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Hachette announces 2025 Book Haul

Hachette Australia logo. Thursday, 4 September 2025
Hachette has announced Harry Hartog Carindale as the location for its 2025 Hachette Book Haul. This is the third iteration of the competition, which will take place on Love Your...

NYWF announces 2025 program

Thursday, 4 September 2025
The National Young Writers’ Festival (NYWF) has announced its 2025 program, running 2–5 October on the land of the Awabakal and Worimi peoples in Newcastle, NSW. To open the festival...

Canberra Writers Festival 2025 program announced

Thursday, 4 September 2025
The program for this year’s Canberra Writers Festival (CWF), running 22–26 October 2025, has been announced. International guests include Griffin Dunne, Eric Puchner, Cheng Lei, Sophie Gilbert and Omar El...

Roper on 2025 Cundill History Prize shortlist

Wednesday, 3 September 2025
Australian historian and author Lyndal Roper has been named on the 2025 Cundill History Prize shortlist. The prize, worth US$75,000 (A$115,137), aims to highlight ‘books that uncover neglected histories and...

ARA Historical Novel Prize 2025 longlists announced

HNSA 2025 adult longlist – a grouping of covers Wednesday, 3 September 2025
The Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA) has announced the longlists for the 2025 ARA Historical Novel Prize. Longlisted titles are: Adult category  All the Bees in the Hollows (Lauren Keegan,...

Time to Write announces Paragraph Fellowship shortlist

The logo for Time to Write Wednesday, 3 September 2025
Time to Write has announced the shortlist for the 2025 Paragraph Fellowship, worth $25,000. The six shortlisted writers and the working titles of their entries are: Alan Fyfe for ‘The...

Big Issue 2025 fiction edition released

The Big Issue Fiction Edition 2025 cover Wednesday, 3 September 2025
The Big Issue has announced the authors chosen for its 21st annual fiction edition. The 2025 edition includes short stories from 11 writers. Stories were selected from more than 863 submissions,...

Publicist, New South Wales

Wednesday, 3 September 2025
Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster Australia is seeking a full-time Publicist to join the team in either our Sydney or Melbourne office. Working in a wider publicity team, this...

Bookings are closing soon for Think Australian Frankfurt

Wednesday, 3 September 2025
Bookings are closing soon for Think Australian Frankfurt. Promote your titles to over 55K international readers via our subscriber list and distribution partnerships with Publishers Weekly in the US and...

Senior development manager, Melbourne

Wednesday, 3 September 2025
Melbourne Writers Festival Melbourne Writers Festival seeks a Senior Development Manager to drive the next phase of MWF’s growth. They lead the development and delivery of MWF’s Fundraising Strategy. They...

Head of marketing and partnerships, Victoria

Wednesday, 3 September 2025
Melbourne Writers Festival Melbourne Writers Festival seeks a Head of Marketing and Partnerships to plan and deliver the marketing and communications function year-round, including the annual Festival campaign. Over the...

Commissioning editor, New South Wales

Wednesday, 3 September 2025
HarperCollins Publishers HarperCollinsPublishers is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated team player to join our HQ publishing department as a Commissioning Editor on a 12-month parental leave relief basis. The main...

Publicist, New South Wales

Wednesday, 3 September 2025
Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster Australia is seeking a full-time Publicist to join the team in either our Sydney or Melbourne office. Working in a wider publicity team, this...

Booktopia hosts book fair, raises $300,000 for Lifeline

Tuesday, 2 September 2025
Booktopia has raised over $300,000 for Lifeline during the online bookseller's inaugural book fair last week. During 23–24 August, Booktopia opened its Sydney warehouse to the public for the first time...

Neale wins 2025 Janet Frame Prize

Tuesday, 2 September 2025
Ōtepoti Dunedin novelist and poet Emma Neale has won the 2025 Janet Frame Prize, worth NZ$10,000. Neale is a freelance editor for publishers in Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia, as...

2025 Grieve Project longlist announced

Tuesday, 2 September 2025
The Hunter Writers’ Centre has announced the longlist for the 2025 Grieve Project, an annual competition for writing on grief and loss. Among longlisted entrants are: Poetry Anne Benjamin for...

Moss, Hess announced as 2025 LYBD ambassadors

a composite image of Tara Moss and Megan Hess, 2025 LYBD ambassadors Tuesday, 2 September 2025
BookPeople has announced authors Tara Moss and Megan Hess as the 2025 adult and children’s author ambassadors, respectively, for this year’s Love Your Bookshop Day (LYBD) campaign. As ambassadors, Moss...

Collicott wins 2025 Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize

A portrait of Emma Collicott Monday, 1 September 2025
Emma Collicott has been named the winner of the 2025 Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize, announced by the Margaret Mahy Estate, Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand and Little Moa. The judging panel...

A&U acquires Milligan’s second novel

Louise Milligan. Monday, 1 September 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Shellybanks by Louise Milligan, via Jeanne Ryckmans at Key People Literary Management. Returning to the world of Milligan’s debut Pheasants Nest, Shellybanks centres...

Full program announced for Ubud 2025

Monday, 1 September 2025
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) has announced the full line-up for its 2025 festival program, themed ‘Aham Brahmasmi: I Am The Universe’, which will run 30 October to 2 November...

Readings 2025 Children’s Fiction Prize

Readings logo Monday, 1 September 2025
Readings has announced the shortlist for the 2025 Readings Children's Fiction Prize. The shortlisted titles are: Big Trouble with Angry Chairs (Lachlann Carter & Douglas Holgate, HGCP) Brightest Wild (Tania...

Readings 2025 Young Adult Prize shortlist

Readings logo Monday, 1 September 2025
Readings has announced the shortlist for the 2025 Readings Young Adult Prize, for the best new contribution to Australian young adult literature. This year’s six shortlisted books are: Aisle Nine...

WestWords Varuna Emerging Writers Residency 2025 recipients

Monday, 1 September 2025
Varuna, the National Writers' House has announced the recipients of the 2025 WestWords Varuna Emerging Writers Residency. The four recipients are: Jasmine Baker for work on multiple projects including poetry,...

Oratia celebrates 25 years, launches Five Oceans imprint

Five Oceans logo Monday, 1 September 2025
Aotearoa New Zealand independent publisher Oratia Media has announced the launch of a new imprint, Five Oceans. The imprint will publish literary nonfiction and children’s books from ‘cultures whose works...