Pitt to star in Winton’s ‘The Riders’ film adaptation
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
Scott Free Productions will begin production of the film adaptation of Tim Winton’s novel The Riders (Penguin), with Brad Pitt set to star as protagonist Fred Scully. Edward Berger (Conclave)...
NSW Literary Awards 2025 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
The shortlists for the 2025 New South Wales Literary Awards have been announced. Shortlisted titles in each category are: Christina Stead Prize for Fiction ($40,000) One Another (Gail Jones, Text) Heartsease (Kate...
Russell Prize for Humour Writing 2025 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 23 April 2025
The State Library of NSW has announced the shortlists for the 2025 Russell Prize for Humour Writing and the Humour Writing for Young People Award. The books shortlisted for the...
Australian rights managers positive, ‘cautiously optimistic’ after Bologna
Wednesday, 23 April 2025
Australian rights managers have returned from the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in a buoyant yet cautiously optimistic mood, following packed schedules filled with strong international interest, positive industry conversations, and...
BookPeople Awards 2025 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 23 April 2025
BookPeople has announced the 2025 shortlist for the BookPeople Awards. The shortlisted titles for the awards are: BookPeople BookData Adult Fiction Book of the Year Dusk (Robbie Arnott, Picador) Juice (Tim...
HarperCollins acquires ‘Frosty’
Wednesday, 23 April 2025
HarperCollins Australia has acquired world rights to Frosty, a memoir by motor-sport athlete Mark Winterbottom. The memoir will be co-written with James Phelps. 'From his emergence from the suburbs of...
Hardie Grant acquires Wankernomics
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
Hardie Grant has acquired world rights to Wankernomics by comedians James Schloeffel and Charles Firth. Wankernomics is ‘the hilarious must-have handbook for anyone who has ever had to endure the buzzwords,...
Upswell acquires Vincent hybrid memoir/prose poem/history
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
Upswell Publishing has acquired world rights to Fourteen Ways of Looking, a 'hybrid memoir/prose poem/history' by Erin Vincent, with US rights sold to Deep Vellum and UK rights to CB...
APA collates, launches First Nations publishing resources
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
This month saw the publication of a new set of First Nations publishing resources collated by the Australian Publishers Association (APA) to support Australian publishers when publishing First Nations stories. ...
Raisin shortlisted for Romantic Novel of the Year Award
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
Perth-based writer Rebecca Raisin has been shortlisted for the Contemporary Romance Novel Award for her book A Love Letter to Paris (Boldwood) in the 2025 Romantic Novel of the Year...
Fremantle acquires Winton picture book
Wednesday, 9 April 2025
Fremantle Press has acquired world rights to Ningaloo: Australia’s Wild Wonder by Tim Winton, with illustrations by Cindy Lane, in a deal brokered by Jenny Darling of Jenny Darling &...
ABDA 2025 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 9 April 2025
The shortlists for the 2025 Australian Book Design Awards, presented by the Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA), have been announced. Shortlisted works in each category are: Best designed commercial fiction...
Books Create Australia launches Election 2025 campaign
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
Books Create Australia has announced the launch of its Election 2025 campaign, calling on the incoming government to 'act to secure a reading future'. 'Fair policies and investment are vital...
We Are the Stars becomes first nonfiction book to top Dymocks 101
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
Bookselling chain Dymocks has announced its 2025 Top 101 list, voted on by readers, with Gina Chick’s We Are the Stars (Summit) becoming the first nonfiction book to take the...
Mila’s Books wins 2025 Bologna Best Children’s Publisher, Oceania
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
Aotearoa New Zealand publisher Mila’s Books has won the 2025 Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publisher of the Year in the Oceania category, announced at the Bologna Children’s Book...
UQP acquires Caddy historical YA
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to Meg Caddy’s historical YA novel A Flash in the Dust, in a deal brokered by Abigail Nathan at Alex Adsett Literary....
S&S acquires Holmes debut
Wednesday, 26 March 2025
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired global rights for Australian journalist Tracey Holmes’s debut book, Not A Female Sports Reporter. The first woman to present ABC sports program Grandstand,...
HarperCollins acquires four Peter Cheong graphic novels
Wednesday, 26 March 2025
HarperCollins Children’s Publishing has acquired world rights via auction to four graphic novels by author and illustrator Peter Cheong in a deal brokered by Paige Terlip at Andrea Brown Literary...
CBCA 2025 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 26 March 2025
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced its shortlist for the 2025 CBCA Book of the Year Awards. The shortlisted books in each category, selected from the 2025...
A&U acquires new Delaney nonfiction
Wednesday, 26 March 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to The Seeker and the Sage by Brigid Delaney in a deal brokered by Pippa Masson at Curtis Brown. ‘Whereas Reasons Not...
Macmillan signs Blabey in seven-book deal
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Macmillan has acquired rights to seven new titles from internationally bestselling author Aaron Blabey. The deal, worth eight figures, encompasses seven titles in two new middle-grade series, to be published...
Larrikin House acquires Mather picture book
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Larrikin House has acquired world rights to Otto's INKcredible First Day of School by Rory H Mather, with illustrations by Rebel Challenger. The story follows Otto, an octopus who sprays...
MidnightSun acquires Burge sequel ‘Dirt Trap’
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
MidnightSun has acquired world rights to Dirt Trap by Michael Burge. A sequel to Burge’s rural noir debut, Tank Water, Dirt Trap is set two decades on from the events...
Beer’s ‘Thunderhead’ optioned for film
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Thunderhead (Sophie Beer, A&U) has been optioned by LateNite films, in a film and television deal negotiated by Annabel Barker Agency. Beer’s first middle-grade novel, Thunderhead draws on the author’s own...
A&U acquires Wallace debut novel ‘Ash’
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world English (ex NZ) rights to debut novel Ash by Louise Wallace, in a deal brokered by Martin Shaw at Shaw Literary. North American...
Bundyi acquires two Morison novels
Tuesday, 18 March 2025
Simon & Schuster imprint Bundyi Publishing has acquired world rights to two novels by Judi Morison. Morison’s debut, Secrets, ‘touches on many of the issues we are still grappling with...
S&S acquires new Matthews fiction
Wednesday, 12 March 2025
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired world rights to The House on Tinker Street by Amy Matthews in a two-book, six-figure deal via Sarah Younger at Nancy Yost Literary...
S&S acquires Reid memoir
Wednesday, 12 March 2025
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired ANZ rights to Destination Moon, a memoir by former Formula One aerodynamicist and Lune Croissanterie founder Kate Reid, via Tara Wynne at Curtis...
Australia Reads announces LitUp
Wednesday, 12 March 2025
Australia Reads has announced LitUp, a new live literature initiative for author events. The program will offer funding and support for 20 communities to host live literature events with writers...
UWA Publishing announces Spiers Prize
Wednesday, 12 March 2025
UWA Publishing has announced the establishment of a new national children’s fiction manuscript prize in honour of Australian primary school teacher and philanthropist Gail Spiers. Announced to coincide with UWA...
