An inner world: Will Elliott on ‘Inside Out’
Monday, 14 October 2013
In his review of Will Elliott’s Inside Out (HarperVoyager, February), Stefen Brazulaitis describes the novel as ‘postmodern without being pretentious and meta without being contrived’. He spoke to the author....
On tour: Meet the author Gary Greenberg
Monday, 7 October 2013
Psychotherapist, author and editor Gary Greenberg is visiting Australia in October. His latest book, The Book of Woe (Scribe), challenges many facets of established psychiatric practice. What would you put...
Game on: Catherine Jinks on ‘Saving Thanehaven’
Monday, 7 October 2013
Catherine Jinks’ YA novel Saving Thanehaven (A&U, March) delves into the secret lives of computer game characters, putting ‘a quirky twist on the classic quest tale’ in the words of...
Missing voices: Amra Pajalic and Demet Divaroren on ‘Coming of Age’
Monday, 7 October 2013
Amra Pajalic and Demet Divaroren are the editors of Coming of Age (A&U, February), a YA anthology that examines what it’s like to grow up Muslim in Australia. They spoke...
Creative with kids: Sandra Nobes from Allen & Unwin
Monday, 7 October 2013
Longtime freelancer Sandra Nobes was recently appointed in-house designer for children’s books at Allen & Unwin. She shares her career journey. This year I got my first ‘proper’ job in...
Drawing disability: Peter Whitfield on a cerebral palsy edition of ‘Jessica’s Box’
Monday, 7 October 2013
In November, New Frontier will publish a ‘cerebral palsy edition’ of Peter Carnavas’ picture book Jessica’s Box. Eloise Florence spoke to publisher Peter Whitfield about the project. For New Frontier...
Shelf talk: Classic comics
Monday, 7 October 2013
In the breakout superhero hit of the year, Hawkeye, Volume 1 (Matt Fraction, illus by David Aja et al, Marvel, December), Clint Barton fights for justice ... and good rooftop...
Shelf talk: Anthologise this
Monday, 7 October 2013
Tis the season for anthologies, and this year there are several to choose from. Summer Lovin’ (Fremantle Press, December) is a collection of 14 stories about love (lost, found, first,...
Tropical delights: Kerstin Brown from Collins Booksellers Smithfield
Monday, 7 October 2013
Collins Booksellers Smithfield co-owners Kerstin and Andrew Brown opened their bookshop near Cairns in the days before reps travelled that far north. Kerstin Brown shares her bookseller’s diary. In 1987,...
Complex Chinese characters: Dominique Wilson on ‘The Yellow Papers’
Monday, 7 October 2013
Dominique Wilson’s The Yellow Papers (Transit Lounge, March) is a ‘captivating historical epic, and a unique view of the formation of modern China’, writes Jennifer Peterson-Ward. She spoke to the...
Editor’s picks: Andrea Hanke’s summer reads
Monday, 7 October 2013
Andrea Hanke shares her serious summer reads. While I enjoy a breezy rom-com as much as the next person, the prospect of several days of uninterrupted, beach umbrella-shaded reading time...
The intern experience: Starting out in the book industry
Monday, 7 October 2013
Internships are a common way of breaking into the book industry, but they’re also an opportunity to try out different roles, reports Eloise Florence. For Natalia Cheng, an internship at...
Book industry salary survey 2013
Monday, 7 October 2013
This year, Books+Publishing surveyed members of the Australian book industry to find out exactly how much workers are getting paid. Andrea Hanke and Andrew Wrathall report on the results. It’s...
The nonfiction niche: Children’s nonfiction
Monday, 7 October 2013
Children’s and YA fiction gets the bulk of the attention when it comes to media coverage, awards and events. So why is children’s nonfiction considered the ‘ugly stepsister’ of children’s...
Firing the imagination: Aleesah Darlison on ‘Ash Rover and the Keeper of the Phoenix’
Monday, 7 October 2013
Aleesah Darlison, author of the ‘Unicorn Riders’ series, has filled her new book with unicorns, fairies, griffins, dragons and goblins. She spoke to Thuy On. Read On’s review here. You’re well...
