Shadows of Winter Robins (Louise Wolhuter, Ultimo)
Date: 16 April 2024Category: Reviews
Louise Wolhuter’s second novel, Shadows of Winter Robins, is cinematic and engrossing from the get-go, spiked with suspense and twists aplenty. Wolhuter is clearly a writer in command of her... Read more
A third of translators report losing work due to AI
Date: 15 April 2024Category: International news
In the UK, a survey of members of the Society of Authors (SoA) has found a quarter of illustrators (26%) and over a third of translators (36%) have lost work due... Read more
What’s That? Australian mammals (Myke Mollard, Woodslane)
Date: 2 April 2024Category: Reviews
This educational picture book for young children begins by telling us that every modern mammal descended from a common ancestor from around 180 million years ago, and that it’s up... Read more
Borderlands: Riding the Slipstream (ed by Paul Collins, Ford St)
Date: 2 April 2024Category: Reviews
Borderlands: Riding the Slipstream is a new Australian anthology for young readers, collating over 40 short stories and poems by well-known children’s authors. Compiled by Paul Collins, who has previously... Read more
Heartsease (Kate Kruimink, Picador)
Date: 2 April 2024Category: Reviews
Ellen 'Nelly' and Charlotte 'Lot' are as unalike as sisters come, yet they were once inseparable despite this. Lot is Nelly’s elder by eight years—an employment lawyer and single mother... Read more
The party’s over: Publicists, burnout and a ‘far more creative’ role
Date: 13 March 2024Category: Features
Last week, Books+Publishing heard why book publicists are picking and choosing when (or, more often, when not) to put efforts into TikTok coverage. Here, they argue against big launch parties—and... Read more
Cora Seen and Heard (Zanni Louise, Walker)
Date: 12 March 2024Category: Reviews
When Cora’s family moves to Tasmania to renovate a decrepit theatre, Cora, 12, is thrilled at the opportunity to reinvent herself as Cora 2.0: more confident, admired, and interesting. But... Read more
Circadia (Judith Bishop, UQP)
Date: 12 March 2024Category: Reviews
Judith Bishop’s Circadia is a collection of neatly formed, intelligent poems in which you can discover something new with each read. Bishop is in conversation with a chorus of voices and introduces... Read more
Book publicity in the TikTok age: What moves the needle now?
Date: 6 March 2024Category: Features
With the consolidation of print reviews that appear in some of Australia’s key newspapers and a reduction in the number that appear in others, how much effort should publishers expend... Read more
UK indies struggling to find distribution post-Grantham
Date: 21 February 2024Category: International news
In the UK, independent publishers are finding distribution ‘particularly challenging’ following last year’s announcement that Grantham Book Services (GBS) will close in 2025, reported the Bookseller. ‘The reality is that... Read more
Canberra Writers Festival moves to October
Date: 21 February 2024Category:
The 2024 Canberra Writers Festival will run from 23–27 October. With the new dates occurring late in the year, organisers said that the 2024 festival is planned to ‘kick off... Read more
Frog Squad: Dessert Disaster (Kate Temple & Jol Temple, illus Shiloh Gordon, HarperCollins)
Date: 20 February 2024Category: Friday Unlocked reviews Reviews
Prepare yourselves, Bin Chicken and Underdogs fans (among others): the unstoppable force that is Kate and Jol Temple (That Bird Has Arms) has a new series. The first book, Frog... Read more
Amazon removes King Charles titles reportedly generated by AI
Date: 14 February 2024Category:
In the UK, Amazon has removed from its website several titles about King Charles, which reportedly were written using artificial intelligence and were said to contain false information about the... Read more
Yee wins at VPLAs, Vivendi plans to put Hachette on stock market, moves at Scribe and Ultimo
Date: 7 February 2024Category: This week’s news
Grace Yee has won the Victorian Prize for Literature for her poetry collection Chinese Fish (Giramondo) at this year's Victorian Premier's Literary Awards. Meanwhile, in France, Vivendi, which acquired Hachette parent... Read more
Amma (Saraid de Silva, Moa Press)
Date: 6 February 2024Category: Friday Unlocked reviews Reviews
Annie Fernando has flown to London to meet her estranged uncle Suri. So begins the captivating tale of family, love and secrets told through the lives of three generations of... Read more
Roarsome (Joel Slack-Smith, illus Rebel Challenger, Scholastic)
Date: 6 February 2024Category: Friday Unlocked reviews Reviews
Hardie Grant moves distribution to TDLC; authors receive Australia Day honours; Horman, Robinsons Books apologise for X comments
Date: 31 January 2024Category: This week’s news
Hardie Grant to move distribution to TDLC
Date: 30 January 2024Category: Local news
Ultimo acquires debut Evans novel
Date: 25 January 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Cool Water (Myfanwy Jones, Hachette)
Date: 16 January 2024Category: Friday Unlocked reviews Reviews
Greater City Shadows (Laurie Steed, UWAP)
Date: 12 December 2023Category: Friday Unlocked reviews Reviews
The facts on 2024’s nonfiction releases
Date: 6 December 2023Category: Features Title preview feature
FNAWN Varuna Fellowship 2024 recipients announced
Date: 4 December 2023Category: Awards
Reading into the year ahead: 2024 fiction and poetry preview
Date: 29 November 2023Category: Features Title preview feature
AI: The next, best editorial tool?
