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Ruffino to depart Simon & Schuster

Managing director of Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) Dan Ruffino is stepping down from his position in December, the publisher ...

“Clever Men” wins 2025 Nib Literary Award

Historian and essayist Martin Thomas has been awarded the 2025 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award, worth $40,000, for ...

“Naku Dharuk: The Bark Petitions” wins 2025 Australian Political Book of the Year

Clare Wright has won the Australian Political Book of the Year for Naku Dharuk: The Bark Petitions (Text). The book “makes ...

Carvan wins 2025 Bragg Prize for Science Writing

Tabitha Carvan has been awarded this year’s UNSW Press Bragg Prize for Science Writing for her essay “The Unexpected Poetry ...

Awesome Black announces new music and literary fund

The Awesome Black Foundation has announced the Voices Rising Fund, a new initiative for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander musicians ...

Wombat Books acquires Gemmill’s middle-grade

Indigenous Literacy Foundation announces new ambassadors

Australian delegates bring optimism and energy to Frankfurt Book Fair

Garner wins Baillie Gifford

A&U acquires Ham’s first nonfiction book

International news

Comics anthology wins Brazilian Book Published Abroad UNESCO announces new Cities of Literature Authors’ class action against OpenAI to proceed Booker Prize launches £50K children’s prize Elton named HarperCollins UK CEO

Book Buzz

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Cover of Chloe Fisher's "Always You."

Crime and memoir top Aussie bestsellers

A cover of "The Transformations" by Andrew Pippos.

Books in the media this weekend, 8 to 9 November

Junior Book Club – this month’s reads

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Top stories

Ruffino to depart Simon & Schuster Disability Arts History Australia website launched Wombat Books acquires Gemmill’s middle-grade A&U acquires Ham’s first nonfiction book Garner wins Baillie Gifford

Bestsellers

Crime and memoir top Aussie bestsellers

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Adult reviews

Cover of "The Wardrobe Project" by Emma Edwards. The title text lays over the sketched outline of a person.

The cover of "Better Than the Real Thing" by Brooke Crawford. The title text appears over the colourful painting of a face.

The book cover of "Else" by Rose Michael. A peson lies shirtless on a rocky ground.

A book cover of "The Mushroom Tapes: Conversations on a Triple Murder Trial" by Helen Garner, Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein.

The book cover of 'An Ancient Witch's Guide to Modern Dating' by Cecilia Edward. A witch looks at her phone, standing beside a cat at a cauldron.

The book cover of ‘Lucky Dragon Supper Club’ by Stephanie Feher. A dragon bites a dumpling held by chopsticks.

Junior reviews

Cover of "Let's Make an Adventure" written by Carrie Gallasch and illustrated by Kïa Hing Fay. Two cartoon children play with household objects.

A cover of "Otto’s Ink-Redible First Day of School" written by Rory H Mather and illustrated by Rebel Challenger. An orange octopus swims on the cover.

The book cover of ‘The Fishmonger and the Pastry Chef’ written by Sophie Masson and illustrated by Cheryl Orsini. A chef decorates a cake with a young boy, while a fishmonger observes through a window.

Cover for Dogs With Jobs published by Hardie Grant