Hachette announces ‘scouting partnership’ with Law
Tuesday, 15 February 2022
Hachette Australia has announced a ‘scouting partnership’ with writer and broadcaster Benjamin Law, beginning this month. Working with the Hachette team, Law will scout new writers for the Hachette Australia...
Ultimo acquires Cunningham novel in two-book deal
Tuesday, 15 February 2022
Ultimo Press has acquired world rights to a new novel by Sophie Cunningham in a two-book deal brokered by Jane Novak at Jane Novak Literary Agency. Cunningham’s first novel in...
ABA announces deal with ArtsPay
Monday, 14 February 2022
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced a new partnership with payment processing company ArtsPay. ArtsPay is a 'profit for purpose' payment processing company whose mission is to 'build a...
Hardie Grant acquires Barratt book on dating apps
Monday, 14 February 2022
Hardie Grant Books has acquired world rights to Tinder Translator: An A–Z of modern misyogyny by Aileen Barratt, via Jacinta di Mase at Jacinta di Mase Management. Based on Barratt’s...
ABA commissions bookselling sustainability report
Friday, 11 February 2022
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has commissioned a report on sustainability in the book industry. ABA CEO Robbie Egan said, 'The report will give an overview of current and planned...
Inaugural Sydney Muslim Writers’ Festival to run 12–13 February
Thursday, 10 February 2022
The inaugural Sydney Muslim Writers’ Festival (SMWF) will be held this weekend, 12–13 February. A partnership between the Islamic Sciences and Research Academy (ISRA) and the Canterbury Bankstown City Council,...
Liminal & Writers SA Editorial Mentorship 2022 recipients announced
Thursday, 10 February 2022
The recipients of the inaugural Liminal & Writers SA 2022 Editorial Mentorship for emerging Asian-Australian editors in South Australia have been announced. Lyn Dickens will undertake a fiction mentorship with...
Ultimo acquires Western Sydney–set Sarkis debut
Wednesday, 9 February 2022
Ultimo Press has acquired world rights to Something Blue, a debut work of contemporary fiction by Alex Sarkis, who was discovered by Ultimo publisher Alex Craig through the Australian Society...
PRH acquires Brammer debut ‘The Collected Regrets of Clover’
Wednesday, 9 February 2022
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired ANZ rights to The Collected Regrets of Clover by Tasmanian debut author Mikki Brammer in a 'highly competitive' auction conducted by Jemima Forrester...
Mascara to publish print anthology with Ultimo
Tuesday, 8 February 2022
To celebrate its 15th year, Mascara Literary Review will publish its first print anthology, in partnership with Ultimo Press and with support from Creative Victoria and the Australia Council for...
Webb-Pullman to become Scribe publisher
Tuesday, 8 February 2022
Scribe associate publisher Marika Webb-Pullman has been promoted to the position of publisher, with Scribe founder and publisher Henry Rosenbloom to become publisher-in-chief. Webb-Pullman, who was made a Frankfurt Fellow...
HGE acquires Kariuki autobiography ‘Mama Africa’
Monday, 7 February 2022
Hardie Grant Explore (HGE) has acquired world rights to Mama Africa, the autobiography of Rosemary Kariuki, the 2021 recipient of the Local Hero Australian of the Year Award. In 1999...
Nat’s What I Reckon wins second Booktopia FAB Award
Monday, 7 February 2022
Death To Jar Sauce by Nat’s What I Reckon (Ebury) has won the 2021 Booktopia Favourite Australian Book (FAB) Award. The social media star cook was also the 2020 winner...
Ena Noël Award 2022 shortlist announced
Friday, 4 February 2022
IBBY Australia has announced the shortlist for the biennial Ena Noël Award for a young emerging writer or illustrator. The shortlisted writers and illustrators are: Freda Chiu, A Trip to...
Gorrie wins 2022 Victorian Prize for Literature
Friday, 4 February 2022
Veronica Gorrie has won Australia’s richest literary prize, the $100,000 Victorian Prize for Literature, for her debut memoir Black and Blue: A memoir of racism and resilience (Scribe), at the...
Pantera acquires Todorovič inclusive self-help guide
Friday, 4 February 2022
Pantera Press has acquired world rights to Love This for You: How to rewrite the rules and live authentically by LGBTQIA+ activist and podcaster Deni Todorovič. In Love This for...
Affirm acquires personal finance book for women
Thursday, 3 February 2022
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to Girls Just Want to Have Funds, a personal finance book for women by Molly Benjamin. According to the publisher, Girls Just Want to...
ANZ authors on 2022 International Dublin Lit Award longlist
Thursday, 3 February 2022
Several books by Australian and New Zealand authors have been longlisted for the 2022 International Dublin Literary Award. Among the 79 titles in the running for the prize are: Before...
Blak & Bright 2022 program announced
Thursday, 3 February 2022
The program for the 2022 Blak & Bright First Nations Literary Festival, running 17–20 March in Naarm (Melbourne), has been announced. The program includes 27 events featuring over 67 guests...
Affirm acquires new Rogers, Badger junior fiction series
Wednesday, 2 February 2022
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to Itty Bitty Kitty, a four-book junior fiction series by Hilary Rogers and Meredith Badger writing under the pen name of Maddy Mara and...
VUP changes name to Te Herenga Waka University Press
Wednesday, 2 February 2022
Victoria University Press has changed its name to Te Herenga Waka University Press as of 1 January 2022. The university-affiliated publisher changed its name to align with Te Herenga Waka—Victoria...
WAYRBA 2022 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 1 February 2022
The shortlists for the 2022 West Australian Young Readers’ Book Awards (WAYRBA) have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category, including middle-grade, which is a new category being trialled...
Stevenson’s ‘Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone’ optioned by HBO
Tuesday, 1 February 2022
Benjamin Stevenson’s third novel Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, a ‘stylish and edgy new murder mystery’ to be published locally by Penguin Random House Australia and New Zealand...
Hachette acquires historical crime novel ‘The Only Child’
Tuesday, 1 February 2022
Hachette Australia has acquired ANZ, UK and Commonwealth rights to The Only Child by Kayte Nunn, in a joint deal between Jill Marsal at Marsal Lyon, Hachette head of fiction...
QBD launches dedicated manga website
Tuesday, 1 February 2022
Australian bookselling chain QBD Books has launched a dedicated manga online shop. Sales of manga from all publisher groups more than doubled in Australia in 2021 both in volume and...
Matilda Bookshop announces new residency for SA writers
Monday, 31 January 2022
Matilda Bookshop in the Adelaide Hills, in partnership with Writers SA and Ultimo Press, has announced a new annual residency fellowship for a South Australian writer, the Deep Creek Residency...
Affirm acquires psychological hospital drama ‘Cut’
Monday, 31 January 2022
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to Cut, the first novel for adult readers by Sue White. Set against the backdrop of a major Melbourne hospital in the lead up...
Semi Permanent adds book fair
Monday, 31 January 2022
Prominent art and design fair Semi Permanent has announced it will this year feature an art and design book fair. The inaugural book fair, to be called Permanent, will run...
HarperCollins acquires Johnston’s ‘Tiny Uncertain Miracles’
Friday, 28 January 2022
HarperCollins Publishers Australia has acquired world rights to the novel Tiny Uncertain Miracles and a second nonfiction book by Michelle Johnston. The two-book deal was brokered by Martin Shaw of...
Adelaide Writers’ Week announces full 2022 program
Friday, 28 January 2022
Adelaide Writers’ Week (AWW) has announced the full program for the 2022 festival, which includes a total of 165 guests appearing across six days from Saturday 5 to Thursday 10...
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