One Day We’re All Going to Die is an utterly compelling, darkly humorous millennial coming-of-age novel about a 27-year-old single Jewish woman in Melbourne who... Read more

Shankari Chandran has won the 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award, worth $60,000, for her novel, Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens (Ultimo). Chosen from a shortlist... Read more

Sisters in Crime Australia has announced the shortlists for the 2023 Davitt Awards for best crime books by Australian women. The shortlisted titles in each... Read more

UWA Publishing (UWAP) has acquired world rights to Emily Tsokos Purtill’s debut novel Matia. Tsokos Purtill is a Western Australian writer of Greek heritage, who... Read more

Penguin Random House Australia publishing director young readers Laura Harris has chosen to leave the company following a review of the publisher’s local children’s publishing division; Affirm Press has appointed Julia Kathro to the role of marketing manager; Lardil and Yangkaal writer Maya Hodge has been awarded the inaugural Marion fellowship for 2023; the Wheeler Centre has received $30,000 in additional funding for the Next Chapter writing development program; and the Australian Classification Review Board has rejected an appeal to the classification of the graphic novel Gender Queer: A memoir (Maia Kobabe, Oni Press).

In awards news, the winners of the Aotearoa Book Trade Industry Awards have been announced; the finalists for the 2023 Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) Book Design Awards have been announced; Tina Shaw has been awarded the 2023 Michael Gifkins Prize for an unpublished manuscript by an Aotearoa New Zealand writer; and the longlist for the Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award, which has increased in value to $30,000, has been announced.

Overseas, Scholastic reported revenue grew 4% in the year ending 31 May; HarperCollins US will shut down its YA imprint Inkyard Press, with a number of staff to be laid off; 8th Note Press, the new publishing arm of TikTok parent company ByteDance, has begun approaching authors with publication offers; and UK book sales in the first six months of 2023 represented the best-ever first half of a year results since accurate records began.

The Australian Publishers Association Rising Star award recognises an emerging talent in Australian publishing who has spent less than 10 years in the industry. In the lead-up... Read more

Meta, the owners of Instagram and Facebook, launched the new app Threads—a very similar platform to Twitter—on 5 July, gaining 100 million users in only... Read more

Melbourne-based playwright and author Elise Esther Hearst has been described as ‘one of the most interesting young playwriting voices in Australian theatre’. Her debut novel... Read more

Sales Nonfiction Black Inc. has sold Czech rights to The Shortest History of China (Linda Jaivin) and The Shortest History of India (John Zubrzycki) to... Read more

Top 10 Bestsellers Fourth Wing (Rebecca Yarros, Hachette) Wolf Girl 9: Sink or Swim (Anh Do, A&U) RecipeTin Eats: Dinner (Nagi Maehashi, Macmillan) After That... Read more

Katherine Brabon distinguished herself with her first novels, The Memory Artist and The Shut Ins, but she has surpassed these and reached an early career pinnacle with her... Read more

Elise Esther Hearst’s impressive debut novel One Day We’re All Going To Die is introspective, evocative and imbued with poetic simplicity. With a playfully dark... Read more

The year is 1997—the era of Jerry Maguire and Scream, dial-up modems, and rising anti-Asian sentiment in the heavily politicised Australian town of Whitlam. Poet... Read more

Noah Riseman’s Transgender Australia: A History since 1910 is the first book that tracks Australian trans history and explores the lives and impacts of gender-diverse... Read more

Jono is a young Indigenous man who has little connection to Country and community. While his best friend, Jenny, seems to know exactly who she... Read more

Award-winning and well-loved writer for all ages, Maxine Beneba Clarke, celebrates the magic of bookshops in her latest title for younger readers. We Know a Place is... Read more

By replacing human characters with a diverse range of animals, such as bears, dragons, fish, and dogs, Your Head’s Not the Place to Store Problems... Read more

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

Abigail Nathan has joined Alex Adsett Literary as agent at large.

Caraline Douglas, former head of marketing and partnerships at Schwartz, has been appointed head of marketing and engagement at the Wheeler Centre.

Don’t miss your chance to book in-person tickets for the Australian Publishers Association’s BookUp Conference, held on Wednesday 16 August at State Library Victoria.

Due to overwhelming demand we have increased capacity for in-person attendance. Limited tickets are now available – please contact the APA Office (office@publishers.asn.au) by Tuesday 1 August.

Online tickets for BookUp are also available for purchase, so you can enjoy the great line-up of sessions and speakers from anywhere.

View the full 2023 BookUp program and purchase your online ticket here.

Brumby Sunstate is excited to announce that it has been appointed as the exclusive distributor for Arcturus Publishing in the Australian market effective 1 April 2023.

Arcturus is a UK-based leader in nonfiction publishing. They specialise in reference, classics, children’s, practical art, new age and puzzles that combine excellent content, attractive design, great production values and exceptional value for money. There are over 1000 active titles in their list that have not been readily available in the Australian market until now.

Brumby Sunstate is looking forward to being able to supply this range to customers.

Contact details for Brumby Sunstate are:
Email: orders@brumbysunstate.com.au
Phone: +61 7 3217 0238
To view the range, please visit: www.brumbysunstate.com.au