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Trade Christmas closing dates 2025 (updated)

Wednesday, 26 November 2025
Books+Publishing has collated company closing dates for the Christmas and New Year holiday period. The last Books+Publishing newsletter of the year will be Friday, 12 December and the first newsletter...

Change for Perentie Press

Wednesday, 26 November 2025
Publisher: Perentie Press Old distributor: No previous distributor New distributor: NewSouth Books Changeover date: Immediate effect Returns cut-off: Not applicable

A&U acquires accessible picture book

Nas Campanella and Eliza Hull in front of Richard Dunn's painting, Redbank Gorge, MacDonnell Ranges, c. 1936-37 (after Albert Namatjira), 2002-2010, from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia Collection. Copyright The Estate of Richard Dunn, courtesy Charles Nodrum Gallery. Photograph by Tim Harris, Red Antler Photography. Wednesday, 26 November 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to All the Ways I See, by Nas Campanella and Eliza Hull, in a deal brokered by Pippa Masson at Curtis Brown. Sophie...

Text Publishing congratulates James Islington

Wednesday, 26 November 2025
Victorian author James Islington has enjoyed an outstanding first week of sales for THE STRENGTH OF THE FEW. This second novel in the Hierarchy series is #1 on the New...

Thom-Jones takes out top Scarlet Stiletto Award

Winner Sandra Thom-Jones (right) with prize presenter Dinuka McKenzie. Tuesday, 25 November 2025
Author Sandra Thom-Jones has won first prize in Sisters in Crime’s 32nd Scarlet Stiletto Awards for her short story “Der Hölle Rache”. Thom-Jones, who identifies as neurodivergent, said, “I’m still...

HarperCollins acquires new Swann novel

Photo of Leah Swann. Tuesday, 25 November 2025
HarperCollins has acquired ANZ rights to Leah Swann’s novel Later, Only Love Remains, in a deal brokered by Gaby Naher at the Naher Agency. Described by the publisher as a...

Transit Lounge acquires new Kenway novel

Photo of author Lisa Kenway. Tuesday, 25 November 2025
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to East Coast Low, Lisa Kenway’s follow-up to All You Took from Me (also Transit Lounge, 2024). East Coast Low tells the story of...

Beveridge receives lifetime achievement award

A photo of Judith Beveridge. She stands in front of a bookshelf. Monday, 24 November 2025
Poet Judith Beveridge has been named one of this year’s recipients of Creative Australia Awards for Lifetime Achievement. Born in London in 1956, Beveridge moved to Sydney in 1960. Her...

The Next Chapter 2026 recipients announced

An image of the 2026 Next Chapter recipients. Monday, 24 November 2025
The Wheeler Centre has announced the 2026 recipients of The Next Chapter fellowship program. The fellowships aim to encourage “voices who aren’t getting heard through conventional publishing channels”, according the...

UQP sells UK and Commonwealth rights to “Dead Ink”

A portrait of Jordan Prosser. Monday, 24 November 2025
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has sold UK and Commonwealth (excluding Canada and ANZ) rights to Jordan Prosser’s Blue Giant to Dead Ink Books. According to the publisher, Blue Giant...

NewSouth acquires Grant’s latest book

Photo of author Stan Grant in his tsudy. Monday, 24 November 2025
NewSouth Publishing has acquired world rights to author and broadcaster Stan Grant’s When Words Fail Us: Truth beyond time, in a deal brokered by Tara Wynne at Curtis Brown. The...

PRH acquires debut Crozier novel

Photo of Lily Crozier. Thursday, 20 November 2025
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired ANZ rights to vampire romantasy Vow of Eternal Night by debut author and PRH marketing executive Lily Crozier. PRH rights manager Sarah McDuling...

Spiers Prize winners announced

A photo of Kate Pickard, Zahina Maghrabi, Rebeca Green, and Gail Spiers. Maghrabi and Green hold certificates up. Thursday, 20 November 2025
UWA Publishing (UWAP) has announced the winners of the inaugural Spiers Prize as Zahina Maghrabi for “The Girl, The Calico and The Soldier” (young adult) and Rebeca Green for “A...

Remembering Moya Costello

Photo of Moya Costello. Thursday, 20 November 2025
As a tribute to author, critic and academic Moya Costello, who died recently, a memorial service will be held on 22 November 2025. Costello's former publisher, Spineless Wonders, writes: We...

