Shelf talk: Classic comics
Monday, 13 April 2015
Once upon a time a New York Times bestselling story featured every fairytale character imaginable in one epic tale. The final volume of America’s most successful graphic novel series Fables...
On tour: Meet the author Anthony Horowitz
Thursday, 9 April 2015
Anthony Horowitz is the bestselling author of the ‘Alex Rider’ series and ‘The Power of Five’ series (both Walker Books). He will be a guest of Sydney Writers Festival in May.What...
Hitting the water: Trinity Doyle on ‘Pieces of Sky’
Thursday, 2 April 2015
Trinity Doyle’s YA debut Pieces of Sky (A&U, June) is set in a beach town in the aftermath of a surfing accident. Reviewer Meg Whelan spoke to the author.Your background...
On tour: Meet the author John Scalzi
Thursday, 2 April 2015
John Scalzi’s books include Lock In and Redshirts (both Hachette). He is travelling to Supernova in Melbourne and Swancon in Perth in April.What would you put on a shelf-talker for...
Short and strange: Paddy O’Reilly on ‘Peripheral Vision’
Thursday, 19 March 2015
Paddy O’Reilly’s latest short story collection Peripheral Vision (UQP, July) is ‘blackly comic and bitingly clever’, writes reviewer Hilary Simmons. She spoke to the author. Read Simmons’ review here.Why did you...
Keeping up with the kids: Chris Kunz on the Kidscreen conference
Thursday, 12 March 2015
Chris Kunz, freelance editor and writer and former children’s publisher at Random House, attended the Kidscreen conference for children’s entertainment professionals in Miami in February. She reports on partnerships between...
On tour: Meet the author Sally Gardner
Wednesday, 4 March 2015
Sally Gardner is the author of The Door That Led to Where (Hot Key Books, January). She will attend the 2015 Reading Matters Conference in Melbourne in late May.What would...
Back in ‘baby world’: An interview with Margaret Wild
Tuesday, 3 March 2015
Margaret Wild is the author of over 70 books for children, including her latest Bogtrotter (illus by Judith Rossell, Walker Books). Margaret Hamilton spoke to the author. Read Hamilton’s review...
On tour: Meet the author Elizabeth Gilbert
Thursday, 26 February 2015
Elizabeth Gilbert is the author of The Signature of All Things (Bloomsbury). She is attending Adelaide Writers’ Week and touring Australia and New Zealand in February and March.What would you...
On tour: Meet the author Tom Rob Smith
Thursday, 26 February 2015
Tom Rob Smith is the author of the psychological thriller The Farm (S & S). He is a guest of Adelaide Writers’ Week in February and March.What would you put...
All about ‘Eve’: Rochelle Siemienowicz on ‘Fallen’
Thursday, 26 February 2015
Rochelle Siemienowicz is the author of Fallen (Affirm Press, May), a ‘thought-provoking memoir about religion, marriage and sexuality’ that juxtaposes Siemienowicz’s ‘burgeoning sexuality with her strict Seventh Day Adventist upbringing’....
Your store: On display
Friday, 13 February 2015
Fullers Bookshop’s Catherine Schulz and Reader’s Feast’s Mary Dalmau share some visual merchandising tips from the past year.Catherine Schulz, manager, Fullers Bookshop, Hobart: We like telling stories on display tables,...
My kind-of life: Oliver Mol on ‘Lion Attack!’
Friday, 13 February 2015
Lion Attack! (Scribe, May), the first book from Australian writer Oliver Mol, co-winner of the inaugural Scribe Nonfiction Prize for Young Writers, is part memoir and part make-believe. Reviewer Chloe Townson...
Talkback: Timing titles for Christmas
Friday, 13 February 2015
Do you think publishers save too many high-profile titles for Christmas? Books+Publishing asked three booksellers.Heather Dyer, owner, Fairfield Books: I think publishers do save a lot of titles for Christmas and...
