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Upswell acquires Brack’s The Secret Landscapes

Thursday, 29 June 2023
Upswell Publishing has acquired world rights to The Secret Landscapes by Clara Brack. Brack's book is 'an innovative and thrilling manuscript exploring the lives of artists and doing so by...

Audiences return to Sydney and NT festivals, WA Prem’s award winners, BookPeople committee change

Wednesday, 28 June 2023
Sydney Writers’ Festival audiences returned to this year's festival as a live event in larger than expected numbers, while NT Writers saw a box office record for its festival in...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 28 June 2023
Sales Nonfiction Black Inc. has sold UK/Commonwealth rights to Sex: Two Billion Years of Procreation and Recreation by David Baker (Black Inc.) to Old Street to be published under the...

Back Up (Liam Mannix, NewSouth)

Tuesday, 27 June 2023
Back Up, written by Walkley and Eureka award-winning science journalist Liam Mannix, exposes the appalling practices pervasive in the enormous industries set up to deal with back pain. Covering a...

Violet Kelly and the Jade Owl (Fiona Britton, A&U)

Tuesday, 27 June 2023
Fiona Britton’s debut crime novel, Violet Kelly and the Jade Owl, offers readers a glimpse into 1930s Sydney—from a peek behind the curtain of the upscale brothel, Maison des Fleurs,...

We’re Moving Away (Nina Nill, Bright Light)

Tuesday, 27 June 2023
Nina Nill is an Australia-based artist and illustrator who has amassed a large Instagram following for her digital art. We’re Moving Away is her first picture book, a gentle, warm-hearted tale...

Nature’s Song (Robert Vescio, illus Nicky Johnston, New Frontier)

Tuesday, 27 June 2023
In Nature’s Song, a girl hunts for the perfect treasure for her little brother, who is stuck at home with a broken leg. She sets out in her overalls, dog...

Prehistoric Joy (Andrew Sneddon, UQP)

Tuesday, 27 June 2023
In Prehistoric Joy, archaeologist Andrew Sneddon applies his knowledge of prehistorical cultures to his past, specifically the years when his mother was in a relationship with a violent conman. After...

Hachette acquires Girma vampire trilogy

Monday, 26 June 2023
Hachette Australia has acquired ANZ rights to a 'dark fantasy trilogy' by debut Australian author Tigest Girma, as part of a global deal alongside Hachette Children’s Group in the United...

WA Premier’s Book Awards winners announced

Monday, 26 June 2023
The winners of the 2023 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards have been announced. Chosen from shortlists announced in May, the winners in each category are: The Western Australian Writer’s Fellowship ($60,000) Tracy Ryan...

Read the latest Publishers Weekly

Monday, 26 June 2023
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.

PRH acquires Ardern memoir

Friday, 23 June 2023
Australian and New Zealand rights to an as-yet-untitled memoir by former New Zealand prime minster Jacinda Ardern have been acquired by Holly Toohey at Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia, and...

Speech Pathology awards 2023 shortlists announced

Thursday, 22 June 2023
The shortlists for the 2023 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Age Category: Birth to three Baby Lou...

Hardie Grant acquires Janke memoir

Thursday, 22 June 2023
Hardie Grant Explore has acquired world print, ebook and audio rights to a memoir by Wuthathi, Yadhaighana and Meriam woman Terri Janke, founder of the largest and longest running Indigenous-owned law...

Miles Franklin shortlist, Kellow steps down at Ultimo, BookPeople award winners

Wednesday, 21 June 2023
The shortlist for the 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award has been announced, Ultimo Press managing director James Kellow will step down from the position at the end of June, and...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 21 June 2023
Sales Fiction Affirm Press has sold Japanese rights to The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams to Shogakukan Inc. Nonfiction Black Inc. has sold Portuguese translation rights to The Laughter Effect: How to...

The Cop Who Fell to Earth (Craig Semple, Echo)

Tuesday, 20 June 2023
The title of Craig Semple’s memoir, The Cop Who Fell to Earth, suggests flight and ambition, but it could also be reframed as an earthbound slog through a dark maze...

Letters for Lunch! (Maree Coote, Melbournestyle)

Tuesday, 20 June 2023
File this one under ‘typography/lunchbox inspo/poetry/humour/veggies’—oh, sorry, you don’t have that section on your bookshelves? Well, make one, so you can put Maree Coote’s Letters for Lunch! there. This quirky,...

The Fortune Maker (Catherine Norton, HarperCollins)

Tuesday, 20 June 2023
Catherine Norton’s first book, Crossing, was awarded the 2015 NSW Premier’s Literary Award for children’s literature and was a CBCA Notable book in the same year. The Fortune Maker is...

God Forgets About the Poor (Peter Polites, Ultimo)

Tuesday, 20 June 2023
God Forgets About the Poor is an endearing chronicle of a migrant mother’s life from 1945 to the present. Vivid descriptions bring the locations to life, from being born amid...

Pilson receives Steph Bowe mentorship

Tuesday, 20 June 2023
Ella Pilson has been selected as the recipient of the 2023 Steph Bowe Mentorship for Young Writers. Pilson, a recent graduate of RMIT's Associate Degree of Professional Writing and Editing,...

O’Keeffe wins 2023 UQP Quentin Bryce Award

Tuesday, 20 June 2023
Angela O’Keeffe has been named the winner of the 2023 University of Queensland Press (UQP) Quentin Bryce Award for her novel The Sitter. In the novel, ‘two women stand staring...

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