Latest McEwan, Do titles debut in top 10
Friday, 11 July 2025
Top 10 bestsellers Cozy Corner (Coco Wyo, Penguin) The Let Them Theory (Mel Robbins & Sawyer Robbins, Hay House) Cozy Cuties (Coco Wyo, Penguin) The White Crow (Michael Robotham, Hachette)...
Book Club – this month’s reads
Friday, 11 July 2025
Looking for your next great group read? Our monthly Book Club rounds up new release titles that are perfect for sparking conversation and perhaps even some debate. From compelling fiction to...
Books in the media this weekend, 12–13 July
Friday, 11 July 2025
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Honour's Mimic (Charmain Clift, New South) John and Paul: A Love...
Meet the Rising Stars: Melena Cole-Manolis
Thursday, 10 July 2025
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) Rising Star award recognises an emerging talent in Australian publishing who has spent fewer than 10 years in the industry. In the lead-up to the...
Full program announced for 2025 BookUp Conference
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
This year’s BookUp focus is on Australian storytelling – from discoverability in a market buffeted by globalisation to the role of the book industry to champion our stories. The full...
ABR Peter Rose Editorial Cadetship, Melbourne
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
Australian Book Review Australian Book Review (ABR) is delighted to open the Peter Rose Editorial Cadetship for applications. The twelve-month role will be 0.8 or full time. ABR seeks a...
Product analyst (TitlePage), Sydney
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
Australian Publishers Association The Australian Publishers Association (APA) is seeking a Product Analyst to support and help shape the development of our industry’s supply chain service, TitlePage. This is a...
Invitation to participate in research – understanding the impacts of digital platforms on the Australian trade book publishing industry
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
How has your role changed due to digital platforms? We’re looking for staff from publishing houses of all sizes to share their experiences and help us understand the impact platforms...
Chief executive officer, Melbourne
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
BookPeople – the Australian Booksellers Association Join the Next Chapter: CEO Australian Booksellers Association Are you ready to help lead the bookselling sector in Australia? The management committee of the BookPeople...
International product co-ordinator, Sydney
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
Allen & Unwin Allen & Unwin, Australia’s largest independent book publisher, is looking for a motivated, proactive and capable co-ordinator to support our International Agencies product team. Reporting to the...
Australian Business Book Awards open for entries 11 July 2025
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
The Australian Business Book Awards, now in their seventh year, recognise books written by Australian authors demonstrating their skill, knowledge, experience and achievement in a business-related or personal development area....
Editor (parental leave cover), Sydney
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
Hachette Australia Hachette Australia has an exciting opportunity to join our high-performing editorial team as an Editor on a full-time twelve-month parental leave cover, based in our Sydney CBD office....
Product coordinator, New South Wales
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
Hachette Australia Hachette Australia has an exciting opportunity to join the product team in the role of Product Coordinator. This is a permanent full-time position based at the Sydney CBD...
Changes in distribution sales & returns for Games Workshop/Black Library in Australia and New Zealand
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
Black Library will no longer be distributed by Simon & Schuster Australia after 30 September 2025. All requests for returns authorisations must be with HEDS by 1 November 2025. Requests...
Commissioning editor travel & lifestyle, Victoria
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
Hardie Grant Publishing Hardie Grant is seeking an exceptional Commissioning Editor to join the Hardie Grant Explore division to produce market-leading books through creative commissioning and project management of the...
Slashed Beauties (A Rushby, HQ Fiction)
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
Slashed Beauties is a lush historical fantasy and an adult debut by A Rushby (The Wish Sisters, The Ghost Locket). The novel is by turns macabre and emotional but always...
Sing to Me (Jelena Curic, WestWords)
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
Jelena Curic’s debut novel Sing to Me follows drinking, smoking and womanising anti-hero Pero Petrović on a reluctant hero’s journey to confront family secrets, betrayal and the legacy of his war-torn...
Cannon (Lee Lai, Giramondo)
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
In Lee Lai’s latest graphic novel Cannon, a young chef struggles to navigate the stresses of her late twenties while burdened by family obligations and a chaotic workplace. Central to...
A Guide to Falling Off the Map (Zanni L Arnot, Lothian)
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
A Guide to Falling Off the Map is the absorbing YA debut from Zanni L Arnot, who has previously published books for younger children under the name Zanni Louise (Hazel’s...
58 Facets: On law, violence and revolution (Marika Sosnowski, MUP)
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
‘This is a strange book,’ Marika Sosnowski writes in the acknowledgements of 58 Facets, and she isn’t wrong. Part poetic inquiry, part legal ethnography and part dreamscape of inherited trauma,...
The Making of Martha Mayfield (Jo Dabrowski, Affirm)
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
In The Making of Martha Mayfield, Jo Dabrowski (Get Your Act Together Doris Kozlowski) tells the story of 11-year-old Martha and her quest to overcome her shyness ahead of the...
‘A unique mix of creativity and commerce’: Gavin Williams on the BookPeople presidency and bookselling
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
At the recent BookPeople conference, Tim Jarvis of Fuller's Bookstore in Hobart stepped down as president of the organisation's management committee, a role he has held since June 2023. Gavin...
Meet the Rising Stars: Ali Hampton
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) Rising Star award recognises an emerging talent in Australian publishing who has spent less than 10 years in the industry. In the lead-up to the...
NAIDOC Week highlights
Monday, 7 July 2025
In celebration of NAIDOC Week, which runs from 6–13 July this year under the theme ‘The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy’, Books+Publishing reviews editor Jess Lomas shares some standout...
Meet the 2025 Rising Stars: Arlie Alizzi
Monday, 7 July 2025
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) Rising Star award recognises an emerging talent in Australian publishing who has spent fewer than 10 years in the industry. In the lead-up to the...
Robotham enters the charts; cosy colouring remains on top
Friday, 4 July 2025
Top 10 bestsellers Cozy Corner (Coco Wyo, Penguin) The Let Them Theory (Mel Robbins & Sawyer Robbins, Hay House) Cozy Cuties (Coco Wyo, Penguin) The White Crow (Michael Robotham, Hachette)...
Junior Book Club – this month’s reads
Friday, 4 July 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....
Books in the media this weekend, 5–6 July
Friday, 4 July 2025
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Cure (Katherine Brabon, Ultimo) Notes to John (Joan Didion, Fourth Estate)...
Meet the 2025 Rising Stars: Jen Topham
Thursday, 3 July 2025
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) Rising Star award recognises an emerging talent in Australian publishing who has spent fewer than 10 years in the industry. In the lead-up to the...
Wheeler Centre offers subscriber discount on Blak Classics Reborn tickets
Wednesday, 2 July 2025
Special offer: Books+Publishing subscribers can access 50% off tickets to Strength, Vision, Legacy: Blak Classics Reborn at The Wheeler Centre. Enter promo code BOOKSPUB50 in the checkout. Offer available until 9 July or...
