The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies (Alison Goodman, HarperCollins)
Tuesday, 25 April 2023
The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman is a joyous romp through Regency England that is equally entertaining, revealing, feminist, heartbreaking and humorous. Our protagonist, Lady Augusta, is...
The Bookbinder of Jericho maintains top spot
Monday, 24 April 2023
Top 10 Bestsellers The Bookbinder of Jericho (Pip Williams, Affirm) Homecoming (Kate Morton, A&U) Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea (Dog Man #11) (Dav Pilkey, Scholastic) RecipeTin Eats: Dinner (Nagi...
Books in the media this weekend, 22–23 April
Friday, 21 April 2023
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper The Secret Life of You (Kerri Sackville, Pantera) Underground Lovers: Encounters...
Feast (Emily O’Grady, A&U)
Tuesday, 18 April 2023
Like her Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award-winning debut The Yellow House, Emily O’Grady’s Feast is a compelling but often uncomfortable work of literary fiction. In a secluded manor house in the Scottish...
The Interpreter (Brooke Robinson, Harvill Secker)
Tuesday, 18 April 2023
Revelle Lee is a court interpreter in London. She spends her days translating the words of victims, criminals and witnesses. It’s her job to inhabit them, wear their skin and...
Sunshine on Vinegar Street (Karen Comer, A&U Children’s)
Tuesday, 18 April 2023
Everything in Freya’s world has changed. Her dad has taken a job in Broome for the next 18 months and her mum has a new job in the inner-city Melbourne...
The Archipelago of Us (Reneé Pettitt-Schipp, Fremantle Press)
Tuesday, 18 April 2023
Originally written as part of Reneé Pettitt-Schipp’s PhD thesis, The Archipelago of Us is a moving travel memoir mixed with a reflective story of trauma and healing. Pettitt-Schipp decided to...
Morton makes a homecoming on the highest new entry chart
Monday, 17 April 2023
Top 10 bestsellers The Bookbinder of Jericho (Pip Williams, Affirm) Homecoming (Kate Morton, A&U) Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea: Dog Man book 11 (Dav Pilkey, Scholastic) Bluey: Happy Easter (Puffin)...
Books in the media this weekend, 15–16 April
Thursday, 13 April 2023
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Cellnight (John Kinsella, Transit Lounge) Greek Lessons (Han Kang, Hamish Hamilton)...
Sad Girl Novel (Pip Finkemeyer, Ultimo)
Tuesday, 11 April 2023
When we first meet aspiring writer Kim Mueller, she’s taking a train through Berlin, on her way to see her therapist. She’s wondering if she’s ‘talented or deluded’. She has...
Backyard Footy (Carl Merrison, illus by Samantha Campbell, Lothian)
Tuesday, 11 April 2023
Kicking the footy around in your backyard is fun, but playing with mates is even better! Jaru/Kija author Carl Merrison and illustrator Samantha Campbell score big with their lively, cumulative...
Minds of Sand and Light (Kylie Chan, Voyager AU)
Tuesday, 11 April 2023
Two rebel journalists get caught up in a conflict between secretive AIs in this new cyberpunk thriller. Minds of Sand and Light is set some 50 years in the future:...
‘The Bookbinder of Jericho’ debuts at number one
Tuesday, 11 April 2023
Top 10 bestsellers The Bookbinder of Jericho (Pip Williams, Affirm) Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea (Dog Man #11) (Dav Pilkey, Scholastic) Bluey: Happy Easter (Puffin) Bluey: Easter (Puffin) Did I Ever Tell...
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...
Books in the media this weekend, 8–9 April
Thursday, 6 April 2023
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Cursed Bunny (Bora Chung, Scribe) Praiseworthy (Alexis Wright, Giramondo) Things She...
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...
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 market: Christmas 2022 sales up but booksellers look to challenging year ahead
Thursday, 6 April 2023
According to booksellers surveyed by Books+Publishing for its annual post-Christmas survey, there was a bump in book sales in the lead-up to Christmas 2022 compared to the previous year. Booksellers...
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...
The Disorganisation of Celia Stone
Thursday, 6 April 2023
Every fan of Bridget Jones should have this book on their to be read list. Meet Celia Stone, the ultimate hyper-organised, journal-obsessed thirty-something with a life that is perfectly planned...
De Kretser, Parker-Chan internationally recognised
Thursday, 6 April 2023
Australian authors recognised recently with international awards include Michelle de Kretser, who won the fiction category of the 2023 Rathbones Folio Prize for her novel Scary Monsters (A&U), and Shelley...
We Come With This Place: Debra Dank on her debut and what comes next
Thursday, 6 April 2023
Ahead of the London Book Fair, Think Australian talks to author Debra Dank, whose debut memoir is in the running for three NSW Premier’s awards and the Stella Prize, about the...
For the kids: Australian children’s and YA on offer at LBF
Thursday, 6 April 2023
Winner of the 2022 Text Prize, Let's Never Speak of This Again by Megan Williams (Text) is a ‘big-hearted YA debut’, which celebrates ‘the depth and strength of friendship through all of...
Bestselling Australian books 2022
Thursday, 6 April 2023
Top 10 Australian adult fiction titles Exiles (Jane Harper, Macmillan) Apples Never Fall (Liane Moriarty, Macmillan) Lying Beside You (Michael Robotham, Hachette) Cobalt Blue (Matthew Reilly, Macmillan) The Dictionary of...
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