Murdoch Books acquires ‘Eat!’ cookbook by Sooshi Mango
Wednesday, 2 July 2025
Murdoch Books has acquired world rights to Eat!, a debut cookbook by the comedy trio known as Sooshi Mango – Joe Salanitri, Carlo Salanitri and Andrew Manfre. Sooshi Mango has...
2025 Rising Star shortlist announced
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the shortlist for its 2025 Rising Star award. The shortlisted professionals, who each began their publishing careers in the past 10 years, are:...
Regional winners announced for 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
The winners for the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize regional categories have been announced. Chosen from a shortlist of six, the winner for the Pacific region is Western Australian writer...
Hachette acquires Jones’ debut novel
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Hachette Australia has acquired ANZ rights to Theodora's Tea Shop by Christy Anne Jones in a joint acquisition with Wildfire, an imprint of Headline, taking UK and commonwealth rights excluding...
WA Premier’s Book Awards shortlist announced
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
The shortlists for the 2025 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards have been announced. This year, the awards have a total prize pool of $120,000 and four new categories. The new...
UWAP acquires Riots by Fiona Skyring
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
UWA Publishing (UWAP) has acquired world rights to Riots by Fiona Skyring. Riots is a nonfiction title delving into the Australian riots that occurred between 1918–1920 and involved returned soldiers....
Miles Franklin Literary Award 2025 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
The shortlist for the 2025 Miles Franklin Literary Award has been announced. Chosen from a longlist of ten, the shortlisted titles are: Chinese Postman (Brian Castro, Giramondo) Theory & Practice (Michelle de...
Stella Day Out announces Warrnambool program
Wednesday, 18 June 2025
Stella Day Out has announced its next iteration will be in Warrnambool, and released the date and full program. The free, one-day festival will take place on 28 June, from...
Scribe acquires new Savva nonfiction
Wednesday, 18 June 2025
Scribe Publications has acquired world rights to Earthquake: Signposts to the election that shook Australia by Niki Savva. Earthquake is a combination of selections from Savva's columns from the Age...
Hill of Content to move up Bourke Street
Wednesday, 18 June 2025
Melbourne bookstore Hill of Content is moving to a new location after 103 years at its current address, 86 Bourke St, following the sale of the historic building. From mid-July,...
Clan Destine Press acquires Stephen Ross YA novel
Wednesday, 18 June 2025
Clan Destine Press has acquired world rights to YA novel The Bride Must Be Stopped! and its two sequels by Aotearoa New Zealand author Stephen Ross. Set in the 1950s...
Byron Writers Festival announces 2025 program
Wednesday, 11 June 2025
The program for the Byron Writers Festival, running 8–10 August on Bundjalung Country, has been announced. With the theme Passion and Purpose, the 2025 program features over 160 writers from...
Creative Australia launches Creative Workplaces
Wednesday, 11 June 2025
Creative Australia has launched the Creative Workplaces website, a ‘free online hub of resources about pay, safety and respect, to help everyone working in the creative industries understand their rights...
Atria acquires Hortinela debut
Wednesday, 11 June 2025
Atria Books Australia has acquired world rights to Hate You to Love You by bookseller Joshua Hortinela in a two-book deal through Daniel Pilkington at The Pilkington Agency. ‘Hate You...
Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund round 13 recipients announced
Wednesday, 11 June 2025
Writers Victoria has announced the recipients of the 13th round of the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund. The eight recipients – who will share the $50,595 in funding – are:...
Creative Australia announces Marten Bequest, Dal Stivens, Kathleen Mitchell recipients
Wednesday, 11 June 2025
Creative Australia has announced the recipients of the Marten Bequest Scholarships and the Dal Stivens and Kathleen Mitchell awards. The Marten Bequest Scholarships enable artists ‘to explore, study and develop...
Melbourne Rare Book Week program announced
Wednesday, 4 June 2025
Rare Books Melbourne has announced the 2025 program for the Melbourne Rare Book Week, running 24 July to 2 August across Melbourne. The program, which ‘celebrates the rich tradition and...
Raven wins 2025 Fogarty Literary Award for ‘Glimmers in the Sea Glass’
Wednesday, 4 June 2025
Chuckie Raven has won the 2025 Fogarty Literary Award for their novel Glimmers in the Sea Glass. Raven receives a $20,000 cash prize from the Fogarty Foundation, a publishing contract...
AWF 2025: attendance, book sales up
Wednesday, 4 June 2025
Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi o Tāmaki (AWF) has reported the overall attendance for the 2025 program, which ran 13–18 May, slightly exceeded last year’s record number of 85,000, as well...
Fogarty receives 2025 Red Ochre Award for Lifetime Achievement
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
Yugambeh poet and activist Lionel Fogarty has been recognised with a Red Ochre Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 2025 First Nations Arts and Culture Awards. Born on Wakka Wakka...
Mary Gilmore Award 2025 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
The Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) has announced the shortlist for the 2025 Mary Gilmore Award, a prize for a poet's first book of poetry. Judges Kate...
MWF ticket sales up 47%
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) recorded a 47% year-on-year increase in revenue for this year’s festival program, running 8–11 May. Representing the highest revenue since 2019, the festival reported over 21,000...
Jacky Winter Group launches Gildlings
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
The Jacky Winter Group – a creative agency with offices in Melbourne, New York, and London – has announced the creation of new literary agency Gildlings. According to the organisation,...
SLQ rescinds Wyld ‘black&write!’ fellowship, postpones winner announcement
Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Author KA Ren Wyld’s place in the black&write! fellowship program has been rescinded by the State Library of Queensland (SLQ), the author said on X (Twitter). The 2025 black&write! writing...
Raisin wins Romantic Novel of the Year Award
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
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’...
Purcell appointed The Nile head of books Australia
Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Online bookseller The Nile has appointed John Purcell as head of books – Australia, joining Stacey Collins, who was recently promoted to head of books – New Zealand. Purcell was...
digiDirect acquires James Bennett
Wednesday, 21 May 2025
The digiDirect Group, owner of Booktopia, has acquired Australian library supplier James Bennett from US library supplier Baker & Taylor. digiDirect Group chair and CEO Shant Kradjian said: ‘We are...
A&U acquires The Grade Cricketer book
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...
Larrikin House acquires ‘Ultra Violet’ sequel
Wednesday, 14 May 2025
Larrikin House has acquired rights to graphic novel Ultra Violet: Escape from Uranus, written by Cristy Burne and illustrated by Rebel Challenger. According to the publisher, in this 'STEM-meets-adventure graphic...
