Receptionist and Faber Writing Academy coordinator, Sydney
Wednesday, 1 April 2026
Allen & Unwin Allen & Unwin, 15-time Publisher of the Year and Australia’s leading independent publisher, is seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated person to join our team as our Receptionist...
Book marketing & advertising specialist, online
Wednesday, 1 April 2026
Reedsy The role We are seeking experienced marketers to join our community of top talent in the publishing industry. As a Reedsy marketer, you will work with authors from around...
Marketing executive – academic and professional, New South Wales
Wednesday, 1 April 2026
Bloomsbury Publishing Pty Ltd Join Bloomsbury Australia as a full-time Marketing Executive and help bring academic titles to life. Supporting our Academic & Professional team, you’ll deliver marketing and publicity...
Senior publicist, Sydney
Wednesday, 1 April 2026
Hachette Australia Senior Publicist – Hachette Australia Hachette Australia is seeking a Senior Publicist to join our collaborative Publicity team. This full-time, permanent role can be based in Sydney or...
Account manager, Melbourne
Wednesday, 1 April 2026
Hachette Australia Hachette Australia has an exciting opportunity to join our high-performing and collaborative Sales department as an Account Manager. This is a permanent full-time position based in our Melbourne...
The Wild Unknown (Emily Gale, Text)
Tuesday, 31 March 2026
In The Wild Unknown by Emily Gale (Outlaw Girls), the year is 2045, and Eddie’s world is completely run by technology. From household devices to classroom support systems and the...
A Single Witness (Christine Balint, Spinifex)
Tuesday, 31 March 2026
Christine Balint's gripping historical fiction, A Single Witness, is based on the true story of Anna Maria Bonon, a girl from a poor 1750s Italian rural village who works in a...
The Clueless Guide to Solving a Mystery (Clueless #1) (Samera Kamaleddine, illus Hykie Breeze, HarperCollins)
Tuesday, 31 March 2026
In The Clueless Guide to Solving a Mystery, the first instalment in the Clueless series, Samera Kamaleddine (The Sideways Orbit of Evie Hart) introduces readers to Claudia. She is temporarily...
The Secrets of Strangers (Jess Kitching, S&S)
Tuesday, 31 March 2026
Despite brimming with suspects, lies and a cast of clichéd small-town characters, The Secrets of Strangers by Jess Kitching (The Life Experiment) is anything but a stereotypical “cosy crime” novel....
The Attention Recovery Plan: How to Win the Battle for Focus in a World Built to Break It (David Gillespie, Macmillan)
Tuesday, 31 March 2026
David Gillespie (Sweet Poison, Toxic at Work) has built a reputation for distilling complex research into clear, useful guidance. His latest book, The Attention Recovery Plan: How to Win the Battle...
You’re Welcome!: A Baking Celebration with a Southeast Asian Twist (Raymond Tan & Audrey Payne, Murdoch)
Tuesday, 31 March 2026
Raymond Tan and Audrey Payne’s You’re Welcome!: A Baking Celebration with a Southeast Asian Twist is a joyful, generous cookbook – one to pore over, plan from and build celebrations...
My Wonderful Disgrace (Angourie Rice & Kate Rice, Walker)
Tuesday, 31 March 2026
My Wonderful Disgrace by Angourie Rice and Kate Rice (Stuck Up & Stupid) is a darkly comic tale of misjudgements set around the most anticipated night of the year for...
Every Wild Soul (Katherine Johnson, HarperCollins)
Tuesday, 31 March 2026
Eco-literature has been booming in recent years, thanks largely to writers including James Bradley, Richard Flanagan, Tim Winton, Charlotte Wood and Donna Cameron. Winner of the inaugural Australian Fiction Prize,...
“Authentic Italian” debuts at 5 on highest new entry chart
Friday, 27 March 2026
Top 10 bestsellers Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir, Penguin) (film tie-in) (combined editions) The Wings That Bind (Briar Boleyn, HQ) Love Song (Elle Kennedy, Piatkus) The Housemaid (Freida McFadden, Hachette)...
