Editor’s picks
Sunday, 18 October 2015
Yoga, feminism and travel inform this month’s editor’s picks. Curious fictionHow can I resist a novel that has a literary translator as its protagonist (not to mention an indie bookshop owner...
Shelf talk: Healthy habits
Sunday, 18 October 2015
The following adult colouring books don’t claim to promote mindfulness, but a few hours with these seems like a pretty stress-free activity (and they also make fun, on-trend stocking stuffers). This...
Playing favourites: Preview of 2016 children’s and YA titles
Sunday, 18 October 2015
Publishers nominate their top children’s and YA titles for 2016.Raunchy romance, humorous history and a ‘disquieting and powerful book for Australia Day’ are among Allen & Unwin children’s and YA...
#LoveOzYA gathers momentum: Bec Kavanagh on the campaign to promote Australian YA
Sunday, 18 October 2015
Writer and reviewer Bec Kavanagh has been involved in the #LoveOzYA campaign to promote Australian YA literature since its inception earlier this year. She reports on the campaign’s progress and...
Shelf talk: Funny pages
Sunday, 18 October 2015
It’s silly season at Affirm Press, which has a handful of humour books coming out toward the end of the year. Death by Coconut—50 Things More Dangerous than a Shark...
Shelf talk: Strictly business
Sunday, 18 October 2015
The most hotly anticipated romantic series finale Kings Rising—the third book in C S Pacat’s ‘The Captive Prince’ trilogy (Viking)—comes out in February and readers can’t wait! Pacat spearheads the...
YA in translation
Sunday, 18 October 2015
Why is there so little translated YA fiction published in Australia? Danielle Binks spoke to Scribe publisher Henry Rosenbloom and publicist Cora Roberts about their experience in this area. Between...
Making the grade: How to get books on school curricula
Sunday, 18 October 2015
Getting books selected for schools requires an understanding of multiple education associations, their expectations and concerns—and a good dose of luck, writes Danielle Binks. Trying to get an overview of how...
Head over hills: Gavin Williams on Matilda Bookshop
Sunday, 18 October 2015
When Gavin Williams and his wife purchased the long-running Matilda Bookshop in the Adelaide Hills, they had to win over locals who described it as ‘their bookshop’. Williams shares his...
Talkback: Is ebook conversion is best handled in-house or externally?
Sunday, 18 October 2015
Do you think ebook conversion is best handled in-house or externally? Books+Publishing asked three publishers. Mark Robinson, sales and marketing manager, Exisle Publishing As an early entrant in the ebook...
Book bites: Junior titles
Sunday, 18 October 2015
In the picture Aaron Blabey is back with I Need a Hug (Scholastic, December), about a little porcupine who just wants a cuddle. Told in speech bubbles, the simple text...
Teen talk: Meet the 2015 Inky Awards judges
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
Each year, the longlist and shortlist for the Inky Awards for youth literature are selected by a panel of teen judges, with the winners determined via an online vote. Following...
Surreal deal: Leanne Hall on ‘Iris and the Tiger’
Thursday, 8 October 2015
Leanne Hall’s new novel for younger readers Iris and the Tiger is infused with ‘a kind of magical realism that is unusual in children’s and YA fantasy’, writes reviewer Jarrah Moore....
Talk of the town: Christopher Currie on ‘Clancy of the Undertow’
Thursday, 8 October 2015
Christopher Currie’s first YA novel, Clancy of the Undertow, follows 16-year-old misfit Clancy as she juggles a dysfunctional family, a hostile town and a crush on ‘the local hot girl’....
On tour: Meet the author Sarah J Maas
Thursday, 8 October 2015
Sarah J Maas is the author of the ‘Throne of Glass’ series, including the latest instalment, Queen of Shadows (Bloomsbury, September). She will be touring Melbourne and Sydney, and attending...
On tour: Meet the author Jeff Kinney
Thursday, 8 October 2015
Jeff Kinney is the author of the ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ series, including the latest instalment Old School (Penguin, November). He will join Andy Griffiths for a two-hour event...
