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Pan Mac sells ‘Heartsick’ to US, UK 

Wednesday, 14 April 2021
Pan Macmillan Australia has sold US and UK rights to debut nonfiction title Heartsick (Jessie Stephens) after ‘a highly contested auction’. US rights were sold to Henry Holt in a...

ABIA 2021 shortlists announced

Monday, 12 April 2021
The shortlists for the 2021 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) have been announced. The titles in each category are: General fiction book of the year The Dictionary of Lost Words...

Hull memoir debuts at number seven 

Monday, 12 April 2021
With school holidays in full swing across most of the country, Bluey books are dominating the bestsellers chart, with Bluey: Easter Fun! at number one for the fourth week in...

One Hundred Days (Alice Pung, Black Inc.)

Thursday, 8 April 2021
Is there a right way to love? Karuna feels suffocated by her mother—and her entrapment multiplies when her dad leaves and she’s forced to move away from private school and...

Bridgeman’s ‘The Subjugate’ to be adapted for TV 

Tuesday, 6 April 2021
Perth science fiction author Amanda Bridgeman's novel The Subjugate (Watkins) will be adapted into a dystopian crime thriller series by independent production companies Aquarius Films and Anonymous Content. The development...

Children’s books dominate charts 

Tuesday, 6 April 2021
In the week before Easter and the start of school holidays, children's books are dominating the charts, with kids titles making up eight out of the top 10 bestsellers. At...

A Glasshouse of Stars (Shirley Marr, Puffin) 

Tuesday, 30 March 2021
Meixing and her family have recently arrived in the New Land with hopes of a better life. Everything is different for Meixing, including the large house that is now the...

CBCA 2021 Book of the Year shortlists announced

Tuesday, 30 March 2021
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced its 2021 Book of the Year shortlists. The shortlisted books in each category are: Older readers The End of the World...

New Coben debuts at number two 

Monday, 29 March 2021
Bluey: Easter Fun! remains at number one on the bestsellers chart his week, trailed by Harlen Coben's latest thriller The Win, which has debuted in second spot. The latest books by...

MidnightSun acquires Burge debut novel 

Friday, 26 March 2021
MidnightSun Publishing has acquired debut novel Tank Water by Michael Burge, a story of homophobic hate crimes and the dangers of growing up feeling different in rural Australia. Burge met...

Stella Prize 2021 shortlist announced

Thursday, 25 March 2021
The shortlist for the 2021 Stella Prize, worth $50,000, has been announced. The six shortlisted books are: Fathoms: The world in the whale (Rebecca Giggs, Scribe) Revenge: Murder in Three Parts (S...

As Beautiful As Any Other (Kaya Wilson, Picador) 

Tuesday, 23 March 2021
As Beautiful As Any Other is a joyous and thoughtful memoir–travelogue covering the terrains of both the body and the environment. Kaya Wilson's voice makes the reader feel immediately at...

‘Bluey: Easter Fun!’ tops charts 

Monday, 22 March 2021
Bluey: Easter Fun! has reached number one the Australian bestsellers chart, with last week's number one, Beyond Order, slipping to sixth spot. Debuting at number three is this week's highest new...

The Silent Listener

Wednesday, 17 March 2021
In the cold, wet summer of 1960, 11-year-old Joy Henderson lives in constant fear of her father. She tries to make him happy but, as he keeps reminding her, she...

A Voice in the Night

Wednesday, 17 March 2021
‘A fast-paced and emotional page-turner.’—Christian White, bestselling author of The Nowhere Child Following a bitter separation, Lucie moves to London to take up a position with a prestigious law firm....

The Boy Who Tried to Shrink His Name

Wednesday, 17 March 2021
When Zimdalamishkermishkada starts a new school, he knows he’s got to do something about his long name. ​ When no amount of shrinking, folding or crumpling works, he simply settles for Zim—but deep down, it...

The Underdogs: Catch a Cat Burglar

Wednesday, 17 March 2021
In a city gone to the dogs … get yourself a cat.​​ The Underdog Detective Agency has a proud tradition of sniffing out trouble (plus sniffing each other’s butts). They’re on a...

Spotlight on new authors

Wednesday, 17 March 2021
The longlist for the Stella Prize for Australian women’s writing was announced earlier this month, and it was interesting to see that five of the 12 works on the list...

Meet literary agent Jacinta di Mase

Wednesday, 17 March 2021
Jacinta di Mase is the founder and lead agent at Jacinta di Mase Management, which she established after working under ‘formidable’ agents Lyn Tranter and Jenny Darling. She spoke to...

Dalton, Pape, Bluey top Australian bestsellers 2020

Wednesday, 17 March 2021
For the second year running, Trent Dalton’s debut novel Boy Swallows Universe and Scott Pape’s guide to household finance The Barefoot Investor have come out on top as the year’s overall bestselling Australian...

Pandemic novel wins Australia’s richest literary prize

Wednesday, 17 March 2021
Laura Jean McKay has won Australia’s richest literary prize, the Victorian Prize for Literature, for her second book The Animals in That Country (Scribe)—‘a literary spec-fic novel that imagines a...

Two China memoirs on Australian nonfiction line-up

Wednesday, 17 March 2021
Two new memoirs that explore life in modern-day China have been acquired by Australian publishers. Allen & Unwin has acquired ANZ rights to Vicky Xu’s memoir You’re So Brave at...

 

 

 

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