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Ultimo acquires Tunnicliffe novel 

Thursday, 13 June 2024
Ultimo Press has acquired rights to Hannah Tunnicliffe’s domestic noir The Pool. The publisher said The Pool ‘explores the choices and challenges that come after a devastating event through a cast of...

Orwell Prizes 2024 shortlists announced

Tuesday, 11 June 2024
In the UK, the shortlists for the 2024 Orwell Prizes for political writing have been announced. The titles shortlisted for the political writing book prize are: The Achilles Trap: Saddam...

Books in the media this weekend, 8–9 June 

Friday, 7 June 2024
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend.  National The Saturday Paper Love Across Class (Rose Butler & Eve Vincent, MUP) The Mark...

Books in the media this weekend, 1–2 June 

Cover of To Sing of War Friday, 31 May 2024
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper A Perfect Day to Be Alone (Nanae Aoyama, MacLehose Press) To...

Hinkler acquires US publisher Piccadilly 

Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Melbourne publisher and distributor Hinkler has acquired US-based journal and sketchbook publisher Piccadilly. ‘This is a significant acquisition for Hinkler, aligning with strategic plans for growth in North America and...

Palmer wins 2024 Ernest Scott Prize

Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Unmaking Angas Downs: Myth and history on a Central Australian pastoral station (Shannyn Palmer, MUP) has won the 2024 Ernest Scott Prize for History. Award judges Grace Karskens and Frank...

Books in the media this weekend, 11–12 May 

Datsun Angel Friday, 10 May 2024
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. This week's round-up will be updated as information becomes available. National The Saturday Paper Datsun...

Michelle See-Tho recommends 

Wednesday, 8 May 2024
There are so many to choose from! I might go with The Body Country by Susie Anderson (full disclosure/humblebrag: we are friends). It launched in 2023, but I recently revisited...

Michelle See-Tho on ‘Jade and Emerald’ 

Tuesday, 7 May 2024
Michelle See-Tho is a freelance writer and copywriter whose debut novel, Jade and Emerald (Vintage, July 2024), won the 2023 Penguin Literary Prize. The novel is 'a wonderful escape into the...

Books in the media this weekend, 4–5 May 

Cover of This is Where You Have to Go Friday, 3 May 2024
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend.  National The Saturday Paper Long Island (Colm Tóibín, Picador) The Rocks Remain (ed by Karen...

Grenville shortlisted for 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction

Cover of Restless Dolly Maunder Monday, 29 April 2024
In the UK, the shortlist for the 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction has been announced. Local author Kate Grenville has been shortlisted for Restless Dolly Maunder (Text). The shortlisted titles are: The Wren,...

Hardie Grant moves NZ distribution to TDLC 

Monday, 29 April 2024
Hardie Grant has announced that distribution in Aotearoa New Zealand will move to The Distribution and Logistics Company (TDLC), beginning on 1 July 2024. HarperCollins’s Arotahi Agency will continue as...

‘Enter Ghost’ wins Aspen Words Literary Prize

Cover of Enter Ghost Monday, 29 April 2024
Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad (Jonathan Cape) has won the 2024 Aspen Words Literary Prize. Worth US$35,000 (A$53,540), the Aspen prize recognises ‘an influential work of fiction that illuminates a...

Ashleigh Barton recommends 

Wednesday, 24 April 2024
I recently read and loved One Song by A J Betts. It reminded me how much I love YA. I also loved that it was set in Perth, revolved around...

‘Wild Love’ debuts at number 2 

Cover of Wild Love Friday, 19 April 2024
Top 10 bestsellers The Scarlet Shedder (Dog Man 12) (Dav Pilkey, Scholastic) Wild Love (Elsie Silver, Piatkus) A Calamity of Souls (David Baldacci, Macmillan) Shock Waves (Fleur McDonald, A&U) The...

Books in the media this weekend, 20–21 April 

Cover of Deep Water by James Bradley Friday, 19 April 2024
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Deep Water (James Bradley, Hamish Hamilton) The End of the Morning (Charmian Clift,...

Vale Max Oliver

Photograph of Max Oliver holding a book Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Max Oliver, the founder of Lindfield Bookshop, which operated for 46 years until 2019, died on 4 April at the age of 81. From the Sydney Morning Herald: Much loved...

Yvonne Sewankambo recommends 

Cover of Hip Hop and Hymns Wednesday, 17 April 2024
I’m currently reading and loving Mawunyo Gbogbo’s Hip Hop & Hymns (Penguin), which has been on my bookshelf since it was published in 2022. Finding the mental capacity to read that...

Yvonne Sewankambo on ‘Good Hair’ 

Tuesday, 16 April 2024
Sydney-based Yvonne Sewankambo is a Ugandan-Canadian writer and publicist whose debut picture book, Good Hair (Walker, June 2024), is ‘a wonderfully inclusive book representing various cultures and subcultures, showcasing the...

My Father’s Suitcase (Mary Garden, Justitia Books) 

Tuesday, 16 April 2024
Mary Garden’s My Father’s Suitcase, with its no-holds-barred tone, embodies the Anne Lamott epigraph, ‘If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better’. Readers of...

Books in the media this weekend, 13–14 April 

Cover of The Work by Bri Lee Friday, 12 April 2024
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend.  National The Saturday Paper Amma (Saraid de Silva, Moa Press) The White Cockatoo Flowers (Ouyang...

AI and publishing: Concerns beyond copyright 

Wednesday, 10 April 2024
The publishing sector’s response to last year’s revelations about the materials used to train generative AI has been characterised by concern over the unauthorised use of pirated books in these...

 

 

 

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