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Wednesday, 19 February 2025
Sales Fiction Simon & Schuster (S&S) Australia has sold international rights to An Academic Affair (Jodi McAlister), into seven different territories: Atria, an imprint of S&S in the US; S&S...

OverDrive – ‘libraries can create new readers’

Wednesday, 19 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...

Summit Books acquires new Lee fiction 

a portrait of Bri Lee in Antarctica Wednesday, 19 February 2025
Simon & Schuster (S&S) imprint Summit Books has acquired ANZ rights to Bri Lee’s second novel, Seed, from agent Grace Heifetz at a4 Literary. The novel introduces Mitchell and Frances,...

Read the latest Publishers Weekly 

Wednesday, 19 February 2025
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.

Lyrebird (Jane Caro, A&U) 

Tuesday, 18 February 2025
Walkley Award-winning journalist, social commentator and author Jane Caro (The Mother) returns to crime fiction for her second adult novel, The Lyrebird. The titular bird first appears in the prologue,...

Barren Cape (Michelle Prak, S&S) 

Tuesday, 18 February 2025
Take one remote, abandoned site, a pack of unhinged teenagers, some drug-fuelled young adults, and an escaped convict – what could possibly go wrong? Welcome to Barren Cape, the latest...

Consider Yourself Kissed (Jessica Stanley, Text) 

Tuesday, 18 February 2025
Consider Yourself Kissed is a romance set in London against the backdrop of the UK’s escalating political crises of the 21st century: Tory leadership struggles and re-election and Brexit, culminating...

Skin (Deborah Kelly, Rhiza Press) 

Tuesday, 18 February 2025
Skin is a powerful reminder of how heavily appearances and beauty standards influence us during our teenage years and beyond. Multi-award-winning author Deborah Kelly (The Mosaic) delivers an easy-to-read yet emotionally...

Stricker wins 2025 Peter Porter Poetry Prize

a portrait of Meredith Stricker Tuesday, 18 February 2025
Meredith Stricker was awarded the 2025 Peter Porter Poetry Prize, run by the Australian Book Review (ABR) and worth $6000, at a ceremony in Melbourne last night. ABR outgoing editor Peter...

Atlantic acquires Stephens debut 

a portrait of Clare Stephens Tuesday, 18 February 2025
Atlantic Books Australia, a division of Allen & Unwin (A&U), has acquired ANZ rights to Clare Stephens’s debut novel The Worst Thing I’ve Ever Done, in a deal brokered by...

Keeperton to publish five TL Swan books 

a portrait of TL Swan Monday, 17 February 2025
Arndell, an imprint of Keeperton, has announced it will publish worldwide print editions of The Miles High Club series by author and Keeperton founder TL Swan. The series consists of...

Carnegie 2025 longlists announced

the logo of the carnegies, a green square with a white torch and yellow flames Thursday, 13 February 2025
In the UK, the longlists for the Carnegie Medal for Writing and the Carnegie Medal for Illustration have been announced. The 35 longlisted titles (19 for the Carnegie Medal for...

DANZ Children’s Book Award 2025 longlists announced

DANZ logo Thursday, 13 February 2025
The 2025 longlists for the Australian School Library Association (ASLA) DANZ (Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand) Children’s Book Award have been announced. The longlisted titles in each category...

Remembering Michael Webster

Photograph of Michael Webster. Credit: Debora Webster-Bain Wednesday, 12 February 2025
More tributes have come in, after the passing of publisher, academic, and distinguished industry professional Michael Webster. University of Melbourne head of program, publishing & communications Katherine Day writes: We...

Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 12 February 2025
Sales Fiction HarperCollins Australia has sold Albanian language rights to The Girl in the Painting (Tea Cooper) to OMBRA GVG. Zeitgeist Agency has sold Japanese rights to Bird (Courtney Collins, Hachette) to Shogakukan...

A&U acquires new historical fiction from Rose 

a portrait of Heather Rose Wednesday, 12 February 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to A Great Act of Love by Heather Rose, via Gaby Naher of the Naher Agency. US rights have sold to Judy Clain...

Read the latest Publishers Weekly 

Wednesday, 12 February 2025
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.

See How They Fall (Rachel Paris, Hachette) 

Tuesday, 11 February 2025
Rachel Paris’s debut novel, See How They Fall, is an artfully plotted thriller that masterfully delivers unexpected twists to keep readers hooked until its satisfying conclusion. Set in the privileged...

Desert Tracks (Marly Wells & Linda Wells, Magabala) 

Tuesday, 11 February 2025
Desert Tracks is a young adult time travel novel set in central Australia and written by daughter-mother duo Marly Wells, a proud woman of Warlpiri and white Australian descent, and...

No Time for Make Up (Elizabeth Green, Exisle) 

Tuesday, 11 February 2025
Dr Elizabeth Green’s No Time for Make Up is a compelling memoir chronicling her life as a member of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS). The book is told in...

One Word and a Bird (Stephen Michael King, Scholastic) 

Tuesday, 11 February 2025
One Word and a Bird is an earnest picture book by author and illustrator Stephen Michael King, whose previous titles include the award-winning Three and Leaf. Known for his masterful storytelling and distinct watercolour...

Hatch (Heidi Cooper Smith, CSIRO Publishing) 

Tuesday, 11 February 2025
Australia has many fascinating egg-laying animals. Hatch introduces readers to a wide variety, from turtles, frogs and crocodiles to tarantulas, cicadas and monotremes such as echidnas and platypuses. The book...

 

 

 

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