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The Competition (Katherine Collette, Text)

Wednesday, 3 November 2021
When 21-year-old Frances’s parents give her the ultimatum to find some direction in her life or find herself a new place to live, she decides to sign up for the...

Delia Akeley and the Monkey (Iain McCalman, Upswell)

Wednesday, 3 November 2021
On an African hunting expedition in 1909, an American woman named Delia Akeley captured a baby vervet monkey to settle an argument. It was a casual act that changed both...

The Riddle of Tanglewood Manor (Tracey Hawkins, Storytorch)

Wednesday, 3 November 2021
The Riddle of Tanglewood Manor is a new younger readers novel from real-life detective-turned-children’s author Tracey Hawkins. When Sam and Harry’s parents tell them they're moving, it sounds like an...

Hachette acquires Bravery’s ‘The Patient Doctor’

Wednesday, 3 November 2021
Hachette Australia has acquired world rights to ‘part memoir, part manifesto’ The Patient Doctor by cancer survivor turned doctor, Ben Bravery, in a deal brokered by agent Catherine Drayton at...

Inaugural Speculate Prize shortlist announced

Wednesday, 3 November 2021
The shortlist for the inaugural Speculate Prize, for an unpublished speculative fiction manuscript, has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: ‘Let’s Talk Trojan Bee: Stories’ by Alex Cothren ‘The Best...

Read the latest Publishers Weekly

Wednesday, 3 November 2021
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Speech Pathology 2021 Book of the Year winners announced

Monday, 1 November 2021
The winners of the 2021 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year awards have been announced. The winning titles are: Birth to three years Look, Baby! (Janeen Brian, illus by...

Books among Victorian Community History Awards winners

Friday, 29 October 2021
The 2021 winners of the Victorian Community History Awards have been announced. The following books were among the winners and commended entries: Judges special prize (joint winners): Under the Rainbow:...

IBBY Australia names 2022 Honour List selections

Thursday, 28 October 2021
IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) Australia has selected writer Vikki Wakfield and artist Philip Bunting for the 2022 IBBY Honour List. Wakefield, who is based in South...

Deborah Cass Prize 2021 shortlist announced

Thursday, 28 October 2021
Writers Victoria and the Deborah Cass Prize Committee have announced the shortlist for the 2021 Deborah Cass Prize for emerging writers from migrant backgrounds. The shortlisted works and their authors...

Twelve Summers (Adam Zwar, Hachette)

Wednesday, 27 October 2021
Twelve Summers is a memoir by actor and writer Adam Zwar, structured around the retelling of several memorable performances by the Australian men’s cricket team during the author’s formative years....

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 27 October 2021
Sales Children’s/YA Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing has sold Swedish rights to Noah and Blue’s Zooniverse: The outstanding octokey and Noah and Blue’s Zooniverse: The speedy spidersaurus (Nova Weetman, illus by...

Record-breaking week for book sales, PMLAs shortlists

Wednesday, 27 October 2021
Australian book sales for the week ending 16 October broke the 10-year average BookScan weekly sales record for this time of year, as New South Wales booksellers were finally able...

A&U acquires debut middle-grade novel ‘A Girl Called Corpse’

Wednesday, 27 October 2021
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to A Girl Called Corpse: An Elston-Fright tale, the debut middle-grade novel by Reece Carter. The book was acquired by A&U children’s...

The Beautiful Words (Vanessa McCausland, HarperCollins)

Tuesday, 26 October 2021
Sylvie is a lover of words who lives a quiet and solitary life after an accident as a teenager robbed her of her memories. When her best friend from that...

Fancy Meeting You Here (Michelle Kalus & Ali Berg, A&U)

Tuesday, 26 October 2021
Fancy Meeting You Here is a breezy, fun escapist novel that any romance lover would surely pick up at the airport. At a time when international travel is unlikely though, this...

Josh Pyke & Ronojoy Ghosh on ‘Family Tree’

Tuesday, 26 October 2021
Singer–songwriter and children's book author Josh Pyke celebrates Australia's diverse and multicultural society in his latest picture book Family Tree (Scholastic, January) with illustrations by Ronojoy Ghosh. Reviewer Romi Sharp said...

Family Tree (Josh Pyke, illus by Ronojoy Ghosh, Scholastic)

Tuesday, 26 October 2021
Family Tree shares the beauty of life through the growth of a tree, one that unites families and communities around the world, spreading joy, love and spirit—and it all starts...

Writers Vic announces 2021 Writeability fellows

Tuesday, 26 October 2021
Writers Victoria has announced the 2021 Writeability fellows. The following five writers with disability were awarded Writeability fellowships: Beau Windon for 'A Proud Failure', a hybrid memoir exploring neurodiversity through...

SPN Book of the Year Award shortlist announced

Tuesday, 26 October 2021
The shortlist for the Small Press Network (SPN) Book of the Year Award has been announced. Formerly the Most Underrated Book Award, the prize was first presented under its new...

Read the latest Publishers Weekly

Tuesday, 26 October 2021
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Australians nominated for 2022 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

Monday, 25 October 2021
Six Australian authors, illustrators and organisations have been announced as candidates for the 2022 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world’s richest prize for children’s literature. The Australian candidates are: Jeannie...