Books in the media this week
Friday, 27 March 2026
A round-up of books being reviewed and discussed in key media this week, updated as information becomes available. National The Book Show, ABC Radio National Griefdogg (Michael Winkler, Text) Journey...
Text to publish new Magda Szubanski memoir ‘I Can’t Tell You But I Will’ (29 September)
Wednesday, 25 March 2026
Following her best-selling and award-winning Reckoning, Magda Szubanski now gives us the must-read memoir for Christmas 2026. Powerful and tender, I Can’t Tell You But I Will describes how Magda...
Managing editor, Sydney
Wednesday, 25 March 2026
HarperCollins Publishers HarperCollins Publishers has an exciting opportunity for an organised and enthusiastic individual to join the HarperCollins Children’s Books (HCCB) division in the role of Managing Editor on a...
Affirm Press Distribution Change (AU & NZ)
Wednesday, 25 March 2026
Effective 27 June 2026, all Affirm Press and Affirm Press distribution client titles will be distributed by Harper Entertainment Distribution Services (HEDS) in Australia and New Zealand. Titles will continue...
Production coordinator, New South Wales
Wednesday, 25 March 2026
Rockpool Publishing Company: Rockpool Publishing Title: Production Co-ordinator Category: Publishing Employment Type: Full-Time Location: Sydney and office based Job Summary Rockpool Publishing, an independent Australian publisher producing titles across mind,...
Periodic Bitch (Emma Hardy, A&U)
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
In Periodic Bitch, Emma Hardy delivers a memoir that is both intellectually rigorous and literary in style, interrogating the cultural construction of the “female monster” alongside her lived experience of premenstrual...
The Fast Lane (Pip Harry, illus Katrin Dreiling, Larrikin)
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
The Fast Lane by Pip Harry (August & Jones, Because of You) is a lively and funny story about Daisy, a fast-swimming and competitive pig who struggles to share the...
Tearing Myself Together (Anna Whateley, A&U Children’s)
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
Anna Whateley’s raw, authentic representations of neurodivergent young women in Tearing Myself Together offer the kind of windows and mirrors that are still too rare in Australian young adult fiction....
The Enigmatic Echidna: Secrets of the World’s Most Curious Creature (Danielle Clode, Black Inc.)
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
In The Enigmatic Echidna: Secrets of the World’s Most Curious Creature, biologist and award-winning author Danielle Clode (Koala: A Life in Trees) draws readers into the fascinating world of one...
Capture (Amanda Lohrey, Text)
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
In Amanda Lohrey’s Capture, ageing psychiatrist James Mather is commissioned to research psychological explanations for alien capture experiences. His interviews with “experiencers” – whose stories he quickly finds to be...
Silvia (Maya Caruso, Echo)
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
Midlife awakening lies at the heart of Maya Caruso’s impressive debut novel, Silvia. This character-driven novel follows 42-year-old Silvia, a divorced daughter of a widowed Italian matriarch, Silvia Senior, whose...
A Little Unwell (Kerry Jewell, Hachette)
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
Kerry Jewell’s debut novel, A Little Unwell, is a candid medical drama that draws back the privacy curtain on the life of a young resident doctor working rotations at an...
Books in the media this week
Friday, 20 March 2026
A round-up of books being reviewed and discussed in key media this week, updated as information becomes available. National The Book Show, ABC Radio National This is Where the Serpent...
Heatseekers chart proclaims an eggcellent Easter
Friday, 20 March 2026
Top 10 bestsellers Want to Know a Secret? (Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen) The Housemaid (combined editions) (Freida McFadden, Bookouture) The Hybrid Prince (Wings of Fire #16) (Tui Sutherland, Scholastic) Heated...
Nominations open for ABIA Hall of Fame Pixie O’Harris Award
Wednesday, 18 March 2026
The Pixie O’Harris Award recognises dedication to Australian children’s literature. It is awarded to publishers, editors, creators, booksellers, publicists and other industry representatives who have worked consistently in the field...
Editorial assistant, Sydney
Wednesday, 18 March 2026
Murdoch Books Murdoch Books, Australia’s market-leading lifestyle publisher and a division of Allen & Unwin, is seeking a full time Editorial Assistant based in Crows Nest, Sydney. You’ll support our...
