PRH acquires “A Classified Affair” by Chloe Hooper
Wednesday, 19 August 2026
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired ANZ rights to the novel A Classified Affair by Chloe Hooper. PRH said that A Classified Affair takes place in 1979 Britain following...
MARION reports reduction in funding
Wednesday, 19 August 2026
ACT literary development organisation MARION has said that “literature funding in the region is in crisis” after having its requested government funding “cut by 35%”. “Literature accounts for less than...
Perentie Press announces Graphic Folk list and first title
Wednesday, 19 August 2026
Perentie Press has launched the new list Graphic Folk for graphic novel adaptations of fairytales and folktales from around the world. The first title of the list will be Strawberries...
Christmas 2026 preview: Illustrated nonfiction
Wednesday, 19 August 2026
With the festive season approaching, Australian publishers have highlighted their top titles for the Christmas selling period for the Books+Publishing Christmas Preview. To view their top picks in the illustrated...
Tamara Zimet appointed as Sydney Writers’ Festival artistic director
Wednesday, 19 August 2026
Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) has appointed Tamara Zimet as the new artistic director, after Ann Mossop stepped down from the position in June. Zimet began her programming career at SWF,...
Byron Writers Festival reports 10,000 attendees for 30th anniversary program
Wednesday, 19 August 2026
Byron Writers Festival reported more than 10,000 attendees during a sold-out 30th anniversary program, held from 14 to 16 August, for the first time within the Byron Bay township. Artistic...
Christmas 2026 preview: Adult literary fiction
Tuesday, 18 August 2026
With the festive season approaching, Australian publishers have highlighted their top titles for the Christmas selling period for the Books+Publishing Christmas Preview. To view their top picks in the adult...
Patrick Marlborough crowdfunds book, imprint
Tuesday, 18 August 2026
Australian author and critic Patrick Marlborough has raised more than $12,000 to independently publish the novel Craigie and launch publishing imprint Wharf Rat Press. Marlborough said, “The campaign will fund...
Queer AFL romance “After the Siren” optioned for screen
Tuesday, 18 August 2026
Penguin Random House Australia and New Zealand (PRH) has optioned screen rights to After the Siren by Darcy Green to Mad Ones Films. The news comes as PRH announces the...
Wiley acquires Hannah Brown’s “Wired to Lead”
Tuesday, 18 August 2026
Wiley has acquired world rights to Wired to Lead: The ADHD Advantage the World Needs Now by Hannah Brown, in a deal brokered by literary agent Lou Johnson and Lucy...
NZSA manuscript assessment recipients announced
Monday, 17 August 2026
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (NZSA) has announced the writers who will receive manuscript guidance through this year's CompleteMS program. The recipients are (pictured...
Christmas 2026 preview: Adult genre fiction
Monday, 17 August 2026
With the festive season approaching, Australian publishers have highlighted their top titles for the Christmas selling period for the Books+Publishing Christmas Preview. To view their top picks in the adult...
Collins Booksellers Franchise Excellence Awards winners announced
Monday, 17 August 2026
Collins Booksellers announced the winners of the 2026 Collins Booksellers Franchise Excellence Awards, at the annual conference on 8 to 9 August. The winners in each category were: Marketing Excellence...
Christmas 2026 preview: Adult general fiction
Friday, 14 August 2026
With the festive season approaching, Australian publishers have highlighted their top titles for the Christmas selling period for the Books+Publishing Christmas Preview. To view their top picks in the adult...
Christmas 2026 preview: YA books
Thursday, 13 August 2026
With the festive season approaching, Australian publishers have highlighted their top titles for the Christmas selling period for the Books+Publishing Christmas Preview. To view their top picks in the YA book...
Producers looking for crime, rom-coms and “feel-good domestic stories” at 2026 Books at MIFF
Thursday, 13 August 2026
There was “a real energy in the air to acquire and get things made” at 37ºSouth Market’s Books at MIFF 2026 program, said agent Alex Adsett of the event, which...
Spring Writes 2026 launched in South Australia
Thursday, 13 August 2026
Writers SA, Adelaide Festival Centre, Flinders University’s Assemblage Centre for Creative Practice Research and the State Library of South Australia have partnered on Spring Writes, an “initiative designed to amplify...
Max Dupain biography wins 2026 National Biography Award
Wednesday, 12 August 2026
Helen Ennis has won the $25,000 National Biography Award for Max Dupain: A Portrait (4th Estate). The biography explores “the complexities and contradictions of the man who produced Australia’s most well-known image,...
Blue Mountains Writers’ Festival author line-up announced
Wednesday, 12 August 2026
The Blue Mountains Writers’ Festival has announced this year’s author line-up for the program running 30 October to 1 November 2026 on Dharug and Gundungurra land. Guest authors at the...
Christmas 2026 preview: Junior and middle-grade books
Wednesday, 12 August 2026
With the festive season approaching, Australian publishers have highlighted their top titles for the Christmas selling period for the Books+Publishing Christmas Preview. To view their top picks in the junior...
Staff changes at Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing, Chren Byng appointed North America commercial director
Wednesday, 12 August 2026
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing (HGCP) has announced the appointment of former senior publisher Chren Byng to the newly created role of commercial director, North America, as well as the promotion...
Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2026 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 11 August 2026
Writing Australia has announced the shortlists for the 2026 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category, chosen from 673 entries, are: Children’s Bored (Felicita Sala, Hardie Grant...
Christmas 2026 preview: children’s picture books
Tuesday, 11 August 2026
With the festive season approaching, Australian publishers have highlighted their top titles for the Christmas selling period for the Books+Publishing Christmas Preview. To view their top picks in the children’s...
Australian Publishers Association launches significant TitlePage upgrade
Tuesday, 11 August 2026
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has overnight launched its upgrade to TitlePage, promising a “mobile-friendly site design” that includes barcode scanning, enhanced security and an improved search function. These changes...
Witi Ihimaera Smiler recognised with the Arts Foundation’s highest honour
Tuesday, 11 August 2026
In Aotearoa New Zealand, author Witi Ihimaera Smiler is among the 2026 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Icon Whakamana Hiranga Awards recipients. The Icon Whakamana Hiranga Awards are the Arts...
Allen & Unwin acquires Debra Oswald’s “The Buxton Celebration”
Tuesday, 11 August 2026
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to Debra Oswald’s novel The Buxton Celebration, in a deal brokered by Anthony Blair of Cameron’s Management. After the death of Frank...
Local authors listed in IBBY–UNESCO Collection
Monday, 10 August 2026
Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand titles have been listed in the catalogue for the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural...
Penguin Random House acquires “Malachite” by Hasib Hourani
Monday, 10 August 2026
Penguin Random House has acquired ANZ rights to the novel Malachite by Hasib Hourani, with Jane Novak Literary Agency selling UK & Commonwealth rights (ex ANZ) to Prototype Publishing via...
Libro.fm to add ebooks
Monday, 10 August 2026
Libro.fm, the US-based platform through which many Australian independent bookshops sell audiobooks, has announced it will add ebooks to the platform. As with the company’s audiobook offering, ebooks will be...
“Grandmother from the East, Grandmother from the West” wins 2026 Crystal Kite Award
Monday, 10 August 2026
Author Jacinta Liu and illustrator Freda Chiu have won the Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand and Oceania division of this year’s Crystal Kite Member Choice Awards, presented by the Society of...
