Aurealis Awards 2024 winners announced
Monday, 5 May 2025
The winners of the 2024 Aurealis Awards have been announced. Winning titles in each category, chosen from shortlists announced in April, are: Best fantasy novel Thoroughly Disenchanted (Alexandra Almond, Voyager) Best science...
WestWords acquires Curic debut novel
Monday, 5 May 2025
WestWords Books has acquired world rights to debut novel Sing to Me by Jelena Curic. ‘Sing to Me tells the story of Pero, a Croatian immigrant, father, husband, musician, and philanderer...
The Age Book of the Year 2025 shortlists announced
Thursday, 1 May 2025
The shortlists for the 2025 Age Book of the Year awards have been announced. Shortlisted works in each category are: Fiction The Burrow (Melanie Cheng, Text) This Kingdom of Dust (David...
Tonelli appointed publisher at Walker Books
Thursday, 1 May 2025
Walker Books has announced the appointment of Eve Tonelli to the role of publisher, Australia and New Zealand, replacing Clare Hallifax, who had worked in the role since 2021. Tonelli...
Global Book Crawl a ‘success’ in Australia
Thursday, 1 May 2025
From 21 to 27 April, bookstores in the Blue Mountains, Hobart, Melbourne, Mornington Peninsula, Newcastle, Sydney and North East Victoria took part in the Australian arm of the Global Book...
Melbourne Books acquires women’s cricket nonfiction title
Thursday, 1 May 2025
Melbourne Books has acquired world rights to Full Corset and Stockings: A History of Women’s Cricket by historian and musician Craig Horne. 'Full Corset and Stockings details the history of women’s cricket...
Eagle Books acquires Dubosarsky short story collection
Thursday, 1 May 2025
Eagle Books (an imprint of Christmas Press) and Roffo Court Press (in the UK) have jointly acquired world rights to Life and Breath, a collection of short stories for upper...
A&U acquires Trip in a Van’s Bucket List Experiences
Thursday, 1 May 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Trip in a Van’s Bucket List Experiences by Bec and Justin Lorrimer. ‘After seven years of full-time travel in their van with...
black&write! shortlist announced
Wednesday, 30 April 2025
The State Library of Queensland (SLQ) has announced the shortlist for the 2025 black&write! Writing Fellowships. The shortlisted authors are: Marilyn ‘Marly’ Hooper, for the children's novel ‘Moodu Gutta Will...
Cultivate 2025 winners announced
Tuesday, 29 April 2025
Writing NSW has announced the winners of the 2025 Cultivate Mentorship Program for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Emerging Writers. The annual program was developed by Writing NSW to 'help build equity and diversity...
Sheppard wins 2025 McCraith House Residency
Tuesday, 29 April 2025
Blak & Bright Festival has announced performing artist and creator Jackie Sheppard as the recipient of its 2025 McCraith House Residency. The festival said in its announcement: ‘Based in Naarm,...
Wright to leave Puncher & Wattmann
Tuesday, 29 April 2025
Ed Wright has resigned as publishing director of Puncher & Wattmann, after seven years in the role. Joining Puncher & Wattmann in 2015 as fiction editor, Wright became a co-owner...
Open Book 2025 interns announced
Monday, 28 April 2025
The successful interns for the 2025 Open Book: Australian Publishing Internship have been announced. Chosen from over 450 applications, the 2025 interns and their placements are: Olivia De La Mare...
New residency launched for Aotearoa writers
Monday, 28 April 2025
Volunteer-run regional storytelling organisation In Other Words, Ōtaki (IOWŌ) / Kia rerekē te hua is launching a five-place residency pilot program. Based in Ōtaki, on the Kāpiti Coast in regional Aotearoa New Zealand,...
Sir Julius Vogel Award 2025 winners announced
Monday, 28 April 2025
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Association of New Zealand Inc. (SFFANZ) has announced the winners of the 2025 Sir Julius Vogel Awards. This year's winners include: Best novel Echoes of...
Magi Pictures acquires Judy Nunn’s ‘Khaki Town’
Monday, 28 April 2025
Magi Pictures has acquired the rights to Khaki Town by Judy Nunn (Penguin) via Karen Reid of Reid Books. 'Set in 1942 Townsville, North Queensland, this murder mystery unveils a...
Perentie Press launches graphic novel prize
Monday, 28 April 2025
New Australian publisher Perentie Press has announced the Perentie Prize for a graphic novel manuscript. Calling for text-only manuscripts for graphic novels, Perentie Press has opened the prize to junior...
Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival 2025 program announced
Tuesday, 22 April 2025
Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival has announced this year's program, which will run from 9–11 May in the Aotearoa New Zealand town of Featherston, north of Wellington. The festival is ‘a celebration...
Books Alive expands to Palmerston North
Tuesday, 22 April 2025
This year, Books Alive will expand to Palmerston North, the fourth regional centre to participate in the Aotearoa New Zealand program. The one-day event currently runs in Christchurch, Wellington and...
ILF announces new Talent Pathways Program
Tuesday, 22 April 2025
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) has announced the inaugural Talent Pathways Program. The two-year pilot program aims to 'prepare and equip First Nations participants to use their creative skills within...
Local authors on 2025 CWA Daggers longlists
Tuesday, 22 April 2025
Several Australia-based and Aotearoa New Zealand-based authors have been longlisted for the UK Crime Writers’ Association’s (CWA) 2025 Dagger Awards. The local longlisted authors are: Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Sanctuary...
A&U acquires The Australian Wars
Tuesday, 22 April 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to The Australian Wars, edited by Rachel Perkins, Stephen Gapps, Mina Murray and Henry Reynolds. The book will be drawn from Blackfella...
State Library NSW announces refurbishment, temporary closures
Wednesday, 16 April 2025
The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) has announced a refurbishment of their Macquarie Street building. The Macquarie Street building — including the Bashir Reading Room, Library bookshop and...
Aurealis Awards 2024 finalists announced
Tuesday, 15 April 2025
The 2024 finalists for the Aurealis Awards, which recognise 'the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror writers', have been announced. Awards are presented across 15 categories. The finalists...
Global Book Crawl attracts over 60 Australian bookstores
Tuesday, 15 April 2025
The Australian arm of the Global Book Crawl – an international initiative to ‘unite independent bookshops worldwide in a celebration of local literature, community, and culture’ – will include more...
2025 Speculate Prize for Emerging Writers longlist announced
Tuesday, 15 April 2025
The Emerging Writers' Festival (EWF), in partnership with RMIT, has announced the longlist for the 2025 Speculate Prize for Emerging Writers. The prize is open to any short work from...
PRH acquires Carter middle-grade series
Tuesday, 15 April 2025
Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia has acquired ANZ rights for Reece Carter's new middle-grade series The Nightmare League, in a six-publisher auction brokered by Gemma Cooper from Gemma Cooper Literary....
NT Writers Festival announces 2025 program
Tuesday, 15 April 2025
The Northern Territory Writers Festival (NTWF) has announced its 2025 program, which will run 29 May–1 June on Arrernte Country, Mparntwe/Alice Springs. Events will take place outdoors at the Olive...
Atria Books acquires debut Peppernell novel
Tuesday, 15 April 2025
Atria Books Australia has acquired world rights (ex North America) to poet Courtney Peppernell's debut novel, The Last Poem. 'Bestselling author and poet Wren Paisley is a mess after the...
Regional shortlist released for 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Tuesday, 15 April 2025
Three Aotearoa New Zealand writers and three Australian writers are among the finalists for the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. The writers shortlisted for the Pacific region are: ‘Crab Sticks...
