“Naku Dharuk: The Bark Petitions” wins 2025 Australian Political Book of the Year
Thursday, 6 November 2025
Clare Wright has won the Australian Political Book of the Year for Naku Dharuk: The Bark Petitions (Text). The book “makes an enormous contribution not only to the history of Australian...
Carvan wins 2025 Bragg Prize for Science Writing
Thursday, 6 November 2025
Tabitha Carvan has been awarded this year’s UNSW Press Bragg Prize for Science Writing for her essay “The Unexpected Poetry of PhD Acknowledgements”. The publisher said, “Carvan’s piece reflects...
Awesome Black announces new music and literary fund
Thursday, 6 November 2025
The Awesome Black Foundation has announced the Voices Rising Fund, a new initiative for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander musicians and writers. The foundation has also announced that Western Sydney–based...
Wombat Books acquires Gemmill’s middle-grade
Thursday, 6 November 2025
Wombat Books has acquired world rights to The Ghost Horse of Snowy River, a middle-grade novel by Stef Gemmill. According to the publisher, The Ghost Horse of Snowy River follows 12-year-old...
Indigenous Literacy Foundation announces new ambassadors
Thursday, 6 November 2025
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) has announced seven new ambassadors for 2026. The ambassadors are: Anh Do (ILF ambassador) Lucas Proudfoot (ILF ambassador) Tehya Makani (ILF ambassador) Bronte Charles (ILF...
Garner wins Baillie Gifford
Wednesday, 5 November 2025
In the UK, author Helen Garner has won the £50,000 (A$100,700) Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction for How to End a Story: Collected Diaries (Text). The winning title was described...
A&U acquires Ham’s first nonfiction book
Wednesday, 5 November 2025
Allen & Unwin has acquired world rights to Look After Your Feet by Rosalie Ham, via literary agency Jenny Darling and Associates. In this first nonfiction book, the author of...
HarperCollins acquires Bailey memoir
Wednesday, 5 November 2025
HarperCollins has acquired world rights to Flamingos Aren’t Born Pink, a memoir by Robin Bailey. Described by the publisher as “a moving and uplifting memoir on heartbreak, grief and finding...
2025 speech pathology book award winners announced
Wednesday, 5 November 2025
Speech Pathology Australia has announced the winners of its 2025 Book of the Year Awards. Chosen from shortlists announced in July, the winners in each category are: Birth to 3 years...
Newcastle Short Story Award 2025 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 5 November 2025
The Hunter Writers’ Centre has announced the shortlist for this year’s Newcastle Short Story Award. Shortlisted stories are: “Sun, Do Not Die” by ALB “Solastalgia” by Liz Allan “Backburn”...
Marani wins 2025 Richell Prize
Wednesday, 5 November 2025
Croatian Australian writer and theatre-maker Monique Ivankovič Marani has won the 2025 Richell Prize for Emerging Writers. Marani’s winning entry, “The Sweeter”, was selected from a shortlist of 5 manuscripts....
Webster wins 2025 Nature Writing Prize
Wednesday, 5 November 2025
Bridget Webster has won the 2025 Nature Writing Prize for her piece “Like All Good Fruit”. Island editorial manager and lead judge Jane Rawson said, “Bridget’s work stood out to...
Vale Jon Bauer
Wednesday, 5 November 2025
Author Jon Bauer (1974–2025) has died in England, where he had lived since his return from Australia. Scribe writes: We were deeply saddened to hear of the recent death of...
UNESCO announces new Cities of Literature
Wednesday, 5 November 2025
The United Nations’ cultural arm UNESCO has announced 10 new Cities of Literature among its latest 58 Creative Cities. Newly designated as Cities of Literature are Aberystwyth (Wales), Abuja (Nigeria),...
(dis)Connected – Trauma Is Not Destiny
Wednesday, 5 November 2025
James – NASA consultant, medical research director, survivor. The feedback? "I was truly moved by the honesty with which you described the impact of childhood sexual abuse on your life,...
Disability Arts History Australia website launched
Monday, 3 November 2025
A new Disability Arts History Australia website bringing together the stories, achievements and influence of Australian artists with disabilities over the past five decades has been launched at Queensland University...
Ultimo acquires Moriarty time travel novel at auction
Monday, 3 November 2025
Ultimo Press has acquired ANZ rights at auction to Time Travel For Beginners, Jaclyn Moriarty’s new novel for adults, in a deal brokered by Tara Wynne of Curtis Brown Australia....
No newsletter tomorrow
Monday, 3 November 2025
Due to the Melbourne Cup public holiday in Victoria, Books+Publishing will not publish a newsletter tomorrow. However, the deadline for classifieds and job advertisements for this Wednesday’s Weekly Book Newsletter...
Ultimo acquires Ash’s Mantle
Thursday, 30 October 2025
Ultimo Press has acquired ANZ rights to novelist Romy Ash’s new work, Mantle, in a deal brokered by Michaela McGuire of a4 Literary. Mantle is a literary eco-thriller set in...
Dublin Central Library: Being curious is essential to the librarian’s role
Thursday, 30 October 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...
Priest wins Blake-Beckett Trust Scholarship
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced Ann-Marie Priest as the 2025 recipient of the $35,000 Blake-Beckett Trust Scholarship for her biography “Tell It Slant: The Life and Loves...
Australian Government blocks attempts to change copyright law; BWF breaks records; Children’s Booker to be awarded
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Major local news The Australian Government announced this week that it won’t change the law to allow tech companies to train artificial intelligence models using copyright material, Australian media outlets...
Amba Press acquires ACER Press titles
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Amba Press will acquire 38 educational titles under an agreement with ACER Press, the publishing arm of the Australian Council for Educational Research. Amba Press said, “The acquisition represents a...
Bakers Lane Books acquires McGuinness YA novel
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Bakers Lane Books has acquired world rights to Violet Town, a young adult novel by Bryony McGuinness. Violet Town follows Cate Hawkins, a longstanding resident of Hickory’s Orphanage, as she...
A&U acquires Stroud’s “The Angry Wives Club”
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to The Angry Wives Club, a novel by Gabbie Stroud. The Angry Wives Club follows three women “quietly planning a revolution”, said the...
Upswell acquires Curtin novel
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Upswell Publishing has acquired world rights to Six Days by Amanda Curtin. “Six Days creates a character in Daniel, an expat Australian who has lived in Paris for longer than anywhere...
Lonely Planet Toilets of the World
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Even life's simplest moments deserve a breathtaking backdrop… Discover 100 lavish lavatories and outstanding outhouses that offer a window to our world. Who knew the loo could offer such a...
Sales coordinator, Victoria
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Monash University Publishing Sales Coordinator, Monash University Publishing (0.6FTE) Location: Clayton campus Employment Type: Part-time Remuneration: Pro-rata $96,768–104,450 HEW6, plus 17% superannuation Monash University Publishing has an exciting opportunity for...
Change for Flying Eye Books
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Publisher: Flying Eye Books Old distributor: Walker Books Australia New distributor: Hardie Grant Books Changeover date: & returns requests by 28 December 2025 Returns cut-off: Must be received by HEDS...
Change for Otter Barry Books
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Publisher: Otter Barry Books Old distributor: Walker Books Australia New distributor: NewSouth Books Changeover date: & returns requests by 31 December 2025 Returns cut-off: received by HEDS by 31 January...
