Production controller, Melbourne
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Hardie Grant Publishing Hardie Grant is a leading Australian independent publisher, specialising in illustrated non-fiction, fiction, kids, travel and lifestyle titles, complemented by a dynamic portfolio of overseas publishers. Reporting...
Back at Bologna in person for networking, insights and ‘the inevitable spritz and gelato!’
Tuesday, 18 March 2025
Berbay Books founder and publishing director Alexandra Yatomi-Clarke is set to visit Bologna for the 12th time. ‘Bologna is a key event on our calendar,’ she says. ‘For me, it’s...
American Library Association condemns ‘White House assault’ on library services agency
Tuesday, 18 March 2025
In the US, the American Library Assocation (ALA), EveryLibrary, ‘and other organisations and individuals have rushed to defend’ the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), an organisation the Trump...
Local authors on 2025 British Book Awards shortlists
Tuesday, 18 March 2025
Local authors Madeleine Gray, Oliver Jeffers and Sarah A Parker have been shortlisted as part of the 35th British Book Awards (also known as The Nibbies). Works by Gray and...
Tasmania Reads 2025 events announced
Monday, 17 March 2025
Tasmania Reads will be held in libraries and partner organisations across the state 23–29 March 2025, and will include the launch of a new Writers’ Room at the State Library...
Auckland Writers Festival announces 2025 program
Monday, 17 March 2025
Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi O Tāmaki has announced its 2025 program, to be held in Tāmaki Makaurau 13–18 May. Close to 50 international participants and more than 170 Aotearoa New...
Penguin Literary Prize 2025 shortlist announced
Thursday, 13 March 2025
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has announced the shortlist for the 2025 Penguin Literary Prize. The shortlisted manuscripts are: ‘The Fear of Empty Spaces’ by Rachel Bowman (Brisbane, Qld) –...
Fagan wins 2025 Gordon Burn Prize
Thursday, 13 March 2025
In the UK, Jenni Fagan has won the 2025 Gordon Burn Prize, worth £10,000 (A$20,566), for Ootlin (Hutchinson Heinemann). Selected from a shortlist of five that included Lucia Osborne-Crowley’s The Lasting...
Hussein named 2025 Kat Muscat Fellow
Thursday, 13 March 2025
Express Media and the Kat Muscat Custodial Committee have announced Adalya Nash Hussein as the 10th and final Kat Muscat Fellow. Selected from a shortlist of three, Hussein is a...
Sector gender pay gaps released; Australia Reads announces LitUp; ABDA longlists revealed
Wednesday, 12 March 2025
The Australian Government’s Workplace Gender Equality Agency has published data on gender pay gaps for the second year in a row, indicating that many large publishing houses continue to have...
Amazon Australia: ‘We’re very optimistic about the next five years’
Wednesday, 12 March 2025
In the lead-up to the 2025 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA), Books+Publishing is in conversation with the event's major sponsors about the status of the industry, what excites them about the...
Change for The Experiment
Wednesday, 12 March 2025
Publisher: The Experiment Old distributor: Affirm Press New distributor: WW Norton Changeover date: 1 April 2025 Returns cut-off: 31 March 2026 Contact: grace.breen@affirmpress.com.au
Carnegie 2025 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 12 March 2025
In the UK, the shortlists for the Carnegie Medal for Writing and the Carnegie Medal for Illustration have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are: The Carnegie Medal...
The House of My Mother by Shari Franke
Wednesday, 12 March 2025
Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke is streaming now on Disney+. The House of My Mother from eldest daughter Shari Franke, is the shocking true story behind...
ABIA early bird tickets are open now!
Wednesday, 12 March 2025
Early bird tickets are open now! Get ready to celebrate another year of exceptional talent and creativity in the book sector at the Australian Book Industry Awards 2025! The Australian...
Nominations open for ABIA Hall of Fame Pixie O’Harris Award
Wednesday, 12 March 2025
The Pixie O’Harris Award recognises dedication to Australian children’s literature. It is awarded to publishers, editors, creators, booksellers, publicists and other industry representatives who have worked consistently in the field...
Children’s Publisher, New South Wales
Wednesday, 12 March 2025
Walker Books Children’s Publisher role We are currently looking for a publisher with a bold creative vision and proven experience in leading a publishing team to join us in Sydney....
2025 Voss Literary Prize Now Open
Wednesday, 12 March 2025
The Australian University Heads of English and the estate of Vivian Robert de Vaux Voss are pleased to call for nominations to the tenth annual Voss Literary Prize. The prize,...
Publicist – part-time, New South Wales
Wednesday, 12 March 2025
Rockpool Publishing Rockpool is looking for a part-time book publicist to work on our list of titles for local and international markets. You will have 2+ years’ experience focusing on...
Without Question
Wednesday, 12 March 2025
When Bella finds two faded photographs in a dead man’s wallet, she must unlock a web of secrets. Bella confronts dark forces across the globe, in a quest to reveal...
The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins Available Now
Wednesday, 12 March 2025
From the bestselling author of The Let Them Theory, The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins is available now from Post Hill Press. To order, please contact your Simon &...
The Australian Fiction Prize entries open
Wednesday, 12 March 2025
The Australian and HarperCollins Australia announce that entries are now open for The Australian Fiction Prize, an annual prize for an unpublished, book-length work of fiction, open to all Australians....
US bookselling: ABA responds to criticism, B&N employees ratify union contracts
Tuesday, 11 March 2025
At the 2025 Winter Institute booksellers event in the US, several bookstore owners ‘once again protested the [American Booksellers Association (ABA)] board’s failure [to] take a clear stance on Israel’s...
Morton wins 2025 UQP Quentin Bryce Award
Thursday, 6 March 2025
UQP has announced Rachel Morton as the winner of the 2025 UQP Quentin Bryce Award, worth $5000, for her novel The Sun Was Electric Light. The award, which recognises The...
Nero Gold, Audie award winners announced
Thursday, 6 March 2025
In London, Maurice and Maralyn: An Extraordinary True Story of Shipwreck, Survival and Love by Sophie Elmhirst (Vintage), has won the 2024 Nero Gold Prize, worth £30,000 (AU$60,948), reports the...
Australian Book Design Awards 2025 longlists announced
Thursday, 6 March 2025
The longlists for the 2025 Australian Book Design Awards, presented by the Australian Book Designers Association (ABDA), have been announced. The longlisted titles in the first three categories, and the emerging...
Staff wins 2025 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship
Wednesday, 5 March 2025
Feminist historian Michelle Staff has been announced as winner of the 2025 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship, worth $20,000, at a ceremony at Adelaide Writers’ Week. Staff was awarded the fellowship...
Preliminary data shows 6.5% increase in US book sales
Wednesday, 5 March 2025
In the US, Publishers Weekly (PW) reports that, ‘preliminary data for the full year indicates that publishing industry sales increased 6.5% over 2023’, to US$14.18 billion (A$22.65b). The increase comes despite the...
Books+Publishing reviews gain support from Cultural Fund
Wednesday, 5 March 2025
In 2025 for the first time, Books+Publishing’s pre-publication reviews program is being supported by the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund. This is the ideal time to revisit the reviews, their purpose,...
‘Amma’ longlisted for 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction
Wednesday, 5 March 2025
In the UK, Sri Lankan Pākehā writer Saraid de Silva’s novel Amma has been longlisted for the 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction. Published in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand by...
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