T&H celebrates 75-year anniversary
Date: 24 April 2024Category: Local news
Thames & Hudson (T&H) is celebrating its 75-year anniversary this year with a series of trade promotions and events. Walter and Eva Neurath founded T&H in 1949 with the ambition... 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
Upswell acquires Spirovski debut, ‘White Hibiscus’
Date: 24 April 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Upswell Publishing has acquired world rights for White Hibiscus: A portrait in words, the debut work of visual artist Loribelle Spirovski. Publisher Terri-ann White described the book as ‘a poetic... Read more
Transit Lounge acquires Dombroski debut novel ‘Xenograft’
Date: 24 April 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to Xenograft, a debut novel by Western Sydney author Ann Dombroski. In the novel, 40-year-old Alice Kaczmarek wants a baby, but her husband, Daniel, is... Read more
Account manager (QLD, NT & NZ), Brisbane
Date: 24 April 2024Category: Jobs
Gale Gale is a world leading provider of research resources, including digital archives, databases, and eBooks. We deliver quality resources to university, national, state and public libraries, as well as... Read more
Where Is the Green Sheep? Celebration Book
Date: 24 April 2024Category: Friday Title showcase Title showcase
2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the highly acclaimed, bestselling picture book, Where Is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox and Judy Horacek. To celebrate this incredible milestone, Penguin Random... Read more
Blossom: Practical and creative ways to find wonder in the floral world (Adriana Picker, Hardie Grant Books)
Date: 23 April 2024Category: Reviews
Blossom goes beyond merely showcasing the beauty of flowers, offering wonderful and practical ideas for using flowers through the seasons. In her latest book, botanical illustrator Adriana Picker shares her... Read more
Father of the Lost Boys: The Mecak Ajang Alaak story (Yuot A Alaak, Fremantle)
Date: 23 April 2024Category: Reviews
In Father of the Lost Boys, former child refugee Yuot A Alaak immortalises the hero who rescued 20,000 boys from the brink of death—his father, Mecak Ajang Alaak. Affectionately embraced as... Read more
Hide & Seek Beautiful (Nicki Esler Gill, illus Jedda Robaard, Scholastic)
Date: 23 April 2024Category: Reviews
Hide & Seek Beautiful by Nicki Esler Gill explores a tender and heart-warming story of friendship and the little things in life. Best friends since birth, Annie and Boo find... Read more
Things I Need You to Know (Mark Lamprell, Text)
Date: 23 April 2024Category: Reviews
Birdie’s world is torn asunder when Ned, her husband and the father of their five daughters, dies unceremoniously of stomach cancer. In a reversal of stereotypical gender roles, Birdie was... Read more
Pantera acquires Rai debut novel ‘An Onslaught of Light’
Date: 23 April 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Pantera Press has acquired world rights to An Onslaught of Light, a debut novel by Natasha Rai. In the novel, in 1990, Vijay and Indu depart India for Australia—a move... Read more
Jhalak prizes 2024 shortlists announced
Date: 22 April 2024Category: International news
The 2024 shortlists for the Jhalak Prize and Jhalak Children’s & Young Adult Prize have been announced. Titles in the running for each prize are: Jhalak Prize A Flat Place... Read more
Michael Gifkins Prize 2024 longlist announced
Date: 22 April 2024Category: Awards Local news
Text Publishing and the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) have announced the longlist for the 2024 Michael Gifkins Prize for an unpublished... Read more
Books in the media this weekend, 20–21 April
Date: 19 April 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 Deep Water (James Bradley, Hamish Hamilton) The End of the Morning (Charmian Clift,... Read more
Hachette acquires Coburn YA verse novel ‘The Foal in the Wire’
Date: 18 April 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Hachette Australia has acquired world rights to The Foal in the Wire, a YA verse novel from poet Robbie Coburn, via Belinda Bolliger at Key People Literary Management. Described by... Read more
Pantera acquires Sursok memoir
Date: 17 April 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Rights round-up
Date: 17 April 2024Category: Rights round-up
Vale Max Oliver
Date: 17 April 2024Category: Obituaries
Fragile Creatures (Khin Myint, Black Inc.)
