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Let’s Eat Weeds! (Annie Raser-Rowland & Adam Grubb, illus by Evie Barrow, Scribble)

Tuesday, 20 July 2021
I can’t think of anything more anxiety-provoking than helping children decide which weeds are safe to eat. But Adam Grubb and Annie Raser-Rowland tackle the task with humour, zeal and...

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Monday, 19 July 2021
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Sharp steps down from SWF; new head of sales, publicity manager for Hachette

Wednesday, 14 July 2021
Chrissy Sharp has stepped down as the CEO of Sydney Writers' Festival after three years with the organisation, with Brooke Webb and Michael Williams to lead next year’s festival. At...

Maxine (Bob Graham, Walker Books)

Wednesday, 14 July 2021
A ‘companion book’ for Bob Graham’s beloved Max (which was 20 years old in 2020!), Maxine does stand alone but is not as rich if you haven’t first read Max, as it...

My Friend Fox (Heidi Everett, Ultimo Press)

Tuesday, 13 July 2021
This memoir from mental health recovery advocate Heidi Everett is a thoroughly real and stunningly evocative retelling of her life as a person with diagnosed mental illness. Everett tells the...

Anything But Fine (Tobias Madden, Penguin)

Tuesday, 13 July 2021
Anything But Fine is the young adult debut of Tobias Madden, who works in publishing and is part of the #LoveOzYA community. Like his main character, Luca, Madden grew up...

The Magpie Wing (Max Easton, Giramondo)

Tuesday, 13 July 2021
Max Easton’s The Magpie Wing is a moving portrait of a city and region undergoing enormous change, told through the perspectives of three unique, sympathetic and vulnerable characters. The book...

Private Prosecution (Lisa Ellery, Fremantle Press)

Tuesday, 13 July 2021
Lawyer-turned-writer Lisa Ellery uses her knowledge and experience in the legal sector to round out detailed judicial proceedings in her debut thriller, building a believable foundation for the tense drama...

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Monday, 12 July 2021
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Rights round-up

Wednesday, 7 July 2021
Sales Children’s/YA Berbay has sold Simplified Chinese rights to Norton and the Bear (Gabriel Evans) to Oriental Babies and Kids Limited. Hardie Grant has sold North American rights to Explore...

how to make a basket (Jazz Money, UQP)

Wednesday, 7 July 2021
‘don’t forget this place / where life begins / tell it to the bubs to pass onto theirs / when strangers come / when other trees fall’ Jazz Money writes...

Local authors recognised overseas, new Perth indie bookshop

Wednesday, 7 July 2021
Two local authors have been recognised in overseas awards: Michael Robotham won the CWA Steel Dagger for best thriller for his novel When She Was Good, while Laura Jean Mckay’s The...

Road Tripping with Pearl Nash (Poppy Nwosu, Wakefield)

Wednesday, 7 July 2021
Since her 2018 debut Making Friends with Alice Dyson, shortlisted for the Adelaide Festival Unpublished Manuscript Award and the Readings Young Adult Book Prize, Poppy Nwosu has been creating protagonists that are a...

Happy Hour (Jacquie Byron, A&U)

Wednesday, 7 July 2021
Three years after her husband’s death, 65-year-old artist Frances Calderwood has developed a drinking problem and squirrelled herself away from human contact. However, the cocoon built by the quirky, acerbic...

Sold Down the River (Scott Hamilton & Stuart Kells, Text)

Wednesday, 7 July 2021
Once upon a time, Australian farmers traded thousands of megalitres of water for something as simple as a slab of beer. Then the economic mood changed. The 1980s brought political leaders...

The Song of Lewis Carmichael (Sofie Laguna, illus by Marc McBride, A&U)

Wednesday, 7 July 2021
Lyrical, mesmerising and full of heart, The Song of Lewis Carmichael by Sofie Laguna, complemented by the soft, detailed pencil drawings of Marc McBride, is a beautiful middle-grade adventure story...

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Monday, 5 July 2021
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The Things We See in the Light (Amal Awad, Pantera Press)

Wednesday, 30 June 2021
This book opens with Sahar arriving on her best friend Lara’s doorstep in Newtown, and it’s apparent Sahar has changed a lot since Lara last saw her. Once a shy,...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Sales Fiction HarperCollins has sold Lithuanian translation rights to All Our Shimmering Skies (Trent Dalton, Fourth Estate) to Lithuanian Writers’ Union Publishers. Children’s/YA HarperCollins has sold Turkish translations rights and...