In your ear: Humphrey Bower shares his career journey
Friday, 13 February 2015
Humphrey Bower is one of Australia’s most prolific audiobook narrators. He shares his career journey.My father read to me when I was a child, and I read to my kids...
The Box Office effect: The popularity of YA book-to-film adaptations
Friday, 13 February 2015
As YA’s popularity has risen in recent years, so too have the number of big-screen adaptations. Carody Culver investigates the effect on the publishing industry.As kids, many of us probably...
On tour: Meet the author John Darnielle
Friday, 13 February 2015
John Darnielle is a writer, composer, guitarist, vocalist for The Mountain Goats and author of Wolf in a White Van (Scribe). He is travelling to Perth, Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne...
Delivering the goods: A look at the book industry’s supply chain
Friday, 13 February 2015
Getting a book into a reader’s hands has never been quicker, but there is still plenty of room for improvement in the book industry’s supply chain, writes Gary Copeland.Those who...
The poet’s market: Print sales of poetry titles
Friday, 13 February 2015
The poetry scene might be flourishing with slams and spoken-word events, but print sales remain in the low hundreds for most titles, writes Hilary Simmons.Georgia Richter, publisher at Fremantle Press,...
Your store: Bookshop resolutions
Friday, 13 February 2015
Books Kinokuniya in Sydney has launched a new promotion inspired by New Year’s resolutions. The ‘Commit at Kino’ promotion invites customers to share their New Year’s commitments for the chance to...
Editor’s picks: Jefferies, Tang and Wrathall
Friday, 13 February 2015
News editor Brad Jefferies, editorial assistant Jackie Tang and publishing and digital media coordinator Andrew Wrathall share their top picks for the New Year.Brad Jefferies:One of the books I’m curious to...
Shelf talk: Fantastic fiction
Friday, 13 February 2015
Coming into the end of the first quarter of 2015 there are a bunch of cool genre-fiction books on the way. Here’s a few you may have overlooked.Crouching Tiger, Hidden...
Shelf talk: Books for cooks
Friday, 13 February 2015
Foodies and bookworms alike will be spoiled for choice this year, with no shortage of cookbooks about to hit shelves in the next few months.Tapping into the trend for all...
On tour: Meet the author Laurie Halse Anderson
Friday, 13 February 2015
Laurie Halse Anderson is attending the Reading Matters Conference in Melbourne in May. Her latest book is The Impossible Knife of Memory (Text).What would you put on a shelf-talker for...
Sister act: Three Four Knock on the Door bookseller’s diary
Friday, 13 February 2015
It was third time lucky for the location of Melbourne independent children’s book and toy shop Three Four Knock on the Door. L-J Lacey, who opened the store with her...
Reading your greens: Eco-friendly children’s books
Friday, 13 February 2015
Mason Engelander explores how eco-friendly children’s books have evolved with the rise of the green movement.Some of the earliest ‘green books’ for kids did not carry an explicit environmental theme....
What to expect when you’re expecting in publishing: Parental leave in the workplace
Friday, 13 February 2015
Why is such a female-dominated industry not leading the way when it comes to parental leave? Matthia Dempsey spoke to several publishers about paid parental leave and flexibility in the...
Hardie Grant’s Roxy Ryan reports from Digital Book World
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
‘The ability for booksellers and publishers to articulate, reach and engage readers in their products is something that they can do better than anyone else,’ writes Hardie Grant marketing director...
On tour: Meet the author Stephan Pastis
Tuesday, 3 February 2015
Stephan Pastis is the author of the ‘Timmy Failure’ series (Walker Books). The latest title in the series, We Meet Again, was published in 2014. Pastis will be touring Australia...
Billie’s new adventure: Sally Rippin on writing picture books
Tuesday, 3 February 2015
Sally Rippin’s latest two picture books, Billie’s Great Desert Adventure and Billie’s Underwater Adventure (illus by Alisa Coburn, Hardie Grant Egmont) will ‘stir the imagination in all sorts of colourful...
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