Leave the Girls Behind (Jacqueline Bublitz, A&U)
Tuesday, 24 September 2024
Ruth-Ann Baker, affectionately known as ‘Ruthie’ to those around her, never takes the same route home, secures her apartment with three internal chain locks and can recite murder victim statistics...
Australian Gospel: A Family Saga (Lech Blaine, Black Inc.)
Tuesday, 24 September 2024
Following the success of Car Crash: A Memoir, Lech Blaine’s second book tells the true story of his unique family, who faced serious challenges inflicted by Michael and Mary Shelley,...
Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, Wood on Booker Prize shortlist, Hayward appointed ASA CEO
Wednesday, 18 September 2024
The 2024 Prime Minister's Literary Awards took place last Thursday, with André Dao and Daniel Browning among the winners. Also headlining awards news this week, Charlotte Wood is on the...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 18 September 2024
Sales Nonfiction Scribe has sold Indonesian rights to Life Skills for a Broken World (Ahona Guha) to Bhuana Ilmu Populer; and Greek rights to 12 Rules for Strife (Jeff Sparrow...
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Wednesday, 18 September 2024
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Our World Full of Wonder (Jevita Nilson, illus Jess Racklyeft, CSIRO Publishing)
Tuesday, 17 September 2024
Our World Full of Wonder is a parent's and educator’s dream, combining teachable moments written in Jevita Nilson’s heartfelt lyrical prose with charming illustrations from CBCA award-winning illustrator Jess Racklyeft...
Down the Rabbit Hole (Shaeden Berry, Echo)
Tuesday, 17 September 2024
In Shaeden Berry’s mystery debut, Down the Rabbit Hole, the lives of three women unravel in the aftermath of a tragedy. In 2015, Alice Montgomery goes missing. Seven years later,...
Cats and Dogs in Art and Design (ed by Laurie Benson & Imogen Mallia-Valjan, NGV with T&H)
Tuesday, 17 September 2024
Cats and Dogs in Art and Design is a vibrantly illustrated book featuring over 100 artworks from the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) collection, alongside short essays by NGV curators....
Vegan Italian Food (Shannon Martinez, Hardie Grant)
Tuesday, 17 September 2024
Prolific vegan chef and restauranteur Shannon Martinez’s fourth cookbook, Vegan Italian Food, is anything but conventional, but she promises she’s not out to shock your nonna. Martinez is a Spanish Australian...
Molly (Rosalie Ham, Macmillan)
Tuesday, 17 September 2024
Molly is a riveting prequel to The Dressmaker from much-loved Australian author Rosalie Ham, and can be enjoyed as a standalone novel. Set in the inner-city suburbs of Melbourne in...
The Strange and Unlikely Tale of Montgomery, the Mysterious Bird of Mystery (Antony Elworthy, Walker)
Tuesday, 17 September 2024
According to his grandson, Gramps has had ‘what they call a Chequered Career’. It has taken him on all sorts of adventures, though by far the most exciting was his...
Queensland Literary Awards; NSW Premier’s History Awards; Melbourne Prize for Literature finalists
Wednesday, 11 September 2024
In what was a big week for literary awards, the winners of the Queensland Literary Awards and the NSW Premier’s History Awards were announced, with the former’s top prize—the Queensland...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Sales Fiction Bold Type Agency has sold traditional Chinese rights to Treasure & Dirt, The Tilt and The Seven (all Chris Hammer, A&U) in Taiwan; and rights to Green Dot (Madeleine Gray,...
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Wednesday, 11 September 2024
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Spinning Around: The Kylie Playlist (ed by Kirsten Krauth & Angela Savage, Fremantle)
Tuesday, 10 September 2024
Kylie Minogue’s greatest hits become writing prompts for popular Australian writers in Spinning Around: The Kylie Playlist. With contributors such as Alice Pung, Christos Tsiolkas and Lucy Treloar, this ‘playlist’...
