Tuesday, 24 February 2026
“Brilliant” young writers' works shortlisted In the UK, the Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year shortlist has been announced, reported BookBrunch yesterday. The £10,000 (A$19,119) award is...

Thursday, 19 February 2026
The Irish book trade contributes €189 million (A$316 million) to the Irish economy, the annual Irish Book Trade Conference has been told, with sales revenue rising in 2025 compared to...

Monday, 16 February 2026
In the UK, nearly 40 members of the Independent Publishers Guild (IPG) have written to leading generative AI companies flagging potential legal action in response to alleged copyright infringement, reports...

Thursday, 12 February 2026
In the UK, the 2026 longlist for the Women’s Prize for Nonfiction, worth £30,000 (A$57,360), has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Daughters of the Bamboo Grove (Barbara Demick, Text) The...

Monday, 9 February 2026
In the UK, Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) has launched 3 imprints “as part of a branding refresh [...] under the new leadership of managing director Ruth Alltimes”, reported the Bookseller....

Thursday, 5 February 2026
In the UK, Victoria Pepe has been appointed publishing director of a new Simon & Schuster UK (S&S) digital-first imprint to be launched later this year, reports the Bookseller. Pepe,...

Tuesday, 3 February 2026
In the US, Simon & Schuster announced job cuts early last week followed by further unspecified cuts later in the week, reports Publishers Weekly (PW). In the first round of...

Monday, 2 February 2026
Bloomsbury Publishing has announced a new office, Bloomsbury Singapore, “from which to publish for the exploding number of university students in Asia”, reports Bookbrunch. “The early focus of the Singapore...

Thursday, 22 January 2026
In the UK, Waterstones has reported a 7% increase in annual sales for the financial year ending 3 May 2025, reports the Bookseller. Sales were up from £528.4 million (A$1.05...

Thursday, 15 January 2026
In the UK, the winners of the Nero Book Awards have been announced, representing “the very best in literary craft and storytelling, offering readers a wide range of voices and...

Thursday, 11 December 2025
In international news, Public Lending Rights International (PLRI) has been announced as a “formal international association” of organisations managing or distributing public lending rights payments to authors, illustrators, translators and...

Monday, 8 December 2025
UK bookselling chain Waterstones would stock books created by generative AI if customers wanted them and they were clearly labelled, reported the Bookseller. But it is “something that we would...

Tuesday, 25 November 2025
In the UK, parliament’s education committee has launched an inquiry into how reading can be nurtured following the decline in the number of children reading for pleasure, reported the Bookseller....

Tuesday, 18 November 2025
In the UK, the National Literacy Trust (NLT) has highlighted an “urgent need to broaden our understanding of literacy in the digital age” in a new paper, reported the Bookseller yesterday....