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‘The Town’ sold to US, European territories

Friday, 17 November 2017
Faber has sold the rights to Shaun Prescott’s novel The Town, published in Australia by Brow Books, into the US and several European territories. The novel has been sold to...

Tony Birch wins 2017 Patrick White Award

Thursday, 16 November 2017
Author Tony Birch has been named the winner of the $20,000 Patrick White Literary Award for 2017. The annual award was established by Patrick White using the proceeds of his...

‘Boy’ wins 2017 Children’s Peace Literature Award

Thursday, 16 November 2017
Phil Cummings and Shane Devries’ picture book Boy (Scholastic) has won the Australian Psychological Society’s (APS) 2017 Children’s Peace Literature Award. Boy, which tells the story of a young deaf...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 15 November 2017
Sales Children’s—Berbay Publishing has sold world Spanish rights to What’s Your Story (Rose Giannone, illus by Bern Emmerichs) to Ekaré Europa S.L. Lyn Tranter at Australian Literary Management has sold...

Christmas predictions: Kath Pigou from Dymocks Adelaide

Wednesday, 15 November 2017
In a series running in the lead-up to Christmas, Books+Publishing is asking booksellers across the country to predict their biggest sellers and ‘surprise sellers’. In this instalment, Dymocks Adelaide store...

Quote of the week

Wednesday, 15 November 2017
‘I became a writer because I couldn’t find stories that spoke to me about me and my life. But also because I didn’t want anyone else to speak for me’—Sunil...

UWAP announces 2018 Dorothy Hewett Award shortlist

UWAP logo Wednesday, 15 November 2017
UWA Publishing has announced the shortlist for the 2018 Dorothy Hewett Award for an unpublished manuscript. The shortlisted authors and their works are: Teresa Bell for ‘Lunation’, an ‘ambitious’ novel...

RiP Sylvia Lawson

Tuesday, 14 November 2017
Author, essayist and critic Sylvia Lawson has died, aged 84. Lawson was the author of the award-winning nonfiction book about the Sydney Bulletin and its founding editor J F Archibald,...

Alexis Wright’s ‘Tracker‘ 

Tuesday, 14 November 2017
‘The structure is powerful: one person tells a story, perhaps mentioning someone else, who in turn tells their version, and then perhaps Tracker has his say—so in the end the reader...

Finch Memoir Prize 2018 shortlist announced

Tuesday, 14 November 2017
The shortlist for the 2018 Finch Memoir Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: ‘Tin Gypsy’ (Alan Sampson), a ‘heartfelt’ account of a father’s relationship with his son who...

Asher Award 2017 winners announced

Monday, 13 November 2017
Ruth Clare’s memoir Enemy (Viking) and Libby Hathorn’s picture book A Soldier, a Dog and a Boy (illus by Phil Lesnie, Lothian) have jointly won the 2017 Asher Award. Clare and...

Walkley Book Award 2017 shortlist announced

Monday, 13 November 2017
The Walkley Book Award shortlist for 2017 has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Victoria: The Queen (Julia Baird, HarperCollins) Fair Game: The Incredible Untold Story of Scientology in Australia...

First authors announced for 2018 Perth Writers Week

Monday, 13 November 2017
The first authors have been announced for the 2018 Perth Writers Week, which runs from 19-25 February. The guests include UK author Alan Hollinghurst, Canadian author Louise Penny and local...

Charts this week 

Monday, 13 November 2017
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Working Class Man Jimmy Barnes HarperCollins 2 5 Ingredients - Quick & Easy Food Jamie Oliver Michael Joseph 3 The Barefoot Investor...

KOALAs 2017 winners announced

Monday, 13 November 2017
The winners of the 2017 Kids Own Australian Literature Awards (KOALAs), the children’s choice book awards for New South Wales, have been announced. The winners and honour books in each...

Oz genre anthology wins 2017 World Fantasy Award

Friday, 10 November 2017
Dreaming in the Dark (Jack Dann, PS Australia), an anthology of Australian genre fiction, has won a 2017 World Fantasy Award in the anthology category. The hardback volume is a...

Quote of the week 

Thursday, 9 November 2017
‘You try to make yourself into a good enough writer to avoid damaging people and you try to have some kind of honour in what you do’—Helen Garner ‘telling it...

Fiona Wright’s ‘Domestic Interior’ 

Thursday, 9 November 2017
‘Her writing is evocative, and while her gaze is focused inward, it remains attentive to the world at large’ … read Robert Wood’s full review here.

Rights round-up

Thursday, 9 November 2017
Sales Fiction—UWA Publishing has sold rights to Extinctions (Josephine Wilson) in the following territories: UK and Commonwealth (ex Canada and ANZ) to Serpent’s Tail; and US and Canadian to Tin...

Christmas predictions: John Purcell from Booktopia

Thursday, 9 November 2017
In a new series running in the lead-up to Christmas, Books+Publishing is asking booksellers across the country to predict their biggest sellers and ‘surprise sellers’. In our first instalment, Booktopia’s...

 

 

 

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