British Book Award winners announced
Wednesday, 14 May 2025
The winners of the 35th British Book Awards, also known as The Nibbies, have been announced. The evening included two special awards: an award for Social Impact presented to Kate...
US Library of Congress – further strife
Wednesday, 14 May 2025
Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights and director of the US Copyright Office, has also been fired by the Trump administration, reported Publishers Weekly (PW). This follows the firing of US Librarian...
Lubrin wins Carol Shields Prize
Tuesday, 13 May 2025
Canisia Lubrin is the 2025 winner of the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction for her novel Code Noir (Soft Skull). Chosen from a shortlist of five, Lubrin receives US$150,000 (A$236,675)...
US Librarian of Congress fired
Monday, 12 May 2025
In the US, the Trump administration has fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, effective 8 May, reported Publishers Weekly (PW). PW also reported that ‘no reason for Hayden's removal was...
BIBF to increase focus on academic publishing
Wednesday, 7 May 2025
The Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF), running 18–22 June 2025, will increase its focus on academic publishing with a new conference in partnership with the International Association of Scientific, Technical...
Pulitzer Prize winners announced
Tuesday, 6 May 2025
In the US, the winners of the 2025 Pulitzer Prizes have been announced. The winners in the book categories are: Fiction James (Percival Everett, Mantle) Nonfiction To the Success of...
US fiction writing school launches US$100k prize
Monday, 5 May 2025
New York-based online fiction writing school The Novelry has launched a US$100,000 (A$155,276) competition, called The Next Big Story. Open to unrepresented adult writers residing in the United States, United...
UK: Children’s reading report presented to Parliament
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
In the UK, 'Turning the Page: A Plan to Revive Children's Reading for Enjoyment', a joint Publishers Association/All-Party Parliamentary Group on Publishing report, was launched in Parliament, reports Book Brunch. The...
Nada wins 2025 International Prize for Arabic Fiction
Tuesday, 29 April 2025
Mohamed Samir Nada has won the 18th International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF), worth US$50,000 (A$77,800), for his novel The Prayer of Anxiety (Masciliana). The Prayer of Anxiety was chosen...
Rio de Janeiro named 2025 World Book Capital
Monday, 28 April 2025
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has named Rio de Janeiro as the 2025 World Book Capital. 'UNESCO and the World Book Capital Advisory Committee commended Rio...
2025 Prix Voltaire shortlist announced
Thursday, 24 April 2025
The International Publishers Association (IPA) has announced the 2025 shortlist for the Prix Voltaire. Announced at the Festival du Livre de Paris, this year's shortlist includes: Mohamad Hadi, Dar Al...
2025 Publishing Triangle Awards Winners announced
Tuesday, 22 April 2025
In the US, the Publishing Triangle, an association of LGBTQ+ people in publishing, has announced winners for the 2025 Publishing Triangle Awards. The awards honour 'the best LGBTQ+ books published...
Carol Shields Prize for Fiction 2025 shortlist revealed
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
The 2025 shortlist for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction has been announced. Shortlisted titles are: All Fours (Miranda July, Canongate) Code Noir (Canisia Lubrin, Soft Skull) Liars (Sarah Manguso,...
American Library Association releases 2024’s 10 most challenged books
Tuesday, 15 April 2025
In the US, National Library Week (NLA) has concluded after a week celebrating the ‘essential role that libraries, along with library professionals and workers, play in changing people’s lives and...
‘Small Rain’ named 2025 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
Monday, 14 April 2025
Garth Greenwell’s Small Rain (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) has been selected as the winner of the 2025 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, worth US$15,000 (A$23,771). Small Rain was chosen from a shortlist...
Women’s Prize announces ‘one-off’ Outstanding Contribution Award
Thursday, 10 April 2025
In the UK, the Women's Prize Trust has announced the Women’s Prize Outstanding Contribution Award, a 'one-off literary honour' to be awarded to a living female author 'in recognition of...
International Booker Prize 2025 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 9 April 2025
In the UK, the shortlist for the 2025 International Booker Prize, worth £50,000 (A$107,528), has been announced. Chosen from a longlist of 16, the titles in the running for this...
US tariffs exempt books ‘for now’
Tuesday, 8 April 2025
While US President Donald Trump's implementation of new tariffs has impacted a range of countries and goods, ‘at least for now, books have fared well,’ reports Publishers Weekly. 'Since Trump's...
NaNoWriMo shuttered
Monday, 7 April 2025
Nonprofit organisation NaNoWriMo has announced its closure, reports Publishers Weekly. NaNoWriMo interim executive director Kilby Blades announced the closure via YouTube. Publishers Weekly noted that this decision 'follows a period of...
2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist announced
Thursday, 3 April 2025
In the UK, the 2025 shortlist for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, worth £30,000 (A$62,328), has been announced. The six shortlisted titles, chosen from a longlist of 16, are: All...
Brunet wins 2025 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
French author Marion Brunet has won the 2025 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, worth 5 million SEK (A$794,966), reports Publishers Weekly. Judges made note of Brunet's settings, ‘a fiercely pulsating present with...
PRH 2024 results: 8.5% sales increase
Tuesday, 1 April 2025
Worldwide sales at Penguin Random House (PRH) increased by 8.5% and profits rose 11.3% in 2024, due to higher book prices, the continuing strength of the audiobook market, and higher...
Women’s Prize for Nonfiction 2025 shortlist announced
Monday, 31 March 2025
In the UK, the 2025 shortlist for the Women’s Prize for Nonfiction, worth £30,000 (A$61,725), has been announced. Shortlisted titles are: A Thousand Threads (Neneh Cherry, Fern Press) The Story...
2025 Dublin Literary Award shortlist announced
Thursday, 27 March 2025
Six novels have been shortlisted for the 2025 Dublin Literary Award. The prize, which is the 'world's most valuable annual prize for a single work of fiction published in English'...
Canadian booksellers, publishers lobby against tariffs
Wednesday, 26 March 2025
In Canada, booksellers are asking Prime Minister Mark Carney to exclude books from the 25% counter-tariffs due to take effect on 2 April, covering C$125 billion (A$139 billion) worth of...
2025 Windham-Campbell recipients announced
Tuesday, 25 March 2025
The recipients of the 2025 Windham-Campbell Prizes, each worth US$175,000 (A$278,529), have been announced, reports Publishers Weekly. This year’s winning writers are Sigrid Nunez (US) and Anne Enright (Ireland) for...
Emma Lowe named LBF director
Monday, 24 March 2025
In the UK, Emma Lowe has been announced as the new director of the London Book Fair (LBF). Former director Adam Ridgway was appointed last year to succeed Gareth Rapley....
Spotify launches indie author platform
Thursday, 20 March 2025
Streaming platform Spotify has announced a new short-form genre publishing initiative 'specifically targeting self-published authors', reports Publishers Weekly. 'This is a global program, and any author with an English-language short-form...
Baker wins 2024 Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
In the UK, Harriet Baker has won the £10,000 (A$20,365) Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award for Rural Hours (Allen Lane), a biography of Virginia Woolf,...
American Library Association condemns ‘White House assault’ on library services agency
Tuesday, 18 March 2025
In the US, the American Library Assocation (ALA), EveryLibrary, ‘and other organisations and individuals have rushed to defend’ the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), an organisation the Trump...
