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Anderson, Elisara awarded 2021 black&write! fellowships

Wednesday, 26 May 2021
The 2021 black&write! fellowships for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers have been awarded to Susie Anderson and Tylissa Elisara. Each fellowship is worth $10,000 and includes editorial development from...

Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 26 May 2021
Sales Fiction Benjamin Paz and Caitlan Cooper-Trent on behalf of Clare Forster at Curtis Brown Australia have sold world rights (ex ANZ) to debut novel Small Acts of Defiance (Michelle...

The Mother Wound (Amani Haydar, Macmillan)

Tuesday, 25 May 2021
Like her own mother before her, Amani Haydar lost her mother young. In 2006 Haydar’s grandmother was killed in the 2006 Israeli–Lebanese conflict. In 2015 Haydar’s mother was murdered by...

The Memory Thief (Leonie Agnew, Puffin) 

Tuesday, 25 May 2021
Following her last spellbinding tale The Impossible Boy, Leonie Agnew has created another spine-tingling adventure novel for middle-grade readers. The Memory Thief tells the magical story of an unlikely friendship...

Splice acquires Ouston debut novel ‘Clouds’ 

Tuesday, 25 May 2021
UK independent press Splice has acquired world English rights to debut novel Clouds by Hobart author Adam Ouston, via Martin Shaw at Shaw Literary. According to Shaw, Clouds is 'an...

Read the latest Publishers Weekly 

Monday, 24 May 2021
Books+Publishing is partnering with US trade news magazine Publishers Weekly to provide our subscribers with exclusive access to the weekly digital edition of PW magazine. View the edition here.

‘The Yield’ optioned for screen 

Thursday, 20 May 2021
Tara June Winch's 2020 Miles Franklin Literary Award-winning novel The Yield (Penguin) has been optioned for screen adaptation. Winch is represented by Melanie Ostell Literary with the option and purchase...

Vale Bill Noble

Wednesday, 19 May 2021
New Zealand bookseller Bill Noble died in April 2021. Noble, who also served on the board of Booksellers NZ, was the manager of Dunedin's University Book Shop (UBS) Otago for...

Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 19 May 2021
Sales Fiction Fremantle Press has sold Turkish-language rights to Over My Dead Body (Dave Warner) to Yeri Insan Publishing in Turkey. HarperCollins Australia has sold German, Dutch and Italian translation...

Gentle and Fierce (Vanessa Berry, Giramondo) 

Tuesday, 18 May 2021
If you grew up in the 80s you’ll probably remember that infamous scene in The NeverEnding Story where Artax the horse sinks forever into the Swamp of Sadness. Sydney writer...

Shockingly Good Stories (R A Spratt, Puffin) 

Tuesday, 18 May 2021
The foreword to R A Spratt’s latest middle-grade book declares that the collection of stories the reader holds in their hands was created specifically to spread joy in challenging times....

After Story (Larissa Behrendt, UQP) 

Tuesday, 18 May 2021
'Books have been my lifeline, my escape.' Jasmine’s family was forever changed by the loss of her sister when she was three. Now a lawyer, Jasmine is invited on a...

Miles Franklin Literary Award 2021 longlist announced

Tuesday, 18 May 2021
The longlist for the 2021 Miles Franklin Literary Award, worth $60,000, has been announced. The 12 longlisted novels are: Amnesty (Aravind Adiga, Picador) The Rain Heron (Robbie Arnott, Text) At the...

Melbourne Prize announces new categories

Tuesday, 18 May 2021
The Melbourne Prize Trust has announced two new award categories in the triennial Melbourne Prize for Literature. In addition to the $60,000 Melbourne Prize for Literature, which was won by...

Read the latest Publishers Weekly 

Monday, 17 May 2021
Books+Publishing is partnering with US trade news magazine Publishers Weekly to provide our subscribers with exclusive access to the weekly digital edition of PW magazine. View the edition here.

‘How to Make a Bird’ wins SCBWI Crystal Kite Award

Friday, 14 May 2021
Children’s picture book How to Make a Bird (Meg McKinlay, illus by Matt Ottley, Walker) has won the Australian and New Zealand division of this year’s Crystal Kite Member Choice Awards, presented...

NewSouth acquires Foster bushranger history 

Friday, 14 May 2021
NewSouth has acquired world rights to Boundary Crossers: The hidden history of Australia’s other bushrangers by historian Meg Foster. ‘For too long, bushranging has been cast as the exclusive domain of...

Affirm acquires ‘After Australia’ companion anthology 

Thursday, 13 May 2021
Affirm Press will publish Another Australia, a new speculative fiction companion anthology to last year's After Australia, again in partnership with Diversity Arts Australia and the Western Sydney literacy movement Sweatshop....

 

 

 

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