The Shape of Dust (Lamisse Hamouda & Hazem Hamouda, Pantera)
Tuesday, 16 May 2023
Father-daughter duo Lamisse and Hazem Hamouda’s debut memoir The Shape of Dust is an impactful picture of one ordinary Australian-Egyptian family’s experience as victims of a human rights violation. The...
Picasso and the Greatest Show on Earth (Anna Fienberg, A&U Children’s)
Tuesday, 16 May 2023
Anna Fienberg has had a long and illustrious career in children’s writing, with over 40 books and a swag of awards under her belt. Her latest, Picasso and the Greatest...
Audition (Pip Adam, Giramondo)
Tuesday, 16 May 2023
Alba, Stanley and Drew are giants, sent out into space for reasons unknown to them, in a spaceship called Audition. As they travel through the universe their bodies continue to...
The Pole & Other Stories (J M Coetzee, Text)
Tuesday, 16 May 2023
Aficionados of South African-Australian Nobel and Booker Prize-winning author J M Coetzee will be delighted with his new short fiction collection, The Pole & Other Stories. It explores philosophy and...
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Monday, 15 May 2023
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Rights round-up
Wednesday, 10 May 2023
Sales Nonfiction Black Inc. has sold Thai rights to The Shortest History of China (Linda Jaivin) to Paragraph Publishing House. Thames & Hudson has sold Chinese rights to The Age...
Fagan resigns, MUP to replace Hollier; Winton, Berryman inducted into ABIA Hall of Fame
Wednesday, 10 May 2023
Melbourne University Publishing CEO Nathan Hollier has left the publisher, and Allen & Unwin has announced publisher Kelly Fagan has resigned. Author Tim Winton and HarperCollins children's publisher Lisa Berryman...
Barren Grounds (B Michael Radburn, Pantera)
Tuesday, 9 May 2023
Joseph ‘Joe’ Capello, the decorated detective at the centre of B Michael Radburn’s fifth novel, Barren Grounds, is haunted by The Cloakman and The Jeweller, two forces of evil who...
Ember and the Island of Lost Creatures (Jason Pamment, A&U Children’s)
Tuesday, 9 May 2023
Jason Pamment follows up his stellar debut graphic novel, Treasure in the Lake, with the stunningly unique Ember and the Island of Lost Creatures. Tiny Ember is the size of...
Australia: Country of Colour (Jess Racklyeft, Affirm)
Tuesday, 9 May 2023
Bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator Jess Racklyeft celebrates Australian flora, fauna and landscapes through the lens of the colour wheel in Australia: Country of Colour. This beautifully illustrated nonfiction...
The Watchful Wife (Suzanne Leal, A&U)
Tuesday, 9 May 2023
The Watchful Wife is the latest novel by the author of The Deceptions and The Teacher’s Pet, Suzanne Leal. It follows the life of its narrator, Ellen Wells, the daughter...
Wifedom (Anna Funder, Hamish Hamilton)
Tuesday, 9 May 2023
When researching a new book on George Orwell, powerhouse writer Anna Funder noticed an interesting omission—Eileen Orwell, George’s first wife, was curiously absent. The basis of Wifedom is six newly...
The Gargoyle (Zana Fraillon, illus Ross Morgan, Lothian)
Tuesday, 9 May 2023
From critically acclaimed author Zana Fraillon and fine artist and illustrator Ross Morgan, The Gargoyle is a picture book that leaves a lasting impression of hope and kindness for our...
The Shot (Naima Brown, Macmillan)
Tuesday, 9 May 2023
Kristy Shaw wants to win back her first true love, Max. Desperately. She will go to any lengths, including unwittingly signing up to appear on the new reality TV show...
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Monday, 8 May 2023
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Stella, Calibre and Thomas Shapcott winners, Fagan files suit, Open Book recipients
Wednesday, 3 May 2023
Sarah Holland-Batt has won the 2023 Stella Prize, worth $60,000, for The Jaguar (UQP), Tracy Ellis has won the 2023 Australian Book Review (ABR) Calibre Essay Prize for her essay...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 3 May 2023
Sales Nonfiction Blank Inc. has sold Swedish translation rights and Arabic rights to The Shortest History of the Soviet Union (Sheila Fitzpatrick) to Lind & Co and Jarir Bookstore respectively....
Mother Earth (Libby Hathorn, illus Christina Booth, Lothian)
Tuesday, 2 May 2023
Libby Hathorn and Christina Booth are the respected creators of the timely and beautiful poetry anthology for children Mother Earth: Poems to celebrate the wonder of nature. This volume is...
The Drowning Girls (Veronica Lando, HarperCollins)
Tuesday, 2 May 2023
As the summer holidays draw to a close, disgraced teacher Nate Bass arrives in an impoverished northern Queensland fishing town, begrudgingly ready for a job teaching all of Port Flinders’...
New York City Glow (Rachel Coad, Upswell)
Tuesday, 2 May 2023
The first book by Margaret River-based artist and comic maker Rachel Coad, New York City Glow is an old-school action-packed romp through 1970s American counterculture. Mixing fact and fiction, the...
Business Chickens (Jess McGeachin, Puffin)
Tuesday, 2 May 2023
Business Chickens is the latest picture book from Melbourne-based writer/illustrator/designer Jess McGeachin. Known for his CBCA-recognised titles such as Fly and Frankie and the Fossil, McGeachin has produced a new...
We Didn’t Think It Through (Gary Lonesborough, A&U Children’s)
Tuesday, 2 May 2023
Jamie Langton doesn’t mean to be so angry. He didn’t mean to partake in car theft. He didn’t mean to end up in juvenile detention. After a plan to get...
Tissue (Madison Griffiths, Ultimo)
Tuesday, 2 May 2023
In 2021, during one of Victoria’s most arduous Covid-19 lockdowns, essayist and podcaster Madison Griffiths underwent the termination of a pregnancy. So begins Tissue, an insightful and perceptive critical analysis...
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Monday, 1 May 2023
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BookPeople shortlists, Writing NSW departures, record year for UK publishing
Wednesday, 26 April 2023
Shortlists have been announced for BookPeople's Book of the Year Awards, ABDA's Australian Book Design Awards and the Institute of Professional Editors' Rosanne Fitzgibbon Editorial Award. At Writing NSW, CEO...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 26 April 2023
Sales Nonfiction Black Inc. has sold Albanian translation rights to The Shortest History of the Soviet Union (Sheila Fitzpatrick) to the Albanian Institute for International Studies. Children's/YA Affirm Press has...
Ella and Star (Michelle Wanasundera & Nichole Wade, Little Pink Dog)
Tuesday, 25 April 2023
The word ‘heartfelt’ is what comes to mind upon closing the pages of Ella and Star. The winning team of Michelle Wanasundera and Nichole Wade, along with creative small press...
The Terrible Event (David Cohen, Transit Lounge)
Tuesday, 25 April 2023
The Terrible Event comprises eight accessible, absurdist stories by David Cohen, past winner of the Russell Prize for Humour Writing. Each instalment is a tightly crafted pocket of madness, driven,...
Chinese Fish (Grace Yee, Giramondo)
Tuesday, 25 April 2023
Chinese Fish is a brilliant work of genre-bending prose poetry by award-winning poet Grace Yee. Full of subtle poetic turns, Yee’s narrative is an intimate look at a Cantonese family...
Gurril: Storm Bird (Trevor Fourmile, illus by Jingalu, Magabala)
Tuesday, 25 April 2023
Gurril: Storm Bird tells the Gimuy Walubara Yidinji (First Nations people from the Cairns area) traditional creation story of the origins of the black cockatoo and its call. Incorrigible young...
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