Get excited, because it’s the #AlexAdsettLiterary end of year wrap up post!!!! Another huge year of incredible books – thirty-eight (38!) books published across the agency!
Whether you’re book buying for gifts or for yourself, please support Aus authors and booksellers, and have a very happy summer reading!
From our big hitters: Melissa Lucashenko’s searing essays in #NotQuiteWhiteInTheHead, @PubChoir creator Astrid Jorgenson’s outstandingly brilliant #AverageAtBest, and the film tie-in edition of @Petergreste’s wonderful #TheCorrespondent (with the film nominated for 14 AACTAs!). Plus the exceptional collection of poetry #TheDropOff from David Stavanger!
In crime we have #BloodandGold the third Gabe Ahern thriller from @MichaelTrant, the YA #EleanorJonesIsPlayingWithFire, (third in the award winning #EleanorJones series) from @AmyDoak, and Amy’s exciting, brand new YA crime standalone #WhatHaveTheyDoneToLizaMcLean!
In fantasy, we have the award-nominated YA fantasy #MoonlightandDust from the incredible @JasminMcG and gorgeous MG fantasy from the brilliant @LisaFuller!
In rom com, we have the breakaway success that is #AnAcademicAffair by @jodimcalister, first in a new series, already sold into 7 languages, and getting huge buzz from its US publication! Closely followed by fabulously spooky #Ghosted by @Amyhutton and brilliant sports rom com (GayFL!) #AfterTheSiren by @DarcyGreen.
AAL is so proud to continue breaking into the lifestyle space, partnering with @IvyTalentCo, with two amazing voices, #DreamHomeDIY by @JaharnQuinn and #OurNourishingWeek by @sarahbell
In graphic novels and illustrated, we have the stunningly fun and brilliant #FrogLogandDave series with Frog, Log and Dave Almost Save The Day and Frog, Log and Dave a Brush With Evil, by the ridiculously silly and talented @TrentJamieson and illus by Brent Wilson, AND the UK sensation that is #TheWitchesofAndersonHouse by @DaveLowe and illustrated by Jennie Poh.
We have once again knocked it out of the park with our picture books, and MG titles! Including:
#AGoodKindOfTrouble by Melanie Saward and Brooke Blurton (YA/Tween), #CaringForCountry by Bruce Pascoe and Bill Gamage adapted for kids by @JasminMcG, #NgurraHome (following #BlackCockatoo and #Dirrarn) by @CarlMerrisonandHakeahustler, #KimberleyKickers #KrstelKicksToWin by CarlandHakea, #HowzatPat Money Mystery and Cricket Champs by Dave Hartley plus #PatCummins and @SerenaGeddes, @sherylclark’s thoughtful and beautiful verse novel #TheOnlyBranchOnTheFamilyTree, @Fionaharris’ brilliant continuation of the #DiaryOfANetballStar series, and first in her new #SleepoverBFFs series, Kate Gordon’s #HauntingofHindmarchHill and #AstersNextGoodThing, the gorgeously fun #MillieandStella The Lost Ponies and the Puppy Project by @Josephinemoon.
In picture books: #MindControllingBugs by Aidan Doyle and Astrid Hicks, #MyDreamHoliday by @jasmin McGaughey, @Jadeygodwin & #AshBarty, #HowBigIsLove by @carlandhakea and JadeGodwin, #CastleCrashing by superteam of @hannahsommervile and @andrearowe, #WhoMightYouBe by @roberthenderson, & #OurDance by Jacinta Danniher, Taylor Hampton and Janelle Burger.