BOOK REVIEW: Reframe: How to Solve the World’s Trickiest Problems (Eric Knight, Black Inc.)
Eric Knight writes that instead of focussing on the details of a problem with a metaphorical magnifying glass, readers should step back and reframe the issue in order to see...
Believe It or Not! Ripley’s archivist Edward Meyer visits Australia
[caption id="attachment_4780" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Edward Meyer holds a shrunken head, which he gave to book distributor Ice Water Press."][/caption] Earlier this month Ripley’s vice president of exhibits and archives, Edward...
Manga
A session on Manga and Graphic Novels at the Australian Booksellers Association conference revealed that many booksellers in the audience wanted to know about selling manga. Andrew Wrathall spoke to...
Travelling in literary China
Publishing assistant Andrew Wrathall attended Australian Writers' Week in China in March. Here, he gives us a taste of three Chinese literary festivals that hosted Australian authors in 2011. English...
AUDIO INTERVIEW: Shaun Micallef on ‘Preincarnate’ (Hardie Grant)
Intrepid publishing assistant at Bookseller+Publisher Andrew Wrathall interviewed Shaun Micallef about his book Preincarnate (Hardie Grant) at the Australian Booksellers Association conference in Brisbane in July. As these things are...
Fancy Goods questionnaire: Andrew Wrathall
Publishing assistant at Bookseller+Publisher Andrew Wrathall resisted telling us about the books he loves for some time, but we squeezed it out of him and this is what he said....
Emerging Writers Festival: The story so far
[caption id="attachment_1562" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Lifted Brow at Page Parlour"][/caption] The Emerging Writers Festival (EWF) came to life on Friday night in Melbourne in the form of The First Word,...
Staff changes at WBN/Bookseller+Publisher
The editorial team that produces the Weekly Book Newsletter, Bookseller+Publisher magazine and its supplements, Media Extra and the Fancy Goods blog is set to change in coming weeks. Acting Bookseller+Publisher...