Art and the industry: Adrian Newstead on ‘The Dealer is the Devil’
Monday, 7 October 2013
The Dealer is the Devil (Brandl & Schlesinger, February) is Adrian Newstead’s guide to the Australian Indigenous art industry. He spoke to Clive Tilsley. Read Tilsley’s review here. Why is the...
Talkback: The book industry under the new government
Monday, 7 October 2013
What do you think will happen to the Australian book industry under the new government? Books+Publishing asked three publishers. Martin Hughes, publisher, Affirm Press Apart from a clutch of new books by...
Read ahead: Preview of 2014 titles
Monday, 7 October 2013
Kate Blackwood rounds up publishers’ top picks for 2014. Fiction Maxine Beneba Clarke’s debut short-story collection is Hodder and Headline sales and marketing director Justin Ractliffe’s top pick for 2014....
Keen for 2014: A preview of forthcoming junior titles
Monday, 7 October 2013
Publishers tell Brad Jefferies about their favourite forthcoming children’s and YA books. Allen & Unwin Redgum’s popular Vietnam War song I Was Only Nineteen (John Schumann, illus by Craig Smith)...
Your store: Sexy events
Monday, 7 October 2013
Sex in Words is a new series of events at Dymocks Adelaide that began in June with erotic fiction readings from authors Kyoko Church, Kate Belle and Angela Castle. The...
Your store: Sticky situation
Monday, 7 October 2013
‘Great Book Great Price’, ‘Read It, Love It or Your Money Back!’, ‘The Australian Women’s Weekly Great Read’. Publishers’ promotional stickers can provide a catchy sales pitch, promote an unknown...
Bob Sessions: Farewell to the book trade
Monday, 7 October 2013
In September, Bob Sessions retired from the book trade after more than 27 years at Penguin Australia, including 22 years as head of publishing. This is his parting letter to...
Shelf talk: Fantastic fiction
Monday, 7 October 2013
I’m pretty sure most booksellers have already figured out what the really big sci-fi and fantasy sellers are going to be for the end of the year: Stephen King’s Doctor...
Book bites: Forthcoming junior titles
Monday, 7 October 2013
In the pictureMargaret Hamilton, former children’s book publisher and owner of Pinerolo, the Children’s Book Cottage, is releasing her first children’s picture book in March. B is for Bedtime (illus...
Jingle balls
Thursday, 3 October 2013
One of the biggest books of the season is Ricky Ponting’s Ponting: At the Close of Play. Published by HarperSport in November, the book coincides with Ponting’s retirement from all...
A maritime mystery: Annie Boyd on ‘Koombana Days’
Thursday, 3 October 2013
In Koombana Days (Fremantle Press), Annie Boyd writes about the disappearance of the SS Koombana in a cyclone off the coast of Western Australia. She spoke to Tim Coronel. You...
Agata Mrva-Montoya: Highlights from the St Gallen International Publishing Management Course
Wednesday, 2 October 2013
In September, Sydney University Press publications coordinator Agata Mrva-Montoya attended the St Gallen International Publishing Management Course in Switzerland. She shares some of her highlights. Too often in the publishing...
Running rampant: N J Gemmell on ‘The Kensington Reptilarium’
Tuesday, 1 October 2013
N J Gemmell’s first book for children, The Kensington Reptilarium (Random House, November), is about four children living in ‘a house brimming with secret passageways and mechanical ladders’, writes reviewer...
On tour: Meet the author John Connolly
Tuesday, 1 October 2013
John Connolly is visiting Australia in October. Conquest: The Chronicle of the Invaders (Headline) is the first book in a new YA science-fiction series, co-written with Connolly’s partner Jennifer Ridyard....
On tour: Meet the author Stuart MacBride
Thursday, 19 September 2013
Scottish crime author Stuart MacBride is visiting Australia in September. His latest book is Close to the Bone (HarperCollins) from the ‘Logan McRae’ series. What would you put on a...
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