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Tuesday, 6 April 2021
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Stella Prize shortlist, APA launches rights networking events
Wednesday, 31 March 2021
Last week the shortlist for the 2021 Stella Prize was announced, as was the program for the second StoryFest festival, which takes place on the NSW South Coast in June....
Gunk Baby (Jamie Marina Lau, Hachette)
Wednesday, 31 March 2021
Leen has opened up a massage and ear cleaning studio in the suburban wastelands of Par Mars. Her shop is housed in the second-best shopping mall in the district—Topic Heights....
Dear Ibis (Kate Liston-Mills, Spineless Wonders)
Wednesday, 31 March 2021
From the author of The Waterfowl Are Drunk! comes an elegant and moving collection of short fiction set principally in New South Wales. With stories taking place against the backdrop...
A Glasshouse of Stars (Shirley Marr, Puffin)
Tuesday, 30 March 2021
Meixing and her family have recently arrived in the New Land with hopes of a better life. Everything is different for Meixing, including the large house that is now the...
Frizzle and Me (Ellie Royce, illus by Andrew McLean, Ford St)
Tuesday, 30 March 2021
Frizzle and Me jumps on board a current—and vital—trend for books celebrating diversity, and makes a respectable contribution to the cohort. The premise is that the definition of ‘family’ is...
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Monday, 29 March 2021
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Rights round-up
Wednesday, 24 March 2021
Sales Fiction Giramondo has sold rights to Jessica Au's forthcoming novel Cold Enough for Snow to the following: German rights to Suhrkamp, French rights to Grasset and Fasquelle, world Spanish rights...
BWF program announced, Readings staff request EBA
Wednesday, 24 March 2021
The program for this year’s Brisbane Writers Festival, running from 7–9 May, has been announced. Meanwhile, Red Room Poetry is planning a series of daily events for the first ever...
Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray (River of Dreams) (Anita Heiss, S&S)
Wednesday, 24 March 2021
Exploring themes of family, belonging, courage, equality and heartache, this important new historical novel from Anita Heiss raises awareness of First Nations perspectives on the early days of white settlement...
As Beautiful As Any Other (Kaya Wilson, Picador)
Tuesday, 23 March 2021
As Beautiful As Any Other is a joyous and thoughtful memoir–travelogue covering the terrains of both the body and the environment. Kaya Wilson's voice makes the reader feel immediately at...
Why Do Tigers Have Whiskers? (ed by Sunanda Creagh, Thames & Hudson)
Tuesday, 23 March 2021
Curated from the Curious Kids section of the academic-authored news website The Conversation, this book is compiled as a series of questions provided by kids and answered by a range...
A Human for Kingsley (Gabriel Evans, Little Hare)
Tuesday, 23 March 2021
Kingsley, a dog who has decided to own a human, sets off on a journey to find just the right one. The problem is, there are so many humans to...
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Monday, 22 March 2021
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Rights round-up
Wednesday, 17 March 2021
Sales Nonfiction Black Inc. has sold UK and Commonwealth rights (ex ANZ) rights to The Shortest History of the Soviet Union (Sheila Fitzpatrick) to Old Street Publishing. Transit Lounge has...
Monster (Ashleigh Synnott, Puncher & Wattmann)
Wednesday, 17 March 2021
Monster is a collection of dark, finely written short stories by debut author Ashleigh Synnott. The stories are peopled with eccentric, predominantly female characters living atomised, often isolated lives. Mental...
SWF program announced, guests revealed for BookUp, IPEd
Wednesday, 17 March 2021
In a big week for events announcements, the Sydney and Auckland writers’ festival programs have been revealed, and the first speakers for the BookUp and IPEd conferences—the second of which...
Elsewhere Girls (Emily Gale & Nova Weetman, Text)
Tuesday, 16 March 2021
Acclaimed authors Emily Gale and Nova Weetman have teamed up to write this beautifully rendered time-slip narrative that delves into the personal and social struggles of young women past and...
Before You Knew My Name (Jacqueline Bublitz, A&U)
Tuesday, 16 March 2021
We know the phrase from books, from crime shows, from the news: ‘The body was found by a jogger.’ Someone is murdered and somebody else finds them, while just going...
Bear and Rat (Christopher Cheng, illus by Stephen Michael King, Puffin)
Tuesday, 16 March 2021
This picture book is a heartwarming, tender tale of the loving relationship between two friends. The elegantly simple story in Bear and Rat holds a timeless, universal appeal with themes...
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Monday, 15 March 2021
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Rights round-up
Thursday, 11 March 2021
Sales Fiction Jacinta di Mase at Jacinta di Mase Management has sold UK & Europe English-language rights to The Silent Listener by Lyn Yeowart (Viking) to Joffe Books. Rights were...
Stella Prize longlist, Frankfurt announces hybrid event
Thursday, 11 March 2021
The longlist for this year’s Stella Prize, announced last week, includes short fiction, a young adult novel, three works of nonfiction and a novel in translation, and comprises five works...
Two-Week Wait: An IVF story (Luke C Jackson & Kelly Jackson, illus by Mara Wild, Scribe)
Thursday, 11 March 2021
This graphic novel is the delicately told story of one couple’s journey through the in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) process. Two-Week Wait is based on the IVF experiences of authors Luke and...
The Three Burials of Lotty Kneen (Krissy Kneen, Text)
Wednesday, 10 March 2021
According to many writers, examining memory is a largely creative act. If so, then Krissy Kneen shows us in The Three Burials of Lotty Kneen that it is also an...
Flock: First Nations stories then and now (ed by Ellen van Neerven, UQP)
Wednesday, 10 March 2021
Flock is a far-roaming collection of short fiction showcasing the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers. The 20 stories are by a mix of established luminaries and emerging...
Can’t Say it Went to Plan (Gabrielle Tozer, HarperCollins)
Wednesday, 10 March 2021
Schoolies is revered as a holiday unlike no other, where, for the first time, teenagers are free—from school, from adults, from responsibility. Can’t Say it Went to Plan follows three...
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Tuesday, 9 March 2021
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Rights round-up
Wednesday, 3 March 2021
Sales Fiction French rights to Other People’s Houses (Kelli Hawkins, HarperCollins) have been sold to Hauteville by Gregory Messina, Linwood Messina, via Melanie Ostell Literary. Children’s Scholastic Australia has sold...
S&S Australia reports record year, awards news
Wednesday, 3 March 2021
Simon & Schuster Australia has reported a record year of sales in 2020, which were up 15% on 2019 and topped $50 million for the first time. Byron Writers Festival...
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