NewSouth acquires Pirotta book on whales
Tuesday, 8 November 2022
NewSouth Publishing has acquired world rights to a book about the past, present and future of whales by wildlife scientist and science communicator Vanessa Pirotta. According to the publisher, the...
Nielsen: 37% of audiobook consumers new to the format
Tuesday, 8 November 2022
New research by Nielsen BookData has found 37% of Australian audiobook consumers began listening to audiobooks within the past 12 months. ‘The Australian audiobook market continues to mature, with the...
Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2022 shortlists announced
Monday, 7 November 2022
The shortlists for the 2022 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted works in each category, chosen from 545 entries, are: Fiction Dark as Last Night (Tony Birch,...
Woollahra Digital Literary Awards 2022 shortlists announced
Monday, 7 November 2022
The shortlists for the Woollahra Digital Literary Awards have been announced. The shortlisted works in each category are: Fiction ($2500) ‘The Golden Bracelet’ (Deniz Agraz, Meniscus Literary Journal) ‘Smoking Gym’...
Voss Literary Prize 2022 shortlist announced
Monday, 7 November 2022
The shortlist for the Voss Literary Prize has been announced. The shortlisted works, chosen from a longlist of 10, are: The Other Half of You (Michael Mohammed Ahmad, Hachette) After...
Books in the media this weekend, 5–6 November
Friday, 4 November 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper A Guest at the Feast (Colm Tóibín, Picador) Men I Trust...
Deborah Cass Prize shortlist announced
Friday, 4 November 2022
The shortlist for the 2022 Deborah Cass Prize for emerging writers from migrant backgrounds has been announced. The prize committee also announced that this year will be the prize's last....
Ractliffe to leave PRH
Friday, 4 November 2022
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) publishing director Justin Ractliffe will leave the company following a review of its local adult publishing division. From next year PRH’s adult publishing and audio...
Walkley Book Award 2022 shortlist announced
Friday, 4 November 2022
The shortlist for this year’s Walkley Book Award has been announced. The three shortlisted titles, chosen from a longlist of nine, are: Currowan (Bronwyn Adcock, Black Inc.) The Game: A portrait...
HarperCollins acquires Parker WWII love story
Thursday, 3 November 2022
HarperCollins has acquired ANZ rights to the novel At the Foot of the Cherry Tree by scriptwriter Alli Parker, in a deal brokered by Clare Forster of Curtis Brown. Described...
Begbie wins 2022 Richell Prize
Thursday, 3 November 2022
Susannah Begbie has won the 2022 Richell Prize for Emerging Writers for her manuscript ‘When Trees Fall Without Warning’. Begbie grew up in rural New South Wales on a sheep...
BookTok, Romantasy in demand at small but ‘upbeat’ Frankfurt
Wednesday, 2 November 2022
Local publishers returning to Frankfurt for the first time since the pandemic reported an upbeat mood at the smaller-than-usual fair, where attendees were grateful to be face-to-face despite concerns over...
Court blocks PRH acquisition of S&S
Wednesday, 2 November 2022
Bertelsmann, the parent company of Penguin Random House, will appeal a ruling by a US federal court blocking its proposed acquisition of Simon & Schuster (S&S). In a two-page order,...
Banned books, controversy, WebToon: children’s and YA in the US
Wednesday, 2 November 2022
Agent Danielle Binks of Jacinta Di Mase Management recently visited New York as part of an Australia Council delegation. Previously, she shared her impressions of the US market and in-demand...
Christmas predictions 2022: The Chestnut Tree
Wednesday, 2 November 2022
In the lead-up to Christmas, the busiest time of year on the bookselling calendar, Books+Publishing is asking booksellers across the country to predict their biggest sellers and surprise sellers. In this first instalment for...
Erskine receives 2022 Lady Cutler Award
Wednesday, 2 November 2022
Gail Erskine is the recipient of the 2022 Lady Cutler Award, presented by the New South Wales branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) for distinguished service to...
Alcove acquires ‘The Laughter Effect’
Wednesday, 2 November 2022
Laura Apperson at Alcove Press has acquired world English-language rights (ex ANZ) to The Laughter Effect: How to build joy, resilience and positivity in your life by Ros Ben-Moshe, in a...
No Daily tomorrow
Monday, 31 October 2022
Due to the Melbourne Cup public holiday in Victoria, there will be no Daily newsletter tomorrow, Tuesday, 1 November.
Dymocks Book of the Year 2022 shortlist announced
Monday, 31 October 2022
The shortlists for the 2022 Dymocks Book of the Year and young readers category have been announced. The shortlisted books in each category are: Book of the Year Horse (Geraldine...
Kirkus Prize 2022 winners announced
Monday, 31 October 2022
The winners of the 2022 Kirkus Prize, worth US$50,000 (A$78,000) in each category, have been announced. Hernan Diaz won the fiction category for his novel Trust (Picador), which follows a...
Bitto wins 2022 Margaret and Colin Roderick Award
Monday, 31 October 2022
Emily Bitto has won the $20,000 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award for her second novel Wild Abandon (A&U). 'A lot of very good books just didn’t make the shortlist. But...
Puncher & Wattmann acquires three Craig novels
Friday, 28 October 2022
Puncher & Wattmann has acquired world English rights (ex USA & Canada) to two novels by Blue Mountains–based writer Jen Craig, as well as world rights to her debut, via...
Books in the media this weekend, 29–30 October
Friday, 28 October 2022
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Iris (Fiona Kelly McGregor, Picador) Lucy by the Sea (Elizabeth Strout,...
Waterstones Book of the Year shortlist announced
Friday, 28 October 2022
UK bookselling chain Waterstones has announced the shortlist for its annual Book of the Year award. The 10 shortlisted titles are: The Marriage Portrait (Maggie O’Farrell, Tinder Press) Heartstopper Volume...
Fuge wins 2022 Bragg Prize for Science Writing
Friday, 28 October 2022
Lauren Fuge has won the 2022 UNSW Press Bragg Prize for Science Writing for her essay ‘Time travel and tipping points’, originally published in Cosmos Magazine. Fuge's story transports the...
Scribe acquires new Gott novel
Friday, 28 October 2022
Scribe Publications has acquired world English rights to Naked Ambition, a new novel by Robert Gott. Described by the publisher as a ‘playful’ novel, Naked Ambition explores the collision of...
Au, Burton, Archbold win 2022 Readings Prizes
Thursday, 27 October 2022
The winners of the three Readings Prizes for children’s, young adult and new Australian fiction have been announced. The winners are: New Australian Fiction Prize Cold Enough for Snow (Jessica...
UQP acquires book by leading Indigenous psychologist
Thursday, 27 October 2022
UQP has acquired world rights to a book by leading Indigenous psychologist Tracy Westerman outlining her life and work. Westerman is an internationally recognised psychologist specialising in culturally appropriate psychological...
‘When Women Kill’ wins British Academy Book Prize
Thursday, 27 October 2022
In the UK, Chilean writer Alia Trabucco Zerán has won the £25,000 (A$44,770) British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding for When Women Kill: Four crimes retold (trans by...
Hachette acquires Jones’s ‘Cool Water’
Wednesday, 26 October 2022
Hachette has acquired world rights to literary novel Cool Water by Myfanwy Jones, in a deal negotiated by Jacinta di Mase Management. Following the story of a family over three...
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