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New year 2026 preview: CYA

Wednesday, 3 December 2025
As 2026 approaches, publishers highlight forthcoming children’s and young adult titles to look out for – from teen pregnancy within prejudiced towns to the study of clouds in beautiful picture books. Books+Publishing (B+P) shares titles...

New year 2026 preview: Nonfiction

Wednesday, 26 November 2025
As we head towards 2026, publishers are preparing to send a wide array of new nonfiction titles for our bookshelves. Among the titles publishers are keen to highlight, booksellers and...

Tinsel time: 2025 biography and memoir

Wednesday, 13 August 2025
From sports stars to media mavens, performers to podcasters, Books+Publishing pulls together titles about lives less-ordinary from publishers' 2025 gifting season recommendations. Well-known women Among the highlights from publishers for...

Tinsel Time 2025: Young readers

Wednesday, 6 August 2025
Share the joy of reading under the tree (and in stockings, and for Secret Santas and for teacher gifts!). Junior fiction There’s hilarity and adventure to spare for junior readers...

Tinsel time: 2025 nonfiction

Wednesday, 6 August 2025
History, homes and health; art, essays and philosophy – Books+Publishing takes a walk through the nonfiction offerings publishers are highlighting this holiday season. First Nations wit, wisdom and writing Miles...

Tinsel time: 2025 fiction and poetry

Wednesday, 30 July 2025
From literary legends to debut writers, poetry collections to crime, Books+Publishing rounds up Australian publishers’ top local adult fiction and poetry titles releasing in time for Christmas 2025. A collection of...

Tinsel time: 2025 food and wine titles

Wednesday, 30 July 2025
Food decisions often become a summer saga during the festive season! To help with mealtime and gifting time, Books+Publishing rounds up the local food and wine titles releasing in time...

A year of Australian audiobooks: 2025 preview

Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Audiobook lovers have plenty of local content due in 2025. Here, we round up the Australian titles highlighted by local audio publishers Bolinda and Wavesound. All our 2025 Books+Publishing preview feature articles...

New year 2025 preview: CYA

Wednesday, 11 December 2024
From the witchy to the wistful, from the fact-filled to the fantastical, publishers have pulled together their lists of highlighted children's and young adult titles for 2025. Read on to...

New year 2025 preview: Poetry

Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Publishers highlight forthcoming poetry books from well-loved voices in the field—like Kirli Saunders, Omar Sakr, Grace Yee, Antigone Kefala and Eileen Chong—as well as titles from some poets newer to...

New year 2025 preview: Nonfiction

Wednesday, 4 December 2024
As we head towards 2025, publishers are preparing to send a wide array of new nonfiction titles out onto our bookshelves. Among the titles publishers are keen to highlight, booksellers...

New year 2025 preview: Fiction

Wednesday, 27 November 2024
Unpublished manuscript prizes, hotly contest auctions, agents, slush piles, or authors wooed from rival publishing houses—wherever they came from, these are the fiction titles publishers are excited about for 2025....

Tinsel time: Christmas 2024 children’s books

Wednesday, 24 July 2024
Books+Publishing asked publishers to highlight their key local children’s and young adult titles releasing in time for Christmas 2024. From heartfelt picture books on social issues to everything a child...

Tinsel time: Christmas 2024 nonfiction

Wednesday, 17 July 2024
Following on from last week's life writing highlights, publishers are looking forward to a colourful range of new nonfiction books that will enliven kitchens, inform conversations, inspire reflections, and maybe...

Tinsel time: Christmas 2024 biographies and memoirs

Wednesday, 10 July 2024
From a soccer superstar to familiar faces in children's entertainment, and an equally wide range of non-celebrity (but far from ordinary) stories, Books+Publishing rounds up the local adult biography and...

Tinsel time: Christmas 2024 fiction

Wednesday, 3 July 2024
From the big names to the surprising debuts (and a whole lot of crime in between), Books+Publishing rounds up Australian publishers’ top local adult fiction titles releasing in time for Christmas...

New year, new books: Children’s and young adult stories from local publishers

Wednesday, 13 December 2023
Australian children's and young adult publishers are excited to welcome 2024—and with it, a bright array of forthcoming books. Here are the titles publishers are highlighting for younger readers in...

The facts on 2024’s nonfiction releases

Wednesday, 6 December 2023
From big names and literary subjects, to politics, the environment and history, from personal development to crochet, sex guides to cookbooks, publishers pick their top nonfiction titles for 2024. Familiar...

Reading into the year ahead: 2024 fiction and poetry preview

Wednesday, 29 November 2023
Debuts, historical fiction, crime and thrillers, contemporary fiction, romance and fantasy, literary fiction and shorter works—Australian publishers share their top picks in fiction and poetry for 2024, from intergenerational family...