The Beehive (Megan Daley, illus Max Hamilton, Walker)
Tuesday, 28 November 2023
The Beehive is a new informational picture book by teacher-librarian and author Megan Daley and CBCA-shortlisted illustrator Max Hamilton. The two have combined their talents to create a charming and...
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Monday, 27 November 2023
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Rights round-up
Wednesday, 22 November 2023
Sales Fiction Allen & Unwin (A&U) has sold Dutch rights to Body of Lies (Sarah Bailey) to Uitgeverij Marmer, via Lyn Tranter at Australian Literary Management. Bold Type Agency has sold...
Prime Minister’s Literary Award winners, Baillie Gifford Prize winner, inaugural Hope Prize calls for submissions
Wednesday, 22 November 2023
The 2023 Prime Minister's Literary Award winners were announced this week. Meanwhile, the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) presented the ASA Medal and the O'Donnell Essay Prize during the Colin...
Love, Just In (Natalie Murray, A&U)
Tuesday, 21 November 2023
Following a panic attack while reporting on live TV, Josie is eager to prove that she can still make it as a full-time Sydney newsreader. However, after her dead-air debacle,...
The Health Habit (Amantha Imber, Penguin Life)
Tuesday, 21 November 2023
There are books about health and books about habits, but rarely are the two combined as they are in The Health Habit: Shape up, sleep better, feel amazing, a practical...
The Invocations (Krystal Sutherland, Penguin)
Tuesday, 21 November 2023
Emer Byrne, Zara Jones and Jude Wolf are young women who have led completely different lives until one thread of commonality brings them together—magic. Zara believes in magic because she’s...
Whenever You’re Ready (Trish Bolton, A&U)
Tuesday, 21 November 2023
Trish Bolton’s debut is a reckoning with grief. An exploration of ‘those feelings [that are] impossible to separate, a great tidal wave of loss and remorse, of love and longing’....
Darkness Runs Deep (Claire McNeel, Macmillan)
Tuesday, 21 November 2023
Gerandaroo, 1993: population 723, winner of 24 football premierships since 1899. A place where AFL is a non-negotiable part of life and where everyone is a friend—until an act of...
Your Brain Is a Lump of Goo (Idan Ben-Barak, illus Christopher Nielsen, A&U Children)
Tuesday, 21 November 2023
Your Brain Is a Lump of Goo is a colourful and lively exploration of the brain from Idan Ben-Barak, the bestselling and award-winning author of Do Not Lick This Book....
Monument (Bonny Cassidy, Giramondo)
Tuesday, 21 November 2023
In an author’s note, Bonny Cassidy explains that Monument, her genre-bending literary memoir, structured around the branches of her White Australian family, began as a private project, but in clarifying her...
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Monday, 20 November 2023
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Rights round-up
Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Sales Fiction University of Queensland Press (UQP) has sold French rights to The White Girl (Tony Birch) to Synchronique Editions. Nonfiction Affirm has sold Vietnamese rights to The Hope Dealer (Caitlin...
SPN conference program, consistent Black Friday sales boost, Bashford wins Nib Literary Award
Wednesday, 15 November 2023
The Small Press Network 2023 Independent Publishing Conference is on next week (23–25 November), and Nielsen BookData has reported a five-year pattern of boosted print book sales during Black Friday...
Lani and the Universe (Victoria Carless, HarperCollins)
Tuesday, 14 November 2023
For young readers who enjoyed Gus and the Starlight (2022) comes another heart-warming and captivating story by Victoria Carless. Lani and the Universe tells the story of Lani Scrub, who...
The Roadmap of Loss (Liam Murphy, Echo)
Tuesday, 14 November 2023
Liam Murphy’s debut novel, The Roadmap of Loss, has all the hallmarks of sad girl (or, in this case, sad boy) literature: a self-destructive 20-something narrator and a vitriolic rage...
Chico the Schnauzer (Taryn Brumfitt, illus Levi George, Puffin)
Tuesday, 14 November 2023
One day, Chico’s owners leave the gate open, and he embarks on an epic playdate with his doggy friends, including Gary the Greyhound and Penelope the Poodle. Chico soon discovers...
Life Skills for a Broken World (Ahona Guha, Scribe)
Tuesday, 14 November 2023
Like having a therapist in your pocket, Life Skills for a Broken World is a guide to positive mental health, leading readers through potential pitfalls and prevention strategies. Ahona Guha,...
A Dance with Murder (Elizabeth Coleman, Pantera)
Tuesday, 14 November 2023
A Dance with Murder is the second outing for private investigator Edwina ‘Ted’ Bristol and her sidekick, Miss Marple, an intelligent and perceptive miniature schnauzer, following A Routine Infidelity (February,...
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Monday, 13 November 2023
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Rights round-up
Wednesday, 8 November 2023
Sales Fiction Penguin Random House has sold Italian translation rights to Kind Of, Sort of, Maybe... But Probably Not (Imbi Neeme) to Editrice Nord in Italy; Czech translation rights for...
Hobart named UNESCO City of Literature, Australian Reading Hour to end, Sawyer wins Richell Prize
Wednesday, 8 November 2023
The United Nations' cultural arm UNESCO has named Hobart a City of Literature, Australia Reads will retire its annual Australian Reading Hour event in favour of 'a practical, unified, and...
Birdsong by the Billabong (Maura Finn, illus Cate James, Affirm)
Tuesday, 7 November 2023
Birdsong by the Billabong—the third picture book in Maura Finn and Cate James’s Billabong series—revisits the tone, style and structure of By the Billabong and Babies at the Billabong. All...
The Strip (Iain Ryan, Ultimo)
Tuesday, 7 November 2023
Iain Ryan plunges readers into the gritty, seedy underbelly of the 1980s Gold Coast in his latest noir crime novel, The Strip. Brimming with corruption and seduction, illicit meetings held...
The Long Lede Anthology (Judith Neilson Institute, Vintage)
Tuesday, 7 November 2023
The Long Lede Initiative, a partnership between the Judith Neilson Institute, Penguin Random House, and Copyright Agency, pairs experienced Australian journalists with emerging writers to mentor them in crafting impactful...
Roger the Wrasse and the Itchy Fishes (Sue Pillans, Little Pink Dog)
Tuesday, 7 November 2023
Roger the wrasse is a tiny fish with a big job. Each morning, Roger—a sprightly fish with a penchant for singing songs to get through his day—opens his cleaning station....
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Monday, 6 November 2023
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Rights round-up
Wednesday, 1 November 2023
Sales Fiction Martin Shaw from Shaw Literary has sold North American rights to Aotearoa New Zealand author Pip Adam's Audition (Giramondo, Te Herenga Waka University Press). The novel is due...
PMLAs shortlist; Lim, Sworder on IBBY Honour List; My Little Bookshop wins retail award
Wednesday, 1 November 2023
Creative Australia has announced the titles shortlisted for the 2023 Prime Minister's Literary Awards, while at the National Retail Association's awards, West Australian indie My Little Bookshop was named Small...
Politica (Yumna Kassab, Ultimo)
Tuesday, 31 October 2023
Politica is set in an unnamed Middle Eastern country. It explores the impact of war on those directly involved—as well as those indirectly impacted, but whose lives war forever changes....
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