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Fremantle Press relocates to permanent loction

CircusWA and Fremantle Press celebrate the purchase of a new permanent home Monday, 30 June 2025
Fremantle Press has announced the relocation of its office to the historic SEC Substation, 10 Parry Street, Fremantle. This relocation will coincide with the publisher's 50th anniversary in 2026. Fremantle...

BookUp 2025 conference, research day program announced 

Bookup 2025 logo Thursday, 26 June 2025
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the program for the 2025 BookUp conference and the inaugural BookUp research day. The APA's BookUp conference will take place on 7 August...

Stella Day Out announces Adelaide program

Stella Day out Thursday, 26 June 2025
Stella Day Out, a one-day literary festival that ‘celebrates and promotes the outstanding contributions of women and non-binary writers to Australian literature’, has announced a date and full program for...

Giramondo launches Poetry in Translation Prize

Thursday, 26 June 2025
Giramondo Publishing, Fitzcarraldo Editions and New Directions have launched the Poetry in Translation Prize, a new biennial award for an outstanding poetry collection translated into English. The Poetry in Translation...

UQP acquires Adelaide’s autofiction novel

Debra Adelaide - credit Gregory Ferris Thursday, 26 June 2025
The University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to When I Am Sixty-Four, an autofiction title by Debra Adelaide, via Jane Novak Literary Agency. When I Am Sixty-Four holds...

PRH acquires Meyer and Moss YA thriller

Marissa Meyer and Tamara Moss Thursday, 26 June 2025
Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia has acquired ANZ rights to The Escape Game, a YA mystery thriller by American author Marissa Meyer and Perth-based author Tamara Moss, via Jill Grinberg...

ASA appoints Bornstein to board of directors 

Josh Bornstein standing in a hallway with a black jacket and glasses, looking at the camera. Tuesday, 24 June 2025
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has appointed Josh Bornstein to the ASA Board of Directors. Bornstein is an author and lawyer specialising in employment and labour-relations. His writing has...

Lee wins Griffin Award for playwriting 

Michele Lee standing in front of a black wall with glasses and staring into the camera. Tuesday, 24 June 2025
The Griffin Theatre Company has announced Michele Lee as the winner of the 2025 Griffin Award for ‘outstanding new Australian playwriting’ for her play, ‘Snappy’. Chosen from 136 entries, Lee...

HQ acquires Brooke Crawford romcom

Broke Crawford sitting on a hair in front of a blue wallpapered wall. She is smiling at the camera. Tuesday, 24 June 2025
HQ, an imprint of HarperCollins, has acquired ANZ rights to Better than the Real Thing by Brooke Crawford in a two-book deal, via Samuel Bernard at Zeitgeist Agency. According to...

HarperCollins acquires Tony Abbott nonfiction

Tuesday, 24 June 2025
HarperCollins Australia has acquired world rights to former prime minister Tony Abbott’s Australia: A History. According to the publisher, the book will include a forward by Geoffrey Blainey and will...

BookPeople 2025 conference in numbers 

Book people logo Monday, 23 June 2025
The 2025 BookPeople conference, held in Brisbane 14–16 June, was matched with attendance numbers from last year's conference – ‘a very reassuring result for the team’, said the organisation.  The...

Australian Children’s Laureate Week announced

Australian Children's Laureate Week Monday, 23 June 2025
The Australian School Library Association (ASLA) and the Australian Children’s Laureate Foundation (ACLF) have announced the inaugural Laureate Week, beginning on 28 July 2025, and ‘aimed at supporting students and...

Festival of Fiction 2025 program announced

Festival of Fiction Logo Monday, 23 June 2025
The Peter Cowan Writers Centre has announced the program for the 2025 Festival of Fiction, to be held at Edith Cowan University’s Joondalup campus 18–19 October. The festival will showcase...

PRH acquires Shara Curlett middle grade series

Shara Curlett sitting on a blue couch outdoors with her leg up and arms wrapped around her shin. Monday, 23 June 2025
Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia has acquired world rights to the Protector of Beyond middle-grade series by Aotearoa New Zealand author Shara Curlett in a three-book deal, via Samuel Bernard...

Finding Beauty Poetry Prize shortlist announced

Monday, 23 June 2025
MARION has announced the shortlist for the inaugural Finding Beauty Poetry Prize. The shortlisted poets are: Alisha Brown for ‘As a matter of great importance’ Cate Furey for ‘Rosalie’ Annie...

Pan Macmillan acquires new Jane Harper novel

Half the image is of Jane Harper on a couch in an orange dress. The other half is the cover of 'Last One Out' by Jane Harper. Monday, 23 June 2025
Pan Macmillan Australia has acquired ANZ rights to Last One Out by Jane Harper. The novel will also be published internationally by Flatiron in the US and Pan Macmillan UK...

Pip Adam wins Michael King Writer’s Fellowship

Pip Adam standing in a living room room. She has a jacket and glasses on and is smiling at the camera. The wall behind her is covered in framed pictures and art. Thursday, 19 June 2025
Creative New Zealand has announced Pip Adam as the recipient of the $100,000 Michael King Writer’s Fellowship. Awarded biennially, the fellowship is presented ‘to an established New Zealand writer of...

PRH acquires Mounser’s dark suspense novel

Ashleigh Mounser stands before a wooden wall with one arm crossed. She is wearing a denim jacket and smiling at the camera. Thursday, 19 June 2025
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired Oceania rights to The House at Hanger Hill by Ashleigh Mounser, via Michaela McGuire at a4 Literary in a two-book deal. Internationally, The...

RWA announces Ruby Award 2025 finalists

Tuesday, 17 June 2025
Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) has announced the finalists for the 2025 Romantic Book of the Year (Ruby) Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Historical The Duke Says...

Clan Destine Press acquires Gordon Thompson novel

Gordon Thompson Tuesday, 17 June 2025
Clan Destine Press has acquired the world rights to Kill Will: Nightbird in Sunlight by Gordon Thompson. According to the publisher, Kill Will: Nightbird in Sunlight follows as ‘a young...

Affirm Press acquires MinOn picture book

Steve MinOn Tuesday, 17 June 2025
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to the picture book Make Them Say Poo by Steve MinOn under the pen name Stephen, via literary agent Martin Shaw of Shaw Literacy....

Taylor’s ‘Ruins’ to be adapted for film 

A cover of The Ruins by Amy Taylor Monday, 16 June 2025
Miramax president of film group Alexandra Loewy has acquired film rights to the forthcoming novel Ruins (A&U, July) by Melbourne-based author Amy Taylor. The novel will be adapted into a...

Perentie Press acquires first YA graphic novel

a portrait of Wendy Tyrer Monday, 16 June 2025
Perentie Press has acquired world rights to The Curator, a YA graphic novel by author/illustrator Wendy Tyrer, the first YA graphic novel acquisition for the new press. The novel asks,...

Hachette acquires Chloe Fisher memoir

Always You cover Monday, 16 June 2025
Hachette Australia has acquired Always You, a memoir from Chloe Fisher with Alley Pascoe. Always You follows Fisher’s life story as she meets and marries pro-surfer Paul Fisher, said the...

 

 

 

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