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Authors go to Parliament 

Thursday, 2 July 2026
A new report on audiobook listening in Australia has been released; authors and other creators are calling on the federal government to hold firm on copyright amid AI companies’ lobbying...

Local sales and marketing manager, Queensland

Wednesday, 1 July 2026
HarperCollins Publishers HarperCollins Publishers is looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join the sales team in the role of Local Sales & Marketing Manager. This is a full-time...

Warning to authors and publishers

Wednesday, 1 July 2026
RM Marketing Services has recently become aware of sophisticated business impersonation scams targeting authors and publishers. Fraudulent Gmail accounts are impersonating our Director, Rachael McDiarmid, using her name, business name,...

Blake and Doust depart S&S 

Tuesday, 30 June 2026
Simon & Schuster Australia has announced the departures of Cate Blake and Kelly Doust amid a publishing team restructure; Create NSW and Writing Australia have launched a new literary fellowship...

Blak & Bright is back 

Monday, 29 June 2026
Blak & Bright has announced the first speakers for its 2026 program; Adam Sharp is named the 2026 Hedberg Writer-in-Residence; the Orwell Prize winners have been announced; Upswell has acquired...

The top 100 Southern Hemisphere novels? 

Thursday, 25 June 2026
Sarah Wilson has topped another seaside writers festival bestseller list; Melbourne is set to host a new kids literature festival; Aotearoa New Zealand has a Southern Hemisphere answer to the...

Senior marketing & publicity coordinator, Melbourne

Wednesday, 24 June 2026
Monash University Publishing Are you a strategic storyteller with a passion for books, ideas and culture? Do you know how to create a public conversation around an important scholarly narrative...

Change for David Fickling Books

Wednesday, 24 June 2026
Publisher: David Fickling Books ISBN prefix: 97817 & 97819 etc Old distributor: ADS (Affirm Press Simon & Schuster) New distributor: PRH (Murdoch Books Allen & Unwin) Changeover date: 1 July...

Senior editor, Melbourne

Wednesday, 24 June 2026
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing We are seeking a creative, experienced senior editor to join Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing, the young readers’ division of one of Australia’s leading independent trade publishers....

Professional development and events manager, Sydney

Wednesday, 24 June 2026
Australian Society of Authors The ASA is seeking a Professional Development and Events Manager to develop a diverse program of bold and engaging online presentations and workshops that will educate,...

Text Publishing is moving office

Wednesday, 24 June 2026
On 29 June, Text Publishing will join the PRH team at their Melbourne offices [Level 28/2 Southbank Blvd, Southbank, 3006]. Text’s new office number will be 03 8537 4580. Email...

Bad Neighbours (Joanna Jenkins, Allen & Unwin) 

Tuesday, 23 June 2026
Joanna Jenkins (How to Kill a Client, The Bluff) examines the Australian property market through a feminist lens in her latest domestic thriller, Bad Neighbours. Ruth, a successful lawyer, has...

I Love the Whole World! (Victoria Hannan, Penguin) 

Tuesday, 23 June 2026
In her third novel, I Love the Whole World!, Victoria Hannan (Kokomo, Marshmallow) takes a more playful, straightforward and fun tone than readers may expect, though familiar themes of mothers...

Sales in Aotearoa, festival in London 

Tuesday, 23 June 2026
Sales in Aotearoa were up in 2025; as were profits at McGraw Hill for the most recent financial year; London will host a new Australian literature festival; QBD has opened...

Too much, too quickly 

Monday, 22 June 2026
Hachette has launched an educators’ hub; Writers Victoria’s 10,000-strong petition has been tabled; local Jenny Lu has won the inaugural Voices of Today translation prize; Yeah the Boys is being...

New bookshops, new grants 

Thursday, 18 June 2026
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) is offering new bookseller event grants; the Australian Society of Authors has updated its author contract templates with AI clauses; the Wilderness Society has announced...

Artistic director, Sydney

Wednesday, 17 June 2026
Sydney Writers’ Festival Australia’s leading literary festival and one of the largest and most influential globally Sydney Writers’ Festival sits at the intersection of culture, ideas and public discourse Exceptional...

Senior marketing & publicity coordinator, Melbourne

Wednesday, 17 June 2026
Monash University Publishing Are you a strategic storyteller with a passion for books, ideas and culture? Do you know how to create a public conversation around an important scholarly narrative...

Nothing Personal (Alex Dook, Echo) 

Tuesday, 16 June 2026
In Alex Dook’s Nothing Personal, Lola McKenzie is tired of always being one step ahead, only to find herself two steps back. Her father, broke after a few years of...

Time Travel for Beginners (Jaclyn Moriarty, Ultimo) 

The cover of "Time Travel for Beginners" by Jaclyn Moriarty. Tuesday, 16 June 2026
If someone offered you the chance to travel into the past, would you believe them? Jaclyn Moriarty’s latest novel, Time Travel for Beginners, centres on a mysterious Sydney agency that...

Changes at Booktopia 

Tuesday, 16 June 2026
Several Booktopia staff have been made redundant; local authors are among this year’s James Beard winners; the longlist for the Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award has been announced; WH...

Congratulations to the ABA award winners 

Monday, 15 June 2026
Last night, the Australian Booksellers Association book and bookselling award winners were announced in Canberra; the longlists for the 2026 Davitt Awards are out; the winners of this year’s Women’s...

PRH has a winner 

Thursday, 11 June 2026
The winner of the Penguin Literary Prize has been announced; as have the recipients of this year’s Neilma Sidney travel fund; 2 former Big Fivers have launched a new author-support...

 

 

 

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