Theory & Practice (Michelle de Kretser, Text)
Tuesday, 10 September 2024
Theory & Practice is a quietly experimental new novel from two-time Miles Franklin winner Michelle de Kretser (Scary Monsters). Set mainly in St Kilda in 1986, it captures a snapshot...
Off to the Nursery (Alice Oehr, Scribble)
Tuesday, 10 September 2024
Off to the Nursery is the latest from Alice Oehr, the award-winning creator of Off to the Market and Artichoke to Zucchini. With this new picture book, Oehr has focused on gardening and...
My Name Is Gucci: A Dog’s Story (Sun Jung, Transit Lounge)
Tuesday, 10 September 2024
Inyeon is a Korean word and Buddhist term meaning ‘destiny’ or ‘karmic relation’, representing the concept that two beings are bound to interact with each other in one way or...
Hazel’s Treehouse (Zanni Louise, illus by Judy Watson, Walker)
Tuesday, 10 September 2024
Zanni Louise (Cora Seen and Heard) has written over 40 books for children, two of which have received CBCA commendations. Louise has teamed up with equally lauded illustrator Judy Watson...
Amigo the Capybara (Amy Freund, illus Kooky Chooky, File Mile)
Tuesday, 10 September 2024
In Amigo the Capybara, Amy Freund takes a simple story about making friends and compromising, and capitalises on the ‘quirk’ factor by using a capybara and a chinchilla as the...
Indigenous Literacy Day takes place today; Rubbo to run new festival; Shawline CEO denies allegations
Wednesday, 4 September 2024
Today is the Indigenous Literacy Foundation’s Indigenous Literacy Day, being celebrated this year under the theme ‘Be a proud voice for Country’, with a special event at the Sydney Opera...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 4 September 2024
Sales Nonfiction Allen & Unwin has sold Thai rights to 101 Ways to Find Calm (Rebekkah Ballagh) to Saengdao Publishing House. Black Inc. has sold traditional Chinese rights to The Shortest...
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Wednesday, 4 September 2024
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Pictures of You (Emma Grey, Penguin)
Tuesday, 3 September 2024
Emma Grey’s second adult romance, Pictures of You, follows her successful debut, The Last Love Note, and shares similar themes of love, grief and hope, while weaving in mystery and...
Words to Sing the World Alive (ed by Jasmin McGaughey and The Poet’s Voice, UQP)
Tuesday, 3 September 2024
Words to Sing the World Alive, edited by Torres Strait Islander and African American author/editor Jasmin McGaughey and organisation The Poet’s Voice, collects stories from 40 First Nations contributors as they...
All the Beautiful Things (Katrina Nannestad, ABC Books)
Tuesday, 3 September 2024
Approaching her fourth World War II novel, All the Beautiful Things, I feared Katrina Nannestad may have run out of stories to tell, but this book was as compelling and...
The Power of Two (Lisa Messenger & Sarah Megginson, Pantera)
Tuesday, 3 September 2024
Co-authoring a book is an intimate venture, but for Lisa Messenger and Sarah Megginson, The Power of Two is just the latest in a series of incredibly personal journeys the...
A Secret Garden in Paris (Sophie Beaumont, Ultimo)
Tuesday, 3 September 2024
Sophie Beaumont’s latest novel, A Secret Garden in Paris, follows three women whose lives intertwine in Paris. The women are each at a substantial crossroads in their lives: Emma has...
Meerkat Mayhem (Mem Fox & Judy Horacek, Puffin)
Tuesday, 3 September 2024
Mem Fox and Judy Horacek, the dream team behind the popular picture book Where Is the Green Sheep? (now celebrating its 20th anniversary), have a new collaboration that is also...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 28 August 2024
Sales Nonfiction HarperCollins has sold Dutch language rights to Even More Basics to Brilliance (Donna Hay, HarperCollins) to Uitgeverij Unieboek. Children’s HarperCollins has sold Brazilian Portuguese language rights to Bunny and Bird: How...
