Art (Charmaine Papertalk Green & John Kinsella, Magabala)
Tuesday, 16 August 2022
Art is, on the surface, two skilled poets in dialogue over the artwork of the late Nyoongar artist Shane Pickett. But it is also a political text, asking ‘who is...
The Reindeer and the Submarine (Beverley McWilliams, Pantera)
Tuesday, 16 August 2022
Having previously been awarded a notable CBCA commendation for her picture book on aviator Captain Harry Butler, Beverley McWilliams now makes a quirky and charming foray into middle-grade fiction. The...
The Soulmate (Sally Hepworth, Macmillan)
Tuesday, 16 August 2022
Sally Hepworth delivers another brilliant, page-turning domestic thriller with her eighth novel The Soulmate. Set in the idyllic coastal town of Portsea, sheltered from the hustle of city life, the...
Berbay partners with Vision Australia on children’s series
Tuesday, 16 August 2022
Berbay Books is partnering with Vision Australia on a new series of children’s books due to be published in 2023. The 32-page hardcover picture books will portray ‘significant Australians living...
PRH acquires Seaborn debut in two-book deal
Monday, 15 August 2022
Penguin Random House (PRH) has acquired ANZ rights to Jessica Seaborn’s debut ‘anti-romcom’ novel Perfect-ish, in a two-book deal via Caitlan Cooper-Trent at Curtis Brown. PRH described Perfect-ish as a...
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Monday, 15 August 2022
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Ellis wins 2022 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize
Friday, 12 August 2022
Tracy Ellis has won the 2022 Australian Book Review (ABR) Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize for her story ‘Natural Wonder’. Chosen from a shortlist of three announced in July, Ellis receives $6000. Nina...
Readings announces Children’s Book Prize 2022 shortlist
Friday, 12 August 2022
The shortlist for the 2022 Readings Children’s Book Prize has been announced. This year’s six shortlisted books are: A Glasshouse of Stars (Shirley Marr, Puffin) Little Gem (Anna Zobel, Puffin)...
‘Atua: Māori gods and heroes’ wins Margaret Mahy Book of the Year
Friday, 12 August 2022
Author and illustrator Gavin Bishop has won three categories in the 2022 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, including the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year, for...
NSW Premier’s History Awards 2022 shortlists announced
Thursday, 11 August 2022
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the shortlists for the 2022 NSW Premier’s History Awards, worth $15,000 in each category. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Australian...
Brennan wins 2022 National Biography Award for ‘Leaping into Waterfalls’
Thursday, 11 August 2022
Bernadette Brennan has won the 2022 National Biography Award for Leaping into Waterfalls: The enigmatic Gillian Mears (A&U). Brennan receives $25,000, while the other shortlisted authors receive $2000 each. Judges...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 10 August 2022
Sales Fiction Martin Shaw at Shaw Literary has sold UK and US rights at auction to Grimmish (Michael Winkler, Puncher & Wattmann) on behalf of the publisher, to Peninsula Press...
QLA 2022 shortlists, Griffin Press ceases POD, Dessaix Lifetime Achievement award
Wednesday, 10 August 2022
Opus Group has confirmed that Griffin Press will cease its print on demand services; Publishers Association of NZ/TeRau o Tākupu have reported that its trade publishers’ revenue grew 0.8% last...
Vale Jen Hutchison
Wednesday, 10 August 2022
Writer, editor and publisher Jen Hutchison died on Thursday, 4 August in Melbourne. Hutchison, who was a graduate of RMIT's Master of Writing and Publishing program, was the founder of...
Vale Evan Jones
Wednesday, 10 August 2022
Australian poet and academic Evan Jones has died, aged 90. Jones authored nine poetry collections beginning with Inside the Whale in 1960, publishing his final book Selected Poems in 2014....
Caro’s ‘The Mother’ optioned for film
Wednesday, 10 August 2022
Film rights for Jane Caro’s first novel for adults, The Mother (A&U), have been optioned by New Town Films in a deal negotiated by Jacinta di Mase of Jacinta di...
To Greenland! (Pip Smith, illus by Beau Wylie, Scholastic)
Tuesday, 9 August 2022
To Greenland! is the joyous new picture book from Pip Smith and Beau Wylie, who last collaborated on Theodore the Unsure. This new adventure follows Ellie the elephant, who resides...
Hard Labour: Wage theft in the age of inequality (Ben Schneiders, Scribe)
Tuesday, 9 August 2022
Income inequality fell in Australia during the postwar period, and by 1979 inequality was at its lowest. Then neoliberal economics took hold, championed by leaders such as Ronald Reagan and...
The Glass House (Brooke Dunnell, Fremantle Press)
Tuesday, 9 August 2022
When Julia’s elderly father, Don, finally agrees to move out of the family home and into an aged-care facility, Julia knows she has a lot of work ahead of her....
Boundary Crossers (Meg Foster, NewSouth)
Tuesday, 9 August 2022
In her new book Boundary Crossers, historian Meg Foster combs archives and family histories to explore questions surrounding the lesser known bushrangers of Australian history. Is there more to the story...
Amazing Animal Journeys (Jennifer Cossins, Lothian)
Tuesday, 9 August 2022
Tasmanian artist Jennifer Cossins hit world picture-book fame with 101 Collective Nouns, and has since collected a swag of CBCA and other accolades. Her newest title, the nonfiction Amazing Animal...
The Lovers (Yumna Kassab, Ultimo)
Tuesday, 9 August 2022
Yumna Kassab’s The Lovers is the folkloric tale of Jamila and Amir’s love. We don’t know many details of their relationship or what their love was like at its crescendo;...
Scribe & Varuna announce 2022 fellows
Tuesday, 9 August 2022
The recipients of the 2022 Scribe & Varuna Fellowships have been announced. The fellows and their projects are: Sam Elkin for ‘Shapeshifting’ Jacqueline Wright for ‘Beauty and Menace’ Nevo Zisin...
UQP acquires Taylor debut ‘Flinch’
Tuesday, 9 August 2022
UQP has acquired world rights to debut novel Flinch by 2022 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize winner Saraid Taylor. A coming-of-age story set against a backdrop of elite sport and...
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Monday, 8 August 2022
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Ultimo acquires Kalagian Blunt thriller ‘Dark Mode’
Thursday, 4 August 2022
Ultimo Press has acquired ANZ rights for Ashley Kalagian Blunt’s thriller Dark Mode, in a deal brokered by Pippa Masson from Curtis Brown. Described by the publisher as ‘compulsive and...
Qld Literary Awards 2022 shortlists
Thursday, 4 August 2022
The shortlists for the 2022 Queensland Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Queensland Premier’s Award for a Work of State Significance ($25,000) Wounded Country...
Vale Archie Roach
Wednesday, 3 August 2022
Indigenous Australian singer, songwriter, activist and storyteller Archie Roach has died, aged 66. Born in Mooroopna, Victoria, Roach was a child of the Stolen Generations, having been forcibly removed from...
Age Book of the Year, Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize shortlists, Mossop joins SWF
Wednesday, 3 August 2022
The shortlists for the Age Book of the Year 2022, which this year includes a nonfiction category, and the Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize have been announced, while the longlist...
Vale David Ireland
Wednesday, 3 August 2022
Novelist David Ireland has died, aged 94. The author of 10 novels, beginning with The Chantic Bird in 1968, Ireland won the Miles Franklin Literary Award three times: in 1971...
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