Creative Futures Fund recipients announced
Monday, 14 July 2025
Creative Australia has announced the latest recipients of funding from its Creative Futures Fund. An ‘initiative of the Australian Government’s National Cultural Policy Revive’, the Creative Futures Fund ‘supports the...
Creative Victoria latest funding recipients
Monday, 14 July 2025
Creative Victoria has announced the latest recipients of funding from its Creative Projects Fund. One hundred and fifteen Victorian creators have shared in $1.5m of funding which ‘Victorian artists, creative...
UQP acquires new Riwoe novel
Monday, 14 July 2025
The University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to A Short History of Longans, a new novel by Mirandi Riwoe, through Pippa Masson at Curtis Brown. The novel...
Book Club – this month’s reads
Friday, 11 July 2025
Looking for your next great group read? Our monthly Book Club rounds up new release titles that are perfect for sparking conversation and perhaps even some debate. From compelling fiction to...
Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award 2025 longlist announced
Thursday, 10 July 2025
The Foundation for Australian Literary Studies (FALS) has announced the longlist for the Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award, worth $50,000. The 10 longlisted titles, chosen from over 200 entries,...
National Biography Award 2025 shortlist announced
Thursday, 10 July 2025
The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) has announced the shortlist for the $25,000 National Biography Award. The shortlisted works, selected from 103 entries, are: Bullet, Paper, Rock: A...
Bakers Lane Books: New publisher, writing prize launched
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
New independent publisher Bakers Lane Books has been launched by founder Ginny Grant, with a commitment to ‘platforming bold, inclusive storytelling’. Bakers Lane said it aims to publish ‘a select number...
A tough sell: Fighting for space on the path to publication
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
Dr Melanie Saward is a proud Bigambul and Wakka Wakka woman. She is a writer, editor and academic based in Tulmur (Ipswich), Queensland. She’s the author of two novels, Burn...
Hachette acquires McNab’s true crime ‘Recipe for Murder’
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
Hachette Australia has acquired world rights for the nonfiction title Recipe for Murder by Duncan McNab, in a deal brokered by Lyn Tranter at Australian Literary Management. The book ‘delves...
Wombat Books launches writing prize for teens
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
Wombat Books has launched the Rhiza Teen Author Prize, a new competition for young aspiring authors. Two winners will be chosen from a shortlist of four. Each shortlisted writer will...
Wiley acquires Edwards’ The Wardrobe Project
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
Wiley has acquired world rights to The Wardrobe Project, a nonfiction title by Emma Edwards. The Wardrobe Project details Edwards' year of buying no clothes. 'She learned that when you stop...
Full program announced for 2025 BookUp Conference
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
This year’s BookUp focus is on Australian storytelling – from discoverability in a market buffeted by globalisation to the role of the book industry to champion our stories. The full...
ABR Peter Rose Editorial Cadetship, Melbourne
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
Australian Book Review Australian Book Review (ABR) is delighted to open the Peter Rose Editorial Cadetship for applications. The twelve-month role will be 0.8 or full time. ABR seeks a...
Product analyst (TitlePage), Sydney
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
Australian Publishers Association The Australian Publishers Association (APA) is seeking a Product Analyst to support and help shape the development of our industry’s supply chain service, TitlePage. This is a...
Invitation to participate in research – understanding the impacts of digital platforms on the Australian trade book publishing industry
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
How has your role changed due to digital platforms? We’re looking for staff from publishing houses of all sizes to share their experiences and help us understand the impact platforms...
Chief executive officer, Melbourne
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
BookPeople – the Australian Booksellers Association Join the Next Chapter: CEO Australian Booksellers Association Are you ready to help lead the bookselling sector in Australia? The management committee of the BookPeople...
International product co-ordinator, Sydney
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
Allen & Unwin Allen & Unwin, Australia’s largest independent book publisher, is looking for a motivated, proactive and capable co-ordinator to support our International Agencies product team. Reporting to the...
Australian Business Book Awards open for entries 11 July 2025
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
The Australian Business Book Awards, now in their seventh year, recognise books written by Australian authors demonstrating their skill, knowledge, experience and achievement in a business-related or personal development area....
Editor (parental leave cover), Sydney
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
Hachette Australia Hachette Australia has an exciting opportunity to join our high-performing editorial team as an Editor on a full-time twelve-month parental leave cover, based in our Sydney CBD office....
Product coordinator, New South Wales
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
Hachette Australia Hachette Australia has an exciting opportunity to join the product team in the role of Product Coordinator. This is a permanent full-time position based at the Sydney CBD...
Changes in distribution sales & returns for Games Workshop/Black Library in Australia and New Zealand
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
Black Library will no longer be distributed by Simon & Schuster Australia after 30 September 2025. All requests for returns authorisations must be with HEDS by 1 November 2025. Requests...
Commissioning editor travel & lifestyle, Victoria
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
Hardie Grant Publishing Hardie Grant is seeking an exceptional Commissioning Editor to join the Hardie Grant Explore division to produce market-leading books through creative commissioning and project management of the...
Wilkinson Publishing, Timely Tick Tocks, Timelier Reads
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
Amplify Lit Festival Live program announced
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
Aotearoa New Zealand writer and editor Jackie Lee Morrison has announced the program for the inaugural Amplify Lit Festival Live program, running 5–31 July on Instagram and TikTok. The line-up...
Baker named 2025 Reading Australia Fellow
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
The Copyright Agency has awarded ACT teacher librarian Libby Baker the 2025 Reading Australia Fellowship. The annual Reading Australia Fellowship is open to English and literacy teachers and teacher librarians...
S&S acquires Ita Buttrose’s memoir
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired memoir Unapologetically Ita by Ita Buttrose. Unapologetically Ita 'reflects on [Buttrose's] time as the chair of the ABC, the changes in the workplace during...
A&U acquires Haddrick’s ‘The Mushroom Murders’
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights for nonfiction title The Mushroom Murders by Greg Haddrick. The book will follow the trial of Erin Patterson, who was convicted this week...
Affirm acquires White’s The Long Night
Monday, 7 July 2025
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to Christian White’s upcoming crime novel, The Long Night, via RGM Artists. The story follows Em and Jodie as they negotiate the events of...
PRH acquires Hellmrich’s debut
Monday, 7 July 2025
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired world rights to the as-yet unnamed debut by Kelly Hellmrich, via Sarah McKenzie Literary Management. The book will blend 'cultural commentary, personal reflection...
Junior Book Club – this month’s reads
Friday, 4 July 2025
Searching for your next great read to share with kids? Our Junior Book Club highlights 10 new titles each month that are perfect for classrooms, libraries and family reading time....
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