Recipes from online cooking sensation Nagi Maehashi, Ash Barty’s memoir, a political thriller and local fiction are dominating sales in the lead up to Christmas.
by Fintan O’Toole.“It’s a history of the Irish people and contemporary Ireland. You’d never get the hardback, but it just came out in paperback and it is really rocketing,” he said.. To me it’s the best novel of the year. I also loved Jessica Au’sChris Macheras’ latest collection of historic photos,Chris Macheras’ Old Vintage Melbourne is among the bestsellers ahead of Christmas.
But 2022 has been a year for fiction, helped in part by ‘BookTok’ – the growing phenomenon of teens sharing reading recommendations on video sharing platform TikTok.Her favourite book for the year is Holly Ringland’sThe Lost Flowers of Alice Hart,“I just adored it,” she said. “I was crying, laughing – all of the things you want from a great book.”Nielsen’s Bianca Whiteley said like for the rest of the retail sector, the Christmas period was key for Australia’s book industry.
“While a typical trading week accounts for around 2 per cent of the year’s sales, the four weeks to Christmas week itself typically make up around 17 per cent of the annual revenue. “This is a significant lift in sales when compared to an average four-week period, which typically hovers around 7 per cent, highlighting just how important Christmas is to the Australian book industry,” she said.
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