Yumna Kassab on ‘Politica’
Tuesday, 31 October 2023
Yumna Kassab is a writer from Western Sydney. She is the author of The House of Youssef (Giramondo, 2019), Australiana (Ultimo, 2022), and The Lovers (Ultimo, 2022). She has been listed...
Yumna Kassab recommends
Tuesday, 31 October 2023
I think the standout book for 2023 has to be Only Sound Remains by Hossein Asgari. The writing has great clarity, and it evokes such a strong sense of place....
BookHub and Your Bookstore: New connections between ANZ booksellers and readers
Wednesday, 25 October 2023
Since Bookshop.org and before, local brick-and-mortar stores have been pondering how best to reach online shoppers in the local market. Could the recently launched BookHub and Your Bookstore websites in...
Sara M Saleh on ‘The Flirtation of Girls’
Tuesday, 24 October 2023
Sara M Saleh is an award-winning human rights lawyer and author. She follows her debut novel, Songs for the Dead and the Living (Affirm, 2023), with her first published poetry...
What do teens want to read? Six key insights from the Deakin University Teen Reading research team
Wednesday, 18 October 2023
On 4 October in Melbourne, the Deakin University Teen Reading research team presented a preview of their final report for the project ‘Discovering a “Good Read”: Cultural pathways to reading...
Michelle Upton on ‘Emergency Exit Only’
Tuesday, 17 October 2023
Originally hailing from Birmingham, England, Michelle Upton now calls the Redlands Coast in Queensland home. Her debut novel Terms of Inheritance (HarperCollins, 2022) was shortlisted for the 2021 Banjo Prize,...
Introducing Key People
Wednesday, 11 October 2023
Earlier this year, publishing professionals Lou Johnson and Jeanne Ryckmans set up a new literary agency, Key People Literary Management. With a connection going back to their time as colleagues...
The Community Publishing Research Project
Wednesday, 11 October 2023
The Community Publishing in Regional Australia project team comprises academic researchers Beth Driscoll, Kim Wilkins, Sandra Phillips and Alexandra Dane. With funding from the Australian Research Council, the project runs...
Amplify Bookstore’s summer picks
Wednesday, 4 October 2023
Amplify Bookstore is an independent online bookseller specialising in books by Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) authors, founded by Jing Xuan Teo and Marina Sano. Here, they share their top...
Angourie Rice and Kate Rice on ‘Stuck Up & Stupid’
Tuesday, 3 October 2023
Angourie Rice is an actor renowned for her roles in international feature films and television series; she also showcases her literary talents by writing, producing and hosting The Community Library...
Epics, experiments, escapism, excellence: Australian fiction at Frankfurt
Tuesday, 3 October 2023
Several prize-winning Australian authors will have new novels showcased at the fair. Waanyi (First Nations) author Alexis Wright, who is the only writer to have won both the Stella Prize...
Volume symposium: Australia Reads on building a reading nation
Wednesday, 27 September 2023
Last Thursday, 21 September, over 1000 people tuned in to Australia Reads’ Volume symposium, on the theme ‘Building a Reading Nation’. In the context of declining literacy and reading rates,...
Lucy Treloar on ‘Days of Innocence and Wonder’
Tuesday, 26 September 2023
Lucy Treloar's Salt Creek (Picador, 2015) claimed the Dobbie Literary Award and was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award and the UK's Walter Scott Prize, while her second novel,...
Sport and sportspeople in Australian youth literature
Wednesday, 20 September 2023
Former bookseller Georgia Strobel recently undertook research into how sport and sportspeople are represented in Australian children's literature. Here, she shares her findings. Earlier this year I was lucky enough...
Australian book market overview: 2023 so far
Wednesday, 13 September 2023
Ahead of the Frankfurt Book Fair, Books+Publishing’s rights publication, Think Australian, looks at how the local market has fared so far this year. After three consecutive years of growth, the Australian book...
