The White Album” by Joan Didion “We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” I have been praying at the altar of Joan Didion ...

For the past few months, publishing has been consumed with debate over that ever-divisive topic: blurbs, those breathless ...

The giving and receiving of literary or book endorsements is a tricky practice. How does the Australian book community feel about them?

Book’s gung ho about life after the breakup All those authors who are living under a false name and buying fake moustaches can now come out of hiding. There’s a chance they may no ...

On the higher slopes of Mount Olympus, blurbs are a way by which the gods speak to each other in code, with the whole world ...

Absolutely riveting” and “compelling.” “A must-read” and “a tour de force.” Blurbs, those haiku-length endorsements on every ...

As a major publisher stops forcing books to have author endorsements, is this the end of the road for the common cover ...

Children’s books, to a great extent because they are written for those who cannot participate in the market, can ...

Manning argues that “trying to get blurbs is not a good use of anyone’s time”. He notes that a number of acclaimed titles in ...

Two brothers embark on a dangerous mission in Yellowstone National Park in Callan Wink's Montana-set adventure "Beartooth," ...

In my wilder dreams, I am a bestselling literary novelist, and the jackets of my books are festooned with quotes from the ...