Penguin Oh Penguin (Gladys Milroy, illus Helen Milroy, Magabala)
19 September 2023
Penguin Oh Penguin is a mother/daughter collaboration between Palyku women Gladys and Helen Milroy, and a charming picture book for early childhood. Gladys Milroy, author of Silver Leaves, wrote this...
Australian bestsellers 2023 YTD
13 September 2023
Top 10 Australian adult fiction titles YTD The Bookbinder of Jericho (Pip Williams, Affirm) 96,745 Homecoming (Kate Morton, A&U) 70,765 Exiles (Jane Harper, Macmillan) 35,890 The Dictionary of Lost Words...
Kimmi: Queen of the dingoes (Favel Parrett, illus Astred Hicks, Lothian)
12 September 2023
For young readers who enjoyed Favel Parrett’s alpine dingo tale in Wandi (2021), Kimmi follows a real-life tropical dingo who, like Wandi, now lives at the Dingo Discovery Sanctuary and...
Edenglassie (Melissa Lucashenko, UQP)
15 August 2023
Melissa Lucashenko’s Edenglassie is a literary epic that skilfully weaves between the present day, where Grannie Eddie is looked after by her feisty granddaughter Winona and Dr Johnny, and mid-1850s Brisbane, where...
Body Friend (Katherine Brabon, Ultimo)
25 July 2023
Katherine Brabon distinguished herself with her first novels, The Memory Artist and The Shut Ins, but she has surpassed these and reached an early career pinnacle with her enigmatically titled novel, Body Friend. If a...
Borderland (Graham Akhurst, UWA Publishing)
25 July 2023
Jono is a young Indigenous man who has little connection to Country and community. While his best friend, Jenny, seems to know exactly who she is, Jono struggles with his...
Every Night at Midnight (Peter Cheong, Affirm)
18 July 2023
Up-and-coming author-illustrator Peter Cheong casts a magnificent glow with Every Night at Midnight, his heart-warming picture book about finding friendship in unexpected places. With the repetitive refrain, ‘Every night at...
Let’s Never Speak of This Again (Megan Williams, Text)
4 July 2023
Sixteen-year-old Abby’s life may not be perfect, but it is manageable. With a best friend like Ella, it doesn’t matter that there’s tension between Abby and her mum, or that...
Tamarra: A story of termites on Gurindji Country (Violet Wadrill, Topsy Dodd Ngarnjal & Leah Leaman, Hardie Grant Explore)
30 May 2023
Tamarra is a nonfiction picture book that explains the relationship between the Gurindji people and termites. With gorgeous illustrations, the text not only provides information about termites—explaining their life cycles...
The House With All The Lights On (Jessica Kirkness, A&U)
23 May 2023
Jessica Kirkness weaves each page of her memoir The House With All The Lights On with care, offering a deeply personal glimpse into growing up as a hearing child with...
Picasso and the Greatest Show on Earth (Anna Fienberg, A&U Children’s)
16 May 2023
Anna Fienberg has had a long and illustrious career in children’s writing, with over 40 books and a swag of awards under her belt. Her latest, Picasso and the Greatest...
Wifedom (Anna Funder, Hamish Hamilton)
9 May 2023
When researching a new book on George Orwell, powerhouse writer Anna Funder noticed an interesting omission—Eileen Orwell, George’s first wife, was curiously absent. The basis of Wifedom is six newly...
Endo Days (Libby Trainor Parker, Wakefield)
25 April 2023
Libby Trainor Parker has written the perfect book adaptation of the cabaret show she performed in her PJs about endometriosis. The vibe? Women have been in pain, and ignored, forever....
Feast (Emily O’Grady, A&U)
18 April 2023
Like her Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award-winning debut The Yellow House, Emily O’Grady’s Feast is a compelling but often uncomfortable work of literary fiction. In a secluded manor house in the Scottish...
London calling
6 April 2023
Ahead of this year's London Book Fair (LBF), in this issue of Think Australian we once again round up the latest rights sales and acquisitions from Australia, as well as...
Stories to tell: Australian fiction on offer at LBF
6 April 2023
Following on from recent deals for her work in the UK and US, multi-award-winning writer Alexis Wright is the ‘top author’ for publisher Giramondo at this year’s London Book Fair....
Get your facts here: Australian nonfiction on offer at LBF
6 April 2023
Forensic psychologist Ahona Guha’s groundbreaking book Reclaim: Understanding complex trauma and those who abuse (Scribe) will ‘broaden and expand your thinking, whether you are a trauma survivor, someone who loves...
Australian market: Christmas 2022 sales up but booksellers look to challenging year ahead
6 April 2023
According to booksellers surveyed by Books+Publishing for its annual post-Christmas survey, there was a bump in book sales in the lead-up to Christmas 2022 compared to the previous year. Booksellers...
Australian titles selling internationally
6 April 2023
Fiction sales Black Inc. has sold world English-language rights (ex ANZ) to One Hundred Days by Alice Pung to HarperCollins imprint HarperVia. Shortlisted for the 2022 Miles Franklin Literary Award, One Hundred Days is Pung’s...
Latest acquisitions: Fiction
6 April 2023
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to One Divine Night by Mick Cummins, the winner of the 2023 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award (VPLA) for an unpublished manuscript, in a deal brokered...
Latest acquisitions: Nonfiction
6 April 2023
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to the debut nonfiction work by journalist and activist Melinda Ham, via Rochelle Fernandez of Alex Adsett Literary. The Lucky Ones is about refugees...
Latest acquisitions: Children’s and YA
6 April 2023
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to a new five-book series by Amelia Mellor as well as the third novel in Mellor’s series that began with The Grandest Bookshop in the...
Summer of Blood
6 April 2023
Get ready for a wild ride through the Summer of Love with Dave Warner's newest crime novel. Follow two Australian police officers as they travel to San Francisco and Los...
Call Me Marlowe
6 April 2023
With a delicate touch, Call Me Marlowe embodies the nature of trauma—both personal and political. Harold Vaněk loves Marylou, a woman he met in South Korea, where she was working...
The Bell of the World
6 April 2023
When a troubled Sarah Hutchinson returns to Australia from boarding school in England and time spent in Europe, she is sent to live with her eccentric Uncle Ferny on the...
The Disorganisation of Celia Stone
6 April 2023
Every fan of Bridget Jones should have this book on their to be read list. Meet Celia Stone, the ultimate hyper-organised, journal-obsessed thirty-something with a life that is perfectly planned...
De Kretser, Parker-Chan internationally recognised
6 April 2023
Australian authors recognised recently with international awards include Michelle de Kretser, who won the fiction category of the 2023 Rathbones Folio Prize for her novel Scary Monsters (A&U), and Shelley...
We Come With This Place: Debra Dank on her debut and what comes next
6 April 2023
Ahead of the London Book Fair, Think Australian talks to author Debra Dank, whose debut memoir is in the running for three NSW Premier’s awards and the Stella Prize, about the...
For the kids: Australian children’s and YA on offer at LBF
6 April 2023
Winner of the 2022 Text Prize, Let's Never Speak of This Again by Megan Williams (Text) is a ‘big-hearted YA debut’, which celebrates ‘the depth and strength of friendship through all of...
Bestselling Australian books 2022
6 April 2023
Top 10 Australian adult fiction titles Exiles (Jane Harper, Macmillan) Apples Never Fall (Liane Moriarty, Macmillan) Lying Beside You (Michael Robotham, Hachette) Cobalt Blue (Matthew Reilly, Macmillan) The Dictionary of...
