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
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
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,...
2025 International Prize for Arabic Fiction shortlist announced
Monday, 24 February 2025
The committee for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) has announced its 2025 shortlisted titles, chosen from a longlist of 16. Shortlisted titles include: The Andalusian Messiah (Taissier Khalaf,...
Stewart wins 2025 MUD Literary Prize
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...
S&S announces new CEO, new Aus imprint; Hachette 2024 results; 2025 VIPs announced
Wednesday, 19 February 2025
It’s been a big week at Simon & Schuster (S&S), with the announcement of a new imprint, Atria Australia, the acquisition of new fiction from Bri Lee, and the appointment...
OverDrive – ‘libraries can create new readers’
Wednesday, 19 February 2025
In the lead-up to the 2025 ABIAs, Books+Publishing is in conversation with the event's major sponsors about the status of the industry, what excites them about the future, and what they have...
Knox longlisted for 2025 Walter Scott Prize
Wednesday, 19 February 2025
In the UK, the Abbotsford Trust has announced the longlist for the 16th Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction (WSP). Among those longlisted is local author Malcolm Knox for his...
Telepathy Our Lost Sense: Neuroscience Sheds Light on ESP
Wednesday, 19 February 2025
Telepathy or mind to mind communication is an ancient very common human ability which has been forgotten, ignored and feared for centuries. Neuroscience reveals how it works. Telepathy Our Lost...
Shamed to Madness – A Journey to Hell and Back
Wednesday, 19 February 2025
An autobiography that highlights the persecution and shaming Andrew was subject to throughout his life from his peers, parents and church, simply for being who he was: Gay! A life...
BookPeople buying group admin and marketing assistant part-time, Melbourne
Wednesday, 19 February 2025
BookPeople BookPeople, the Association of Australia’s Bookshops, is the peak industry body representing the interests of booksellers across Australia. The BookPeople Buying Group is a key buying and marketing service...
Bookseller Chadstone, Melbourne
Wednesday, 19 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...
Stricker wins 2025 Peter Porter Poetry Prize
Tuesday, 18 February 2025
Meredith Stricker was awarded the 2025 Peter Porter Poetry Prize, run by the Australian Book Review (ABR) and worth $6000, at a ceremony in Melbourne last night. ABR outgoing editor Peter...
Scodellaro wins 2024 Novel Prize
Monday, 17 February 2025
Fitzcarraldo Editions, Giramondo and New Directions have announced Ruins, Child, a debut novel from Giada Scodellaro, as the winner of the 2024 Novel Prize. The novel was chosen from 1100...
Tasmanian Literary Awards 2025 shortlists announced
Monday, 17 February 2025
The shortlists for the 2025 Tasmanian Literary Awards have been announced. Shortlisted titles in each category are: Premier’s Prize for Fiction ($25,000) The Angry Women’s Choir (Meg Bignell, Penguin) Heartsease...
Carnegie 2025 longlists announced
Thursday, 13 February 2025
In the UK, the longlists for the Carnegie Medal for Writing and the Carnegie Medal for Illustration have been announced. The 35 longlisted titles (19 for the Carnegie Medal for...
DANZ Children’s Book Award 2025 longlists announced
Thursday, 13 February 2025
The 2025 longlists for the Australian School Library Association (ASLA) DANZ (Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand) Children’s Book Award have been announced. The longlisted titles in each category...
‘Tracker’ longlisted for 2025 Women’s Prize for Nonfiction
Thursday, 13 February 2025
In the UK, Alexis Wright’s book Tracker (Giramondo) has been longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Nonfiction. Published in the UK in January by Other Stories, the book is one...
Remembering Michael Webster
Wednesday, 12 February 2025
More tributes have come in, after the passing of publisher, academic, and distinguished industry professional Michael Webster. University of Melbourne head of program, publishing & communications Katherine Day writes: We...
Arrest of booksellers sparks international condemnation
Wednesday, 12 February 2025
Mahmoud Muna and Ahmad Muna, the Palestinian uncle and nephew co-owners of the Educational Bookshop in East Jerusalem, were released by police on Tuesday, 11 February, but remain under a...
BookPeople buying group admin and marketing assistant part-time, Melbourne
Wednesday, 12 February 2025
BookPeople BookPeople, the Association of Australia’s Bookshops, is the peak industry body representing the interests of booksellers across Australia. The BookPeople Buying Group is a key buying and marketing service...
Research study: AI, ethics and the future of editing
Wednesday, 12 February 2025
We are conducting a research study about the value of editors given the expansion of Artificial Intelligence (AI). This study focuses on the trade book publishing industry, targeting the romance...
Publisher/ commissioning editor, Sydney
Wednesday, 12 February 2025
Pan Macmillan Australia Publisher/Commissioning Editor Pan Macmillan Australia seeks a dynamic Publisher/Commissioning Editor (title dependent on experience) to join our publishing team. This is an exciting opportunity to be involved...
Text acquires new novel from Michael Winkler
Wednesday, 12 February 2025
Text’s publisher Michael Heyward has acquired GRIEFDOGG, the astonishing new work from Winkler, author of the Miles Franklin shortlisted GRIMMISH. Winkler describes this novel as ‘A fractured fable about water,...
Book your advertising for Think Australian 2025
Wednesday, 12 February 2025
Bookings are open for Think Australian. Promote your titles to over 55K international readers via our subscriber list and distribution partnerships with Publishers Weekly in the US and Book Brunch...
I Want Everything (Dominic Amerena, S&S)
Tuesday, 11 February 2025
Authors say emails show ‘magnitude of Meta’s unlawful torrenting’
Tuesday, 11 February 2025
In the US, Meta emails show ‘the magnitude of Meta’s unlawful torrenting scheme’, according to a filing by a group of authors suing Meta for copyright infringement in relation to...
US literary orgs decry anti-trans executive order
Monday, 10 February 2025
In the US, more than 50 book-industry organisations and businesses, including booksellers, publishers and libraries, have released a statement denouncing an executive order signed by President Donald Trump that recognises...
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