Disability Arts History Australia website launched
Monday, 3 November 2025
A new Disability Arts History Australia website bringing together the stories, achievements and influence of Australian artists with disabilities over the past five decades has been launched at Queensland University...
Ultimo acquires Moriarty time travel novel at auction
Monday, 3 November 2025
Ultimo Press has acquired ANZ rights at auction to Time Travel For Beginners, Jaclyn Moriarty’s new novel for adults, in a deal brokered by Tara Wynne of Curtis Brown Australia....
No newsletter tomorrow
Monday, 3 November 2025
Due to the Melbourne Cup public holiday in Victoria, Books+Publishing will not publish a newsletter tomorrow. However, the deadline for classifieds and job advertisements for this Wednesday’s Weekly Book Newsletter...
Ultimo acquires Ash’s Mantle
Thursday, 30 October 2025
Ultimo Press has acquired ANZ rights to novelist Romy Ash’s new work, Mantle, in a deal brokered by Michaela McGuire of a4 Literary. Mantle is a literary eco-thriller set in...
Dublin Central Library: Being curious is essential to the librarian’s role
Thursday, 30 October 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...
Priest wins Blake-Beckett Trust Scholarship
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced Ann-Marie Priest as the 2025 recipient of the $35,000 Blake-Beckett Trust Scholarship for her biography “Tell It Slant: The Life and Loves...
Australian Government blocks attempts to change copyright law; BWF breaks records; Children’s Booker to be awarded
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Major local news The Australian Government announced this week that it won’t change the law to allow tech companies to train artificial intelligence models using copyright material, Australian media outlets...
Amba Press acquires ACER Press titles
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Amba Press will acquire 38 educational titles under an agreement with ACER Press, the publishing arm of the Australian Council for Educational Research. Amba Press said, “The acquisition represents a...
Bakers Lane Books acquires McGuinness YA novel
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Bakers Lane Books has acquired world rights to Violet Town, a young adult novel by Bryony McGuinness. Violet Town follows Cate Hawkins, a longstanding resident of Hickory’s Orphanage, as she...
A&U acquires Stroud’s “The Angry Wives Club”
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to The Angry Wives Club, a novel by Gabbie Stroud. The Angry Wives Club follows three women “quietly planning a revolution”, said the...
Upswell acquires Curtin novel
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Upswell Publishing has acquired world rights to Six Days by Amanda Curtin. “Six Days creates a character in Daniel, an expat Australian who has lived in Paris for longer than anywhere...
Lonely Planet Toilets of the World
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Even life's simplest moments deserve a breathtaking backdrop… Discover 100 lavish lavatories and outstanding outhouses that offer a window to our world. Who knew the loo could offer such a...
Sales coordinator, Victoria
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Monash University Publishing Sales Coordinator, Monash University Publishing (0.6FTE) Location: Clayton campus Employment Type: Part-time Remuneration: Pro-rata $96,768–104,450 HEW6, plus 17% superannuation Monash University Publishing has an exciting opportunity for...
Change for Flying Eye Books
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Publisher: Flying Eye Books Old distributor: Walker Books Australia New distributor: Hardie Grant Books Changeover date: & returns requests by 28 December 2025 Returns cut-off: Must be received by HEDS...
Change for Otter Barry Books
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Publisher: Otter Barry Books Old distributor: Walker Books Australia New distributor: NewSouth Books Changeover date: & returns requests by 31 December 2025 Returns cut-off: received by HEDS by 31 January...
Blak & Bright moves to September
Tuesday, 28 October 2025
The 2026 Blak & Bright First Nations Literary Festival will run from 3 to 6 September 2026, organisers have announced. This marks a shift in the timing of the biennial...
Industry welcomes government’s AI copyright announcement
Tuesday, 28 October 2025
Publishing industry organisations have reacted enthusiastically to news that the Australian Government has ruled out relaxing copyright rules for generative AI training. Attorney-General Michelle Rowland announced on Sunday that the...
Carman named 2025 Judy Harris Writer-in-Residence Fellow
Tuesday, 28 October 2025
Luke Carman is the recipient of the 2025 Judy Harris Writer-in-Residence Fellowship, receiving $100,000 to support a year-long residency at the Charles Perkins Centre. Based in Western Sydney, Carman is...
HarperCollins acquires Crowe’s nonfiction work
Tuesday, 28 October 2025
HarperCollins has acquired Australian rights to Where the Light Gets In, a nonfiction book by Ben Crowe. Where the Light Gets In, a book about personal growth, “explains how 9...
Southerly journal returns
Tuesday, 28 October 2025
Literary journal Southerly has returned after 3-year hiatus with issue 80.1, “First, the Future”, guest-edited by KA Ren Wyld and new Southerly editor Roanna Gonsalves. According to the editors, this...
NSW State Library announces 2026 fellowships
Monday, 27 October 2025
The State Library of NSW has announced its 2026 fellowships, with a total of $314,000 awarded across 9 categories. The fellowships cover a range of original research topics to be...
Rix, Cormick win ACT Book of the Year
Monday, 27 October 2025
Darren Rix and Craig Cormick have won the ACT Book of the Year award for their title Warra Warra Wai (Scribner). Rix and Cormick will share the $10,000 prize. Judges praised Warra...
Booker Prize launches £50K children’s prize
Monday, 27 October 2025
The Booker Prize Foundation has launched the inaugural Children’s Booker Prize, an award “celebrating the best contemporary fiction for children aged 8 to 12 years old”. The prize will open...
Labor blocks AI industry moves to waive copyright
Monday, 27 October 2025
The federal government won’t change the law to allow tech companies to train artificial intelligence (AI) models using copyright material, Australian media outlets reported today. The decision is a rejection of...
Hachette acquires Wilkinson’s debut historical nonfiction
Monday, 27 October 2025
Hachette Australia has acquired The Titanic Story of Evelyn by journalist, broadcaster and author Lisa Wilkinson, via the Fordham Agency. The Titanic Story of Evelyn follows the life of South...
Hardie Grant acquires Joyce memoir
Monday, 27 October 2025
Hardie Grant Books has acquired world rights to former Qantas CEO Alan Joyce’s memoir, in a deal brokered by Robert Joske at Robert Joske Management. Joyce “will take a reflective...
Inaugural Spiers Prize shortlist
Monday, 27 October 2025
UWA Publishing (UWAP) has announced the shortlist for the inaugural Spiers Prize, as well as some changes to the award. The publisher announced that “due to the enthusiastic number of...
2026 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award candidates
Monday, 27 October 2025
The nominees for the 2026 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award have been announced. The Aotearoa New Zealand and Australian nominees are: Alison Lester Gavin Bishop (NZ) Oliver Jeffers Susanne Gervay Ursula...
Janson, van Loon, Vucic awarded Copyright Agency fellowships
Thursday, 23 October 2025
The Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund has announced the recipients of its 2025 Fellowships for established and emerging Australian writers. Julie Janson, a Burruberongal woman of the Darug Aboriginal Nation and...
Inaugural AusArt Day seeks to support creative work
Thursday, 23 October 2025
Creative Australia’s (CA) inaugural national giving to the arts day, AusArt Day, takes place today, 23 October. The new initiative is “designed to support artists and arts organisations to fundraise...
