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Australian publishers nominated for Bologna Prize

Logo for the Bologna Prize 20 March 2024
Australian publishers Affirm Press, Fremantle Press and Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing have been shortlisted for this year’s Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publisher of the Year in the Oceania...

2023 Australian market overview

20 March 2024
Overall, the book market was down in Australia in 2023 by 2.1% in value and 1.7% in volume, according to figures from Nielsen BookData’s BookScan service. However, sales in 2023...

Nonfiction children’s titles on offer at Bologna

20 March 2024
From Walker Books, I Wonder ‘explores how curiosity leads us to knowledge’ in a book by Philip Bunting, ‘the master of inviting us to ponder questions without definitive answers’. Other...

Picture books being pitched at Bologna

20 March 2024
First Nations publisher Magabala, winner of the 2023 Bologna Prize for the Oceania region, is excited: ‘The release of a book by bestselling and award-winning author Gregg Dreise is always...

Young adult titles on offer at Bologna

20 March 2024
From First Nations publisher Magabala Books, winner of last year's Bologna Prize for the Oceania region, comes a young adult novel ‘and gripping thriller’ Robert Runs by Mariah Sweetman, winner...

Aus publishers’ latest acquisitions 

Author photograph of Emily Rodda 20 March 2024
Among the latest children’s and YA acquisitions by Australian publishers: Junior Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to Landovel, a three-part junior fantasy adventure story from Emily Rodda....

Australian book market overview: 2023 so far

3 October 2023
After three consecutive years of growth, the Australian book market flattened out in 2023. In the year to 17 June 2023, Australian book sales totalled $548 million, up 0.6% on...

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...

Who’s at Bologna? Come meet them at the party!

21 February 2023
Publishers attending the Bologna book fair in person on the Australian Publishers Association (APA) Australian Collective Stand are Allen & Unwin, Berbay Publishing, CSIRO Publishing, Five Mile, Hardie Grant Children's...

2022 Australian Market Overview

21 February 2023
The Australian book market is trading well above the last pre-Covid year of 2019 after three consecutive years of growth. Sales of books in Australia grew 7.2% last year to...

First Nations YA to look out for

21 February 2023
A debut young adult title by Lystra Rose, a descendant of the Guugu Yimithirr, Birri Gubba, Erub and Scottish nations, took out the prestigious $25,000 Indigenous writing prize in the...

Junior and middle-grade fiction offerings

21 February 2023
In junior fiction on offer at Bologna this year, Hardie Grant Children's Publishing has Monsties: The Lost Bunny (Zanni Louise & Kyla May) featuring Orla, Pearl, Mig, Boo and Oops—five...

Pitching pictures at Bologna

21 February 2023
Experiences in nature fill many of the picture books on offer from Australian publishers at Bologna this year. Thank you rain! (Sally Morgan & Johnny Warrkatja Malibirr, Magabala Books) is...

Aus publishers’ latest acquisitions

21 February 2023
Among the latest children's and YA acquisitions by Australian publishers: Children's Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing (HGCP) has acquired two books by Maxine Beneba Clarke. Releasing in June 2023, It’s the...

Diverse new offerings from First Nations writers

13 October 2022
First Nations poetry has been a standout success in 2022—so let's take a look at what other titles are forthcoming from across the diverse spectrum of Aboriginal and Torres Strait...

Australian book market overview: 2022 so far

13 October 2022
The Australian book market posted strong results throughout the Covid-affected years of 2020 and 2021, and has continued this growth in 2022, with overall sales for the year to 18...