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Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 19 February 2020
Sales Fiction Martin Shaw at Alex Adsett Publishing Services has sold US and Canadian rights to Panthers and the Museum of Fire (Jen Craig, Spineless Wonders) to Zerogram Press (see news). Victoria...

Publishers Weekly 

Monday, 17 February 2020
Books+Publishing is partnering with US trade news magazine Publishers Weekly to provide our subscribers with exclusive access to the weekly digital edition of PW magazine for a limited time. This edition includes...

On writing in a climate emergency

Wednesday, 12 February 2020
'Writing probably doesn’t feel like the most crucial response here, and maybe it’s not. There is lots of other work to be done. But writing can help us see connections,...

Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 12 February 2020
Sales Children’s Hardie Grant has sold Italian-language rights to All of the Factors of Why I Love Tractors (Davina Bell & Jenny Løvlie); Danish-language rights to Welcome To Your Period...

Publishers Weekly 

Monday, 10 February 2020
Books+Publishing is partnering with US trade news magazine Publishers Weekly to provide our subscribers with exclusive access to the weekly digital edition of PW magazine for a limited time. This edition includes a look at...

Charts this week 

Monday, 10 February 2020
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Dark Emu Bruce Pascoe Magabala Books 2 Bluey: Time to Play! Bluey Puffin 3 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley &...

Deep Water (Sarah Epstein, A&U) 

Thursday, 6 February 2020
Sarah Epstein’s latest young adult thriller is equipped with enough intrigue and twists to rival any adult or international title in the genre. Deep Water is a captivating, character-driven mystery...

Landing with Wings (Trace Balla, A&U) 

Thursday, 6 February 2020
In Landing with Wings, Trace Balla’s latest graphic novel–picture book hybrid, Miri and her mother have moved to a new home in the Victorian Goldfields, and Miri’s feelings about this...

Taking Down Evelyn Tait (Poppy Nwosu, Wakefield) 

Thursday, 6 February 2020
Lottie is 16 and loves black metal, collecting curious words and making trouble, so her transformation into a goody two-shoes surprises herself as much as anyone else. But Lottie is...

Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 5 February 2020
Sales Fiction Spinifex Press has sold the film option to Symphony for the Man (Sarah Brill, March) to Sparkplug Films (see news). Text has sold Italian-language rights to I for Isobel (Amy...

The Adversary (Ronnie Scott, Hamish Hamilton) 

Monday, 3 February 2020
Ronnie Scott’s debut novel The Adversary is set during what appears to be an uneventful Melbourne summer but actually sees a lot happening to its protagonist. Languishing in emotional and...

Almost a Mirror (Kirsten Krauth, Transit Lounge) 

Monday, 3 February 2020
Kirsten Krauth’s Almost a Mirror is about the relationship between music and memory, and the unexpected directions that family and romantic life can take. Mona is in her late 30s...

Publishers Weekly 

Monday, 3 February 2020
Books+Publishing is partnering with US trade news magazine Publishers Weekly to provide our subscribers with exclusive access to the weekly digital edition of PW magazine for a limited time. This edition includes a look at...

Charts this week 

Monday, 3 February 2020
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Bluey: Time to Play! Bluey Puffin 2 Not a Diet Book James Smith HarperCollins 3 The Last Wish # Andrzej Sapkowski Gollancz...

We need Torres Strait Islander voices in YA

Thursday, 30 January 2020
'Why can’t I find any Torres Strait Islander young adult literature? Is there some unconscious bias that has been turning these stories away? Is nobody looking for this diverse experience...

Rights round-up 

Thursday, 30 January 2020
Sales Nonfiction Black Inc. has sold Hungarian-language rights to Jacinda Ardern: A new kind of leader (Madeleine Chapman, Nero) to Alexandra Kiadó via DS Budapest; and Ukrainian-language rights to The...

Publishers Weekly 

Tuesday, 28 January 2020
Books+Publishing is partnering with US trade news magazine Publishers Weekly to provide our subscribers with exclusive access to the weekly digital edition of PW magazine for a limited time. This edition includes a look at...

Charts this week 

Tuesday, 28 January 2020
Top 10 Bestsellers Index Title Author Imprint 1 Bluey: Time to Play! Penguin 2 The Barefoot Investor Scott Pape John Wiley & Sons 3 Dark Emu Bruce Pascoe Magabala Books...

UK book trade predicts the coming trends in 2020

Wednesday, 22 January 2020
‘The climate crisis will continue to dominate headlines [in 2020], but it will affect us more on a practical, day-to-day level, including how we operate our businesses and how we...

Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 22 January 2020
Sales Fiction Jeanne Ryckmans from Cameron’s Management has sold North American rights to The Mothers (Genevieve Gannon, A&U) to William Morrow (see news). Left Bank Literary has sold complex Chinese-language...

Beautiful Eggs (Alice Lindstrom, Scribble) 

Wednesday, 22 January 2020
In this board book, Melbourne-based artist and illustrator Alice Lindstrom uses her stunning cut-paper style of illustration to introduce the tradition of egg decoration across a number of cultures around...

Publishers Weekly 

Monday, 20 January 2020
Books+Publishing is partnering with US trade news magazine Publishers Weekly to provide our subscribers with exclusive access to the weekly digital edition of PW magazine for a limited time. This edition includes a look at...

 

 

 

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