(PDF DOWNLOAD) A Room Made of Leaves
2020
• What if new secrets were just waiting to be discovered? In Kate Grenville’s fictitious memoir of Elizabeth Macarthur we are told: Do not believe too quickly
• A ground-breaking work that turns historical fiction inside out, Grenville turns the stereotype of the good and docile wife on its head, giving life to an enigmatic and misunderstood woman
• For fans of Burial Rights by Hannah Kent, and The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey, this is one of Australia's greatest and most loved writers at her best
• Campaign will include high-profile media with extracts placed in broadsheet newspapers, coverage in online news sites such as Guardian, feature interview in Good Weekend, widespread review coverage in broadsheet newspapers and literary magazines, as well as radio and TV interviews across Australia and New Zealand
• Bound proofs available to the trade—ask your account manager for a copy; engaging and informative author video available for sharing, major trade campaign including author presentation at the 2020 Leading Edge Conference as well as a feature title at bookseller conferences; significant budget for bookseller catalogues and point-of-sale materials
• Premier advertising in Books+Publishing; large-scale consumer marketing campaign including print advertisements in popular publications such as Australian Women’s Weekly, Big Issue, Australian Book Review and Monthly; creative ‘Do not believe too quickly’ social media campaign in partnership with influencers, including promotion of a chapter sample and book club notes
• Wide-reaching feature campaign to run via popular book lover website Better Reading; giveaways and promotions with specialist groups such as Elizabeth Macarthur High School and Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute; feature title at key teacher and librarian conferences and via the Text education newsletter