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Varuna announces First Nations fellowship

2026 Copyright Agency First Nations Fellowships Thursday, 11 June 2026
Varuna, the National Writers’ House, has announced the recipients of the 2026 Copyright Agency First Nations Fellowship. This year’s recipients are: Gamilaraay and Yuwaalaraay journalist and industry professor Lorena Allam...

Isabel Staas and Ashleigh Barton launch Hey Author 

Isabel Staas (left) and Ashleigh Barton (right, credit Syl Marie). Thursday, 11 June 2026
Former head of audio and production at Hachette ANZ Isabel Staas and children’s author and former marketing and publicity manager Ashleigh Barton have created Hey Author, an author-support business. Staas...

Melbourne Rare Book Week announces 2026 program 

Rare Book Week Thursday, 11 June 2026
Melbourne Rare Book Week (MRBW) returns on 23 July, running until 1 August 2026 with a line-up of events, exhibitions, talks and lectures. Book experts will explore topics including the...

Giramondo acquires Amy Crutchfield’s “Asterion”

Photo of Amy Crutchfield Thursday, 11 June 2026
Giramondo has acquired world rights to the poetry collection Asterion by Amy Crutchfield. Asterion is the follow-up to Crutchfield’s debut collection The Cyprian, which won the Prime Minister’s Literary Award...

Rhiza Press acquires Riveted Press 

Tuesday, 9 June 2026
Rhiza Press has acquired Riveted Press in a deal that will come into effect on 1 October. In a statement, Rhiza Press said Riveted Press would continue to publish under...

Anna Fienberg, Datsun Tran on 2026 IBBY Honour List

Tuesday, 9 June 2026
IBBY Australia has announced its 2026 selection for the biennial IBBY Honour List: for writing, Anna Fienberg’s Picasso and the Greatest Show on Earth (Allen & Unwin, 2023), and for illustration,...

A&U acquires artist biography by Andrew Bailey

Photograph of Andrew Bailey Tuesday, 9 June 2026
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this article contains the name of a deceased person. Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to the nonfiction title...

Kaye Wright joins Woodslane 

Photograph of Kaye Wright Tuesday, 9 June 2026
Former Leading Edge member services manager Kaye Wright has joined distributor Woodslane as head of trade. Woodslane said the newly created head of trade role “will involve working with local...

A&U acquires Split Enz history

Photo of Split Enz Thursday, 4 June 2026
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Split Enz: An Adventure in Music and Design, the official history of the band Split Enz by Noel Crombie and Michael...

ACT Literary Awards 2026 shortlists announced

Thursday, 4 June 2026
MARION has announced the shortlists for the 2026 ACT Literary Awards. The shortlisted titles are: Children’s literature Creature Corridors (Billie Rooney, illustrated by Anke Noack, CSIRO Publishing) The Drought Kangaroo...

Mossop steps down at SWF 

Photograph of Ann Mossop Thursday, 4 June 2026
Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) has announced that artistic director Ann Mossop will step down from her role. In a statement, SWF CEO Brooke Webb said Mossop would remain in the...

Allen & Unwin acquires Evonne Goolagong Cawley memoir

Tuesday, 2 June 2026
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Only Ever Evonne by Evonne Goolagong Cawley. In the memoir, Goolagong Cawley shares memories of her childhood in Barellan, where she grew...

Wright leaves Leading Edge as part of restructure 

Photograph of Kaye Wright Monday, 1 June 2026
Leading Edge member services manager Kaye Wright has left the business and will not be replaced in the role. Leading Edge head of books Leanne Kadareanu told Books+Publishing that Wright’s...

 

 

 

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