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A&U acquires new Moule fiction

Tuesday, 30 September 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to The Mother of All Calamities by Lisa Moule, in a deal brokered by Samuel Bernard at the Zeitgeist Agency. The Mother...

Stella Day Out announces new Melbourne event

Tuesday, 30 September 2025
Literary organisation Stella has announced a second Stella Day Out event in Melbourne. The evening event is set to take place on 28 October at Quest NewQuay in the Docklands,...

Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2025 winners announced

Monday, 29 September 2025
Writing Australia has announced the winners of the 2025 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. Chosen from shortlists announced in August, the winners are: Fiction Theory & Practice (Michelle de Kretser, Text)...

Stella Day Out Aireys Inlet program revealed

Monday, 29 September 2025
Literary organisation Stella has announced the evening program for its Stella Day Out event in Aireys Inlet, Victoria, to take place on 15 November 2025 at the Aireys Inlet Community Centre....

Bakers Lane Books acquires Drum’s YA novel

Monday, 29 September 2025
Bakers Lane Books has acquired world rights to Don’t Forget to Remember Me, a YA debut by Annie Drum, via Sally Bird of Calidris Literary Agency. According to the publisher,...

Anderson wins 2025 Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers

Monday, 29 September 2025
Susie Anderson has won the 2025 Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers for her short story ‘The Claimant’. Presented by Overland, the award offers a $5000 cash prize and...

Keri Hulme Award 2025 finalists announced

Monday, 29 September 2025
The Māori Literature Trust Te Waka Taki Kōrero has announced the finalists for the 2025 Keri Hulme Award, which recognises ‘the contributions of mid-career Māori writers who exemplify the values...

Queensland Literary Awards 2025 winners announced

Monday, 29 September 2025
The winners of the 2025 Queensland Literary Awards have been announced. Amy McQuire has won the $30,000 Queensland Premier’s Award for a Work of State Significance for Black Witness (UQP)....

Aotearoa New Zealand publishers represented at Frankfurt

Monday, 29 September 2025
Six publishers are exhibiting at the Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF) as part of the Aotearoa New Zealand collective stand. The stand will be managed by Publishers Association of New Zealand...

MidnightSun Publishing acquires Madsen’s ‘Animal Force’

Thursday, 25 September 2025
MidnightSun has acquired world rights to Animal Force, a junior fiction novel written by Cerise Madsen and illustrated by Sally Heinrich. According to the publisher, Animal Force centres on twins Leo and...

Stella Day Out Ballarat program announced

Thursday, 25 September 2025
Literary organisation Stella has announced the evening program for its Stella Day Out event in Ballarat, Victoria, to take place on 5 November at the Ballarat Mechanics Institute. The first...

Little Big Sky acquires Baker’s picture books in four-book deal

Thursday, 25 September 2025
Little Big Sky has acquired world rights to Calm Your Farm and I Love to Draw by Dale Baker in a four-book deal, marking the imprint's first acquisition since launching this year....

Stella Day Out to host Hobart events

Tuesday, 23 September 2025
Literary organisation Stella has announced the program for its second Hobart event, running 26 September at the University of Tasmania. Michelle de Kretser, the 2025 Stella Prize winner, will discuss...

UQP acquires O’Keeffe’s third novel

Tuesday, 23 September 2025
The University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to Angela O’Keeffe’s third novel, Phanton Days, via Martin Shaw Literary. In this forthcoming novel, the story is narrated from...

Pink Shorts Press acquires Crisp’s first nonfiction title

Tuesday, 23 September 2025
Pink Shorts Press has acquired Pearls, a collection of essays by Tracy Crisp. According to the publisher, Pearls is a collection of ‘coming-of-middle-age’ memoir essays, ‘drawn from a series of...

Baker’s ‘Sight Lines’ wins best book at PANZ Book Design Awards

Monday, 22 September 2025
The winners of the 2025 New Zealand Te Rau o Tākupu Publishers Association (PANZ) Book Design Awards have been announced. Chosen from finalists announced in July, the winners are: Gerard...

Hachette acquires Carmody’s dystopian romantasy

Monday, 22 September 2025
Hachette Australia has acquired The Shadows that Listen, a debut dystopian romantasy by Louisa Carmody, in a deal brokered between Hachette head of fiction Rebecca Saunders and C&W Agency, after...

Pink Shorts Press acquires ‘Scared Angry Laughing’ by Merrilees

Monday, 22 September 2025
Pink Shorts Press has acquired Scared Angry Laughing, a nonfiction title by Margaret Merrilees. Scared Angry Laughing is a creative memoir essay collection, said the publisher. ‘These pieces speak to...

DARTS and MDA announced the Luminas honours program

Monday, 22 September 2025
Diversity Arts Australia (DARTS) and Media Diversity Australia (MDA) have announced the Luminas, a national honours program recognising and celebrating ‘the trailblazers transforming Australia’s cultural and media landscapes’. The Luminas categories, to...