Call for submissions: A how-to guide for responding to government
Thursday, 28 August 2025
In the wake of the Productivity Commission’s (PC) first report on AI, and its request for more industry contributions via submissions, Books+Publishing reached out to the Copyright Agency to help...
Ditmar Awards ballot announced
Thursday, 28 August 2025
The Ditmar subcommittee has announced the Ditmar Award ballot for works celebrating Australian science fiction. The shortlisted works include: Best Novel Blood Covenant (Alan Baxter, Cemetery Dance Publications) The Escher...
Sullivan named 2025–2028 Aotearoa New Zealand Poet Laureate
Thursday, 28 August 2025
Robert Sullivan (Ngāpuhi, Kāi Tahu) of Ōamaru has been named the Aotearoa New Zealand Poet Laureate for 2025–2028. Sullivan is a poet, writer, editor and academic, and the current president...
Northern Territory Literary Awards 2025 shortlists announced
Thursday, 28 August 2025
The Northern Territory Literary Awards 2025 shortlists have been announced. Chosen from over 240 entries, the shortlisted writers are: Brown’s Mart Theatre ($1000) Jada Alberts for ‘Black light’ Ryanna Clayton...
St Joseph’s College Devagiri Library: A door to the future
Thursday, 28 August 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...
Roche wins 2025 Moth Short Story Prize
Wednesday, 27 August 2025
The Moth magazine has announced Australian author Clare Roche as the winner of the 2025 Moth Short Story Prize for ‘(Un)Tethered’. Roche will receive €3,000 (A$5376), and ‘(Un)Tethered’ will be...
S&S CEO to step down, launch Simon Six imprint
Wednesday, 27 August 2025
In the US, Simon & Schuster CEO Jonathan Karp has announced he will step down to launch and lead a new imprint, Simon Six, reported Publishers Weekly (PW) yesterday. Karp will...
International Literary Programmers Roundtable set to return to Melbourne
Wednesday, 27 August 2025
The Melbourne City of Literature office has announced that its International Literary Programmers Roundtable initiative will return in 2026. In this fifth iteration of the program, six participants from literary...
Danger Awards 2025 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 27 August 2025
The BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival has announced the shortlists for the 2025 Danger Awards. Shortlisted titles in each category are: Debut crime fiction What I Would Do to You...
Readings 2025 New Australian Fiction Prize shortlist announced
Wednesday, 27 August 2025
Readings has announced the shortlist for the 2025 Readings New Australian Fiction Prize. This year’s six shortlisted books are: The Confidence Woman (Sophie Quick, A&U) Edenhope (Louise Le Nay, Text)...
A&U acquires New Blue Ribbon Cookbook
Tuesday, 26 August 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world English rights to The New Blue Ribbon Cookbook by Liz Harfull, in a deal brokered by Fiona Inglis at Curtis Brown. ‘Every year thousands...
Blue Mountains Writers’ Festival announces 2025 program
Tuesday, 26 August 2025
The full program for the 2025 Blue Mountains Writers’ Festival, which runs 31 October–2 November, has been announced. With the theme 'a path to wonder', the 2025 program includes more...
Polari Prize ‘paused’ following author, judge withdrawals
Tuesday, 26 August 2025
In the UK, the Polari Prize organisation has announced that the 2025 awards are ‘paused’, reported Book Brunch. This follows news earlier this month that more than half of the...
Australian World Heritage Residency Program supports ‘Wet Tropics of Queensland’ project
Tuesday, 26 August 2025
Amanda Niehaus (on behalf of Science Write Now) has been announced as one of three recipients of the inaugural Australian World Heritage Residency Program for the project ‘Wet Tropics of...
UWAP acquires ‘Mother Salad’ by Pantsis
Tuesday, 26 August 2025
UWA Publishing (UWAP) has acquired world rights to Mother Salad, a collection of short stories by Helena Pantsis. ‘Mother Salad is a series of small fictions that explore the plights...
WestWords announces new CYA manuscript prize
Tuesday, 26 August 2025
WestWords has announced the Libby Gleeson Prize for Children’s Literature, a new biennial prize for an unpublished manuscript for children or young adults. The winning manuscript is set to be...
David Allen named Dymocks CEO
Monday, 25 August 2025
Dymocks has announced the appointment of David Allen as its new CEO, effective from Monday 8 September 2025. Allen replaces outgoing CEO Mark Newman, who announced his departure earlier this...
yinfluence editorial agency relaunches
Monday, 25 August 2025
Editorial agency yinfluence has announced an expansion from a solo practice into ‘collective of freelance editors dedicated to amplifying underrepresented voices in fiction’, including people of colour and queer and...
Copyright Agency relaunches industry grants
Monday, 25 August 2025
The Copyright Agency has announced the launch of the Publishing Fellowships – an updated extension of its previous Publishing Industry Career Development grants (PICD), which were paused during the pandemic....
Sanders wins the 2025 NZSA Shaw Writer’s Award
Monday, 25 August 2025
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (NZSA) has announced Cristina Sanders as the winner of the 2025 NZSA Shaw Writer’s Award, worth NZ$5000. Sanders is...
Atlantic Books acquires Grey’s next novel
Monday, 25 August 2025
Atlantic Books Australia, a division of Allen & Unwin, has acquired UK/ANZ rights to Start at the End by Emma Grey, in a two-book deal brokered by Anjanette Fennell at Key...
Denmark drops taxes on books to combat reading crisis
Monday, 25 August 2025
The Danish government announced it will abolish a 25% sales tax on books, ‘in an effort to combat a “reading crisis”’, reported the BBC. The move to abolish the tax...
RWA announces Ruby Award 2025 winners
Monday, 25 August 2025
Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) has announced the winners of the 2025 Romantic Book of the Year Awards, known as the Ruby Awards. Chosen from shortlists announced in June, the...
Inaugural Sustainable Story Award shortlist announced
Thursday, 21 August 2025
World of Books has announced the shortlist for the inaugural Sustainable Story Award. The shortlisted titles are: Fiction ‘AYAH’ (Annabelle Sami) ‘The First Years’ (Kate Evans) ‘Life or Death’ (Rebecca...
World Kid Lit Reading Challenge Award
Thursday, 21 August 2025
WorldKidLit has announced a new award for schools ‘to promote international and inclusive reading’, said organisers. Running through September and open internationally, the award aims to encourage reading, connect young...
Two Australian libraries named among world’s most beautiful
Thursday, 21 August 2025
Two Australian libraries have been named in the ten most beautiful libraries in the world for 2025, as announced by 1000 Libraries magazine. In second place, the State Library of...
ILF Day theme announced
Thursday, 21 August 2025
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) has announced ‘Strength In Our Stories: For Now & Future Generations’ as the 2025 Indigenous Literacy Day (ILD) theme and Grinj det K’Taun Krok! (Grinch...
Shadaya named a Time magazine Girl of the Year
Thursday, 21 August 2025
In Aotearoa New Zealand, 17-year-old Rutendo Shadaya has been named one of Time magazine's girls of the year, reported the Guardian. Shadaya is featured alongside nine other ‘young leaders inspiring...
Seattle Public Library: Breaking down barriers
Thursday, 21 August 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...
IPEd 2025: Editors as changemakers
Wednesday, 20 August 2025
Books+Publishing publishing director Kate Cuthbert was an invited guest to this year’s Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) conference, held 23–25 July 2025 in Adelaide. During the conference, she was one...
