Australian fiction and poetry at Frankfurt
Friday, 19 September 2025
Readers of fiction and poetry will be keen to learn what’s been happening here in Australia through a visit to the Australian stand. Threads of romance and humour weave through...
Latest acquisitions: Nonfiction
Friday, 19 September 2025
Moving memoir, politics, cooking, sport and true crime – read all about Australian publishers’ recent nonfiction acquisitions. Memoir Kicking off memoir acquisitions is Allen & Unwin (A&U), which has shared...
Aussie award winners to look out for
Friday, 19 September 2025
Fiction Siang Lu won the $60,000 Miles Franklin Literary Award for his novel Ghost Cities (UQP), which judges celebrated for ‘shimmering with satire and wisdom, and with an absurdist bravura’, deeming the...
Australian authors recommend
Friday, 19 September 2025
We asked Australian creators to share a recent book they have read and loved – and why. Newly minted Miles Franklin winner Siang Lu is ready to build up your...
Who’s who at the Australian Collective Stand
Friday, 19 September 2025
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) stand at Frankfurt this year will feature 12 publishers; while further information on Australian publishers and their books is available on the Books from Australia...
Australian bestsellers 2025 YTD
Friday, 19 September 2025
Top 10 Australian authored fiction The Unquiet Grave (Dervla McTiernan, HarperCollins), 44k Here One Moment (Liane Moriarty, Pan Macmillan), 42k The White Crow (Michael Robotham, Hachette), 27k Lyrebird (Jane Caro,...
KUPU Māori Writers Festival releases full program
Thursday, 18 September 2025
The KUPU Māori Writers Festival has released its full program, running 17–18 October in Rotorua. Among those headlining the event are Poia Rewi, Tim Finn, Hana Tapiata, Donovan Farnham, Mike McRoberts,...
Mihai Eminescu Central University Library: An active cultural hub
Thursday, 18 September 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 Buttifant, Farr tough nonfiction
Thursday, 18 September 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Life's Tough—Be Tougher by David Buttifant and Nick Farr. ‘Life's Tough—Be Tougher is a straight-talking guide to building resilience and thriving when hard...
Transit Lounge acquires new Cameron novel
Thursday, 18 September 2025
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to Bloomfield, the third novel by Donna M Cameron, in a deal brokered by Jeanne Ryckmans at Key People Literary Management. ‘When the eccentric...
Readings’ A Day in Carlton program announced
Thursday, 18 September 2025
Readings has announced the full 2025 program for ‘A Day in Carlton’, which will run 13–15 November in the Melbourne suburb of Carlton. The festival will open with author Trent...
Melbourne Books acquires Pellegrino’s ‘Melbourne Coffee Roasters’
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
Melbourne Books has acquired world rights to Melbourne Coffee Roasters, a nonfiction title by Dominic Pellegrino. Melbourne Coffee Roasters focuses on the history of Melbourne-founder coffee roasters and houses, including Vittoria, Pellegrini's...
Monash acquires Altman essay collection
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
Monash University Publishing has acquired world rights to Righting My World: Essays from the Past Half-Century by Dennis Altman. ‘From the inauguration of Richard Nixon to Trump’s America, from Gay Liberation...
Radio National runs Top 100 Books poll
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
ABC Radio National is running a month-long poll to compile a list of its top 100 books of the 21st century. The poll, which opened 1 September, asks readers to...
Words at Pearls program announced
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
Words on the Waves has announced Words at Pearls, a one-day literary festival running Saturday 15 November at Pearl Beach, NSW. Under the theme ‘Wandering Wild’, the program features four...
Novel Insight launches Reviewer’s Choice Award
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
Book review site Novel Insight has launched a new prize – the Reviewer's Choice Award. With Australian-authored books eligible when reviewed within the first 12 months of their release date,...
Trump sues PRH, New York Times
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
US President Donald Trump is suing Penguin Random House (PRH), along with the New York Times (NYT) and several of its reporters for ‘disparagement’, reported Publishers Weekly (PW) yesterday. Among reporters...
Larrikin acquires Vee picture book
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
Larrikin House has acquired world rights to My Spinning Anxious Brain, a picture book by Dani Vee, illustrated by Ruth-Mary Smith. ‘Empathetic, gentle and fun’, My Spinning Anxious Brain ‘explains exactly...
StoryBox Hub named Victorian finalist in the Telstra Best of Business Awards
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
Digital storytelling platform StoryBox Hub has been named a Victorian State Finalist in the Telstra Best of Business Awards 2025, with recognition in two categories: Building Communities and Embracing Innovation....
Have you tried a Books+Publishing Title Showcase?
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
Limited on budget? Advertise new titles to the book industry with a Books+Publishing Title Showcase. For as little as $330 (cover image included), advertising includes permanent display on B+P’s website,...
Arthur Sze named US poet laureate
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
Arthur Sze has been named the 25th poet laureate of the United States, reported Publishers Weekly yesterday. Sze will serve for one year and succeeds Ada Limón, whose term in the...
OzAsia Festival’s 2025 Weekend of Words program released
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
OzAsia Festival’s Weekend of Words has released its full program, running 7–9 November 2025 in Adelaide. The 2025 festival will include 24 free events featuring 56 Asian and Asian Australian...
Sunshine Coast Fiction Festival 2025 program released
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
The Sunshine Coast Fiction Festival has announced its 2025 program, running 7–9 November in Bokarina. Among Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand authors headlining the event are TL Swan, Candice Fox,...
PRH acquires Madden’s first adult novel
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired world rights to debut adult novel Quite the Pair from author Tobias Madden, via a deal brokered by Claire Friedman at InkWell Management...
HarperCollins acquires Richell memoir
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
HarperCollins has acquired ANZ rights to An Ocean and a Day, a memoir from Hannah Richell, via Sarah Lutyens at Lutyens & Rubinstein Literary Agency. An Ocean and a Day...
Danger Awards 2025 winners announced
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
Winners of the 2025 Danger Awards have been announced. From shortlists released in August, the winners in each category are: Debut crime fiction A Town Called Treachery (Mitch Jennings, HarperCollins)...
Arts NT Fellowships 2025 recipients announced
Monday, 15 September 2025
Varuna, the National Writers’ House has announced six recipients of the 2025 Arts NT Fellowships. Supported in partnership with Arts NT, each of the six recipients will receive a two-week...
Queenscliffe Literary Festival 2025 program announced
Monday, 15 September 2025
Queenscliffe Literary Festival (QLF) has announced its 2025 program. Under the theme ‘Rising Tides’, the festival will run 17–26 October 2025 on the lands of the Wadawurrung people. Among local...
Chan wins 2025 Paragraph Fellowship
Monday, 15 September 2025
Time to Write has announced Grace Chan as the 2025 winner of the $25,000 Paragraph Fellowship for ‘Caretakers’, a speculative fiction novel. Born in Malaysia, Chan is a psychiatrist living...
Ngaio Marsh Awards 2025 finalists announced
Monday, 15 September 2025
The shortlists for this year’s Ngaio Marsh Awards, which celebrate Aotearoa New Zealand crime, mystery or thriller writing, have been announced. The shortlisted books in each category are: Best novel...
