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HarperCollins UK CEO resigns

Wednesday, 8 October 2025
HarperCollins UK CEO Charlie Redmayne has resigned effective immediately, reported the Bookseller yesterday. Group managing director, adult commercial publishing Kate Elton has been named interim CEO. Redmayne was appointed as...

A&U acquires Bailey’s sixth novel

Wednesday, 8 October 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Click, the sixth novel from Sarah Bailey, in a deal brokered by Lyn Tranter at Australian Literary Management. ‘Click is a taut...

Travel writing after the pandemic: ‘Human stories are critical’

Wednesday, 8 October 2025
The art and work of writing and publishing often shift in response to changes in the world. Travel writing, as a place-based form of literature, has had to adapt through...

Nature Writing Prize shortlist revealed

Wednesday, 8 October 2025
Literary journal Island has announced the shortlist for the 2025 Nature Writing Prize. Shortlisted writers and their pieces are: Frankey Chung-Kok-Lun for ‘Menura Novahollandiae’ Rosalee Kiely for ‘Habitat’ Bridget Webster for ‘Like...

HarperCollins acquires new Heyman fiction

Wednesday, 8 October 2025
HarperCollins has acquired world rights to Circle of Wonders, a novel by Kathryn Heyman. The novel follows Roni over the course of a lunar month. ‘Roni has lived with breast...

Garner shortlisted for Baillie Gifford Prize

Tuesday, 7 October 2025
How to End a Story: Collected Diaries by Australian author Helen Garner (Text) has been shortlisted for the 2025 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction in the UK. Selected from a...

Anthropic settlement website launched

Tuesday, 7 October 2025
In the US, Judge William Alsup has given preliminary approval to the proposed $1.5 billion ($A2.27b) settlement in the Anthropic class-action lawsuit, leading to the launch of a settlement website....

Colouring makes reading stick: Emily Baulch on the under-valuing of branded and interactive texts in children’s literacy

Tuesday, 7 October 2025
BookUp’s inaugural research day was held on 8 August this year. As part of this full day dedicated to book industry research, Emily Baulch shared some of her findings on...

Better Reading Top 100 announced

Monday, 6 October 2025
Better Reading has announced its 2025 top 100 list, ‘a true reflection of what Australians read’. Voted on by readers, the number one spot went to Boy Swallows Universe by...

Stella Day Out announces new Sydney event

Monday, 6 October 2025
Literary organisation Stella has announced a second Stella Day Out event in Sydney, set to take place on 21 October at Quest Chatswood, NSW. The evening event will offer drinks...

The Bookshop Darlinghurst to close

Monday, 6 October 2025
The Bookshop Darlinghurst in Sydney will close down on Christmas Eve 2025. Owner Charles Gregory said the closure was due to ‘repeated delays’ in the redevelopment of Oxford & Foley...

Pluto Press announces Albanese collection

Monday, 6 October 2025
US publisher Pluto Press has announced the acquisition of world rights to A Moon Will Rise from the Darkness: Reports on Israel’s Genocide in Palestine by United Nations special rapporteur on...

Ventura acquires Simon debut novel

Monday, 6 October 2025
Ventura Press has acquired world rights to Susan Simon’s debut novel The Secrets of St Jude’s, a ‘private school noir and commercial thriller’. The Secrets of St Jude’s follows the story...

Junior Book Club – this month’s reads

Friday, 3 October 2025
Searching for your next great read to share with kids? Our Junior Book Club highlights 10 new titles each month that are perfect for classrooms, libraries and family reading time....

EWF 2025: ‘tending to and forging of community’

Thursday, 2 October 2025
The Emerging Writers' Festival (EWF) had its ‘most successful’ festival since 2018, according to organisers. In 2025, the festival hosted 240 artists in 79 events over 8 days, almost doubling...

ASA announces 2025 Blake-Beckett Trust Scholarship shortlist

Thursday, 2 October 2025
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced the 2025 Blake-Beckett Trust Scholarship shortlist. Chosen from over 70 applicants, the shortlisted authors are: Lenny Bartulin for ‘A Calendar of Vandemonian...

S&S UK, US launch new imprint

Thursday, 2 October 2025
Simon & Schuster (S&S) US and UK have jointly announced the launch of new imprint Scarlett Press, reported BookBrunch and Publishers Weekly. Scarlett Press is envisioned as a ‘home for romance-forward...

Magabala Books acquires Cusack new adult debut

Thursday, 2 October 2025
Magabala Books has acquired world rights to The Dangers of Just One Person, a ‘funny, queer, regional’ novel by Skye Cusack. The novel ‘follows the intertwined stories of two young,...

Nottingham Women’s Library: ‘Staying true to community roots’

Thursday, 2 October 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...

Reader advice

Wednesday, 1 October 2025
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that today's newsletter includes the name and photograph of a person who has died. This content appears in the obituaries section.

Chapter Ukraine launched

Wednesday, 1 October 2025
Craft magazine and Chytomo have announced the launch of Chapter Ukraine, an interactive digital platform that ‘offers comprehensive information about Ukrainian books available in translation’. The platform features translations of...