Beverley McWilliams on ‘Spies in the Sky’
Wednesday, 6 September 2023
Beverley McWilliams is a children's writer based in South Australia who loves sharing history with children. Books+Publishing reviewer Karys McEwen describes her new book, Spies in the Sky (Pantera, November),...
Meet the publishers: new small presses to watch
Wednesday, 30 August 2023
The pandemic: book buyers rediscovered their love of reading, authors made use of lockdowns to write, but for some, it was all about publishing. Here, we profile five publishers launched...
Celebrating imperfections and connections at BookUp 2023
Wednesday, 23 August 2023
The annual BookUp conference for 2023, presented by the Australian Publishers Association (APA), was held at the State Library Victoria, Melbourne, on Wednesday 16 August, with wide-ranging sessions inviting participants to...
Giselle Clarkson on ‘The Observologist’
Tuesday, 22 August 2023
Giselle Clarkson is an illustrator and comic artist based in Greytown, Aotearoa New Zealand, and is best known for her nonfiction comics on conservation and environmental topics. Books+Publishing reviewer Karys...
Meet the Rising Stars 2023: Kajal Narayan
Wednesday, 16 August 2023
The Australian Publishers Association Rising Star award recognises an emerging talent in Australian publishing who has spent less than 10 years in the industry. In the lead-up to the winner announcement at...
Pitched at MIFF 2023
Wednesday, 9 August 2023
Publishers and agents returned to the Melbourne International Film Festival's book-to-screen rights sales event Books@MIFF again this year, with a diverse range of titles selected for on-stage pitching, followed by...
Meet the Rising Stars 2023: Tom Langshaw
Wednesday, 9 August 2023
The Australian Publishers Association Rising Star award recognises an emerging talent in Australian publishing who has spent less than 10 years in the industry. In the lead-up to the winner announcement at...
Suzie Miller on ‘Prima Facie’
Tuesday, 8 August 2023
Suzie Miller is a playwright, screenwriter and novelist who splits her time between the UK and Sydney. Prima Facie (Picador, September) is an adaptation of her smash-hit one-woman play, which...
Meet the Rising Stars 2023: Genevieve Nelsson
Wednesday, 2 August 2023
The Australian Publishers Association Rising Star award recognises an emerging talent in Australian publishing who has spent less than 10 years in the industry. In the lead-up to the winner announcement at...
Thank you Mark Rubbo, from a sales rep
Wednesday, 2 August 2023
Mark Rubbo retired as Readings MD on 28 July, after 50 years in the books business. Hardie Grant Books area manager, Victoria and Tasmania, Mandy Wildsmith reflects on working with...
Elise Esther Hearst on ‘One Day We’re All Going to Die’
Tuesday, 25 July 2023
Melbourne-based playwright and author Elise Esther Hearst has been described as ‘one of the most interesting young playwriting voices in Australian theatre’. Her debut novel One Day We’re All Going...
Publishers flock to Threads
Tuesday, 25 July 2023
Meta, the owners of Instagram and Facebook, launched the new app Threads—a very similar platform to Twitter—on 5 July, gaining 100 million users in only five days, as those frustrated...
Meet the Rising Stars 2023: Eloise Plant
Thursday, 20 July 2023
The Australian Publishers Association Rising Star award recognises an emerging talent in Australian publishing who has spent less than 10 years in the industry. In the lead-up to the winner announcement at...
Meet the Rising Stars 2023: Kathleen O’Neill
Tuesday, 18 July 2023
The Australian Publishers Association Rising Star award recognises an emerging talent in Australian publishing who has spent less than 10 years in the industry. In the lead-up to the winner...
Kate Mildenhall on ‘The Hummingbird Effect’
Tuesday, 18 July 2023
Kate Mildenhall is a Melbourne-based writer whose first book, Skylarking, was longlisted for the Voss Literary Prize and Indie Book Awards. Her second novel was the widely lauded The Mother Fault. Her latest, The...
