AI, Spotify, high/low fiction: Australian impressions of Frankfurt
Wednesday, 1 November 2023
AI dominated conversations at this year's Frankfurt Book Fair, according to Australians in attendance. 'A day didn’t pass at the book fair without a conversation about AI, the good, the...
Transit Lounge acquires Downes novel
Wednesday, 1 November 2023
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to Stephen Downes’ new novel, Mural. Publisher Barry Scott said Mural is 'a haunting "confession" by a psychopath held in a secure facility'. Told...
New S&S imprint Bundyi acquires Walton historical novel
Wednesday, 1 November 2023
Simon & Schuster Australia imprint Bundyi Publishing has announced its first acquisition, acquiring world rights to I Am Nan’nert’garrook, a historical fiction novel from author and actor Tasma Walton. Walton...
KKR completes S&S purchase
Wednesday, 1 November 2023
Private equity firm KKR has completed its US$1.6 billion (A$2.5b) purchase of Simon & Schuster (S&S) from Paramount Global in an all-cash transaction, reports Publishers Weekly. S&S is a now...
Mayo, O’Brien donate The Voice to Parliament Handbook royalties to the ILF
Wednesday, 1 November 2023
Thomas Mayo and Kerry O’Brien have donated royalties from The Voice to Parliament Handbook (Hardie Grant) to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF). Totalling $30,080.66, the authors’ donation is from the...
Yumna Kassab on ‘Politica’
Tuesday, 31 October 2023
Yumna Kassab is a writer from Western Sydney. She is the author of The House of Youssef (Giramondo, 2019), Australiana (Ultimo, 2022), and The Lovers (Ultimo, 2022). She has been listed...
Yumna Kassab recommends
Tuesday, 31 October 2023
I think the standout book for 2023 has to be Only Sound Remains by Hossein Asgari. The writing has great clarity, and it evokes such a strong sense of place....
Ottley wins at World Fantasy Awards
Tuesday, 31 October 2023
Australian author, visual artist and composer Matt Ottley has been recognised in the category of special award—professional in the 2023 World Fantasy Awards for his book The Tree of Ecstasy...
Lim, Sworder on 2024 IBBY Honour List
Tuesday, 31 October 2023
IBBY Australia has announced its 2024 selection for the biennial IBBY Honour List: for writing, Rebecca Lim’s Tiger Daughter (A&U, 2021), and for illustration, Zeno Sworder’s My Strange Shrinking Parents...
Hearts ‘reignite’ for 20th Ubud program
Tuesday, 31 October 2023
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) recorded over 15,000 festival attendees for its 20th-anniversary festival program, held from 18–22 October 2023 in Ubud, Indonesia. Festival director Janet DeNeefe said, ‘We...
My Little Bookshop wins National Retail Association award
Monday, 30 October 2023
West Australian indie bookshop My Little Bookshop was named Small Retailer of the Year (shopfront) at the National Retail Association’s National Retail Awards on 26 October. My Little Bookshop is...
Shaw sells US and Canada rights to Adam novel
Monday, 30 October 2023
Martin Shaw from Shaw Literary has sold North American rights to Aotearoa New Zealand author Pip Adam's latest novel, Audition. Audition was acquired in the US by Coffee House Press...
HarperCollins acquires Almond debut novel
Monday, 30 October 2023
HarperCollins has acquired ANZ rights to Alexandra Almond's debut fantasy novel, titled Thoroughly Disenchanted, via Abigail Nathan at Alex Adsett Literary. Described by the agent as a ‘cosy fantasy’, Thoroughly...
SoA calls for UK government to ‘urgently review’ proposed cuts to PLR rate
Friday, 27 October 2023
In the UK, the Society of Authors (SoA) is calling on the government to ‘urgently review’ a proposed 55% cut to the Public Lending Right (PLR) rate, reports the Bookseller....
Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2023 shortlists announced
Thursday, 26 October 2023
Creative Australia has announced the titles shortlisted for the 2023 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction The Sun Walks Down (Fiona McFarlane, A&U) Losing...
