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Apollo Bay WORDfest 2026 line-up announced

Apollo Bay WORDfest logo. Monday, 16 March 2026
The Apollo Bay WORDfest has released the program for its 2026 festival, to be held in the Victorian coastal town from Friday 24 July to Sunday 26 July. Authors scheduled...

Penguin Literary Prize 2026 shortlist announced

Five people sitting on chairs on a stage Thursday, 12 March 2026
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has announced the shortlist for the 2026 Penguin Literary Prize. The shortlisted manuscripts are: “An Allergy” by Sunil Badami (Sydney, NSW) – “‘An Allergy’ explores...

Book Club – this month’s reads 

Thursday, 12 March 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...

Manly Writers’ Festival announces 2026 program 

Manly Writers' Festival logo. Thursday, 12 March 2026
The Manly Writers’ Festival has released its program, which will run from 19 to 22 March 2026, bringing together almost 90 writers, journalists, historians, thinkers and musicians, while examining “how...

Stella Prize 2026 longlist announced

Covers of the Stella Prize longlist titles on a green background Thursday, 12 March 2026
The longlist for the $60,000 Stella Prize for women and non-binary writers has been announced. The longlisted books are: KONTRA (Eunice Andrada, Giramondo) The Rot (Evelyn Araluen, UQP) Memorial Days...

HarperCollins acquires new Rogers novel

Photo of Megan Rogers. Wednesday, 11 March 2026
HarperCollins has acquired ANZ rights to The Clue Keeper, a new novel by Megan Rogers, in a deal brokered by Benython Oldfield at Zeitgeist Agency. The Clue Keeper follows Ginnie...

S&S acquires world rights to Barry quartet

Photo of Amy Barry. Wednesday, 11 March 2026
Simon & Schuster Australia has acquired world rights to The Northshine Quartet, a new contemporary series by Amy Barry, in a deal brokered by Sarah Younger at Nancy Yost Literary...

Sydney Writers’ Festival program announced

Wednesday, 11 March 2026
The program for this year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival, running from 17–24 May, has been announced. The festival is hosting 200+ in-person and live-streamed events featuring 39 international guests and over...

Chloe Wilson on “The Thornbacks” 

Tuesday, 10 March 2026
Chloe Wilson is the author of the award-winning short story collection Hold Your Fire and two poetry collections. Her debut novel, The Thornbacks, follows stepsisters Gertie and Tabitha, morticians who lure...

Chloe Wilson recommends 

Tuesday, 10 March 2026
I’m a fiend for short-story collections, and so I loved Katerina Gibson’s Women I Know (S&S). It’s dark and sharp but also deeply compassionate.

Local authors on 2026 British Book Awards shortlists 

Cover of "Careless People". Tuesday, 10 March 2026
The late Australian author Virginia Roberts Giuffre and Aotearoa New Zealand’s Sarah Wynn-Williams are among the writers and illustrators shortlisted for this year’s British Book Awards (also known as the...

Heads & Tales acquires Holy Cow! Creative 

Tuesday, 10 March 2026
Heads & Tales, Hardie Grant Media’s creative content and custom publishing agency, has acquired Sydney design agency Holy Cow! Creative. Founded in 1995 by Melissa Webber, Holy Cow! “brings deep...

Greg Greeley appointed S&S CEO 

Tuesday, 10 March 2026
In the US, Simon & Schuster has appointed Greg Greeley as CEO. Greeley has worked at several major companies, including 19 years at Amazon where he served in various capacities....

Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize 2025 shortlist released

Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize logo. Tuesday, 10 March 2026
The shortlist for the 2025 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize has been announced. The 8 shortlisted stories, chosen from more than 500 entries, are: “Many Small Violences” by Arden Baker “Two...

Junior Book Club – this month’s reads

Friday, 6 March 2026
Searching for your next great read to share with kids? Our Junior Book Club highlights new titles each month that are perfect for classrooms, libraries and family reading time. From...

No newsletter on Monday

Friday, 6 March 2026
There will be no Books+Publishing newsletter on Monday, 9 March, due to the Labour Day public holiday in Victoria. The next Books+Publishing newsletter will be published Tuesday, 10 March. The...

UQP sells Abdel-Fattah’s “Discipline” to Oneworld

Thursday, 5 March 2026
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has sold world English (ex ANZ) rights to Randa Abdel-Fattah’s novel Discipline to Oneworld Publications, in a deal between UQP rights manager Erin Sandiford and Oneworld...

ASAL 2026 fellows announced

ASAL logo. Thursday, 5 March 2026
The Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) has announced its two writers’ fellowships for 2026 in association with the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund. This year’s fellows are: Western...

Summit acquires Coper’s “Angertainment”

Ed Coper. Photo credit: Enzo Amato Thursday, 5 March 2026
Summit Books Australia has acquired ANZ rights to Angertainment: How Social Media Outrange Ruined Everything by political communications specialist Ed Coper. “Rage-bait – the 2025 Word of the Year –...

McConaghy longlisted for 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction

the cover of "Wild Dark Shore" Thursday, 5 March 2026
Local author Charlotte McConaghy is on the longlist for this year’s UK-based Women’s Prize for Fiction. McConaghy’s Wild Dark Shore (Penguin) “expertly conveys the awe-inspiring majesty of the extreme climate...

 

 

 

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