Date: 16 April 2024Category: Reviews
Affirm acquires Ferguson ‘feminist manifesto’
Date: 16 April 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
A third of translators report losing work due to AI
Date: 15 April 2024Category: International news
UQP acquires Bigna middle-grade verse novel
Date: 11 April 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
PRH acquires Clark romantasy duology
Date: 11 April 2024Category: Local news News Rights and acquisitions
AI and publishing: Concerns beyond copyright
Date: 10 April 2024Category: Features
Rights round-up
Date: 10 April 2024Category: Rights round-up
ILF wins Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2024
Date: 10 April 2024Category: Awards Local news
Sharkman and Blowfish: World Domination (David Woodland, Berbay)
Date: 9 April 2024Category: Reviews
My Efficient Electric Home Handbook (Tim Forcey, Murdoch)
Date: 9 April 2024Category: Reviews
Hachette acquires Farnham memoir
Date: 9 April 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Affirm acquires rights to Welgemoed cookbook
Date: 8 April 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Keeperton to acquire print rights to works by ‘established digital-first authors’
Date: 8 April 2024Category: Local news
The ‘Australian’ announces new fiction prize as Vogel ends
Date: 8 April 2024Category: Local news
Books in the media this weekend, 6–7 April
Date: 5 April 2024Category: Books in the media
Stager, Godwin to be inducted into ABIA Hall of Fame; business, publisher shortlists announced
Date: 4 April 2024Category: Local news
UWAP acquires On’s third poetry collection
Date: 4 April 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Bleedthrough: censorship and book banning in Australia
Date: 3 April 2024Category: Features
Windham-Campbell Prizes 2024 recipients announced
Date: 3 April 2024Category: International news
Magic Counting (Nabeel Khan, illus Tete Garcia, Scribble)
Date: 2 April 2024Category: Reviews
Drop into the Ocean (Karen Wasson, illus Marta Tesoro, Hardie Grant Explore)
Date: 2 April 2024Category: Reviews
Borderlands: Riding the Slipstream (ed by Paul Collins, Ford St)
Date: 2 April 2024Category: Reviews
Heartsease (Kate Kruimink, Picador)
Date: 2 April 2024Category: Reviews
Australian Book Design Awards 2024 shortlists announced
Date: 28 March 2024Category: Awards Local news
Women’s Prize for Nonfiction 2024 shortlist announced
Date: 28 March 2024Category: International news
Hachette acquires McNab book on mushroom poisonings
Date: 27 March 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Rights round-up
Date: 27 March 2024Category: Rights round-up
Australians in London: ‘Plenty of deals’ at ‘electric’ LBF
Date: 27 March 2024Category: Local news
PRH 2023 results flat, despite revenue rise
Date: 27 March 2024Category: International news
ABIAs book shortlists; MWF, BWF programs; Marr wins Indie Book of the Year
Date: 27 March 2024Category: This week’s news
Walker acquires Zaslavsky nonfiction ‘Splodge!’
