‘RecipeTin Eats: Dinner’ wins 2023 ABIA book of the year
Thursday, 25 May 2023
The winners of the 2023 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) have been announced. In the business awards, Allen & Unwin won publisher of the year while the University of Queensland...
Vale Mark Raphael Baker
Wednesday, 24 May 2023
Writer Mark Raphael Baker died on 4 May. He was the author of The Fiftieth Gate: A journey through memory, about his parents’ experience during the Holocaust, and the memoir Thirty...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 24 May 2023
Sales Children’s/YA Exisle has sold English rights to the smart pen edition of Where The Heart Is (Irma Gold & Susannah Crispe) to China; English rights to the smart pen edition...
Davis to retire, SMH young novelists, Dank sweeps NSW Prem’s
Wednesday, 24 May 2023
Hardie Grant has announced chief operating officer Andrew Davis will retire at the end of this financial year, the Institute of Professional Editors has announced Kerry Davies as the winner...
Lowbridge (Lucy Campbell, Ultimo)
Tuesday, 23 May 2023
In Lowbridge, Lucy Campbell’s debut crime thriller, the people in the sleepy small town of Lowbridge seem to have moved on with their lives after the tragic events of the...
That Bird Has Arms (Kate Temple & Jol Temple, illus Ronojoy Ghosh & Niharika Hukku, Little Hare)
Tuesday, 23 May 2023
That Bird Has Arms comes from the creative team behind the successful Bin Chicken books and brings the same brightly coloured joy and hilarious avian humour. Writers Kate and Jol...
The House With All The Lights On (Jessica Kirkness, A&U)
Tuesday, 23 May 2023
Jessica Kirkness weaves each page of her memoir The House With All The Lights On with care, offering a deeply personal glimpse into growing up as a hearing child with...
Roseghetto (Kirsty Jagger, UQP)
Tuesday, 23 May 2023
Kirsty Jagger’s debut novel Roseghetto is a raw coming-of-age story set in 1990s suburban Sydney. We follow the protagonist Shayla through childhood and adolescence and hold her hand through sexual...
Get Your Act Together, Doris Kozlowski (Jo Dabrowski, Affirm)
Tuesday, 23 May 2023
Life doesn’t feel easy for Doris Kozlowski. Her family is Polish, and they’re not like almost all the other families nearby. Her babcia makes all kinds of foods that smell...
Blind Spot (Robyn Dennison, Text)
Tuesday, 23 May 2023
Robyn Dennison’s debut novel Blind Spot is a sophisticated, challenging novel that explores themes of personal responsibility alongside a duty of care for others. Dale is a ‘nice’ guy who’s...
Dank wins record four awards in 2023 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards
Tuesday, 23 May 2023
The winners of the 2023 New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards have been announced. Debra Dank's We Come With This Place (Echo) has taken out a record four awards, including...
HarperCollins acquires Hayes memoir
Tuesday, 23 May 2023
HarperCollins has acquired world rights to I’m Liz Hayes, the memoir of broadcast journalist Liz Hayes. Hayes has spent over 40 years as a reporter and presenter for Nine Entertainment,...
Davies awarded 2023 Janet Mackenzie Medal
Monday, 22 May 2023
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) has announced Kerry Davies as the winner of the 2023 Janet Mackenzie Medal for services to editing. Davies has worked in publishing and communications since...
UQP acquires Metcalfe debut memoir
Monday, 22 May 2023
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to the debut memoir Breath by Carly-Jay Metcalfe, via Jeanne Ryckmans of Cameron’s Management. Breath was the winner of the 2022...
Read the latest Publishers Weekly
Monday, 22 May 2023
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.
Carmichael, Gibson, Haddad named SMH Best Young Australian Novelists 2023
Friday, 19 May 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) has announced the Best Young Australian Novelists for 2023. The writers and their novels are: Jay Carmichael for Marlo (Scribe) Katerina Gibson for Women I Know (Scribner) George...
