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Junior Book Club – this month’s reads

Friday, 10 April 2026
Searching for your next great read to share with kids? Our Junior Book Club highlights new titles each month that are perfect for classrooms, libraries and family reading time. From...

Upswell acquires Anatolitis’s “Who’s Afraid of Australian Artists?”

Thursday, 9 April 2026
Upswell Publishing has acquired world rights for Who’s Afraid of Australian Artists? by Esther Anatolitis. Anatolitis will examine artistic practice, arts policy and political sentiment, framed by the voices of...

Dublin Literary Award 2026 shortlist announced

Thursday, 9 April 2026
The shortlist for the 2026 Dublin Literary Award has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Emperor of Gladness (Ocean Vuong, Vintage) Gliff (Ali Smith, Penguin General) In Late Summer (Magdalena Blažević, trans...

Shakthidharan among Windham-Campbell Prize 2026 winners

Thursday, 9 April 2026
Sydney playwright S Shakthidharan has won a 2026 Windham-Campbell Prize, worth US$175,000 (A$249,000). Shakthidharan was selected in the category of drama for his “ambition and scale, and his deep care...

Stella Prize 2026 shortlist announced

Thursday, 9 April 2026
The shortlist for the $60,000 Stella Prize for works by Australian women and non-binary writers has been announced. The shortlisted books are: The Rot (Evelyn Araluen, UQP) Memorial Days (Geraldine Brooks, Hachette)...

ABIA 2026 book award shortlists announced

Wednesday, 8 April 2026
Books+Publishing, in partnership with the Australian Publishers Association, has announced the 2026 book award shortlists for the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs). The shortlisted titles in each category are: Audiobook...

OverDrive: “The romantasy trend showed up years ago”

Wednesday, 8 April 2026
In the lead-up to the 2026 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs), Books+Publishing is inviting the event’s major sponsors to share little-known facts about their organisations, their top tips for booksellers...

ALIA National Conference 2026 program announced

Wednesday, 8 April 2026
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) will hold its national conference on 11 to 14 May 2026 at Rosehill Gardens in Sydney. ALIA has decided not to have an...

ABIA shortlists, DANZ longlist, Australia Reads up for innovation award

Wednesday, 8 April 2026
The Australian Society of Authors has announced the winners of mentorships in the 2026 CA/ASA Developmental Leadership Program, Writing NSW has announced the winners of the 2026 Cultivate Mentorship Program...

Cultivate mentorship 2026 winners announced

Wednesday, 8 April 2026
Writing NSW has announced the winners of the 2026 Cultivate Mentorship Program for First Nations and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Emerging Writers. Developed by Writing NSW to “help build equity...

A&U acquires Keane’s “Seize the Moment”

Wednesday, 8 April 2026
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Seize the Moment, a nonfiction title by Bernard Keane. According to the publisher, the book examines “how Australia can prosper in...

Pink Shorts acquires Adameitis’s “Australianarama”, De Zilva’s “Sick Note”

Wednesday, 8 April 2026
Pink Shorts Press has acquired world rights to Australianarama: A Campendium of Kitsch by artist and designer Stavroula Adameitis, also known as Frida Las Vegas, and poetry collection Sick Note...

Vale John Flanagan

Tuesday, 7 April 2026
Author John Flanagan has died, aged 81. Flanagan’s publisher, Penguin Random House, writes: John Flanagan, author of the beloved and bestselling Ranger’s Apprentice, Brotherband, and Royal Ranger children’s book series,...

Macmillan US to close Roaring Brook, launch new imprint

Tuesday, 7 April 2026
In the US, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group (MCPG) has announced the closure of the Roaring Brook Press imprint and the launch of a new, as yet unnamed imprint, reports Publishers...

Blake Poetry Prize 2026 shortlist announced

Tuesday, 7 April 2026
Liverpool Powerhouse and WestWords have announced the poets shortlisted for the 2026 Blake Poetry Prize, worth $5000. The shortlisted works are: “Aftermath” by Terri Slanovits “Father” by Phillippa Cordwell “Jigar...

New ASA mentorship program winners announced

Tuesday, 7 April 2026
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced the winners of mentorships in the 2026 CA/ASA Developmental Leadership Program. Thirteen creators have won the opportunity to work with an experienced...

A&U acquires Urquhart ultramarathon story

Thursday, 2 April 2026
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to ultramarathon runner Donna Urquhart’s as yet untitled story about her Guinness World Record Antarctic run in January 2024, written with journalist...

DANZ Children’s Book Award 2026 longlists announced

Thursday, 2 April 2026
The 2026 longlists for the Australian School Library Association (ASLA) DANZ (Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand) Children’s Book Award have been announced. The longlisted titles in each category...

Report finds strongest growth among younger readers in Brazil

Thursday, 2 April 2026
In Brazil, the Brazilian Book Chamber and Nielsen BookData have released the third edition of an annual survey, which showed book consumption grew in the country in 2025. “According to...