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Stella Day Out to host Brisbane events

Monday, 11 August 2025
Literary organisation Stella has announced the program for its Stella Day Out Brisbane event, set to take place on 13 September 2025 at Avid Reader in West End. Two sessions...

Book Club – this month’s reads

Friday, 8 August 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 to...

Byrne appointed director of Writing Australia

Thursday, 7 August 2025
Creative Australia has announced Wenona Byrne as the director of Writing Australia. Byrne was appointed acting director of Writing Australia on 1 July 2025 and was previously the head of...

NZ Coalition for Books strategic plan report

Thursday, 7 August 2025
In Aotearoa New Zealand, the Coalition for Books has released the Mahi Tahi Work Together: A Strategic Plan for the Aotearoa New Zealand Book Sector 2025–2030, which is the culmination...

Productivity Commission report; El-Zein wins National Biography Award; PANZ Publishing Market Size Report

Wednesday, 6 August 2025
Headlining the news this week, the Australian government Productivity Commission’s (PC) current Harnessing Data and Digital Technology inquiry released an interim report, which called for feedback on ‘the issue of copyrighted materials...

UQP acquires Vucic debut poetry collection

Wednesday, 6 August 2025
UQP has acquired world rights to After War, the debut poetry collection from Dženana Vucic. After War is ‘a memoiristic poetry collection which unfurls from the dislocating trauma of the Bosnian...

The Farm

Wednesday, 6 August 2025
An eerie psychological thriller, rippling with the Gothic undertones of Rebecca. The Farm enthrals from the very first page. When 37-year-old Leila suffers a health tragedy, she doesn't recover as quickly as she expected. Her...

Baking and the Meaning of Life (Helen Goh, Murdoch)

Tuesday, 5 August 2025

Island Readers and Writers Festival announced

Tuesday, 5 August 2025
The inaugural Island Readers and Writers Festival will be held in Nipaluna / Hobart on 29 May–1 June 2026. Produced by literary organisation and magazine Island, the festival is accepting...

Together We Read online bookclub announces 2025 title

Tuesday, 5 August 2025
Together We Read AU has announced that the fifth annual online bookclub, running 12–26 August 2025, will read Smoke by Michael Brissenden (Affirm). Smoke can be downloaded via the Libby App, which...

Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award 2025 shortlist announced

Tuesday, 5 August 2025
The shortlist for the 2025 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award, worth $50,000, has been announced by the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies at James Cook University (JCU). Chosen from...

A&U acquires Hone guide to surviving loss

Tuesday, 5 August 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world English rights to How Will I Ever Get Through This? by Lucy Hone, in a deal brokered by Catherine Drayton at InkWell Management....

Nib Literary Award 2025 longlist announced

Tuesday, 5 August 2025
The longlist for the 2025 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award, worth $40,000, has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Australian Gospel (Lech Blaine, Black Inc.) Black Convicts: How...

Port Fairy Literary Weekend announces program

Monday, 4 August 2025
Port Fairy Literary Weekend, which runs 12–14 September, has announced its full program. Headliners include Helen Garner, Jock Serong, Emily Maguire, Sharmini Kumar and Jayne Tuttle. The festival will open...

Stella Day Out announces Melbourne program

Monday, 4 August 2025
Literary organisation Stella has announced the program for its Stella Day Out Melbourne event, set to take place on 18 August at the Queen Victoria Women's Centre. Three sessions have...

BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival program announced

Monday, 4 August 2025
BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival, running 11–13 September, has launched its 2025 program. Among the headliners are Michael Robotham, Candice Fox, Jane Caro and Gary Jubelin. The program will feature...

Larrikin House acquires Hayward’s picture book

Monday, 4 August 2025
Larrikin House has acquired world rights to What Can I Get For Mother’s Day?, a picture book written by Renae Hayward and illustrated by Susan Joy Lu. According to the...

Transit Lounge acquires Hinton’s second crime novel

Monday, 4 August 2025
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to SD Hinton’s new crime novel, Inlet Bridge, via Sarah McKenzie Literary Management. ‘The inspiration for Inlet Bridge came in two parts,' said Hinton....

Junior Book Club – this month’s reads

Friday, 1 August 2025
Searching for your next great read to share with kids? Our Junior Book Club highlights 10 new titles each month that are perfect for classrooms, libraries and family reading time....

El-Zein wins 2025 National Biography Award

Friday, 1 August 2025
Bullet, Paper, Rock: A Memoir of Words and Wars (Abbas El-Zein, Upswell) has won the 2025 National Biography Award. El-Zein wins $25,000, while the other shortlisted authors receive $2000 each. Bullet,...

Morsi wins 2025 Dorothy Hewett Award

Thursday, 31 July 2025
Mohammed Massoud Morsi has won the 2025 Dorothy Hewett Award for his unpublished fiction manuscript The Hair of the Pigeon. Chosen from a shortlist of six, Morsi receives a publishing...

Sharman wins 2025 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize

Thursday, 31 July 2025
Victorian writer Tara Sharman has won the 2025 Australian Book Review (ABR) Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize ($6000) for ‘Shelling’. At 22, Sharman is the youngest recipient in the prize's...

Sam Quyên Huỳnh wins SLQ 2025 Young Writers Award

Thursday, 31 July 2025
The State Library of Queensland (SLQ) has announced Sam Quyên Huỳnh as the winner of the 2025 Young Writers Award. Huỳnh, 21,wins $2000, a membership with Queensland Writers Centre (QWC)...

Griffith Review 2025 Emerging Voices competition winners

Thursday, 31 July 2025
Griffith Review has announced the winners of its 2025 Emerging Voices competition, which seeks ‘fiction and creative nonfiction that reflect new ideas, fresh voices and bold perspectives’. The winners, chosen...

Morgan wins 2025 Mallinson Rendell Illustrators Award

Thursday, 31 July 2025
The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi has announced Josh Morgan (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rongowhakaata, Te Whānau-a-Kai) as the 2025 Mallinson Rendel Illustrators Award recipient. The 2025 selection panel, which included illustrator...

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