James, Bradley win business book of the year award

Cover of "The Quick Start Guide to Investing". Wednesday, 19 November 2025
Glen James and Nick Bradley have won the 7th Australian Business Book Award for The Quick Start Guide to Investing (Wiley). Founders Michael Hanrahan and Andrew Griffiths announced James, Bradley...

Langton awarded inaugural Rechnitz Memorial Award

Photo of Marcia Langton in university quadrangle. Wednesday, 19 November 2025
The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia has announced academic, author and activist Marcia Langton as the inaugural winner of the Rechnitz Memorial Award, which recognises “excellence in research...

Beale named 2026 NZSA President of Honour

Photo of Fleur Beale. Wednesday, 19 November 2025
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (NZSA) has named children’s and YA author Fleur Beale this year’s NZSA President of Honour. The author of more...

HarperCollins acquires new Whiting novel

Photo of Frances Whiting with a pile of books. Wednesday, 19 November 2025
HarperCollins ANZ has acquired world rights to The Nocturnals, a new novel by journalist and author Frances Whiting. According to the publisher, The Nocturnals tells the story of a close-knit group from...

The Relentless War on Masculinity: Does it Ever End?

Wednesday, 19 November 2025
The Relentless War on Masculinity is a cultural, rhetorical, chemical, legal and institutional attack on all males. The West has tilted against men and boys for several decades—by denigrating, persecuting,...

2026 Hachette Australia internship, Sydney

Wednesday, 19 November 2025
Hachette Australia Hachette Australia’s applications are open for the 2026 Hachette Australia Internship Program! This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and passionate individual to join one of Australia’s...

Sales and distribution manager, Brisbane

Wednesday, 19 November 2025
University of Queensland Press (UQP) University of Queensland Press (UQP) Full-time, fixed-term position (12-month parental leave cover). Base salary will be in the range $115,645 – $129,654 + 17% Superannuation...

Metzenthen wins Children’s Peace Literature Award

Cover image of The Truth of It by David Metzenthen Tuesday, 18 November 2025
David Metzenthen’s The Truth of It (Ford Street) has won the 2025 Children’s Peace Literature Award, South Australian Psychologists for Peace (SAPP) has announced. The Truth of It, a middle-grade...

Haddad, Walker win 2025 KYD Creative Nonfiction Essay Prize

A photo George Haddad and and a photot of Sarah Walker. Tuesday, 18 November 2025
Kill Your Darlings (KYD) has announced George Haddad and Sarah Walker as joint winners of the 2025 KYD Creative Nonfiction Essay Prize. “ وجبت wejbet”, Haddad's winning essay, is described by KYD as “anchored...

Atlantic acquires Cornish’s “The Missing Mother”

Photo of Mali Cornish. Tuesday, 18 November 2025
Atlantic Books Australia has acquired ANZ rights to Mali Cornish’s adult novel The Missing Mother in a deal brokered by Martin Shaw at Shaw Literary. The publisher describes The Missing...

Henderson wins 2025 Australian Fiction Prize

Photo of Troy Henderson. Tuesday, 18 November 2025
Troy Henderson has won the Australian Fiction Prize for his unpublished crime thriller River City. The novel follows the violent struggle of “warring factions, loose-cannon allies and a city on the brink”...

Duffy appointed as UQP director

Photo of Madonna Duffy. Tuesday, 18 November 2025
The University of Queensland has appointed Madonna Duffy as director of the University of Queensland Press (UQP), with her new role to commence on 1 December. Duffy joined UQP in...

Publishers reaching across borders at Sharjah

Volodymry Samoylenko and Terri-ann White at the Sharjah Book Fair. Monday, 17 November 2025
Now in its 4th decade, the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) is the world’s third largest book fair, attracting hundreds of thousands of people. Earlier this month Upswell publisher Terri-ann...

Cunningham announced as 2026 Dahl fellow

A photo of Sophie Cunningham. Monday, 17 November 2025
The Board of Eucalypt Australia has announced Sophie Cunningham as a 2026 Dahl fellow for her manuscript “Eucalyptus: A story in twenty trees”. According to organisers, Cunningham’s work will investigate...

 

 

 

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