Cool for kids: Publishers’ top children’s and YA titles for 2015
Friday, 17 October 2014
Publishers tell Hilary Simmons about their top children’s and YA titles for 2015.A&U publisher Erica Wagner believes Maureen McCarthy’s forthcoming YA novel Stay with Me (May) is particularly timely given...
A splendid assortment: Denise Tilley introduces Birchalls, Launceston
Friday, 17 October 2014
In 1844 Birchalls opened in Launceston, Tasmania, with an advertisement in the local paper promising a ‘splendid assortment of books, stationery, fancy goods, etc’. The store continues to stock an...
Down with dumb: Helen Razer and Bernard Keane on ‘A Short History of Stupid’
Thursday, 16 October 2014
Helen Razer and Bernard Keane’s A Short History of Stupid (A&U, December) examines the rise of Stupidity in the modern world. Hilary Simmons spoke to the authors.Your paths only crossed...
Under the covers: Fiction top picks 2015
Thursday, 16 October 2014
Hilary Simmons asks publishers to share their top fiction picks for 2015. (See nonfiction picks here.)Affirm Press publisher Martin Hughes’ top pick for 2015 came from the slush pile. Hughes...
Under the covers: Nonfiction top picks 2015
Thursday, 16 October 2014
Hilary Simmons asks publishers to share their top nonfiction picks for 2015. (See fiction picks here.)NewSouth publishing director Phillipa McGuinness says The Rise and Fall of Gunns Ltd (Quentin Beresford,...
The Rights Stuff 2014: Survey of Australian rights trading
Wednesday, 8 October 2014
For the 12th year in a row, Think Australian has surveyed Australian rights managers and literary agents to gauge the health of Australian rights trading and book exports. Andrew Wrathall...
Monstrous acts: Dianne Touchell on ‘A Small Madness’
Thursday, 2 October 2014
Dianne Touchell’s YA novel A Small Madness (A&U, February) ‘began with the true story of a baby in a dumpster and two guilty teens who did not look like monsters’....
The comedy in extremis: Anson Cameron on ‘The Last Pulse’
Thursday, 18 September 2014
Anson Cameron’s latest novel The Last Pulse (Vintage, December) is ‘much more than a political comedy about water policy’, writes reviewer Louise Fay. She spoke to the author.You’re from Shepparton...
Being an editor in New York
Tuesday, 16 September 2014
Allen & Unwin’s Susannah Chambers spent three months in New York as part of her Beatrice Davis Editorial Fellowship. In this extract from her report she examines the ‘notable differences’...
On tour: Meet the author Molly Oldfield
Thursday, 21 August 2014
‘QI’ researcher and writer Molly Oldfield is appearing at the Melbourne Writers Festival in August. Oldfield has worked on a series of ‘QI’ books. Her first solo book The Secret Museum...
Rarely seen worlds: Clare Atkins on ‘Nona & Me’
Thursday, 7 August 2014
Debut author Clare Atkins’s YA novel Nona & Me (Black Inc., October) is the story of a friendship between Rosie, a white girl, and Nona, an Aboriginal girl, set in...
Stories within worlds: Garth Nix on ‘Clariel’
Friday, 1 August 2014
‘The long-awaited prequel to Garth Nix’s “Old Kingdom” series (Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen) is going to make a lot of readers very, very happy,’ writes reviewer Holly Harper. She spoke to...
A decade in dresses: Lorelei Vashti on ‘Dress, Memory’
Tuesday, 29 July 2014
Dress, Memory: A Memoir of My Twenties in Dresses (A&U, September) chronicles Lorelei Vashi’s coming-of-age era with a focus on her vintage dress collection. ‘Ultimately it’s the story of a...
App, app and away: Interactive ebooks and apps for kids
Monday, 21 July 2014
At home and in the classroom, kids are swiping their way through a range of interactive ebooks and apps. Carody Culver spoke to Australian publishers about digital developments in children’s...
