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MidnightSun Publishing acquires Madsen’s ‘Animal Force’

Thursday, 25 September 2025
MidnightSun has acquired world rights to Animal Force, a junior fiction novel written by Cerise Madsen and illustrated by Sally Heinrich. According to the publisher, Animal Force centres on twins Leo and...

Stella Day Out Ballarat program announced

Thursday, 25 September 2025
Literary organisation Stella has announced the evening program for its Stella Day Out event in Ballarat, Victoria, to take place on 5 November at the Ballarat Mechanics Institute. The first...

Little Big Sky acquires Baker’s picture books in four-book deal

Thursday, 25 September 2025
Little Big Sky has acquired world rights to Calm Your Farm and I Love to Draw by Dale Baker in a four-book deal, marking the imprint's first acquisition since launching this year....

Stella Day Out to host Hobart events

Tuesday, 23 September 2025
Literary organisation Stella has announced the program for its second Hobart event, running 26 September at the University of Tasmania. Michelle de Kretser, the 2025 Stella Prize winner, will discuss...

UQP acquires O’Keeffe’s third novel

Tuesday, 23 September 2025
The University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to Angela O’Keeffe’s third novel, Phanton Days, via Martin Shaw Literary. In this forthcoming novel, the story is narrated from...

Pink Shorts Press acquires Crisp’s first nonfiction title

Tuesday, 23 September 2025
Pink Shorts Press has acquired Pearls, a collection of essays by Tracy Crisp. According to the publisher, Pearls is a collection of ‘coming-of-middle-age’ memoir essays, ‘drawn from a series of...

Baker’s ‘Sight Lines’ wins best book at PANZ Book Design Awards

Monday, 22 September 2025
The winners of the 2025 New Zealand Te Rau o Tākupu Publishers Association (PANZ) Book Design Awards have been announced. Chosen from finalists announced in July, the winners are: Gerard...

Hachette acquires Carmody’s dystopian romantasy

Monday, 22 September 2025
Hachette Australia has acquired The Shadows that Listen, a debut dystopian romantasy by Louisa Carmody, in a deal brokered between Hachette head of fiction Rebecca Saunders and C&W Agency, after...

Pink Shorts Press acquires ‘Scared Angry Laughing’ by Merrilees

Monday, 22 September 2025
Pink Shorts Press has acquired Scared Angry Laughing, a nonfiction title by Margaret Merrilees. Scared Angry Laughing is a creative memoir essay collection, said the publisher. ‘These pieces speak to...

DARTS and MDA announced the Luminas honours program

Monday, 22 September 2025
Diversity Arts Australia (DARTS) and Media Diversity Australia (MDA) have announced the Luminas, a national honours program recognising and celebrating ‘the trailblazers transforming Australia’s cultural and media landscapes’. The Luminas categories, to...

Stella Day Out to host Byron Bay event

Monday, 22 September 2025
Literary organisation Stella has announced two Byron Bay sessions, running 17 October at the Byron Community Centre. Michelle de Krester, the 2025 Stella Prize winner, will discuss Theory & Practice (Text)...

KUPU Māori Writers Festival releases full program

Thursday, 18 September 2025
The KUPU Māori Writers Festival has released its full program, running 17–18 October in Rotorua. Among those headlining the event are Poia Rewi, Tim Finn, Hana Tapiata, Donovan Farnham, Mike McRoberts,...

Berbay announces new travel imprint

Thursday, 18 September 2025
Children’s publisher Berbay Publishing has announced Berbay Travel, a new imprint dedicated ‘to revealing the hidden and unseen elements of destinations around the globe’. The imprint will launch with ‘a...

A&U acquires Buttifant, Farr tough nonfiction

Thursday, 18 September 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Life's Tough—Be Tougher by David Buttifant and Nick Farr. ‘Life's Tough—Be Tougher is a straight-talking guide to building resilience and thriving when hard...

Transit Lounge acquires new Cameron novel

Thursday, 18 September 2025
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to Bloomfield, the third novel by Donna M Cameron, in a deal brokered by Jeanne Ryckmans at Key People Literary Management. ‘When the eccentric...

Readings’ A Day in Carlton program announced

Thursday, 18 September 2025
Readings has announced the full 2025 program for ‘A Day in Carlton’, which will run 13–15 November in the Melbourne suburb of Carlton. The festival will open with author Trent...

Words at Pearls program announced

Wednesday, 17 September 2025
Words on the Waves has announced Words at Pearls, a one-day literary festival running Saturday 15 November at Pearl Beach, NSW. Under the theme ‘Wandering Wild’, the program features four...

OzAsia Festival’s 2025 Weekend of Words program released

Tuesday, 16 September 2025
OzAsia Festival’s Weekend of Words has released its full program, running 7–9 November 2025 in Adelaide. The 2025 festival will include 24 free events featuring 56 Asian and Asian Australian...

Sunshine Coast Fiction Festival 2025 program released

Tuesday, 16 September 2025
The Sunshine Coast Fiction Festival has announced its 2025 program, running 7–9 November in Bokarina. Among Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand authors headlining the event are TL Swan, Candice Fox,...

PRH acquires Madden’s first adult novel

Tuesday, 16 September 2025
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired world rights to debut adult novel Quite the Pair from author Tobias Madden, via a deal brokered by Claire Friedman at InkWell Management...

HarperCollins acquires Richell memoir

Tuesday, 16 September 2025
HarperCollins has acquired ANZ rights to An Ocean and a Day, a memoir from Hannah Richell, via Sarah Lutyens at Lutyens & Rubinstein Literary Agency. An Ocean and a Day...

Danger Awards 2025 winners announced

Tuesday, 16 September 2025
Winners of the 2025 Danger Awards have been announced. From shortlists released in August, the winners in each category are: Debut crime fiction A Town Called Treachery (Mitch Jennings, HarperCollins)...

Arts NT Fellowships 2025 recipients announced

Monday, 15 September 2025
Varuna, the National Writers’ House has announced six recipients of the 2025 Arts NT Fellowships. Supported in partnership with Arts NT, each of the six recipients will receive a two-week...

Queenscliffe Literary Festival 2025 program announced

Monday, 15 September 2025
Queenscliffe Literary Festival (QLF) has announced its 2025 program. Under the theme ‘Rising Tides’, the festival will run 17–26 October 2025 on the lands of the Wadawurrung people. Among local...

Chan wins 2025 Paragraph Fellowship

Monday, 15 September 2025
Time to Write has announced Grace Chan as the 2025 winner of the $25,000 Paragraph Fellowship for ‘Caretakers’, a speculative fiction novel. Born in Malaysia, Chan is a psychiatrist living...

Ngaio Marsh Awards 2025 finalists announced

Monday, 15 September 2025
The shortlists for this year’s Ngaio Marsh Awards, which celebrate Aotearoa New Zealand crime, mystery or thriller writing, have been announced. The shortlisted books in each category are: Best novel...

Tunion wins inaugural Antigone Kefala Memorial Prize

Monday, 15 September 2025
Giramondo Publishing has announced Carielyn Tunion as the inaugural recipient of the Antigone Kefala Memorial Prize. Carielyn Tunion/ᜃᜇᜒ/林嘉蓮 (she/they) is a writer, videopoet, educator and cultural worker with a background...

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