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Wednesday, 15 October 2025
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The Fishmonger and the Pastry Chef (Sophie Masson, illus Cheryl Orsini, HGCP)
Tuesday, 14 October 2025
Sophie Masson (The Giant) draws inspiration from her family history in the seaside town of Biarritz for The Fishmonger and the Pastry Chef. Set in a charming coastal village, this...
An Ancient Witch’s Guide to Modern Dating (Cecilia Edward, Atria Australia)
Tuesday, 14 October 2025
Cecilia Edward – children’s author Remy Lai (Ghost Book) writing under a pen name – makes her adult fiction debut with An Ancient Witch’s Guide to Modern Dating, a sweet...
Lucky Dragon Supper Club: Asian-inspired Dinner Party Ideas for Home Cooks (Stephanie Feher, Murdoch)
Tuesday, 14 October 2025
If you’ve spent any time online in recent years, chances are you’ve seen one of Stephanie Feher’s viral dinner party videos. In Lucky Dragon Supper Club: Asian-inspired Dinner Party Ideas...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 8 October 2025
Sales Nonfiction Black Inc. has sold Lithuanian rights to The Shortest History of the World (David Baker) to Obuolys. Children’s/YA UQP has sold North American rights to Kid (Peter Carnavas) to Groundwood Books....
The Bookshop Darlinghurst to close; Garner shortlisted for Baillie Gifford; EWF shares 2025 report
Wednesday, 8 October 2025
In Books+Publishing (B+P) news this week, Kate Cuthbert has resigned as publishing director. Her last day will be 30 October. In B+P features this week, Emily Baulch shared her research...
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Wednesday, 8 October 2025
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Power Moves (Leesa Ronald, A&U)
Tuesday, 7 October 2025
In Power Moves, Leesa Ronald delivers a sharp and witty follow-up to her much-loved debut, Special Delivery. The novel follows Camilla “Millsy” Hatton, media director for the NSW Minister for Education....
Dogs with Jobs: The Heroic Hounds Who Make a Difference (Andrea Rowe, illus Julia Murray, HGCP)
Tuesday, 7 October 2025
Dogs with Jobs: The Heroic Hounds Who Make a Difference is an engaging and brilliantly designed nonfiction picture book by award-winning children’s author Andrea Rowe (In the Rockpool). Ideal for...
How to Go to Big School (Sarah Ayoub, illus Mimi Purnell, HarperCollins)
Tuesday, 7 October 2025
After the success of How to Be a Friend, Sarah Ayoub and Mimi Purnell return with another heartfelt guide. How to Go to Big School offers practical tips for children aged...
Prime Minister’s Literary Awards; Sovereign Texts journal; Magabala publisher Rachel Bin Salleh on Charmaine Papertalk Green
Wednesday, 1 October 2025
This week, Writing Australia announced the winners of the 2025 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, which included Theory & Practice (Michelle de Kretser, Text); Mean Streak (Rick Morton, Fourth Estate); Critical Care: Nurses...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 1 October 2025
Sales Nonfiction Rockpool Publishing has sold Czech and Hungarian translation rights for the Queen of the Moon (Stacey Demarco). Children’s/YA Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing has sold Italian rights to Waiters in Elevators...
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Wednesday, 1 October 2025
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The Very Stinky Fly Hunt (Andrea Wild, illus Karen Erasmus, CSIRO Publishing)
Tuesday, 30 September 2025
The Very Stinky Fly Hunt is a lively and humorous narrative nonfiction picture book inspired by the work of real-life dipterist (fly expert) Keith Bayless. Andrea Wild takes children on an...
Softly Calls the Devil (Chris Blake, Echo)
Tuesday, 30 September 2025
Prologues in crime novels are often inscrutable until the climax, but Chris Blake’s Softly Calls the Devil wastes no time and immediately hooks readers with an unexpected shoot-out at a traffic...
This Is Us: Essential Poems for Young People (ed Libby Hathorn & Jude Fell, illus Tull Suwannakit, NLA Publishing)
Tuesday, 30 September 2025
In This Is Us: Essential Poems for Young People, editors Libby Hathorn and Jude Fell bring together writers from around Australia in a companion volume to the enduringly popular This...
