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The festive fever has finally hit the book media–reviewers and readers put their Christmas book choices forward in a national effort to inspire book lovers in their Christmas purchases this season. Peter Carey’s new book Parrot and Olivier in America came in at number one, followed closely by Tom Keneally’s Australians: Origins to Eureka and Ray Martin’s autobiography Ray: Stories of My Life. Let’s hope that the enthusiasm for local titles in our media translates to Christmas dollars for our authors.

Most mentioned in the Media this week

1 Parrot and Olivier in America, by Peter Carey
2 Ray: Stories of My Life, by Ray Martin
3 Australians: Origins to Eureka, Volume 1, by Thomas Keneally
4 Clever: Leading Your Smartest, Most Creative People, by Rob Goffee
5 Eating Animals, by Jonathon Safran Foer

Source: http://www.booksellerandpublisher.com.au/articles/2009/12/14210/

This article from Thorpe Bowker’s Weekly Book Newsletter and Media Extra is reproduced by kind permission of Thorpe-Bowker, a division of R R Bowker LLC. © Copyright 2009, Thorpe-Bowker.

Authors on tour from December to March 2010:

December
Matthew Reilly, Macmillan (The Five Greatest Warriors)
Ray Martin, Random House (Ray: Stories of My Life)
Daniel J Siegel, Scribe (Mindsight: Change your Brain and Your Life)
Philip Hoare, HarperCollins, (Leviathan, or the Whale)

February 2010
Patrick Ness, Walker Books (Monsters of Men)
Katherine Howell, Macmillan (Cold Justice)
Michael Goldfarb, Scribe (Emancipation: How Liberating Europe’s Jews from the Ghetto led to Revolution and Renaissance)
David Carlin, Scribe (Our Father Who Wasn’t There)
Niki Savva, Scribe (So Greek: Confessions of a Conservative Leftie)
Mark Danner, Black Inc. (Stripping Bare the Body: Politics, Violence, War)

March 2010
Patrick Ness, Walker Books (Monsters of Men)
Xinran, Random House NZ (Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother) NZ only
David Finkel, Scribe (The Good Soldiers)
Cristovao Tezza, Scribe (The Eternal Son)

Source: http://www.booksellerandpublisher.com.au/articles/2009/11/14171/

This article from Thorpe Bowker’s Weekly Book Newsletter and Media Extra is reproduced by kind permission of Thorpe-Bowker, a division of R R Bowker LLC. © Copyright 2009, Thorpe-Bowker.

Authors on tour from November to March 2010:

November
Susan Duncan, Random House (A Life on Pittwater)
Ben Elton, Random House (Meltdown)
Danny Buderus, Random House (Talent is Not Enough)
Judy Nunn, Random House (Maralinga)
Diana Gabaldon, Hachette (Echo in the Bone)
Paul Mercurio, Murdoch Books (Mercurio’s Menu)
Alex Miller, A&U (Lovesong)
Paullina Simons, HarperCollins (A Song in the Daylight)
Reg Mombassa, HarperCollins (The Mind and Times of Reg Mombassa)
Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, HarperCollins (Never Mind the Bullocks, Here’s the Science)
Di Morrissey, Macmillan (The Silent Country)
Ray Martin, Random House (Ray: Stories of My Life)
Mick Fanning, Random House (Surf for your Life)
Robert Forster, Black Inc. (The 10 Rules of Rock and Roll: Collected Music Writings 2005-09)
Bart Cummings, Macmillan (My Story)
Wayne Carey, Macmillan (The Truth Hurts)
Sheryl McCorry, Macmillan (Stars Over the Shiralee)
Kathryn Bonella, Macmillan (Hotel Kerobokan)
Kelly Doust, Murdoch Books (The Crafty Minx)

December
Matthew Reilly, Macmillan (The Five Greatest Warriors)
Ray Martin, Random House (Ray: Stories of My Life)
Daniel J Siegel, Scribe (Mindsight: Change your Brain and Your Life)
Philip Hoare, HarperCollins, (Leviathan, or the Whale)

February 2010
Patrick Ness, Walker Books (Monsters of Men)
Katherine Howell, Macmillan (Cold Justice)
Michael Goldfarb, Scribe (Emancipation: How Liberating Europe’s Jews from the Ghetto led to Revolution and Renaissance)

March 2010
Patrick Ness, Walker Books (Monsters of Men)
Xinran, Random House NZ (Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother) NZ only

Source: http://www.booksellerandpublisher.com.au/articles/2009/11/14073/

This article from Thorpe Bowker’s Weekly Book Newsletter and Media Extra is reproduced by kind permission of Thorpe-Bowker, a division of R R Bowker LLC. © Copyright 2009, Thorpe-Bowker.

Authors on tour from November to March 2010:

November
Susan Duncan, Random House (A Life on Pittwater)
Ben Elton, Random House (Meltdown)
Danny Buderus, Random House (Talent is Not Enough)
Judy Nunn, Random House (Maralinga)
Diana Gabaldon, Hachette (Echo in the Bone)
Paul Mercurio, Murdoch Books (Mercurio’s Menu)
Alex Miller, A&U (Lovesong)
Paullina Simons, HarperCollins (A Song in the Daylight)
Reg Mombassa, HarperCollins (The Mind and Times of Reg Mombassa)
Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, HarperCollins (Never Mind the Bullocks, Here’s the Science)
Di Morrissey, Macmillan (The Silent Country)
Ray Martin, Random House (Ray: Stories of My Life)
Mick Fanning, Random House (Surf for your Life)
Robert Forster, Black Inc. (The 10 Rules of Rock and Roll: Collected Music Writings 2005-09)
Bart Cummings, Macmillan (My Story)
Wayne Carey, Macmillan (The Truth Hurts)
Sheryl McCorry, Macmillan (Stars Over the Shiralee)
Kathryn Bonella, Macmillan (Hotel Kerobokan)
Kelly Doust, Murdoch Books (The Crafty Minx)

December
Matthew Reilly, Macmillan (The Five Greatest Warriors)
Ray Martin, Random House (Ray: Stories of My Life)
Daniel J Siegel, Scribe (Mindsight: Change your Brain and Your Life)

February 2010
Patrick Ness, Walker Books, also touring in March (Monsters of Men)
Katherine Howell, Macmillan (Cold Justice)

source: http://www.booksellerandpublisher.com.au/articles/2009/11/13912/

This article from Thorpe Bowker’s Weekly Book Newsletter and Media Extra is reproduced by kind permission of Thorpe-Bowker, a division of R R Bowker LLC. © Copyright 2009, Thorpe-Bowker.

Peter Carey continues his reign of the Most Mentioned chart in MX this week. His new book Parrot and Olivier in America has been receiving some very positive reviews. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest–Swedish author Stieg Larsson’s awaited final book in the ‘Millennium’ trilogy–is also continuing to appear in the review pages, as is Ray Martin’s autobiography Ray: Stories of My Life. Alex Miller’s Lovesong and David Foster’s Sons of the Rumour also feature strongly on the chart this week.

Most mentioned in the Media this week

1 Lovesong, by Alex Miller
2 Parrot and Olivier in America, by Peter Carey
3 Sons of the Rumour, by David Foster
4 Ray: Stories of My Life, by Ray Martin
5 Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest, The by Stieg Larsson

Source: http://www.booksellerandpublisher.com.au/articles/2009/11/13875/

This article from Thorpe Bowker’s Weekly Book Newsletter and Media Extra is reproduced by kind permission of Thorpe-Bowker, a division of R R Bowker LLC. © Copyright 2009, Thorpe-Bowker.