A touch of magic: Laura Nardo at Enchanted By Books
Monday, 31 March 2014
Tucked away in the western suburbs of Melbourne is children’s bookshop Enchanted By Books. Owner Laura Nardo shares her bookseller’s diary. Unlike other booksellers, I don’t have a background in sales,...
Comments from abroad: The overseas children’s and YA book market
Monday, 31 March 2014
How does the children’s and YA book market in Australia compare with those overseas? Three children’s books experts currently based in the UK and the US share their observations. Marisa PintadoMarisa...
Talkback: Book extracts in the media
Monday, 31 March 2014
How useful is it to run extracts of new books in newspapers and magazines? Books+Publishing asked three publishers.Aviva Tuffield, publisher, Affirm Press:Extracts can be both a blessing and a curse. They...
Picture perfect: Meet four picture book illustrators
Monday, 31 March 2014
A desire to create something beautiful, and to experiment with different methods and materials, have informed the careers of Australian picture book illustrators Dub Leffler, Andrew Plant, Marc Martin and...
On tour: Meet the author Eimear McBride
Monday, 31 March 2014
Irish-British author Eimear McBride’s debut novel is A Girl is a Half-formed Thing (Text). She is visiting Australia and New Zealand in May.What would you put on a shelf-talker for...
Shelf talk: Good sports
Monday, 31 March 2014
Once every four years the country gets excited about soccer, so there will be a glut of World Cup books on the shelves in the lead-up to the 2014 tournament...
Shelf talk: Quirky tales
Monday, 31 March 2014
Sometimes you come across a customer who wants something ‘a bit different’. Not your usual crime fiction, no rom-coms please. I’m happy to report that there are some absolute crackers...
Shelf talk: Fantastic fiction
Monday, 31 March 2014
While there are the usual blockbusters due out in May (Jim Butcher anyone?) there are also some titles you can slip onto your shelves to show your spec-fic readers that...
Editor’s picks
Monday, 31 March 2014
New books by Dunham, Rakoff, Cunningham and Murakami are in hot demand among the Books+Publishing editorial team. Eloise Keating, Kate Blackwood, Andrew Wrathall and Brad Jefferies share their editor’s picks.Eloise...
On tour: Meet the author Laura Bates
Thursday, 20 March 2014
UK writer Laura Bates, who founded the Everyday Sexism Project, is the author of Everyday Sexism (S&S, April). She is visiting Australia in May. What would you put on a shelf-talker...
Write-off: Ian Shadwell on ‘Slush Pile’
Thursday, 20 March 2014
Ian Shadwell’s debut novel Slush Pile (Puncher & Wattman, June), which follows the desperate life of a washed-up former Booker Prize-winner, ‘will appeal to writers, aspiring writers, publishing insiders and...
Speaking up: Sian Prior on ‘Shy: A Memoir’
Thursday, 20 March 2014
In Shy: A Memoir, journalist and former ABC broadcaster Sian Prior explores the ‘psychology behind timidness’ and reflects on her own battles with shyness. She spoke to reviewer Emily Laidlaw.Shy...
Angela Meyer: tips on chairing panels and interviewing authors
Wednesday, 19 March 2014
I’m sharing what I’ve learnt about chairing and interviewing authors on stage, particularly through watching good, mediocre or bad sessions at festivals, not just due to my own experience chairing...
Soccer superheroes: Michael Wagner on ‘Maxx Rumble: Soccer’
Wednesday, 5 March 2014
Michael Wagner and illustrator Terry Denton take ‘their healthy sense of the ridiculous to the world’s most popular sport’ in their ‘Maxx Rumble: Soccer’ series (Walker, May), writes reviewer Samuel...
Surviving dystopia: Barry Jonsberg on ‘Pandora Jones: Admission’
Wednesday, 5 March 2014
Pandora Jones: Admission (A&U, May) is the first book in a new dystopian YA trilogy from Barry Jonsberg. Reviewer Bec Kavanagh gave the book five stars and said its ‘relentless pace offers...
