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Ultimo acquires Reid’s third novel 

Black and white photograph of Diana Reid Tuesday, 10 September 2024
Ultimo Press has acquired ANZ rights to Diana Reid’s third novel, Signs of Damage. In Signs of Damage, 13-year-old Cass goes missing while the Kelly family is holidaying in the...

Varuna announces 2025 residential fellowships

Varuna, The National Writers House Monday, 9 September 2024
Varuna, the National Writers’ House has announced the recipients of its residential fellowships for 2025, including eight flagship fellowship recipients. The writers and their projects are: Eleanor Dark flagship fellowship...

Richell Prize 2024 longlist announced

Logo for the Richell Prize, featuring a swooping bird Monday, 9 September 2024
Hachette, in partnership with the Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF), has announced the longlist for the 2024 Richell Prize for Emerging Writers. The 21 longlisted writers, chosen from over 1000 entrants,...

Queensland Literary Awards 2024 winners announced

Cover of Edenglassie Friday, 6 September 2024
The winners of the 2024 Queensland Literary Awards have been announced, with the total value of the awards now standing at $276,000, up from $238,500 in 2023. Melissa Lucashenko has won...

ARA Historical Novel Prize longlists announced

Thursday, 5 September 2024
The Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA) has announced the longlists for the 2024 ARA Historical Novel Prize. The longlisted titles are: Adult category The Unearthed (Lenny Bartulin, A&U) Women &...

UQP sells Bigna’s debut to S&S BFYR 

Thursday, 5 September 2024
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has sold North American rights to Sandy Bigna’s debut middle-grade verse novel, Little Bones, to Krista Vitola, executive editor at Simon & Schuster Books for...

Vale Tim Bowden

Wednesday, 4 September 2024
Television and radio broadcaster and author Tim Bowden has died, aged 87. Bowden was the author of almost 20 books, including One Crowded Hour (1987, Angus & Robertson), a biography...

Rights round-up 

Cover of 101 Ways to Find Calm Wednesday, 4 September 2024
Sales Nonfiction Allen & Unwin has sold Thai rights to 101 Ways to Find Calm (Rebekkah Ballagh) to Saengdao Publishing House. Black Inc. has sold traditional Chinese rights to The Shortest...

MacDonald wins 2024 Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize

Photograph of Grant MacDonald Wednesday, 4 September 2024
Herb MacDonald is the winner of the 2024 Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize, the Margaret Mahy Estate, Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand, and Little Moa have announced. The judging panel praised MacDonald’s...

Medal for Excellence in Translation shortlist announced

Wednesday, 4 September 2024
The shortlist for the 2024 Medal for Excellence in Translation, administered by the Australian Academy of the Humanities (AAH), has been announced. The shortlisted translators and their works are: Stephanie...

A&U acquires Clutton novel in two-book deal 

Photograph of Sarah Clutton by Highlands Photography Wednesday, 4 September 2024
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to the ‘uplit’ novel The Remarkable Truths of Alfie Bains by Sarah Clutton, via Melanie Ostell from the Melanie Ostell Literary Agency,...

Read the latest Publishers Weekly 

Wednesday, 4 September 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.

Pictures of You (Emma Grey, Penguin) 

Tuesday, 3 September 2024
Emma Grey’s second adult romance, Pictures of You, follows her successful debut, The Last Love Note, and shares similar themes of love, grief and hope, while weaving in mystery and...

A Secret Garden in Paris (Sophie Beaumont, Ultimo) 

Tuesday, 3 September 2024
Sophie Beaumont’s latest novel, A Secret Garden in Paris, follows three women whose lives intertwine in Paris. The women are each at a substantial crossroads in their lives: Emma has...

Meerkat Mayhem (Mem Fox & Judy Horacek, Puffin) 

Tuesday, 3 September 2024
Mem Fox and Judy Horacek, the dream team behind the popular picture book Where Is the Green Sheep? (now celebrating its 20th anniversary), have a new collaboration that is also...

S&S acquires Dix memoir

Tuesday, 3 September 2024
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired world rights to The Promise, the memoir of Arnold Dix, an international barrister, scientist and engineer who spearheaded the rescue of 41 trapped...

Simon & Schuster acquires Cottle YA series

Monday, 2 September 2024
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired world rights to two books in a new YA series by debut author Ruby Jean Cottle, via agents Lou Johnson and Belinda Bolliger...

Murdoch acquires Goh solo cookbook 

Photograph of Helen Goh holding a whisk Monday, 2 September 2024
Murdoch Books has acquired world rights to the first solo cookbook by Helen Goh, Baking and the Meaning of Life. The publisher described the book as a ‘brilliant modern-day baking...

Davitt Awards 2024 winners announced

Davitt Awards logo Monday, 2 September 2024
Sisters in Crime has announced the winners of the 2024 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. The winning titles in each category, chosen from shortlists announced...

 

 

 

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