‘No More Boats’ to publish in the US
Tuesday, 14 August 2018
Sydney-based small press Giramondo has sold North American rights to Felicity Castagna’s Miles Franklin-shortlisted novel No More Boats to Europa Editions. Acquiring editor-in-chief Michael Reynolds said the novel—which tells the...
Under the Southern Cross (Frané Lessac, Walker Books)
Thursday, 2 August 2018
There have been many picture books about the sights of Australia but not many have touched upon its night-time attractions. Frané Lessac corrects this oversight in her gorgeously illustrated new...
Monster Party (Children of Rawa Community School, with Jane Godwin and Alison Lester, Magabala)
Thursday, 2 August 2018
Alison Lester and Jane Godwin have proven yet again that collaborating with children can help realise joyous storytelling and delightful illustrations. Monster Party is a picture book made with the...
The Adventures of Catvinkle (Elliot Perlman, Puffin)
Thursday, 2 August 2018
It’s hard to imagine that a book for children by two-time Miles Franklin-shortlisted author Elliot Perlman would be anything less than wonderful. Perlman was apparently inspired by a cat lying...
Girl Running, Boy Falling (Kate Gordon, Rhiza Edge)
Thursday, 2 August 2018
Kate Gordon’s Girl Running, Boy Falling deals subtly and sensitively with teen suicide, which is no mean feat. It is heartening to know that it is gradually becoming less of...
Everything I’ve Never Said (Samantha Wheeler, UQP)
Thursday, 2 August 2018
Everything I’ve Never Said is a middle-grade novel that gently explores disability in young people and how it impacts families. Ava has Rett Syndrome and has spent 11 years of...
Wide Big World (Maxine Beneba Clarke, illus by Isobel Knowles, Lothian)
Thursday, 2 August 2018
Wide Big World is a cheerful and direct celebration of difference that uses the natural wonders of the world to highlight the diversity of experiences around us. Written mainly as...
The Girl Who Fell (Violet Grace, Nero)
Thursday, 2 August 2018
Written by husband-and-wife team Kasey Edwards and Christopher Scanlon, The Girl Who Fell is the first book in a new urban fantasy trilogy. Misfit, social outcast, and orphan with a mysterious...
The Bus on Thursday (Shirley Barrett, A&U)
Thursday, 26 July 2018
Eleanor Mellett, a young woman recovering from breast cancer and a relationship break-up, retreats to a small country town in New South Wales to restart her life and career. But...
Speaking Up (Gillian Triggs, MUP)
Thursday, 26 July 2018
A self-described ‘conservative lawyer’ of nearly 50 years, Gillian Triggs attracted a barrage of criticism from right-wing politicians and media during her tenure as president of the Australian Human Rights...
Boys Will Be Boys (Clementine Ford, A&U)
Thursday, 26 July 2018
In Boys Will Be Boys, a follow-up to her bestselling debut Fight Like a Girl, Clementine Ford takes a new angle on gender relations. Inspired by the birth of her son, Ford unpacks the...
Misfits & Me (Mandy Sayer, NewSouth)
Thursday, 26 July 2018
Mandy Sayer’s first collection of nonfiction is primarily interested in Australians who have fallen through the cracks in society, whether due to mental illness, poverty, substance abuse, the disempowerment of...
Cedar Valley (Holly Throsby, A&U)
Thursday, 26 July 2018
On the first day of summer in 1993, Benny Miller arrives in Cedar Valley. She’s been invited, following the death of her mother, to stay at a cottage owned by...
The Valley (Steve Hawke, Fremantle Press)
Wednesday, 25 July 2018
Steve Hawke’s first foray into adult fiction, The Valley, is a tender and sensitive novel set in the Kimberley, a place the author lived and worked for many years and knows well....
Australian publishers heading to Shanghai
Thursday, 19 July 2018
Looking for opportunities to meet Australian publishers face-to-face? A number of Australian publishers and literary agents will attend this year’s China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair in November after receiving...