Date: 22 November 2023Category: Features
The Roadmap of Loss (Liam Murphy, Echo)
Date: 14 November 2023Category: Friday Unlocked reviews Reviews
Explainer: What are the costs and considerations of making audiobooks?
Date: 8 November 2023Category: Features
Listen up: How booksellers are getting in on the audiobook boom
Date: 8 November 2023Category: Features
Politica (Yumna Kassab, Ultimo)
Date: 31 October 2023Category: Friday Unlocked reviews Reviews
The Broken Wave (Matthew Ryan Davies, Macmillan)
Date: 24 October 2023Category: Friday Unlocked reviews Reviews
Kayser joins Murdoch, QBD takes over Dymocks Broadway site, Hardie Grant sells UK publishing arm to PRH
Date: 11 October 2023Category: This week’s news
Deep in the Forest (Erina Reddan, Pantera)
Date: 10 October 2023Category: Friday Unlocked reviews Reviews
Bendigo moves back to August
Date: 6 October 2023Category: Local news
HarperCollins acquires Serong novel
Date: 21 September 2023Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
The In-Between (Christos Tsiolkas, A&U)
Date: 19 September 2023Category: Friday Unlocked reviews Reviews
Celdran wins 2023 Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize
Date: 6 September 2023Category: Awards Local news
Run Pups Run (Kerri Day, illus Nicky Johnston, Windy Hollow)
Date: 29 August 2023Category: Reviews
Unfinished Woman (Robyn Davidson, Bloomsbury)
Date: 22 August 2023Category: Reviews
Me, Her, Us (Yen-Rong Wong, UQP)
Date: 1 August 2023Category: Reviews
UQP acquires Figueroa Barroso debut
Date: 1 August 2023Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Audiobook publisher RBmedia to be sold
Date: 31 July 2023Category: International news
Yellowface moves up to second spot
Date: 31 July 2023Category: Bestsellers
Murdoch appointed PANZ president
Date: 12 July 2023Category: Local news
Aggie Flea is Not a Liar! (Tania Ingram, illus A Yi, Scholastic)
Date: 11 July 2023Category: Reviews
S&S acquires Le’s ’36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem’
Date: 7 July 2023Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
But the Girl (Jessica Zhan Mei Yu, Vintage)
Date: 13 June 2023Category: Reviews
Text Prize 2023 shortlist announced
Date: 5 June 2023Category: Awards Local news
Lowbridge (Lucy Campbell, Ultimo)
Date: 23 May 2023Category: Reviews
Blind Spot (Robyn Dennison, Text)
Date: 23 May 2023Category: Reviews
McInnes wins 2023 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Pacific category
Date: 18 May 2023Category: Awards Local news
Why We Are Here (Briohny Doyle, Vintage)
Date: 16 May 2023Category: Reviews
PRH US reportedly offers redundancy to older works
Date: 8 May 2023Category: International news
The Drowning Girls (Veronica Lando, HarperCollins)
Date: 2 May 2023Category: Reviews
Ella and Star (Michelle Wanasundera & Nichole Wade, Little Pink Dog)
Date: 25 April 2023Category: Reviews
London Book Fair 2024 rescheduled for March
Date: 11 April 2023Category: International news
Stories to tell: Australian fiction on offer at LBF
Date: 6 April 2023Category: Think Australian feature
Where I Slept (Libby Angel, Text)
Date: 4 April 2023Category: Reviews
Media Monsters (Sally Young, NewSouth)
Date: 4 April 2023Category: Reviews
Echo Lake (Joan Sauers, A&U)
Date: 21 March 2023Category: Reviews
Bendigo Writers Festival announces 2023 program
Date: 10 March 2023Category: Local news
Penguin Literary Prize 2023 shortlist announced
Date: 9 March 2023Category: Awards Local news
Anderson wins Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
Date: 8 March 2023Category: International news
