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Wednesday, 18 February 2026
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Kill Your Boomers (Fiona Wright, Ultimo) 

The cover of "Kill Your Boomers" by Fiona Wright. Tuesday, 17 February 2026
In her first work of fiction, Fiona Wright turns her sharp eye on Australia’s housing crisis. Kill Your Boomers centres on Keira, a 30-something writer who also nannies for the...

The Angry Wives Club (Gabbie Stroud, A&U) 

The cover of "The Angry Wives Club" by Gabbie Stroud. Tuesday, 17 February 2026
In The Angry Wives Club, Gabbie Stroud (Teacher, The Things That Matter Most) introduces 3 women who become friends at the gym in the small town of Shellwater Bay. It’s...

The Curator (Wendy Tyrer, Perentie Press) 

Tuesday, 17 February 2026
Set against the inspiring backdrop of the National Gallery of Victoria, The Curator is a young adult graphic novel by author and illustrator Wendy Tyrer that delivers a gripping adventure...

Touching the Sky (Deborah Lawrie, ABC Books) 

Tuesday, 17 February 2026
In Touching the Sky, aviation pioneer Deborah Lawrie recounts her remarkable life and career, from her landmark fight to become Australia’s first female commercial pilot to decades spent in the...

Fearless (Kelly Canby, Fremantle) 

Tuesday, 17 February 2026
Kelly Canby’s Fearless will delight and reassure children, parents and teachers with its hopeful message that fear need not be overwhelming or permanent. Bea Ware is frightened of everything, moving...

Redbelly Crossing (Candice Fox, Penguin) 

Tuesday, 17 February 2026
Candice Fox (Crimson Lake) opens Redbelly Crossing with immediate authority: a rural pub, a blood-smeared doorknob and the uneasy sense that something deeply wrong has slipped quietly into an ordinary...

The Ruin of Magic (Kate Holden, Black Inc.) 

The cover of "The Ruin of Magic" by Kate Holden. Tuesday, 17 February 2026
In The Ruin of Magic, Kate Holden (In My Skin, The Romantic) examines enchantment, displacement and homesickness for places both real and imagined through a series of intimate essays. Blending...

Vale Lionel Fogarty

A photo of Lionel Fogarty taken by Leif Ekstrom. Fogarty stands before a microphone. Tuesday, 17 February 2026
Poet and artist Lionel Fogarty has died, aged 68. Publisher Giramondo writes:  Giramondo mourns the passing of Lionel Fogarty: poet, artist, warrior. Lionel Fogarty was born on Wakka Wakka land, at...

CBCA announces 2026 book week theme

Cover of the CBCA 2026 yearly planner. With art by Briony Stewart. Tuesday, 17 February 2026
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced the theme of “Symphony of Stories” for this year’s Children’s Book Week, running 22 to 28 August. Author and illustrator Briony...

Arasu wins inaugural travel fund

A photo of Prema Arasu. Monday, 16 February 2026
Poet Prema Arasu has been announced as the inaugural winner of the Forrest Research Foundation and Fremantle Press travel fund for Western Australian writers to promote their work outside of...

Hardie Grant acquires Niland’s “Saint Peter”

A photo of Josh Niland. Monday, 16 February 2026
Hardie Grant Books has acquired world rights to Josh Niland’s Saint Peter: Chapter & Verse. According to the publisher, Saint Peter is “a definitive statement from one of Australia’s most original culinary...

Vale Robert Ungar

Rob Ungar Wednesday, 11 February 2026
Publisher and bookseller Robert (Rob) Ungar has died, aged 80. Hinkler CEO Stephen Ungar, on behalf of the extended family, writes: It is with great sadness that the family announces...

Rights round-up 

Wednesday, 11 February 2026
Sales Fiction Bold Type Agency has sold Italian and Greek rights to The Bell and the Blade (Paullina Simons) on behalf of Jacinta di Mase Management; Korean and Hungary rights...

Local publishers on Bologna Prize shortlist

Wednesday, 11 February 2026
Local publishers have been shortlisted for the 2026 Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publishers of the Year. Publishers shortlisted in the Oceania category are: Affirm Press (Australia) Hardie Grant Children's...

Hachette Australia announces “Belonging and Storytelling” event

Wednesday, 11 February 2026
Hachette Australia, Australian Publishers Association (APA), Media Diversity Australia (MDA) and Diversity Arts Australia (DARTS) have partnered to present “Belonging and Storytelling: Diversity in Publishing”. A dedicated space for First...

PRH acquires Hannan’s next novel

A photo of Victoria Hannan. Wednesday, 11 February 2026
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired Australian rights to I Love the Whole World! by Victoria Hannan, a novel about friendship, ageing and the extra/ordinary act of deciding to...

Affirm acquires Blue-eyed Kayla Jade’s memoir

Blue-Eyed Kayla Jade Wednesday, 11 February 2026
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to Call Girl Confidential by Blue-Eyed Kayla Jade, via a deal brokered by Lem Zakharia from Bedou. According to the publisher, Call Girl Confidential...

Riveted Press acquires Roe’s middle-grade novel

A photo of Katrina Macdonald Roe. Wednesday, 11 February 2026
Riveted Press has acquired world rights to The Stolen Bairn, a middle-grade historical fantasy by children’s author and media professional Katrina Macdonald Roe. Set 200 years ago in Scotland and...

Read the latest Publishers Weekly 

Wednesday, 11 February 2026
Books+Publishing partners with US trade news magazine Publishers Weekly to provide our subscribers with exclusive access to the weekly digital edition of PW magazine. View the current edition.

 

 

 

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