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Publishers’ picks: Australian nonfiction

Tuesday, 4 March 2025
Food and family, AI, and escaping a cult: The Australian nonfiction publishers have high hopes for at LBF Sandra Buol, rights and international sales manager at Australian independent Allen &...

Winners who keep winning: Australian awards news

Cover of Praiseworthy Tuesday, 4 March 2025
Repeat winners, internationally recognised authors and the latest winners of Australian manuscript prizes  As reported in the previous edition of Think Australian, Alexis Wright’s Praiseworthy (Giramondo) has already won the...

Australian bestsellers in 2024

Cover of Recipe Tin Eats with ABIA award logos Tuesday, 4 March 2025
Top 10 Australian adult fiction bestsellers Here One Moment (Liane Moriarty, Macmillan), 157K Lola in the Mirror (Trent Dalton, Fourth Estate), 80K Boy Swallows Universe (Trent Dalton, Fourth Estate)*, 64K...

Stella Prize 2025 longlist announced

the stella prize logo Tuesday, 4 March 2025
The longlist for the $60,000 Stella Prize for women and non-binary writers has been announced. The longlisted books are: A Language of Limbs (Dylin Hardcastle, Picador) Always Will Be (Mykaela...

London Book Fair: AI, copyright, young readers

London book fair Tuesday, 4 March 2025
The London Book Fair (LBF) will run this year 11–13 March at Olympia London. Publishers Weekly (PW) reports the fair expects to host more than 30,000 attendees and 845 exhibitors...

The Haunting of Mr and Mrs Stevenson

Monday, 3 March 2025
The Haunting of Mr and Mrs Stevenson is a gothic delight. It tells the story of Robert Louis Stevenson’s friendship with the charming Eugene Chantrelle and the murder mystery that...

Crimson Light Polished Wood

Monday, 3 March 2025
Leonora, a British immigrant, falls in love with Margaret, a fellow female teacher who three years later dies of cancer. While still grieving for Margaret, Leonora meets and befriends Anna...

Funga Obscura: Photo journeys among fungi

Monday, 3 March 2025
This book is about fungi, and the photography of fungi. The title – Funga Obscura – unites the two. Beginning in elemental landscapes of ice and rock, the book traces...

Invisible Boys

Monday, 3 March 2025
In a small town, everyone thinks they know you: Charlie is a hardcore rocker, who’s not as tough as he looks. Hammer is a footy jock with big AFL dreams,...

The Midnight Chew

Monday, 3 March 2025
When Boofa Boy Jones steals Skippy Gillespie’s very big bone, a marvellous doggy race ensues in the cold and blustery dark, down the street and through the park. But who...

Bologna 2025 program announced

bologna logo Monday, 3 March 2025
Bologna Children’s Book Fair (BCBF), which this year runs 31 March to 3 April 2025 at the BolognaFiere Exhibition Centre, has released its full program. Running alongside BCBF is BolognaBookPlus...

Abbott wins 2025 IPEd Student Prize

IPEd logo Thursday, 27 February 2025
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) has announced Portia Abbott, a student in the Master of Writing and Publishing program at RMIT University, is the winner of the 2025 IPEd...

CBCA 2025 Notable Books announced

Wednesday, 26 February 2025
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced its list of Notable Books for 2025. The list acts as the longlist for the CBCA Book of the Year Awards....

Lonely Planet Parenthood Around the World

Wednesday, 26 February 2025
Experience the diversity of parenthood around the world with 40 illuminating first-person stories from locals and families on the go that show how where we live influences who we are....

Bookseller Chadstone, Melbourne

Wednesday, 26 February 2025
Readings Readings Chadstone is opening soon and we are looking to expand our bookseller team! If you have direct bookshop experience and would like to know more about the role...

Publications manager, Hobart

Wednesday, 26 February 2025
Mona Mona publishes high-end illustrated books alongside an innovative art exhibition program and is looking for an experienced editor/production controller to step into the role of Publications Manager. Reporting to...

Children’s category manager, New South Wales

Wednesday, 26 February 2025
Dymocks Dymocks has an exciting opportunity for a Children’s Book Specialist to join our National Buying team. This is a permanent role, based in our head office in Sydney’s CBD....

NSW & ACT sales representative, New South Wales

Wednesday, 26 February 2025
New Holland Publishers We are looking for a new team member to join our family at New Holland Publishers servicing our customers in NSW and ACT. Someone to work with...

2025 Voss Literary Prize Now Open

Voss Wednesday, 26 February 2025
The Australian University Heads of English and the estate of Vivian Robert de Vaux Voss are pleased to call for nominations to the tenth annual Voss Literary Prize. The prize,...

NZ Booklovers Awards 2025 shortlists announced

NZ booklovers logo Monday, 24 February 2025
The NZ Booklovers Awards 2025 shortlists have been announced by the organisation. Shortlisted titles include: Best Adult Fiction Book Award Better Left Dead (Catherine Lea, Bateman Books) The Call (Gavin Strawhan,...

Stewart wins 2025 MUD Literary Prize

a photo of cameron stewart in black and white Monday, 24 February 2025
Cameron Stewart's Why Do Horses Run? (Allen & Unwin) has been announced as the 2025 winner of the $10,000 MUD Literary Prize. The prize, now in its eighth year, is...

 

 

 

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