The Secrets of Strangers (Jess Kitching, S&S)
Tuesday, 31 March 2026
Despite brimming with suspects, lies and a cast of clichéd small-town characters, The Secrets of Strangers by Jess Kitching (The Life Experiment) is anything but a stereotypical “cosy crime” novel....
The Attention Recovery Plan: How to Win the Battle for Focus in a World Built to Break It (David Gillespie, Macmillan)
Tuesday, 31 March 2026
David Gillespie (Sweet Poison, Toxic at Work) has built a reputation for distilling complex research into clear, useful guidance. His latest book, The Attention Recovery Plan: How to Win the Battle...
You’re Welcome!: A Baking Celebration with a Southeast Asian Twist (Raymond Tan & Audrey Payne, Murdoch)
Tuesday, 31 March 2026
Raymond Tan and Audrey Payne’s You’re Welcome!: A Baking Celebration with a Southeast Asian Twist is a joyful, generous cookbook – one to pore over, plan from and build celebrations...
My Wonderful Disgrace (Angourie Rice & Kate Rice, Walker)
Tuesday, 31 March 2026
My Wonderful Disgrace by Angourie Rice and Kate Rice (Stuck Up & Stupid) is a darkly comic tale of misjudgements set around the most anticipated night of the year for...
Every Wild Soul (Katherine Johnson, HarperCollins)
Tuesday, 31 March 2026
Eco-literature has been booming in recent years, thanks largely to writers including James Bradley, Richard Flanagan, Tim Winton, Charlotte Wood and Donna Cameron. Winner of the inaugural Australian Fiction Prize,...
APA, ASA warn against copyright exceptions; Hachette, Sweatshop launch First Nations, CALD scholarship; Writers Victoria petition hits 10K signatures
Wednesday, 25 March 2026
In news this week, industry bodies including the Australian Publishers Association, Australian Society of Authors, and Copyright Agency have released a joint statement warning against expansions to copyright exceptions it...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 25 March 2026
Sales Fiction Jane Novak Literary Agency has sold various rights to Prima Facie (Suzie Miller, Picador), with Greek rights to Antipodes, Estonian rights to Hea Lugu and Japanese rights to...
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Wednesday, 25 March 2026
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No Hiding from the Woman in the Moon (Bruce Pascoe, Magabala)
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
Bruce Pascoe’s No Hiding from the Woman in the Moon is a quiet, contemplative collection that looks upward to the Moon while remaining firmly grounded in Country. The poems move...
Periodic Bitch (Emma Hardy, A&U)
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
In Periodic Bitch, Emma Hardy delivers a memoir that is both intellectually rigorous and literary in style, interrogating the cultural construction of the “female monster” alongside her lived experience of premenstrual...
The Fast Lane (Pip Harry, illus Katrin Dreiling, Larrikin)
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
The Fast Lane by Pip Harry (August & Jones, Because of You) is a lively and funny story about Daisy, a fast-swimming and competitive pig who struggles to share the...
Tearing Myself Together (Anna Whateley, A&U Children’s)
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
Anna Whateley’s raw, authentic representations of neurodivergent young women in Tearing Myself Together offer the kind of windows and mirrors that are still too rare in Australian young adult fiction....
The Enigmatic Echidna: Secrets of the World’s Most Curious Creature (Danielle Clode, Black Inc.)
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
In The Enigmatic Echidna: Secrets of the World’s Most Curious Creature, biologist and award-winning author Danielle Clode (Koala: A Life in Trees) draws readers into the fascinating world of one...
Capture (Amanda Lohrey, Text)
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
In Amanda Lohrey’s Capture, ageing psychiatrist James Mather is commissioned to research psychological explanations for alien capture experiences. His interviews with “experiencers” – whose stories he quickly finds to be...
The Greatest Goal in the Galaxy (Uranus FC #1) (Mick Elliott, Scholastic)
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
The Greatest Goal in the Galaxy is a fun start to a new series, with author and illustrator Mick Elliott (The Turners, Squidge Dibley) blending football, aliens and ever-popular gross-out...
Silvia (Maya Caruso, Echo)
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
Midlife awakening lies at the heart of Maya Caruso’s impressive debut novel, Silvia. This character-driven novel follows 42-year-old Silvia, a divorced daughter of a widowed Italian matriarch, Silvia Senior, whose...
A Little Unwell (Kerry Jewell, Hachette)
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
Kerry Jewell’s debut novel, A Little Unwell, is a candid medical drama that draws back the privacy curtain on the life of a young resident doctor working rotations at an...
Stella Prize longlist; Penguin Literary Prize shortlist; Silvey faces further charges
Wednesday, 18 March 2026
Writing Australia is looking for a delivery partner in the publishing sector to operate the black&write! fellowship program. Author Craig Silvey was charged with more child exploitation offences. Obsidian Bookshop,...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 18 March 2026
Sales Children’s/YA Allen & Unwin has sold French rights to A Murder is Going Down (Kate Emery). Audio UQP has sold ANZ audiobook rights to A Short History of Longans (Mirandi...
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Wednesday, 18 March 2026
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Once Upon Tomorrow (Karen Comer, Lothian)
Tuesday, 17 March 2026
Once Upon Tomorrow is a complex young adult verse novel by CBCA-winning author Karen Comer (Grace Notes). The novel weaves together 3 alternating perspectives: Miri, an ambitious Year 12 student...
The Ruiners (Ellena Savage, Summit)
Tuesday, 17 March 2026
Ellena Savage’s debut novel, The Ruiners, introduces a narrator suspended between self-awareness and self-sabotage: a 29-year-old waitress, working at casino-adjacent lobster shack Claws, whose life feels both theatrically doomed and...
The Prime Minister Problem (Brenton Cullen, Riveted)
Tuesday, 17 March 2026
Brenton Cullen’s debut middle-grade novel, The Prime Minister Problem, is a tender story about loneliness and community, an ode to the power one person can have to spark change, and...
Women Who Win: Celebrating Courage, Conviction and Change (Antoinette Lattouf, Penguin)
Tuesday, 17 March 2026
Before “Lattoufed” entered the lexicon as shorthand for an unjust dismissal, Antoinette Lattouf (How to Lose Friends and Influence White People) was already known for her award-winning media career. In...
Margaret, Are You Leaving? (Dianne Yarwood, Hachette)
Tuesday, 17 March 2026
Following her much-loved debut, The Wakes, Dianne Yarwood’s latest novel, Margaret, Are You Leaving?, is a contemplative exploration of mother–daughter relationships, identity and the accumulation of moments that make up a...
Drawing Nudes While Making Other Plans (Zoe Gaetjens, Penguin)
Tuesday, 17 March 2026
Zoe Gaetjens’s Drawing Nudes While Making Other Plans is a tender, thoughtful young adult novel about self-discovery, first love and learning to be brave in unfamiliar spaces. During a summer...
Mantle (Romy Ash, Ultimo)
Tuesday, 17 March 2026
Romy Ash’s Mantle is a novel that settles slowly and irrevocably, like sediment. Set on a windswept Tasmanian coastline, it follows Ursula as she returns to care for her dying...
Changes for QLAs; Mirror Cities initiative announced; local authors shortlisted in UK awards
Wednesday, 11 March 2026
The Queensland government has announced the State Library of Queensland will no longer manage the Queensland Literary Awards (QLAs) or the black&write! fellowship program; Melbourne’s UNESCO City of Literature is...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 11 March 2026
Sales Fiction Bold Type Agency has sold German rights to Driven (Emma J Warrender) on behalf of Melanie Ostell Literary; Spanish rights to the first two Puckboy titles and the...
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Wednesday, 11 March 2026
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