Culture, pride and engagement: A report from the RISE program
Date: 1 May 2024Category: Features
Bookseller Melissa Mantle attended the RISE ('Resilience, Innovation and Sustainability for the Enhancement of Bookselling') program at the 2024 Bookselling Ireland Irish Book Trade Conference. Mantle reports on the experience,... Read more
Entries closing soon for the Danger Awards 2024
Date: 1 May 2024Category: Classifieds
BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival 2024 Danger Awards are closing 5 pm May 13. Categories include: best crime fiction, best crime fiction debut, crime non-fiction, and for the second time,... Read more
New literary journal, student press; Age Book of the Year shortlists; Michael Gifkins Prize longlist
Date: 24 April 2024Category: This week’s news
In this week's news are two new ventures: new independent publishing house Vitagraph Publishing has launched Written Off, a new literary journal dedicated to Australian literature; and student-run Elephant Page... Read more
Rights round-up
Date: 24 April 2024Category: Rights round-up
Sales Fiction Bold Type Agency has sold the Swedish rights to The Italian Marriage (Jenna Lo Bianco, Macmillan), on behalf of Jacinta di Mase Management; Italian rights to Why Do... Read more
Hammer, Morton on Daggers longlist
Date: 23 April 2024Category: Awards Local news
In the UK, the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) has announced the longlists for its Dagger Awards. Chris Hammer’s Dead Man’s Creek (published locally as The Tilt, A&U) and Kate Morton’s... Read more
Kirsty Wilson launches freelance publicity business
Date: 17 April 2024Category: Classifieds
Kirsty Wilson, who has previously managed successful publicity, marketing, and sales campaigns at Text and UQP, has established a freelance publicity business. As demonstrated by her campaign for Garry Disher’s... Read more
Looking for Eden (Caroline Overington, HarperCollins)
Date: 16 April 2024Category: Reviews
The latest offering from award-winning journalist and bestselling author Caroline Overington is a lopsided thriller. The novel opens as finance hotshot Clare returns to small-town WA following the suicide of... Read more
Detective Beans and the Case of the Missing Hat (Li Chen, Penguin)
Date: 16 April 2024Category: Reviews
From the creator of the beloved ExtraOrdinary Comics, Detective Beans and the Case of the Missing Hat is the debut graphic novel from Aotearoa New Zealand comic artist Li Chen. For... Read more
BookPeople 2024 conference program announced
Date: 11 April 2024Category: Local news
BookPeople has announced the program for its 100th anniversary conference and trade exhibition, to be held at Pullman Melbourne on the Park on 14 to 17 June. Yuwaalaraay storyteller and... Read more
What’s Murder Between Friends (Meg Gatland-Veness, Pantera)
Date: 9 April 2024Category: Reviews
Hallie has always dreamed of being an actor. Thanks to her drama teacher, Ms Lovelace, the school is finally putting on its first show. When Hallie’s class stumbles upon Ms... Read more
Keeperton to acquire print rights to works by ‘established digital-first authors’
Date: 8 April 2024Category: Local news
Australian author T L Swan has announced the launch of new publishing venture Keeperton, to be distributed worldwide by Simon & Schuster. With staff based in the US, Australia and... Read more
Hachette acquires McNab book on mushroom poisonings
Date: 27 March 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Hachette Australia has acquired world rights to Recipe for Murder (Duncan McNab). The book, based on the arrest of Erin Patterson over the alleged killing of three people using poisonous mushrooms, was... Read more
Brisbane Writers Festival releases 2024 program
Date: 25 March 2024Category: Local news News
The Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) has launched its 2024 program, which will run from 30 May until 2 June. Over 150 live events are planned for the 2024 festival, with... Read more
