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Chowdhury on diversity in the publishing industry

Wednesday, 11 November 2020
‘It is extremely important that mine is not the only voice being solicited when discussing and considering ways to make the Australian publishing landscape more inclusive ... It is even...

Radnidge takes on literary at Hachette, Richell Prize winner and more

Wednesday, 11 November 2020
In industry moves, Vanessa Radnidge is taking on literary at Hachette, with Fiona Hazard to head a newly created lifestyle list, while former Hachette managing editor Brigid Mullane has joined...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 11 November 2020
Sales Nonfiction Black Inc. has sold traditional Chinese character rights and Indian subcontinent rights to Investing with Keynes (Justyn Walsh) to Commonlife Publishing Ltd and HarperCollins India respectively. Children’s/YA Scholastic...

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Monday, 9 November 2020
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Rights round up

Thursday, 5 November 2020
Sales Fiction Simon & Schuster reports the following sales of The Nazis Knew My Name (Magda Hellinger and Maya Lee), the first acquisition for managing editor Michelle Swainson, scheduled for...

‘Literary Plus’ a trend at Frankfurt

Thursday, 5 November 2020
‘People are hunting feel-good, upmarket fiction—defined as either “book club” or “reader’s group” but with great plots. We’ve heard it called a few things but “Literary Plus” seems to fit...

Oz book sales forecast to grow 4%, Booktopia to list on ASX, latest awards

Thursday, 5 November 2020
According to a new report, Australia’s overall book sales in the 2021 financial year will be up 4% on the previous year. The report, from consultants Frost & Sullivan, was...

Float or Sink? (Kylie Covark, illus by Andrew Plant, Ford St)

Thursday, 5 November 2020
Kylie Covark’s Float or Sink? quickly develops (after an opening that doesn’t quite nail the meter/rhyme structure to come) into a lively, playful story and preschool children will undoubtedly relish...

The Imitator (Rebecca Starford, A&U)

Thursday, 5 November 2020
Rebecca Starford’s debut novel is a beautifully written espionage thriller that bookends the world-changing period of WWII. Its meticulously researched narrative draws the reader into the early life of Evelyn...

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Monday, 2 November 2020
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Robotham: the government’s neglect of writers is political

Wednesday, 28 October 2020
'We writers give far more to the economy and society and our culture than we ever take back. We are not looking for patronage or political favours, we are simply...

Little Gem (Anna Zobel, Puffin)

Wednesday, 28 October 2020
Little Gem is a witch-in-training who has the best intentions but doesn’t always get things quite right. When a travelling spell goes wrong Gem finds herself in the unusual village...

The Women and the Girls (Laura Bloom, A&U)

Wednesday, 28 October 2020
The Women and the Girls follows three mothers as they walk away from their unhappy marriages and move their children into a share house in Sydney. Against a backdrop of...

Dingo Bold: The life and death of K’gari dingoes (Rowena Lennox, Sydney University Press)

Wednesday, 28 October 2020
In Dingo Bold, Rowena Lennox wrestles with the emotionally laden subject of the human–wild divide through the lens of the policies managing the dingoes on K’gari (Fraser Island). Along the...

Repentance (Alison Gibbs, Scribe)

Wednesday, 28 October 2020
It’s 1976, a time of change and cultural shifts. The town of Repentance perches on the edge of the Great Dividing Range: the old families cut timber and the new...

Robotham wins Gold Dagger, new publishing houses launched

Wednesday, 28 October 2020
In awards news this week, crime writer Michael Robotham won this year’s CWA Gold Dagger award for best crime novel, becoming the first Australian to win the award twice. Maria...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 28 October 2020
Sales Nonfiction Alessandra Stucchi at Berla & Griffini has sold Italian rights to White Tears/Brown Scars (Ruby Hamad, MUP) to Tlon, on behalf of Rach Crawford at MacKenzie Wolf for...

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Monday, 26 October 2020
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The arts as a social justice project

Wednesday, 21 October 2020
‘There’s no possible diverse, thriving, funded art sector without a materially just society that acts on issues like decommodifying housing and issuing a universal basic income. Diversity in the arts...

CBCA Book of the Year winners; Watkins appointed Ultimo publishing director

Wednesday, 21 October 2020
The winners of the CBCA Book of the Year awards were announced last week, while a new study found CBCA early childhood category shortlisted books to be overwhelmingly white. In...

Shelter (Catherine Jinks, Text)

Wednesday, 21 October 2020
Meg has taken in three strangers—Nerine and her two small daughters—in a bid to hide them from Nerine’s abusive ex-husband. The house is secluded, safe, but Nerine can’t shake the...

Fire, Flood, Plague: Australian writers respond to 2020 (ed by Sophie Cunningham, Vintage)

Wednesday, 21 October 2020
This deeply unsettling book bravely attempts to interpret, chronicle and reflect on the nightmarish events of this year. While I relished the opportunity to try to make sense of 2020,...

Let’s Go, Little Roo (Renée Treml, Puffin)

Wednesday, 21 October 2020
Prolific author Renée Treml says she wrote Let's Go, Little Roo from experience with her own shy child, and Little Roo’s stubborn emotions and thought processes are certainly recognisable. (Though...

The Carbon-Neutral Adventures of the Indefatigable EnviroTeens (First Dog on the Moon, A&U)

Wednesday, 21 October 2020
Political cartoonist First Dog on the Moon’s debut book for children is a delightfully absurd metatextual picture book/graphic novel hybrid starring a genius wombat inventor, a superhero social media celebrity...

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Monday, 19 October 2020
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Four years after Dylan, another American wins the Nobel

Wednesday, 14 October 2020
‘You never know what the Swedish Academy is going to do. I didn't think they would go back to America so quickly, but it's really a righteous award, and a...

Industry pushes for early Christmas shopping; Australia Reads to stream on YouTube

Wednesday, 14 October 2020
The ABA and APA have launched a new campaign to encourage Australians to do their Christmas shopping early as the global supply chain strains under the pressure of the Covid-19...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 14 October 2020
Sales Fiction Jenny Darling & Associates has sold Simplified Chinese rights to The Natural Way of Things (Charlotte Wood, A&U) to Beijing White Horse Time; and rights to The Weekend...

An Amazing Australian Road Trip (Jackie Hosking, illus by Lesley Vamos, Walker Books)

Wednesday, 14 October 2020
This cheerful picture book employs a lively rhyming narrative alongside factual snippets, creating a unique reading experience that is sure to appeal to fans of both fiction and nonfiction. The...

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