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...
The Funny Thing About Norman Foreman (Julietta Henderson, Bantam)
Tuesday, 13 October 2020
Norman Foreman isn’t your average 12-year-old: he’s obsessed with classic British comedy, he’s got raging psoriasis, and he and his best mate Jax have a five-year plan to perform stand-up...
Black Summer (ed by Michael Rowland, ABC Books)
Tuesday, 13 October 2020
This excellent anthology won’t be the final word on the 2019–20 Black Summer fires but it contains some of the very best words you can read on the subject. From...
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Monday, 12 October 2020
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Rights round-up
Wednesday, 7 October 2020
Sales Fiction UQP has sold Italian-language rights to Too Much Lip (Melissa Lucashenko) to Edizioni Lindau. Children’s Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing has sold German rights to Wild About Dads and...
Egan on Christmas bookselling in 2020
Wednesday, 7 October 2020
'There will be no airfreighting of books into Australia for this Christmas. If it’s not here or in a container on a ship now it’s not going to be available.’—ABA...
Booktopia senior appointments, latest awards
Wednesday, 7 October 2020
This week Booktopia announced a slate of senior appointments, including a new CFO. Meanwhile, the Big Issue released its 2020 fiction edition line-up and the Queensland Poetry Festival received funding...
The Odds (Matt Stanton, ABC Books)
Wednesday, 7 October 2020
The lack of locally produced graphic novels for young Australians has been noted for some time now, but middle-grade and children’s author Matt Stanton has a new book to appease...
Give Me Some Space! (Philip Bunting, Omnibus)
Wednesday, 7 October 2020
Una is a singular girl on a mission: leave boring old Earth behind for greener pastures—or in this case, planets. Smart, determined and ingenious, she crafts herself a homespun spacesuit...
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Monday, 5 October 2020
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The Booker moves its winner’s announcement—to accommodate a book release
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
'We thought it unfortunate that two of the most exciting literary events of the year—the announcement of the winner of the 2020 Booker Prize and the publication of Barack Obama’s...
I Want to be a Superhero (Breanna Humes, illus by Ambelin Kwaymullina, Magabala)
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
A little girl in a homemade blanket cape wants to be a superhero, and not just any superhero, she wants to fly! Breanna, the girl in question, is a younger...
Boy on Fire: The young Nick Cave (Mark Mordue, Fourth Estate)
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
After 35 years of communication with Nick Cave, 10 of them actively spent researching a biography which eventually grew to Moby Dick proportions, Mark Mordue has fashioned this expertly detailed...
QBD, Dymocks petition Vic premier to reopen Melbourne stores; Hachette to boost ADS capacity
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Bookselling chains QBD and Dymocks have each written to Victorian premier Daniel Andrews asking that bookstores be allowed to open in Melbourne, which has been under stage four lockdown since...
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Monday, 28 September 2020
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Rabble takes Rowling off the shelf
Wednesday, 23 September 2020
'Whilst stocking a book isn't an endorsement (good grief, that would be a minefield), and we will always take orders for books that aren't in stock, there are more worthy...
Dog (Shaun Tan, A&U)
Wednesday, 23 September 2020
This is Shaun Tan doing what he does best. Carrying an elegant tension between joy and sadness, Dog left me in a puddle of emotion. The prose poetry traces the...
Factory 19 (Dennis Glover, Black Inc.)
Wednesday, 23 September 2020
Dennis Glover’s second novel, an intriguing potential unveiling of our very near future, is crafted with a light touch and a satirical sense of humour. Factory 19 is a reflection...
Oz YTD bestsellers, Rabble to no longer stock J K Rowling, latest awards
Wednesday, 23 September 2020
Books by Trent Dalton, Scott Pape and Bluey have topped Nielsen BookScan’s Australian charts for the year to the end of August. Perth bookshop Rabble Books and Games will no...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 23 September 2020
Sales Fiction Shaw Literary has sold French rights to Rodney Hall’s 1988 novel Captivity Captive to L’arbre Vengeur. Simon & Schuster has sold Polish rights to The Miracle Typist (Leon...
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