Books in the media this weekend, 23–24 March
Date: 22 March 2024Category: Books in the media
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Appreciation (Liam Pieper, Hamish Hamilton) Crimes of the Cross (Anne Manne,... Read more
Making Shadows
Date: 20 March 2024Category: Title showcase
Making Shadows spans the years 1941 to 1992. It focuses on a group of Australian veterans and their post-war struggles. Readers can expect an escalation of organised crime, mental illness,... Read more
Shankari Chandran on ‘Safe Haven’
Date: 12 March 2024Category: Features Interview
Affirm acquires Hardy’s ‘Unbury the Dead’
Date: 7 March 2024Category: Local news News Rights and acquisitions
Self-publishing platform secures funding for AI-powered publishing
Date: 28 February 2024Category: International news
Thunderhead (Miranda Darling, Scribe)
Date: 27 February 2024Category: Friday Unlocked reviews Reviews
Sanctuary (Garry Disher, Text)
Date: 27 February 2024Category: Friday Unlocked reviews Reviews
HarperCollins acquires Gardiner, Kumar cosy crime
Date: 21 February 2024Category: News Rights and acquisitions
The Glass House (Anne Buist & Graeme Simsion, Hachette)
Date: 20 February 2024Category: Friday Unlocked reviews Reviews
Frog Squad: Dessert Disaster (Kate Temple & Jol Temple, illus Shiloh Gordon, HarperCollins)
Date: 20 February 2024Category: Friday Unlocked reviews Reviews
It Takes a Town (Aoife Clifford, Ultimo)
Date: 20 February 2024Category: Friday Unlocked reviews Reviews
Funder longlisted for inaugural Women’s Prize for Nonfiction
Date: 19 February 2024Category: Awards Local news
The Pinchers and the Diamond Heist (Anders Sparring, illus Per Gustavsson, Gecko Press)
Date: 13 February 2024Category: Friday Unlocked reviews Reviews
Rural and regional writers’ festival programs announced
Date: 8 February 2024Category: Local news
Excitable Boy: Essays on risk (Dominic Gordon, Upswell)
Date: 6 February 2024Category: Friday Unlocked reviews Reviews
Pheasants Nest (Louise Milligan, A&U)
Date: 6 February 2024Category: Friday Unlocked reviews Reviews
Romantasy, audio and b-format: Bookseller and publisher predictions for 2024
Date: 31 January 2024Category: Features
Gus and the Missing Boy (Troy Hunter, Wakefield)
Date: 30 January 2024Category: Friday Unlocked reviews Reviews
To The River (Vikki Wakefield, Text)
Date: 30 January 2024Category: Friday Unlocked reviews Reviews
Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2024 shortlists announced
Date: 19 December 2023Category: Awards
Australian market down 3% in value YTD, adult fiction strong
Date: 15 December 2023Category: Local news
Rights round-up
Date: 13 December 2023Category: Rights round-up
The Concierge (Abby Corson, Ultimo)
Date: 12 December 2023Category: Friday Unlocked reviews Reviews
The Beacon (P A Thomas, Echo)
Date: 5 December 2023Category: Friday Unlocked reviews Reviews
Reading into the year ahead: 2024 fiction and poetry preview
Date: 29 November 2023Category: Features Title preview feature
Clan Destine Press to distribute Vanda Symon in Australia
Date: 29 November 2023Category: Classifieds
Gone (Glenna Thomson, Bantam)
Date: 28 November 2023Category: Friday Unlocked reviews Reviews
Affirm acquires Mupotsa-Russell debut thriller
Date: 28 November 2023Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Rzechowicz wins first prize in 2023 Scarlet Stiletto Awards
Date: 28 November 2023Category: Awards Local news
Rights round-up
Date: 22 November 2023Category: Rights round-up
The Invocations (Krystal Sutherland, Penguin)
Date: 21 November 2023Category: Reviews
Darkness Runs Deep (Claire McNeel, Macmillan)
Date: 21 November 2023Category: Reviews
A Dance with Murder (Elizabeth Coleman, Pantera)
Date: 14 November 2023Category: Friday Unlocked reviews Reviews
Report shows continued growth in UK audiobook sales
Date: 13 November 2023Category: International news
Explainer: What are the costs and considerations of making audiobooks?
