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Rights round-up

Wednesday, 17 January 2018
Sales Fiction—Allen & Unwin has sold Bulgarian rights to The Eye of the Sheep (Sofie Laguna) to Ednorog Publishers. Nonfiction—Allen & Unwin has sold German and Czech rights to Buddhism...

RiP Paul Greenberg 

Wednesday, 17 January 2018
New Zealand sales and distribution agent, entrepreneur and long-serving book industry figure Paul Greenberg has died. Greenberg started out in publishing in the 1960s and worked at numerous publishers throughout his...

Indie Book Awards 2018 shortlist announced

Monday, 15 January 2018
Leading Edge Books has announced the 2018 Indie Book Awards shortlist, for the best Australian books published in 2017. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction Force of Nature...

Charts this week 

Monday, 15 January 2018
  Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 2 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Mark Manson Macmillan 3 5...

RiP Chris Player 

Friday, 12 January 2018
The founder of specialist academic distributor Astam Books, Chris Player, has died. Footprint Books, which acquired Astam in 2006, supplied the following statement: ‘Sadly Chris Player passed away on Saturday,...

Hardie Grant acquires Rowntree travel title

Friday, 12 January 2018
Hardie Grant has acquired a new illustrated guide on ocean and river cruises by Channel Nine’s Getaway presenter Catriona Rowntree. The Best of World Cruising will ‘focus on destinations and...

Lonely Planet Kids expands in US market

Friday, 12 January 2018
The children’s imprint of travel publisher Lonely Planet—Lonely Planet Kids—has announced several new appointments as part of its ongoing expansion in the US market, reports Publishers Weekly. Hanna Otero took...

Xoum announces 2017 XO Romance Prize shortlist

Thursday, 11 January 2018
Xoum Publishing has announced the shortlist for the 2017 XO Romance Prize for an unpublished manuscript. The shortlisted works and their authors are: L Francis for ‘Legally Bound’, a ‘heartwarming...

Quote of the week 

Wednesday, 10 January 2018
‘We’ve reprinted at least four times since Thursday and we will probably reprint again before the end of today. It’s an hour-by-hour decision.’—Hachette Australia joint managing director Justin Ractliffe on...

Lloyd Jones’ ‘The Cage’ 

Wednesday, 10 January 2018
‘Best known for his novel Mister Pip, New Zealand writer Lloyd Jones’ latest offering is a compelling if unsettling read. The language is simple and reflective, as befits the teenage narrator,...

RiP David Hutchison 

Wednesday, 10 January 2018
Fremantle local historian and writer David Hutchison has died, aged 90. Hutchison was the author of guidebook Fremantle Walks and contributed a fictionalised account of his 1930s childhood to the...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 10 January 2018
Sales Fiction—Allen & Unwin has sold Turkish rights to The Mummy Bloggers (Holly Wainwright) to Hep Kitap. Nonfiction—Allen & Unwin has sold German and US English-language rights to Slow (Brooke...

SWF announces earlier dates for 2018, 2019

Wednesday, 10 January 2018
The 2018 Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) will be held from 30 April to 6 May—a month earlier than in previous years. The date change is due to the festival’s temporary...

Ismail wins Deborah Cass Prize 2017

Wednesday, 10 January 2018
Perth writer Rafeif Ismail has won Writers Victoria’s 2017 Deborah Cass Prize for emerging writers from migrant backgrounds for her manuscript extract ‘Almitra Amongst Ghosts’. ‘Almitra Amongst Ghosts’ was announced...

Goldsworthy wins Horne Prize 2017

Wednesday, 10 January 2018
The Saturday Paper and cosmetics company Aesop announced writer Kerryn Goldsworthy as the winner of the $15,000 Horne Prize 2017 for her essay, ‘The Limit of the World’. ‘The Limit of...

ABIAs 2018 date, venue announced

Wednesday, 10 January 2018
The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) will be held on Thursday, 3 May this year. This year’s awards will be held at the International Convention Centre Sydney to accommodate the...

Story Prize 2018 finalists announced

Wednesday, 10 January 2018
In the US, the three finalists for the 2018 Story Prize have been announced. The finalists are: The King is Always above the People (Daniel Alarcón, Riverhead Books) Homesick for...

PANZ to lead Bologna delegation

Monday, 8 January 2018
The Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) will have a New Zealand collective stand for the first time at Bologna Children’s Book Fair in 2018. With the support of Creative...

Costa Book Awards 2017 category winners announced 

Monday, 8 January 2018
In the UK, the five category winners for the 2017 Costa Book Awards have been announced, with three of the winning titles published by HarperCollins UK imprints. The five winners...

Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature shortlists announced

Monday, 8 January 2018
The shortlists have been announced for this year’s Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature, presented biennially by the South Australian government. The shortlisted works in each category are: Children’s Rockhopping (Trace...

Text acquires new YA debut

Monday, 8 January 2018
Text has acquired world rights to debut author Kay Kerr’s YA novel, Please Don’t Hug Me. Kerr’s novel is a ‘contemporary coming-of-age tale’ about ‘a neuro-diverse and socially awkward year...

Charts this week 

Monday, 8 January 2018
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 2 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Mark Manson Macmillan 3 5 Ingredients:...

Charts this week 

Monday, 18 December 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 5 Ingredients: Quick & Easy Food Jamie Oliver Michael Joseph 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley 3 The Getaway: Diary...

Tracy Sorensen’s ‘The Lucky Galah’ 

Wednesday, 13 December 2017
‘It is testament to debut author Tracy Sorensen’s talent that, against all odds, choosing to have a galah narrate her novel never becomes gimmicky. Somehow the reader suspends disbelief and...

Book blogger spotlight: Book Bloggers Australia

Wednesday, 13 December 2017
Established in 2010 by blogger Margaret Bates, Book Bloggers Australia is an online directory and forum where Australian bloggers can discuss books and blogging, and connect with others in the...

Quote of the week

Wednesday, 13 December 2017
‘This is an industry with older, established men in the corner offices and young women working themselves to the ground in the cubicles, trying to earn themselves a break; that...

Natasha Lester signs four-book UK deal

Wednesday, 13 December 2017
Hachette Australia has sold UK and Commonwealth (ex ANZ) rights to four historical fiction novels by Natasha Lester to UK publisher Sphere. Rights were acquired by Sphere commissioning editor Viola...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 13 December 2017
Sales Fiction—Allen & Unwin has sold German rights to The Fighting Season (Bram Connolly) to Festa Verlag. Brio has acquired world rights to The Drovers Wives (Ryan O’Neill) and world rights...

 

 

 

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