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Read the latest Publishers Weekly 

Monday, 26 July 2021
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.

Scarlet Stilettos offer record prize money in 2021

Thursday, 22 July 2021
Sisters in Crime Australia's annual Scarlet Stiletto Awards are offering a record $11,910 in prize money this year. The competition, for short crime and mystery stories by women writers, has...

S&S acquires two McAlister rom-coms

Thursday, 22 July 2021
Simon & Schuster Australia has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to two adult novels by Jodi McAlister, author of the YA series 'Valentine', via Alex Adsett from Alex Adsett Literary....

Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize 2021 shortlist announced

Thursday, 22 July 2021
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced the shortlist for the 2021 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize. The shortlisted works and their authors are: 'The Enemy Asyndeton' by Camilla Chaudhary (NSW) 'A...

In Moonland (Miles Allinson, Scribe) 

Wednesday, 21 July 2021
Miles Allinson’s accomplished second novel—the follow-up to his moving and deeply personal 2015 debut Fever of Animals—is an ambitious and gripping story of parenthood, utopias and environmental collapse, told across several interconnected narratives. The narrator of...

Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 21 July 2021
Sales Fiction Fremantle Press has sold large format rights to The River Mouth (Karen Herbert) and The Last Bookshop (Emma Young) to Ulverscroft UK. HarperCollins has sold North American rights...

Believe in Me (Lucy Neave, UQP) 

Tuesday, 20 July 2021
Bet is a Sydney-based veterinarian raised in Adelaide by her single mother, Sarah. When Bet starts questioning her gender, identity and place in the world, she begins to put together the...

Treasure in the Lake (Jason Pamment, A&U) 

Tuesday, 20 July 2021
Friendship, hidden cities and all-round adventure lie at the heart of Jason Pamment’s immersive graphic novel Treasure in the Lake. Sam and Iris have been best friends since they were little, but as the two...

Ngaio Marsh Awards 2021 finalists announced

Tuesday, 20 July 2021
The finalists for this year’s Ngaio Marsh Awards for New Zealand crime, mystery or thriller writing have been announced. The titles longlisted in the best novel category are: The Stone...

PRH acquires Yu debut novel and essay collection

Tuesday, 20 July 2021
Penguin Random House (PRH) has acquired Australian rights to a debut novel and collection of essays from Jessica Zhan Mei Yu, in a four-way auction. The deal was struck between...

ABC Kids to publish Teeny Tiny Stevies picture books 

Monday, 19 July 2021
HarperCollins Children’s Books has acquired world rights to two picture books by children's music duo Teeny Tiny Stevies, to be published under the ABC Kids imprint. Teeny Tiny Stevies is...

A&U acquires Lukins’ ‘Loveland’

Monday, 19 July 2021
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to a new novel by Robert Lukins, from Grace Heifetz at Left Bank Literary, in a ‘heated auction’. Loveland was acquired by...

Read the latest Publishers Weekly 

Monday, 19 July 2021
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.

Clement wins inaugural Island Nonfiction Prize

Thursday, 15 July 2021
Megan Clement has won the inaugural Island Nonfiction Prize for her piece 'In Quarantine'. Island nonfiction editor Anna Spargo-Ryan said the judges were unanimous in choosing the winner. '"In Quarantine", was exactly...

UQP acquires Gíslason’s ‘The Sorrow Stone’ 

Thursday, 15 July 2021
UQP has acquired world rights to The Sorrow Stone by Kári Gíslason, co-author of Saga Land (with Richard Fidler, ABC Books). Set against the backdrop of medieval Norway and Iceland, The...

Mascara Bundanon Writer’s Residency shortlist announced

Wednesday, 14 July 2021
Mascara Literary Review has announced the shortlist for the inaugural Mascara Bundanon Writer’s Residency. The four shortlisted writers are: Timmah Ball Isabelle Li Luke Patterson Saba Vasefi. The winner receives...

Maxine (Bob Graham, Walker Books)  

Wednesday, 14 July 2021
A ‘companion book’ for Bob Graham’s beloved Max (which was 20 years old in 2020!), Maxine does stand alone but is not as rich if you haven’t first read Max, as it...

PANZ Book Design Awards 2021 finalists announced

Wednesday, 14 July 2021
The finalists for the 2021 Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards have been announced. Among the categories announced were: Best illustrated book Billy Apple®: Life/Work (Christina Barton,...

UQP sells ‘The White Girl’ to HarperVia 

Wednesday, 14 July 2021
UQP has sold world English rights (ex ANZ) for The White Girl by Tony Birch to HarperCollins imprint HarperVia. The deal was handled by UQP rights manager Kate McCormack in...

My Friend Fox (Heidi Everett, Ultimo Press)  

Tuesday, 13 July 2021
This memoir from mental health recovery advocate Heidi Everett is a thoroughly real and stunningly evocative retelling of her life as a person with diagnosed mental illness. Everett tells the...

 

 

 

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