Canadian Vincentian writer Sutherland wins 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Thursday, 26 June 2025
Canadian Vincentian writer Chanel Sutherland has won the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for ‘Descend’, a story in which enslaved Africans share their life stories, as the ship transporting them...
Ursula K Le Guin Prize for Fiction shortlist
Tuesday, 24 June 2025
The Ursula K Le Guin Foundation has announced the 2025 shortlist for the $25,000 (A$38,861) Ursula K Le Guin Prize for Fiction. This award celebrates ‘realists of a larger reality,...
McDonald, Gill win Carnegie medals
Monday, 23 June 2025
In the UK, the winners of the 2025 Carnegie medals for writing and illustration for children and young people have been announced. Margaret McDonald was announced the winner of the Carnegie...
British Library reinstates Oscar Wilde’s library card
Thursday, 19 June 2025
In the UK, the British Library has announced that it will reinstate Oscar Wilde's reader pass, 130 years after it was revoked following Wilde's conviction for gross indecency. ‘A contemporary...
van der Wouden, Clarke win 2025 Women’s Prizes
Friday, 13 June 2025
In the UK, the 2025 Women’s Prizes have been announced. The SafeKeep by Dutch author Yael van der Wouden (Penguin) has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction, while The Story...
UK AI Bill passes House of Commons
Thursday, 12 June 2025
In the UK, the Data Bill passed through the House of Commons on Tuesday afternoon with MPs voting 304 vs 189 in favour, reported BookBrunch. Notably for the creative industries...
Jhalak Prize 2025 winners announced
Tuesday, 10 June 2025
In the UK, the 2025 winners of the Jhalak Prize have been announced, reports Book Brunch. The winners – chosen from shortlists announced in April – are: Jhalak Prose Prize Namesake:...
Evaristo awarded Outstanding Contribution award
Thursday, 5 June 2025
In the UK, the Women’s Prize has announced Bernadine Evaristo as the winner of its ‘one-off Outstanding Contribution award, marking the 30th anniversary year of the Women’s Prize for Fiction....
Rowell wins 2025 Women’s Prize Trust Discoveries Award
Monday, 2 June 2025
In the UK, Rosie Rowell has been announced as the 2025 recipient of the The Women's Prize Trust Discoveries Award for her thriller Down by the Stryth. The prize is awarded...
Fired US copyright chief sues over removal
Thursday, 29 May 2025
Fired US Copyright Office director Shira Perlmutter has filed a lawsuit over her removal from the position earlier this month, reported Publishers Weekly (PW). Perlmutter has sued multiple defendants, including...
Fitzcarraldo Editions Essay Prize 2025 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 27 May 2025
In the UK and Ireland, the 2025 Fitzcarraldo Editions/Mahler & LeWitt Studios Essay Prize shortlist has been announced. Judges – Joanna Biggs, Brian Dillon, Sheila Heti, Joanna Kavenna and Jacques...
‘The Adversary’ named 2025 Dublin Literary Award winner
Monday, 26 May 2025
The Adversary by Canadian author Michael Crummey (Knopf) has won the €100,000 (A$174,939) international Dublin Literary Award. This is the 30th iteration of the awards, ‘the world’s largest prize for...
Alarm over Russian publisher arrests
Thursday, 22 May 2025
The International Publishers Association (IPA) has expressed alarm at reports of more than 10 publishing professionals arrested in Russia ‘in connection to criminal charges of distributing books containing “LGBT propaganda”’....
Amazon announces AI for Audible
Tuesday, 20 May 2025
Audible has announced it will begin offering AI-powered narration and translation to select publishers, reported Publishers Weekly (PW). Over the next few months, publishers will be given options to use narration services...
Production company Somesuch launches publishing imprint
Monday, 19 May 2025
In the UK, production company Somesuch has announced the launch of its new publishing imprint, Somesuch Editions. Founder Tim Nash said: ‘As a film production company, storytelling has always been...
Vale Hervé de La Martinière
Thursday, 15 May 2025
French publishing entrepreneur Hervé de La Martinière has died. De La Martinière began his career at the Hachette Group, working with some of the publisher’s major imprints before moving to...
Lubrin wins Carol Shields Prize
Tuesday, 13 May 2025
Canisia Lubrin is the 2025 winner of the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction for her novel Code Noir (Soft Skull). Chosen from a shortlist of five, Lubrin receives US$150,000 (A$236,675)...
US Librarian of Congress fired
Monday, 12 May 2025
In the US, the Trump administration has fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, effective 8 May, reported Publishers Weekly (PW). PW also reported that ‘no reason for Hayden's removal was...
Pulitzer Prize winners announced
Tuesday, 6 May 2025
In the US, the winners of the 2025 Pulitzer Prizes have been announced. The winners in the book categories are: Fiction James (Percival Everett, Mantle) Nonfiction To the Success of...
US fiction writing school launches US$100k prize
Monday, 5 May 2025
New York-based online fiction writing school The Novelry has launched a US$100,000 (A$155,276) competition, called The Next Big Story. Open to unrepresented adult writers residing in the United States, United...
Nada wins 2025 International Prize for Arabic Fiction
Tuesday, 29 April 2025
Mohamed Samir Nada has won the 18th International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF), worth US$50,000 (A$77,800), for his novel The Prayer of Anxiety (Masciliana). The Prayer of Anxiety was chosen...
Rio de Janeiro named 2025 World Book Capital
Monday, 28 April 2025
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has named Rio de Janeiro as the 2025 World Book Capital. 'UNESCO and the World Book Capital Advisory Committee commended Rio...
2025 Publishing Triangle Awards Winners announced
Tuesday, 22 April 2025
In the US, the Publishing Triangle, an association of LGBTQ+ people in publishing, has announced winners for the 2025 Publishing Triangle Awards. The awards honour 'the best LGBTQ+ books published...
American Library Association releases 2024’s 10 most challenged books
Tuesday, 15 April 2025
In the US, National Library Week (NLA) has concluded after a week celebrating the ‘essential role that libraries, along with library professionals and workers, play in changing people’s lives and...
‘Small Rain’ named 2025 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
Monday, 14 April 2025
Garth Greenwell’s Small Rain (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) has been selected as the winner of the 2025 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, worth US$15,000 (A$23,771). Small Rain was chosen from a shortlist...
Women’s Prize announces ‘one-off’ Outstanding Contribution Award
Thursday, 10 April 2025
In the UK, the Women's Prize Trust has announced the Women’s Prize Outstanding Contribution Award, a 'one-off literary honour' to be awarded to a living female author 'in recognition of...
US tariffs exempt books ‘for now’
Tuesday, 8 April 2025
While US President Donald Trump's implementation of new tariffs has impacted a range of countries and goods, ‘at least for now, books have fared well,’ reports Publishers Weekly. 'Since Trump's...
NaNoWriMo shuttered
Monday, 7 April 2025
Nonprofit organisation NaNoWriMo has announced its closure, reports Publishers Weekly. NaNoWriMo interim executive director Kilby Blades announced the closure via YouTube. Publishers Weekly noted that this decision 'follows a period of...
2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist announced
Thursday, 3 April 2025
In the UK, the 2025 shortlist for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, worth £30,000 (A$62,328), has been announced. The six shortlisted titles, chosen from a longlist of 16, are: All...
PRH 2024 results: 8.5% sales increase
Tuesday, 1 April 2025
Worldwide sales at Penguin Random House (PRH) increased by 8.5% and profits rose 11.3% in 2024, due to higher book prices, the continuing strength of the audiobook market, and higher...
