Monday, 22 September 2025
In the wake of ongoing threats to access to books in the US, Publishers Weekly (PW) has revived its ‘Freedom to Read’ issue. In a letter introducing the issue, PW...

Tuesday, 9 September 2025
In the UK, the inaugural winners of the PEN Presents x International Booker Prize have been announced, reported BookBrunch last night. Chosen from a shortlist of 12, the winning translators and their...

Monday, 8 September 2025
AI company Anthropic has agreed to pay US$1.5 billion (A$2.28b) to settle a class-action lawsuit by book authors who say the company took pirated copies of their works to train...

Tuesday, 2 September 2025
In the US, the National Endowment for the Arts’ (NEA) 2026 Creative Writing Fellowships have been cancelled, reported Publishers Weekly (PW). The annual endowments have historically offered grants up to...

Thursday, 28 August 2025
The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has announced its final publishing industry sales estimates for 2024. In 2024, total sales ‘rose 4.1%, to $32.5 billion (A$50b)’ from the 1281 publishers...

Monday, 25 August 2025
The Danish government announced it will abolish a 25% sales tax on books, ‘in an effort to combat a “reading crisis”’, reported the BBC. The move to abolish the tax...

Thursday, 21 August 2025
World of Books has announced the shortlist for the inaugural Sustainable Story Award. The shortlisted titles are: Fiction ‘AYAH’ (Annabelle Sami) ‘The First Years’ (Kate Evans) ‘Life or Death’ (Rebecca...

Thursday, 14 August 2025
In the UK, Oxford University Press has announced its annual results. The company reported a turnover of £796 million (A$1.65b), and a surplus from trading of £75m (A$156m), however when...

Tuesday, 12 August 2025
The Associated Press (AP) will stop publishing its weekly book reviews effective 1 September, reported Publishers Weekly (PW). In an email from AP global entertainment and lifestyles editor Anthony McCartney to...

Monday, 11 August 2025
In the US, HarperCollins parent company News Corp has announced its fourth quarter and annual results. The company reported that its book publishing division saw sales rise six percent for...

Thursday, 31 July 2025
Informa has published its half-year results, with the organisation reporting ‘20%+ reported revenue growth, increasing operating margins and confirming £150m of additional share buybacks,’ reported BookBrunch. In the report, the...

Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Hachette’s UK sales were up 4% in the first half of 2025, reported BookBrunch. Hachette UK CEO David Shelley said, ‘We’ve had an extremely strong first half in terms of...

Tuesday, 22 July 2025
Print book sales in the United States have declined by 1.6% in the first half of 2025, compared to the same period last year, reported Publishers Weekly (PW) earlier this...

Tuesday, 1 July 2025
In the UK, the Publishers Association (PA) has reported a 31% increase in audiobook sales in 2024. Spotify director of audiobook partnerships and licensing Duncan Bruce told BookBrunch, ‘We're seeing...