New ‘His Dark Materials’ trilogy announced
Thursday, 16 February 2017
Penguin Random House has announced the publication of a new trilogy by Philip Pullman, set in the same world as his YA fantasy trilogy ‘His Dark Materials’. The first installment...
Comic timing: Peter Helliar on ‘Frankie Fish and the Sonic Suitcase’
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
Peter Helliar’s first children’s book, Frankie Fish and the Sonic Suitcase, is a time-travel adventure starring 12-year-old Frankie and his cranky grandad, who has a hook for a hand. Read...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
‘Representations of diverse sexualities and gender identities in YA are important to redress the isolation particular to queerness. Queerness is invisible’—Jordi Kerr in the first of a four-part series for...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
Sales Fiction—Penguin Random House has sold Italian rights to The French Perfumer (Amanda Hampson); and Bulgarian rights to The Chocolate Tin and The Perfumer’s Secret (both Fiona McIntosh). Nonfiction—Lyn Tranter...
Jane Rawson’s ‘From the Wreck’
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
‘While Briohny Doyle’s The Island Will Sink pushed harder on its sci-fi elements, readers of the former will appreciate Rawson’s more lyrical, magical addition to the new groundswell of stellar...
Ashurst Business Literature Prize 2016 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
The shortlist for the 2016 Ashurst Business Literature Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Hector (Rozzi Bazzani, Australian Scholarly Publishing) Minding Her Own Business: Colonial Businesswomen in Sydney...
Hardie Grant in two-book deal with ‘The Bachelor’ star Sam Wood
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
Hardie Grant Books has acquired two books from former star of Channel 10’s The Bachelor and personal trainer Sam Wood. The first title, 28 by Sam Wood, will ‘combine over...
BolognaRagazzi Awards 2017 winners announced
Tuesday, 14 February 2017
The winners have been announced for the 2017 BolognaRagazzi Awards, which celebrates ‘publishing excellence in terms of graphic layout, format innovation and general ability to capture a young reader's attention’....
Waterstones’ Children’s Book of the Month titles boosted by 10,000-15,000 copies
Tuesday, 14 February 2017
In the UK, the Waterstones’ Children’s Book of the Month promotion has been widely praised for boosting the sales of middle-grade titles, reports the Bookseller. While Waterstones declined to provide...
Charts this week
Monday, 13 February 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 2 Lion: A Long Way Home (film tie-in) Saroo Brierley Penguin 3 Truly Madly Guilty Liane...
PRH to publish new McInerney novel in July
Monday, 13 February 2017
Penguin Random House will publish a new novel by Monica McInerney, The Trip of a Lifetime, in July. The novel is set in South Australia’s Clare Valley and Ireland. The...
UK Independent Publishing Awards winners announced
Monday, 13 February 2017
The UK’s Independent Publishers Guild has announced the winners of the Independent Publishing Awards at its annual conference in Oxford, reports the Bookseller. Academic publisher Edward Elgar was named Independent...
Program announced for second Rock & Roll Writers Festival; new Melbourne event
Friday, 10 February 2017
The program for the second Rock & Roll Writers Festival, to be held at the Old Museum in Brisbane from 1-2 April, has been announced. Organisers have also announced a...
Australian publisher, NZ bookseller shortlisted for LBF International Excellence Awards
Thursday, 9 February 2017
Australia’s CSIRO Publishing and New Zealand’s Time Out Bookstore have been shortlisted for the London Book Fair (LBF) International Excellence Awards. CSIRO Publishing is shortlisted for the Academic and Professional...
Krissy Kneen’s ‘An Uncertain Grace’
Wednesday, 8 February 2017
‘An Uncertain Grace is a powerful story told in five parts through the eyes of five characters from the present day to a post-climate-change world that is 100 years in...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 8 February 2017
Sales Fiction—Lyn Tranter at Australian Literary Management has sold the film option to The Legacy (Kirsten Tranter) to producer Karen Radzyner and director Kate Riedl at Dragonet Films. Zeitgeist Media...
Small publisher spotlight: Griffith Review
Wednesday, 8 February 2017
Launched in 2003 and based at Brisbane’s Griffith University, the Griffith Review publishes quarterly books around a topical theme, combining essays, memoir, reportage, short fiction, poetry and visual essays. ‘Some...
A life re-examined: Jeff Sparrow on ‘No Way But This: In Search of Paul Robeson’
Wednesday, 8 February 2017
Jeff Sparrow’s book on African-American singer, actor and political activist Paul Robeson combines ‘essay, journalism, history and biography to produce something engaging, original and insightful’. Read Chris Saliba’s interview with...
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 8 February 2017
‘All of the books are topical and many of them address urgent national issues with particular relevance to women, at a time when women are fighting to be politically seen...
NZ online children’s books magazine ‘Sapling’ reaches crowdfunding goal
Tuesday, 7 February 2017
A New Zealand online magazine about children’s books has reached its NZ$10,000 (A$9546) crowdfunding goal just over a week into its month-long campaign. The Sapling project is run by Sarah...
Charts this week
Monday, 6 February 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Author Imprint 1 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape Wrightbooks 2 Truly Madly Guilty Liane Moriarty Pan 3 Lion: A Long Way Home Saroo Brierley Penguin 4 The...
Magabala to release teaching resources for Indigenous stories
Monday, 6 February 2017
Indigenous publisher Magabala Books has used a $33,550 grant from the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund to create teaching resources for Indigenous stories, to be delivered via the Copyright Agency’s Reading...
WAYRBA 2017 shortlists announced
Friday, 3 February 2017
The shortlists for the 2017 West Australian Young Readers’ Book Awards (WAYRBA) have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Picture books Thelma the Unicorn (Aaron Blabey, Scholastic)...
Previously banned NZ YA novel ‘Into the River’ optioned for film
Thursday, 2 February 2017
New Zealand author Ted Dawe’s YA novel Into the River (Penguin), which the Film and Literature Board of Review temporarily banned in 2015, has been optioned for film, reports the...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
Sales Fiction—Black Inc. imprint Nero has sold world audio rights to Crazy, Busy, Guilty (Lauren Sams) to Wavesound. Spinifex Press has sold Vietnamese rights to Wave (Hoa Pham) to Phuong...
Gwyn Perkins’ ‘A Walk in the Bush’
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
‘Despite the many animals scurrying around, Gwyn Perkins’ paean to the beauty of the bush is both calming and celebratory’ … read Thuy On’s full review of Affirm Press’ first...
Small presses, big data: Bestselling titles for small presses
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
Former Nielsen Book Australia general manager Shaun Symonds takes a closer look at the small press sector and its bestselling titles. Read the full article here.
Quote of the week
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
‘While there is still plenty of beautiful, imaginative fiction, the trend—driven by the hunt for sales—has been towards more plot-driven, spare writing that blurs the line between literary and commercial...
Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2017 winners announced
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
Sydney-based writer, actor and playwright Leah Purcell has won the $100,000 Victorian Prize for Literature for her play The Drover’s Wife (Currency Press) at this year’s Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards....
Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards to waive entry fees for SPN members
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
The Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, administered by the Wheeler Centre, will waive entry fees for up to three titles from Small Press Network (SPN) members from 2018. Wheeler Centre director...
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