A Little Spark (Barry Jonsberg, A&U)
Wednesday, 15 June 2022
A Little Spark is the latest middle-grade novel from author Barry Jonsberg. Known for his novels My Life as an Alphabet and A Song Only I Can Hear, Jonsberg again...
This Devastating Fever (Sophie Cunningham, Ultimo)
Wednesday, 15 June 2022
Alice Fox has been struggling for years with her novel. Her agent, Sarah, has misgivings. Does anyone really want to read about Virginia Woolf’s husband, Leonard Woolf? Alice claims that...
Our Dreaming (Kirli Saunders, illus by Dub Leffler, Scholastic)
Wednesday, 15 June 2022
This isn’t the first time that Gunai writer, poet and activist Kirli Saunders and Bigambul illustrator Dub Leffler have created something incredible together. It’s no surprise after the success of...
The Cast Aways of Harewood Hall (Karen Herbert, Fremantle Press)
Wednesday, 15 June 2022
On the picturesque grounds of Harewood Hall, a retirement village in Perth’s western suburbs, something is afoot. Actually, a variety of things are afoot, and the residents of Harewood Hall...
The Book of Wondrous Possibilities (Deborah Abela, Puffin)
Wednesday, 15 June 2022
The Book of Wondrous Possibilities starts with a bang and doesn’t let up. Arlo lives a quiet life with his uncle and pet mouse Herbert above their bookshop, until the...
Varuna announces 2022 Writer’s Space fellows
Wednesday, 15 June 2022
Varuna, the National Writers’ House has announced the recipients of the 2022 Writer’s Space fellowships for writers with disability or who are D/deaf. The fellowship program is open to writers...
Penguin Literary Prize 2022 winner announced
Wednesday, 15 June 2022
Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia has announced On a Bright Hillside in Paradise by Sydney-based writer Annette Higgs as the winner of the 2022 Penguin Literary Prize for an unpublished...
New Craig novel ‘Wall’ sells to US
Wednesday, 15 June 2022
Martin Shaw at Shaw Literary has sold US rights to Sydney author Jen Craig's third novel Wall to Zerogram Press. The narrator of Wall is a London-based Australian visual artist (with 'a...
Growing in to Autism (Sandra Thom-Jones, MUP)
Wednesday, 15 June 2022
Sandra Thom-Jones had a successful life before she knew she had autism. Or, more specifically, before she had a diagnosis of autism. A well-respected researcher in her 50s, Thom-Jones knew...
Nimblefoot (Robert Drewe, Hamish Hamilton)
Wednesday, 15 June 2022
In Nimblefoot, Robert Drewe imagines the second act in the life of Australian historical figure Johnny Day, an international star in the 19th-century sport of pedestrianism at age 10 and...
Authors, industry figures recognised in 2022 Queen’s Birthday Honours
Tuesday, 14 June 2022
A number of Australian authors and industry figures were recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours. Sophie Blackall was made a Member in the General Division of the Order of...
‘Love & Virtue’ wins Booksellers’ Choice adult fiction book of the year 2022
Tuesday, 14 June 2022
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the winners of its annual book and bookseller of the year awards. The winners in each category are: Adult fiction Love & Virtue (Diana Reid,...
Read the latest Publishers Weekly
Tuesday, 14 June 2022
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Hughes apologises for plagiarism in Miles Franklin-longlisted novel
Friday, 10 June 2022
In an exclusive article, the Guardian Australia reports it has found multiple instances of plagiarism in John Hughes’s novel The Dogs (Upswell), recently longlisted for the 2022 Miles Franklin Literary...
‘Love & Virtue’ wins ABIA book of the year 2022
Friday, 10 June 2022
The winners of the 2022 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) have been announced. Diana Reid's debut novel Love & Virtue took out the overall ABIA book of the year as well as...
George Robertson Award 2022 winners announced
Thursday, 9 June 2022
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the winners of the 2022 George Robertson Award, which recognises long and distinguished service to the publishing industry. The 2022 recipients are: Pam...
Pantera acquires new Awad novel
Thursday, 9 June 2022
Pantera Press has acquired world rights to the novel Let Me Know When We Get There by Amal Awad, via Tara Wynne at Curtis Brown. Described by the publisher as...
Text Prize 2022 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 8 June 2022
The shortlist for the Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing, worth $10,000, has been announced. The shortlisted manuscripts are: ‘Bellamy Jones and the Lost Treeheart’ by Emily Beck...
Neilma Sidney Travel Fund 2022 recipients announced
Wednesday, 8 June 2022
Writers Victoria has announced the seventh round of recipients for the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund, which has opened up to international travel again after pandemic-related travel restrictions in 2021....
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 8 June 2022
Sales Nonfiction Black Inc. has sold simplified Chinese rights to The Big Four: The curious past and perilous future of the global accounting monopoly (Stuart Kells & Ian Gow); Hungarian rights to Koala:...
ABDA 2022 winners, ALS Gold Medal shortlist, KYD announces anthology contributors
Wednesday, 8 June 2022
In news from the past week, the winners of this year’s Australian Book Design Awards have been announced, along with the shortlists for the 2022 NZ Book Awards for Children...
Mr Carver’s Whale (Lyn Hughes, Fourth Estate)
Tuesday, 7 June 2022
On the volcanic island of Pico in the Azores, a young and crippled Antonio Mateus João Carvalho Cabral is delivered a sea chest of books. Among the many books he...
Ninni Yabini (Cheryl Kickett-Tucker, illus by Tyrown Waigana, Fremantle Press)
Tuesday, 7 June 2022
Ninni Yabini is a new picture book collaboration between author, research academic and community development practitioner Cheryl Kickett-Tucker and multidisciplinary artist and graphic designer Tyrown Waigana. A celebration of family...
Her Fidelity (Katharine Pollock, Vintage)
Tuesday, 7 June 2022
Cathy works at a revered Brisbane record store full of indie snobs and turntable pedants. But now their days of rock royalty are gone as streaming services and online retailers...
A Recipe for Family (Tori Haschka, S&S)
Tuesday, 7 June 2022
A Recipe For Family is food writer Tori Haschka’s second novel. It brims with beautiful descriptions of food and the role that it plays in our lives. Each chapter heading,...
The Hidden Girl (Louise Bassett, Walker)
Tuesday, 7 June 2022
In Louise Bassett’s debut novel The Hidden Girl Melati Nelson has precariously performed the 'good girl' act for a year at her new school, trying to overcome the misdoings of...
Ella and the Useless Day (Meg McKinlay, illus by Karen Blair, Walker)
Tuesday, 7 June 2022
Turning trash into treasure and cleaning into fun! The joys of sorting through useless household hoarding combined with the value of re-using, recycling and upcycling make this picture book a...
Electric and Mad and Brave (Tom Pitts, Picador)
Tuesday, 7 June 2022
In Tom Pitts’ debut novel, 28-year-old Matt slogs through painful memories while living in a mental health facility. The story of why he is unwell unfolds through diary entries, which...
Rachel Funari Prize 2022 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 7 June 2022
Lip magazine has announced the shortlist for the 2022 Rachel Funari Prize for Fiction. The shortlisted stories are: ‘The Reliquary’ by Claire Alcock ‘In the Wake of Tokyo’ by Louise...
ALS Gold Medal 2022 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 7 June 2022
The shortlist for the 2022 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal has been announced. The shortlisted works of fiction and poetry are: Wild Abandon (Emily Bitto, A&U) Human Looking (Andy Jackson, Giramondo) Pushing...
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