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PRH acquires Shara Curlett middle grade series

Shara Curlett sitting on a blue couch outdoors with her leg up and arms wrapped around her shin. Monday, 23 June 2025
Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia has acquired world rights to the Protector of Beyond middle-grade series by Aotearoa New Zealand author Shara Curlett in a three-book deal, via Samuel Bernard...

Finding Beauty Poetry Prize shortlist announced

Monday, 23 June 2025
MARION has announced the shortlist for the inaugural Finding Beauty Poetry Prize. The shortlisted poets are: Alisha Brown for ‘As a matter of great importance’ Cate Furey for ‘Rosalie’ Annie...

Pan Macmillan acquires new Jane Harper novel

Half the image is of Jane Harper on a couch in an orange dress. The other half is the cover of 'Last One Out' by Jane Harper. Monday, 23 June 2025
Pan Macmillan Australia has acquired ANZ rights to Last One Out by Jane Harper. The novel will also be published internationally by Flatiron in the US and Pan Macmillan UK...

Vale Maurice Gee

A portrait of Maurice Gee Thursday, 19 June 2025
Aotearoa New Zealand fiction writer Maurice Gee has died at the age of 93, reported the Publishers Association of New Zealand Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ). ‘Gee received numerous awards,...

Pip Adam wins Michael King Writer’s Fellowship

Pip Adam standing in a living room room. She has a jacket and glasses on and is smiling at the camera. The wall behind her is covered in framed pictures and art. Thursday, 19 June 2025
Creative New Zealand has announced Pip Adam as the recipient of the $100,000 Michael King Writer’s Fellowship. Awarded biennially, the fellowship is presented ‘to an established New Zealand writer of...

PRH acquires Mounser’s dark suspense novel

Ashleigh Mounser stands before a wooden wall with one arm crossed. She is wearing a denim jacket and smiling at the camera. Thursday, 19 June 2025
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired Oceania rights to The House at Hanger Hill by Ashleigh Mounser, via Michaela McGuire at a4 Literary in a two-book deal. Internationally, The...

Vale Thomas Neurath

A portrait of Thomas Neurath Wednesday, 18 June 2025
Thomas Neurath, long-time managing director and later chairman of Thames & Hudson (T&H), has died in London at the age of 84. From a statement from Thames & Hudson Australia:...

Stella Day Out announces Warrnambool program

Stella Day Out Warrnambool logo in tan and black 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

A portrait of Niki Savva 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...

Applications for the Peter Blazey Fellowship are now open

Wednesday, 18 June 2025
Applications for the Peter Blazey Fellowship are now open! This award is for a work-in-progress by writers with a publishing record. Worth $20,000 this year, the Fellowship honours the larger-than-life...

Agency administration co-ordinator, Sydney

Wednesday, 18 June 2025
Curtis Brown Curtis Brown (Aust) Pty Ltd is looking for an Agency Administration Co-ordinator to join our Sydney-based agency. As Agency Administration Co-ordinator, you will be responsible for handling the...

Book editor/coach, remote working

Wednesday, 18 June 2025
Reedsy “Four years since I began editing on Reedsy and it has been the greatest gift of my professional career.” —Nicole F., Reedsy editor We are seeking talented editors to...

Callout: 2025 CA-SRB Emerging Critics Fellowship

Wednesday, 18 June 2025
In partnership with the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund, the Sydney Review of Books invites applications for the 2025 Emerging Critics Fellowship program. Since 2016, the program has fostered diverse, provocative, and original...

RWA announces Ruby Award 2025 finalists

Tuesday, 17 June 2025
Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) has announced the finalists for the 2025 Romantic Book of the Year (Ruby) Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Historical The Duke Says...

Clan Destine Press acquires Gordon Thompson novel

Gordon Thompson Tuesday, 17 June 2025
Clan Destine Press has acquired the world rights to Kill Will: Nightbird in Sunlight by Gordon Thompson. According to the publisher, Kill Will: Nightbird in Sunlight follows as ‘a young...

Affirm Press acquires MinOn picture book

Steve MinOn Tuesday, 17 June 2025
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to the picture book Make Them Say Poo by Steve MinOn under the pen name Stephen, via literary agent Martin Shaw of Shaw Literacy....

Perentie Press acquires first YA graphic novel

a portrait of Wendy Tyrer Monday, 16 June 2025
Perentie Press has acquired world rights to The Curator, a YA graphic novel by author/illustrator Wendy Tyrer, the first YA graphic novel acquisition for the new press. The novel asks,...

Hachette acquires Chloe Fisher memoir

Always You cover Monday, 16 June 2025
Hachette Australia has acquired Always You, a memoir from Chloe Fisher with Alley Pascoe. Always You follows Fisher’s life story as she meets and marries pro-surfer Paul Fisher, said the...

Inaugural New Voices of Aotearoa winners announced

New Voices of Aotearoa Recipients Monday, 16 June 2025
The Coalition for Books has announced the winners of the inaugural New Voices of Aotearoa competition. Chosen from over 30 nominations, the winners are: Wellington essayist Una Cruickshank Raglan journalist,...

Sharp acquires Marshall short story film rights

Shirl cover Monday, 16 June 2025
Melbourne-based filmmaker Tim Sharp has acquired the film option to Wayne Marshall’s short story ‘A Night Out’ from Marshall’s debut collection Shirl (Affirm Press), via Martin Shaw at Shaw Literary. Sharp...

van der Wouden, Clarke win 2025 Women’s Prizes

a portrait of Yael van der Wouden and a portrait of Rachel Clarke Friday, 13 June 2025
In the UK, the 2025 Women’s Prizes have been announced. The SafeKeep by Dutch author Yael van der Wouden (Penguin) has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction, while The Story...

Book Club – this month’s reads

Friday, 13 June 2025
Looking for your next great group read? Our monthly Book Club rounds up new release titles that are perfect for sparking conversation and perhaps even some debate. From compelling fiction...

 

 

 

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