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The One That Got Away: Travelling in the time of Covid (Ken Haley, Transit Lounge)

Wednesday, 8 September 2021
The One That Got Away documents journalist and travel writer Ken Haley’s year evading the pandemic. While many of us were kept in captivity as Covid-19 raged across the world,...

Tomorrow is a Brand-New Day (Davina Bell, illus by Allison Colpoys, Scribble)

Wednesday, 8 September 2021
Tomorrow is a Brand-New Day is an ode to making a mistake and then making things right. It follows two children—friends with different styles—who come into conflict with each other...

Marcie Gill and the Caravan Park Cat (Monica McInerney, illus by Danny Snell, Puffin)

Wednesday, 8 September 2021
With a dozen adult novels under her belt, Monica McInerney is now turning her hand to children’s fiction and her first foray into middle-grade territory is just as full of heart and laughter as her...

Murchison wins $10k ACU Poetry Prize

Tuesday, 7 September 2021
Hobart-based poet Anna Murchison has won the 2021 Australian Catholic University (ACU) Poetry Prize, Australia's richest poetry award. Murchison receives $10,000 for her poem ‘Child of Gath-hepher’. Carolyn Masel was...

‘The Rain Heron’ wins Age Book of the Year

Monday, 6 September 2021
Robbie Arnott has won the 2021 Age Book of the Year for his novel The Rain Heron (Text). It's the 40th time the award has been presented following a nine-year hiatus....

Richell Prize 2021 longlist announced

Monday, 6 September 2021
Hachette Australia and the Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) have announced the longlist for the 2021 Richell Prize for emerging writers. The longlisted writers will be judged on the first three...

NSW Premier’s History Awards 2021 winners announced

Monday, 6 September 2021
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the winners of the 2021 NSW Premier's History Awards, worth $15,000 each. Selected from shortlists announced in August, the winning titles in...

Read the latest Publishers Weekly

Monday, 6 September 2021
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Wright wins 2021 Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award

Friday, 3 September 2021
David Thomas Henry Wright has won the 2021 Carmel Bird Digital Literary Award for A Condensed History of the Australian Camel. Judge Roanna Gonsalves described Wright’s entry as ‘a work...

‘Ghost Bird’ sells to UK

Thursday, 2 September 2021
UK independent publisher Old Barn Books has bought UK and Commonwealth (ex Canada and ANZ) rights to Lisa Fuller's YA novel Ghost Bird from University of Queensland Press (UQP). The...

Stella Prize rebrands, expands eligibility

Thursday, 2 September 2021
The Stella Prize has revealed a new identity and website in a rebranding announcement to mark 10 years of the prize. Under its new identity the organisation has announced changes...

Readings announces 2021 New Australian Fiction Prize shortlist

Wednesday, 1 September 2021
Readings has announced the shortlist for its 2021 New Australian Fiction Prize. The shortlisted titles are: New Animal (Ella Baxter, A&U) She is Haunted (Paige Clark, A&U) Echolalia (Briohny Doyle,...

Booktopia yearly results, latest award winners

Wednesday, 1 September 2021
Booktopia has posted revenue growth of 35% and a 125% rise in profit for the 2021 financial year—its first full year results as an ASX-listed company. In other news, Brisbane Writers Festival...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 1 September 2021
Sales Children’s/YA Hardie Grant Children’s has sold Japanese, Turkish and Brazilian rights to Walk of the Whales (Nick Bland, November 2021); Spanish language rights in North America to Polly &...

Hachette acquires Albany debut in two-book deal

Wednesday, 1 September 2021
Hachette Australia has acquired world rights to two novels by Northern Rivers journalist and songwriter Megan Albany. The deal was brokered between Hachette Australia head of fiction Rebecca Saunders and...

The Dogs (John Hughes, Upswell)

Wednesday, 1 September 2021
John Hughes, whose last book No One was shortlisted for the 2020 Miles Franklin, grapples with the idea of whether it is possible to ever truly know another person in...

QBD Books wins Large Retailer of the Year, reports 15% increase in turnover

Wednesday, 1 September 2021
QBD Books has been named Large Retailer of the Year in the 2021 National Retail Awards. The announcement was made at a Gold Coast gala event on Friday 27 August....

The Greatest Mistakes That Went Right (Maddy Mara, illus by Cheryl Orsini, Affirm Press)

Tuesday, 31 August 2021
Many kids are afraid to try new things because they are scared of not getting it right the first time; niggling insecurities and latent perfectionism can often mean they miss...

Terciel and Elinor (Garth Nix, A&U)

Tuesday, 31 August 2021
Garth Nix’s ‘Old Kingdom’ books have been a perennial staple of YA sections in bookstores for the past 25 years, and I couldn’t even guess how many copies of Sabriel...

Another Day in the Colony (Chelsea Watego, UQP)

Tuesday, 31 August 2021
Chelsea Watego’s debut essay collection Another Day in the Colony documents the sustained racism First Peoples suffer in this continent. Through critical race scholarship, memoir and archival imagery a powerful assemblage is...