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King wins EWF Speculate Prize

Melissa Kind photo Tuesday, 27 May 2025
The Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF), in partnership with RMIT University, has announced Melissa King as the winner of the inaugural Speculate Prize for Emerging Writers for her short work 'The...

ABDA 2025 winners announced

ABDA winners Monday, 26 May 2025
The winners of the 2025 Australian Book Design Awards, presented by the Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA), have been announced. The winners in each category are: Designer's Choice Award Eat...

Atria acquires BookToker Bateman debut

Luke Bateman portrait. Monday, 26 May 2025
Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Australia, has acquired world rights to Luke Bateman’s debut fantasy series in a two-book deal, via Sean Anderson and Tim Wall at...

PRH acquires two McInerney titles

Monica McInerney headshot. Monday, 26 May 2025
Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia has acquired ANZ rights for a new novel, When Sullivan Met Lola, and a new work of collected nonfiction from Monica McInerney, via Fiona Inglis...

Transit Lounge acquires Ouston’s Mine

Adam Ouston headshot. Thursday, 22 May 2025
Transit Lounge has acquired ANZ rights to author Adam Ouston’s second novel, Mine, via Martin Shaw at Shaw Literary. According to Shaw, Mine has been composed in one complete sentence. The...

Big Day of Books Perth program announced

Perth Big Day of Books. Thursday, 22 May 2025
ABC Radio, Fremantle Press, UWA Publishing, Magabala Books and Boffins Books have announced the program for the Big Day of Books Perth. 'When the Perth Writers Festival was postponed, Fremantle...

Rafferty moves to Pan Macmillan

a portrait of Emma Rafferty Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Emma Rafferty has joined Pan Macmillan Australia as commissioning editor. Rafferty was previously editorial manager at Hachette Australia.

IT and database specialist, Sydney

Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Currency Press Are you a technophile? Currency Press is looking for someone who loves all things computer to work part time on our database and other things. Currency Press is...

Minoan Footsteps: A Novel

Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Set against the ancient landscapes of Crete, Minoan Footsteps follows six women on a guided tour where myth, memory and modern tensions collide. As they explore sacred sites and local...

Bakers Lane Books acquires McLean novel

McLean portrait. Wednesday, 21 May 2025
Bakers Lane Books has acquired world rights to The One Remaining by debut Australian novelist Paula McLean. Publisher Ginny Grant said: ‘The One Remaining is a story of novelist Hilary...

Income tax returns and your Books+Publishing subscription

Wednesday, 21 May 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...

Amazon announces AI for Audible

Tuesday, 20 May 2025
Audible has announced it will begin offering AI-powered narration and translation to select publishers, reported Publishers Weekly (PW). Over the next few months, publishers will be given options to use narration services...

NZSA 2025 Youth Mentorships announced

New Zealand Society of Authors logo. Tuesday, 20 May 2025
The New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa has announced the recipients of the NZSA 2025 Youth Mentorship Programme. The four secondary school students selected for...

Le wins NSW Literary Book of the Year Award

36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem by Nam Le cover. Monday, 19 May 2025
The winners of the 2025 NSW Literary Awards have been announced. Nam Le's poetry collection 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem (Scribner) won the overall $10,000 Book of the...

SLV hosts World of the Book exhibition

SLV logo. Monday, 19 May 2025
State Library Victoria (SLV) has announced the 20th anniversary World of the Book exhibition, to open from 31 May 2025. The exhibition will include three new artefacts, including a medieval...

Production company Somesuch launches publishing imprint

Use the Words you Have cover. Monday, 19 May 2025
In the UK, production company Somesuch has announced the launch of its new publishing imprint, Somesuch Editions. Founder Tim Nash said: ‘As a film production company, storytelling has always been...

BookPeople 2025 Bookseller of the Year shortlists announced

Book people logo Monday, 19 May 2025
BookPeople has announced the shortlists for its 2025 Bookseller of the Year awards. The shortlisted booksellers include: BookPeople Hardie Grant Children's Publishing Bookseller of the Year Jennifer Jackson, Paper Bird...

Miles Franklin Literary Award 2025 longlist announced

The Miles Franklin 2025 longlist banner of covers. Thursday, 15 May 2025
The longlist for the 2025 Miles Franklin Literary Award has been announced. Longlisted titles for the $60,000 prize are: Chinese Postman (Brian Castro, Giramondo) The Burrow (Melanie Cheng, Text) Theory...

Ockham New Zealand 2025 Book Awards winners

The ockham new zealand book awards logo. Thursday, 15 May 2025
In Aotearoa New Zealand, the winners of the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards have been announced. The winning titles, chosen from shortlists announced in March, are: Jann Medlicott Acorn...

Gray, Master win humour writing prizes

Green Dot and Laughter is the Best Ending covers. Thursday, 15 May 2025
The NSW State Library has announced the winners of the 2025 Russell Prize for Humour Writing and the Humour Writing for Young People Award. Winners are: Russell Prize for Humour...

ALS Gold Medal 2025 longlist announced

Image of the ALS Gold Medal Thursday, 15 May 2025
The longlist for the 2025 Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal has been announced. Longlisted works are: 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem (Nam Le, Scribner) The Burrow (Melanie...

 

 

 

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