Vale Howard Pedersen
Wednesday, 23 April 2025
Author Howard Pedersen has died. Stephen Kinnane and Edie Wright from Magabala Books write: Magabala Books, along with hundreds of friends and community members across the Kimberley are deeply saddened...
No newsletter on Friday
Wednesday, 23 April 2025
Due to the Anzac Day public holiday, the Books+Publishing newsletter will not be published on Friday, 25 April.
TDLC: ‘The dominant form of revenue for the book industry continues to be the sale of physical books’
Wednesday, 23 April 2025
In the lead-up to the 2025 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs), Books+Publishing is in conversation with the event’s major sponsors about the status of the industry, what excites them about the future,...
National Family Reading Month
Wednesday, 23 April 2025
NATIONAL FAMILY READING MONTH is an initiative that represents the heart of our business – literacy is the key to learning and achievement. We believe that all children, with the...
Reach Sydney locals with Neighbourhood Media
Wednesday, 23 April 2025
Connect with your community and boost your local profile by featuring your bookshop in Neighbourhood Media’s suburb-specific magazines. Stocked in local hotspots, Neighbourhood Media’s magazines help you engage readers right...
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing to represent Post Wave Children’s Books
Wednesday, 23 April 2025
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing (HGCP) has announced it will take on sales and distribution of Post Wave Publishing UK (PWUK), a subsidiary of Post Wave Publishing China. HGCP is thrilled...
Wilkinson Publishing’s, Young & Young at Heart Bookshelf
Tuesday, 22 April 2025
Wilkinson Publishing’s, Young & Young at Heart Bookshelf
Tuesday, 22 April 2025
A&U acquires The Australian Wars
Tuesday, 22 April 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to The Australian Wars, edited by Rachel Perkins, Stephen Gapps, Mina Murray and Henry Reynolds. The book will be drawn from Blackfella...
Bacon wins Nebula 2025 Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award
Thursday, 17 April 2025
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) has announced Eugen Bacon as winner of the 2025 Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award. Created in 2008, the Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award is...
Winners announced, anthology launched for 2024 Newcastle Short Story Award
Thursday, 17 April 2025
The Hunter Writers' Centre (HWC) has announced Omar Musa and Lisa Lang as the winners of the 2024 Newcastle Short Story Award. Omar Musa, a Bornean-Australian author, visual artist, rapper...
Echo Publishing announces new Heather Morris novel
Thursday, 17 April 2025
Echo Publishing has acquired ANZ rights to The Wish, a contemporary novel by Heather Morris. The Wish is Morris's first contemporary novel, and introduces Jesse, a young teenager who, despite...
2025 Faber Writing Academy inaugural alumni award winners announced
Thursday, 17 April 2025
Faber Writing Academy (FWA) has announced Rachel Bonnar and Lawrence Parmenter as the inaugural winners of the 2025 FWA Alumni Award. In total, six graduates of FWA programs will win...
B+P Easter publishing schedule
Thursday, 17 April 2025
Due to the Easter long weekend, the Books+Publishing newsletter will not be published tomorrow, Friday, 18 April or Monday, 21 April. The deadline for classifieds and job advertisements in the next...
NT Writers Festival program; Aurealis, Hugo finalists; Global Book Crawl destinations
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
Some event details were released this week – so have your calendars ready: The Northern Territory Writers Festival has announced its 2025 program, which will run 29 May–1 June on...
Hardie Grant acquires Wankernomics
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
Hardie Grant has acquired world rights to Wankernomics by comedians James Schloeffel and Charles Firth. Wankernomics is ‘the hilarious must-have handbook for anyone who has ever had to endure the buzzwords,...
Upswell acquires Vincent hybrid memoir/prose poem/history
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
Upswell Publishing has acquired world rights to Fourteen Ways of Looking, a 'hybrid memoir/prose poem/history' by Erin Vincent, with US rights sold to Deep Vellum and UK rights to CB...
Alliance Distribution Services: ‘We firmly believe that everyone should have access to reading’
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
In the lead-up to the 2025 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs), Books+Publishing is in conversation with the event’s major sponsors about the status of the industry, what excites them about the future,...
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing to represent Post Wave Children’s Books
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing (HGCP) has announced it will take on sales and distribution of Post Wave Publishing UK (PWUK), a subsidiary of Post Wave Publishing China. HGCP is thrilled...
Fast Fish
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
Fast Fish is the third book in the popular ‘Scales and Tails’ children’s series and is based on a traditional story about the creation of the Murray Cod fish, Yellow...
Rockpool Publishing unveils new gift imprint: Sweet Hearts Press
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
Sydney, Australia – 16 April 2025 – Rockpool Publishing is proud to announce the launch of Sweet Hearts Press, a vibrant new imprint designed to revolutionise the gift industry. Debuting...
Pan Macmillan Australia distribution move (for Australian customers)
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
Pan Macmillan Australia would like to inform its customers of the following key dates regarding our change of distributor. The Distribution and Logistics Company (TDLC) will take over ANZ distribution...
Publicist, Sydney
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
Echo Publishing Echo Publishing, the Australian arm of the family-owned Bonnier group, is looking for a Publicity Maternity Cover for 9 Months (with opportunity to extend). We publish a focused...
Senior editor, New South Wales
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
Hachette Australia Hachette Australia has an exciting opportunity to join our high-performing and collaborative Editorial team in our Australian Publishing Division as an experienced Senior Editor. This is a permanent...
Reach Sydney locals with Neighbourhood Media
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
Connect with your community and boost your local profile by featuring your bookshop in Neighbourhood Media’s suburb-specific magazines. Stocked in local hotspots, Neighbourhood Media’s magazines help you engage readers right...
Have you booked your Books+Publishing 2025 advertising?
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
How will you reach book lovers for your promotional needs in 2025? Books+Publishing offers a range of digital options to suit all campaign styles and budgets. Advance copy giveaway Invite...
Unlock Books+Publishing
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
Unlock Books+Publishing, Australia’s number-one source of news about the book industry, keeping subscribers up to date with the latest book industry news, events, features, interviews, opinion, personnel changes, job advertisements...
PRH acquires Carter middle-grade series
Tuesday, 15 April 2025
Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia has acquired ANZ rights for Reece Carter's new middle-grade series The Nightmare League, in a six-publisher auction brokered by Gemma Cooper from Gemma Cooper Literary....
Atria Books acquires debut Peppernell novel
Tuesday, 15 April 2025
Atria Books Australia has acquired world rights (ex North America) to poet Courtney Peppernell's debut novel, The Last Poem. 'Bestselling author and poet Wren Paisley is a mess after the...
‘Small Rain’ named 2025 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
Monday, 14 April 2025
Garth Greenwell’s Small Rain (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) has been selected as the winner of the 2025 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, worth US$15,000 (A$23,771). Small Rain was chosen from a shortlist...
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