Indigenous Literacy Foundation rebrands
Thursday, 17 July 2025
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) has launched a new brand identity, slogan and logo. The rebrand reflects ‘community-led values, celebrates First Nations storytelling and honours the diverse cultures and Communities...
Gippsland Writers Festival releases 2025 program
Thursday, 17 July 2025
The Gippsland Writers Festival, formerly known as StoryFest, has released its 2025 program. The festival, which runs 1–3 August in Yarram, will open with ‘You are Here’, a conversation featuring...
Te Pae Tawhiti Awards launched for spec fic writers
Thursday, 17 July 2025
Speculative Fiction Writers of New Zealand (SpecFicNZ) has launched the Te Pae Tawhiti Awards for Aotearoa and Pasifika speculative fiction writers. The awards will aim to spotlight local writers and...
Nolan joins A&U
Thursday, 17 July 2025
Emma Nolan will be joining Allen & Unwin as publisher in September. Most recently commercial nonfiction publisher at Simon & Schuster where she published works by Sam Kerr, Eddie Betts,...
2025 Ngaio Marsh Award Best Novel longlist announced
Thursday, 17 July 2025
The longlist for this year’s Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel, which celebrates Aotearoa New Zealand crime, mystery or thriller writing has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Return to...
PRH acquires Thian’s YA in two-book deal
Thursday, 17 July 2025
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired Dear Campus Cupid by Aurelne Thian, in a two-book deal brokered by Danielle Binks from Jacinta di Mase Management. According to the publisher, Dear...
Scribble acquires Busuttil Nishimura’s picture book debut
Thursday, 17 July 2025
Scribble has acquired world rights to Sundays Under the Lemon Tree written by Julia Busuttil Nishimura and illustrated by Myo Yim, via Busuttil Nishimura's agent Alexandra Neville. Scribble has also...
Melbourne Books acquires Entrecôte cookbook
Thursday, 17 July 2025
Melbourne Books has acquired world rights to Entrecôte by restaurant owner Jason M Jones. Jones is the owner of the titular Melbourne restaurant in Prahran that describes itself as ‘a renaissance...
Varuna announces 2025 Writer’s Space Online Fellowship recipients
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
Varuna, the National Writers’ House has announced the recipients of its 2025 Writer’s Space Online Fellowships. The fellowship recipients are: Beth Atkinson-Quinton Alison Evans Martina Kontos William Uy Vu Le R...
2025 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize longlist announced
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
Australian Book Review has announced the longlist for the 2025 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize. The longlisted works are: ‘A Good Clean Death’ by Lachlan Alexander (Vic) ‘Alone’ by Lorraine...
Vale Jess Knight
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
Writer, poet and artist Jess Knight has died at the age of 42. Ultimo publishing director Robert Watkins writes, I had the inestimable honour of working with Jessica Knight on...
Hepworth’s ‘The Soulmate’ adapted for TV
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
Production company Made Up Stories (Nine Perfect Strangers, Strife) is set to produce a television adaption of The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth (Macmillan). Executive producers for the series will include...
Words in Winter 2025 festival program launched
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
The Words in Winter festival has announced its full 2025 program, which will run 22–21 and 29–31 August on Dja Dja Wurrung country, across Daylesford and Hepburn Springs, Victoria. The...
PRH Write It fellowship shortlist announced
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has announced the shortlist for the 2025 Write It fellowship. The shortlisted writers are: Ceilidh Newbury for ‘Skates, Dates, and Other Deadly Weapons’ (young adult...
PRH launches children’s bookseller grant
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has announced a $200,000 grant for booksellers working to improve reading rates among younger readers. The Penguin Children’s Bookseller Grant is open to bookstores with...
WORD Christchurch 2025 program announced
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
WORD Christchurch Festival, which will run this year 27–31 August, has announced its full program. With the theme ‘Share the Joy of Words’, this year's program includes over 90 writers...
Johnson wins 2025 Indigenous Writer’s Mentorship
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
Writing NSW and Text Publishing have announced Yasmin Johnson as the 2025 winner of the Indigenous Writer's Mentorship for her nonfiction manuscript exploring intergenerational storytelling set in Palm Island. A...
Davitt Awards 2025 shortlists announced
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
Sisters in Crime has announced the shortlists for the 2025 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. The shortlisted titles in each category are: Adult novels Highway...
Varuna Climate Fellowship 2025 recipients announced
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
Varuna, the National Writers’ House has announced six recipients of the 2025 Varuna Climate Fellowships. The 2025 fellowship recipients are: Cynthia Banham Jo Chandler Lauren Fuge Lesley Head Patrick Lau...
UWAP acquires collection of Nyangumarta children’s stories
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
University of Western Australia Publishing (UWAP) has acquired world rights to Stories About Fire, Wind, the Moon and Other Dreamings – Warinypa wariny Mangunyjaja muwarr wirlarrapa wangalpa wika by Solomon...
Aotearoa Booksellers Choice Award 2025 finalists announced
Monday, 14 July 2025
Booksellers NZ has announced the finalists for the 2025 Booksellers' Choice Awards. Voted on by Aotearoa's booksellers, the finalists are: Adult Award Amma (Saraid de Silva, Moa Press) The Bookshop Detectives:...
Text acquires ‘The Mushroom Tapes’ by Garner, Hooper and Krasnostein
Monday, 14 July 2025
Text Publishing has acquired The Mushroom Tapes written by Helen Garner, Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein. ‘[Garner, Hooper and Krasnostein] joined the media scrum at the Latrobe Valley Law Courts,...
Creative Futures Fund recipients announced
Monday, 14 July 2025
Creative Australia has announced the latest recipients of funding from its Creative Futures Fund. An ‘initiative of the Australian Government’s National Cultural Policy Revive’, the Creative Futures Fund ‘supports the...
Parramatta’s Lit! festival launched
Monday, 14 July 2025
The Sydney Fringe Festival has announced Parramatta’s Lit!, a new writer-led literary festival as part of Sydney Fringe. The festival, which will run through September, will celebrate Parramatta’s authors, publishers...
Hill of Content book chain: ‘thousands’ of books moved
Monday, 14 July 2025
Last week, Melbourne bookshop Hill of Content which, after 103 years at its current location is moving 130m up Bourke Street, used a human chain to move books from the...
Creative Victoria latest funding recipients
Monday, 14 July 2025
Creative Victoria has announced the latest recipients of funding from its Creative Projects Fund. One hundred and fifteen Victorian creators have shared in $1.5m of funding which ‘Victorian artists, creative...
UQP acquires new Riwoe novel
Monday, 14 July 2025
The University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to A Short History of Longans, a new novel by Mirandi Riwoe, through Pippa Masson at Curtis Brown. The novel...
Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award 2025 longlist announced
Thursday, 10 July 2025
The Foundation for Australian Literary Studies (FALS) has announced the longlist for the Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award, worth $50,000. The 10 longlisted titles, chosen from over 200 entries,...
Vale David Glasheen
Thursday, 10 July 2025
Businessman and author David Glasheen has died at the age of 81. Affirm Press writes: Affirm Press is deeply saddened by the passing of David Glasheen, author of the incredibly...
National Biography Award 2025 shortlist announced
Thursday, 10 July 2025
The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) has announced the shortlist for the $25,000 National Biography Award. The shortlisted works, selected from 103 entries, are: Bullet, Paper, Rock: A...