HarperCollins acquires debut crime novel The Wolf Tree
Thursday, 26 October 2023
HarperCollins has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights (excluding Canada) to Laura McCluskey’s debut novel The Wolf Tree in a two-book deal. HarperCollins fiction publisher Anna Valdinger and HarperCollins UK publisher,...
Crawford wins inaugural Walker Books Manuscript Prize
Thursday, 26 October 2023
Melbourne-based writer Ange Crawford has won the inaugural Walker Books Manuscript Prize for her YA novel, How to Be Normal. The shortlist was judged by authors Sally Murphy, Jared Thomas...
Savva’s Bulldozed wins Australian Political Book of the Year
Thursday, 26 October 2023
Niki Savva has won the 2023 Australian Political Book of the Year award for her book Bulldozed (Scribe). Bulldozed was announced as the winner at an event at the National...
Scholastic to end controversial diverse stories collection
Thursday, 26 October 2023
In the US, Scholastic will stop offering its diverse stories collection—Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice—following accusations its rollout aided censorship at book fairs, reports Publishers Weekly. In a letter...
Master, Liang, Lien win 2023 Readings Prizes
Wednesday, 25 October 2023
Readings has announced Maryam Master, Ann Liang, and Tracey Lien as the 2023 winners of the Readings Prizes at an event at Readings Emporium, Melbourne, on 25 October. The winning...
BookHub and Your Bookstore: New connections between ANZ booksellers and readers
Wednesday, 25 October 2023
Since Bookshop.org and before, local brick-and-mortar stores have been pondering how best to reach online shoppers in the local market. Could the recently launched BookHub and Your Bookstore websites in...
Ultimo acquires A Postcard from the Future
Wednesday, 25 October 2023
Ultimo Press has acquired ANZ rights to Ben Hamer's A Postcard from the Future, a nonfiction book which envisions the next twenty years, via Jane Novak. The book will imagine...
Over 100,000 trade visitors attend Frankfurt
Wednesday, 25 October 2023
About 105,000 trade visitors from 130 countries attended this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF), which ran from 18–22 October, reports Publishers Weekly. FBF director Juergen Boos said the fair had...
ADS adds Border Express
Wednesday, 25 October 2023
Alliance Distribution Services (ADS) has announced it has added Border Express as a secondary freight carrier 'to support operations through the 2023 peak book-selling season and into 2024'. ADS said...
Production begins on Runt film adaptation
Wednesday, 25 October 2023
Craig Silvey has announced that production of the feature film adaptation of his novel Runt (A&U) begins next week in Western Australia, ‘where the Wheatbelt shire of York will be...
UQP acquires Gíslason nonfiction book
Wednesday, 25 October 2023
UQP has acquired world rights to Running with Pirates, a nonfiction book from Kári Gíslason, via Grace Heifetz of Left Bank Literary. With dual narratives separated by thirty years, Running...
Larrikin acquires world rights to Beck, Rankine junior fiction series
Wednesday, 25 October 2023
Larrikin House has acquired world rights to Brock the Croc, a junior fiction series from author Adrian Beck and comic book artist Dean Rankine. Described by the publisher as a...
Sara M Saleh on ‘The Flirtation of Girls’
Tuesday, 24 October 2023
Sara M Saleh is an award-winning human rights lawyer and author. She follows her debut novel, Songs for the Dead and the Living (Affirm, 2023), with her first published poetry...
HarperCollins acquires Fedler novel
Tuesday, 24 October 2023
HarperCollins has acquired ANZ rights to The Whale’s Last Song, a novel from Joanne Fedler, via Lou Johnson of Key People Literary Management. In this novel, described by the publisher...
Carbis shortlisted for international poetry award
Tuesday, 24 October 2023
The poetry collection I Have Decided to Remain Vertical (Puncher & Wattmann) by Melbourne poet and creative writing teacher Gayelene Carbis has been shortlisted for the Welsh-based Poetry Book Awards. The shortlist...
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