Meet literary agent Natasha Solomun Archive
Wednesday, 9 June 2021
Natasha Solomun worked as a rights executive at Penguin Random House Australia and Five Mile Press before launching The Rights Hive, a literary rights agency that represents mostly independent Australian...
Secrets and Showgirls Archive
Wednesday, 9 June 2021
Everyone is being watched, and some of Le Prix’s colourful performers are hiding dangerous secrets. Monsieur Maurice manages Le Prix d’Amour, a successful Parisian cabaret, which boasts glitzy performers and...
Amplifying First Nations voices: Magabala, UQP and Thames & Hudson share their latest titles Archive
Wednesday, 9 June 2021
From exciting new releases to major international rights sales, First Nations publishing in Australia continues to go from strength to strength. Australian Indigenous publisher Magabala Books has had a stellar...
Independent and international: Spinifex Press, Big Sky and Exisle on their latest titles and rights successes Archive
Wednesday, 9 June 2021
Spinifex Press, Big Sky Publishing and Exisle Publishing are three Australian independents with a strong international focus. Australian feminist publisher Spinifex Press has had a presence on the international scene—selling...
A closer look at First Nations publishing Archive
Wednesday, 9 June 2021
In this London Book Fair preview edition of Think Australian we take a closer look at Australian First Nations publishing. While a handful of Australian publishers have been publishing Indigenous...
MUP profit up 19%, Fogarty Literary Award winner Archive
Wednesday, 9 June 2021
Following its move to increase its focus on scholarly publishing, MUP has reported an operating profit increase of 19%. In other news, Spineless Wonders has launched a new imprint that...
Malla Nunn on ‘Sugar Town Queens’ Archive
Wednesday, 9 June 2021
Malla Nunn's Sugar Town Queens (A&U, August) is a young adult novel set in Sugar Town, South Africa. This coming-of-age story follows 15-year-old Amandla as she uncovers her family history and...
UK book industry unites for ‘Save Our Books’ copyright campaign Archive
Wednesday, 9 June 2021
In the UK, publishing industry organisations have launched a campaign against mooted changes to copyright laws they claim would lead to a flood of cheap copies of UK books coming...
PEN Sydney establishes writer’s refuge program Archive
Wednesday, 9 June 2021
PEN Sydney has established a writer’s refuge for writers living with disadvantage and/or discrimination that restricts their work. Supported by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at University of...
Rabbit Hole Archive
Wednesday, 9 June 2021
My name is Alice. I'm a police officer. I'm trying to solve a murder on a psychiatric ward. But I'm also a patient... They were meant to be safe on...
The First Time I Thought I Was Dying (Sarah Walker, UQP) Archive
Tuesday, 8 June 2021
This is an essay collection in which the most difficult and abject parts of being a human in a body are examined with full and unflinching frankness, from our unacknowledged...
Small Joys of Real Life (Allee Richards, Hachette) Archive
Tuesday, 8 June 2021
Small Joys of Real Life begins at a house party in Northcote, Melbourne, where the narrator, actress Eva McMillan, meets a cute guy, Pat. Two weeks later, they meet again...
Bloomsbury records ‘outstanding’ results in 2020 Archive
Tuesday, 8 June 2021
In the UK, Bloomsbury recorded an ‘outstanding’ financial year, as shown in its 2020 preliminary results, with sales up 14% to £185.1 million (A$338.2m) and profit up 22% to £19.2 million...
Writing NSW Emerging Writers mentees announced Archive
Tuesday, 8 June 2021
Writing NSW has announced the successful applicants for its new Emerging Writers Mentorship Program for emerging writers from Indigenous or culturally diverse backgrounds. The successful applicants are: Deniz Agraz Jackie...
UK backlist titles up during lockdowns Archive
Monday, 7 June 2021
In the UK, Nielsen BookScan data has found demand for backlist titles increased over lockdown, reports the Bookseller. A report from Enders Analysis covers the shift in demand from frontlist...
Digital library service hoopla expands to Australia Archive
Monday, 7 June 2021
US online library service hoopla digital has expanded to Australia, its first international market beyond North America. Available immediately, the service offers library card holders from selected libraries access to...
US audiobook sales grows 12% Archive
Friday, 4 June 2021
In the US, an Audio Publishers Association report found audiobook revenue grew 12% to US$1.3 billion (A$1.7 billion) last year, reports Publishing Perspectives. The result is the ninth year in...
HarperCollins acquires ‘This Is Not A Book About Benedict Cumberbatch’ Archive
Friday, 4 June 2021
HarperCollins Australia has acquired ANZ rights to This Is Not A Book About Benedict Cumberbatch, an ‘irrepressibly clever and uplifting book about the role of joy in women’s lives’ by...
French author Diop wins International Booker Prize Archive
Thursday, 3 June 2021
French author David Diop has won the £50,000 (A$91,400) International Booker Prize for his novel At Night All Blood is Black (trans by Anna Moschovakis, Pushkin). The judges described At...
UQP acquires Haddad debut novel ‘Losing Face’ Archive
Thursday, 3 June 2021
UQP has acquired world rights to Losing Face, the debut novel by Sydney writer George Haddad. Losing Face interweaves the stories of Joey, who has recently finished school and is...
Inaugural Kuracca Prize longlist announced Archive
Thursday, 3 June 2021
Overland has announced the longlist for the inaugural Kuracca Prize for Australian Literature, created in honour of the late Wiradjuri elder, poet, writer, activist and artist Kerry Reed-Gilbert. The longlisted...
Dunnell wins Fogarty Literary Award for ‘The Glass House’ Archive
Thursday, 3 June 2021
Perth writer Brooke Dunnell has won the Fogarty Literary Award for her novel The Glass House. Dunnell receives a $20,000 cash prize from the Fogarty Foundation and a publishing contract...
ALIA Online Storytime earns over $50k, Hassett joins Pantera Archive
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
The ALIA Online Storytime pilot program has earned over $50,000 to be distributed to creators and publishers in its first three months of operation. In personnel moves, Pantera Press has...
‘The Nancys’ optioned for screen Archive
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
Screen adaptation rights to crime novel The Nancys by Melbourne-based New Zealand author R W R McDonald (A&U) have been optioned by Queensland production company Hoodlum Entertainment, via Grace Heifetz...
‘World first’ UK plan to pay authors royalties on used book sales Archive
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
In the UK, a collaboration between online retailers and writers’ organisations will pay authors royalties on used book sales for the first time, reports the Bookseller. The agreement between the...
COV-ART Fundraising Auction for WestWords Archive
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
The COV-ART Fundraising Auction will be held for a second year in 2021, in support of Western Sydney Literacy organisation WestWords. The online auction will showcase original works and signed...
Australian children’s book creators sign open letter in support of Palestine Archive
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
Almost 300 publishing professionals, authors, illustrators and others with a connection to the children’s book industry have signed an open letter in support of Palestinian liberation since it was posted online on...
Zoe Deleuil on ‘The Night Village’ Archive
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
In Zoe Deleuil's debut novel The Night Village (Fremantle Press, August), a brief relationship and an unexpected pregnancy see Australian expat Simone suddenly living with a new baby in her...
Readings YA Book Prize 2021 shortlist announced Archive
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
The shortlist for the 2021 Readings Young Adult Book Prize has been announced. The shortlisted YA novels are: The F Team (Rawah Arja, Giramondo) Future Girl (Asphyxia, A&U) The End of the...
Walker Wednesday looking for new Australian YA Archive
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
This year, Walker Books is focusing on new, diverse Australian YA voices in our annual Walker Wednesday open submissions. Walker Wednesday will take place on Wednesday, 16 June. With a strong...
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