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Book designer spotlight: Andy Warren

Wednesday, 4 September 2019
Andy Warren began his career at Hardie Grant before moving exclusively into children’s books at Five Mile. His recent designs include an award-winning range of publications celebrating Barbie’s 60th birthday....

Hardie Grant acquires second Clive Hamilton book on China; sells rights in four territories

Wednesday, 4 September 2019
Hardie Grant Books has acquired world rights to a new book by Clive Hamilton on the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) international influence. The book, titled Hidden Hand: Exposing how the...

Booker Prize 2019 shortlist announced

Wednesday, 4 September 2019
The shortlist for the 2019 Booker Prize has been announced. The six books shortlisted for the £50,000 (A$88,875) prize are: The Testaments (Margaret Atwood, Chatto & Windus, September) Ducks, Newburyport (Lucy Ellmann,...

Affirm signs White for third and fourth novels

Tuesday, 3 September 2019
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to two new novels by Christian White. Affirm Press publishing director Martin Hughes said: ‘Christian has worked so hard over the past 18 months, promoting...

Shortlist announced for inaugural Dagger Award for best crime publisher

Tuesday, 3 September 2019
The UK Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) has announced the inaugural shortlist for its new Dagger Award category for best crime and mystery publisher of the year. The shortlisted publishers are:...

Cappielli, Mostafa win Viva La Novella VII

Tuesday, 3 September 2019
Seizure has announced New South Wales writers Carly Cappielli and Joshua Mostafa as the joint winners of its seventh annual Viva La Novella competition. Cappielli won for her novella Listurbia,...

Sorensen named 2019 Judy Harris Writer in Residence

Monday, 2 September 2019
The University of Sydney has announced that Tracy Sorensen is the recipient of this year's $100,000 Judy Harris Writer in Residence at its Charles Perkins Centre. Sorensen will use the...

Publishers Weekly

Monday, 2 September 2019
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 for a limited time. This...

Finalists announced for Queensland people’s choice award

Monday, 2 September 2019
The State Library of Queensland (SLQ) has announced the finalists for the People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award. The finalists are: Boy Swallows Universe (Trent Dalton, HarperCollins) Requiem...

NSW Premier’s History Awards 2019 winners announced

Monday, 2 September 2019
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the winners of the 2019 NSW Premier’s History Awards. The winning works in each category are: Australian History Prize ($15,000) The Bible...

Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award 2019 shortlist announced

Monday, 2 September 2019
The shortlist for the 2019 Mark and Evette Moran Literary Award, known as ‘the Nib’, has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: An Unconventional Wife: The life of Julia Sorrell...

‘The Ruin’ wins best novel at 2019 Davitt Awards

Monday, 2 September 2019
Dervla McTiernan’s novel The Ruin (HarperCollins) has won the award for best adult novel at the 2019 Davitt Awards for crime books by Australian women, presented by Sisters in Crime. The...

Charts this week

Monday, 2 September 2019
Top 10 bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 The 117-Storey Treehouse Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton Pan 2 Dog Man 7: For Whom the Ball Rolls Dav Pilkey Scholastic 3...

Pantera acquires literary crime novel by Kimberley Starr in two-book deal

Friday, 30 August 2019
Pantera Press has acquired ANZ rights to literary crime novel Torched by Kimberley Starr, via Pippa Masson at Curtis Brown, in a two-book deal. Set in a small town in...

‘My Pet Star’ named Sainsbury’s Children’s Book of the Year 2019

Friday, 30 August 2019
UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has announced the winners of its 2019 Children’s Book Awards. The overall prize for children’s book of the year was awarded to My Pet Star (Rosalind...

UQP acquires new poetry collection by Ellen van Neerven

Thursday, 29 August 2019
UQP has acquired world rights to Ellen van Neerven’s second poetry collection, Throat. Throat is described by the publisher as 'a collection of poems about whiteness, climate change, extinctions; about...

Tension between libraries and publishers in the ebook market

Wednesday, 28 August 2019
‘There are dark hints that the hand of Amazon is at work in the current tensions over library ebook lending, including reports that Amazon reps have been showing publishers data...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 28 August 2019
Sales Fiction Hachette has sold Lithuanian-language rights to The Botanist’s Daughter (Kayte Nunn) to Leidykla Baltos Lankos. Nonfiction Fremantle Press has sold the film and television option to A Fortunate...

Fremantle sells ‘Antarctica’ picture book to US

Wednesday, 28 August 2019
Fremantle Press has sold US rights to Moira Court’s forthcoming picture book Antarctica to Massachusetts-based children’s publisher Charlesbridge. ‘Charlesbridge’s roots are in nature nonfiction, which is what attracted them to...

Publicity round-up

Wednesday, 28 August 2019
Books+Publishing’s weekly publicity round-up covers forthcoming publicity for Australian and internationally authored books due to appear in Australian media over the coming weeks. Nonfiction Memoir & biography Ash Grunwald (Surf...