HarperCollins acquires Cowell novel ‘Plum’
HarperCollins Australia has acquired ANZ rights to Plum, a new novel by writer, actor and director Brendan Cowell. Plum tells the story of Peter ‘The Plum’ Lum, a 48-year-old ex-NRL...
Brexit, bookselling and ‘Boy Swallows Universe’: An interview with Charlie Redmayne
Charlie Redmayne is CEO of HarperCollins UK, with responsibility for the UK, Ireland, India and Australia. He joined HarperCollins as group digital director, but left the business in 2011 to...
HarperCollins acquires Waterland’s commercial fiction debut in two-book deal
HarperCollins has acquired world rights to the commercial fiction debut by author and comedian Rosie Waterland, in a two-book deal. Waterland’s yet-to-be-titled first novel tells the story of Olive Alexander,...
Laveau-Harvie wins 2019 Stella Prize for debut ‘The Erratics’
Vicki Laveau-Harvie has won the 2019 Stella Prize, worth $50,000, for her memoir The Erratics (Fourth Estate). Judging panel chair Louise Swinn said The Erratics, which tells the story of...
HQ Fiction acquires Armstrong novel ‘The Collaborator’
HarperCollins Australia imprint HQ Fiction has acquired world rights to the first book in eight years by author Diane Armstrong. Titled The Collaborator and based on a true story set in...
Dalton wins 2019 MUD Literary Prize for debut fiction
Trent Dalton’s Boy Swallows Universe (Fourth Estate) has won the 2019 MUD Literary Prize, awarded to a debut novel. Dalton receives a cash prize of $3000, which will be presented...
HarperCollins acquires McKinnon’s second novel
HarperCollins has acquired world rights to Catherine McKinnon’s second novel, The Great Time, via Jeanne Ryckmans at the Cameron Creswell Agency. Set during World War II, The Great Time follows...
HarperCollins UK named on Best Employers for Race list
HarperCollins UK is the only publisher to have been named as one of 70 of the best UK employers for race diversity and equality, reports BookBrunch. The Best Employers for Race...
HarperCollins signs Blackwood in two-book deal
HarperCollins has signed a two-book deal with children's book illustrator Freya Blackwood. The first book in the deal is a yet-to-be-titled picture book about a girl and her pig, due...
HarperCollins, Hardie Grant, S&S and Walker join forces in NZ sales and marketing agency
HarperCollins has announced a new combined sales and marketing agency in New Zealand, which will represent Hardie Grant, Simon & Schuster (S&S) and Walker Books. The new Auckland-based agency, which...
Slee wins inaugural Banjo Prize
HarperCollins Australia has announced journalist Tim Slee as the winner of the inaugural Banjo Prize for an unpublished work of Australian commercial fiction for his manuscript ‘Burn’. Slee’s work was chosen...
Shortlist announced for inaugural Banjo Prize
The shortlist for the 2018 Banjo Prize has been announced. Launched by HarperCollins in March this year, the prize will be awarded for an unpublished work of commercial fiction. The shortlisted...
HarperCollins revenue up 7% in 2018
In the US, HarperCollins has reported a 23% rise in earnings to US$244 million (A$335m) in the financial year ending 30 June, and a 7% rise in revenue to US$1.76...
HarperCollins signs Treasure for two-book deal
HarperCollins has acquired world rights to White Horses by commercial fiction author Rachael Treasure in a two-book deal, via Margaret Connolly at Margaret Connolly and Associates. White Horses tells the...
‘Boy Swallows Universe’ to be published globally through HarperCollins
HarperCollins Australia has announced a global deal for Trent Dalton’s debut Boy Swallows Universe that will see the book published through HarperCollins companies across major English and translation markets. HarperCollins...
HarperCollins France established
HarperCollins’ international expansion continues with the establishment of HarperCollins France, reports Publishers Weekly. The French office was created after the publisher bought out Hachette Livre SA’s stake in Harlequin SA....
After Before Time (Robbi Neal, HarperCollins)
When Robbi Neal and her family moved from Geelong to the remote Lockhart River Aboriginal community in Cape York to manage the local art centre, their plan was to stay...
The Yearbook Committee (Sarah Ayoub, HarperCollins)
Five very different Year 12 students find themselves on the Yearbook Committee for their prestigious private school. Some are loners and some are popular, but all are facing their own...
HarperCollins UK profits tripled in FY 2014-15
HarperCollins UK’s profits have tripled in the 2014-15 financial year, with revenues up by £6.6m (A$13.4m) to £186m (A$377m) and profit before tax up by £8.9m (A$18.1m) to £13.1m (A$26.6m),...
Milne to leave HarperCollins
HarperCollins Australia’s marketing, digital and communications director Simon Milne will leave the company at the end of 2015. Milne’s departure follows the integration of the publisher’s fiction, nonfiction, ABC Books...