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US-based reading subscription service Scribd has launched in Australia. The platform, which charges $13.99 per month for unlimited access, offers access to two million ebooks... Read more
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Text Publishing has acquired world rights to The Brink, the second YA novel by Holden Sheppard, in a two-book deal via Gaby Naher of Left Bank Literary... Read more
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Simon & Schuster Australia’s Scribner imprint has acquired ANZ rights to Bedtime Story, a new work of nonfiction by Chloe Hooper, from Andrew Wylie at... Read more
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The first issue for 2021 of Books+Publishing’s sister publication Think Australian is shining a spotlight on debut and early-career authors. In this preview, Think Australian... Read more
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Parachute Press is a new children’s publisher based in Castlemaine, regional Victoria. Co-founded by award-winning author Martine Murray and artist, ceramicist and musician Anna Read,... Read more
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Jacqueline Bublitz’s debut novel Before You Knew My Name (A&U, May) takes the crime fiction trope of a jogger discovering a dead body and turns it... Read more
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Sales Nonfiction Black Inc. has sold UK and Commonwealth rights (ex ANZ) rights to The Shortest History of the Soviet Union (Sheila Fitzpatrick) to Old... Read more
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After two weeks at number one A Court of Silver Flames has slipped down to seventh spot on the bestsellers chart, replaced by Beyond Order, the... Read more
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We know the phrase from books, from crime shows, from the news: ‘The body was found by a jogger.’ Someone is murdered and somebody else... Read more
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Monster is a collection of dark, finely written short stories by debut author Ashleigh Synnott. The stories are peopled with eccentric, predominantly female characters living... Read more
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This picture book is a heartwarming, tender tale of the loving relationship between two friends. The elegantly simple story in Bear and Rat holds a... Read more
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Acclaimed authors Emily Gale and Nova Weetman have teamed up to write this beautifully rendered time-slip narrative that delves into the personal and social struggles... Read more
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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.... Read more
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Kevin O’Brien, previously manager editor at Scribe, has joined Affirm Press in the newly created role of managing editor (general list).
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Natasha Seymour has joined Affirm Press in the newly created role of editorial assistant (general list). Seymour was previously head publicist at Overland; her appointment... Read more
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Queensland Writers Centre’s Publishable Manuscript Development competition now open.
Publishable is open to submissions of unpublished manuscripts from all genres and is a competition for emerging writers around the nation, with entrants getting the chance to be one of the 25 selected authors to go through a personalised Manuscript Development Program.
Check the criteria for eligibility and find more information in the full 2021 Application Guidelines – don’t miss out on this opportunity to elevate your work and get noticed by industry professionals.
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Founded in March 1991, Spinifex Press is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a series of Zoom events, beginning with ‘Welcome to Country’ on Thursday, 18 March.
The event includes talks by Judy Atkinson AM; Poppy Lever, director of Warlayirti Art Centre; Tjiliwa Helen Nagomara, Chair of Kapululangu Aboriginal Women’s Law and Culture Centre; Nakarra Marie Mudgedell, former Kapululangu Chair and current Song Woman; and Zohl dé Ishtar, author of Holding Yawulyu and Daughters of the Pacific, among others.
Register for the event here.
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Title: Still Alive Author: Safdar Ahmed Publisher: Twelve Panels Press Price: $30.00 ISBN: 9780980593730 Distributor: www.twelvepanelspress.com Walkley Award-winning Safdar Ahmed interweaves journalism, history and autobiography... Read more
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