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Australia’s literary readership is shrinking

Thursday, 12 March 2020
‘I think we are in a period of stagnation. New titles continue to be published into the established categories, and readers are even more prone than before to act like...

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Tuesday, 10 March 2020
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The Year the Maps Changed (Danielle Binks, Lothian)

Thursday, 5 March 2020
The Year the Maps Changed is Melbourne-based writer Danielle Binks’ debut novel. The year is 1999 and in small-town Sorrento, Victoria, 11-year-old Fred is lost within the complexity of a...

Tiger & Cat (Allira Tee, Berbay) 

Thursday, 5 March 2020
In this appealing debut picture book from Melbourne illustrator Allira Tee, two animals recognise the value of their close friendship. Tiger and Cat do everything together—exploring, dancing, eating delicious pink...

Please Don’t Hug Me (Kay Kerr, Text)

Thursday, 5 March 2020
At the suggestion of her psychologist, Erin writes letters to her absent older brother, Rudy. Erin is 17 years old, behind on her savings for Schoolies and freshly unemployed. There...

Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 4 March 2020
Sales Fiction Black Inc. has licensed dramatic rights to The Healing Party (Micheline Lee) to the Malthouse Theatre with playwright Michele Lee adapting the novel for the stage. HarperCollins has...

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Monday, 2 March 2020
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Fathoms: The world in the whale (Rebecca Giggs, Scribe) 

Friday, 28 February 2020
Rebecca Giggs’ nonfiction debut is a lyrical, wide-ranging meditation on whales and their complex relationship with humanity. Meticulously researched and full of fascinating information, Fathoms is not just limited to...

Mammoth (Chris Flynn, UQP)

Friday, 28 February 2020
Chris Flynn’s third novel is an ambitious adventure back in time that recounts the folly of humanity—as told by the fossil of a 13,000-year-old mammoth. It sounds like it could...

Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 26 February 2020
Sales Fiction Black Inc. has sold world audio rights to Melting Moments (Anna Goldsworthy) to Ulverscroft. Nonfiction Black Inc. has sold traditional Chinese character rights to See What You Made...

Ivor Indyk on literary writing and publishing

Wednesday, 26 February 2020
‘A prize as supposedly prestigious as the Prime Minister’s Award has only a modest impact on sales, and in the case of poetry, none at all. Speaking generally, we have...

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Monday, 24 February 2020
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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
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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...

 

 

 

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