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Allen & Unwin acquires Human Nature memoir

Wednesday, 17 June 2026
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Human Nature’s memoir Only Human: Harmony Through the Hits & Hard Times, via manager Jennifer Fontaine. Pop vocal group Human Nature...

Byron Writers Festival 2026 program announced

Wednesday, 17 June 2026
Byron Writers Festival has released the line-up for this year’s program, running from 14 to 16 August in Bundjalung Country, Byron Bay, NSW. Festival organisers said that with the theme...

HarperCollins acquires Anthony LaPaglia memoir

Cover of Anthony LaPaglia book Wednesday, 17 June 2026
HarperCollins has acquired world rights to The Life We Choose, a memoir by actor Anthony LaPaglia. Described by the publisher as “raw and layered”, the memoir traces LaPaglia’s journey from...

Kate Foster recommends 

Tuesday, 16 June 2026
One book I can’t get out of my head, which I read last year, is How to Sail to Somewhere by Ashleigh Barton. Ashleigh writes in such a tender, accessible...

Kate Foster on “A River I Must Be” 

Tuesday, 16 June 2026
Kate Foster is a Gold Coast–based, bestselling and award-winning children’s author whose latest middle-grade novel in verse, A River I Must Be (HarperCollins Publishers), follows an autistic year 7 student...

WH Smith issues profit warning 

Tuesday, 16 June 2026
WH Smith, which operates over 30 stores in Australia, has issued a profit warning and raised £102 million in new capital from investors. The business issued the profit warning after...

Australia Reads announces return of Volume symposium 

Volume logo Tuesday, 16 June 2026
Australia Reads’ free online reading advocacy symposium Volume will return in October, expanding to a 2-day format. Speaking at the Australian Booksellers Association conference in Canberra, Australia Reads CEO Anna...

UWA Publishing acquires Thuy On’s “Insolence”

Monday, 15 June 2026
UWA Publishing (UWAP) has acquired world rights to Insolence, the fourth poetry collection by Melbourne-based poet, critic and arts journalist Thuy On. According to the publisher, Insolence “reinvents, reimagines and...

Davitt Awards 2026 longlists announced

Monday, 15 June 2026
Sisters in Crime has announced the longlists for the 2026 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. The longlisted titles in each category are: Adult novels At...

Evans, Doucet win 2026 Women’s Prizes

Monday, 15 June 2026
In the UK, the 2026 Women’s Prizes have been announced. US novelist Virginia Evans has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction for The Correspondent (Michael Joseph) and Canadian journalist Lyse...

Book Club – this month’s reads

Friday, 12 June 2026
Looking for your next great group read? Our monthly Book Club rounds up new release titles perfect for sparking conversation and perhaps even some debate. From compelling fiction to thought-provoking...

Varuna announces First Nations fellowship

2026 Copyright Agency First Nations Fellowships Thursday, 11 June 2026
Varuna, the National Writers’ House, has announced the recipients of the 2026 Copyright Agency First Nations Fellowship. This year’s recipients are: Gamilaraay and Yuwaalaraay journalist and industry professor Lorena Allam...

Isabel Staas and Ashleigh Barton launch Hey Author 

Isabel Staas (left) and Ashleigh Barton (right, credit Syl Marie). Thursday, 11 June 2026
Former head of audio and production at Hachette ANZ Isabel Staas and children’s author and former marketing and publicity manager Ashleigh Barton have created Hey Author, an author-support business. Staas...

Melbourne Rare Book Week announces 2026 program 

Rare Book Week Thursday, 11 June 2026
Melbourne Rare Book Week (MRBW) returns on 23 July, running until 1 August 2026 with a line-up of events, exhibitions, talks and lectures. Book experts will explore topics including the...

Giramondo acquires Amy Crutchfield’s “Asterion”

Photo of Amy Crutchfield Thursday, 11 June 2026
Giramondo has acquired world rights to the poetry collection Asterion by Amy Crutchfield. Asterion is the follow-up to Crutchfield’s debut collection The Cyprian, which won the Prime Minister’s Literary Award...

 

 

 

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