Paul appointed A&U head of operations, ASA ‘deeply concerned’ about T&F AI deal, Wood longlisted for Booker Prize
Wednesday, 31 July 2024
Following on from last week’s news about its AI deal with Microsoft, Taylor & Francis parent company Informa has confirmed it is ‘partnering with two leading AI technology companies’; the...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 31 July 2024
Sales Fiction HarperCollins has sold German language rights to No Hard Feelings (Genevieve Novak) to Bastei Lübbe. Zeitgeist Literary has sold rights to A Language of Limbs (Dylin Hardcastle, Picador), including Turkish rights...
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Wednesday, 31 July 2024
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Karkalla at Home (Mindy Woods, Murdoch)
Tuesday, 30 July 2024
Karkalla at Home: Native foods & everyday recipes for connecting to Country by Mindy Woods is a remarkable cookbook showcasing contemporary recipes with native Australian ingredients. The book ‘extends an...
Townsend of the Ranges (Peter Crowley, NLA)
Tuesday, 30 July 2024
In Townsend of the Ranges, Peter Crowley pieces together from archival materials the biography of Thomas Scott Townsend (1812–1869), a surveyor previously forgotten by history. With the voice of a...
The Audition (Stage Stars #1) (Penny McNamee, Scholastic)
Tuesday, 30 July 2024
The Audition, the first book in actor Penny McNamee’s Stage Star series, introduces us to Millie Von Trapp, an enthusiastic but lonely Year 6 student whose immediate family are all...
Zoom (Dannika Patterson, illus Ross Morgan, Ford St)
Tuesday, 30 July 2024
Dannika Patterson’s Zoom is a touching story about a boy named Tom. After a bad day at school, Tom comes home upset and withdrawn. Although he initially shuts his mum...
rock flight (Hasib Hourani, Giramondo)
Tuesday, 30 July 2024
Hasib Hourani’s debut, rock flight, is a structurally experimental long-form poem of grief, rage and resistance against the ongoing Israeli occupation of Palestine. Hourani’s voice is assertive, demanding attention from...
The Death of Dora Black (Lainie Anderson, Hachette)
Tuesday, 30 July 2024
Award-winning historian and journalist Lainie Anderson brings her research skills to the world of crime fiction in this engrossing and entertaining novel about Kate Cocks, the first policewoman in the...
Sarah Evans (Bernice Barry, Echo)
Tuesday, 30 July 2024
Sarah Evans is a richly imagined and meticulously researched historical fiction novel based on a true story. The tale begins in grimly Dickensian early 19th-century Clerkenwell, London, where powerful men...
The Best Witch in Paris (Lauren Crozier, Text)
Tuesday, 30 July 2024
Lauren Crozier won the 2023 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing for her middle-grade novel The Best Witch in Paris. With a charm reminiscent of Jill Murphy’s Worst...
SLV staff, board reportedly discussed cancelled Bootcamp writers’ political views; ‘Untapped’ titles move to Ligature; academic authors ‘shocked’ at Microsoft AI agreement
Wednesday, 24 July 2024
This week, the Age and the Guardian reported that State Library Victoria board members and senior staff discussed the political views of writers who were to host the library’s Teen Writing...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 24 July 2024
Sales Children’s/YA Berbay has sold simplified Chinese rights to All About the Heart (Remi Kowalski, illus by Tonia Composto), All About the Brain (Gabriel Dabscheck, illus by Kim Siew) and All...
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Wednesday, 24 July 2024
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Immortal Dark (Tigest Girma, Lothian)
Tuesday, 23 July 2024
Tigest Girma’s debut novel, Immortal Dark, is the book YA readers of dark academia and romantasy have been waiting for—something with the violence and passion of genre bestsellers such as...
Inheritance (Genevieve Gannon, Pantera)
Tuesday, 23 July 2024
Inheritance is the latest novel by Genevieve Gannon, bestselling author of The Mothers. In the not-too-distant future, scientists use eugenics to protect the next generation against viruses and diseases. At the same...
The First Friend (Malcolm Knox, A&U)
Tuesday, 23 July 2024
When a novel begins with historical maps of the Soviet Union, a timeline of events, and character lists, there can be some trepidation about whether the commitment required will be...
Dragon Guest Handbook (Jeanette Stampone, illus Novia Heroanto, Wombat Books)
Tuesday, 23 July 2024
Whimsical and creative, Dragon Guest Handbook takes a different approach than most picture books in its presentation as a guide for the reader on how to handle an unexpected dragon visitor....
Cockatoo (Kaye Baillie, illus Max Hamilton, Windy Hollow)
Tuesday, 23 July 2024
Cockatoo is the new Australian wildlife picture book from Kaye Baillie and Max Hamilton, the team behind the CBCA-shortlisted title When the Waterhole Dries Up. In this story, Baillie has followed her...
Kitchen Sentimental (Annie Smithers, T&H)
Tuesday, 23 July 2024
Why do we cook, and where do we learn to appreciate food? In her new memoir, Kitchen Sentimental, chef and author Annie Smithers (Recipe for a Kinder Life) tackles these...
Cherrywood (Jock Serong, HarperCollins)
Tuesday, 23 July 2024
Jock Serong’s Cherrywood obscures time and place, braiding together the fates of his characters through extraordinary ventures and chance meetings. In his latest novel, Serong (The Burning Island, On the...
Lanchester to step down from ASA, Booktopia orders not being filled, ACT Literary Awards winners
Wednesday, 17 July 2024
Olivia Lanchester, CEO of the Australian Society of Authors, is stepping down; meanwhile, in the latest Booktopia news, the website is not taking orders, and customers with outstanding orders will...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 17 July 2024
Sales Fiction Bold Type Agency has sold Russia and France rights to The 113th Assistant Librarian (Stuart Wilson) in a two-book deal at auction, on behalf of Melanie Ostell Literary. Ultimo Press...
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Wednesday, 17 July 2024
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Travelling to Tomorrow: The modern women who sparked Australia’s romance with America (Yves Rees, NewSouth)
Tuesday, 16 July 2024
Historian and memoirist Yves Rees’s Travelling to Tomorrow is a new history of Australia’s relationship with the US during the first half of the 20th century, told through the stories...
I’m Not Really Here (Gary Lonesborough, A&U Children’s)
Tuesday, 16 July 2024
I’m Not Really Here is a moving coming-of-age story with so much heart, written by multi-award-winning author Gary Lonesborough (We Didn’t Think It Through, The Boy from the Mish). Jonah...
Warra Warra Wai (Darren Rix & Craig Cormick, S&S)
Tuesday, 16 July 2024
Warra Warra Wai visits the sites that James Cook’s crew irrevocably changed by hand, flag, pen or presence. Gazing at the Endeavour from the land and vice versa, Darren Rix...
Escape from Cuttlefish Cove (Rachel Jackson, Riveted Press)
Tuesday, 16 July 2024
Debut author Rachel Jackson knocks it out of the park with Escape from Cuttlefish Cove, a choose-your-own-adventure story where the reader is the main character. Imagine waking up on an...
The Wedding Forecast (Nina Kenwood, Text)
Tuesday, 16 July 2024
Nina Kenwood’s new adult romantic comedy, The Wedding Forecast, is sexy, fun and hard to put down. Kenwood, who previously wrote for young adults (It Sounded Better in My Head,...
The Venice Hotel (Tess Woods, Penguin)
Tuesday, 16 July 2024
The Venice Hotel by Tess Woods (Love and Other Battles) is a captivating tale that unfolds over the ‘12 days of Christmas’ at Il Cuore, a boutique hotel in Venice....