Make it snappy: Ana Vivas from Snappyant
Monday, 21 July 2014
Ana Vivas is a publisher at Scholastic Australia and co-director of Snappyant, which creates interactive children’s book apps for tablet technologies. She shares her career journey. I grew up in a creative...
Shelf talk: Poetry lines
Monday, 21 July 2014
Spearheading UWA Publishing’s poetry for the next few months is the notable collection Poems 1957-2013 by Geoffrey Lehmann (July), one of Australia’s most distinguished living poets. Poems explores human nature...
On tour: Meet the author Meg Wolitzer
Monday, 21 July 2014
US author Meg Wolitzer’s first novel for young adults is Belzhar (S&S, September). She will be travelling to Melbourne Writers Festival in August. What would you put on a shelf-talker...
Shelf talk: Memorable memoirs
Monday, 21 July 2014
For anyone who’s ever considered the expatriate life, Sydney writer Rachel Weiss shares its adventures and challenges in her memoir about life in the Czech capital The Thing about Prague...
Bray says: Philip Bray from Brays Books in Balmain
Monday, 21 July 2014
Philip Bray, co-owner of Brays Books in Balmain, Sydney, is ‘fast approaching retirement’. He shares his ideas for the future of the book industry. You might expect an old bloke, fast...
On tour: Meet the author Val McDermid
Monday, 21 July 2014
Val McDermid’s latest book is The Skeleton Road (Little, Brown, September). She is visiting Australia in September. What would you put on a shelf-talker for your book? Gripping storytelling with characters...
Wrapped up in books: Christmas 2014 titles
Monday, 21 July 2014
Brad Jefferies finds out what publishers have planned for Christmas.Jolly polliesThis Christmas brings a bumper crop of political biographies. One of the most-anticipated is Julia Gillard’s memoir. The former Prime...
Editor’s picks: Literary heavyweights and weighty fashion books
Monday, 21 July 2014
Literary heavyweights and weighty fashion books are on Andrea Hanke’s reading list.From the mastersColm Tóibín and Hilary Mantel have new books coming out in the next few months, which makes...
Your store: In good company
Monday, 21 July 2014
Instead of running a solo VIP shopping night this Christmas, Fiona Stager from Brisbane’s Avid Reader is planning to hold a joint event with a number of local retailers. The Shophop...
Talkback: The value of social media
Monday, 21 July 2014
Is social media worth the time you’re putting into it? Books+Publishing asked three booksellers.Catherine Schulz, manager, Fullers Bookshop Hobart:Social media is hard to quantify. It’s also hard to be consistent...
Shelf talk: New romance
Monday, 21 July 2014
Rural romance readers are spoilt for choice this month—especially if they love family dramas. Outback Ghost (Harlequin, October) is the third book in the ‘Bunyip Bay’ series by bestselling author...
At your service: Self-publishing support services
Monday, 21 July 2014
The boom in self-publishing has led to the establishment of a number of different ‘self-publishing support services’. Brad Jefferies reports.Support services for self-published authors come in all shapes and sizes....
Your store: Ask Agatha
Monday, 21 July 2014
Readings recently launched a book-advice column staffed by the ‘experienced and extremely wise bookseller Agatha’. Readers can email their questions to askagatha@readings.com.au and a selection of responses will be published...
Day of the dads: Gift ideas for Father’s Day
Monday, 21 July 2014
The first Sunday in September is the Day of the Dads. Tim Coronel rounds up some gift ideas for bookish dads. All are August or September releases. FictionFiction-reading dads have a...
Innovation, interrupted: Zoe Dattner on the trouble with digital publishing start-ups
Monday, 21 July 2014
Why do so many digital publishing start-ups fail? Zoe Dattner, co-founder of Sleepers Publishing and the Small Press Network, remembers the innovators. Back in early May, I received an email from a start-up...
The 17th storey: Maxine Beneba Clarke’s tribute to Matt Richell
Wednesday, 16 July 2014
Robert Watkins has baked a coffee and cardamom cake. He is Hachette Australia’s commissioning editor. He says the marketing director is likely coming. The publishing director is already there. “Our...
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