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Local authors shortlisted for UK Indie Book Awards 

Monday, 11 May 2026
Local authors Charlotte McConaghy from Australia and Sarah Wynn-Williams from Aotearoa New Zealand are among those whose books have been shortlisted for the UK Indie Book Awards. Administered by the...

Australian Book Design Awards 2026 winners announced

Yoko Nakazawa and Michelle Mackintosh Monday, 11 May 2026
The winners of the 2026 Australian Book Design Awards, presented by the Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA), have been announced. Winning and highly commended works in each category are: OPUS...

UWA Publishing acquires Sniff Squad series

A border collie with author Nic Gill; and graphic novelist Jake Minton, credit Alexandra Phillips. Monday, 11 May 2026
UWA Publishing has acquired world rights to the 4-book series Sniff Squad by Tasmanian author Nic Gill, via Sarah McKenzie Literary Management. Inspired by real-life working dogs, the series will...

Junior Book Club – this month’s reads

Friday, 8 May 2026
Searching for your next great read to share with kids? Our Junior Book Club highlights new titles each month that are perfect for classrooms, libraries and family reading time. From...

Transit Lounge acquires Myles’s “Hereafter”

Sarah Myles Thursday, 7 May 2026
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to Sarah Myles’s third novel, Hereafter. Hereafter is “a remarkable novel that deftly explores themes of grief, trust, home and borders”, the publisher said....

Lantana launches locally with Greenwood debut 

Lantana logo Thursday, 7 May 2026
UK children’s publisher Lantana Publishing has announced its launch into the Australasian market, following a sales and distribution agreement made with Simon & Schuster Australia for its children’s list. The...

Berkelouw Books Leichhardt to close 

Berkelouw Books logo Thursday, 7 May 2026
Berkelouw Books Leichhardt will close this month after operating in the Sydney suburb for more than 25 years. An announcement on the store’s social media expressed gratitude for “everyone in...

New owners for Constant Reader 

constant reader Thursday, 7 May 2026
Ownership of Constant Reader bookshop in Crows Nest, New South Wales will transfer to Danica Beaudoin and Edward Federman, according to the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) newsletter. Current Constant Reader...

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...

Silvey pleads guilty, some charges dropped 

Wednesday, 6 May 2026
Author Craig Silvey has pleaded guilty to possessing and distributing child exploitation material, the ABC reported yesterday. Silvey appeared in Fremantle Magistrates Court on Tuesday, pleading guilty to two charges. Two...

Publishers sue Meta, Zuckerberg 

Wednesday, 6 May 2026
In the US, publishers Elsevier, Cengage Learning, Hachette Book Group, Macmillan Publishers, and McGraw Hill have filed a class action lawsuit against Meta and its founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg,...

Changes at Books+Publishing 

Wednesday, 6 May 2026
There have been a number of staff changes at Books+Publishing (B+P) in recent months. Jasmin McGaughey, who joined the team as editorial and production coordinator in April 2025, left B+P...

Wakefield acquires Lenoir-Jourdan’s “Saltblood”

Wednesday, 6 May 2026
Wakefield Press has acquired ANZ rights to the debut YA novel Saltblood by Nicole Lenoir-Jourdan, via Martin Shaw of Shaw Literary. Described by the publisher as “Puberty Blues meets Looking...

Jessy Wu on “Good Intentions” 

Tuesday, 5 May 2026
Jessy Wu is a Sydney-based writer and entrepreneur whose debut novel, Good Intentions (Macmillan), is a fast-paced millennial romance set in the worlds of investigative journalism and futures trading. Books+Publishing...

Jessy Wu recommends 

Tuesday, 5 May 2026
I joke that Nick McKenzie's Crossing the Line (Hachette, 2023) is the unofficial companion text to Good Intentions. McKenzie is one of Australia's most decorated – and I think most...

A&U acquires “Twelve Months to Financial Freedom”

L-R: Canna Campbell and Michael Thompson. Credit: Rob Palmer Photography Tuesday, 5 May 2026
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Twelve Months to Financial Freedom: Take Control of Your Money One Month at a Time by Canna Campbell and Michael Thompson, via Catherine...

Pulitzer Prize 2026 winners announced

Tuesday, 5 May 2026
In the US, the winners of the 2026 Pulitzer Prizes have been announced. The winners in the Pulitzer Prize book categories are: Fiction Angel Down (Daniel Kraus, Titan) Nonfiction There...

S&S creates new global distribution channel 

Monday, 4 May 2026
Simon & Schuster (S&S) has created Simon Global, a new global distribution service, reports Publishers Weekly (PW). S&S has promoted Caryn Schwartz in the US and Alex Santos in the...

 

 

 

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