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Naturopolis (Deborah Frenkel, illus by Ingrid Bartkowiak, Storytorch Press)

Tuesday, 28 June 2022
The narrative nonfiction genre of children’s books—particularly those exploring the natural world—seems to be growing, and it can be hard to get right, since the audience for the ‘story’ component...

Curlews on Vulture Street (Darryl Jones, NewSouth)

Tuesday, 28 June 2022
A fascination with birds and wildlife took hold early for Darryl Jones. Now a professor of ecology at Griffith University, he first noticed the creatures who shared his landscape as...

Adsett acquires The Authors’ Agent

Tuesday, 28 June 2022
Alex Adsett Literary will acquire The Authors’ Agent from Brian Cook, effective from 1 July. Cook, who will stay with the agency for a 12-month transition period before retiring, said...

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Monday, 27 June 2022
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Miles Franklin 2022 shortlist announced

Friday, 24 June 2022
The shortlist for the 2022 Miles Franklin Literary Award, worth $60,000, has been announced. The five shortlisted novels are: The Other Half of You (Michael Mohammed Ahmad, Hachette) Scary Monsters (Michelle de...

Chief Minister’s NT Book Awards announced

Thursday, 23 June 2022
The winners of the 2022 Chief Minister’s NT Book Awards have been announced. The winners, who each receive $10,000, are: Fiction Return to Dust (Dani Powell, UWAP) Nonfiction Peace Crimes: Pine Gap,...

THWUP, Giramondo acquire new Adam novel

Thursday, 23 June 2022
Martin Shaw at Shaw Literary has sold ANZ rights to Audition, the fourth novel from Ockham Award-winning New Zealand author Pip Adam. NZ rights went to Adam's longstanding publisher Te...

Williams wins 2022 Text Prize; Matthews receives Steph Bowe Mentorship

Wednesday, 22 June 2022
Megan Williams is the winner of the $10,000 Text Prize for her debut YA manuscript 'Let’s Never Speak of This Again'. According to Text, Williams' debut novel is a celebration...

PRH acquires Madabushi debut ‘The Days Toppled Over’

Wednesday, 22 June 2022
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired ANZ rights to The Days Toppled Over, the debut novel by Vidya Madabushi, in 'a competitive auction' managed by Rach Crawford at Wolf...

‘The Dogs’ removed from Miles Franklin longlist, ACCC approves Opus acquisiton of Ovato, WA Premier’s Book Awards winners

Wednesday, 22 June 2022
John Hughes’ novel The Dogs (Upswell) has been removed from the Miles Franklin longlist following instances of plagiarism found by the Guardian, which has since uncovered further examples, while Upswell...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 22 June 2022
Sales Fiction Black Inc. has sold Russian rights to Angel’s Share (Kayte Nunn, Nero) to MTS Library. Martin Shaw at Shaw Literary has sold US rights to Wall (Jen Craig)...

Dirt by Sea (Michael Wagner, illus by Tom Jellett, Puffin)

Tuesday, 21 June 2022
When Daisy mishears the lyrics of the national anthem, Dad declares a road trip in Mum’s Kombi to show her that Australia is an island, girt by sea, even if...

Honour Among Ghosts (Sean Williams, A&U)

Tuesday, 21 June 2022
Honour Among Ghosts is a high-action historical mystery set in a small Irish village where there are sorcerers, moralistic ghosts and spell-scribbling scribes. When 12-year-old Penny’s working-class father is thrown...

Wildflowers (Peggy Frew, A&U)

Tuesday, 21 June 2022
When we first meet 37-year-old Nina Atkins, the protagonist of Peggy Frew’s Wildflowers, she’s going through a strange time: she’s packing all her possessions into boxes, stealing clothes from the...

Cautionary Tales for Excitable Girls (Anne Casey-Hardy, Scribner)

Tuesday, 21 June 2022
Office assistants team up to steal leftover food from corporate meetings; teenage girls deal with uninvited boys during a schoolies camping trip; children play under the sinister branches of a...

Desi Girl (Sarah Malik, UQP)

Tuesday, 21 June 2022
Desi Girl is a collection of memoir-style essays by Pakistani-Australian journalist Sarah Malik. The essays primarily chronicle Malik’s university years, taking the reader through pivotal moments during this time before...

The Accident (Katie McMahon, Echo)

Tuesday, 21 June 2022
In this second general fiction offering from the author of The Mistake, Katie McMahon provides a tangled web of 30- and 40-something characters, with overt crumbs leading to a trail...

Nuzhat wins 2022 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction

Tuesday, 21 June 2022
Zarin Nuzhat is the winner of the 2022 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction for her story ‘Sanjida Learns to Drive’. Judges Julie Koh, Melissa Manning and Sonia Orchard said the...

S&S acquires Alexander health titles in three-book deal

Tuesday, 21 June 2022
Simon & Schuster (S&S) Australia has announced the acquisition of world rights to three health titles by health expert Preeya Alexander. Alexander is a practising GP based in Melbourne. Her...

‘The Dogs’ removed from Miles Franklin longlist, White says Hughes breached trust

Monday, 20 June 2022
A week after John Hughes’ novel The Dogs (Upswell) was withdrawn from the Miles Franklin Literary Award longlist following the discovery of plagiarism, the Guardian has found more instances of...

WA Premier’s Book Awards announced

Monday, 20 June 2022
The winners of the 2021 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards have been announced. Chosen from shortlists announced in May, the winners in each category are: Premier’s Prize for an Emerging...

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Monday, 20 June 2022
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Scribble, Think+DO Tank Foundation announce inaugural Mirror Mentorship Program winners

Thursday, 16 June 2022
Scribe children's imprint Scribble and the Think+DO Tank Foundation have announced the winners of the inaugural Mirror Mentorship Program, which provides support and mentoring 'with the aim of making new...

Rights round-up

Thursday, 16 June 2022
Sales Fiction Martin Shaw at Shaw Literary has sold US rights to Wall (Jen Craig) to Zerogram Press (see news). Children’s/YA Berbay Publishing has sold Spanish-language rights to Can You...

ABIA, ABA awards winners, Affirm to launch national sales team, Hughes apologises for plagiarism in ‘The Dogs’

Thursday, 16 June 2022
Affirm Press has announced the launch of its own national sales team which will be fully operational from January 2023, while the Australian Publishers Association (APA) has reported its members...

The Only Child (Kayte Nunn, Hachette)

Wednesday, 15 June 2022
The Only Child is historical fiction-cum-murder mystery by Kayte Nunn. The novel follows two timelines and the reader is tasked with piecing together the connection between them. In the first...

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