Hachette acquires nonfiction from Schlegl, Qin via Law partnership
Friday, 19 May 2023
Hachette Australia has acquired two nonfiction titles via its publishing scout partnership with Australian screenwriter, author and broadcaster Benjamin Law. Adult nonfiction publisher Sophie Hamley acquired ANZ, UK and Commonwealth...
Ockham NZ Book Awards 2023 winners announced
Thursday, 18 May 2023
The winners of the 2023 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards have been announced. The fiction prize went to Catherine Chidgey for The Axeman’s Carnival (Te Herenga Waka University Press), a...
McInnes wins 2023 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Pacific category
Thursday, 18 May 2023
Aotearoa New Zealand author Himali McInnes has won the 2023 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for the Pacific region for her story ‘Kilinochchi’, about a mother who leaves her adopted country...
Miles Franklin Literary Award 2023 longlist announced
Wednesday, 17 May 2023
The longlist for the 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award, worth $60,000, has been announced. The 11 longlisted novels are: Hopeless Kingdom (Kgshak Akec, UWAP) Limberlost (Robbie Arnott, Text) Cold Enough...
Echo acquires Thomas debut murder mystery
Wednesday, 17 May 2023
Echo Publishing has acquired world rights to Paul Thomas’s debut murder mystery The Beacon, as part of a two-book deal, via Martin Shaw at Shaw Literary. With a career as...
Puncher & Wattmann acquires Dimitriadis’s ‘The Mother Must Die’
Wednesday, 17 May 2023
Puncher & Wattmann (P&W) has acquired ANZ rights to debut short story collection The Mother Must Die by Koraly Dimitriadis via the author. Dimitriadis, a Melbourne-based bestselling poet who self-published her poetry...
BookPeople 2023 Bookseller of the Year shortlists announced
Wednesday, 17 May 2023
BookPeople has announced the shortlists for its 2023 Bookseller of the Year awards. The awards recognise an individual bookseller for their outstanding achievement in the past 12 months, with the...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 17 May 2023
Sales Fiction HarperCollins has sold Slovenian translation rights to Sorrow and Bliss (Meg Mason, Fourth Estate) to Ucila International Zalozba and North American English rights to The Butterfly Collector (Tea Cooper, HQ...
George Robertson winners, Dunn joins ADS, WA Prem’s shortlists
Wednesday, 17 May 2023
The Australian Publishers Association has announced the winners of the 2023 George Robertson Awards, which recognise long and distinguished service to the publishing industry, Riikka Dunn has been appointed distribution...
Why We Are Here (Briohny Doyle, Vintage)
Tuesday, 16 May 2023
In a life-altering turn of events, BB loses both her father and the love of her life during the global pandemic. When grief and strict lockdown orders push her to...
Lioness (Emily Perkins, Bloomsbury)
Tuesday, 16 May 2023
Thirty years ago, Therese married Trevor Thorne, a wealthy businessman twice her age. Now middle-aged, she continues to enjoy a life of privilege, running a successful luxury homewares business and...
Captain Thunderbolt’s Recital (Jane Jolly, illus Liz Duthie, NLA)
Tuesday, 16 May 2023
Captain Thunderbolt’s Recital tells the unlikely but true story of Fred Ward, the ‘gentleman bushranger’ known as Captain Thunderbolt in the 1860s. Writer Jane Jolly and illustrator Liz Duthie bring...
The Shape of Dust (Lamisse Hamouda & Hazem Hamouda, Pantera)
Tuesday, 16 May 2023
Father-daughter duo Lamisse and Hazem Hamouda’s debut memoir The Shape of Dust is an impactful picture of one ordinary Australian-Egyptian family’s experience as victims of a human rights violation. The...
Picasso and the Greatest Show on Earth (Anna Fienberg, A&U Children’s)
Tuesday, 16 May 2023
Anna Fienberg has had a long and illustrious career in children’s writing, with over 40 books and a swag of awards under her belt. Her latest, Picasso and the Greatest...
« Previous page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 Next page »
