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Two Australian libraries named among world’s most beautiful

Thursday, 21 August 2025
Two Australian libraries have been named in the ten most beautiful libraries in the world for 2025, as announced by 1000 Libraries magazine. In second place, the State Library of...

ILF Day theme announced

Thursday, 21 August 2025
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) has announced ‘Strength In Our Stories: For Now & Future Generations’ as the 2025 Indigenous Literacy Day (ILD) theme and Grinj det K’Taun Krok! (Grinch...

Seattle Public Library: Breaking down barriers

Thursday, 21 August 2025
With libraries, their work, and free access to information under increasing threat around the world, B+P and the Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature Office reached out to libraries in other designated cities of...

Papercuts Comics Festival announces program

Wednesday, 20 August 2025
Papercuts Comics Festival has announced its 2025 program, running 12–14 September in Adelaide. Artists appearing include Alice Lam, Chad Molyneux, Evie ‘YEEVZ’ Hilliar, Molly Hunt, Nicola Scott and Robin Tatlow-Lord....

S&S acquires Kitching’s next thriller

Wednesday, 20 August 2025
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired world rights to thriller novel The Secrets of Strangers by Jess Kitching, in a deal brokered by Daniel Pilkington at the Pilkington Agency....

Keeperton acquires Belan’s debut

Wednesday, 20 August 2025
Keeperton has acquired world rights to debut novel The Line by Jeremy Belan, in a two-book deal. The Line is a coming-of-age story following Eddie, who is caught between two...

Australian Political Book of the Year 2025 longlist announced

Wednesday, 20 August 2025
The 2025 longlist for the Australian Political Book of the Year has been announced. Longlisted titles are: The Assassination of Neville Wran (Milton Cockburn, Connor Court) Broken Heart: A True...

The Messy Bath Monster

Wednesday, 20 August 2025
Monkey knows there’s a MONSTER hiding in the bathroom because it leaves a HUGE MESS behind. Will Monkey discover who the bath monster is? In this quirky underwater ocean adventure...

Pryor awarded 2025 Curlew Regional Writer’s Grant

Tuesday, 19 August 2025
Writing NSW has announced Robyn Pryor as the recipient of the 2025 Curlew Regional Writer’s Grant, worth $1000. The grant helps a regional NSW writer ‘to participate in a one-day...

Queensland Poetry Awards prize money increases

Tuesday, 19 August 2025
The Queensland Writers Centre has announced increases in the value of its Queensland Poetry Awards, which has opened for entries this week. Award categories and their first-place cash prizes are:...

Northland Writers, Readers and Poets Festival announces program

Tuesday, 19 August 2025
The Northland Writers, Readers and Poets (WRAP) Festival will run 29–31 August in Kerikeri, Aotearoa New Zealand. Writers appearing at the festival include Fiona Kidman, Monty Soutar, Sherryl Clark, Cadence...

Dymocks Giving Day date, program announced

Tuesday, 19 August 2025
Dymocks has announced its 2025 Giving Day will take place on 21 August. Free in-store events will occur in Dymocks stores around the country, including Matt Cosgrove leading a storytime...

Global Book Crawl 2026 dates released

Tuesday, 19 August 2025
The 2026 Global Book Crawl (GBC) will take place on April 20–26. GBC is ‘a worldwide celebration of local (indie, bricks and mortar) bookshops and those who love them,’ said...

HQ acquires Inoon’s second novel

Tuesday, 19 August 2025
Harlequin Australia (HQ), a division of HarperCollins, has acquired world rights to The Sisters of Serendib by Ayesha Inoon, via Rochelle Fernandez at Alex Adsett Literary. ‘In 1990, a boat...

HarperCollins acquires debut novel from White

Tuesday, 19 August 2025
HarperCollins has acquired ANZ rights to Billie King, Outlaw, the debut novel by Shannon Kelly White, in a two-book deal via Anjanette Fennell at Key People Literary Management. Billie King,...

Ned Kelly Awards 2025 shortlists announced

Monday, 18 August 2025
The Australian Crime Writers Association has announced the 2025 Ned Kelly Awards shortlists. The shortlisted titles are: Best crime fiction 17 Years Later (JP Pomare, Hachette) Cold Truth (Ashley Kalagian...

Pikihuia Awards finalists announced

Monday, 18 August 2025
The Māori Literature Trust Te Waka Taki Kōrero has announced the finalists for the biennial Pikihuia Awards, now in their 30th year. The finalists in each category are: Poetry (te...

Wombat Books acquires Loveridge & Goodwin middle-grade novel

Monday, 18 August 2025
Wombat Books has acquired world rights to Josie Mack and the MEGA Division (Josie Mack #1), written by Bethany Loveridge and illustrated by Jade Goodwin. The first in a trilogy,...

NSW History Awards 2025 shortlists announced

Monday, 18 August 2025
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the shortlists for the 2025 NSW History Awards, worth a total of $85,000 in prize money. The shortlisted titles of each category...

Larrikin acquires Harry’s ‘The Fast Lane’

Monday, 18 August 2025
Larrikin House has acquired world rights to The Fast Lane, a picture book written by Pip Harry and illustrated by Katrin Dreiling. According to the publisher, The Fast Lane is ‘charming, funny...

Bendigo Writers Festival 2025 closes without ceremony

Monday, 18 August 2025
Bendigo Writers Festival cancelled its closing night ceremony on Sunday evening, along with more than twenty other sessions over the course of the festival weekend, which ran 15–18 August. The...

A&U acquires Katz’s memoir

Monday, 18 August 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world English rights to My Cursed Vagina, a memoir by Lally Katz, via Wendy Howell and Lucy White from Creative Representation. The memoir follows...

Ankami (Debra Dank, Echo Publishing)

Friday, 15 August 2025

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