On tour: Meet the author Alexander McCall Smith
Monday, 3 March 2014
UK author Alexander McCall Smith is touring Australia in March, stopping in Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Ballarat. His most recent novel is The Forever Girl (Polygon). What would you put on a...
On tour: Meet the author Cathy Kelly
Monday, 3 March 2014
Irish author Cathy Kelly is visiting Australia in March, to coincide with the release of her newest novel A Woman’s Heart (HarperFiction, March). What is the silliest question you’ve ever...
On tour: Meet the author D W Wilson
Monday, 3 March 2014
Canadian author D W Wilson is visiting Australia in March for the Adelaide Writers’ Week. Wilson is the author of the short-story collection Once You Break a Knuckle and his...
On tour: Meet the author Margaret Drabble
Monday, 3 March 2014
UK author Margaret Drabble is touring Australia in March, appearing at the Perth and Adelaide writers festivals. Her 17th novel, The Pure Gold Baby (Text), was published in 2013. What...
On tour: Meet the author Tan Twan Eng
Monday, 3 March 2014
Malaysian author Tan Twan Eng is visiting Australia in March for the Adelaide Writers’ Week. Twan Eng is the author of novels including The Garden of Evening Mists (A&U), which...
On tour: Meet the author Elizabeth Gilbert
Monday, 3 March 2014
Elizabeth Gilbert is touring Australia and New Zealand in March as a guest of Adelaide Writers’ Week, visiting Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Wellington. Her latest novel, The Signature of All...
Settler stories: Ken Gelder & Rachael Weaver on ‘The Colonial Journals’
Monday, 17 February 2014
In The Colonial Journals: And the Emergence of Australian Literary Culture (UWA Publishing, May), Ken Gelder and Rachael Weaver curate a collection of essays, short stories and artwork from early...
On tour: Meet the author Rabih Alameddine
Monday, 17 February 2014
Lebanese-American author Rabih Alameddine is visiting Australia in March to promote his third novel, An Unnecessary Woman (Text).What would you put on a shelf-talker for your book? A naked Colin...
On tour: Meet the author Mireille Guiliano
Monday, 17 February 2014
French-American author Mireille Guiliano is visiting Australia in February. Her latest book is French Women Don’t Get Facelifts (Doubleday). What would you put on a shelf-talker for your book?Attitude is the new...
On tour: Meet the author Helen Dunmore
Friday, 7 February 2014
What would you put on a shelf-talker for your book? If I had abandoned all claim to modesty, I might put: ‘The Lie is an enthralling, deeply moving story about three childhood...
Reprints: a reality check
Friday, 7 February 2014
Why does it take 10 days for some books to be reprinted and delivered to booksellers? Andrea Hanke reports.There are a number of reasons why a book might require an...
Your store: French storytelling
Friday, 7 February 2014
‘Une souris verte qui courait dans l’herbe,’ French tutor Myriam Bourdon reads aloud to children at Readings bookstore in St Kilda. She then whispers the translation: ‘A green mouse that...
Editor’s picks: Andrea Hanke’s 2014 reading list
Friday, 7 February 2014
Epistolatory novels, Swiss noir and a dark new take on The Wizard of Oz are on Andrea Hanke’s 2014 reading listAndrea Hanke’s 2014 reading list. In a publishing industry that typically...
Global local: Maxine Beneba Clarke on ‘Foreign Soil’
Friday, 7 February 2014
Reviewer Martin Shaw describes Maxine Beneba Clarke’s debut short-story collection Foreign Soil (Hachette, May) as ‘vivid and unforgettable’. (Read the review here.) Shaw spoke to the author.Last year you won the Victorian...
Shelf talk: New romantics
Friday, 7 February 2014
The first half of 2014 is all about books and series by favourite authors. JR Ward’s The King (Piatkus), book 12 of the immensely popular ‘Black Dagger Brotherhood’ series, is...
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