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A&U acquires Heath’s ‘Kill Your Boss’

Monday, 21 July 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to Jack Heath’s crime novel, Kill Your Boss, via Alexandra Christie from Curtis Brown Australia. Detective Sergeant Kiara Lui returns for a...

Pantera acquires ‘Juicy’ memoir by Joseph

Monday, 21 July 2025
Pantera Press has acquired world rights for the memoir Juicy: How to Live a Life in the Wreckage of Expectations by debut Lebanese-Australian author Sheree Joseph, in a two-book deal...

Gippsland Writers Festival releases 2025 program

Gippsland Writers Festival logo Thursday, 17 July 2025
The Gippsland Writers Festival, formerly known as StoryFest, has released its 2025 program. The festival, which runs 1–3 August in Yarram, will open with ‘You are Here’, a conversation featuring...

Te Pae Tawhiti Awards launched for spec fic writers

Thursday, 17 July 2025
Speculative Fiction Writers of New Zealand (SpecFicNZ) has launched the Te Pae Tawhiti Awards for Aotearoa and Pasifika speculative fiction writers. The awards will aim to spotlight local writers and...

2025 Ngaio Marsh Award Best Novel longlist announced

Ngaio Marsh logo Thursday, 17 July 2025
The longlist for this year’s Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel, which celebrates Aotearoa New Zealand crime, mystery or thriller writing has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Return to...

PRH acquires Thian’s YA in two-book deal

Aurelne Thian Thursday, 17 July 2025
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired Dear Campus Cupid by Aurelne Thian, in a two-book deal brokered by Danielle Binks from Jacinta di Mase Management. According to the publisher, Dear...

Melbourne Books acquires Entrecôte cookbook

Jason Jones Thursday, 17 July 2025
Melbourne Books has acquired world rights to Entrecôte by restaurant owner Jason M Jones. Jones is the owner of the titular Melbourne restaurant in Prahran that describes itself as ‘a renaissance...

Vale Jess Knight

A portrait of Jess Knight Wednesday, 16 July 2025
Writer, poet and artist Jess Knight has died at the age of 42. Ultimo publishing director Robert Watkins writes, I had the inestimable honour of working with Jessica Knight on...

ABIA winner profile: Potts Point Bookshop 

Potts Point Book Shop Wednesday, 16 July 2025
Following on from the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) in early May, Books+Publishing (B+P) reached out to the industry winners to ask them about their challenges, the goals and what...

Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 16 July 2025
Sales Fiction Arndell, an imprint of Keeperton, has sold Slovakian rights to five titles by TL Swan (Mr Masters, Mr Spencer, Mr Garcia, My Temptation and My Rules) to Grada...

Hepworth’s ‘The Soulmate’ adapted for TV 

Wednesday, 16 July 2025
Production company Made Up Stories (Nine Perfect Strangers, Strife) is set to produce a television adaption of The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth (Macmillan). Executive producers for the series will include...

Words in Winter 2025 festival program launched

Wednesday, 16 July 2025
The Words in Winter festival has announced its full 2025 program, which will run 22–21 and 29–31 August on Dja Dja Wurrung country, across Daylesford and Hepburn Springs, Victoria. The...

PRH Write It fellowship shortlist announced

Write It Shortlist image Wednesday, 16 July 2025
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has announced the shortlist for the 2025 Write It fellowship. The shortlisted writers are: Ceilidh Newbury for ‘Skates, Dates, and Other Deadly Weapons’ (young adult...

Read the latest Publishers Weekly 

Wednesday, 16 July 2025
Books+Publishing is partnering with US trade news magazine Publishers Weekly to provide our subscribers with exclusive access to the weekly digital edition of PW magazine. View the edition here.

Promises and Other Lies (Sue Whiting, Walker Books) 

Tuesday, 15 July 2025
Set one year after a devastating bushfire, Sue Whiting’s Promises and Other Lies is a compelling middle-grade novel that explores the lingering impact of disaster on a close-knit coastal community....

Black River (Ruby Jean Cottle, Atria Australia) 

Tuesday, 15 July 2025
Ruby Jean Cottle’s debut, Black River, is a strong addition to the young adult paranormal romance genre. Dusty is a 17-year-old introvert who finds comfort in books and nature. After a...

Discipline (Randa Abdel-Fattah, UQP) 

Tuesday, 15 July 2025
Discipline asks urgent questions about who gets to speak, who stays silent and what we owe our communities. Randa Abdel-Fattah (Does My Head Look Big in This?) chronicles the experiences...

WORD Christchurch 2025 program announced

Word Christchurch Logo Tuesday, 15 July 2025
WORD Christchurch Festival, which will run this year 27–31 August, has announced its full program. With the theme ‘Share the Joy of Words’, this year's program includes over 90 writers...

Johnson wins 2025 Indigenous Writer’s Mentorship

Yasmin Johnson Tuesday, 15 July 2025
Writing NSW and Text Publishing have announced Yasmin Johnson as the 2025 winner of the Indigenous Writer's Mentorship for her nonfiction manuscript exploring intergenerational storytelling set in Palm Island. A...

Davitt Awards 2025 shortlists announced

Davitt Awards logo Tuesday, 15 July 2025
Sisters in Crime has announced the shortlists for the 2025 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Adult novels Highway...

Varuna Climate Fellowship 2025 recipients announced 

Varuna, the National Writers House logo Tuesday, 15 July 2025
Varuna, the National Writers’ House has announced six recipients of the 2025 Varuna Climate Fellowships. The 2025 fellowship recipients are: Cynthia Banham Jo Chandler Lauren Fuge Lesley Head Patrick Lau...

 

 

 

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