MWF releases 2026 program and ventures into the suburbs
Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) has released its program for 2026, featuring more than 150 artists participating in readings, panels and ...
Writers Victoria petition achieves 10,000 signatures
A petition to restore funding for Writers Victoria has gained more than 10,000 signatures, a number sufficient to trigger a ...
NZ Booklovers Awards 2026 winners announced
In Aotearoa New Zealand, the winners of the 2026 NZ Booklovers Awards have been announced. The winning titles in each ...
Hachette, Sweatshop partner on new scholarship
Hachette Australia has announced it will partner with Sweatshop Literacy Movement to create an annual scholarship for two First Nations and/or ...
Affirm acquires Williams’s “The German Ward”
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to The German Ward, a “breathtaking historical love story” by Pip Williams, with US ...
Wombat acquires Dangerfield’s middle-grade novel
Online queer bookshop Obsidian opens in Sydney
Martin wins 2026 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship
S&S acquires Fanning memoir
Canberra Writers Festival announces anniversary events
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