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The Deed (Susannah Begbie, Hachette) 

Tuesday, 5 March 2024
Small-town cattle farmer Tom Edwards knows he is going to die—before he does, he pays a visit to the local solicitor to change the terms of his will. Upon his...

Human? (Ziggy Ramo, Pantera) 

Tuesday, 5 March 2024
For those familiar with the sounds of Ziggy Ramo, Human?—while his debut book—is but the latest in a collection of revolutionary literary works by the artist. Human? is Ramo’s powerful...

Ultimo acquires Khurana’s ‘The Passenger Seat’ 

An author photograph of Vijay Khurana Tuesday, 5 March 2024
Ultimo Press has acquired ANZ rights to Vijay Khurana’s debut novel, The Passenger Seat, in a three-way acquisition deal via Philip Gwyn Jones at Greyhound Literary. Described by the agent...

Stella Prize 2024 longlist announced

Monday, 4 March 2024
The longlist for the $60,000 Stella Prize for women and non-binary writers has been announced. The longlisted books are: Praiseworthy (Alexis Wright, Giramondo) She Is the Earth (Ali Cobby Eckermann,...

S&S acquires Rogers novel in three-book deal 

Thursday, 29 February 2024
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired world rights to Matt Rogers’ novel The Forsaken in a three-book deal via Daniel Pilkington. The publisher said The Forsaken is the first...

HarperCollins acquires Gorman’s ‘Lost Pleasure’ 

Photograph of Alyx Gorman Thursday, 29 February 2024
HarperCollins has acquired world rights to Lost Pleasure: Searching for the sex straight women are missing by Alyx Gorman. Gorman is the lifestyle editor of Guardian Australia and has been writing...

Kat Muscat Fellowship 2024 shortlist announced

Thursday, 29 February 2024
Express Media and the Kat Muscat Fellowship Committee have announced the shortlist for the 2024 Kat Muscat Fellowship, which offers support and development to a young Australian writer and/or editor...

Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 28 February 2024
Sales Fiction Hachette Australia has sold world large print rights to The Girl from London (Olivia Spooner) to Ulverscroft; and ANZ large print rights to Mrs Winterbottom Takes a Gap...

S&S acquires Garside memoir ‘The Good Fight’ 

An image of boxer Harry Garside applying a hand wrap Wednesday, 28 February 2024
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired world rights to The Good Fight, a memoir by boxer Harry Garside. Garside rose to prominence following his bronze medal win at the...

Pantera acquires Lenton debut ‘Spite Pie’ 

Author photograph of Patrick Lenton with a greyhound dog Wednesday, 28 February 2024
Pantera Press has acquired world rights to the debut novel Spite Pie by journalist and writer Patrick Lenton in a two-book deal brokered by Lou Johnson at Key People Literary...

Vale Marion Halligan

Black and white photograph of Marion Halligan Wednesday, 28 February 2024
The award-winning novelist, essayist, and short story writer Marion Halligan died in Canberra on 19 February, aged 83. Halligan was the author of 11 novels, five short story collections, and...

Read the latest Publishers Weekly 

Wednesday, 28 February 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.

CBCA 2024 Notable Books announced

Tuesday, 27 February 2024
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced its list of Notable Books for 2024. The list acts as the longlist for the CBCA Book of the Year Awards....

Work Backwards (Tim Duggan, Pantera) 

Tuesday, 27 February 2024
If you’ve ever felt disenchanted by the daily grind or pondered the pointlessness of the eternal wheel of capitalism, then Work Backwards: How to design the life you want will...

Thunderhead (Miranda Darling, Scribe) 

Tuesday, 27 February 2024
Set over one fever-pitched day of errand-running, child-rearing, appointment-hopping and dinner-party prep in the suburbs, Thunderhead is about Winona Dalloway’s desperate desire to be free of her domestic shackles and...

The Work (Bri Lee, A&U) 

Cover of The Work by Bri Lee Tuesday, 27 February 2024
Having tackled power, privilege and sexual politics in her nonfiction books, Eggshell Skull, Beauty and Who Gets to Be Smart, Bri Lee brings the same shrewd scrutiny to her debut novel,...

Sanctuary (Garry Disher, Text) 

Tuesday, 27 February 2024
Grace has been stealing her whole life. She is an expert thief, taught by pros and specialising in small, high-value items, such as stamps and watches. However, a life of...

Deep Water (James Bradley, Hamish Hamilton) 

Cover of Deep Water by James Bradley Tuesday, 27 February 2024
The first chapter of Deep Water is named ‘The Word for World Is Water’, a reference to science fiction writer Ursula K Le Guin’s novella The Word for World Is...

Those Girls (Pamela Rushby, Walker) 

Tuesday, 27 February 2024
When Australia entered World War II, new possibilities emerged for women to enter the services, work in munitions or uniform factories, or join the Land Army to fill the workforce...

Daisley on Walter Scott longlist 

Cover image for Stephen Daisley's A Better Place Tuesday, 27 February 2024
In the UK, Aotearoa New Zealand author Stephen Daisley has been longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, worth £25,000 (A$48,500). The full list of titles longlisted for...

Brooks wins 2023 Judith Wright Poetry Prize

A portrait of Andrew Brooks Monday, 26 February 2024
Overland has announced that Andrew Brooks is the winner of the 2023 Judith Wright Poetry prize, for his poem ‘Celestial Tree’. Brooks is a lecturer in media and culture, living...

Zhang wins 2023 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize

A photograph of Annie Zhang Monday, 26 February 2024
Overland has announced that Annie Zhang is the winner of the 2023 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize, for her story ‘Who Rattles the Night?’. Zhang is a writer and editor...

Smith wins 2024 Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize

Thursday, 22 February 2024
Yasmin Smith has won Island magazine’s 2024 Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize for the poem ‘The Burial Feathers’. Smith’s poem was chosen from about 500 entries. The two runners-up were Emilie...

Affirm Press sells screen rights to Funny Ethnics 

Funny Ethnics book cover, featuring an ibis holding a bubble tea drink while standing on top of a bin Thursday, 22 February 2024
Flying Bark Productions has optioned the screen rights to Shirley Le’s Funny Ethnics (Affirm), in a deal negotiated by Bold Type Agency on behalf of Affirm Press. The 2022 novel ‘catapults...

 

 

 

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