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Booktopia results, TS Bookshop closes, crime writing award winners

Wednesday, 31 August 2022
In its full-year preliminary results, Booktopia has reported its revenue was up 7.5%, while its underlying earnings were down 54%; the online book retailer has also reached an agreement with...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 31 August 2022
Sales Fiction Affirm Press has sold simplified Chinese rights to The Dictionary of Lost Words (Pip Williams) to Jieli Publishing House Co., Ltd. Nonfiction Black Inc. has sold traditional Chinese rights...

A Brief Affair (Alex Miller, A&U)

Tuesday, 30 August 2022
A Brief Affair is contemporary fiction by multi–award winning author Alex Miller. The novel follows a moment in the life of Frances Egan, a woman who lives in regional Victoria...

A&U acquires new Morton novel

Monday, 29 August 2022
Allen & Unwin has acquired ANZ rights to Kate Morton’s new novel Homecoming. Described by the publisher as ‘an epic novel that spans generations’, Homecoming explores the power of motherhood,...

Davitt Awards 2022 winners announced

Monday, 29 August 2022
Sisters in Crime Australia has announced the winners of the 2022 Davitt Awards for best crime books by Australian women. The winning titles in each category are: Adult crime novel...

CBCA Shadowers’ Choice Awards 2022 winners

Monday, 29 August 2022
The winners of the inaugural 2022 Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Sun Project: Shadowers’ Choice Awards, chosen by groups of young people, have been announced. The winning books in...

Ned Kelly Awards 2022 winners announced

Monday, 29 August 2022
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has announced the winners of the 2022 Ned Kelly Awards. The winning titles in each category are: Best debut crime fiction Banjawarn (Josh Kemp,...

Read the latest Publishers Weekly

Monday, 29 August 2022
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UQP acquires third Leane poetry collection ‘Gawimarra: Gathering’

Friday, 26 August 2022
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to Gawimarra: Gathering, the third poetry collection by Wiradjuri writer, critic and poet Jeanine Leane. The product of decades of poetic,...

NT Literary Awards 2022 shortlists announced

Thursday, 25 August 2022
The shortlists have been announced for the 2022 Northern Territory Literary Awards, which celebrate the unpublished work of established and emerging NT writers. Shortlists in seven categories were announced, including:...

Hachette acquires two new Binks novels

Thursday, 25 August 2022
Hachette Australia has acquired ANZ and UK rights to a new middle-grade novel from Danielle Binks in a two-book deal, via Jacinta di Mase Management. Publisher Kate Stevens acquired upper...

Hardie Grant announces 2022 Spark Prize shortlist

Thursday, 25 August 2022
Hardie Grant Books and RMIT Writing and Publishing have announced the shortlist for the 2022 Spark Prize for narrative nonfiction. The shortlisted entries are: Katerina Bryant for ‘Queen Pawn’ Sam...

Dymocks Neutral Bay win top award at in-person conference

Wednesday, 24 August 2022
Gina and Colin Pettitt of Dymocks Neutral Bay were awarded the Dymocks Chairman’s Award for Retail Excellence in 2022 during the bookselling chain’s annual conference, which ran from 7 to...

Transit Lounge acquires Bacon literary mystery novel

Wednesday, 24 August 2022
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to Serengotti, a literary mystery novel by Eugen Bacon. According to Transit Lounge publisher Barry Scott, Serengotti takes the classic story of a woman...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 24 August 2022
Sales Children’s/YA Pantera Press has sold Korean rights to No Way! (Dan Marshall) to EK Book via Hobak Agency. Film/TV Production company CJZ has optioned film and television rights for...

CBCA 2022 Book of the Year winners; Nash calls for EGM; Sweatshop establishes First Nations fellowship with Hage acquisiton

Wednesday, 24 August 2022
The Children’s Book Council of Australia has announced the winners of the 2022 Book of the Year Awards; Booktopia founder Tony Nash has notified the company of his intention to...