ASLA DANZ Children’s Book Award winners announced
Tuesday, 10 June 2025
The Australian School Library Association (ASLA) has announced the 2025 Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand (DANZ) Children's Book Award winners. Winning titles, chosen from a shortlist announced in...
Introducing Junior Book Club – A bunch of this month’s brilliant books
Friday, 6 June 2025
Searching for your next great read to share with kids? Our Junior Book Club picks highlight 10 new titles each month that are perfect for classrooms, libraries and family reading...
A&U Aotearoa New Zealand acquires Shapiro’s second novel
Thursday, 5 June 2025
Allen & Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand has acquired world rights for Good Things Come and Go by Josie Shapiro. The novel follows Penny Whittaker and Adam Riggs after the death of...
Summit Books acquires Gray’s ‘Chosen Family’
Thursday, 5 June 2025
Summit Books has acquired ANZ rights to Chosen Family by Madeleine Gray, via Grace Heifetz at a4 Literary. Overseas, Chosen Family was also acquired by Lettice Franklin at Orion (UK), via...
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...
Did you attend the 2025 ABIA ceremony?
Wednesday, 4 June 2025
We'd love to hear from you! B+P is collecting feedback from attendees about the ceremony, the music, the food, and the awards, so we can continue to deliver the premiere Australian...
Income tax returns and your Books+Publishing subscription
Wednesday, 4 June 2025
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) provides information on its website about work-related income tax deductions for digital information services, such as Books+Publishing. The ATO website says: To claim a deduction...
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Wednesday, 4 June 2025
Books+Publishing offers a range of digital options to suit all campaign styles and budgets. Advance copy giveaway Invite industry people to engage with your key upcoming titles through an advance...
Fremantle Press, 2025 Crime Reads
Tuesday, 3 June 2025
Murdoch acquires Leong memoir
Tuesday, 3 June 2025
Murdoch Books has acquired world rights to Guts by Melissa Leong, a ‘gripping, incisive, and darkly funny memoir’. ‘Guts is a powerful exploration of identity, resilience and finding the courage...
No newsletter on Monday
Tuesday, 3 June 2025
Books+Publishing will not publish a newsletter on Monday, 9 June due to the King’s Birthday public holiday. The next newsletter will be published on Tuesday, 10 June. The deadline for...
Bendigo Writers Festival 2025 program announced
Tuesday, 3 June 2025
The program for the 2025 Bendigo Writers Festival program, which runs 15–17 August on Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung Country, has been announced. The festival will open with an ABC Radio...
PRH acquires Stedman’s ‘A Far-flung Life’
Monday, 2 June 2025
Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia has acquired ANZ rights to A Far-flung Life by ML Stedman. The novel will be published simultaneously with Doubleday in the UK. A Far-flung Life...
Fremantle Press, Christmas 2025
Friday, 30 May 2025
S&S acquires Pub Choir creator’s memoir
Thursday, 29 May 2025
Simon & Schuster (S&S) Australia has acquired world rights to Average at Best, a memoir by Pub Choir founder and director Astrid Jorgensen, via Alex Adsett Literary Agency. 'Average at...
Ganner awarded 2025 Janet Mackenzie Medal
Thursday, 29 May 2025
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) announced Julie Ganner as the winner of its 2025 Janet Mackenzie Medal. Ganner has worked in the editing and publishing industry for over 35...
Industry responds to rescinded black&write! fellowship, de Krester wins 2025 Stella Prize, ABDA winners announced
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
Across the industry this week, B+P reported on the State Library Victoria’s published ‘Ways of Working Commitment’ and outlined the events leading up to this document including the cancellation of...
Who gets published in Aotearoa? Three key findings
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
A recent Booksellers NZ newsletter shared independent publisher Damien Levi’s analysis of 2023 publishing data on gender and ethnicity in Aotearoa. This analysis follows on from earlier work by writer...
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...
A First Nations writer’s fellowship was withdrawn by Queensland’s government. What’s going on?
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
Jo Caust is an associate professor at the University of Melbourne in the School of Culture and Communication, where she is also an honorary principal fellow. She is a founder-editor...
Ferryman: The Life and Deathwork of Ephraim Finch
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
Ferryman: The Life and Deathwork of Ephraim Finch is a deeply moving portrait of a man who transformed the way we understand death, grief, and ritual in modern Australia. Blending biography,...
A note from Fashion Critical
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
The good folk at Murdoch Books have made the bold decision to turn me, a simple street sweeper from Gundagai, into a published author this October. Elevated to a soon-to-be...
2025 Australian Book Industry Awards photos available
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
Photos of the 2025 Australian Book Industry Awards ceremony on 7 May 2025 are available for download. See the photos in this OneDrive folder. Photos for personal use only and...
Change for Titan Publishing
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
Publisher: Titan Publishing Old distributor: NewSouth Books New distributor: Simon & Schuster Australia Changeover date: 28 September 2025 Returns cut-off: 31 October 2025
Sally Milner Publishing moves its History and Health Range from Search Press Australia to TDLC for distribution in Australia and New Zealand
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
Sally Milner Publishing (SMP) would like to inform our customers that distribution of its history and health range moves to Hardie Grant Publishing (TDLC) from 1 June 2025. SMP’s craft range...
Join the Chapters for Change readathon
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
Registrations are now open for Chapters for Change, a unique readathon for adults that encourages you to set and achieve a reading goal in July 2025. Chapters for Change raises...
Circle of Days (Ken Follett, Hachette)
Tuesday, 27 May 2025
Explainer: State Library Victoria duty of care review timeline
Tuesday, 27 May 2025
Following the release of documentation from the State Library Victoria (SLV) regarding ways of working with stakeholders including contractors, Books+Publishing has compiled a timeline of relevant events. Bootcamp postponement In February...
SLV publishes ‘Ways of Working Commitment’
Tuesday, 27 May 2025
The State Library Victoria (SLV) has published a 'Ways of Working Commitment', following last year’s duty of care review. In its May newsletter, the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) noted...
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