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...
Pantera Press acquires Vanstone memoir in two-book deal
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Pantera Press has acquired ANZ rights to the memoir A Thousand Wasted Sundays by writer and podcaster Victoria Vanstone, in a two-book deal, via Sarah McKenzie at Sarah McKenzie Literary...
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...
SPN BOTY shortlist, Anatolitis joins Meanjin, Ernaux wins Nobel Prize
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
The Small Press Network (SPN) has announced the shortlist for its Book of the Year Award, along with the program for its 2022 Independent Publishing Conference, where the Book of...
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...
‘Wellmania’ sells to UK ahead of Netflix adaptation
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Coronet, an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton, has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights (ex ANZ) to Wellmania: Misadventures in the search for wellness by journalist Brigid Delaney (Nero), from Black...
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
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...
Transit Lounge acquires Ryan historical fiction series
Tuesday, 11 October 2022
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to the first two books in the new historical fiction series ‘The Queens of Navarre’ by Tracy Ryan, via Clive Newman Agency. The first...
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Monday, 10 October 2022
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UQP acquires Turnbull-Roberts debut ‘Long Yarn Short’
Friday, 7 October 2022
UQP has acquired world rights for the first book by Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts, Long Yarn Short: We Are Still Here. Turnbull-Roberts is a Bundjalung, Widubul-Wiabul writer, human rights activist and lawyer...
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...
Victorian Community History Awards 2022 shortlist announced
Thursday, 6 October 2022
The shortlist for the 2022 Victorian Community History Awards has been announced. A total of 29 projects and publications were shortlisted for 10 prizes ranging from $500 to $2000 each,...
SPN Book of the Year shortlist announced
Thursday, 6 October 2022
The shortlist for the 2022 Small Press Network (SPN) Book of the Year (BOTY) Award has been announced. The shortlisted books are: Friends and Dark Shapes (Kavita Bedford, Text) No...
Forthcoming debut ‘The Wakes’ to be adapted for TV
Wednesday, 5 October 2022
Television rights to forthcoming debut novel The Wakes by Sydney author Dianne Yarwood (Hachette, March) have been acquired by production company Made Up Stories and film and television studio Fifth...
Text acquires Neill memoir
Wednesday, 5 October 2022
Text Publishing has acquired world rights to the memoir Did I Ever Tell You This? by actor Sam Neill. Born in Northern Ireland in 1947, Neill emigrated to New Zealand...
Text acquires story collection, novels by Boundless mentees
Wednesday, 5 October 2022
Text has acquired two books by John Morrissey and a historical novel by Lenora Thaker, the winners of Text and Writing NSW's Boundless Indigenous Writer’s Mentorship in 2020 and 2021...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 5 October 2022
Sales Fiction Affirm Press has sold Ukrainian rights to The Dictionary of Lost Words (Pip Williams) to The Old Lion Publishing House. Giramondo Publishing has sold North American rights to...
IPEd to develop diversity policy, Robinson joins ILF, Australian Political Book of the Year longlist
Wednesday, 5 October 2022
The Institute of Professional Editors is developing a diversity, equity and inclusion policy as findings from the 2022 Australian Publishing Industry Workforce Survey on Diversity and Inclusion show lack of...
Sydney: A biography (Louis Nowra, NewSouth)
Tuesday, 4 October 2022
Melbourne-born Louis Nowra moved to Sydney as an adult and has never lost his passion for his adopted home. Whether he’s describing the city’s mercurial weather, its elegant convict-designed colonial...
An Afterlife for Rosemary Lamb (Louise Wolhuter, Ultimo)
Tuesday, 4 October 2022
‘Twisty mystery’ is the delightfully accurate descriptor on the AI sheet for this character-based drama. Yet before its mysterious elements begin unspooling, the characters and setting are firmly established, endearing...
Ampersand Prize 2022 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 4 October 2022
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing (HGCP) has announced the shortlist for the 2022 Ampersand Prize for unpublished young adult and middle-grade manuscripts. The winner receives an advance and publishing contract from...
Aus Political Book of the Year 2022 longlist announced
Monday, 3 October 2022
The longlist for the inaugural Australian Political Book of the Year Award has been announced. The longlisted titles, selected from over 35 nominations by judging panel Laurie Oakes, Laura Tingle,...
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Monday, 3 October 2022
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Lim wins 2022 Barbara Jefferis Award
Friday, 30 September 2022
S L Lim has won the 2022 Barbara Jefferis Award for Revenge: Murder in three parts (Transit Lounge). The $50,000 award, which is administered by the Australian Society of Authors,...
Jaireth wins ACT Book of the Year
Friday, 30 September 2022
Canberra writer Subhash Jaireth has won the 2021 ACT Book of the Year for his essay collection Spinoza’s Overcoat: Travels with writers and poets (Transit Lounge). Chosen from a shortlist of...
Historical Novel Prize 2022 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 28 September 2022
Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA) has announced the shortlists for the 2022 ARA Historical Novel Prize, worth a total of $100,000. The titles shortlisted in the adult category are: Horse...
Nib Literary Award 2022 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 28 September 2022
The shortlist for the $20,000 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Two Afternoons in the Kabul Stadium (Tim Bonyhady, Text) Signs and...
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