Reading rates in Australia are falling – and price might be less of a factor than we think. We look at how Australia compares internationally, and what other countries are doing to boost reading.
- Professor of Publishing and Audience Studies, Edith Cowan University
While most booksellers are driven by their love of books, Booktopia was a business opportunity. At its height, it sold a book every three seconds. How did it fail?
A new study has identified seven types of teen readers. It also found about 30% do not read in their free time.
Our new research has tracked the gender of artists working at Australian opera companies and found evidence of pervasive gender inequality.
Pre-pandemic, reading rates among teenagers were falling. But BookTok, a subculture of social media platform TikTok, has made teens read more often – and influences what they read. Here’s how it works.
We interviewed booksellers about their experience of the pandemic and their customers.
The competition for soft power is at the heart of the Olympics. This year, the opening ceremony will be crucial for Japan.
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