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Cure (Katherine Brabon, Ultimo) 

Tuesday, 27 May 2025
Katherine Brabon’s Cure is a natural extension and companion to her novel Body Friend; both are introspective literary works centred on women living with autoimmune diseases – conditions Brabon herself...

Dead Ends (Samantha Byres, UQP) 

Tuesday, 27 May 2025
Is closure possible, or is it just a convenient fiction? This is the central question explored in Dead Ends, the meditative debut novel by Aotearoa New Zealand–born Naarm/Melbourne-based writer Samantha...

King wins EWF Speculate Prize

Melissa Kind photo Tuesday, 27 May 2025
The Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF), in partnership with RMIT University, has announced Melissa King as the winner of the inaugural Speculate Prize for Emerging Writers for her short work 'The...

ABDA 2025 winners announced

ABDA winners Monday, 26 May 2025
The winners of the 2025 Australian Book Design Awards, presented by the Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA), have been announced. The winners in each category are: Designer's Choice Award Eat...

Atria acquires BookToker Bateman debut

Luke Bateman portrait. Monday, 26 May 2025
Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Australia, has acquired world rights to Luke Bateman’s debut fantasy series in a two-book deal, via Sean Anderson and Tim Wall at...

The Luna Foundation launches new NZ residency 

The Luna Foundation residency Monday, 26 May 2025
The Luna Foundation has launched an inaugural writers residency for Aotearoa New Zealand women writers. Running 3–7 November 2025, the Luna Foundation Writers Residency will be awarded to a woman writer...

PRH acquires two McInerney titles

Monica McInerney headshot. Monday, 26 May 2025
Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia has acquired ANZ rights for a new novel, When Sullivan Met Lola, and a new work of collected nonfiction from Monica McInerney, via Fiona Inglis...

Transit Lounge acquires Ouston’s Mine

Adam Ouston headshot. Thursday, 22 May 2025
Transit Lounge has acquired ANZ rights to author Adam Ouston’s second novel, Mine, via Martin Shaw at Shaw Literary. According to Shaw, Mine has been composed in one complete sentence. The...

Big Day of Books Perth program announced

Perth Big Day of Books. Thursday, 22 May 2025
ABC Radio, Fremantle Press, UWA Publishing, Magabala Books and Boffins Books have announced the program for the Big Day of Books Perth. 'When the Perth Writers Festival was postponed, Fremantle...

Rights round-up 

Audition Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Sales Fiction Martin Shaw at Shaw Literary has sold Italian rights to Pip Adam's Audition (Giramondo) to Cantoni Editore. Nonfiction Black Inc. has sold UK/Commonwealth rights (ex ANZ, India, Canada) to...

Raisin wins Romantic Novel of the Year Award 

a portrait of Rebecca Raisin Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Perth-based writer Rebecca Raisin has won the Contemporary Romance Novel Award for her book A Love Letter to Paris (Boldwood) in the 2025 Romantic Novel of the Year Awards. Chosen...

Pantera acquires Bridges’ book on perimenopause 

a portrait of Michelle Bridges Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Pantera Press has acquired The Perimenopause Method from Michelle Bridges, via Joseph Hanrahan at Profile Talent Management. According to the publisher, The Perimenopause Method is a ‘comprehensive and holistic guide’...

A&U acquires The Grade Cricketer book 

a portrait of Sam Perry and Ian Higgins Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to The Grade Cricketer: Alphas, Champs and Chop Kings, a new nonfiction title from Sam Perry and Ian Higgins. Since debuting on Twitter...

Read the latest Publishers Weekly 

Wednesday, 21 May 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.

Love Overdue (Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus, A&U) 

Tuesday, 20 May 2025
Love Overdue, the new novel by Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus (Fancy Meeting You Here), is an uneven but ultimately charming contemporary romance for readers who enjoy Jodi McAlister (An...

What Kept You? (Raaza Jamshed, Giramondo) 

Tuesday, 20 May 2025
Raaza Jamshed’s debut novel, What Kept You?, is a dazzling, poignant tale of defiance and metamorphosis in an ever-changing world. Whipping between the past and present, we first meet Jahan...

Modern Australian Baking (Christopher Thé, Hardie Grant) 

Modern Australian Baking by Christopher Thé cover. Tuesday, 20 May 2025
Christopher Thé’s Modern Australian Baking is visually arresting, thoughtfully structured and creatively ambitious. Best known as the founder of Black Star Pastry and creator of the viral Strawberry Watermelon Cake,...

Nock Loose (Patrick Marlborough, Fremantle) 

Tuesday, 20 May 2025
Patrick Marlborough’s Nock Loose is a wryly postmodern and cynically satirical novel that hits the ground running and never lets up. Marlborough scorns the ‘dire humourlessness’ of Australian literature in...

Edie Tells a Lie (Ingrid Laguna, Text) 

Tuesday, 20 May 2025
Ingrid Laguna’s Edie Tells a Lie is a gentle story of friendship and family. After the loss of her father, Edie mourns the large family she wishes she had. Edie’s...

 

 

 

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