Publishers’ picks: Australian fiction
Thursday, 5 March 2026
Debuts, literary heavyweights and genre standouts: Australian fiction publishers bring a wide-ranging list to LBF. International Anneliz Marie Erese Black Inc. March 2027 Rights contact: Sophy Williams at Black Inc....
Publishers’ picks: Australian nonfiction
Thursday, 5 March 2026
Leadership, loneliness, conservation and resilience: Australian nonfiction publishers are spotlighting big ideas at LBF. Foreign Return: On Art and Inhabitation Neha Kale NewSouth Publishing September 2026 Rights contact: Harriet McInerney...
Award-winning Aussie authors
Thursday, 5 March 2026
Since the previous edition of Think Australian, Australian authors have been making shortlists, longlists and winning awards – both in Australia and overseas – with fiction, poetry and nonfiction for...
‘Why I’ll be at LBF’: Meet the Australians attending in 2026
Thursday, 5 March 2026
Meet the Australian visitors attending LBF this year. University of Queensland Press (UQP) UQP rights and contracts manager Erin Sandiford will be talking with international publishers about a range of...
ASAL 2026 fellows announced
Thursday, 5 March 2026
The Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) has announced its two writers’ fellowships for 2026 in association with the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund. This year’s fellows are: Western...
Australian bestsellers in 2025
Thursday, 5 March 2026
Top 10 Australian adult fiction bestsellers Last One Out (Jane Harper, Pan Macmillan), 112k Gravity Let Me Go (Trent Dalton, HarperCollins), 75k Mad Mabel (Sally Hepworth, Pan Macmillan), 63k The...
Summit acquires Coper’s “Angertainment”
Thursday, 5 March 2026
Summit Books Australia has acquired ANZ rights to Angertainment: How Social Media Outrange Ruined Everything by political communications specialist Ed Coper. “Rage-bait – the 2025 Word of the Year –...
McConaghy longlisted for 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction
Thursday, 5 March 2026
Local author Charlotte McConaghy is on the longlist for this year’s UK-based Women’s Prize for Fiction. McConachy’s Wild Dark Shore (Penguin) “expertly conveys the awe-inspiring majesty of the extreme climate...
Natalie Kon-yu and Emily Booth on the “unintended knock-on effects” of publishing diversity initiatives
Wednesday, 4 March 2026
Researchers Natalie Kon-yu and Emily Booth recently released an academic paper titled "We Don't Want to Hear Anything Else from You: Culturally 'Diverse' Authors and the Australian Literary Industry" in...
UNESCO Cities of Literature Fellowship announced
Wednesday, 4 March 2026
The Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature Office has announced a new $15,000 fellowship for researchers, writers, artists and creative practitioners from other UNESCO Cities of Literature. The fellowship is part...
A&U acquires Moss’s solo YA novel
Wednesday, 4 March 2026
Allen & Unwin has acquired ANZ rights to Tamara Moss’s YA murder mystery, Five Voices, in a deal negotiated at auction by Jill Grinberg and Sam Farkas at Jill Grinberg Literary...
Wiley acquires Zahner’s social media critique
Wednesday, 4 March 2026
Wiley has acquired world rights to Real: Reconnecting to Yourself in a World of Likes and Lies by Alexis Zahner. Drawing on the author’s own experience as well as psychological research...
Booktopia: “Books have always been more than products”
Wednesday, 4 March 2026
In the lead-up to the 2026 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs), Books+Publishing is inviting the event's major sponsors to share little-known facts about their organisations, their top tips for booksellers...
Transit Lounge acquires Thompson novel
Wednesday, 4 March 2026
Transit Lounge has acquired world rights to Karenlee Thompson’s novel Notes from the White Room through NAC Literary Agency. The novel follows Hunter, “a lost soul searching for her missing...
Ockham 2026 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 4 March 2026
The shortlists for this year’s Ockham New Zealand Book Awards have been announced. The titles in each category are: Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction All Her Lives (Ingrid Horrocks,...