Date: 8 November 2023Category: Features
The Strip (Iain Ryan, Ultimo)
Date: 7 November 2023Category: Friday Unlocked reviews Reviews
Danger Awards 2023 winners announced
Date: 3 November 2023Category: Awards Local news
Rights round-up
Date: 1 November 2023Category: Rights round-up
HarperCollins acquires debut crime novel The Wolf Tree
Date: 26 October 2023Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Rural and regional writers’ festival programs announced
Date: 19 October 2023Category: Local news
What do teens want to read? Six key insights from the Deakin University Teen Reading research team
Date: 18 October 2023Category: Features
Affirm acquires Hills novel
Date: 17 October 2023Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Walkley Book Award longlist announced
Date: 13 October 2023Category: Awards Local news
Rights round-up
Date: 11 October 2023Category: Rights round-up
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Date: 11 October 2023Category: Advance copy giveaway
The Wiregrass (Adrian Hyland, Ultimo)
Date: 10 October 2023Category: Friday Unlocked reviews Reviews
Affirm acquires Brissenden novel
Date: 5 October 2023Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
The Drowning (Bryan Brown, A&U)
Date: 3 October 2023Category: Friday Unlocked reviews Reviews
Australian book market overview: 2023 so far
Date: 3 October 2023Category: Think Australian feature
Epics, experiments, escapism, excellence: Australian fiction at Frankfurt
Date: 3 October 2023Category: Features Think Australian feature
From literary memoir to survival in a broken world: Australian nonfiction at Frankfurt
Date: 3 October 2023Category: Think Australian feature
Local titles selling overseas
Date: 3 October 2023Category: Think Australian rights
Rights sales: Screen
Date: 3 October 2023Category: Think Australian rights
Latest acquisitions: Fiction
Date: 3 October 2023Category: Think Australian rights
Chandran wins Miles Franklin, Wright honoured for Lifetime Achievement
Date: 3 October 2023Category: Think Australian awards
Lucy Treloar on ‘Days of Innocence and Wonder’
Date: 26 September 2023Category: Features Interview
Arts participation survey: engagement with reading slightly down
Date: 26 September 2023Category: Local news
Rights round-up
Date: 20 September 2023Category: Rights round-up
Ultimo acquires new Snoekstra novel
Date: 15 September 2023Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Varuna announces 2024 residential fellowships
Date: 14 September 2023Category: Awards Local news
Australian book market overview: 2023 so far
Date: 13 September 2023Category: Features
Dymocks data breach; ILD 2023; QLA, EPAA, NSW Premier’s History Awards winners
Date: 13 September 2023Category: This week’s news
Danger Awards 2023 shortlists announced
Date: 8 September 2023Category: Awards Local news
Scribe acquires ‘When Cops Are Criminals’ essay collection, Gorrie to edit
Date: 6 September 2023Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Stan adaptation of ‘Scrublands’ sold to BBC
Date: 6 September 2023Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Killing for Country: A family story
Date: 6 September 2023Category: Advance copy giveaway
Ned Kelly Awards 2023 winners announced
Date: 4 September 2023Category: Awards Local news
Davitt Awards 2023 winners announced
Date: 4 September 2023Category: Awards Local news
Larrikin House acquires Larkin adult fiction novel
Date: 1 September 2023Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Meet the publishers: new small presses to watch
Date: 30 August 2023Category: Features
New agents at Zeitgeist, Alex Adsett Literary; High Spot agent in Australia
Date: 16 August 2023Category: Local news
Byron Writers Festival receives $1 million pledge, 2023 NZ Book Awards for CYA, Ngaio Marsh Awards shortlist
Date: 16 August 2023Category: This week’s news
Ngaio Marsh Awards 2023 shortlists announced
Date: 10 August 2023Category: Awards Local news
Pitched at MIFF 2023
Date: 9 August 2023Category: Features
If You Tell Anyone, You’re Next (Jack Heath, Scholastic)
Date: 8 August 2023Category: Reviews
Ned Kelly Awards 2023 shortlists announced
Date: 7 August 2023Category: Awards Local news
Books in the media this weekend, 5–6 August
Date: 4 August 2023Category: Books in the media
Davitt Awards 2023 shortlists announced
Date: 26 July 2023Category: Awards Local news
Publishers flock to Threads
Date: 25 July 2023Category: Features
Meet the Rising Stars 2023: Eloise Plant
Date: 20 July 2023Category: Features
Ordinary Gods and Monsters (Chris Womersely, Macmillan)
Date: 18 July 2023Category: Reviews
‘Paper Cage’ sells to UK, US
Date: 13 July 2023Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Hachette withdraws police memoir; Groom appointed Writing NSW CEO; CWF 2023 program announced
Date: 12 July 2023Category: This week’s news