Gentill among 2025 Edgar Award winners
Monday, 5 May 2025
Australian crime writer Sulari Gentill has won the Mary Higgins Clark Award for her novel The Mystery Writer (Ultimo) at the 2025 Edgar Allan Poe Awards. In 2023, Gentill was...
UWA Publishing acquires Byrne debut ‘The Warrumbar’
Monday, 5 May 2025
UWA Publishing has acquired world rights to The Warrumbar, William J Byrne’s debut adult fiction novel. The novel, which is inspired by Byrne's family history, is set in a small...
Aurealis Awards 2024 winners announced
Monday, 5 May 2025
The winners of the 2024 Aurealis Awards have been announced. Winning titles in each category, chosen from shortlists announced in April, are: Best fantasy novel Thoroughly Disenchanted (Alexandra Almond, Voyager) Best science...
WestWords acquires Curic debut novel
Monday, 5 May 2025
WestWords Books has acquired world rights to debut novel Sing to Me by Jelena Curic. ‘Sing to Me tells the story of Pero, a Croatian immigrant, father, husband, musician, and philanderer...
Mother’s Day recommendations from B+P reviewers
Friday, 2 May 2025
In the lead-up to Mother’s Day, one of the busiest book-buying times of the year, Books+Publishing reviews editor Jess Lomas looks at some reviewer favourites from April and May with...
The Age Book of the Year 2025 shortlists announced
Thursday, 1 May 2025
The shortlists for the 2025 Age Book of the Year awards have been announced. Shortlisted works in each category are: Fiction The Burrow (Melanie Cheng, Text) This Kingdom of Dust (David...
Tonelli appointed publisher at Walker Books
Thursday, 1 May 2025
Walker Books has announced the appointment of Eve Tonelli to the role of publisher, Australia and New Zealand, replacing Clare Hallifax, who had worked in the role since 2021. Tonelli...
Global Book Crawl a ‘success’ in Australia
Thursday, 1 May 2025
From 21 to 27 April, bookstores in the Blue Mountains, Hobart, Melbourne, Mornington Peninsula, Newcastle, Sydney and North East Victoria took part in the Australian arm of the Global Book...
Melbourne Books acquires women’s cricket nonfiction title
Thursday, 1 May 2025
Melbourne Books has acquired world rights to Full Corset and Stockings: A History of Women’s Cricket by historian and musician Craig Horne. 'Full Corset and Stockings details the history of women’s cricket...
Eagle Books acquires Dubosarsky short story collection
Thursday, 1 May 2025
Eagle Books (an imprint of Christmas Press) and Roffo Court Press (in the UK) have jointly acquired world rights to Life and Breath, a collection of short stories for upper...
A&U acquires Trip in a Van’s Bucket List Experiences
Thursday, 1 May 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Trip in a Van’s Bucket List Experiences by Bec and Justin Lorrimer. ‘After seven years of full-time travel in their van with...
Meet the ABDA Emerging Designer of the Year shortlistees: Emi Chiba
Thursday, 1 May 2025
In the lead-up to the 73rd Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) Awards, Books+Publishing is speaking to the three shortlistees for the Deb Brash Emerging Designer of the Year Award. In our final instalment,...
black&write! shortlist announced
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
The State Library of Queensland (SLQ) has announced the shortlist for the 2025 black&write! Writing Fellowships. The shortlisted authors are: Marilyn ‘Marly’ Hooper, for the children's novel ‘Moodu Gutta Will...
Bellamy denies ‘Bake with Brooki’ plagiarism claims from Maehashi
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
RecipeTin Eats founder Nagi Maehashi has claimed Bake with Brooki (Brooke Bellamy, Penguin) contains plagiarised recipes – an allegation Bellamy has denied, reports the ABC. In a post to her...
Bin Salleh wins Pixie O’Harris Award
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
Rachel Bin Salleh has been named the recipient of 2025 Pixie O’Harris Hall of Fame Award, presented at the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) by the Australian Publishers Association (APA)....
Gibb wins Lloyd O’Neil Award
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
Ross Gibb has been named the recipient of the 2025 Lloyd O’Neil Hall of Fame Award, presented at the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) by the Australian Publishers Association (APA)....
UK: Children’s reading report presented to Parliament
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
In the UK, 'Turning the Page: A Plan to Revive Children's Reading for Enjoyment', a joint Publishers Association/All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing report, was launched in Parliament, reports Book Brunch. The...
ABR announces new editorial cadetship
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced the Peter Rose Editorial Cadetship to honour outgoing CEO and editor Peter Rose's ‘extraordinary contribution to the training of publishing professionals’. In its...
Mrozinski wins 2025 Calibre Essay Prize
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has named Jeanette Mrozinski as the 2025 winner of the $5000 Calibre Essay Prize for her essay 'Eucharist'. 'Eucharist' was chosen from a shortlist of...
Transit Lounge acquires new novel from Carmel Bird
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to Crimson Velvet Heart, a new novel by Carmel Bird (Love Letter to Lola, Family Skeleton). ‘This sumptuous historical novel centres on Marie Adelaide...
Pitt to star in Winton’s ‘The Riders’ film adaptation
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
Scott Free Productions will begin production of the film adaptation of Tim Winton’s novel The Riders (Penguin), with Brad Pitt set to star as protagonist Fred Scully. Edward Berger (Conclave)...
NSW Literary Awards 2025 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
The shortlists for the 2025 New South Wales Literary Awards have been announced. Shortlisted titles in each category are: Christina Stead Prize for Fiction ($40,000) One Another (Gail Jones, Text) Heartsease (Kate...
Nada wins 2025 International Prize for Arabic Fiction
Tuesday, 29 April 2025
Mohamed Samir Nada has won the 18th International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF), worth US$50,000 (A$77,800), for his novel The Prayer of Anxiety (Masciliana). The Prayer of Anxiety was chosen...
Cultivate 2025 winners announced
Tuesday, 29 April 2025
Writing NSW has announced the winners of the 2025 Cultivate Mentorship Program for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Emerging Writers. The annual program was developed by Writing NSW to 'help build equity and diversity...
Sheppard wins 2025 McCraith House Residency
Tuesday, 29 April 2025
Blak & Bright Festival has announced performing artist and creator Jackie Sheppard as the recipient of its 2025 McCraith House Residency. The festival said in its announcement: ‘Based in Naarm,...
Meet the ABDA Emerging Designer of the Year shortlistees: Katherine Zhang
Tuesday, 29 April 2025
In the lead-up to the 73rd Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) Awards, Books+Publishing is speaking to the three shortlistees for the Deb Brash Emerging Designer of the Year Award. In this second instalment,...
Wright to leave Puncher & Wattmann
Tuesday, 29 April 2025
Ed Wright has resigned as publishing director of Puncher & Wattmann, after seven years in the role. Joining Puncher & Wattmann in 2015 as fiction editor, Wright became a co-owner...
Meet the ABDA Emerging Designer of the Year shortlistees: Hana Kinoshita Thomson
Monday, 28 April 2025
In the lead-up to the 73rd Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA) Awards, Books+Publishing is speaking to the three shortlistees for the Deb Brash Emerging Designer of the Year Award. In this...
Open Book 2025 interns announced
Monday, 28 April 2025
The successful interns for the 2025 Open Book: Australian Publishing Internship have been announced. Chosen from over 450 applications, the 2025 interns and their placements are: Olivia De La Mare...
Rio de Janeiro named 2025 World Book Capital
Monday, 28 April 2025
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has named Rio de Janeiro as the 2025 World Book Capital. 'UNESCO and the World Book Capital Advisory Committee commended Rio...
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