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Inside the Australian and New Zealand book industry

Wednesday, 8 July 2020
Acquisitions Nonfiction Text has acquired ANZ rights to Scottish sports broadcaster Andrew Cotter’s book Olive, Mabel and Me: Life and Adventures with my Canine Companions. Cotter's videos of him commentating...

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Monday, 6 July 2020
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Workers share salaries for transparency, new Wheeler Centre CEO and more

Wednesday, 1 July 2020
A spreadsheet inviting Australian publishing workers to share their salaries is circulating on social media, with about 70 staff so far having shared information including their job titles, wage, gender identity, ethnicity...

Heiss on the surge in sales of Indigenous books

Wednesday, 1 July 2020
‘This increase in passion, in the desire to learn, to understand, to be part of the necessary process of change that requires ALL of society’s citizens to participate—that passion is...

The Wolves of Greycoat Hall (Lucinda Gifford, Walker Books)

Wednesday, 1 July 2020
Author and illustrator Lucinda Gifford brings us a refreshing and humorous tale with The Wolves of Greycoat Hall, the first book in a new junior fiction series. Boris and his...

Aunty’s Wedding (Miranda Tapsell & Joshua Tyler, illus by Samantha Fry, A&U)

Wednesday, 1 July 2020
There are few picture books about weddings for young children, who are naturally curious about this important ceremony. This story takes the charming perspective of a young child who is...

The Burning Island (Jock Serong, Text)

Wednesday, 1 July 2020
To read The Burning Island is to feel, very often, ‘all at sea’. Much of the novel takes place on the ocean, sure, but more than that, it can be...

Vida: A woman for our time (Jacqueline Kent, Viking)

Wednesday, 1 July 2020
It’s a sad fact that most Australians are unaware of the correct pronunciation of Vida Goldstein’s name (a long ‘i’ in both), let alone that she was the first woman...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 1 July 2020
Acquisitions Children's/YA Text Publishing has acquired world rights to four manuscripts that were shortlisted for the 2020 Text Prize: Red-Bottomed Boat (Charlie Archbold), The Museum of Broken Things (Lauren Draper),...

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Monday, 29 June 2020
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Miles Franklin shortlist, White leaves UWAP and more

Wednesday, 24 June 2020
The six titles shortlisted for this year’s Miles Franklin Literary Award have been revealed, ahead of the winner’s announcement on 16 July. In other awards news from the past week,...

Data is integral to promoting the value of books

Wednesday, 24 June 2020
'Data, and reliable credible data, is critical to being able to talk to policy makers and politicians. Particularly when talking about the economic and cultural value of the book industry....

Sorrow and Bliss (Meg Mason, Fourth Estate)

Wednesday, 24 June 2020
Martha is sick. She’s been sick since she was 17 years old, and a cocktail of pills in varying doses has never made a difference to the lows that leave...

The F Team (Rawah Arja, Giramondo)

Wednesday, 24 June 2020
Tariq is a smart kid, he just lacks the motivation to achieve his full potential. At least, that’s what he has always been told, living in Punchbowl, Western Sydney, where...

Howl (Kat Patrick, illus by Evie Barrow, Scribble)

Wednesday, 24 June 2020
Maggie is having one of those days: the sky too blue, the moon too bright, the spaghetti too long. It almost goes without saying that Maggie’s mother is also having...

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Monday, 22 June 2020
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Children’s authors are caretakers—especially when it comes to trans kids

Wednesday, 17 June 2020
'Countless times I have met young trans people who thank me for writing the trans characters that I do. I recognise what’s in their eyes: it is relief. It is...

Sunflower (Ingrid Laguna, Text)

Wednesday, 17 June 2020
When Jamila’s oldest friend is granted a visa to move from Iraq to Australia with her family, Jamila is over the moon. But Mina’s arrival is more complicated than Jamila...

Either Side of Midnight (Benjamin Stevenson, Michael Joseph)

Wednesday, 17 June 2020
When TV presenter Sam ‘Mr Midnight’ Midland shoots himself on live TV, documentarian Jack Quick is watching from the prison cell his last production got him sent into. Sam’s twin...

The Heartsong of Wonder Quinn (Kate Gordon, UQP)

Wednesday, 17 June 2020
Kate Gordon won the IBBY Ena Noël Award in 2016 and her YA novel Girl Running, Boy Falling was longlisted in the 2019 CBCA Awards for older readers. The Heartsong...

New Magabala First Nations cadetship, latest awards and more

Wednesday, 17 June 2020
Magabala Books has announced a new cadetship for First Nations publishing professionals, which includes on-the-job training, professional development and sustainable employment, with mentorship from Magabala publisher Rachel Bin Salleh. Meanwhile,...