In Her Blood (Nikki Crutchley, HarperCollins)
Tuesday, 13 September 2022
It’s been a long time since Jac Morgan was in her New Zealand hometown of Everly. She needed to be far away from her past and all the rumours about...
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Monday, 12 September 2022
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Allan joins Fremantle Press, Wattison wins ACU poetry prize, Aus publishers on predicting bestsellers
Wednesday, 7 September 2022
Alex Allan has been appointed the new CEO of Fremantle Press; the program for the inaugural Berry Writers Festival held in October in Shoalhaven, NSW, has been announced; and Meredith...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 7 September 2022
Sales Fiction Black Inc. has sold Russian rights to Factory 19 (Dennis Glover) to MTS Library. Nonfiction Exisle Publishing has sold French world rights to Your Anxiety Beast and You:...
Waiting for the Storks (Katrina Nannestad, ABC Books)
Tuesday, 6 September 2022
Waiting for the Storks is the latest historical fiction title from Katrina Nannestad, transporting the reader to the Second World War and the time of Himmler’s Lebensborn Program, in which...
Tell Me Again (Amy Thunig, UQP)
Tuesday, 6 September 2022
Amy Thunig is an academic and social commentator on shows such as ABC’s The Drum. She also grew up in poverty, the child of parents battling drug addictions who provided...
Tiny Uncertain Miracles (Michelle Johnston, Fourth Estate)
Tuesday, 6 September 2022
Marick is unsure of his place in the world; he knew he wasn’t quite suited to the church, but he’s apprehensive that a new part-time job as a hospital chaplain...
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Monday, 5 September 2022
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Booktopia results, TS Bookshop closes, crime writing award winners
Wednesday, 31 August 2022
In its full-year preliminary results, Booktopia has reported its revenue was up 7.5%, while its underlying earnings were down 54%; the online book retailer has also reached an agreement with...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 31 August 2022
Sales Fiction Affirm Press has sold simplified Chinese rights to The Dictionary of Lost Words (Pip Williams) to Jieli Publishing House Co., Ltd. Nonfiction Black Inc. has sold traditional Chinese rights...
Bold Types (Patricia Clarke, NLA Publishing)
Tuesday, 30 August 2022
Patricia Clarke started her career in journalism in 1951, a time when the industry was very much a man's world but women were making inroads. In Bold Types, Clarke gives...
A Brief Affair (Alex Miller, A&U)
Tuesday, 30 August 2022
A Brief Affair is contemporary fiction by multi–award winning author Alex Miller. The novel follows a moment in the life of Frances Egan, a woman who lives in regional Victoria...
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Monday, 29 August 2022
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Rights round-up
Wednesday, 24 August 2022
Sales Children’s/YA Pantera Press has sold Korean rights to No Way! (Dan Marshall) to EK Book via Hobak Agency. Film/TV Production company CJZ has optioned film and television rights for...
CBCA 2022 Book of the Year winners; Nash calls for EGM; Sweatshop establishes First Nations fellowship with Hage acquisiton
Wednesday, 24 August 2022
The Children’s Book Council of Australia has announced the winners of the 2022 Book of the Year Awards; Booktopia founder Tony Nash has notified the company of his intention to...
Salonika Burning (Gail Jones, Text)
Tuesday, 23 August 2022
Award-winning novelist Gail Jones’s new offering adapts the First World War experiences of four very real people: British artists Grace Pailthorpe and Stanley Spencer, and Australians Olive King and Stella...
Men I Trust (Tommi Parrish, Scribe)
Tuesday, 23 August 2022
Scribe is proving itself to be at the forefront of local comics publishing with its second graphic release of 2022, Men I Trust by US-based Australian artist Tommi Parrish. The...
Koori Princess (Anita Heiss, Magabala)
Tuesday, 23 August 2022
Anita Heiss is an award-winning author who has published across the gamut of Australian writing: from adult fiction and memoir to children’s novels, she’s seemingly done it all. Koori Princess...
A Tiny Light (Alison Lester, UQP)
Tuesday, 23 August 2022
It’s always a delight when Alison Lester, one of Australia’s most well loved picture-book creators, releases a new story. A Tiny Light is her latest offering, a charming narrative in...
Willowman (Inga Simpson, Hachette)
Tuesday, 23 August 2022
In Inga Simpson’s heartfelt new novel Willowman, a gifted young cricketer and a dedicated batmaker live their lives in parallel to one another, their love of the game binding them...
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Monday, 22 August 2022
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Berani (Michelle Kadarusman, A&U)
Saturday, 20 August 2022
Berani is a powerful middle-grade story about animal activism set in Indonesia, by the Indonesian-Australian author of Music for Tigers. Weaving in two interconnected stories and three voices, including that...
Rights round-up
Wednesday, 17 August 2022
Sales Fiction Affirm Press has sold Bulgarian, Croatian, Danish, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian and Turkish rights to The Dictionary of Lost Words (Pip Williams), following the book's selection...
Brennan wins National Biography Award, NSW Premier’s History Awards shortlists, Readings union considers industrial action
Wednesday, 17 August 2022
Late last week Bernadette Brennan won the 2022 National Biography Award for Leaping into Waterfalls: The enigmatic Gillian Mears (A&U), while the State Library of NSW announced the shortlists for...
Diary of a Rescued Wombat (Jackie French, illus by Bruce Whatley, HarperCollins)
Tuesday, 16 August 2022
Who says prequels are only for YA epics and fantasy novel franchises? Jackie French and Bruce Whatley have decided it’s time for us to learn the backstory of the protagonist...
Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here (Heather Rose, A&U)
Tuesday, 16 August 2022
At the age of six, Heather Rose stood under a eucalyptus tree and pledged herself to a higher power: ‘I’m ready. Tell me what to do.’ Throughout her childhood in...
Art (Charmaine Papertalk Green & John Kinsella, Magabala)
Tuesday, 16 August 2022
Art is, on the surface, two skilled poets in dialogue over the artwork of the late Nyoongar artist Shane Pickett. But it is also a political text, asking ‘who is...
The Reindeer and the Submarine (Beverley McWilliams, Pantera)
Tuesday, 16 August 2022
Having previously been awarded a notable CBCA commendation for her picture book on aviator Captain Harry Butler, Beverley McWilliams now makes a quirky and charming foray into middle-grade fiction. The...
The Soulmate (Sally Hepworth, Macmillan)
Tuesday, 16 August 2022
Sally Hepworth delivers another brilliant, page-turning domestic thriller with her eighth novel The Soulmate. Set in the idyllic coastal town of Portsea, sheltered from the hustle of city life, the...
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Monday, 15 August 2022
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