Ventura Press’ founder and publisher Jane Curry recently travelled to Beijing for the International Book Fair. What’s happening behind the scenes of this hidden book market with (millions of) potential?
Read moreQ&A with Angela Meyer
A Superior Spectre by Angela Meyer is one of the six books shortlisted for this year’s Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction. Readings recently chatted to Angela about ghosts, female desire and blurring the lines of fiction.
Read moreWhat Makes a Good Author?
A writer becomes an author only when they are published, and because publishers and authors both need each other, ours is the ultimate symbiotic relationship. So what makes a good author? And what is the ‘author DNA’ we speak of at Ventura?
Read moreThe Rise of #Bookstagram
The trend for curated visuals has given rise to #booksofinstagram, which links Instagram users to a world of stylish books and equally stylish readers. This hashtag is not exclusive, but it is only really effective for books with high design values—they often feature elaborate flat-lays that relay some of the narrative or add to the hygge feeling of curling up with a book. So what has given rise to the #bookstagram?
Read moreWhat You May Not Know About Your Editor
In the editorial industry there are a lot of common stereotypes you may have heard about – we’re often (but not always) female, we’re cat people, tea people, book people, and we’re cardigan wearing, glasses wearing grammar Nazis. And if we ever went to war, it would be over the oxford comma. But here are a few things you may not know about your humble editor…
Read moreHow To: Create the Perfect Book Title
You may be surprised to read that the title of your book is one of the most important marketing strategies you have as an author.
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