Add Apollo Bay to the list
Tuesday, 4 August 2026
The Apollo Bay writers' festival reported that author sessions at its recent event sold out a month prior (unprecedented in the 32-year history of the festival – offering further evidence...
AI here, there, everywhere
Monday, 3 August 2026
Secondhand booksellers are grappling with suspected AI-supplier orders; Melbourne indie publisher Sick Leave is moving into sole-author titles; Allen & Unwin has acquired the debut novel of bookseller Charlotte Guest;...
First bilingual title for Bundyi
Thursday, 30 July 2026
Hachette says it has put temporary supply-chain workarounds in place following unauthorised activity on its computer systems; the Daisy Utemorrah Award shortlist has been announced; Writers Victoria has secured enough...
DK sales planning manager, Sydney
Wednesday, 29 July 2026
Penguin Random House Join Penguin Random House Australia as a DK Sales Planning Manager to drive the success of Dorling Kindersley (DK) across Australia and New Zealand from our North...
Ordinary Funny Tragic (Bridie Jabour, HarperCollins)
Tuesday, 28 July 2026
For readers who like rollicking rom-coms packed with quirky characters and family dynamics, Ordinary Funny Tragic delivers. In her second novel, journalist Bridie Jabour (The Way Things Should Be, Trivial...
Leading Edge creditors meeting
Tuesday, 28 July 2026
The administrators of the Leading Edge Group have scheduled the first creditors’ meeting; Simon & Schuster has unveiled its new “digital-focus” imprint; Griffith Review has announced its latest Emerging Voices winners;...
An award-heavy weekend
Monday, 27 July 2026
The winners of the industry publishing and bookselling awards in Aotearoa have been announced; as have the winners of the DANZ (Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand) Children’s Book...
A good day for publishing’s Rising Star
Thursday, 23 July 2026
The Australian Publishers Association BookUp conference kicked off yesterday with approximately 300 in-person attendees, and a further 60 expected at today’s Research Day. Announced at the conference: this year’s Rising...
Creative producer & marketing assistant, Canberra
Wednesday, 22 July 2026
The Australia Institute The role: Do you want your work to help shape national debates on climate change, inequality, democracy, economic reform and corporate power? The Australia Institute is looking...
Roly Sussex Short Story Competition 2026
Wednesday, 22 July 2026
The 2026 Roly Sussex Short Story Competition is now open. Submissions close 18 September. This Australia-wide annual competition is run by the English-Speaking Union (Queensland Branch). Open Division winner receives...
Tail Not Included (Michael Debenham, Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing)
Tuesday, 21 July 2026
Michael Debenham’s Tail Not Included is an original middle-grade adventure that combines humour, warmth and oceanic absurdity. When 12-year-old Becky returns home to discover that her school has burned down...
Fight for the Franklin (Jane Jolly, illustrated by Lois Bury, NLA Publishing)
Tuesday, 21 July 2026
In Fight for the Franklin by award-winning children’s author Jane Jolly (Captain Thunderbolt’s Recital) and illustrator Lois Bury, Grandpa recounts to his granddaughter, Fern, the excitement and significance of the...
The Phantom Surrealist (Geoffrey Gates, Transit Lounge)
Tuesday, 21 July 2026
Told through dual narratives, Geoffrey Gates’s The Phantom Surrealist follows present-day academic Christopher Tiffen and the fictional Australian surrealist artist Robert J Wake. Bored with his research, his relationship and...
Scran: Modern Scottish Food Inspired by Tradition (Ali Stoner, Mitchell Beazley)
Tuesday, 21 July 2026
For readers who think Scottish cuisine begins and ends with haggis, Scran: Modern Scottish Food Inspired by Tradition offers a fresh perspective. The debut cookbook from MasterChef Australia contestant and...
Loneliness Is a Molecule (Helena Fox, Picador)
Tuesday, 21 July 2026
Helena Fox is known for her powerful YA books, How It Feels to Float and The Quiet and the Loud. She returns with her first adult novel, Loneliness Is a...
Meet the Rising Stars: Rachel Chopping
Tuesday, 21 July 2026
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) Rising Star award recognises an emerging talent in Australian publishing with less than 10 years’ experience in the industry. In the lead-up to the winner...
How do you use AI?
Tuesday, 21 July 2026
Randa Abdel-Fattah has launched legal action against the organisers of the Bendigo Writers Festival; Books Kinokuniya will open its first flagship Melbourne store at Melbourne Central; researchers are examining how...
New home for black&write!
Monday, 20 July 2026
After more than a decade as black&write! at the State Library of Queensland, the First Nations editorial development program will be run by new delivery partner Hardie Grant; Alistair Scott...
Meet the Rising Stars: Caleb Vines
Monday, 20 July 2026
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) Rising Star award recognises an emerging talent in Australian publishing with less than 10 years’ experience in the industry. In the lead-up to the winner...
Copyright commitment
Thursday, 16 July 2026
The Australian Publishers Association and Australian Society of Authors have welcomed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s comments on AI and copyright; the recipients of this year’s George Robertson Awards have been...
Meet the Rising Stars: Annie Zhang
Thursday, 16 July 2026
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) Rising Star award recognises an emerging talent in Australian publishing with less than 10 years’ experience in the industry. In the lead-up to the winner...
Campaign coordinator, Melbourne
Wednesday, 15 July 2026
Pitch Projects Pitch is a small but mighty team of strategic communications and media professionals working across culture, policy and advocacy — with clients spanning arts organisations, publishers, government, institutions,...
Digital editorial strategist, South Australia
Wednesday, 15 July 2026
Writers SA - Splinter journal Writers SA publishes Splinter – a literary journal that features new fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Splinter is currently a print-only journal. We are planning to...
Finance manager, Melbourne
Wednesday, 15 July 2026
Readings Readings is seeking a Finance Manager to lead its finance function. The role covers accounting and reporting, budgeting and forecasting, and internal governance, along with compliance across BAS, GST,...
Creative producer & marketing assistant, Canberra
Wednesday, 15 July 2026
The Australia Institute The role: Do you want your work to help shape national debates on climate change, inequality, democracy, economic reform and corporate power? The Australia Institute is looking...
Digital lead & publicist, Queensland
Wednesday, 15 July 2026
University of Queensland Press UQP (University of Queensland Press) is looking for a part-time Digital Lead & Publicist to work across our social media, website and EDM and to promote...
Massif (Garth Nix, Allen & Unwin)
Tuesday, 14 July 2026
Against the backdrop of an interstellar war, humanity must reckon with an inscrutable alien presence in Massif, Garth Nix’s return to adult science fiction. Humanity has spread throughout the galaxy...
Foreign Return: On Art and Inhabitation (Neha Kale, NewSouth)
Tuesday, 14 July 2026
Neha Kale’s debut, Foreign Return: On Art and Inhabitation, is an elegantly rendered work of literary nonfiction stylised as a memoir-in-essays, revealing a life as told through encounters with art....
On Nanna’s Boat (Anna Pignataro, illustrated by Max Hamilton, Windy Hollow Books)
Tuesday, 14 July 2026
In On Nanna’s Boat, Anna Pignataro (It’s Hard to Love a Tiger) delivers a cosy picture book with all the warmth of a hug from Grandma. Readers are welcomed aboard...
Good fund
Tuesday, 14 July 2026
The latest literature recipients of Creative Australia funding have been announced; the inaugural winners of the Sweatshop/Hachette scholarship have been announced; Hachette has launched its Reflect RAP; the Australian Booksellers...
