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Bestseller list delayed 

Friday, 5 December 2025
NielsenIQ BookScan has advised us that their weekly data for the week ending 29 November has been delayed. We expect to receive the charts later on Friday, and will publish...

Junior Book Club – holiday reads

Friday, 5 December 2025
On the hunt for great books to share with kids? Our bumper Junior Book Club holiday edition rounds up new releases for the month and top picks from the past...

Copyright Agency announces latest Cultural Fund grants

An image of the Copyright Agency cultural fund logo. Thursday, 4 December 2025
Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund has announced the recipients of funding in its final round for 2025, including 3 new publishing fellowships. Launched earlier this year, the revamped publishing fellowships “are...

Fremantle Press arrivals and departures

Fremantle Press lighthouse logo. Thursday, 4 December 2025
Fremantle Press has appointed Aimee Harrison as marketing and communications assistant, and farewelled publicist Adam Matthews, who is setting up his own bookstore, Page Boys. Fremantle Press CEO Alex Allan said,...

Writing Australia appointments

Thursday, 4 December 2025
Writing Australia has announced the appointment of Léa Antigny as program manager and Emily Stewart as senior project officer. Antigny has worked at Text Publishing, Pan Macmillan, Giramondo and Pantera...

2025 Wolfson History Prize goes to Durkin’s “Survivors” 

Cover of Hannah Durkin’s 'Survivors'. Wednesday, 3 December 2025
In the UK, historian Hannah Durkin has won the £50,000 (A$100,570) Wolfson History Prize for Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade (William Collins), reported the Bookseller.  The...

Meerkat acquires Bacon’s first Sauútiverse novel

Cover of Eugen Bacon’s 'Crimson in Quietus'. Wednesday, 3 December 2025
Meerkat Press has acquired African-Australian author and editor Eugen Bacon’s Crimson in Quietus, the first novel set in the speculative Afrocentric Sauútiverse. Crimson in Quietus spans the five-planet Sauútiverse, which...

New year 2026 preview: CYA 

A image of four authors headshots. The authors are Allanah Hunt, Steve MinOn, Kate Foster, Yxavel Magno Diño. Wednesday, 3 December 2025
As 2026 approaches, publishers highlight forthcoming children’s and young adult titles to look out for – from teen pregnancy within prejudiced towns to the study of clouds in beautiful picture books. Books+Publishing (B+P) shares titles...

A&U acquires Wilkinson’s new YA novel

Photo of author Lili Wilkinson. Wednesday, 3 December 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to YA novel Lavender and Hemlock by Lili Wilkinson, in a deal negotiated by Katelyn Detweiler and Sam Farkas at Jill Grinberg...

Grattan releases PM summer reading list

Cover of Cordelia Fine's 'Patriarchy, Inc.'. Wednesday, 3 December 2025
Melbourne-based think tank Grattan Institute has announced its 2025 Summer Reading List for the Prime Minister. Grattan Institute selects five books each year which it recommends to the prime minister,...

Rockpool acquires Major Street

An image of Rockpool Publishing and Major Street Publishing logos. Tuesday, 2 December 2025
Rockpool Publishing has announced its acquisition of independent Australian publisher Major Street Publishing. Rockpool will now “assume ownership of Major Street’s brand, frontlist, backlist and author relationships,” said organisers. Major...

UK Translation Prizes shortlists announced 

Cover of Eve Manasse's book, 'Darkenbloom'. Tuesday, 2 December 2025
In the UK, the Society of Authors has released shortlists for its 2025 Translation Prizes, which recognise outstanding translations of prose, poetry and nonfiction from any language. Among the finalists...

Bundyi acquires Sawyer’s debut

A photo of Luca Sawyer standing outside. Tuesday, 2 December 2025
Bundyi has acquired world rights to Luca Sawyer’s novel Nightcrawlers. Written from a First Nations perspective, Sawyer’s debut explores leaving Country, the experience of urban isolation, and the challenges posed...

MUP acquires Stafford nonfiction

Tuesday, 2 December 2025
Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) has acquired world rights to The Wanted and Unwanted by Annabel Stafford, in a deal brokered by Jeanne Ryckmans at Key People Creative Management. According to the publisher,...

Waterstones names 2025 books of the year 

Cover of Lucy Steeds’s The Artist showing still life painting of fruit and flowers. Monday, 1 December 2025
In the UK, the Waterstones bookselling group has named Lucy Steeds’s The Artist (John Murray) as its Book of the Year, with Mikey Please’s The Café at the Edge of...

Walker Books partners with Messy Press

An image of the Walker Books logo and the Messy Press logo. Monday, 1 December 2025
Walker Books Australia has announced a new partnership with Aotearoa New Zealand children’s publishing studio Messy Press. Walker Books will “look after sales, distribution and marketing” for the independent children’s...

Living Libraries Infrastructure Program funding announced

Monday, 1 December 2025
The Victorian Government has announced the 2025–26 funding round of the Living Libraries Infrastructure Program (LLIP). The 18 libraries across the state receiving funding are: Banyule City Council – Olympic...

MidnightSun Publishing launches picture book prize

An image of the MidnightSun picture book proze logo. Monday, 1 December 2025
MidnightSun Publishing has announced the MidnightSun Picture Book Prize, a new manuscript prize for emerging or established picture book writers across Australia. Entries are open until 25 December, with the...

Magabala acquires Pascoe & Norris’s “Big Sky”

A photo of Bruce Pascoe. He stands outside and is wearing a red shirt. Monday, 1 December 2025
Magabala Books has acquired Big Sky: When the Emu Left the Earth by First Nations author Bruce Pascoe and astrophysicist Ray Norris. A Yuin, Bunurong and Tasmanian man, Pascoe is...

Morton wins Walkley for “Mean Streak”

Cover of Rick Morton’s 'Mean Streak'. Monday, 1 December 2025
Mean Streak (Fourth Estate), Rick Morton’s account of the robodebt scandal, has won this year’s Walkley Book Award. Judges said, “Mean Streak is a riveting and detailed exposition of government...

Penguin Children’s Bookseller Grant recipients announced

Penguin Children's Bookseller Grant image Friday, 28 November 2025
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has announced the recipients of the $200,000 grant aiming to “recognise and empower booksellers who are passionate about inspiring the next generation of readers”. The...

IPA expands membership, firms up 2026 congress 

International Publishers Association logo incorporating stylised book. Thursday, 27 November 2025
The International Publishing Association this week named two provisional new national members, released the results of its online elections, and confirmed details of the 2026 International Publishers Congress, to take...

SLV responds to reports on cuts

State LIbrary Victoria Redmond Barry Reading Room Thursday, 27 November 2025
State Library Victoria (SLV) has responded to reports of changes to its services and staffing. On 21 November, the Age reported leaked details of cuts at SLV: “As outlined to...

Woollahra Digital Literary Award 2025 winners announced

Thursday, 27 November 2025
The winners of the 2025 Woollahra Digital Literary Awards have been announced. The winning works in each category are: Fiction ($2500) Nadia Mahjouri for The Miracle (published in Island Magazine) Nonfiction ($2500)...

A&U acquires Hardy’s memoir and novel

An image of Emma Hardy. Wednesday, 26 November 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to Emma Hardy’s memoir Periodic Bitch and a planned novel, in a two-book deal brokered by Michaela McGuire at a4 Literary. According...

 

 

 

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