Date: 27 March 2024Category: Local news News Rights and acquisitions
Wright shortlisted for 2024 Dublin Literary Award
Date: 27 March 2024Category: Awards Local news
Under the Stars Camping Australia & New Zealand
Date: 27 March 2024Category: Advance copy giveaway
Grace the Amazing (Aleesah Darlison, Wombat Books)
Date: 26 March 2024Category: Reviews
Love & Rome (Jenna Lo Bianco, Macmillan)
Date: 26 March 2024Category: Reviews
Copyright Licensing New Zealand launches IP platform
Date: 26 March 2024Category: Local news News
Dylan Thomas Prize 2024 shortlist announced
Date: 26 March 2024Category: Awards International news
Scribner acquires Beecher’s ‘The Men Who Killed the News’
Date: 25 March 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Pham named UTS writer in residence
Date: 25 March 2024Category: Awards Local news
‘Greenwild’ wins 2024 Waterstones Children’s Book of the Year
Date: 25 March 2024Category: International news
Full 2024 MWF program announced
Date: 22 March 2024Category: Local news
ABIAs 2024 shortlists announced
Date: 21 March 2024Category: Awards Local news
Helen Anne Bell Poetry Bequest Award shortlist announced
Date: 21 March 2024Category: Awards Local news News
Nonfiction children’s titles on offer at Bologna
Date: 20 March 2024Category: Think Australian feature
Picture books being pitched at Bologna
Date: 20 March 2024Category: Think Australian feature
Junior and middle-grade titles on offer at Bologna
Date: 20 March 2024Category: Think Australian feature
Young adult titles on offer at Bologna
Date: 20 March 2024Category: Think Australian feature
Aus publishers’ latest acquisitions
Date: 20 March 2024Category: Think Australian feature
Award winners to look out for
Date: 20 March 2024Category: Think Australian awards
Meet the agent: Lisa Fuller at Alex Adsett Literary
Date: 20 March 2024Category: Think Australian profile
Meet the publisher: Nicola Robinson at the Indigenous Literacy Foundation
Date: 20 March 2024Category: Think Australian newsletter Think Australian profile
Asian-Australian booksellers championing diversity
Date: 20 March 2024Category: Features
Rights round-up
Date: 20 March 2024Category: Rights round-up
Maguire’s historical fiction ‘Rapture’ sells to Sceptre
Date: 20 March 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Woehlert and Lake list Imprint Booksellers for sale
Date: 20 March 2024Category: Local news News
Psykhe (Kate Forsyth, Vintage)
Date: 19 March 2024Category: Reviews
Cheer Up, Blobfish! (Julie Murphy, illus Rachel Tribout, Affirm)
Date: 19 March 2024Category: Reviews
Cristy Burne on ‘Ultra Violet’
Date: 19 March 2024Category: Features Interview
Books in the media this weekend, 16–17 March
Date: 15 March 2024Category: Books in the media
Affirm Press signs Sweatshop mentees Nour and Barnette
Date: 14 March 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
S&S acquires three titles by Heiss
Date: 14 March 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Christmas Press acquires Kelleher SF novel ‘The Lastling’
Date: 13 March 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
Larrikin House acquires ‘I Can’t Believe…’ nonfiction series
Date: 13 March 2024Category: Local news News Rights and acquisitions
Hachette acquires Paris debut ‘The Unravelling’ in two-book deal
Date: 13 March 2024Category: Local news News Rights and acquisitions
The Changing Room
Date: 13 March 2024Category: Advance copy giveaway
Marketing executive, Melbourne
Date: 13 March 2024Category: Jobs
Peripathetic: Notes on (un)belonging (Cher Tan, NewSouth)
Date: 12 March 2024Category: Reviews
What Stars Are For (Margeaux Davis, Affirm)
Date: 12 March 2024Category: Reviews
Circadia (Judith Bishop, UQP)
Date: 12 March 2024Category: Reviews
To Sing of War (Catherine McKinnon, HarperCollins)
Date: 12 March 2024Category: Reviews
Needham wins 2024 MUD Literary Prize
Date: 12 March 2024Category: Awards Local news News
Affirm acquires Hardy’s ‘Unbury the Dead’
Date: 7 March 2024Category: Local news News Rights and acquisitions
Rights round-up
Date: 6 March 2024Category: Rights round-up
Grenville longlisted for 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction
Date: 6 March 2024Category: Awards
National accounts coordinator: DDS, Sydney
Date: 6 March 2024Category: Jobs
The Mistress of Dara Island (Averil Kenny, Echo)
Date: 5 March 2024Category: Reviews
The Apprentice Witnesser (Bren MacDibble, A&U Children’s)
Date: 5 March 2024Category: Reviews
Books in the media this weekend, 2–3 March
Date: 1 March 2024Category: Books in the media
S&S acquires Rogers novel in three-book deal
Date: 29 February 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions
HarperCollins acquires Gorman’s ‘Lost Pleasure’
Date: 29 February 2024Category: Local news Rights and acquisitions