HQ acquires Rushby adult fiction in two-book deal
Tuesday, 4 March 2025
HQ, a division of HarperCollins Publishers Australia, has acquired ANZ rights to Allison Rushby’s Slashed Beauties, in a ‘significant’ two-book deal, via Verve Books UK. North American rights were sold...
A&U acquires Toohey nonfiction
Tuesday, 4 March 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Better Things Are Possible: How Rebellious Hope Will Change the World by Jack Toohey. ‘From the housing crisis to the climate...
Australian Jewish Writer Awards expanded for 2025
Monday, 3 March 2025
The Shalom Collective has expanded its Australian Jewish Writer Awards (formerly Australian Jewish Book Awards). Four prizes – including the two new awards – will be presented in August for...
Pantera acquires Rusciano memoir
Monday, 3 March 2025
Pantera Press has acquired world rights to the memoir Blood, Sweat and Glitter by Em Rusciano, in a two-book deal via TGI Sport. Rusciano is a writer, singer, comedian and podcaster....
Woods wins 2025 Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize
Monday, 3 March 2025
Georgina Woods has been announced the winner of the 2025 Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize, for her poem ‘Augury: Sea surface temperature charts'. Two other poets were named runners-up: Julie Janson...
Canberra Writers Festival appoints Putnis as artistic director
Thursday, 27 February 2025
Canberra Writers Festival (CWF) has announced the appointment of Andra Putnis to the role of artistic director, replacing Beejay Silcox, who announced earlier this month that she would step down at...
Abbott wins 2025 IPEd Student Prize
Thursday, 27 February 2025
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) has announced Portia Abbott, a student in the Master of Writing and Publishing program at RMIT University, is the winner of the 2025 IPEd...
APA expands Open Book; Shand resigns from SWF; Readings to open in Chadstone; CBCA Notables, International Booker longlist announced
Wednesday, 26 February 2025
In news this week, the APA has announced an expanded Open Book Internship Program, including a Brisbane-based internship for the first time; while Sydney Writers' Festival board chair Kathy Shand...
Audible – ‘Consider the listening experience from the earliest stages of creation’
Wednesday, 26 February 2025
In the lead-up to the 2025 ABIAs, Books+Publishing is in conversation with the event's major sponsors about the status of the industry, what excites them about the future, and what they have...
Atria acquires Thompson horror-romance debut
Wednesday, 26 February 2025
Atria Books Australia, the new imprint from Simon & Schuster (S&S), has acquired world English rights for How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates by Shailee Thompson in a...
A&U acquires Petraitis novel
Wednesday, 26 February 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to The Stolen, a crime novel by Vikki Petraitis, via Andrew Taylor of More Talent. The Stolen features the detective Antigone Pollard,...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 26 February 2025
Sales Fiction Zeitgeist Agency has sold North American rights to A Change of Pace (JA Stevens) and A Lady for a Duke (Alexis Hall) to Generous Press, in a deal...
Read the latest Publishers Weekly
Wednesday, 26 February 2025
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How to Sail to Somewhere (Ashleigh Barton, Lothian)
Tuesday, 25 February 2025
In a coastal holiday town where ‘the land kisses the sea and the children grow up with salt in their hair’, Bea, a lonely only child who has never set...
Quarks, Sparks and Quantum Mysteries: A Cosmic Guide to the Building Blocks of our Universe (Lisa Harvey-Smith, illus Aidan Ryan, T&H)
Tuesday, 25 February 2025
Astrophysicist professor Lisa Harvey-Smith has created another brilliant book as part of her mission to open up science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) to children at a time when they...
She Shapes History (Sita Sargeant, Hardie Grant Explore)
Tuesday, 25 February 2025
At the heart of Australia’s geography and history lies a wealth of stories about women who have helped shape the nation – yet many remain untold and underexplored. Sita Sargeant’s...
All About Love (Amy Dunjey, illus Giorgia Clerico, Five Mile)
Tuesday, 25 February 2025
Amy Dunjey’s latest picture book All About Love is a playful, rhyming exploration of how love is expressed through actions. The story encourages young readers aged 3–8 to recognise love...
Nature’s Fool (Timothy Doyle, Melbourne Books)
Tuesday, 25 February 2025
Challenging traditional conceptions of early Australian settler history, Nature’s Fool examines the intricate relations between the Kaurna peoples and early Irish settlers. A longtime academic and conservationist, Timothy Doyle (Dyandi)...
The Passenger Seat (Vijay Khurana, Ultimo)
Tuesday, 25 February 2025
Beginning mid-jump and barely letting up the tension, Vijay Khurana’s debut novel, The Passenger Seat, is an unusual and deftly written literary thriller. It follows the uneasy friendship between two...
The Distance Between Dreams (Emily Paull, Fremantle)
Tuesday, 25 February 2025
Emily Paull’s The Distance Between Dreams is a poignant and meticulously crafted historical romance, rightfully shortlisted for the 2023 Fogarty Literary Awards. The novel beautifully captures an era of conflict...
When She Was Gone (Sara Foster, HarperCollins)
Tuesday, 25 February 2025
Sara Foster’s When She Was Gone stands out in a crowded thriller market for its unique blend of suspense, character depth and emotional resonance. Set in the fictional town of...
The Thylacine and the Time Machine (Renée Treml, A&U Children’s)
Tuesday, 25 February 2025
In The Thylacine and the Time Machine, 12-year-old Violet is completing a project on the de-extinction of the Tasmanian Tiger. Working late into the night, Violet falls asleep at her...
S&S acquires Sakakibara memoir
Tuesday, 25 February 2025
Simon & Schuster (S&S) Australia has acquired world rights to Olympic gold medallist and BMX champion Saya Sakakibara’s memoir, in a deal brokered by Ryan Chipperfield at Blue Chip Management....
NZ Booklovers Awards 2025 shortlists announced
Monday, 24 February 2025
The NZ Booklovers Awards 2025 shortlists have been announced by the organisation. Shortlisted titles include: Best Adult Fiction Book Award Better Left Dead (Catherine Lea, Bateman Books) The Call (Gavin Strawhan,...
Affirm acquires new Brissenden crime novel
Monday, 24 February 2025
Affirm Press has acquired ANZ rights to Michael Brissenden’s upcoming outback noir crime thriller, Dust, via literary agent Daniel Pilkington. Set in the remote Australian town of Lake Herrod, Dust...
Stewart wins 2025 MUD Literary Prize
Monday, 24 February 2025
Cameron Stewart's Why Do Horses Run? (Allen & Unwin) has been announced as the 2025 winner of the $10,000 MUD Literary Prize. The prize, now in its eighth year, is...
Major wins 2025 Louie Award
Thursday, 20 February 2025
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has named KT Major as the winner of the 2025 Louie Award, worth $500, for her story 'Bitter'. The judges also highly commended two...
A&U acquires Kirk debut fiction
Thursday, 20 February 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to Eleanor Kirk’s debut novel, Very Impressive for Your Age, in a deal brokered by Grace Heifetz at a4 Literary. ‘Twenty-six-year-old Evelyn is...
Text acquires new Winkler fiction
Thursday, 20 February 2025
Text has acquired world rights for Griefdogg by Michael Winkler. The novel introduces Jeffrey Watson-Johnson, a hydrologist living with his wife, Martine, and child, Reggie, in Mildura. After inheriting a...
S&S announces new CEO, new Aus imprint; Hachette 2024 results; 2025 VIPs announced
Wednesday, 19 February 2025
It’s been a big week at Simon & Schuster (S&S), with the announcement of a new imprint, Atria Australia, the acquisition of new fiction from Bri Lee, and the appointment...
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