Evans, Doucet win 2026 Women’s Prizes
Monday, 15 June 2026
In the UK, the 2026 Women’s Prizes have been announced. US novelist Virginia Evans has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction for The Correspondent (Michael Joseph) and Canadian journalist Lyse...
Australians to speak at 35th International Publishers Congress
Monday, 15 June 2026
The International Publishers Association (IPA) has announced guest speakers for the 35th International Publishers Congress, which will be held from 5 to 9 July in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and hosted...
Book Club – this month’s reads
Friday, 12 June 2026
Looking for your next great group read? Our monthly Book Club rounds up new release titles perfect for sparking conversation and perhaps even some debate. From compelling fiction to thought-provoking...
Varuna announces First Nations fellowship
Thursday, 11 June 2026
Varuna, the National Writers’ House, has announced the recipients of the 2026 Copyright Agency First Nations Fellowship. This year’s recipients are: Gamilaraay and Yuwaalaraay journalist and industry professor Lorena Allam...
Allen & Unwin acquires Hannah Goldstein debut “Dream Girls”
Thursday, 11 June 2026
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to the debut novel Dream Girls by Hannah Goldstein, in a deal brokered by Rebecca Slater at a4 Literary. Inspired by Shakespeare’s...
Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund round 14 recipients announced
Thursday, 11 June 2026
Writers Victoria has announced the recipients of the 14th round of the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund. The 9 recipients – who will share the $50,595 in funding – are:...
Varuna announces 2026 Irish Lamplight Online Fellowship recipients
Thursday, 11 June 2026
Varuna, the National Writers’ House, has announced the selected writers for the 2026 International Lamplight Online Fellowship – Ireland, a 2-week online fellowship for published fiction writers under the combined...
Brooke Maddison wins 2026 Penguin Literary Prize for “Driftwood”
Thursday, 11 June 2026
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has announced that Driftwood by Brooke Maddison is the winner of the 2026 Penguin Literary Prize. Chosen from a shortlist of 6, Driftwood “explores how traumatic...
Giramondo acquires Amy Crutchfield’s “Asterion”
Thursday, 11 June 2026
Giramondo has acquired world rights to the poetry collection Asterion by Amy Crutchfield. Asterion is the follow-up to Crutchfield’s debut collection The Cyprian, which won the Prime Minister’s Literary Award...
Magabala Books acquires Bruce Pascoe’s “The European Mind”
Thursday, 11 June 2026
Magabala Books has acquired The European Mind: Colonialism, Capitalism, Christianity & How to Recover by Bruce Pascoe. Described by the publisher as the follow-up title to Pascoe’s Dark Emu, the...
Black Inc. acquires Don Watson book on Dezi Freeman
Wednesday, 10 June 2026
Black Inc. has acquired world rights to a nonfiction book by Don Watson on the case of Dezi Freeman that will build on the theme of Watson’s December 2025 article...
Vale Richard Scolyer
Wednesday, 10 June 2026
Pathologist, researcher and author Professor Richard Scolyer died on Sunday, 7 June 2026. Allen & Unwin writes: The hugely admired pathologist and researcher Professor Richard Scolyer, AO died on Sunday,...
Local translator on Voices of Today Literary Translation Prize
Wednesday, 10 June 2026
Brisbane-based translator Jenny Lu has been shortlisted for the inaugural Voices of Today Literary Translation Prize. Participants were invited to translate a substantial excerpt from the novel Salty Jokes by...
Writers among First Nations Arts d/Deaf and/or Disabilities Project Fund recipients
Wednesday, 10 June 2026
Writers are among the successful applicants to Creative Australia’s First Nations Arts d/Deaf and/or Disabilities Project Fund. Those to receive funding include: Sharleigh Crittenden, for the project “Developing Children of...
Creative Aus participation survey; SWF director steps down; King’s Birthday Honours
Wednesday, 10 June 2026
Creative Australia has released the results of the most recent National Arts Participation Survey; Sydney Writers’ Festival artistic director Ann Mossop will step down from her role; former Leading Edge...
Te Pae Tawhiti Awards 2026 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 10 June 2026
The shortlists for the Te Pae Tawhiti Awards for Aotearoa and Pasifika speculative fiction writers have been announced. The shortlisted works in each category are: Outstanding Achievement for Adult Novel...
New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2026 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 10 June 2026
The shortlists for the 2026 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have been announced. The shortlists in each category, chosen from 159 entries, are: BookHub Picture Book...
Text Publishing acquires “What Gentlemen Do” by Todd Babiak
Wednesday, 10 June 2026
Text has acquired ANZ rights to adult fiction What Gentlemen Do by Todd Babiak from Carolyn Buszynski at CookeMcDermid Agency in Canada. The “uplifting and outrageously funny story of a...
A Funny Thing Happened … with Robbie Swan and Fiona Patten
Wednesday, 10 June 2026
A sharp, darkly funny insider account of the sex industry’s collision with politics, censorship and everyday Australian life by Robbie Swan, a former national magazine editor turned political lobbyist for...
Rising Star Award for emerging Australian publishing talent – nomination deadline extended
Wednesday, 10 June 2026
Good news – there's still time to get your entries in for the 2026 Rising Star Award! We want to hear about the emerging talent who is quietly (or not...
Vendor manager (publishers), Melbourne
Wednesday, 10 June 2026
RMIT UP Overview Salary: $100,000 prorated + 12% superannuation Part time: 4 days a week, ongoing Work in a brand-new office building in Melbourne’s CBD on Franklin Street, within walking distance of...
Junior graphic designer, West Melbourne
Wednesday, 10 June 2026
Readings Junior Graphic Designer – (3 days/week) We’re looking for an early career designer to join our marketing team — working across digital, social, print, and signage assets, campaign production,...
Production manager, Leichhardt, NSW
Wednesday, 10 June 2026
Moore Street Media Moore Street Media is a dynamic, independent Australian Publisher (imprints include Rockpool, Gelding Street, Sweet Hearts, and Major Street Press). We are seeking an organized Production Manager...
Income tax returns and your Books+Publishing subscription
Wednesday, 10 June 2026
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...
Tell Me Something True (Michael Robotham, Hachette)
Tuesday, 9 June 2026
Love, loss, heartbreak and murder in a small Australian town.
“Hellions” wins 2026 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction
Tuesday, 9 June 2026
Julia Elliott has won this year’s Carol Shields Prize for Fiction for her short story collection Hellions (Tin House). The prize jury, made up of Carmen Maria Machado (chair), Ivan...
Anna Fienberg, Datsun Tran on 2026 IBBY Honour List
Tuesday, 9 June 2026
IBBY Australia has announced its 2026 selection for the biennial IBBY Honour List: for writing, Anna Fienberg’s Picasso and the Greatest Show on Earth (Allen & Unwin, 2023), and for illustration,...
UQP acquires Tim Loveday’s “your father was a bastard”
Tuesday, 9 June 2026
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to your father was a bastard, the debut poetry collection by Naarm-based poet and academic Tim Loveday. According to the publisher,...
A&U acquires artist biography by Andrew Bailey
Tuesday, 9 June 2026
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this article contains the name of a deceased person. Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to the nonfiction title...
Junior Book Club – this month’s reads
Friday, 5 June 2026
Searching for your next great read to share with kids? Our Junior Book Club highlights new titles each month that are perfect for classrooms, libraries and family reading time. From...
