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Let’s Build a Backyard (Mike Lucas, illus by Daron Parton, Lothian)

Tuesday, 8 March 2022
A companion to Mike Lucas and Daron Parton’s 2021 publication Let’s Build a House, this bouncy book illustrates simple steps to creating a garden—dig, plant, water, protect and enjoy the...

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Monday, 7 March 2022
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Stella Prize longlist, Booktopia profits drop, appointments at Welbeck and Byron Writer’s Festival

Wednesday, 2 March 2022
In this week’s news, Welbeck ANZ has appointed Gareth Woods-Jack and Zoe Knowles to its sales, marketing and publicity team as head of sales and marketing executive, respectively. Meanwhile, Zoe...

Rights round-up

Wednesday, 2 March 2022
Sales Nonfiction NewSouth Publishing has sold Chinese-language rights to Beyond the Hero’s Journey: A screenwriting guide for when you’ve got a different story to tell (Anthony Mullins) to People’s Literature...

Red (Felicity McLean, HarperCollins)

Tuesday, 1 March 2022
Ruby ‘Red’ McCoy wants people to hear her side of the story. She knows what the police are saying, and she knows what’s been reported in the media—but none of...

Libby Lawrence is Good at Pretending (Jodi McAlister, Wakefield)

Tuesday, 1 March 2022
Jodi McAlister, author of the young adult urban fantasy trilogy ‘Valentine’, draws on her academic study of romance fiction in her new YA novel Libby Lawrence is Good at Pretending....

The Silence of Water (Sharron Booth, Fremantle Press)

Tuesday, 1 March 2022
Be swept up in the tragedy of this based-on-fact historical drama that follows the lives of three generations of the Salt family through the 1800s and early 1900s. Edwin Salt...

How to Spell Catastrophe (Fiona Wood, Pan)

Tuesday, 1 March 2022
Fiona Wood, three-time winner of the CBCA Book of the Year for Older Readers, moves into middle-grade fiction with the funny and charming How to Spell Catastrophe. Nell McPherson is...

Heartland (Jennifer Pinkerton, A&U)

Tuesday, 1 March 2022
There would be very few among us who, deep in the wilds of the dating tundra, wouldn’t have thought in frustration, I just wish I knew what they’re thinking! Well,...

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Monday, 28 February 2022
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Rights round-up

Wednesday, 23 February 2022
Sales Fiction Giramondo Publishing has sold Turkish rights to A Million Windows, A History of Books and Border Districts (Gerald Murnane) to Ketebe. Nonfiction Giramondo Publishing has sold Turkish rights...

Katerina Cruickshanks (Daniel Gray-Barnett, Scribble)

Wednesday, 23 February 2022
Daniel Gray-Barnett’s playful second book as both author and illustrator tells a cautionary tale about exiling exuberance and individuality. Katerina Cruickshanks’ wild and inventive approach to the world becomes too...

Cassim joins ILF, ANZ publishers shortlisted for Bologna Prize, S&S reports growth in revenue

Wednesday, 23 February 2022
Five Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand publishers have been shortlisted for the 2022 Bologna Prize for Best Children’s Publisher of the Year in the Oceania category, with the winner to...

No Hard Feelings (Genevieve Novak, HarperCollins)

Tuesday, 22 February 2022
The protagonist of Genevieve Novak’s debut novel will be relatable to many younger millennials. Penny is battling the dread of the fact that life in her late 20s looks nothing...

The Most Important Job in the World (Gina Rushton, Macmillan)

Tuesday, 22 February 2022
Gina Rushton begins her story in a place that so many women seem to arrive at too often, both literally and metaphorically, when it comes to fertility and the question...

A Sprinkle of Sadie (Lana Spasevski, illus by Joanie Stone, Affirm)

Tuesday, 22 February 2022
A Sprinkle of Sadie, illustrated by Joanie Stone, is the first in a new junior fiction series from Australian writer Lana Spasevski. Seven-year-old Sadie Le lives with her family in...

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Monday, 21 February 2022
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Rights round-up

Wednesday, 16 February 2022
Sales Fiction Giramondo Publishing has sold simplified Chinese language rights to Saudade (Suneeta Peres da Costa) and This Water (Beverley Farmer) to China Workers Publishing House. Nonfiction Exisle Publishing has...

ABA commissions report on sustainability, Hachette partners with Law, Liminal & SA and Sydney Opera House mentorship recipients

Wednesday, 16 February 2022
In this week’s news, the ABA has commissioned a report on sustainability in the book industry, to be produced by freelance editor Angela Meyer. The ABA has also announced a...