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Oratia celebrates 25 years, launches Five Oceans imprint

Monday, 1 September 2025
Aotearoa New Zealand independent publisher Oratia Media has announced the launch of a new imprint, Five Oceans. The imprint will publish literary nonfiction and children’s books from ‘cultures whose works...

Books in the media this weekend, 30–31 August

Friday, 29 August 2025
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Desolation (Hossein Asgari, Ultimo) The Midnight Shift (Cheon Seon-Ran, Bloomsbury) No...

Billionaires, Bluey, and a peanut butter beast: This week’s bestsellers

Friday, 29 August 2025
Top 10 bestsellers The Let Them Theory (Mel Robbins & Sawyer Robbins, Hay House) Cozy Corner (Coco Wyo, Penguin) Quicksilver (deluxe edition) (Callie Hart, Hodderscape) The Fallen and the Kiss...

Call for submissions: A how-to guide for responding to government

Thursday, 28 August 2025
In the wake of the Productivity Commission’s (PC) first report on AI, and its request for more industry contributions via submissions, Books+Publishing reached out to the Copyright Agency to help...

St Joseph’s College Devagiri Library: A door to the future

Thursday, 28 August 2025
With libraries, their work, and free access to information under increasing threat around the world, B+P and the Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature Office reached out to libraries in other designated cities of...

A&U acquires New Blue Ribbon Cookbook

Tuesday, 26 August 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world English rights to The New Blue Ribbon Cookbook by Liz Harfull, in a deal brokered by Fiona Inglis at Curtis Brown. ‘Every year thousands...

Sanders wins the 2025 NZSA Shaw Writer’s Award

Monday, 25 August 2025
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (NZSA) has announced Cristina Sanders as the winner of the 2025 NZSA Shaw Writer’s Award, worth NZ$5000. Sanders is...

RWA announces Ruby Award 2025 winners

Monday, 25 August 2025
Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) has announced the winners of the 2025 Romantic Book of the Year Awards, known as the Ruby Awards. Chosen from shortlists announced in June, the...

Books in the media this weekend, 23–24 August

Friday, 22 August 2025
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Looking for Elizabeth: The Life of Elizabeth Harrower (Helen Trinca, La...

Book Week made me buy it: Children’s titles on the charts

Friday, 22 August 2025
Top 10 bestsellers The Let Them Theory (Mel Robbins & Sawyer Robbins, Hay House) Cozy Corner (Coco Wyo, Penguin) Cozy Cuties (Coco Wyo, Penguin) An Inside Job (Daniel Silva, HarperCollins)...

Seattle Public Library: Breaking down barriers

Thursday, 21 August 2025
With libraries, their work, and free access to information under increasing threat around the world, B+P and the Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature Office reached out to libraries in other designated cities of...

IPEd 2025: Editors as changemakers

Wednesday, 20 August 2025
Books+Publishing publishing director Kate Cuthbert was an invited guest to this year’s Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) conference, held 23–25 July 2025 in Adelaide. During the conference, she was one...

Papercuts Comics Festival announces program

Wednesday, 20 August 2025
Papercuts Comics Festival has announced its 2025 program, running 12–14 September in Adelaide. Artists appearing include Alice Lam, Chad Molyneux, Evie ‘YEEVZ’ Hilliar, Molly Hunt, Nicola Scott and Robin Tatlow-Lord....

Queensland Poetry Awards prize money increases

Tuesday, 19 August 2025
The Queensland Writers Centre has announced increases in the value of its Queensland Poetry Awards, which has opened for entries this week. Award categories and their first-place cash prizes are:...

Comfort, cosy, colouring in this week’s bestsellers

Friday, 15 August 2025
Top 10 bestsellers The Let Them Theory (Mel Robbins & Sawyer Robbins, Hay House) Cozy Corner (Coco Wyo, Penguin) An Inside Job (Daniel Silva, HarperCollins) Cozy Cuties (Coco Wyo, Penguin)...

New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults winners

Thursday, 14 August 2025
In Aotearoa New Zealand, Ross Calman (Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Raukawa, Kāi Tahu) has won the overall Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award at the 2025 New Zealand Book Awards...

Reykjavik City Library: Fostering ‘open conversation’

Thursday, 14 August 2025
With libraries, their work, and free access to information under increasing threat around the world, B+P and the Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature Office reached out to libraries in other designated cities of...

UQP acquires Rocca’s middle-grade novel

Thursday, 14 August 2025
UQP has acquired world rights to the debut middle-grade novel Joey and the Junjardy written by Allison Rocca and illustrated by Brenton E McKenna, in a deal brokered by Danielle...

Unfolded podcast seeks to ‘go inside what makes a story great’

Thursday, 14 August 2025
University of Melbourne lecturer and creative producer Seth Robinson has launched the new podcast Unfolded, a literary podcast that combines audio performances and author interviews. In each episode, an actor performs...

Tinsel time: 2025 biography and memoir

Wednesday, 13 August 2025
From sports stars to media mavens, performers to podcasters, Books+Publishing pulls together titles about lives less-ordinary from publishers' 2025 gifting season recommendations. Well-known women Among the highlights from publishers for...