The Reindeer and the Submarine (Beverley McWilliams, Pantera)
Tuesday, 16 August 2022
Having previously been awarded a notable CBCA commendation for her picture book on aviator Captain Harry Butler, Beverley McWilliams now makes a quirky and charming foray into middle-grade fiction. The...
The Soulmate (Sally Hepworth, Macmillan)
Tuesday, 16 August 2022
Sally Hepworth delivers another brilliant, page-turning domestic thriller with her eighth novel The Soulmate. Set in the idyllic coastal town of Portsea, sheltered from the hustle of city life, the...
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Monday, 15 August 2022
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Rights round-up
Wednesday, 10 August 2022
Sales Fiction Martin Shaw at Shaw Literary has sold UK and US rights at auction to Grimmish (Michael Winkler, Puncher & Wattmann) on behalf of the publisher, to Peninsula Press...
QLA 2022 shortlists, Griffin Press ceases POD, Dessaix Lifetime Achievement award
Wednesday, 10 August 2022
Opus Group has confirmed that Griffin Press will cease its print on demand services; Publishers Association of NZ/TeRau o Tākupu have reported that its trade publishers’ revenue grew 0.8% last...
To Greenland! (Pip Smith, illus by Beau Wylie, Scholastic)
Tuesday, 9 August 2022
To Greenland! is the joyous new picture book from Pip Smith and Beau Wylie, who last collaborated on Theodore the Unsure. This new adventure follows Ellie the elephant, who resides...
Hard Labour: Wage theft in the age of inequality (Ben Schneiders, Scribe)
Tuesday, 9 August 2022
Income inequality fell in Australia during the postwar period, and by 1979 inequality was at its lowest. Then neoliberal economics took hold, championed by leaders such as Ronald Reagan and...
The Glass House (Brooke Dunnell, Fremantle Press)
Tuesday, 9 August 2022
When Julia’s elderly father, Don, finally agrees to move out of the family home and into an aged-care facility, Julia knows she has a lot of work ahead of her....
Boundary Crossers (Meg Foster, NewSouth)
Tuesday, 9 August 2022
In her new book Boundary Crossers, historian Meg Foster combs archives and family histories to explore questions surrounding the lesser known bushrangers of Australian history. Is there more to the story...
Amazing Animal Journeys (Jennifer Cossins, Lothian)
Tuesday, 9 August 2022
Tasmanian artist Jennifer Cossins hit world picture-book fame with 101 Collective Nouns, and has since collected a swag of CBCA and other accolades. Her newest title, the nonfiction Amazing Animal...
The Lovers (Yumna Kassab, Ultimo)
Tuesday, 9 August 2022
Yumna Kassab’s The Lovers is the folkloric tale of Jamila and Amir’s love. We don’t know many details of their relationship or what their love was like at its crescendo;...
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Monday, 8 August 2022
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Age Book of the Year, Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize shortlists, Mossop joins SWF
Wednesday, 3 August 2022
The shortlists for the Age Book of the Year 2022, which this year includes a nonfiction category, and the Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize have been announced, while the longlist...
The Careless State (Mark Considine, MUP)
Tuesday, 2 August 2022
The Careless State is a timely and forensic examination of the failures of the Australian government’s provision of social services. The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed—particularly through the publicised failures in...
Off to the Market (Alice Oehr, Scribble)
Tuesday, 2 August 2022
Off to the Market is a celebration of markets and healthy, whole foods. Graphic artist Alice Oehr showcases her skills in her debut narrative nonfiction picture book, for children aged...
Her Death Was Also Water (Allen C Jones, MidnightSun)
Tuesday, 2 August 2022
Seven people, an open boat, a flood. I’m not sure if they’re supposed to be archetypes, but they’re uncomfortably familiar. The men: a widowed South-Asian mini-mart owner, a pathetic liberal...
The Hats of Marvello (Amanda Graham, illus by Lavanya Naidu, HarperCollins)
Tuesday, 2 August 2022
In a quintessential Australian country town, the biggest excitement for grade five student Olive is the upcoming school play, which she has a starring role in as the narrator. To...
Dusty in the Outwilds (Rhiannon Williams, HGCP)
Tuesday, 2 August 2022
Dusty, real name Willa Dust, might just be the most intuitive, smart and brave 12-year-old you’ll ever get caught up in an extraordinary adventure with. Dusty has always heard about...
Bohemian Negligence (Bertie Blackman, A&U)
Tuesday, 2 August 2022
Bertie Blackman is an artist and ARIA Award–winning musician whose storytelling is as beautiful as the drawings scattered throughout her memoir. Bohemian Negligence is told by Blackman as a four-year-old...
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Monday, 1 August 2022
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Rights round-up
Wednesday, 27 July 2022
Sales Children’s/YA Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing has sold Czech rights to We Who Hunt the Hollow (Kate Murray), and Spanish and Catalan rights to School Of Monsters #9–12 (Sally Rippin,...
Down wins Miles Franklin, Henderson joins Hachette, Kennedy wins 2022 Furphy Literary Award
Wednesday, 27 July 2022
Jennifer Down has won the 2022 Miles Franklin Literary Award for her second novel Bodies of Light; Hachette Australia has appointed Scott Henderson as senior nonfiction publisher, starting 1 September;...
The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding (Holly Ringland, Fourth Estate)
Tuesday, 26 July 2022
Esther Wilding grows up in the shadow of her older sister Aura. When the once-sparkling Aura returns from Copenhagen hollowed out by life, and walks into the sea to her...
The Tower (Carol Lefevre, Spinifex Press)
Tuesday, 26 July 2022
The Tower follows Carol Lefevre’s well-received 2021 Christina Stead Prize–shortlisted novella Murmurations. Set in Australia and England, The Tower is exquisitely sophisticated in imagery and form. It is structured around...
The Branded (Jo Riccioni, Pantera Press)
Tuesday, 26 July 2022
Twins Nara and Osha are Pure—unmarked by the plague that ravaged their continent. Behind the walls of the isolated citadel of Isfalk, the course of their lives is clearly prescribed:...
Tulips for Breakfast (Catherine Bauer, Ford Street)
Tuesday, 26 July 2022
Tulips for Breakfast follows teenager Lena, who has settled into her new life in a Dutch town after she and her parents fled Germany as one of many Jewish families...
The Dangerous Business of Being Trilby Moffat (Kate Temple, Lothian)
Tuesday, 26 July 2022
Kate Temple—one half of the powerhouse duo that brought us such gems as Bin Chicken, Yours Truly, Alice Toolie, and the Underdogs series—breaks out on her own for The Dangerous...
Runt (Craig Silvey, illus by Sara Acton, A&U)
Tuesday, 26 July 2022
• Craig Silvey was charged with various child exploitation offences in early 2026 Nobody knows where Runt came from, but everybody knows he’ll only listen to Annie. Annie’s instinct is...
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Monday, 25 July 2022
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Rights round-up
Wednesday, 20 July 2022
Sales Nonfiction Exisle Publishing has sold Polish and Portuguese rights in Brazil to The Happiness Trap (2nd edition) (Russ Harris). Children’s/YA Allen & Unwin Children’s has sold North American rights...
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