The longlists for the 2017 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) have been announced. The titles in each category are: General fiction book of the year All These Perfect Strangers (Aoife... Read more
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Australian authors Zana Fraillon and Glenda Millard have been shortlisted for the 2017 Carnegie Medal. Fraillon is shortlisted for The Bone Sparrow (Hachette) and Millard for The Stars at Oktober... Read more
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Pan Macmillan’s Picador imprint has acquired ANZ rights to Hannah Kent’s next two novels. Picador publisher Geordie Williamson told Books+Publishing the deal ‘gives Hannah time and freedom to follow her... Read more
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Black Inc. has acquired the rights to Josephine Rowe’s short story collection Horse Latitudes, to be published in mid-2018. Publisher Aviva Tuffield told Books+Publishing she has ‘long admired Josephine’s writing, especially... Read more
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Paris-based artist, architect and filmmaker Marc Johnson has won the inaugural Cornish Family Prize for Art and Design Publishing for his book fecund lacuna / lacune féconde, published by French... Read more
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Mills & Boon has announced a new imprint to launch at the beginning of 2018. The publisher said Mills & Boon DARE will deliver ‘riveting, irrestible romance stories featuring highly... Read more
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Puffin will publish a new ‘Wimpy Kid’ book from Jeff Kinney that goes behind-the-scenes of the forthcoming film, reports the Bookseller. The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary: The Next Chapter features... Read more
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In the US, online writing and reading platform Wattpad will partner with Hachette to produce 50 audiobooks based on Wattpad stories, reports Publishers Weekly. The program will focus on popular... Read more
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