Rights round-up
Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Sales Fiction Giramondo has sold Italian rights to Alexis Wright's Praiseworthy and Carpentaria to Il Saggiatore, via Casanovas & Lynch. Pan Macmillan has sold simplified Chinese rights to Prima Facie (Suzie Miller) to Staread,...
Vale Tom Whitton
Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Jodie Dalglish, owner of Megalong Books, writes: We are very sad to report that we have lost a member of our Megalong Books family. Tom Whitton has sadly passed away....
Kroetsch appointed Writers SA CEO, Cultural Fund grants for literary orgs, Funder on inaugural Women’s Prize for Nonfiction longlist
Wednesday, 21 February 2024
In this week's news, the Copyright Agency has announced the recipients of the latest round of Cultural Fund grants, among which are many literary organisations and projects, as well as...
HarperCollins acquires Gardiner, Kumar cosy crime
Wednesday, 21 February 2024
HarperCollins has acquired world rights to Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Detective, a forthcoming cosy crime novel from Kelly Gardiner and Sharmini Kumar, via Danielle Binks and Jacinta di Mase of...
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Wednesday, 21 February 2024
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Deep Is the Fen (Lili Wilkinson, A&U Children’s)
Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Lili Wilkinson’s latest fantasy novel is set in the same magical world as her Victorian Premier's Literary Award–winning novel, A Hunger of Thorns. It’s a realm where all magic is...
Italian Coastal (Amber Guinness, T&H)
Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Amber Guinness’s Italian Coastal: Recipes and stories from where the land meets the sea takes readers on a tour of the seven Italian regions that sit on the Tyrrhenian Sea—places...
The Glass House (Anne Buist & Graeme Simsion, Hachette)
Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Graeme Simsion is well-known for The Rosie Project, and Anne Buist for her crime novels. Partners in real life, their new collaboration, The Glass House, showcases their talent and fields of interest where...
Jerry’s Window (Y K Willemse, Wombat Books)
Tuesday, 20 February 2024
In the spirit of Dennis the Menace, 10-year-old Jerry Ronden is a notorious nightmare. His parents are at a loss as he torments his school and neighbours with pranks, stink...
Frog Squad: Dessert Disaster (Kate Temple & Jol Temple, illus Shiloh Gordon, HarperCollins)
Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Prepare yourselves, Bin Chicken and Underdogs fans (among others): the unstoppable force that is Kate and Jol Temple (That Bird Has Arms) has a new series. The first book, Frog...
It Takes a Town (Aoife Clifford, Ultimo)
Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Aoife Clifford’s latest crime novel, It Takes a Town, is set in the fictional town of Welcome. This small town produced a superstar talent, Vanessa ‘Baby Vee’ Walton, who tap-danced...
Happy All Over (Emma Quay, ABC Books)
Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Happy All Over is exactly that. Emma Quay’s capacity to capture miniatures of joy, through both word and image, will bring a smile to even the most careworn and cynical...
The Most Famous Boy in Town (Bel Schenk, Espresso)
Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Bel Schenk’s latest work and her fourth publication, The Most Famous Boy in Town, delves into the intricate relationship dynamics in Charlotte Bay, a coastal community that unravels in the...
Black Silk & Sympathy (Deborah Challinor, HarperCollins)
Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Deborah Challinor’s latest offering, Black Silk & Sympathy, sweeps readers away to the intriguing world of Victorian funeral customs in 1860s Sydney. In this expertly crafted novel, Challinor delivers a...
UQP acquires Behrendt novel
Tuesday, 20 February 2024
UQP has acquired world rights to Alchemy, a new novel from Larissa Behrendt. Alchemy is described by UQP as ‘an intertwining story about the blurred lines between science and supernatural, the...
Funder longlisted for inaugural Women’s Prize for Nonfiction
Monday, 19 February 2024
Anna Funder is longlisted for the inaugural Women’s Prize for Nonfiction, worth £30,000 (A$58,000), for her book Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s invisible life (Hamish Hamilton). The fifteen other titles longlisted for the award...
A&U acquires Beer middle-grade novel
Monday, 19 February 2024
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to Thunderhead, a debut illustrated middle-grade novel by picture book author and illustrator Sophie Beer, via Annabel Barker at Annabel Barker Agency....
Rodrick wins inaugural Pearl Prize
Monday, 19 February 2024
Spencer M F Rodrick has won the inaugural Pearl Prize, presented by queer arts and cultural organisation Midsumma. Rodrick, who was chosen from a list of 15 finalists, and was...
DANZ Children’s Book Award shortlists announced
Thursday, 15 February 2024
The shortlists for the inaugural DANZ (Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand) Children’s Book Award have been announced. Chosen from longlists announced last month, the shortlisted titles in each...
Ultimo acquires Holmes debut
Thursday, 15 February 2024
Ultimo has acquired Commonwealth rights (ex Canada) to a debut novel from Gail Holmes, titled In the Margins. Calling Holmes ‘a remarkable new voice in historical fiction’, the publisher described...
Graham longlisted for Carnegie Medal for Illustration
Wednesday, 14 February 2024
In the UK, Australian author Bob Graham has been longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration (previously known as the Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration), which was announced along with...
Booktopia results down, Ena Noël shortlists, rural and regional writers’ festivals
Wednesday, 14 February 2024
In a trading update, Booktopia has announced 'results were down year-on-year' to the end of the first half of the 2024 financial year. Meanwhile, the Indigenous Literacy Foundation has appointed...
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Wednesday, 14 February 2024
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Girt by Sea: Re-imagining Australia’s security (Rebecca Strating & Joanne Wallis, La Trobe)
Tuesday, 13 February 2024
In their thought-provoking book, Girt by Sea: Re-imagining Australia’s security, Rebecca Strating and Joanne Wallis challenge conventional notions of Australia’s security. This book invites readers to rethink the country’s approach...
No Church in the Wild (Murray Middleton, Picador)
Tuesday, 13 February 2024
Stereotypes and bad press about the commission towers of Melbourne’s inner west are easy to come by, but Vogel winner Murray Middleton’s deeply researched and complex portrayal of this community...
The Gorgon Flower (John Richards, UQP)
Tuesday, 13 February 2024
John Richards’s The Gorgon Flower is a collection of six short stories (and the title novella), for fans of the macabre and peculiar. This is a collection both classic and...
Pidge’s Poppies (Jan Andrews, illus Timothy Ide, Ford St)
Tuesday, 13 February 2024
Pidge’s Poppies by Jan Andrews, illustrated by Timothy Ide (Medieval Monsters and Other Creatures), is a charming lesson on the role of carrier pigeons during war, encouraging young readers to...
Signal Erased (Adele Jones, Rhiza Edge)
Tuesday, 13 February 2024
Signal Erased is the latest YA near-science-fiction novel by Adele Jones. The story follows Anna Faraday, a high schooler with a remarkable singing voice and a traumatic past. While occupied with...
Audrey’s Gone AWOL (Annie de Monchaux, Ultimo)
Tuesday, 13 February 2024
Annie de Monchaux’s debut novel, Audrey’s Gone AWOL, is a beautifully crafted and witty coming-of-middle-age tale that explores womanhood, motherhood, life, death, marriage and betrayal. Audrey has devoted her life...
The Pinchers and the Diamond Heist (Anders Sparring, illus Per Gustavsson, Gecko Press)
Tuesday, 13 February 2024
Anders Sparring’s The Pinchers and the Diamond Heist is a first-in-series chapter book that ticks many boxes young primary school children love: comedy, crime, and fun family connections. Opening with...
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