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Meanjin literary journal to close on ‘financial grounds’

Thursday, 4 September 2025
Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) has withdrawn funding to quarterly literary journal Meanjin, forcing the journal to close. In a statement, Melbourne University professor and MUP chair, Warren Bebbington, said, ‘This...

Hachette announces 2025 Book Haul

Thursday, 4 September 2025
Hachette has announced Harry Hartog Carindale as the location for its 2025 Hachette Book Haul. This is the third iteration of the competition, which will take place on Love Your...

NYWF announces 2025 program

Thursday, 4 September 2025
The National Young Writers’ Festival (NYWF) has announced its 2025 program, running 2–5 October on the land of the Awabakal and Worimi peoples in Newcastle, NSW. To open the festival...

Donaldson sells 50 million units

Thursday, 4 September 2025
In the UK, children's author Julia Donaldson has become the first author to ‘sell more than 50 million units through British bookshops since accurate records began’, reported the Bookseller. According to NielsenIQ...

Tasmanian Writers and Illustrators Mentorship Program 2025 recipients announced

Thursday, 4 September 2025
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced the 2025 Tasmanian Writers and Illustrators Mentorship Program recipients. The writer recipients are: Fiction Bev Goldfarb for ‘Legacy’ Ellie Campbell for ‘Billie...

Canberra Writers Festival 2025 program announced

Thursday, 4 September 2025
The program for this year’s Canberra Writers Festival (CWF), running 22–26 October 2025, has been announced. International guests include Griffin Dunne, Eric Puchner, Cheng Lei, Sophie Gilbert and Omar El...

Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania: A library for the people

Thursday, 4 September 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...

Back into BookUp: The 2025 publishing conference industry day wrapped

Wednesday, 3 September 2025
Books+Publishing recently attended industry professional development conference BookUp, with three members of staff attending both days – the industry day and this year's brand new addition, a full day dedicated...

Roper on 2025 Cundill History Prize shortlist

Wednesday, 3 September 2025
Australian historian and author Lyndal Roper has been named on the 2025 Cundill History Prize shortlist. The prize, worth US$75,000 (A$115,137), aims to highlight ‘books that uncover neglected histories and...

ARA Historical Novel Prize 2025 longlists announced

Wednesday, 3 September 2025
The Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA) has announced the longlists for the 2025 ARA Historical Novel Prize. Longlisted titles are: Adult category All the Bees in the Hollows (Lauren Keegan,...

Time to Write announces Paragraph Fellowship shortlist

Wednesday, 3 September 2025
Time to Write has announced the shortlist for the 2025 Paragraph Fellowship, worth $25,000. The six shortlisted writers and the working titles of their entries are: Alan Fyfe for ‘The...

Hill’s ‘The Desert Knows Her Name’ to be adapted for film

Wednesday, 3 September 2025
Playwright, filmmaker and Wotjobaluk and Ngarrindjeri woman Tracey Rigney has acquired film rights to The Desert Knows Her Name (Affirm, 2024) by Lia Hills. Rigney acquired the rights through her...

Big Issue 2025 fiction edition released

Wednesday, 3 September 2025
The Big Issue has announced the authors chosen for its 21st annual fiction edition. The 2025 edition includes short stories from 11 writers. Stories were selected from more than 863 submissions,...

RMIT announces new non/fictionLab Graphic Storyteller Fellowship

Tuesday, 2 September 2025
RMIT has announced the inaugural non/fictionLab Graphic Storyteller Fellowship, a new fellowship for ‘established artists working broadly in the field of comics – graphic novel, manga, cartooning, nonfiction comics or...

Booktopia hosts book fair, raises $300,000 for Lifeline

Tuesday, 2 September 2025
Booktopia has raised over $300,000 for Lifeline during the online bookseller's inaugural book fair last week. During 23–24 August, Booktopia opened its Sydney warehouse to the public for the first time...

Neale wins 2025 Janet Frame Prize

Tuesday, 2 September 2025
Ōtepoti Dunedin novelist and poet Emma Neale has won the 2025 Janet Frame Prize, worth NZ$10,000. Neale is a freelance editor for publishers in Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia, as...

NEA cancels creative writing grants

Tuesday, 2 September 2025
In the US, the National Endowment for the Arts’ (NEA) 2026 Creative Writing Fellowships have been cancelled, reported Publishers Weekly (PW). The annual endowments have historically offered grants up to...

2025 Grieve Project longlist announced

Tuesday, 2 September 2025
The Hunter Writers’ Centre has announced the longlist for the 2025 Grieve Project, an annual competition for writing on grief and loss. Among longlisted entrants are: Poetry Anne Benjamin for...

Moss, Hess announced as 2025 LYBD ambassadors

Tuesday, 2 September 2025
BookPeople has announced authors Tara Moss and Megan Hess as the 2025 adult and children’s author ambassadors, respectively, for this year’s Love Your Bookshop Day (LYBD) campaign. As ambassadors, Moss...

Collicott wins 2025 Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize

Monday, 1 September 2025
Emma Collicott has been named the winner of the 2025 Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize, announced by the Margaret Mahy Estate, Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand and Little Moa. The judging panel...

A&U acquires Milligan’s second novel

Monday, 1 September 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Shellybanks by Louise Milligan, via Jeanne Ryckmans at Key People Literary Management. Returning to the world of Milligan’s debut Pheasants Nest, Shellybanks centres...

Full program announced for Ubud 2025

Monday, 1 September 2025
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) has announced the full line-up for its 2025 festival program, themed ‘Aham Brahmasmi: I Am The Universe’, which will run 30 October to 2 November...

‘Tentative agreement’ in Anthropic copyright lawsuit

Monday, 1 September 2025
AI company Anthropic has reportedly reached a preliminary agreement with attorneys representing authors and publishers in a class action lawsuit, reported Publishers Weekly (PW). Anthropic has been charged with illegally using...

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