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The Happiness Jar

Wednesday, 9 June 2021
Losing her battle with cystic fibrosis, Rachel administers a dose of her notorious wanderlust. She asks her family for one last request: a journey to the exotic and the unknown....

Ocean Warriors: The Rise of Robo-Shark

Wednesday, 9 June 2021
Being sent to a submarine to help restore extinct sea creatures for summer camp is not exactly Kai’s idea of fun. Then he discovers a cyborg great white shark in...

All About Yves – Notes from a Transition

Wednesday, 9 June 2021
Was I always trans, part boy beneath my skin, or was it that I landed in a place where 'girl' was a container so small it could break your bones?...

Music Maker of Auschwitz IV

Wednesday, 9 June 2021
The inspirational true story of an Allied POW appointed Kapellmeister (man in charge of music) to the Nazis in Auschwitz. In May 1940, he was captured at Dunkirk and interned...

The Riddle of Tanglewood Manor

Wednesday, 9 June 2021
When their parents opt for a tree-change, 150-year-old Tanglewood Manor becomes Sam and Harry’s ‘new’ home in the country. As their parents set about renovating the ruin, the brothers cautiously...

Secrets and Showgirls

Wednesday, 9 June 2021
Everyone is being watched, and some of Le Prix’s colourful performers are hiding dangerous secrets. Monsieur Maurice manages Le Prix d’Amour, a successful Parisian cabaret, which boasts glitzy performers and...

MUP profit up 19%, Fogarty Literary Award winner

Wednesday, 9 June 2021
Following its move to increase its focus on scholarly publishing, MUP has reported an operating profit increase of 19%. In other news, Spineless Wonders has launched a new imprint that...

Malla Nunn on ‘Sugar Town Queens’

Wednesday, 9 June 2021
Malla Nunn's Sugar Town Queens (A&U, August) is a young adult novel set in Sugar Town, South Africa. This coming-of-age story follows 15-year-old Amandla as she uncovers her family history and...

UK book industry unites for ‘Save Our Books’ copyright campaign

Wednesday, 9 June 2021
In the UK, publishing industry organisations have launched a campaign against mooted changes to copyright laws they claim would lead to a flood of cheap copies of UK books coming...

PEN Sydney establishes writer’s refuge program

Wednesday, 9 June 2021
PEN Sydney has established a writer’s refuge for writers living with disadvantage and/or discrimination that restricts their work. Supported by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at University of...

Rabbit Hole

Wednesday, 9 June 2021
My name is Alice. I'm a police officer. I'm trying to solve a murder on a psychiatric ward. But I'm also a patient... They were meant to be safe on...

The First Time I Thought I Was Dying (Sarah Walker, UQP)

Tuesday, 8 June 2021
This is an essay collection in which the most difficult and abject parts of being a human in a body are examined with full and unflinching frankness, from our unacknowledged...

Small Joys of Real Life (Allee Richards, Hachette)

Tuesday, 8 June 2021
Small Joys of Real Life begins at a house party in Northcote, Melbourne, where the narrator, actress Eva McMillan, meets a cute guy, Pat. Two weeks later, they meet again...

Bloomsbury records ‘outstanding’ results in 2020

Tuesday, 8 June 2021
In the UK, Bloomsbury recorded an ‘outstanding’ financial year, as shown in its 2020 preliminary results, with sales up 14% to £185.1 million (A$338.2m) and profit up 22% to £19.2 million...

Writing NSW Emerging Writers mentees announced

Tuesday, 8 June 2021
Writing NSW has announced the successful applicants for its new Emerging Writers Mentorship Program for emerging writers from Indigenous or culturally diverse backgrounds. The successful applicants are: Deniz Agraz Jackie...

UK backlist titles up during lockdowns

Monday, 7 June 2021
In the UK, Nielsen BookScan data has found demand for backlist titles increased over lockdown, reports the Bookseller. A report from Enders Analysis covers the shift in demand from frontlist...

Digital library service hoopla expands to Australia

Monday, 7 June 2021
US online library service hoopla digital has expanded to Australia, its first international market beyond North America. Available immediately, the service offers library card holders from selected libraries access to...

US audiobook sales grows 12%

Friday, 4 June 2021
In the US, an Audio Publishers Association report found audiobook revenue grew 12% to US$1.3 billion (A$1.7 billion) last year, reports Publishing Perspectives. The result is the ninth year in...

HarperCollins acquires ‘This Is Not A Book About Benedict Cumberbatch’

Friday, 4 June 2021
HarperCollins Australia has acquired ANZ rights to This Is Not A Book About Benedict Cumberbatch, an ‘irrepressibly clever and uplifting book about the role of joy in women’s lives’ by...

French author Diop wins International Booker Prize

Thursday, 3 June 2021
French author David Diop has won the £50,000 (A$91,400) International Booker Prize for his novel At Night All Blood is Black (trans by Anna Moschovakis, Pushkin). The judges described At...

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