Flock: First Nations stories then and now (ed by Ellen van Neerven, UQP)
Wednesday, 10 March 2021
Flock is a far-roaming collection of short fiction showcasing the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers. The 20 stories are by a mix of established luminaries and emerging...
Can’t Say it Went to Plan (Gabrielle Tozer, HarperCollins)
Wednesday, 10 March 2021
Schoolies is revered as a holiday unlike no other, where, for the first time, teenagers are free—from school, from adults, from responsibility. Can’t Say it Went to Plan follows three...
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Tuesday, 9 March 2021
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Rights round-up
Wednesday, 3 March 2021
Sales Fiction French rights to Other People’s Houses (Kelli Hawkins, HarperCollins) have been sold to Hauteville by Gregory Messina, Linwood Messina, via Melanie Ostell Literary. Children’s Scholastic Australia has sold...
S&S Australia reports record year, awards news
Wednesday, 3 March 2021
Simon & Schuster Australia has reported a record year of sales in 2020, which were up 15% on 2019 and topped $50 million for the first time. Byron Writers Festival...
Artificial Intimacy (Rob Brooks, NewSouth)
Tuesday, 2 March 2021
According to evolutionary biologist Rob Brooks, the future holds an abundance of artificial intimacy. New sex technologies, from sex robots to virtual reality porn, will anticipate our every desire. So...
The Little Boat on Trusting Lane (Mel Hall, Fremantle Press)
Tuesday, 2 March 2021
In this debut novel set in an exaggerated version of the alternative wellness industry, Richard, an ageing wellness guru, runs his alternative healing centre from a rundown houseboat in the...
Common Wealth (Gregg Dreise, Scholastic)
Tuesday, 2 March 2021
In light of the recent change to the lyrics of ‘Advance Australia Fair’, as well as the ongoing debate surrounding January 26, this impassioned plea for recognition and unity from...
Fil & Harry (Jenny Blackford, illus by Kristin Devine, Christmas Press)
Tuesday, 2 March 2021
This charming novel is the first book in a new list from Christmas Press aimed at that tricky age between picture books and middle fiction. Written by Jenny Blackford, whose...
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Monday, 1 March 2021
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Rights round-up
Wednesday, 24 February 2021
Sales Children’s Hardie Grant has sold Taiwanese rights to Wolfred (Nick Bland); Russian rights to Explore Your World: Deep dive into deep dea (Tim Flannery & Sam Caldwell); Ukrainian rights...
The Shape of Sound (Fiona Murphy, Text)
Wednesday, 24 February 2021
Just like any relationship, even our relationship with our own body can be fraught with difficulty and denial. Fiona Murphy kept her deafness secret for 25 years, compensating for her...
Publisher, bookseller Facebook pages wiped; ABIA, ABDA longlists
Wednesday, 24 February 2021
Late last week, a number of local publishers, literary journals and booksellers had their Facebook pages wiped of content after the social media company responded to the federal government's proposed...
Spring Clean for the Peach Queen (Sasha Wasley, Pantera)
Tuesday, 23 February 2021
Sasha Wasley’s latest novel marries small-town fiction and Marie Kondo’s The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up in a gentle exploration of what really matters. After her boyfriend dies of an...
Sunburnt Veils (Sara Haghdoosti, Wakefield)
Tuesday, 23 February 2021
Sunburnt Veils is a debut Own Voices novel that feels very relevant, and author and political activist Sara Haghdoosti’s voice is fresh and edgy. At times it is uncomfortable to...
You’ve Let Them In (Lois Murphy, Transit Lounge)
Tuesday, 23 February 2021
Scott is not happy when his hippy stepmum convinces his dad to buy a house straight out of The Amityville Horror. A far cry from their comfortingly overcrowded flat, the...
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Monday, 22 February 2021
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Rights round-up
Wednesday, 17 February 2021
Sales Children’s Hardie Grant has sold Portuguese rights to Me, Microbes & I (Philip Bunting); Russian rights to All of the Factors of Why I Love Tractors (Davina Bell & Jenny...
Tish (Edwina Wyatt, illus by Odette Barberousse, Berbay)
Wednesday, 17 February 2021
Due to their very definition, imaginary friends can come in all shapes and sizes, and Tish is no exception. Resembling a woolly mammoth but with wings and an odour problem...
No Document (Anwen Crawford, Giramondo)
Wednesday, 17 February 2021
In this arresting book, Anwen Crawford reckons with the death of a close friend and comrade. Seeking a language suitable for grief, Crawford stitches together material from a wide range...
New HarperCollins imprint; Au wins inaugural Novel Prize
Wednesday, 17 February 2021
HarperCollins Australia is launching a new ‘design-led’ illustrated imprint, Harper by Design. In industry events, IPEd and BWF are collaborating on an Authors and Editors in Conversation series, while EWF...
The Katha Chest (Radhiah Chowdhury, illus by Lavanya Naidu, A&U)
Wednesday, 17 February 2021
In Radhiah Chowdhury and Lavanya Naidu’s book, elegant textile patterns are patchworked together with descriptive snapshot stories of young Asiya’s family members and their histories. Asiya delights in every one...
The Truth About Her (Jacqueline Maley, Fourth Estate)
Wednesday, 17 February 2021
There is a lot to love about Fairfax journalist Jacqueline Maley’s debut novel, the ripped-from-the-headlines story of Suzy, a journalist who’s blamed for the shocking death of Tracey Doran, a...
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Monday, 15 February 2021
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The Prison Healer (Lynette Noni, Penguin)
Wednesday, 10 February 2021
Lynette Noni, the winner of the 2019 Gold Inky for her dystopian sci-fi novel Whisper, returns to fantasy with The Prison Healer. Kiva’s daily life as prisoner and prison healer...
Love Objects (Emily Maguire, A&U)
Wednesday, 10 February 2021
Pop culture representations of hoarding tend to paint a picture of unrestrained excess. Perhaps this is why, when Emily Maguire introduces Nic, a 45-year-old who loves her job at the...
Pre-Christmas sales up, Giggs wins ALA Carnegie Medal
Wednesday, 10 February 2021
Book sales in Australia were up 17.5% in the 10 weeks to 5 December 2020, data from Nielsen BookScan shows. Rebecca Giggs won the American Library Association's (ALA) Andrew Carnegie...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 10 February 2021
Sales Nonfiction Jeanne Ryckmans at Cameron Creswell Agency (Cameron’s Management) has sold Chinese translation rights to American Journeys (Don Watson, Penguin) to The Commercial Press; and Korean translation rights to...
Tussaud (Belinda Lyons-Lee, Transit Lounge)
Wednesday, 10 February 2021
Madame Tussaud is synonymous with wax figures of the famous and infamous and also with the uncanny-valley discomfort that such figures evoke. This book takes the documented strange life of...
Huda and Me (H Hayek, A&U)
Wednesday, 10 February 2021
When their parents make a sudden trip back to their home country of Lebanon, Huda and Akeal find themselves left with their fellow siblings under the care of a family...
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