The Dream (Iain Ryan, Ultimo)
Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Iain Ryan plunges the reader into a seedy underworld of police corruption and political scheming in his latest novel, The Dream. Set during a spiralling recession and the 1982 Brisbane...
Van Neerven receives Creative Australia Fellowship; Shawline enters liquidation; Booksellers Aotearoa NZ launches buying group
Wednesday, 9 October 2024
Author Ellen van Neerven is the recipient of the 2024 Creative Australia Fellowship for literature, worth $80,000; Shawline Publishing has entered liquidation, with liquidator Brooke Bird stating that ‘the master...
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Wednesday, 9 October 2024
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Special Delivery (Leesa Ronald, A&U)
Tuesday, 8 October 2024
Leesa Ronald’s debut novel, Special Delivery, is an enemies-to-lovers rom-com with some hilarious side characters, steamy love scenes and a snarky, highly relatable protagonist. Poppy McKellar is unexpectedly pregnant, and...
The Wild Reciter: Poetry and Popular Culture in Australia 1890 to the Present (Peter Kirkpatrick, MUP)
Tuesday, 8 October 2024
Now a forgotten species, the wild reciter was once an entertainer who frequented small local parlours and music halls, reciting poetry to the public. Around a century ago, at a...
The Five Rules of Friendship (Jess Sanders, illus César Barceló, Affirm)
Tuesday, 8 October 2024
The Five Rules of Friendship by Jess Sanders (Life Lessons for Little Ones: You Are Enough) is a thoughtful and engaging picture book exploring friendship, for readers aged 5+. Sanders...
Train Japan (Steve Wide & Michelle Mackintosh, Hardie Grant Explore)
Tuesday, 8 October 2024
In today’s world, where information is instantly available, travel guides may seem less appealing. However, there are times when expert advice compiled in a beautifully designed guide is invaluable—such as...
Rights round-up
Tuesday, 8 October 2024
Sales Fiction Giramondo has sold North American rights to The Island (Antigone Kefala) to Transit Books. Nonfiction Giramondo has sold North American rights to Sydney Journals (Antigone Kefala) to Transit Books. Black...
Pantera staff moving to Hardie Grant, Magabala moves sales and distribution, Ned Kelly winners
Wednesday, 2 October 2024
After the news last week that Hardie Grant would acquire Pantera Press, the former has confirmed the Pantera staff that will be remaining with Pantera following its move to Hardie...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 2 October 2024
Sales Children’s/YA Scholastic has sold French rights to Spy Academy books 1 and 2 (Jack Heath); English language rights within Korea to Zoo School (Heath McKenzie); Croatian rights to Bad Guys...
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Wednesday, 2 October 2024
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Black Convicts (Santilla Chingaipe, Scribner)
Tuesday, 1 October 2024
In recent years, historians have increasingly shown that the past, especially in the West, was more multicultural than the monoculture so often portrayed. In Australia, where colonial history has consistently...
Noble Fragments (Michael Visontay, Scribe)
Tuesday, 1 October 2024
Noble Fragments examines the nature of value and the role of perspective in shaping it, as journalist and author Michael Visontay weaves together two interrelated stories. The first is about...
Thunderhead (Sophie Beer, A&U Children’s)
Tuesday, 1 October 2024
Thunderhead is the debut middle-grade novel by award-winning author and illustrator Sophie Beer. Thunderhead (the titular character’s online username—their name isn’t revealed until the end of the book) is an...
Tilly in a Tangle (Margrete Lamond, illus Monty Lee, Dirt Lane Press)
Tuesday, 1 October 2024
Tilly in a Tangle, written by Margrete Lamond (The Sorry Tale of Fox and Bear) and illustrated by Monty Lee (Grumpy Bear, Grouchy Bear), is a new picture book about...
Hardie Grant acquires Pantera, new Perth literature festival, De Tores wins 2024 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize
Wednesday, 25 September 2024
Hardie Grant has signed an agreement to acquire Pantera Press, with completion of the sale set for 30 September, subject to customary closing conditions. Perth Festival has announced that it...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 25 September 2024
Sales Fiction Key People Literary Management has sold Dutch rights to Pictures of You (Emma Grey, Penguin, November) to De Fontein in a pre-empt deal, via ILA UK. Nonfiction Black...
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Wednesday, 25 September 2024
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The 113th Assistant Librarian (Stuart Wilson, Penguin)
Tuesday, 24 September 2024
The 113th Assistant Librarian is a fantastical story that opens with Oliver Wormwood sneaking out of his house to try to find the trade that is his Calling—his path in...
My Body, My Brain (Nicki Esler Gill, illus Inge Daniels, Scholastic)
Tuesday, 24 September 2024
Nicki Esler Gill’s My Body, My Brain (a companion title to the author’s My Body, My Rules) introduces neurodiversity in a generalised, accessible way for children aged 3 and up,...
The Thinning (Inga Simpson, Hachette)
Tuesday, 24 September 2024
In Inga Simpson’s The Thinning, Fin has grown up in a world long past its tipping point. Daughter to an astronomer father and an astrophotographer mother, Fin knows everything about...
Extreme Animal Facts (Jennifer Cossins, Lothian)
Tuesday, 24 September 2024
Animal books are big business as toddlers to tweens revel in discovering quirky titbits about earth’s creatures. Standing out in a saturated book field is no easy task, but CBCA...
Leave the Girls Behind (Jacqueline Bublitz, A&U)
Tuesday, 24 September 2024
Ruth-Ann Baker, affectionately known as ‘Ruthie’ to those around her, never takes the same route home, secures her apartment with three internal chain locks and can recite murder victim statistics...
Australian Gospel: A Family Saga (Lech Blaine, Black Inc.)
Tuesday, 24 September 2024
Following the success of Car Crash: A Memoir, Lech Blaine’s second book tells the true story of his unique family, who faced serious challenges inflicted by Michael and Mary Shelley,...
Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, Wood on Booker Prize shortlist, Hayward appointed ASA CEO
Wednesday, 18 September 2024
The 2024 Prime Minister's Literary Awards took place last Thursday, with André Dao and Daniel Browning among the winners. Also headlining awards news this week, Charlotte Wood is on the...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 18 September 2024
Sales Nonfiction Scribe has sold Indonesian rights to Life Skills for a Broken World (Ahona Guha) to Bhuana Ilmu Populer; and Greek rights to 12 Rules for Strife (Jeff Sparrow...
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Wednesday, 18 September 2024
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Our World Full of Wonder (Jevita Nilson, illus Jess Racklyeft, CSIRO Publishing)
Tuesday, 17 September 2024
Our World Full of Wonder is a parent's and educator’s dream, combining teachable moments written in Jevita Nilson’s heartfelt lyrical prose with charming illustrations from CBCA award-winning illustrator Jess Racklyeft...
Down the Rabbit Hole (Shaeden Berry, Echo)
Tuesday, 17 September 2024
In Shaeden Berry’s mystery debut, Down the Rabbit Hole, the lives of three women unravel in the aftermath of a tragedy. In 2015, Alice Montgomery goes missing. Seven years later,...
Cats and Dogs in Art and Design (ed by Laurie Benson & Imogen Mallia-Valjan, NGV with T&H)
Tuesday, 17 September 2024
Cats and Dogs in Art and Design is a vibrantly illustrated book featuring over 100 artworks from the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) collection, alongside short essays by NGV curators....
