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This Kingdom of Dust (David Dyer, Penguin) 

Tuesday, 27 August 2024
In his sophomore novel, David Dyer skilfully blurs history and fiction to pose the question: What if the Apollo mission had failed to return from the Moon? This Kingdom of...

The Burrow (Melanie Cheng, Text) 

Tuesday, 27 August 2024
A triumph of restrained and tender storytelling, Melanie Cheng’s The Burrow follows a Melbourne family living on autopilot five years after a senseless tragedy. Amy, Jin and Lucie have since...

Everywhere We Look (Martine Kropkowski, Ultimo) 

Tuesday, 27 August 2024
Everywhere We Look is the debut novel by Martine Kropkowski, a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland, who has also written about the ethics of true crime and crime...

A&U acquires Tutt’s children’s books

Tuesday, 27 August 2024
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Corey Tutt’s children’s titles Caution! This Book Contains Deadly Reptiles (illus by Ben Williams) and Before It Was Called Science, the follow-up to The...

Affirm acquires Collinson self-help follow-up 

Photograph of Georgie Collinson Monday, 26 August 2024
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to self-help book Master Your Relationship Anxiety by Georgie Collinson. According to the publisher, Master Your Relationship Anxiety ‘delivers a simple four-week program for...

Vale Peg McColl

Wednesday, 21 August 2024
Former Penguin Books Australia rights and contracts manager Peg McColl died on 19 August. Bob Sessions, Penguin Books Australia publishing director from 1988 to 2017, writes: It is with great...

A&U acquires Caro novel ‘Lyrebird’ 

Photograph of Jane Caro Wednesday, 21 August 2024
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to Lyrebird, the second adult novel by Jane Caro, in a deal brokered by Jacinta di Mase Management. In the novel, no...

Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 21 August 2024
Sales Nonfiction Black Inc. has sold world English (ex ANZ) rights to Whitewash: Poland and the Jews (Jan Grabowski, Jewish Quarterly) to Toronto University Press; Russian rights to Beyond the Snow Leopard:...

Read the latest Publishers Weekly 

Wednesday, 21 August 2024
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.

Skysong (C A Wright, Pantera) 

Tuesday, 20 August 2024
C A Wright’s debut novel, Skysong, is inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale ‘The Nightingale’. Oriane is the latest in a long line of skylarks: women who transform into...

The Natural Advantage (Jenny Brockis, Major Street) 

Tuesday, 20 August 2024
The message of Jenny Brockis’s The Natural Advantage is straightforward: the cure for stress in our increasingly hectic modern world is to spend more time in nature. ‘Intuitively, we know...

The Belburd (Nardi Simpson, Hachette) 

Tuesday, 20 August 2024
Written with the same lyrical prowess and evocative tone as her award-winning debut, Song of the Crocodile, Yuwaalaraay storyteller Nardi Simpson’s second novel, The Belburd, is a powerful ode to...

Prize Catch (Alan Carter, Fremantle) 

Tuesday, 20 August 2024
Alan Carter’s latest crime novel, Prize Catch, is a page-turning thrill ride set on Australia’s Emerald Isle. With the action taking place in Hobart and its surrounds, and brimming with...

Transit Lounge acquires Everly-Wilson novel 

Photograph of Stuart Everly-Wilson Tuesday, 20 August 2024
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to The Maskeys, a new novel from Stuart Everly-Wilson. Publisher Barry Scott described the novel as ‘brimming with wit and pathos’. ‘Set in the...

RWA announces 2024 Ruby winners

Monday, 19 August 2024
Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) has announced the winners of the 2024 Romantic Book of the Year Awards, known as the Ruby Awards. The winners in each category are: Romantic...

CBCA Book of the Year 2024 winners announced

Friday, 16 August 2024
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced the winners of the 2024 Book of the Year Awards. This year, the CBCA shadow judging winners were announced simultaneously. Now...

Readings Young Adult Prize 2024 shortlist announced

Thursday, 15 August 2024
Readings has announced the shortlist for the 2024 Readings Young Adult Book Prize. This year’s six shortlisted books are: A Way Home (Emily Brewin, MidnightSun) Blind Spot (Robyn Dennison, Text)...

A&U acquires Grynberg personal development title 

Photograph of Sarah Grynberg Thursday, 15 August 2024
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Living a Life of Greatness by podcaster Sarah Grynberg. ‘Sarah believes greatness is fulfilment and purpose in life, and she shows it’s...

S&S acquires Amerena debut novel 

Photograph of Dominic Amerena Thursday, 15 August 2024
Simon & Schuster (S&S) has acquired ANZ rights to I Want Everything, a debut novel by Dominic Amerena, in a pre-emptive offer, via agent Grace Heifetz at Left Bank Literary....

Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2024 shortlists announced

Thursday, 15 August 2024
Creative Australia has announced the titles shortlisted for the 2024 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction Anam (André Dao, Hamish Hamilton) Restless Dolly Maunder...

 

 

 

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