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Q-Lit 2026 program announced

Tuesday, 19 May 2026
Q-Lit has announced the program for this year’s festival, to be held in Naarm/Melbourne from 16 to 19 July, with the theme “queer nostalgia”. The opening gala at Kensington Town...

Rossell selected for Greenway Residency

Judith Rossell Tuesday, 19 May 2026
Melbourne writer and illustrator Judith Rossell has been selected for the inaugural writer residency at the UK National Trust’s Greenway property. The Greenway Residency is a project of UNESCO City...

Allen & Unwin acquires Knight nonfiction

Photograph of Riley Knight Tuesday, 19 May 2026
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to The Most Interesting People You’ve Never Heard Of by Riley Knight, via Florence Dodd at WME Agency. According to A&U, the book “brings...

Island Readers & Writers Festival 2026 program

Logo of the Island Readers & Writers Festival, Nipaluna / Hobart, 28 May to 1 June 2026 Tuesday, 19 May 2026
The inaugural Island Readers & Writers Festival, which will run from 28 May to 1 June, has announced its event program. Presented across 7 series – in conversations, panel discussions,...

NSW Literary Awards 2026 winners announced

Cover of Näku Dhäruk The Bark Petitions Monday, 18 May 2026
The winners of the 2026 NSW Literary Awards have been announced. Clare Wright’s Näku Dhäruk The Bark Petitions: How the People of Yirrkala Changed the Course of Australian Democracy (Text Publishing) is...

Debevec-McKenney wins 2026 Dylan Thomas Prize

Cover of Joy is My Middle Name Monday, 18 May 2026
US poet Sasha Debevec-McKenney has been awarded the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize for her debut collection, Joy Is My Middle Name (Fitzcarraldo), reports the Bookseller. The book was chosen...

HarperCollins acquires third Ringland novel

Photograph of Holly Ringland Monday, 18 May 2026
HarperCollins Australia has acquired The World Beneath Her Feet, the third novel by Holly Ringland. The World Beneath Her Feet tells the story of Maggie Byrd, a woman in her...

Berkelouw Leichhardt in talks to move

Monday, 18 May 2026
Berkelouw Books Leichhardt has announced the business is in talks with the store’s landlord to move, rather than closing down as previously announced. In an Instagram post, the store said...

Magarey Medal for Biography 2026 longlist announced

Association for the Study of Australian Literature Monday, 18 May 2026
The longlist for the 2026 Magarey Medal for Biography has been announced. Longlisted titles are: The Fearless Beatrice Faust (Judith Brett, Text) Max Dupain: A Portrait (Helen Ennis, 4th Estate)...

ABA Bookseller of the Year shortlists announced

Australian Booksellers Association logo Monday, 18 May 2026
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has announced the shortlists for its Bookseller of Year awards. The nominated booksellers in each category are: Text Publishing Bookseller of the Year Charlotte Austin-Lindsay,...

New bill combines public and educational lending rights

Monday, 18 May 2026
The Australian Government has combined the Public Lending Rights (PLR) and Educational Lending Rights (ELR) schemes under a single act of legislation, replacing the Public Lending Right Act 1985. The...

Ockham 2026 winners announced

Thursday, 14 May 2026
In Aotearoa New Zealand, the winners of the 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards have been announced. Poet, memoirist and scholar Ingrid Horrocks won the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for...

Fisher wins inaugural Libraro Prize

Donna Fisher Thursday, 14 May 2026
Donna Fisher, a UK author currently based in Queensland, is the inaugural winner of the £50,000 (A$93,000) Libraro Prize for her novel Sheep’s Clothing. Administered by the community digital platform...

Macdonald wins 2026 Ernest Scott Prize for History

Cover of "Garrison World" Thursday, 14 May 2026
Garrison World: Redcoat Soldiers in New Zealand and across the British Empire (Charlotte Macdonald, Bridget Williams Books) has won the 2026 Ernest Scott Prize for History. Awarded annually, the Ernest...

Howie Casey wins ASA/HQ Fiction Prize

Karen Howie Casey Wednesday, 13 May 2026
Karen Howie Casey has won the 2026 ASA/HQ Fiction Prize for unpublished manuscripts for her novel All the Little Wide Worlds, as announced by the Australian Society of Authors (ASA)...

Author of “Unbranded” remembered

Wednesday, 13 May 2026
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this announcement contains the image and name of a deceased person and that these have been reproduced with permission of...

Blake Poetry Prize 2026 winner announced

Chen Wang Wednesday, 13 May 2026
Chen Wang has won the 69th Blake Poetry Prize, worth $5000, for his poem “The Woman Who Refused the Kingdom of Forgetting”. Chen Wang is a Melbourne-based medical student whose...

Allen & Unwin acquires Ryan’s “Eleven”

Photograph of Christian Ryan Wednesday, 13 May 2026
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Eleven: We Burn Them in the Sun by Christian Ryan. The narrative nonfiction title about cricket is “a hugely creative work...

Vale Lorraine Marwood

Lorraine Marwood and Katrina Nannestad Wednesday, 13 May 2026
Writer and poet Lorraine Marwood has died, aged 73. The Jane Novak Literary Agency writes: Lorraine was the author of several children’s books and poetry collections. In 2010, her novel Star Jumps [Walker...

Sales and product coordinator, Sydney

Wednesday, 13 May 2026
Phoenix International Publications Phoenix International has an exciting opportunity for a candidate who is currently in a sales or product support role and wants to take the next step in...

Publicist, Sydney

Wednesday, 13 May 2026
Allen & Unwin We are a hardworking, fun, dynamic team looking for someone very special to join us and help to drive awareness for our authors and list. If successful,...

Account manager, Melbourne

Wednesday, 13 May 2026
Penguin Random House Penguin Random House is seeking a full-time Account Manager to join their sales team in Melbourne. Reporting to the Field Sales Manager, you will maximise book sales...

PRH acquires Leighton-Dore YA graphic novel

Illustration of a person in bed Tuesday, 12 May 2026
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired “delightful new coming-of-age graphic novel” Willy by Samuel Leighton-Dore, illustrated by Jack Grayson. The title will also be developed as an animated series...

 

 

 

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