Catherine Wheel (Liz Evans, Ultimo)
Tuesday, 4 June 2024
Kate is starting over in the small town of Bridgewell after a bad break-up with Max. She works as a yoga instructor and volunteers at the local library, living in...
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Tooth Fairy (and some things you didn’t) (Briony Stewart, Lothian)
Tuesday, 4 June 2024
If you know a young person who has questions about the tooth fairy, then Briony Stewart’s latest picture book might just be perfect for you. Everything You Ever Wanted to Know...
Adventures Unlimited: The Land of Lost Things (Andy Griffiths, illus Bill Hope, Pan Australia)
Tuesday, 4 June 2024
Adventures Unlimited is the latest series from middle-fiction superstar Andy Griffiths, with the first instalment, The Land of Lost Things, full of the wacky, exuberant, imaginative shenanigans fans have come...
Art Hour at the Duchess Hotel (Sophie Green, Hachette)
Tuesday, 4 June 2024
Art Hour at the Duchess Hotel introduces four women who find themselves at the glamorous Duchess Hotel on the picturesque Mornington Peninsula in Victoria in 1999. We first meet Joan,...
Oscar vs the Grand Old Dude Named York (Ross Curnow, Walker)
Tuesday, 4 June 2024
A fresh and hilarious new voice in children’s literature springs forth from the page with delightful force in Oscar vs the Grand Old Dude Named York by debut novelist Ross...
Our Familiars: The meaning of animals in our lives (Anne Coombs, Upswell)
Wednesday, 29 May 2024
How do we become more attuned to the animals in our lives and challenge ourselves to recognise that their lives are as meaningful as our own? This is the project...
ABDA winners, Text Prize shortlist announced, agency news for Affirm and Hardie Grant
Wednesday, 29 May 2024
Some agency news this week: Affirm Press will distribute titles from new UK-based publishing house Gemini Books in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand from July; and Hardie Grant has announced new...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 29 May 2024
Sales Fiction Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia has sold German rights to The Venice Hotel (Tess Woods) to PRH Germany in a pre-empt deal; Arabic Egypt rights for Everyone in...
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Wednesday, 29 May 2024
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Pancakes for Plum (Rae Tan, Lothian)
Tuesday, 28 May 2024
Pancakes for Plum is a charming story about discovering what we love and following our hearts to find things that make us happy. Plum’s brothers are good at climbing and...
The Dragon’s Treasure (Mark Greenwood, Fremantle)
Tuesday, 28 May 2024
Buried treasure? Check. Old shipwrecks? Check. Mark Greenwood’s latest nonfiction book, The Dragon’s Treasure, begins his new History Hunter series and pulls together historical evidence to tell the story of...
The Honeyeater (Jessie Tu, A&U)
Tuesday, 28 May 2024
The Honeyeater is the second novel by Jessie Tu, acclaimed author of A Lonely Girl Is a Dangerous Thing. The story centres around Fay, an academic and emerging translator who works on...
Murder in Punch Lane (Jane Sullivan, Echo)
Tuesday, 28 May 2024
Jane Sullivan’s third novel, Murder in Punch Lane, transports readers to the grizzly underbelly of 1860s Melbourne. Actress Lola Sanchez doesn’t believe her best friend, theatre star Marie, died by...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 22 May 2024
Sales Fiction HarperCollins has sold North American and UK rights to Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Detective (Kelly Gardiner & Sharmini Kumar) to Harper Via, HarperCollins US and HQ HarperCollins UK; and...
Miles Franklin longlist, NSW Premier’s Literary Award winners, Levens resigns as Booktopia CFO
Wednesday, 22 May 2024
The 2024 Miles Franklin Literary Award longlist and the NSW Premier's Literary Award winners were both announced this week, with Ali Cobby Eckermann’s verse novel She Is the Earth (Magabala)...
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Wednesday, 22 May 2024
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The Riding Gallery (Sally Murphy, illus Martina Heiduczek, Walker)
Tuesday, 21 May 2024
Prominent children’s verse novelist Sally Murphy (Queen Narelle) returns with The Riding Gallery. With charming illustrations by Martina Heiduczek (Spies in the Sky), this middle-grade verse novel is a beautiful...
Together We Fall Apart (Sophie Matthiesson, Pantera)
Tuesday, 21 May 2024
Together We Fall Apart is the debut novel from Sophie Matthiesson, who has woven elements of her own career trajectory into the story of her fictional protagonist, Clare. We follow...
Forbidden Journal of Rufus Rumble #1 (Nick Long, illus Robin Tatlow-Lord, Affirm)
Tuesday, 21 May 2024
Rufus Rumble is not an ordinary boy. For one thing, he’s about to go into space. For another, Rufus lives in a dystopian world where the Throwbackers have taken power...
The Last Trace (Petronella McGovern, A&U)
Tuesday, 21 May 2024
The Last Trace by award-winning author Petronella McGovern (The Liars) is true to her usual form, simmering with mystery and psychological twists. We meet Lachy, who should be enjoying an...
The Islands Where We Left Our Ancestors (Joshua Santospirito, Scribe)
Tuesday, 21 May 2024
Joshua Santospirito’s latest graphic-novel memoir, The Islands Where We Left Our Ancestors, begins with a ferry trip from Palermo to the Aeolian Islands. Santospirito is returning to the islands to...
Big Time (Jordan Prosser, UQP)
Tuesday, 21 May 2024
I’m not sure what’s going on at UQP, but they seem to have developed a passion for speculative fiction, and I’m here for it. Their latest offering, Big Time, is...
All About the Brain (Gabriel Dabscheck, illus Kim Siew, Berbay)
Tuesday, 21 May 2024
Dr Gabriel Dabscheck’s All About the Brain is a fun and engaging exploration of one of the body’s most fascinating and mysterious organs. Before exploring the brain-body connection, the book...
‘The Voice to Parliament Handbook’ wins ABIA book of the year; Birch, McMullin win 2024 Age book of the year awards; restructures at PRHNZ, Hachette UK and US
Wednesday, 15 May 2024
The Voice to Parliament Handbook (Thomas Mayo & Kerry O’Brien, HG Explore) took out the overall book of the year award at the ABIAs late last week—along with category wins...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Sales Fiction Pantera has sold world German rights to Everyone and Everything (Nadine J Cohen) to Luebbe, through the Michael Meller agency; and world large print rights to The Gallows...
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Wednesday, 15 May 2024
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The End and Everything Before It (Finegan Kruckemeyer, Text)
Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Moving, profound and deeply layered, The End and Everything Before It is a soulful debut novel from award-winning playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer. Emma arrives in a small harbour after drifting alone on...
Lost & Found (Tim Sharp, Pantera)
Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Lost & Found is the latest book by author, speaker and leader of Australia’s positive psychology movement, Dr Tim Sharp (aka ‘Dr Happy’). A self-help guide with a difference, it...
What Do You Call Your Dad? (Ashleigh Barton, illus Martina Heiduczek, ABC Books)
Tuesday, 14 May 2024
What Do You Call Your Dad? is a love letter to fathers by writer Ashleigh Barton (Freddie Spector, Fact Collector: Space Cadet) and illustrator Martina Heiduczek (Spies in the Sky), the...
Ella and the Amazing Frog Orchestra (Cassy Polimeni, illus Hykie Breeze, UWAP)
Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Ella and the Amazing Frog Orchestra by Cassy Polimeni (The Garden at the End of the World) is a beautifully written junior fiction story exploring themes of animal conservation, friendship...
