcast features 'interviews, readings and discussions about books, culture and the arts in Australia and...
When girls don’t read: Reaching reluctant girl readers
Thursday, 5 April 2018
Lorien Kaye asks how the book industry can connect reluctant girl readers with books. Mention kids who don’t like reading and most people immediately think of boys. Discussion of ‘reluctant...
Literary direct action: Meera Atkinson on ‘Traumata’
Tuesday, 3 April 2018
Meera Atkinson’s exploration of the effects of trauma, Traumata (UQP, May), is a powerful, personal memoir doubling as a philosophical treatise. ‘This is a humane, thought-provoking and heartbreaking addition to...
Out west: WestWords executive director Michael Campbell
Wednesday, 28 March 2018
WestWords is an independent company based in Parramatta that began its life as The Western Sydney Young People’s Literature Development Project in 2007. Established to address the low level of literature...
Podcast spotlight: The Readings Podcast
Wednesday, 28 March 2018
Established in 2016, the Readings Podcast is 'a celebration of books, reading and pop culture'. Episodes range in format, from author interviews to event recordings to booksellers talking about recommendations...
Podcast spotlight: Astrid Edwards on The Garret
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Established in 2016, The Garret is an Australian podcast 'celebrating the best writers writing today' across a variety of genres. Each episode features interviews with writers on the craft of...
‘What the world needs now’: Meet BWF guest artistic director Carl Lindgren
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Carl Lindgren is a former media publisher, magazine editor and curator who has been involved with Brisbane’s creative communities for more than 20 years. In 2018, he joins Brisbane Writers...
Claire Miller on ‘Between the Covers, Behind the Counter’
Thursday, 15 March 2018
On 27 February, a group of publishers, booksellers and other children’s literature enthusiasts gathered in Fremantle at children’s bookstore Paper Bird Books & Arts for ‘Between the Covers, Behind the...
Behind the marketing campaign: Kirstin Corcoran on ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’
Wednesday, 7 March 2018
Heather Morris’ debut novel The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Echo) is a fictionalised account of Austrian-Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor Ludwig ‘Lale’ Sokolov's experience of being a tattooist (tätowierer) in a prison camp...
Clued up: Jacqueline Harvey on ‘Breaking News: Kensy and Max Book One’
Thursday, 1 March 2018
‘Alice-Miranda’ and ‘Clementine Rose’ author Jacqueline Harvey assembles a world of espionage and mystery in Breaking News: Kensy and Max Book One (Random House, March), which reviewer Natalie Crawford says...
The new normal: Adam Cece on ‘The Extremely Weird Thing That Happened in Huggabie Falls’
Thursday, 1 March 2018
Adam Cece won the 2017 Text Prize for The Extremely Weird Thing That Happened in Huggabie Falls (Text, April). Reviewer Holly Harper describes it as ‘a funny read full of...
Floral communication: Holly Ringland on ‘The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart’
Thursday, 22 February 2018
Holly Ringland’s The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (HarperCollins, April) is ‘a lush, powerful contemporary novel' about female survival in Australia’s Red Centre. Reviewer Claire West spoke to the author....
Louise Cornegé on the changing ways publishers market and promote books
Wednesday, 7 February 2018
Allen & Unwin’s head of publicity Louise Cornegé travelled to New York in April 2017 to ‘review the latest global trends, strategies and technologies in digital publicity and marketing’ as...
Deeper connections: Terri-ann White on the Australia Council January delegation to India
Wednesday, 7 February 2018
In January, Australian publishers Robert Watkins (Hachette Australia), Margrete Lamond (Dirt Lane Press), Anna Moulton (Magabala Books), Sam Cooney (Brow Books) and Terri-ann White (UWA Publishing), travelled to India as...
Up for a challenge: Nelly Thomas on ‘Some Girls’
Thursday, 1 February 2018
When comedian Nelly Thomas came up with the idea for Some Girls, an early childhood picture book that challenges gender and other stereotypes in young girls, she decided to crowdfund...
Down through the blue: Alison Lester and Jane Godwin on ‘The Silver Sea’
Thursday, 1 February 2018
Alison Lester and Jane Godwin's The Silver Sea (Affirm, March) was created in collaboration with children from Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital, with all profits from the book going to the...
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