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15 August 2024
 

Lonely Planet's Australia

Lonely Planet’s local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime to Australia. Discover popular and off the beaten track experiences from surfing the waves... Read more
 
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Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2024 shortlists announced

Creative Australia has announced the titles shortlisted for the 2024 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction Anam (André Dao, Hamish Hamilton) Restless Dolly Maunder... Read more
 
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APA announces editors selected for Children's Editorial Program intensive

The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the 26 editors selected to participate in the Children’s Editorial Program’s inaugural initiative, the Picture Book Editing Intensive, taking place in October 2024.... Read more
 
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Gregg overall winner at New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults

In Aotearoa New Zealand, Stacy Gregg (Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Pūkeko, Ngāti Maru Hauraki) has won the overall Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award at the 2024 New Zealand Book... Read more
 

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S&S acquires Amerena debut novel x

Simon & Schuster (S&S) has acquired ANZ rights to I Want Everything, a debut novel by Dominic Amerena, in a pre-emptive offer, via agent Grace Heifetz at Left Bank Literary.... Read more
 

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A&U acquires Grynberg personal development title x

Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Living a Life of Greatness by podcaster Sarah Grynberg. ‘Sarah believes greatness is fulfilment and purpose in life, and she shows it’s... Read more
 

Booksellers report dramatic sales drop during Olympic Games

In Paris, booksellers have reported significant sales drops during the 2024 Olympic Games, reports the Bookseller. English-language Abbey Bookshop in the city’s Latin Quarter reported sales on the Monday before... Read more
 

 

Shapeshifting (ed by Jeanine Leane and Ellen van Neerven, UQP, October) x

In UQP’s new First Nations anthology, Shapeshifting, Daniel Browning meditates on the significance of the fact that there is no Bundjalung word for queer; Alison Whittaker intimately dissects the shifting... Read more
 

 

Read the latest Publishers Weekly x

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