Introducing Affirm Press kids list
Thursday, 19 July 2018
Affirm Press launched its list of books for children and young adults in early 2017 and has since published books by Australian Children’s Laureate Alison Lester and much-loved author Jane...
‘Totally unique graphic work’ sold to US
Thursday, 19 July 2018
Melbourne-based art-science collaborative and micro-publisher Scale Free Network (SPN) has sold North American rights to the graphic novel The Invisible War (Ailsa Wild, Briony Barr, Gregory Crocetti et al) to...
Shortlists highlight environment, crime books
Thursday, 19 July 2018
The shortlist for the Environment Award for Children’s Literature has been announced. The award is presented annually to children’s fiction, nonfiction and picture books that ‘foster a love of wild...
‘Hotdog’ book tops children’s fiction bestsellers chart
Thursday, 19 July 2018
Comedian and author Anh Do is once again at the top of the Australian children’s fiction bestsellers chart with the latest book in his ‘Hotdog’ series about a sausage dog...
HarperCollins announces global deal for ‘Boy Swallows Universe’
Thursday, 12 July 2018
HarperCollins Australia has announced a global deal for Trent Dalton’s debut novel Boy Swallows Universe that will see the book published through HarperCollins companies across major English and translation markets...
Miles Franklin Award shortlist announced
Thursday, 12 July 2018
The shortlist has been announced for the Miles Franklin Literary Award—one of Australia’s most influential literary prizes. The judges have described the shortlist as ‘diverse and intelligent’. Alexis Wright’s biography...
‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’ and ‘The Barefoot Investor’ top Australian charts
Thursday, 12 July 2018
Australian fiction bestsellers: June Heather Morris’ novel The Tattooist of Auschwitz—based on the true story of Lale Sokolov, who met his future wife while working as a tattooist at the...
Introducing Transit Lounge
Thursday, 12 July 2018
Transit Lounge was founded ‘with the express purpose of publishing Australian writing that engages with other cultures’, says publisher Barry Scott. The small press’ titles include the 2016 Miles Franklin...
Publishing without borders
Wednesday, 11 July 2018
Australian publisher Hinkler Books and UK publisher Bookoli have announced they are launching a new mass-market publisher based in the UK. Curious Universe UK, a 50-50 joint venture between the...
Waiting for Chicken Smith (David Mackintosh, Little Hare)
Thursday, 5 July 2018
The nameless narrator of this story has been coming to the same beach with his family for summer holidays for many years. He’s there this year with his sister and...
The Institute of Fantastical Inventions: Book One (Dave Leys, illus by Shane Ogilvie, Harbour Publishing)
Thursday, 5 July 2018
Brilliant super-scientist Leo McGuffin works at the Institute of Fantastical Inventions, a laboratory that delivers creative, high-concept solutions to realising people’s fantasies. Be it a desire to fly, play underwater...
I Had Such Friends (Meg Gatland-Veness, Pantera Press)
Thursday, 5 July 2018
Hamish is a nobody. Less than a nobody. A poor year 12 farm boy with one friend—who is an even bigger loser. But his world is suddenly turned upside down...
Grumpy Bear, Grouchy Bear (Lynn Ward, illus by Monty Lee, Yellow Brick Books)
Thursday, 5 July 2018
Bear is desperately hungry and searching everywhere for food. No matter how hard he tries, he can’t catch anything to eat. A series of accidents distracts him from his hunt...
Maddie’s First Day (Penny Matthews, illus by Liz Anelli, Walker Books)
Thursday, 5 July 2018
Written for preschoolers who may be feeling nervous about their next educational chapter, Penny Matthews’ picture book takes us through the exhilarating journey of a little girl’s first day at...
Catching Teller Crow (Ambelin and Ezekiel Kwaymullina, A&U)
Thursday, 5 July 2018
Siblings Ambelin and Ezekiel Kwaymullina have teamed up again on this distinctly Australian hybrid YA novel that blends thriller, crime and ghost story elements. Set in contemporary times, the book...
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