Swallow (Alexandria Burnham, WestWords)
Tuesday, 30 September 2025
In Swallow, Alexandria Burnham delivers a compelling work of historical fiction inspired by the documented prison escapes of sailor and petty thief William ‘Swallow’ Walker. Sentenced in 1820 to transportation to...
Provecho: Real Mexican Food at Home (Daniella Guevara Muñoz, Murdoch)
Tuesday, 30 September 2025
Author and cook Daniella Guevara Muñoz brings the flavours of her childhood in Mexico City to life in Provecho: Real Mexican Food at Home, with co-writer David Knight. Guevara Muñoz, who runs...
The Transformations (Andrew Pippos, Picador)
Tuesday, 30 September 2025
Andrew Pippos’ The Transformations is a reflective and introspective novel for lovers of the written word, tracing the gentle and at times unforgiving arc of a life lived in the...
The Art of Kaylene Whiskey: Do You Believe in Love? (ed Natalie King & Iwantja Arts, T&H)
Tuesday, 30 September 2025
To open The Art of Kaylene Whiskey: Do You Believe in Love? is to tumble into a kaleidoscopic world of colour, energy and cultural references. Edited by Natalie King and...
Berbay Travel and Little Smith imprints launched; PANZ Book Design Awards presented; Creative Australia Fellowships announced
Wednesday, 24 September 2025
In local news, children’s publisher Berbay Publishing announced Berbay Travel, a new imprint dedicated ‘to revealing the hidden and unseen elements of destinations around the globe’; while Smith Street Books...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 24 September 2025
Sales Fiction University of Queensland Press (UQP) has sold Arabic rights to Discipline (Randa Abdel-Fattah) to Dar Al Karma. Nonfiction Black Inc. has sold Dutch rights to The Shortest History...
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Wednesday, 24 September 2025
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Sundays Under the Lemon Tree (Julia Busuttil Nishimura, illus Myo Yim, Scribble)
Tuesday, 23 September 2025
Best known for her cookbooks, Julia Busuttil Nishimura has released a debut picture book, Sundays Under the Lemon Tree, a cheerful story inspired by her own childhood. The unnamed narrator shares how...
Rivers Flow: Reflections on the Songs of Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter (curated by Kim Scott, ed by Casey Mulder, Fremantle)
Tuesday, 23 September 2025
Rivers Flow: Reflections on the Songs of Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter is a collection of writing as deeply personal and political as the music that inspired it. Curated and...
Wirrawoorliny/Whirlwind (Kim Scott, Cass Lynch & Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories Project, illus Monique Farmer, UWA Publishing)
Tuesday, 23 September 2025
Wirrawoorliny/Whirlwind sweeps readers onto Noongar Country, where a boy is eaten by a djanak (devil) and later put back together by a mysterious whirlwind. It is ‘an old story retold’...
Collision (Kelvin Templeton, Wilkinson Publishing)
Tuesday, 23 September 2025
Kevin Templeton’s debut novel, Collision, transports readers to Melbourne during the 1970s and 1980s and into the world of 20-year-old Joshua Shamrock, whose life revolves around football, sex and booze. Raised in...
Mega! Australia’s Megafauna (Laura Holloway, illus by Liz Duthie, Wild Dog)
Tuesday, 23 September 2025
Move over, dinosaurs – Australia’s megafauna are stomping in with Laura Holloway’s Mega! Australia’s Megafauna. In this engaging and appealing nonfiction picture book, giant echidnas, kangaroos, pythons and many more...
Myint wins Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award; Hachette, EWF reveal Richell Prize longlist; Le Roy leaves Creative Australia
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
In local industry news, Karen Le Roy left Creative Australia after 14 years; among other projects, she oversaw the Visiting International Publishers (VIPs) program. Meanwhile, Pigface Bookstore opened in Perth,...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
Sales Nonfiction Black Inc. has sold world English (ex ANZ) rights to Silence Is My Habitat: Ecobiographical Essays (Jessica White, Upswell) to Milkweed Editions. Rockpool Publishing has sold Japanese translation...
