Bestsellers, media mentions, Junior Book Club and reviews
Friday, 5 June 2026
In the bestsellers charts this week, Yesteryear has made it to number one, though The Divorce is the highest new entry with only a half week of sales. Today we...
Scribe among publishers being impersonated by scammers
Thursday, 4 June 2026
Ann Mossop is stepping down at Sydney Writers’ Festival; Kirsty Wilson has resigned from University of Queensland Press; the shortlists for the 2026 ACT Literary Awards have been announced; Allen...
Creative Australia releases arts survey results
Wednesday, 3 June 2026
Creative Australia has released the results of the most recent National Arts Participation Survey; Big Day of Books Perth will broadcast on ABC Radio; this year’s Willy Lit Fest program will...
Thames & Hudson moves to Bookreps NZ
Tuesday, 2 June 2026
Thames & Hudson is partnering with Bookreps NZ for Aotearoa sales and distribution; S Shakthidharan’s memoir, Gather Up Your World in One Long Breath, has been sold to Le Bruit du Monde;...
Leading Edge restructure
Monday, 1 June 2026
Kaye Wright has left Leading Edge as part of a restructure; Justin Ractliffe has joined The Pilkington Agency; the DANZ Children’s Book Award 2026 shortlist, Dick and Joan Green Family...
Sarah A Parker everywhere
Friday, 29 May 2026
Sarah A Parker tops the bestsellers; and is featured across NewsCorp books pages this weekend; and we bring you our latest unlocked picture book reviews. Happy Friday, and thanks for...
Local books “take flight” at Hachette
Thursday, 28 May 2026
Hachette is launching a new Australian imprint; Bronwyn Bancroft has received a Red Ochre lifetime achievement award; the NT Writers Festival kicks off its 2026 program today; Radio National will...
There’s a lot happening at Thames & Hudson
Wednesday, 27 May 2026
Simon & Schuster Australia is rejoining HarperCollins New Zealand for field sales representation in Aotearoa; Thames & Hudson (T&H) has made some staff changes; the ALS Gold Medal shortlist has...
Local authors top SWF bestsellers lists
Tuesday, 26 May 2026
Local authors have topped the adults and kids bestsellers lists at a record-breaking SWF; Aotearoa publisher Āporo Press reports a world all-language rights sale; Allen & Unwin has acquired a...
All the fun of the festivals
Monday, 25 May 2026
As SWF wraps up, MWF reports its bestsellers; Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland just hosted a record-breaking writers festival; also in Aotearoa, HarperCollins has some staff announcements; in New South Wales, Story...
A children’s picture book wins ABIA Book of the Year
Friday, 22 May 2026
A children’s picture book took out Book of the Year at the Australian Book Industry Awards in Sydney last night; tradwife novel Yesteryear shoots up the charts; this week’s media...
National Cultural Policy submission deadline approaches
Thursday, 21 May 2026
As the deadline for submissions to inform the next National Cultural Policy fast approaches, we round up industry bodies’ key submission points; several Commonwealth Short Story Prize winners have been...
Miles Franklin countdown begins
Wednesday, 20 May 2026
The Miles Franklin longlist has been announced; as have the winners of the Australian Book Industry Awards Hall of Fame Pixie O’Harris and Lloyd O’Neil awards; and Taiwan Travelogue has...
“Näku Dhäruk The Bark Petitions” wins Book of the Year
Tuesday, 19 May 2026
The NSW Literary Awards winners were announced last night; Dot Tonkin has left PRH; Judith Rossell is off to Agatha Christie’s holiday house; the programs for the Island Readers &...
Boffins to close, Berkelouw Leichhardt may stay open
Monday, 18 May 2026
Anita Heiss has resigned from University of Queensland; Boffins will close after 37 years; Berkelouw Books Leichhardt has announced it may remain open in a new location; the 2026 SMH...
“The Thornbacks” gets some attention
Friday, 15 May 2026
Chloe Wilson’s debut novel The Thornbacks is getting some media attention this week; Sarah Wilson’s latest is the highest new entry by an Australian author in this week’s charts; plus...
The glittering prizes
Thursday, 14 May 2026
Lee Lai has won the Stella Prize for the graphic novel Cannon; Karen Howie Casey has won the ASA/HQ Fiction Prize; Charlotte Macdonald has won the Ernest Scott Prize for...
In today’s news …
Wednesday, 13 May 2026
Natika Palka has joined Better Reading from Thames & Hudson; the regional winners of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize have been announced; as has the Blake Poetry Prize winner; A&U...
“Nobody’s Girl” sweeps UK awards
Tuesday, 12 May 2026
Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s posthumous memoir, Nobody’s Girl (Doubleday), is the overall winner at the 2026 British Book Awards (and has been shortlisted for a true crime award); the 2026 Open...
The ABDA winners are…
Monday, 11 May 2026
The Australian Book Design Awards winners were announced on Friday night; local authors are on the UK Indie Book Awards shortlists; the inaugural writers in residence at the Botanic Gardens...
Dervla McTiernan is very grateful
Friday, 8 May 2026
The Age Book of the Year winners were announced at the opening of the Melbourne Writers Festival last night; Dervla McTiernan is very grateful for the readers who have put...
Berkelouw Leichhardt will close this week
Thursday, 7 May 2026
Berkelouw Books Leichhardt will close, amid disputes over a workplace agreement; Constant Reader has new owners; UK publisher Lantana is expanding into Australasia; Transit Lounge has signed Sarah Myles’s third...
Publishers sue Meta
Wednesday, 6 May 2026
In the US, publishers are suing Meta and Mark Zuckerberg. Locally, author Craig Silvey has pleaded guilty to possessing and distributing child exploitation material; Sarah Wilson has topped the bestsellers...
A new app promises to be Goodreads and StoryGraph’s Australian baby
Tuesday, 5 May 2026
Better Reading is launching an app; the first Aotearoa NZ Children’s Book Week will run in August; the 2026 Pulitzer winners have been announced; A&U has signed a business book;...
Wakefield wins an Edgar
Monday, 4 May 2026
Simon & Schuster has created a new global distribution channel, Simon Global; Vikki Wakefield has won an Edgar; the successful applicants for this year’s Hot Desk Fellowships and Trans and...
International shipping on The Nile
Thursday, 30 April 2026
The Nile has added international shipping; the ASA/HQ Fiction Prize shortlist is announced; A&U has signed nonfiction title The Big Steal by journalist Paul Barry; The Wild Life of Dinosaurs and Other...
How Australians fared at the Fair
Wednesday, 29 April 2026
Byron Writers Festival has announced its initial 2026 author line-up; Sahar Rabah is the winner of this year’s Calibre Essay Prize; we hear how Australia’s diminished Bologna cohort fared at...
UQP creators sign statement
Tuesday, 28 April 2026
More than 60 UQP creators have signed a statement of solidarity with Jazz Money, author of cancelled children’s book Bila (and UQP publishers Aviva Tuffield and Cathy Vallance); the Whitsundays...
More authors leave UQP
Monday, 27 April 2026
Good morning book lovers, Fallout continues from the University of Queensland’s decision to pulp Bila, a River Cycle, the Australian Booksellers Association has announced its Book of the Year shortlists,...
Booktopia counting down ‘Australia’s Favourite Author’
Wednesday, 27 January 2016
Booktopia is counting down the top 50 finalists in its annual ‘Australia’s Favourite Author’ promotion. On 25 January, Booktopia began announcing the finalists, with 10 finalists revealed each day. The top...