The Collected Regrets of Clover (Mikki Brammer, Viking)
Date: 28 February 2023Category: Reviews
BolognaBookPlus 2023 program announced
Date: 9 February 2023Category: International news
Moves at the APA
Date: 8 February 2023Category: Moves/personnel
Thirst for Salt (Madelaine Lucas, A&U)
Date: 7 February 2023Category: Reviews Think Australian top reviews
Moves at ILF
Date: 1 February 2023Category: Moves/personnel
Glass Houses (Anne Coombs, Upswell)
Date: 31 January 2023Category: Reviews Think Australian top reviews
More companies allowing the option to work January 26
Date: 24 January 2023Category: Local news
Gilliatt joins LBL, latest Copyright Agency funding, Booktopia appoints new chair, sells stake in Welbeck ANZ
Date: 7 December 2022Category: This week’s news
Higher Education (Kira McPherson, Ultimo)
Date: 29 November 2022Category: Reviews
Running with Ivan (Suzanne Leal, HarperCollins)
Date: 22 November 2022Category: Junior Reviews
Scribe acquires new Gott novel
Date: 28 October 2022Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
MWF moves to May, Historical Novel Prize winners, Tasmanian Literary Awards longlists
Date: 25 October 2022Category: This week’s news
Keneally, Nannestad win $100K Historical Novel Prize
Date: 21 October 2022Category: Awards Local news
MWF moves to May
Date: 21 October 2022Category: Local news
Prize-winners, familiar names, debuts: Australian fiction at Frankfurt
Date: 13 October 2022Category: Think Australian feature Think Australian newsletter
Middle-grade series, queer YA romances: CYA books Aus publishers are pitching
Date: 13 October 2022Category: Think Australian feature Think Australian newsletter
Anatolitis appointed Meanjin editor
Date: 10 October 2022Category: Local news
Spotify US unveils audiobook catalogue
Date: 21 September 2022Category: International news
Bologna rights centre to open to adult publishers
Date: 13 September 2022Category: International news Think Australian feature
Moves at ILF
Date: 31 August 2022Category: Moves/personnel
UQP acquires third Leane poetry collection ‘Gawimarra: Gathering’
Date: 26 August 2022Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Bohemian Negligence (Bertie Blackman, A&U)
Date: 2 August 2022Category: Reviews
Tulips for Breakfast (Catherine Bauer, Ford Street)
Date: 26 July 2022Category: Junior Reviews
The Grizzled Grist Does Not Exist (Juliette MacIver, illus by Sarah Davis, Gecko Press)
Date: 19 July 2022Category: Junior Reviews
Honour Among Ghosts (Sean Williams, A&U)
Date: 21 June 2022Category: Junior Reviews
‘The Dogs’ removed from Miles Franklin longlist, White says Hughes breached trust
Date: 20 June 2022Category: Awards Local news
ABA conference 2022: diversity, sustainability discussed—in person
Date: 16 June 2022Category: Features
The Only Child (Kayte Nunn, Hachette)
Date: 15 June 2022Category: Reviews
Mr Carver’s Whale (Lyn Hughes, Fourth Estate)
Date: 7 June 2022Category: Reviews
Marlo (Jay Carmichael, Scribe)
Date: 31 May 2022Category: Reviews
Hydra (Adriane Howell, Transit Lounge)
Date: 24 May 2022Category: Reviews
Ockham NZ Book Awards, NSW Premier’s winners, new Wollongong writers festival, Australian Reading Hour moves to March
Date: 18 May 2022Category: This week’s news
Women I Know (Katerina Gibson, Scribner)
Date: 17 May 2022Category: Reviews
Australian Reading Hour moves to March from 2023
Date: 13 May 2022Category: Local news
June books reviewed
Date: 4 May 2022Category: Features
Swedish paper company to shut four of five mills
Date: 28 April 2022Category: International news
‘Cat Kid #3’ moves up to number three
Date: 26 April 2022Category: Bestsellers