Little Treasure (Chanelle Gosper, illus by Jennifer Goldsmith, Lothian)
Tuesday, 21 February 2023
Little Treasure is a beach story, for ages two to five, but it’s so much more than that. A mother and child are at the beach, playing in the sand,...
Dragons of Hallow #1: Spellhound (Lian Tanner, illus by Sally Soweol Han, A&U Children’s)
Tuesday, 21 February 2023
Lian Tanner is well known for her middle grade fantasy series, including The Keepers and The Rogues. Her latest is the first in a new series, set in the intriguing...
Big Cat (Jess Racklyeft, A&U Children’s)
Tuesday, 21 February 2023
Organised Catherine loves to investigate things, and when she hears rumours about the Big Cat sightings, she is intrigued and sets out to solve the mystery. The Big Cat that...
West Side Honey (Claire Christian, Text)
Tuesday, 21 February 2023
Claire Christian’s novel West Side Honey serves up everything you’d want from a bingeable, indulgent rom-com, all the while remaining original and exciting. When she and her ex-husband start a...
Between You and Me (Joanna Horton, Ultimo)
Tuesday, 21 February 2023
Numerous authors have invited comparisons to Sally Rooney, and Between You and Me undoubtedly will too. Similar to Frances and Bobbi in Rooney’s breakthrough debut Conversations with Friends, 25-year-old best...
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Monday, 20 February 2023
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Reid departs PRH, Five Mile Press in administration, MUD Literary Prize shortlist
Wednesday, 15 February 2023
Penguin Random House’s launch title director Karen Reid has resigned from the company after 30 years; Five Mile Press owner Regency Media has entered administration; and the MUD Literary Prize...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 15 February 2023
Sales Fiction Affirm Press has sold Lithuanian rights to The Dictionary of Lost Words and Polish rights to The Bookbinder of Jericho (both Pip Williams) to Liutai Ne Avys and...
Aphrodite’s Breath (Susan Johnson, A&U)
Tuesday, 14 February 2023
Author Susan Johnson, now in her early 60s, is drawn back to a place she travelled to as a young woman: Kythera, the most southern of the Ionian islands and...
Logan’s Big Move (Logan Martin with Jess Black, illus by Shane McGowan, Puffin)
Tuesday, 14 February 2023
Freestyle BMX Olympic gold medalist and X Games legend Logan Martin culminates his journey to riding success in this action-packed and inspiring picture book. Co-authored by Jess Black and illustrated...
The Secret Life of You (Kerri Sackville, Pantera)
Tuesday, 14 February 2023
Spending time alone splits the room: some prefer it, while some can’t do it. Kerri Sackville suspects that even those of us who can do it need to be better...
Quiet Time with My Seeya (Dinalie Dabarera, A&U Children’s)
Tuesday, 14 February 2023
Quiet Time with My Seeya is the debut solo picture book by Dinalie Dabarera, whose previous illustrations in The Cat With The Coloured Tail were nominated for the CBCA Award...
Selfie (Allayne L Webster, Text)
Tuesday, 14 February 2023
Tully Sinclair is in eighth grade. She loves art, has a long-time best friend Kira and some complicated family issues to deal with. Dene Walker is a social media influencer...
Grace and Mr Milligan (Caz Goodwin, illus by Pip Kruger, Marshall Cavendish)
Tuesday, 14 February 2023
Young Grace, old Mr Milligan from next door and his goat Charlie regularly enjoy spending time together in their gardens and at the nearby beach, happily munching on fruit grown...
Things She Would Have Said Herself (Catherine Therese, Hachette)
Tuesday, 14 February 2023
Catherine Therese’s novel Things She Would Have Said Herself is an ambitious undertaking, centring on the life of elderly matriarch Leslie Bird and her family. The novel switches between the...
Crushing (Genevieve Novak, HarperCollins)
Tuesday, 14 February 2023
After being unceremoniously dumped by her boyfriend of five years, Marnie finds herself alone for the first time in her adult life. As a self-professed serial girlfriend, the 28-year-old Melburnian...
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Monday, 13 February 2023
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Gigorou (Sasha Kutabah Sarago, Pantera)
Thursday, 9 February 2023
As women our identity and self-worth is often defined and limited by our understanding of beauty. Gigorou is a reverent and awe-inspiring foray into memoir. It is the personal genre...
Booktopia secures funding for CFC, VPLAs winners, Ockham NZ Book Awards longlists
Wednesday, 8 February 2023
In book retailing news, Booktopia has secured $12 million in funding for the development of its new customer fulfilment centre at South Strathfield which it says will be operational in...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 8 February 2023
Sales Nonfiction Exisle Publishing has sold Czech and Slovakian rights to The Reality Slap: How to survive and thrive when life hits hard (2nd edition) (Russ Harris), and German rights to The...
Thirst for Salt (Madelaine Lucas, A&U)
Tuesday, 7 February 2023
Madelaine Lucas’s debut novel opens with the unnamed female narrator, now 37 years old, recalling a past lover. Twenty-four years old at the time and holidaying with her mother, the...
Philomella and the Impossible Forest (Doris Brett, HGCP)
Tuesday, 7 February 2023
Philomella is having a perfectly ordinary terrible day when she stumbles across a door that shouldn’t be there that leads to a library which is, frankly, impossible. Sick of being...
The Half Brother (Christine Keighery, Ultimo)
Tuesday, 7 February 2023
Psychological thriller The Half Brother is the first adult novel by Christine Keighery, a prolific author of children’s and young adult books. The novel opens with alternating chapters from the...
Pasta! (Felice Arena, illus by Beatrice Cerrochi, Affirm)
Tuesday, 7 February 2023
Pasta! is a delightfully bright picture book celebrating the world’s favourite food: pasta. Inviting even from the title page, which features a tabby cat sitting in front of an open...
Bowerbird Blues (Aura Parker, Scholastic)
Tuesday, 7 February 2023
Bowerbird Blues follows a feverishly determined bowerbird on a mission to collect not just all the fabulous blue items he can possibly find but also something else he can’t quite...
Country Tells Us When… (Tsheena Cooper, Mary Dann, Dalisa Pigram-Ross & Sheree Ford, ILF)
Tuesday, 7 February 2023
Country Tells Us When… follows the feelings, smells, sights, tastes and sounds of Yawuru Country changing with each season, written and illustrated by educators Tsheena Cooper, Mary Dann, Dalisa Pigram-Ross,...
The Anniversary (Stephanie Bishop, Hachette)
Tuesday, 7 February 2023
The Anniversary is a book that’s hard to describe: the writing is quiet, meandering, full of thoughts on art and the act of creative expression. And yet, it is also...
The Last Daughter (Brenda Matthews, Text)
Tuesday, 7 February 2023
The Last Daughter might be one of the most important books an Australian could read. In particular, it counteracts misconceptions and disinformation about the Stolen Generations. Brenda Matthews, proud Wiradjuri...
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Monday, 6 February 2023
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Democracy! (Philip Bunting, Little Hare)
Wednesday, 1 February 2023
In his latest release, prolific children’s author Philip Bunting continues to display his talent for creating engaging and brightly hued nonfiction. In Democracy!, it is firmly asserted that ‘people power’...
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