Blumhouse Books imprint announced
In the UK, Doubleday and Vintage Books, imprints of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, have created the imprint Blumhouse Books in a collaboration with film company Blumhouse Productions, reports Publishers...
The comedy in extremis: Anson Cameron on ‘The Last Pulse’
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...
Creative with kids: Sandra Nobes from Allen & Unwin
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...
Art and the industry: Adrian Newstead on ‘The Dealer is the Devil’
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...
Death Railway: Richard Flanagan on ‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North’
Richard Flanagan’s new novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Vintage) tells of an Australian surgeon living in a Japanese POW camp. The author spoke to Clive Tilsley. You...
Pleasing terror: John Harwood on ‘The Asylum’
John Harwood has written a spine-tingling gothic thriller in The Asylum (Vintage, June). The author spoke to Paula Grunseit, whose review is available here. When did you first fall in...
Random House reveals bestselling Vintage Classics for 2012
Random House has revealed its 20 bestselling Vintage Classics books for 2012. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is at the top of the list, which incorporates Vintage Classics and Vintage...
Classics for kids
Is there a market for contemporary editions of children’s classics? Publishers seem to think so. Rita Yazdani investigates. In August, Random House launched the first 23 titles in its Vintage...
Top picks from the current issue
Which books got good reviews in the October issue of Bookseller+Publisher you ask? Well... The proof copy of Caroline Overington's novel I Came to Say Goodbye came covered in glowing...