Liar’s Test (Ambelin Kwaymullina, Text)
Tuesday, 23 April 2024
The latest YA novel from Palyku author Ambelin Kwaymullina is a high-action, thematically rich fantasy with a gutsy, intuitive protagonist who must become a good liar to survive in the...
The Skeleton House (Katherine Allum, Fremantle)
Tuesday, 23 April 2024
The Skeleton House is a powerful and riveting literary debut, delving into themes of motherhood, coercive control, and life within a remote and rigid society. Meg’s life, like that of...
Hide & Seek Beautiful (Nicki Esler Gill, illus Jedda Robaard, Scholastic)
Tuesday, 23 April 2024
Hide & Seek Beautiful by Nicki Esler Gill explores a tender and heart-warming story of friendship and the little things in life. Best friends since birth, Annie and Boo find...
Things I Need You to Know (Mark Lamprell, Text)
Tuesday, 23 April 2024
Birdie’s world is torn asunder when Ned, her husband and the father of their five daughters, dies unceremoniously of stomach cancer. In a reversal of stereotypical gender roles, Birdie was...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Sales Poetry Giramondo has sold Hasib Hourani’s debut poetry book, rock flight (September), about ‘the dispossession and occupation Palestinians are faced with on the ground and across the diaspora’, to New...
Hazard to leave Hachette, BookPeople conference program, translators losing work to AI
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Headlining this week's news, Hachette Australia and New Zealand announced that group publishing director Fiona Hazard is leaving the role ‘to pursue other opportunities’. In other local news, BookPeople has...
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Wednesday, 17 April 2024
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The Real Cowgirl (Isabelle Duff, illus Susannah Crispe, EK Books)
Tuesday, 16 April 2024
The Real Cowgirl tells the story of young Sal, who wants to be a ‘real’ cowgirl, ‘with boots and a hat just like Dad’s’, but doesn’t yet have confidence in...
Fragile Creatures (Khin Myint, Black Inc.)
Tuesday, 16 April 2024
Debut author Khin Myin’s Fragile Creatures is a remarkable memoir in many ways. Myin’s writing is gracious and honest; at its core, his life story is devastatingly sad. The opening chapter reveals...
The Very Polite Knight (Ian Smith, Affirm)
Tuesday, 16 April 2024
Finn is not like other knights in the kingdom. While Boris, Ethel and Walter are busy with scaring, fighting and stealing, Finn prefers gardening and reading. He is quiet, kind...
Looking for Eden (Caroline Overington, HarperCollins)
Tuesday, 16 April 2024
The latest offering from award-winning journalist and bestselling author Caroline Overington is a lopsided thriller. The novel opens as finance hotshot Clare returns to small-town WA following the suicide of...
Detective Beans and the Case of the Missing Hat (Li Chen, Penguin)
Tuesday, 16 April 2024
From the creator of the beloved ExtraOrdinary Comics, Detective Beans and the Case of the Missing Hat is the debut graphic novel from Aotearoa New Zealand comic artist Li Chen. For...
Queen of Dogs (Joe Weatherstone, Walker)
Tuesday, 16 April 2024
Eleven-year-old Maddy feels like she doesn’t fit in at school or at home with her sporty family. She’d rather be hanging out with her dog, Gusto. When Gusto disappears, Maddy...
Good Hair (Yvonne Sewankambo, illus Freda Chiu, Walker)
Tuesday, 16 April 2024
Good Hair is a sweet picture book all about celebrating diversity—through hair. When Birungi is reluctant to go to school after struggling to do her hair, she declares she hates...
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...
Shadows of Winter Robins (Louise Wolhuter, Ultimo)
Tuesday, 16 April 2024
Louise Wolhuter’s second novel, Shadows of Winter Robins, is cinematic and engrossing from the get-go, spiked with suspense and twists aplenty. Wolhuter is clearly a writer in command of her...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Sales Fiction Affirm Press has sold rights to Tilda Is Visible (Jane Tara) in the following territories: Italian rights to Feltrinelli, German rights to Diogenes, and North American rights to Penguin...
Stager, Godwin to be inducted into ABIA Hall of Fame; Vogel to end; Small Press Distribution closes
Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Fiona Stager's and Jane Godwin’s inductions into the ABIA Hall of Fame—announced alongside the awards’ business and publisher shortlists—headline this week’s awards news, which also includes the shortlist reveal for...
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Wednesday, 10 April 2024
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The Little Clothes (Deborah Callaghan, Viking)
Tuesday, 9 April 2024
At 38 years old, Sydney lawyer Audrey—single, childless, unseen and undervalued—is the protagonist of Deborah Callaghan’s debut novel, The Little Clothes. As we follow her struggles at work and in...
Lights Out, Little Dragon (Debra Tidball, illus Rae Tan, HarperCollins)
Tuesday, 9 April 2024
Lights Out, Little Dragon is an interactive bedtime book for toddlers aged 3+ and their caregivers, with a cute and relatable character that is just too busy to go to...
Sharkman and Blowfish: World Domination (David Woodland, Berbay)
Tuesday, 9 April 2024
Sharkman and Blowfish: World Domination is a fast-paced graphic novel by artist and film designer David Woodland (Ernie’s Journey). Woodland initially drew everything by hand, and the illustrations feature meticulous line-work....
My Efficient Electric Home Handbook (Tim Forcey, Murdoch)
Tuesday, 9 April 2024
Energy plays a big part in our lives today, especially as the world faces a climate crisis. Electrification emerges as a solution, but managing our home’s energy can feel complicated...
What’s Murder Between Friends (Meg Gatland-Veness, Pantera)
Tuesday, 9 April 2024
Hallie has always dreamed of being an actor. Thanks to her drama teacher, Ms Lovelace, the school is finally putting on its first show. When Hallie’s class stumbles upon Ms...
Love from Scratch (Amy Hutton, S&S)
Tuesday, 9 April 2024
Amy Hutton’s new romance, Love from Scratch, reunites readers with the gorgeous actor Ethan from her previous book, Sit, Stay, Love. Ethan, once terribly fearful of dogs, is now filming...
The Immortals of Australian Rugby Union (Gordon Bray, Gelding Street Press)
Tuesday, 9 April 2024
The current crop of Wallabies may have lost their lustre, but Gordon Bray’s latest offering, The Immortals of Australian Rugby Union, harks back to a golden age of the sport....
How Babies Are Made (Philip Bunting, Scholastic)
Tuesday, 9 April 2024
An engaging first look at human reproduction, How Babies Are Made features Philip Bunting’s signature friendly illustration style and the sense of humour common to both his fiction and nonfiction...
2024 VIPs; Ena Noël winners; APA announces George Robertson Award winners, changes to board
Wednesday, 3 April 2024
Creative Australia has announced the ten international publishers, editors and agents participating in the 2024 Visiting International Publishers program; the APA has announced changes to its board, along with the...
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Wednesday, 3 April 2024
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Magic Counting (Nabeel Khan, illus Tete Garcia, Scribble)
Tuesday, 2 April 2024
Magic Counting is a beautifully illustrated book that goes beyond the basics of counting, exploring the magic that can be found in the world of numbers. While counting from one...
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