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Echo acquires Kell historical novel

Thursday, 13 April 2023
Echo Publishing has acquired world rights to Katrina Kell’s first novel for adults, via Fiona Smith at Beyond Words Literary Agency. The book is inspired by the French nude portrait...

De Kretser longlisted for Ondaatje Prize

Thursday, 13 April 2023
In the UK, Michelle de Kretser has been longlisted for the Royal Society of Literature's (RSL) Ondaatje Prize, for her novel Scary Monsters (A&U). Scary Monsters is one of nine books longlisted...

Rural and regional writers’ festival programs announced

Wednesday, 12 April 2023
Several rural and regional writers' festivals have revealed the programs for their upcoming events. Sorrento Writers Festival will run from 27–30 April on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula. More than 140 writers,...

Walker Books establishes biennial Manuscript Prize

Wednesday, 12 April 2023
Walker Books Australia (WBA) has announced the establishment of a new manuscript prize to coincide with the publisher’s 30th anniversary in Australia. The inaugural Walker Books Manuscript Prize will offer...

BookTok hit leads Dymocks Top 101

Wednesday, 12 April 2023
BookTok hit The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is the number one book on the Dymocks annual Top 101 online poll, with 39% of books on the list being titles...

Istanbul bookshop wins LBF Bookstore of the Year 2023

Wednesday, 12 April 2023
The London Book Fair (LBF) has announced the winners of its annual International Excellence Awards. The winners in each category, chosen from shortlists announced earlier this month, are: Bookstore of the year...

Spam email notification

Wednesday, 12 April 2023
There has been a spam email circulating purportedly on behalf of the upcoming BookPeople Conference and Trade Exhibition. The email is trying to sell the list Registrants/Attendees and is sent...

Editor, Melbourne or Sydney

Wednesday, 12 April 2023
Books+Publishing B+P is seeking an experienced editor to join its busy team producing the publication’s daily e-newsletters and the Weekly Book Newsletter and book reviews, as well as international and feature...

Publicist, Melbourne

Wednesday, 12 April 2023
Pitch Projects Are you a book publicist looking to expand your horizons? Love books but also excited by culture, the arts and advocacy? Pitch is hiring and wants to hear...

Senior key account sales manager, Sydney or Melbourne

Wednesday, 12 April 2023
IngramSpark Full-Time, permanent, Sydney or Melbourne Competitive salary + commission plan Travel opportunities 5-10 years’ experience in bookselling, publishing or printing with sales, marketing & account management experience Join our...

Editor (children’s publishing), Sydney

Wednesday, 12 April 2023
Walker Books Australia Pty Ltd Walker Books Australia is an award-winning publishing house. For 30 years, we have published outstanding children’s books for readers of all ages. We have an...

Assistant category manager, Sydney

Wednesday, 12 April 2023
Booktopia We are looking for a highly motivated and capable assistant category manager, to join our sales & marketing team based at Rhodes. To be successful in this role, you...

London Book Fair 2024 rescheduled for March

Tuesday, 11 April 2023
The London Book Fair (LBF) has announced its 2024 fair will be rescheduled from April to March 12–14, reports Publishers Weekly. The move to March was prompted when Bologna Children’s...

Aria acquires Lette backlist, new novels

Tuesday, 11 April 2023
UK publisher Aria, an imprint of Head of Zeus, has acquired The Revenge Club and a second title from author and comedian Kathy Lette, reports the Bookseller. Editorial director Rachel...

Latest acquisitions: Nonfiction

Thursday, 6 April 2023
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to the debut nonfiction work by journalist and activist Melinda Ham, via Rochelle Fernandez of Alex Adsett Literary. The Lucky Ones is about refugees...

Latest acquisitions: Fiction

Thursday, 6 April 2023
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to One Divine Night by Mick Cummins, the winner of the 2023 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award (VPLA) for an unpublished manuscript, in a deal brokered...

London calling

Thursday, 6 April 2023
Ahead of this year's London Book Fair (LBF), in this issue of Think Australian we once again round up the latest rights sales and acquisitions from Australia, as well as...

Windham-Campbell Prizes 2023 recipients announced

Thursday, 6 April 2023
In the US, the recipients of the 2023 Windham-Campbell Prizes, worth US$175,000 (A$258,000) each, have been announced. For fiction, the prize recognises US author Percival Everett for over 30 works...

B+P Easter publishing schedule

Thursday, 6 April 2023
Due to the Easter long weekend, the Books+Publishing newsletter will not be published tomorrow, Friday, 7 April or Monday, 10 April. The deadline for classifieds and job advertisements in the...

Stories to tell: Australian fiction on offer at LBF

Thursday, 6 April 2023
Following on from recent deals for her work in the UK and US, multi-award-winning writer Alexis Wright is the ‘top author’ for publisher Giramondo at this year’s London Book Fair....

Get your facts here: Australian nonfiction on offer at LBF

Thursday, 6 April 2023
Forensic psychologist Ahona Guha’s groundbreaking book Reclaim: Understanding complex trauma and those who abuse (Scribe) will ‘broaden and expand your thinking, whether you are a trauma survivor, someone who loves...

Australian titles selling internationally

Thursday, 6 April 2023
Fiction sales Black Inc. has sold world English-language rights (ex ANZ) to One Hundred Days by Alice Pung to HarperCollins imprint HarperVia. Shortlisted for the 2022 Miles Franklin Literary Award, One Hundred Days is Pung’s...

Latest acquisitions: Children’s and YA

Thursday, 6 April 2023
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to a new five-book series by Amelia Mellor as well as the third novel in Mellor’s series that began with The Grandest Bookshop in the...

Summer of Blood

Thursday, 6 April 2023
Get ready for a wild ride through the Summer of Love with Dave Warner's newest crime novel. Follow two Australian police officers as they travel to San Francisco and Los...

Call Me Marlowe

Thursday, 6 April 2023
With a delicate touch, Call Me Marlowe embodies the nature of trauma—both personal and political. Harold Vaněk loves Marylou, a woman he met in South Korea, where she was working...

The Bell of the World

Thursday, 6 April 2023
When a troubled Sarah Hutchinson returns to Australia from boarding school in England and time spent in Europe, she is sent to live with her eccentric Uncle Ferny on the...