Seattle Public Library: Breaking down barriers
Thursday, 21 August 2025
With libraries, their work, and free access to information under increasing threat around the world, B+P and the Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature Office reached out to libraries in other designated cities of...
Reykjavik City Library: Fostering ‘open conversation’
Thursday, 14 August 2025
With libraries, their work, and free access to information under increasing threat around the world, B+P and the Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature Office reached out to libraries in other designated cities of...
Unfolded podcast seeks to ‘go inside what makes a story great’
Thursday, 14 August 2025
University of Melbourne lecturer and creative producer Seth Robinson has launched the new podcast Unfolded, a literary podcast that combines audio performances and author interviews. In each episode, an actor performs...
The Power of Connection: Reflections from the Big Day of Books Event
Thursday, 31 July 2025
After the Perth Writers Festival was postponed, WA publishers partnered with the ABC to run Big Day of Books Perth. The program included six sessions, and ran on 28 June...
Meet the Rising Stars: Melena Cole-Manolis
Thursday, 10 July 2025
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) Rising Star award recognises an emerging talent in Australian publishing who has spent fewer than 10 years in the industry. In the lead-up to the...
‘A unique mix of creativity and commerce’: Gavin Williams on the BookPeople presidency and bookselling
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
At the recent BookPeople conference, Tim Jarvis of Fuller's Bookstore in Hobart stepped down as president of the organisation's management committee, a role he has held since June 2023. Gavin...
Meet the Rising Stars: Ali Hampton
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) Rising Star award recognises an emerging talent in Australian publishing who has spent less than 10 years in the industry. In the lead-up to the...
NAIDOC Week highlights
Monday, 7 July 2025
In celebration of NAIDOC Week, which runs from 6–13 July this year under the theme ‘The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy’, Books+Publishing reviews editor Jess Lomas shares some standout...
Meet the 2025 Rising Stars: Arlie Alizzi
Monday, 7 July 2025
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) Rising Star award recognises an emerging talent in Australian publishing who has spent fewer than 10 years in the industry. In the lead-up to the...
Meet the 2025 Rising Stars: Jen Topham
Thursday, 3 July 2025
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) Rising Star award recognises an emerging talent in Australian publishing who has spent fewer than 10 years in the industry. In the lead-up to the...
Meet the 2025 Rising Stars: Sarah Valle
Tuesday, 1 July 2025
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) Rising Star award recognises an emerging talent in Australian publishing who has spent fewer than 10 years in the industry. In the lead-up to the...
Here’s something absolutely cooked about books in Australia
Monday, 30 June 2025
Alice Grundy is an editor, publisher, researcher and teacher. She has worked on both sides of the publishing industry – holding various trade publishing roles over a 15-year period, as well...
Meet the 2025 Rising Stars: Rachel Cramp
Monday, 30 June 2025
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) Rising Star award recognises an emerging talent in Australian publishing who has spent fewer than 10 years in the industry. In the lead-up to the...
Community and Courage: B+P reflects on SWF
Tuesday, 24 June 2025
This year, publishing director of Books+Publishing, Kate Cuthbert, attended Sydney Writers' Festival in May. We asked her to share her thoughts on the festival which ran between 19 and 27...
TitlePage announces plans for upgraded search, new functionality
Monday, 16 June 2025
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced a suite of upgrades to TitlePage, with a focus on improving access and use of TitlePage data. TitlePage launched in 2004 with eight...
The digital life of a neighbourhood bookstore
Monday, 2 June 2025
Ramona Books is a new independent bookstore in Melbourne that’s quickly made a name for itself online. Books+Publishing's reviews editor Jess Lomas spoke with store owner Katie Smith about how...
Explainer: State Library Victoria duty of care review timeline
Tuesday, 27 May 2025
Following the release of documentation from the State Library Victoria (SLV) regarding ways of working with stakeholders including contractors, Books+Publishing has compiled a timeline of relevant events. Bootcamp postponement In February...
Enamoured Books opens in Auckland
Tuesday, 20 May 2025
Enamoured Books, Aotearoa New Zealand's first dedicated romance bookshop, opened in Auckland in May of 2025. Founder Ruby Wallace spoke with Books+Publishing about her vision for the shop. Why did you...
Mother’s Day recommendations from B+P reviewers
Friday, 2 May 2025
In the lead-up to Mother’s Day, one of the busiest book-buying times of the year, Books+Publishing reviews editor Jess Lomas looks at some reviewer favourites from April and May with...
Meet the ABDA Emerging Designer of the Year shortlistees: Emi Chiba
Thursday, 1 May 2025
In the lead-up to the 73rd Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) Awards, Books+Publishing is speaking to the three shortlistees for the Deb Brash Emerging Designer of the Year Award. In our final instalment,...
Meet the ABDA Emerging Designer of the Year shortlistees: Katherine Zhang
Tuesday, 29 April 2025
In the lead-up to the 73rd Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) Awards, Books+Publishing is speaking to the three shortlistees for the Deb Brash Emerging Designer of the Year Award. In this second instalment,...
Meet the ABDA Emerging Designer of the Year shortlistees: Hana Kinoshita Thomson
Monday, 28 April 2025
In the lead-up to the 73rd Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) Awards, Books+Publishing is speaking to the three shortlistees for the Deb Brash Emerging Designer of the Year Award. In this...
Clunes Booktown 2025 – books, bands, and breaking records
Tuesday, 1 April 2025
Under blue skies and a hot sun, Clunes transformed into Booktown during the weekend of 22–23 March, welcoming about 10,000 visitors and a record 135 booksellers. Books+Publishing publishing director Kate...
Community, persistence key to ‘alchemy’ at 2025 GenreCon
Monday, 3 March 2025
This past weekend, Queensland Writers Centre (QWC) held its annual GenreCon (28 February to 2 March), dedicated to the craft and industry of writing in the five major genres of...
Peninsula Records and Books opens on the Yorke Peninsula
Tuesday, 25 February 2025
Peninsula Records and Books has opened a shopfront in Stansbury on the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia, with a selection of books ‘exclusively focused on Australian authors, supporting both iconic...
Christmas 2023 all wrapped up: Local children’s and YA
Wednesday, 21 June 2023
Books+Publishing rounds up Australian publishers’ top local children’s and young adult titles releasing in time for Christmas 2023. Tis the season Among the children’s and YA titles coming in time for...
Books in the media this weekend 18–19 March
Friday, 17 March 2023
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Old Babes in the Wood (Margaret Atwood, C&W) Tanya Plibersek: On...
Books in the media this weekend 11–12 March
Friday, 10 March 2023
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Barron Field in New South Wales: The poetics of terra nullius...
Books in the media this weekend 4–5 March
Friday, 3 March 2023
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Political Lives: Australian prime ministers and their biographers (Chris Wallace, NewSouth)...
Books in the media this weekend: 25–26 February
Friday, 24 February 2023
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper The Book of Falling (David McCooey, Black Inc.) Fog (Tom Petsinis,...
