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Rytual (Chloe Elisabeth Wilson, Penguin) 

Tuesday, 1 April 2025
In her unsettling and sharply constructed debut, Rytual, Chloe Elisabeth Wilson dissects the seductive promise of transformation through beauty, rituals and belief systems. Marnie Sellick once dreamed of writing screenplays....

Joss: A History (Grace Yee, Giramondo) 

Tuesday, 1 April 2025
Grace Yee’s Joss: A History uncovers the lives of Chinese immigrants in Australia during the 19th and 20th centuries through a powerful blend of archival research and poetry. Viewing White...

A&U acquires Payne memoir 

a portrait of Michelle Payne Tuesday, 1 April 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Ride On by Michelle Payne with Angus Fontaine, in a deal brokered by Michael Rivette and Nanette Moulton at Rivette Moulton Broadbent. In...

Affirm acquires new Mupotsa-Russell fiction 

a portrait of Mark Mupotsa-Russell Monday, 31 March 2025
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to Mark Mupotsa-Russell’s upcoming novel, The Wolf Who Cried Boy, via literary agent Sarah McKenzie. 'The Wolf Who Cried Boy is a breathless chase...

Judith Wright Poetry Prize 2024 shortlist announced 

the logo for the Judith Wright Poetry Prize shortlist Monday, 31 March 2025
The shortlist for the 2024 Judith Wright Poetry Prize has been announced. Shortlisted poems include: ‘ACAB’ by Dominic Symes ‘al Mafrak’ by Daniel Grima ‘The Dog House’ by Neika Lehman...

Tasmanian Literary Awards 2025 winners announced

Tasmanian Literary Award winner logo – a gold circle with black text Thursday, 27 March 2025
The winners of the Tasmanian Literary Awards for 2025 have been announced. Category winners – chosen from shortlists announced last month – are: Premier’s Prize for Fiction ($25,000) Heartsease (Kate...

Rights round-up 

the cover of Oceanforged Wednesday, 26 March 2025
Sales Fiction Pantera has sold Czech rights to The Medoran Chronicles book 2: Raelia (Lynette Noni) to Albatros, via Kristin Olson Literary Agency. Children’s/YA Affirm Press has sold UK rights...

S&S acquires Holmes debut 

a portrait of Tracey Holmes Wednesday, 26 March 2025
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired global rights for Australian journalist Tracey Holmes’s debut book, Not A Female Sports Reporter.  The first woman to present ABC sports program Grandstand,...

HarperCollins acquires four Peter Cheong graphic novels 

a portrait of Peter Cheong Wednesday, 26 March 2025
HarperCollins Children’s Publishing has acquired world rights via auction to four graphic novels by author and illustrator Peter Cheong in a deal brokered by Paige Terlip at Andrea Brown Literary...

CBCA 2025 shortlists announced

Wednesday, 26 March 2025
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced its shortlist for the 2025 CBCA Book of the Year Awards. The shortlisted books in each category, selected from the 2025...

A&U acquires new Delaney nonfiction 

a portrait of Brigid Delaney Wednesday, 26 March 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to The Seeker and the Sage by Brigid Delaney in a deal brokered by Pippa Masson at Curtis Brown. ‘Whereas Reasons Not...

Read the latest Publishers Weekly 

Wednesday, 26 March 2025
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.

The Book of Guilt (Catherine Chidgey, Penguin) 

Tuesday, 25 March 2025
Welcome to an alternative version of the UK in the 1970s. In Catherine Chidgey’s The Book of Guilt, Hitler is assassinated in 1943. After a purge of senior Nazis and...

The Letter Writer (Binny Talib, Windy Hollow) 

Tuesday, 25 March 2025
The Letter Writer by author and illustrator Binny Talib (Sloths Love Parties) opens with stunning endpapers – a delightful collage of envelopes adorned with scribbles and doodles that immediately draws...

The Edge of Everything (Miranda Luby, Text) 

Tuesday, 25 March 2025
In The Edge of Everything, Miranda Luby (Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over) tells a poignant story of a teenager recovering from tragedy. It’s been eleven months since Lucy’s older...

I Want Everything (Dominic Amerena, S&S) 

Tuesday, 25 March 2025
An unnamed aspiring writer leaves a Melbourne hospital and, seeking distraction, swims laps at his local pool. There, he recognises an elderly woman as Brenda Shales, one of Australia’s best...

Lonely Mouth (Jacqueline Maley, Fourth Estate) 

Tuesday, 25 March 2025
Jacqueline Maley (The Truth About Her) returns with Lonely Mouth, a powerful exploration of family, trauma and identity. Half-sisters Matilda and Lara share a mother but have different fathers. Abandoned...

2025 Windham-Campbell recipients announced 

Tuesday, 25 March 2025
The recipients of the 2025 Windham-Campbell Prizes, each worth US$175,000 (A$278,529), have been announced, reports Publishers Weekly. This year’s winning writers are Sigrid Nunez (US) and Anne Enright (Ireland) for...

Melbourne Books acquires Harris nonfiction 

Under the influence of salmon book cover Tuesday, 25 March 2025
Melbourne Books has acquired world rights to Under the Influence of Salmon: How a Man and a Fish Turned Our World Upside Down by Steve Harris. Of the book, the publisher...

Victorian Community History Awards winners announced

Tuesday, 25 March 2025
The winners of the Victorian Community History Awards have been announced. Winning titles in each category are: Victorian Premier’s History Award ($5000) Letters to a Critic: Alan McCulloch's World of...

 

 

 

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