Di Bello joins A&U
Tuesday, 4 March 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has appointed Cassandra Di Bello to the role of publisher. Previously with Penguin Random House (PRH) UK, where she ran the women’s fiction and saga list...
A&U acquires Toohey nonfiction
Tuesday, 4 March 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Better Things Are Possible: How Rebellious Hope Will Change the World by Jack Toohey. ‘From the housing crisis to the climate...
Bologna 2025 program announced
Monday, 3 March 2025
Bologna Children’s Book Fair (BCBF), which this year runs 31 March to 3 April 2025 at the BolognaFiere Exhibition Centre, has released its full program. Running alongside BCBF is BolognaBookPlus...
Community, persistence key to ‘alchemy’ at 2025 GenreCon
Monday, 3 March 2025
This past weekend, Queensland Writers Centre (QWC) held its annual GenreCon (28 February to 2 March), dedicated to the craft and industry of writing in the five major genres of...
Robertson named recipient of 2025 PRHNZ Māori and Pacific Publishing Scholarship
Monday, 3 March 2025
Penguin Random House New Zealand (PRHNZ) has announced Liam Roberts (Kāi Tahu) as the recipient of its 2025 Māori and Pacific Publishing Scholarship. The scholarship offers funding for one Māori...
Australian Jewish Writer Awards expanded for 2025
Monday, 3 March 2025
The Shalom Collective has expanded its Australian Jewish Writer Awards (formerly Australian Jewish Book Awards). Four prizes – including the two new awards – will be presented in August for...
Pantera acquires Rusciano memoir
Monday, 3 March 2025
Pantera Press has acquired world rights to the memoir Blood, Sweat and Glitter by Em Rusciano, in a two-book deal via TGI Sport. Rusciano is a writer, singer, comedian and podcaster....
Woods wins 2025 Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize
Monday, 3 March 2025
Georgina Woods has been announced the winner of the 2025 Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize, for her poem ‘Augury: Sea surface temperature charts'. Two other poets were named runners-up: Julie Janson...
Manly, Sorrento 2025 festival programs announced
Monday, 3 March 2025
Two beachside writers festivals, running in March and April 2025, have announced their guests and programs. Manly Writers’ Festival In its second year, the Manly Writers’ Festival runs 28–30 March...
Canberra Writers Festival appoints Putnis as artistic director
Thursday, 27 February 2025
Canberra Writers Festival (CWF) has announced the appointment of Andra Putnis to the role of artistic director, replacing Beejay Silcox, who announced earlier this month that she would step down at...
AI dominates conversation at IPG 2025 Spring Conference
Thursday, 27 February 2025
In the UK, where the two-day Independent Publishers Guild (IPG) 2025 Spring Conference wrapped up on 26 February, AI continues to be the main topic of conversation in the book...
Abbott wins 2025 IPEd Student Prize
Thursday, 27 February 2025
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) has announced Portia Abbott, a student in the Master of Writing and Publishing program at RMIT University, is the winner of the 2025 IPEd...
A&U NZ changes name, appoints publisher
Thursday, 27 February 2025
Allen & Unwin New Zealand has changed its name to Allen & Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand and announced the appointment of a new publisher. Allen & Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand...
Open Book program expands in 2025
Wednesday, 26 February 2025
In 2025, the Open Book Internship Program will host four paid internships, including one dedicated Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander identified role. Initially run as a pilot project with two...
Reading Australian readers: Five insights from the latest Australia Reads report
Wednesday, 26 February 2025
Book industry initiative Australia Reads has released a new report on reading behaviour in Australia, in collaboration with Monash University’s BehaviourWorks research enterprise, as part of a broader campaign to...
Atria acquires Thompson horror-romance debut
Wednesday, 26 February 2025
Atria Books Australia, the new imprint from Simon & Schuster (S&S), has acquired world English rights for How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates by Shailee Thompson in a...
2025 International Booker longlist announced
Wednesday, 26 February 2025
In the UK, the longlist for the 2025 International Booker Prize, worth £50,000 (A$99,902), has been announced. The titles in the running for this year’s prize are: The Book of...
CBCA 2025 Notable Books announced
Wednesday, 26 February 2025
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced its list of Notable Books for 2025. The list acts as the longlist for the CBCA Book of the Year Awards....
Ricketson named ABR Rising Star
Wednesday, 26 February 2025
Australian Book Review (ABR) has named Jonathan Ricketson its Rising Star for 2025. Ricketson is currently undertaking a PhD at Monash University on true crime writing and its ethical and...
A&U acquires Petraitis novel
Wednesday, 26 February 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to The Stolen, a crime novel by Vikki Petraitis, via Andrew Taylor of More Talent. The Stolen features the detective Antigone Pollard,...
S&S acquires Sakakibara memoir
Tuesday, 25 February 2025
Simon & Schuster (S&S) Australia has acquired world rights to Olympic gold medallist and BMX champion Saya Sakakibara’s memoir, in a deal brokered by Ryan Chipperfield at Blue Chip Management....
Walmart, others to stop stocking mass market paperbacks
Tuesday, 25 February 2025
In the US, Publishers Weekly reports that Readerlink will stop distributing mass market paperbacks to its accounts at the end of 2025. With customers including Walmart, Kroger and Hudson News,...
Shand resigns as SWF chair
Tuesday, 25 February 2025
Sydney Writers' Festival (SWF) board chair Kathy Shand has tendered her resignation after 12 years on the SWF board, reports the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH). In a resignation statement reported...
Peninsula Records and Books opens on the Yorke Peninsula
Tuesday, 25 February 2025
Peninsula Records and Books has opened a shopfront in Stansbury on the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia, with a selection of books ‘exclusively focused on Australian authors, supporting both iconic...
NZ Booklovers Awards 2025 shortlists announced
Monday, 24 February 2025
The NZ Booklovers Awards 2025 shortlists have been announced by the organisation. Shortlisted titles include: Best Adult Fiction Book Award Better Left Dead (Catherine Lea, Bateman Books) The Call (Gavin Strawhan,...
Affirm acquires new Brissenden crime novel
Monday, 24 February 2025
Affirm Press has acquired ANZ rights to Michael Brissenden’s upcoming outback noir crime thriller, Dust, via literary agent Daniel Pilkington. Set in the remote Australian town of Lake Herrod, Dust...
2025 International Prize for Arabic Fiction shortlist announced
Monday, 24 February 2025
The committee for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) has announced its 2025 shortlisted titles, chosen from a longlist of 16. Shortlisted titles include: The Andalusian Messiah (Taissier Khalaf,...
Readings to open Chadstone shop
Monday, 24 February 2025
Melbourne independent bookselling chain Readings has announced the business will open a new shop at Melbourne’s Chadstone Shopping Centre in late March. The store will be managed by Belle Katavatis,...
Stewart wins 2025 MUD Literary Prize
Monday, 24 February 2025
Cameron Stewart's Why Do Horses Run? (Allen & Unwin) has been announced as the 2025 winner of the $10,000 MUD Literary Prize. The prize, now in its eighth year, is...
Major wins 2025 Louie Award
Thursday, 20 February 2025
The Australian Crime Writers Association (ACWA) has named KT Major as the winner of the 2025 Louie Award, worth $500, for her story 'Bitter'. The judges also highly commended two...
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