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12 July 2023

 

Epic Bike Rides of Australia and New Zealand

Hit the road with this collection of 200 epic bike rides across Australia and New Zealand. This stunning book continues the collectible Lonely Planet Epic... Read more
 
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Murdoch appointed PANZ president x

The Publishers Association of New Zealand/Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ) has appointed a new president and vice president and two new council members at its... Read more
 

 

Affirm signs Tuohy memoir x

Affirm Press has acquired world rights to a memoir by AFL Geelong Cats defender Zach Tuohy, to be co-written by ABC sports journalist Catherine Murphy.... Read more
 
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Harlequin to introduce TikTok-inspired imprint

In the US, Harlequin will launch a new imprint, Afterglow Books, reports Publishers Weekly. Harlequin said the imprint will ‘build upon the popularity of TikTok’s... Read more
 

Hachette withdraws police memoir; Groom appointed Writing NSW CEO; CWF 2023 program announced

Hachette Australia has withdrawn a memoir by retired former officer Christophe Glasl after Victoria Police raised concerns about its accuracy; Writing NSW has announced the appointment of Sophie Groom as CEO; and the Canberra Writers Festival 2023 program has been announced.

A research project investigating the role of digital media in promoting Australian women authors has received funding in the latest round of Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Project grants; Wakefield Press will publish an anthology of works by First Nations writers, supported by funding from the Australia Council for the Arts; Affirm will take on sales and distribution of UK independent publishing house David Fickling Books; the Monthly has launched a new books podcast, Read This; and in awards news Hayley Scrivenor’s Dirt Town (Macmillan) has won the John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger for debut fiction in the UK Crime Writers’ Association 2023 Dagger Awards.

In international news, sales of books in Germany fell 1.9% in 2022 compared to the previous year; UK independent publishers are generating more than half their revenue from overseas; and in the US, book sales in the first half of the year were down 2.7% compared to the same period last year according to data from Circana BookScan.

 
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Lonely Planet’s ‘blue spine’ guidebooks reimagined as publisher celebrates 50 years x

As the travel category recovers from its pandemic low-point, Lonely Planet is celebrating 50 years. The publisher’s senior director, trade sales & marketing Chris Zeiher... Read more
 

 

Isolde Martyn & Robyn Ridgeway on 'Country Town' x

Historian and novelist Isolde Martyn and First Nations author Robyn Ridgeway have collaborated on a history of an imagined Australian country town, decade-by-decade from 1922... Read more
 

 

Rights round-up x

Sales Fiction Bold Type Agency has sold North American rights to Head & Heart (Kirstin Ferguson); Japanese and Bulgarian rights to Scrublands (Chris Hammer); French... Read more
 

 

First quarter 2023 combined print and ebook bestsellers for the Australian book market x

Top 10 print* Spare (Prince Harry, Bantam) It Starts with Us (Colleen Hoover, S&S) RecipeTin Eats: Dinner (Nagi Maehashi, Macmillan) It Ends With Us (Colleen... Read more
 

 

Fourth Wing climbs to the top x

Top 10 Bestsellers Fourth Wing (Rebecca Yarros, Hachette) RecipeTin Eats: Dinner (Nagi Maehashi, Macmillan) The Voice to Parliament Handbook (Thomas Mayo & Kerry O’Brien, HG... Read more
 

 

Full Coverage: A history of rock journalism in Australia (Samuel J Fell, Monash University Publishing) x

While blogs and websites thrive, Australia’s print music press is now largely a thing of the past. But what a past! Built around extensive interviews... Read more
 

 

Hoodie Economics (Jack Manning Bancroft, Hardie Grant) x

Hoodie Economics is not your regular economics book. In his book, Jack Manning Bancroft, founder and CEO of the mentoring program AIME, pulls apart what... Read more
 

 

Something Bad is Going to Happen (Jessie Stephens, Macmillan) x

When Jessie Stephens’s debut novel opens, protagonist Adella is almost 30 and spending New Year’s Eve in a psychiatric hospital. Something bad, it seems, has... Read more
 

 

The Visitors (Jane Harrison, HarperCollins) x

It’s 1788 in Gadigal country. Seven Aboriginal Elders gather from different clans to discuss the large ships in the harbour. Who are these visitors? Why... Read more
 

 

Aggie Flea is Not a Liar! (Tania Ingram, Scholastic) x

Aggie Flea is greatly misunderstood. Her teacher, Mrs Fossy, definitely doesn’t like her and regularly sends her to the principal’s office. Aggie loves the fictitious... Read more
 

 

Country Town (Isolde Martyn & Robyn Ridgeway, illus Louise Hogan, Ford St) x

Country Town is the first picture book for both historical novelist Isolde Martyn and Aboriginal Studies teacher Robyn Ridgeway. From a fusion of interesting factoids... Read more
 

 

A Different Dragon (Nick Gill, HGCP) x

A little dragon named Donny knows that dragons are meant to do one thing: breathe fire. But he has trouble getting the hang of it,... Read more
 

 

Good Morning, My Deer! (Mel Amon, Scribble) x

Hare or hair, pear or pair, son or sun—abounds in a glorious new picture book from author Mel Amon, illustrated by national treasure Sophie Beer.... Read more
 

 

This Camp is Doomed (Anna Zobel, Puffin) x

In her first upper-primary novel, Anna Zobel turns her knack for writing emotionally intelligent, likeable, mildly eccentric, diverse characters to the task of creating an... Read more
 

 

Read the latest Publishers Weekly x

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
 

Clan Destine Press to distribute in ANZ

Clan Destine Press (CDP) will be commencing its own distribution, effective immediately.

As a specialist in Australian and New Zealand genre fiction and true crime they are pleased to be able offer its own published titles direct to the ANZ book trade.

For terms of trade, new account application, and all other information please contact lindycdp@gmail.com

CDP would also like to advise that Dennis Jones has been appointed Trade Marketing Agent for ANZ.

 
 
 
 

Status Report: AI, Robotics and Healthcare in a Futuristic City

Immerse yourself in ‘Status Report,’ a thrilling journey into the future of healthcare. As AI and robotics revolutionise medicine in a dazzling city of tomorrow.... Read more
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

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