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Vale John Nieuwenhuizen

Wednesday, 19 October 2022
Translator John Nieuwenhuizen has died, aged 87. Eva Mills from Allen & Unwin writes:  'John Nieuwenhuizen was one of Australia’s most acclaimed translators of Dutch and Flemish literature. With his...

Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 19 October 2022
Sales Nonfiction Exisle Publishing has sold Polish rights to Mindfulness for Life: The updated guide to today’s world (Craig Hassed & Stephen McKenzie).  Major Street Publishing has sold simplified Chinese...

Headland (John Byrnes, A&U) 

Wednesday, 19 October 2022
It’s a well-worn storyline for Australian crime fiction: a detective arrives in a small town only to discover that danger lurks beneath quaint country manners; the detective is usually running...

The Last Love Note (Emma Grey, Michael Joseph) 

Wednesday, 19 October 2022
Recently widowed, Kate Whittaker is trying her hardest to navigate the grief of losing her husband, Cam, while also being a single mother to their young son. That’s not to...

The Matchmaker (Saman Shad, Viking) 

Wednesday, 19 October 2022
Playing cupid for the Sydney Pakistani community is Saima Khan in The Matchmaker. Pairing lovers is second nature for Saima until the handsome, young white-collar Kal (Khalid) Ali unwittingly saunters...

Neilma Sidney Travel Fund recipients announced

Tuesday, 18 October 2022
Writers Victoria has announced the eighth round of recipients for the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund. The successful recipients, who share in a total of $56,925, are: Eunice Andrada, for...

Ultimo acquires Day memoir ‘Reckless’ 

Tuesday, 18 October 2022
Ultimo Press has acquired ANZ rights for Reckless by Marele Day, via Jenny Darling of Jenny Darling & Associates. Described by the publisher as a 'brilliantly crafted' ‘literary detective memoir’,...

Tanner wins 2022 Albert Ullin award 

Monday, 17 October 2022
Illustrator and author Jane Tanner is the recipient of the 2022 Albert Ullin Award. The $10,000 biennial award was created with a bequest from the late Albert Ullin, a co-founder...

Queer YA novel wins 2022 Ampersand Prize 

Monday, 17 October 2022
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing (HGCP) has announced Adelaide teacher and writer Elisa Chenoweth has won the 2022 Ampersand Prize for her young adult novel Maria Petranelli is Prepared for Anything...

Read the latest Publishers Weekly 

Monday, 17 October 2022
Books+Publishing is partnering with US trade news magazine Publishers Weekly to provide our subscribers with exclusive access to the weekly digital edition of PW magazine. View the edition here.

Greenwood wins Varuna-NEWC Fellowship

Friday, 14 October 2022
The New England Writers’ Centre (NEWC) in partnership with Varuna, the National Writers’ House, has announced Anne Greenwood as the winner of the 2022 Varuna-NEWC Fellowship. Greenwood receives a week’s...

Nonfiction acquisitions: memoirs galore

Thursday, 13 October 2022
Among the most recent nonfiction acquisitions by Australian publishers are a plethora of memoir titles, including actor Sam Neill’s memoir Did I Ever Tell You This?, for which Text acquired...

S&S acquires Prak debut thriller 

Thursday, 13 October 2022
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired ANZ rights to Michelle Prak’s debut thriller The Rush, via literary agent Melanie Ostell. The Rush is described by the publisher as a...

Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Sales Fiction Affirm Press has sold exclusive Portuguese language rights for Brazil and non-exclusive world rights (excluding Portugal, Angola and Mozambique) to The Nowhere Child and The Wife and the...

A&U acquires Scholte sequel 

Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ and Oceania rights to Shadows of Truth by Astrid Scholte, the sequel to her 2022 YA fantasy League of Liars. Shadows of Truth...

Why Does it Still Hurt? (Paul Biegler, Scribe) 

Tuesday, 11 October 2022
The way we understand pain evolves, and it is misunderstood even within the medical community. Part physical, part psychological, it is notoriously difficult to study. In Why Does it Still...

Seven Sisters (Katherine Kovacic, HarperCollins) 

Tuesday, 11 October 2022
Katherine Kovacic’s latest novel is an intense, page-turning psychological thriller that explores the depravity of domestic violence, the failings of the justice system and the lengths families will go in...

Richell Prize 2022 shortlist announced

Logo for the Richell Prize, featuring a swooping bird Tuesday, 11 October 2022
Hachette Australia and the Emerging Writers’ Festival have announced the shortlist for the 2022 Richell Prize. The six shortlisted authors, chosen from a longlist of 20 announced in September, are:...

Campion acquires Insight 

Tuesday, 11 October 2022
The Campion Group has acquired Insight Publications, an independent publisher of English resources for secondary schools. According to Campion, Insight will continue to operate independently with the support of the...

Read the latest Publishers Weekly 

Monday, 10 October 2022
Books+Publishing is partnering with US trade news magazine Publishers Weekly to provide our subscribers with exclusive access to the weekly digital edition of PW magazine. View the edition here.

Polygon acquires world rights to Dalgarno novel 

Friday, 7 October 2022
Scottish imprint Polygon has acquired world rights (ex ANZ) for Paul Dalgarno’s forthcoming novel A Country of Eternal Light (HarperCollins, February 2023), in a deal brokered by Martin Shaw of...

 

 

 

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