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Solutions manager, New South Wales

Wednesday, 5 March 2025
HarperCollins Publishers HarperCollins Publishers is seeking a motivated and highly skilled Solutions Manager to drive business growth through the development and implementation of innovative solutions, as well as managing our...

Children’s Publisher, New South Wales

Wednesday, 5 March 2025
Walker Books Children’s Publisher role We are currently looking for a publisher with a bold creative vision and proven experience in leading a publishing team to join us in Sydney....

Publishers’ top picks: Australian fiction

Tuesday, 4 March 2025
A new publisher, a new literary agency and the Australian fiction on offer at LBF. Members of newest Australian literary agency on the block, a4 Literary – for which former...

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...