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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

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...

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...

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 2025 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...

 

 

 

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