Saunders among ASAL academic, criticism award winners
Tuesday, 1 July 2025
The Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) has announced winners of a suite of academic and criticism prizes. Walter McRae Russell Award Barron Field in New South Wales:...
Hourani wins 2025 Mary Gilmore Prize
Tuesday, 1 July 2025
The Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) has announced Hasib Hourani the winner of the 2025 Mary Gilmore Prize for rock flight (Giramondo). The Mary Gilmore Prize is...
McFarlane wins 2025 ALS Gold Medal
Tuesday, 1 July 2025
The Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) has announced Fiona McFarlane as the winner of the 2025 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal for Highway 13 (A&U). In...
Gurn wins 2025 Deep Creek Residency Fellowship
Tuesday, 1 July 2025
Matilda Bookshop has announced Tom Gurn as the winner of the 2025 Deep Creek Residency Fellowship for his submission, ‘Pugholes’. Gurn was chosen from a shortlist of six and will...
QWC launches Pitchable program
Tuesday, 1 July 2025
The Queensland Writers Centre (QWC) has launched Pitchable, a program for Australian writers to pitch ideas and concepts for fiction, nonfiction, film scripts, stage plays, podcasts or video games in...
Readers and Writers Against the Genocide launch online store
Tuesday, 1 July 2025
Readers and Writers Against the Genocide (RWAG) has launched an online store. Evolving from the Summer Reading for MPs program that ran last year, RWAG developed t-shirts and tote bags...
SLV 2025 fellowships
Monday, 30 June 2025
State Library Victoria (SLV) has announced the 2025 fellowship recipients, including several writers working on book projects. The recipients include: Marion Orme Page Regional Creative Fellowships ($15,000) Louise Crisp for...
Here’s something absolutely cooked about books in Australia
Monday, 30 June 2025
Alice Grundy is an editor, publisher, researcher and teacher. She has worked on both sides of the publishing industry – holding various trade publishing roles over a 15-year period, as well...
Stella Day Out announces Adelaide program
Thursday, 26 June 2025
Stella Day Out, a one-day literary festival that ‘celebrates and promotes the outstanding contributions of women and non-binary writers to Australian literature’, has announced a date and full program for...
Giramondo launches Poetry in Translation Prize
Thursday, 26 June 2025
Giramondo Publishing, Fitzcarraldo Editions and New Directions have launched the Poetry in Translation Prize, a new biennial award for an outstanding poetry collection translated into English. The Poetry in Translation...
UQP acquires Adelaide’s autofiction novel
Thursday, 26 June 2025
The University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to When I Am Sixty-Four, an autofiction title by Debra Adelaide, via Jane Novak Literary Agency. When I Am Sixty-Four holds...
PRH acquires Meyer and Moss YA thriller
Thursday, 26 June 2025
Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia has acquired ANZ rights to The Escape Game, a YA mystery thriller by American author Marissa Meyer and Perth-based author Tamara Moss, via Jill Grinberg...
Regional winners announced for 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
The winners for the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize regional categories have been announced. Chosen from a shortlist of six, the winner for the Pacific region is Western Australian writer...
Hachette acquires Jones’ debut novel
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Hachette Australia has acquired ANZ rights to Theodora's Tea Shop by Christy Anne Jones in a joint acquisition with Wildfire, an imprint of Headline, taking UK and commonwealth rights excluding...
WA Premier’s Book Awards shortlist announced
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
The shortlists for the 2025 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards have been announced. This year, the awards have a total prize pool of $120,000 and four new categories. The new...
UWAP acquires Riots by Fiona Skyring
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
UWA Publishing (UWAP) has acquired world rights to Riots by Fiona Skyring. Riots is a nonfiction title delving into the Australian riots that occurred between 1918–1920 and involved returned soldiers....
Miles Franklin Literary Award 2025 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
The shortlist for the 2025 Miles Franklin Literary Award has been announced. Chosen from a longlist of ten, the shortlisted titles are: Chinese Postman (Brian Castro, Giramondo) Theory & Practice (Michelle de...
Entries are open for UQP Mentorship Prize for under-represented writers
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Please click here to enter and to find out more about this prize for previously unpublished authors. Entries close on Friday, 1 August at 5pm AEST.
Professional development officer (part-time), Sydney
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Writing NSW Writing NSW is the state’s leading provider of services to writers, including courses, seminars and workshops, writing groups, festivals and events, grants and prizes, and information and advice....
Change for Wombat Books
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Publisher: Wombat Books Old distributor: Exisle Publishing Harper Entertainment Distr New distributor: NewSouth Books Changeover date: 1 September 2025 Returns cut-off: 1 November 2025
Wiley partners with Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK)
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
John Wiley & Sons Australia & SPCK are pleased to announce a new partnership focused on trade distribution, sales and marketing across Australia and New Zealand. SPCK, the UK’s largest...
Children’s editor, Melbourne
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster Australia is seeking a skilled editor to join our vibrant children’s publishing team. Reporting to the Children’s Publishing Director, you’ll manage titles from manuscript...
Sales manager – corporate and institutional, remote
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
The Nile Group The Role We are seeking an experienced and book-passionate Sales Manager to lead the growth of our B2B sales channel. This is a strategic and hands-on role...
Income tax returns and your Books+Publishing subscription
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) provides information on its website about work-related income tax deductions for digital information services, such as Books+Publishing. The ATO website says: To claim a deduction...
Changes to classifieds from 1 July, 2025
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
As of 1 July, 2025 Books+Publishing will be introducing a set price format for job and classified advertisements. Book space in B+P to: Share important news with the wider industry...
Ursula K Le Guin Prize for Fiction shortlist
Tuesday, 24 June 2025
The Ursula K Le Guin Foundation has announced the 2025 shortlist for the $25,000 (A$38,861) Ursula K Le Guin Prize for Fiction. This award celebrates ‘realists of a larger reality,...
HQ acquires Brooke Crawford romcom
Tuesday, 24 June 2025
HQ, an imprint of HarperCollins, has acquired ANZ rights to Better than the Real Thing by Brooke Crawford in a two-book deal, via Samuel Bernard at Zeitgeist Agency. According to...
HarperCollins acquires Tony Abbott nonfiction
Tuesday, 24 June 2025
HarperCollins Australia has acquired world rights to former prime minister Tony Abbott’s Australia: A History. According to the publisher, the book will include a forward by Geoffrey Blainey and will...
Australian Children’s Laureate Week announced
Monday, 23 June 2025
The Australian School Library Association (ASLA) and the Australian Children’s Laureate Foundation (ACLF) have announced the inaugural Laureate Week, beginning on 28 July 2025, and ‘aimed at supporting students and...
Festival of Fiction 2025 program announced
Monday, 23 June 2025
The Peter Cowan Writers Centre has announced the program for the 2025 Festival of Fiction, to be held at Edith Cowan University’s Joondalup campus 18–19 October. The festival will showcase...