Fresh blood: Ben Sanders on ‘American Blood’
Thursday, 1 October 2015
In New Zealand author Ben Sanders’ American Blood (A&U, January), an undercover cop in witness protection stirs up elements of his past as he investigates a local woman’s disappearance. The...
Long story short: Jon Steiner on ‘The Last Wilkie’s’
Thursday, 1 October 2015
Jon Steiner’s The Last Wilkie’s (Spineless Wonders, February) is a collection of short stories of varying lengths that are ‘by turns funny, dark and troubling’, writes reviewer Hilary Simmons. She...
Talking points: Lesley and Tammy Williams on ‘Not Just Black and White’
Tuesday, 29 September 2015
Not Just Black and White (UQP, September) is a memoir that takes the form of a ‘conversation in print’ between mother and daughter Lesley and Tammy Williams. They spoke to...
Child’s play: Jen Storer on ‘Danny Best: Full On’
Tuesday, 29 September 2015
Jen Storer and illustrator Mitch Vane have collaborated on a new junior fiction series about Danny Best and his neighbourhood crew. The first book, Danny Best: Full On, will be available...
In the mood: Elise Hurst on ‘Adelaide’s Secret World’
Wednesday, 9 September 2015
Reviewer Margaret Hamilton has awarded five stars to Elise Hurst’s picture-book Adelaide’s Secret World, the story of a rabbit who yearns to befriend a fox. She spoke to the author.You’ve...
Colour by numbers: Hilary Bell and Antonia Pesenti on ‘Numerical Street’
Wednesday, 9 September 2015
Hilary Bell and Antonia Pesenti have followed up their popular picture book Alphabetical Sydney with Numerical Street (NewSouth), which takes readers’ ‘on a journey down a street full of fascinating,...
Well preserved: Viva La Novella winner Jane Rawson on ‘Formaldehyde’
Thursday, 27 August 2015
Jane Rawson’s Formaldehyde is one of this year’s three winning titles in Seizure’s Viva La Novella Prize. The book is an intricately plotted and warm-hearted tale about love, secrets and...
Come into focus: Viva La Novella winner Christy Collins on ‘The End of Seeing’
Wednesday, 26 August 2015
Christy Collins’ The End of Seeing is one of this year’s three winning titles in Seizure’s Viva La Novella Prize. It follows a grieving Ana, who travels to Europe to...
Skeletons in the closet: L J M Owen on ‘Olmec Obituary’
Wednesday, 26 August 2015
L J M Owen’s debut novel Olmec Obituary (Echo), the first instalment in her ‘Dr Pimms, Intermillennial Sleuth’ series, is ‘a cosy and rollicking tale in a sub-genre that is refreshing...
Voice control: Viva La Novella winner Marlee Jane Ward on ‘Welcome to Orphancorp’
Wednesday, 26 August 2015
Marlee Jane Ward’s Welcome to Orphancorp is one of this year’s three winning titles in Seizure’s Viva La Novella Prize. The brutal coming-of-age story is about 17-year-old Mirii Mahoney, who...
Identity crisis? Andrew Nette on the state of Australian crime fiction
Tuesday, 18 August 2015
Ask anyone familiar with Australian crime fiction to name the moment when the genre came of age and most will cite Peter Temple’s novel Truth winning the prestigious Miles Franklin...
On tour: Meet the author Jack Andraka
Thursday, 6 August 2015
Young scientist Jack Andraka is the author of Breakthrough (with Matthew Lysiak, Scribe), a memoir about growing up, being bullied and developing an early-detection test for pancreatic, ovarian and lung...
Light and shadow: Vikki Wakefield on ‘Inbetween Days’
Thursday, 6 August 2015
Vikki Wakefield’s latest YA novel Inbetween Days (Text, October) is about a high-school dropout who finds herself stagnating in a small town. Reviewer Bec Kavanagh spoke to the author. Read...
The other brothers: Stuart Kells on ‘Penguin and the Lane Brothers’
Thursday, 23 July 2015
Stuart Kells’ Penguin and the Lane Brothers: The Untold Story of a Publishing Revolution (Black Inc.) is a new history of the publisher. Reviewer Tim Coronel says it will be ‘essential...
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