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A Man and His Pride (Luke Rutledge, Michael Joseph) 

Tuesday, 25 October 2022
In Luke Rutledge’s A Man and His Pride, 26-year-old Sean Preston navigates the realities of being in his 20s—work, relationships, sexuality, mental health—against the backdrop of Australia’s 2017 same-sex marriage...

Picador acquires ‘Prima Facie’ novelisation 

Tuesday, 25 October 2022
Picador has acquired rights to the novelisation of Australian playwright Suzie Miller’s multi-award-winning play Prima Facie, plus an as yet untitled second novel, in ‘a heated auction’. Pan Macmillan publisher...

Tasmanian Literary Awards longlists announced

Monday, 24 October 2022
The longlists for the 2022 Tasmanian Literary Awards have been announced. The longlisted titles in each category, worth $25,000 each, are: Young readers and children Aster’s Good, Right Things (Kate...

S&S acquires Paterson debut historical novel 

Monday, 24 October 2022
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired the debut novel Where Light Meets Water by Susan Paterson. Former S&S publishing director Fiona Henderson acquired ANZ rights to the novel from...

VPLAs add children’s award

Monday, 24 October 2022
The Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards (VPLAs) will add a new children’s book award worth $25,000. The Award for Children’s Literature will be presented to the creators of the best children’s...

Read the latest Publishers Weeekly 

Monday, 24 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.

Keneally, Nannestad win $100K Historical Novel Prize

Friday, 21 October 2022
Tom Keneally has won the $50,000 ARA Historical Novel Prize in the adult category for Corporal Hitler's Pistol (Penguin), while Katrina Nannestad has won the $30,000 children and young adult...

Schmidt wins 2022 Hungerford Award

Friday, 21 October 2022
Molly Schmidt has won the 2022 City of Fremantle Hungerford Award for her manuscript Salt River Road. She receives $15,000 in prize money and a publishing contract with Fremantle Press....

Walkley Book Award longlist announced

Wednesday, 19 October 2022
The longlist for this year’s Walkley Book Award has been announced. The nine longlisted titles are: Currowan (Bronwyn Adcock, Black Inc.) QAnon and On (Van Badham, Hardie Grant) Making Australian...

Vale Carmen Callil

Wednesday, 19 October 2022
Carmen Callil, author, publisher and founder of Virago, has died in London, aged 84. Callil's agent Peter Straus writes: 'It is with great sadness that we announce the death of...

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...

 

 

 

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