Multilingual bookshop enterprise leader, New South Wales
Wednesday, 4 March 2026
Lost In Books We are searching for an entrepreneurial, determined and creative leader of the LIB social enterprise to: operate a successful retail operation online, growing revenues and expanding revenue...
Voss Literary Prize 2026
Wednesday, 4 March 2026
The Australian University Heads of English and the estate of Vivian Robert de Vaux Voss are pleased to call for nominations to the thirteenth annual Voss Literary Prize. The prize,...
Allen & Unwin no longer supplying Greg Haddrick’s In the Dead of Night
Wednesday, 4 March 2026
For legal reasons, Allen & Unwin is no longer supplying 9781761068485 In the Dead of Night in Australia, in advance of the retrial of Greg Lynn for the murder of...
Marketing specialist (12 months maternity cover), Melbourne
Wednesday, 4 March 2026
Wiley We have an exciting opportunity for a creative and driven marketing professional to make a real impact in publishing. If you have experience in content, digital or trade marketing...
Publicist, New South Wales
Wednesday, 4 March 2026
Penguin Random House Penguin Random House seeks an enthusiastic Publicist for our Launch team in North Sydney. Join our creative and collaborative environment at one of Australia’s dynamic publishers. Responsibilities:...
Merchandise planning manager, New South Wales
Wednesday, 4 March 2026
Dymocks Dymocks has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Merchandise Planning Manager to join our National Merchandise team. This newly created role is based at our Head Office in Sydney’s...
Special sales manager children’s, Melbourne
Wednesday, 4 March 2026
Simon & Schuster Join Simon & Schuster Australia to lead the sales and profit strategy for our premier children’s lists across School, Library, and Trade channels. This Melbourne-based hybrid role...
Booking coordinator, Melbourne
Wednesday, 4 March 2026
Booked Out Agency Booked Out Speakers Agency is looking for a Booking Coordinator to handle speaker bookings 4 days per week. The Booking Coordinator will be responsible for arranging public...
Wilkinson Publishing
Tuesday, 3 March 2026
Laugh-out-loud comics by a dynamic duo, heartwarming adventures and the return of an Aussie classic – discover a collection of books that will open up new worlds for kids, families...
Two Milligan novels optioned for TV
Tuesday, 3 March 2026
Allen & Unwin has optioned Louise Milligan’s crime novels Pheasants Nest and Shellybanks (both A&U) for screen adaptation by Ambience Entertainment. Pheasants Nest (2024) follows the abduction of journalist Kate Delaney...
Inaugural Fearless Prize goes to Perkins for “New Growth”
Tuesday, 3 March 2026
Bakers Lane Books has awarded its inaugural Fearless Prize to journalist Miki Perkins for her debut novel, New Growth. Perkins receives a $10,000 advance and publication of the novel. The...
Hachette acquires Sunday’s “Kill to Love”
Tuesday, 3 March 2026
Hachette Australia has acquired world rights to the novel Kill to Love by Penny Sunday after a 2-book auction with 5 bidders, in agent Chloe Berry’s first print deal since...
Cannon leaves Monash University Publishing
Tuesday, 3 March 2026
Senior marketing coordinator Sarah Cannon is leaving Monash University Publishing after 21 years. Cannon, who has 35 years’ experience in publishing, joined Monash at the press's inception in 2004. “Since that time,”...
Christmas Press acquires Cullen middle-grade novel
Monday, 2 March 2026
Christmas Press has acquired world rights in The Secret of Panther Valley, a mystery/adventure novel for middle-grade readers by author Brenton Cullen, via Debbie Golvan of Golvan Arts Management. Staying...
“Security Questions” wins Poetry in Translation Prize
Monday, 2 March 2026
Osdany Morales’s Security Questions, translated from the Spanish by Harry Bauld, is the inaugural winner of the Poetry in Translation Prize, co-awarded by Giramondo. Shortlisted under the translated title of...
