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Minoan Footsteps: A Novel

Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Set against the ancient landscapes of Crete, Minoan Footsteps follows six women on a guided tour where myth, memory and modern tensions collide. As they explore sacred sites and local...

Bakers Lane Books acquires McLean novel

Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Bakers Lane Books has acquired world rights to The One Remaining by debut Australian novelist Paula McLean. Publisher Ginny Grant said: ‘The One Remaining is a story of novelist Hilary...

Entries are open for UQP Mentorship Prize for under-represented writers

Wednesday, 21 May 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Please click here to enter and to find out more about this prize for previously unpublished authors.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.

Income tax returns and your Books+Publishing subscription

Wednesday, 21 May 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...

The Farm (Jessica Mansour-Nahra, Hachette)

Tuesday, 20 May 2025

Amazon announces AI for Audible

Tuesday, 20 May 2025
Audible has announced it will begin offering AI-powered narration and translation to select publishers, reported Publishers Weekly (PW). Over the next few months, publishers will be given options to use narration services...

NZSA 2025 Youth Mentorships announced

Tuesday, 20 May 2025
The New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa has announced the recipients of the NZSA 2025 Youth Mentorship Programme. The four secondary school students selected for...

Le wins NSW Literary Book of the Year Award

Monday, 19 May 2025
The winners of the 2025 NSW Literary Awards have been announced. Nam Le's poetry collection 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem (Scribner) won the overall $10,000 Book of the...

SLV hosts World of the Book exhibition

Monday, 19 May 2025
State Library Victoria (SLV) has announced the 20th anniversary World of the Book exhibition, to open from 31 May 2025. The exhibition will include three new artefacts, including a medieval...

Production company Somesuch launches publishing imprint

Monday, 19 May 2025
In the UK, production company Somesuch has announced the launch of its new publishing imprint, Somesuch Editions. Founder Tim Nash said: ‘As a film production company, storytelling has always been...

BookPeople 2025 Bookseller of the Year shortlists announced

Monday, 19 May 2025
BookPeople has announced the shortlists for its 2025 Bookseller of the Year awards. The shortlisted booksellers include: BookPeople Hardie Grant Children's Publishing Bookseller of the Year Jennifer Jackson, Paper Bird...

Miles Franklin Literary Award 2025 longlist announced

Thursday, 15 May 2025
The longlist for the 2025 Miles Franklin Literary Award has been announced. Longlisted titles for the $60,000 prize are: Chinese Postman (Brian Castro, Giramondo) The Burrow (Melanie Cheng, Text) Theory...

Ockham New Zealand 2025 Book Awards winners

Thursday, 15 May 2025
In Aotearoa New Zealand, the winners of the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards have been announced. The winning titles, chosen from shortlists announced in March, are: Jann Medlicott Acorn...

Gray, Master win humour writing prizes

Thursday, 15 May 2025
The NSW State Library has announced the winners of the 2025 Russell Prize for Humour Writing and the Humour Writing for Young People Award. Winners are: Russell Prize for Humour...

ALS Gold Medal 2025 longlist announced

Thursday, 15 May 2025
The longlist for the 2025 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal has been announced. Longlisted works are: 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem (Nam Le, Scribner) The Burrow (Melanie...

NZSA announce 2025 mentees

Thursday, 15 May 2025
The New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa – Ngā Kaituhi Māori has announced the recipients of the NZSA Ngā Kaituhi Māori Mentorship and Kupu Kaitiaki...

Transit Lounge acquires ‘Rite of Spring’ by Kris Kneen

Thursday, 15 May 2025
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to Rite of Spring, a new novel by Kris Kneen, via Jane Novak Literary Agency. The novel follows a couple, Miranda and Richard, who...

ABIA, Age winners; bookseller survey; industry hopes after the election; VIPs’ Australian expectations

Wednesday, 14 May 2025
Across the industry this week, BookPeople CEO Robbie Egan spoke with B+P about the cross-Tasman survey designed to provide data about booksellers in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, and the...

The 2025 Visiting International Publishers: Why they’re coming and what they hope to find

Wednesday, 14 May 2025
The 2025 Creative Australia Visiting International Publishers (VIPs) Program is running in Sydney from 19–23 May, coinciding with the Sydney Writers' Festival. The program invites international publishers, scouts and literary...