The Booksellers Association of Aotearoa New Zealand announces Bookshop Day
Monday, 8 September 2025
The Booksellers Association of Aotearoa New Zealand has announced that national Bookshop Day will run on Saturday 11 October 2025, to encourage readers to celebrate their local bookstores. This year’s...
Meanjin literary journal to close on ‘financial grounds’
Thursday, 4 September 2025
Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) has withdrawn funding to quarterly literary journal Meanjin, forcing the journal to close. In a statement, Melbourne University professor and MUP chair, Warren Bebbington, said, ‘This...
Hachette announces 2025 Book Haul
Thursday, 4 September 2025
Hachette has announced Harry Hartog Carindale as the location for its 2025 Hachette Book Haul. This is the third iteration of the competition, which will take place on Love Your...
NYWF announces 2025 program
Thursday, 4 September 2025
The National Young Writers’ Festival (NYWF) has announced its 2025 program, running 2–5 October on the land of the Awabakal and Worimi peoples in Newcastle, NSW. To open the festival...
Tasmanian Writers and Illustrators Mentorship Program 2025 recipients announced
Thursday, 4 September 2025
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced the 2025 Tasmanian Writers and Illustrators Mentorship Program recipients. The writer recipients are: Fiction Bev Goldfarb for ‘Legacy’ Ellie Campbell for ‘Billie...
Canberra Writers Festival 2025 program announced
Thursday, 4 September 2025
The program for this year’s Canberra Writers Festival (CWF), running 22–26 October 2025, has been announced. International guests include Griffin Dunne, Eric Puchner, Cheng Lei, Sophie Gilbert and Omar El...
Roper on 2025 Cundill History Prize shortlist
Wednesday, 3 September 2025
Australian historian and author Lyndal Roper has been named on the 2025 Cundill History Prize shortlist. The prize, worth US$75,000 (A$115,137), aims to highlight ‘books that uncover neglected histories and...
ARA Historical Novel Prize 2025 longlists announced
Wednesday, 3 September 2025
The Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA) has announced the longlists for the 2025 ARA Historical Novel Prize. Longlisted titles are: Adult category All the Bees in the Hollows (Lauren Keegan,...
Time to Write announces Paragraph Fellowship shortlist
Wednesday, 3 September 2025
Time to Write has announced the shortlist for the 2025 Paragraph Fellowship, worth $25,000. The six shortlisted writers and the working titles of their entries are: Alan Fyfe for ‘The...
Hill’s ‘The Desert Knows Her Name’ to be adapted for film
Wednesday, 3 September 2025
Playwright, filmmaker and Wotjobaluk and Ngarrindjeri woman Tracey Rigney has acquired film rights to The Desert Knows Her Name (Affirm, 2024) by Lia Hills. Rigney acquired the rights through her...
Big Issue 2025 fiction edition released
Wednesday, 3 September 2025
The Big Issue has announced the authors chosen for its 21st annual fiction edition. The 2025 edition includes short stories from 11 writers. Stories were selected from more than 863 submissions,...
RMIT announces new non/fictionLab Graphic Storyteller Fellowship
Tuesday, 2 September 2025
RMIT has announced the inaugural non/fictionLab Graphic Storyteller Fellowship, a new fellowship for ‘established artists working broadly in the field of comics – graphic novel, manga, cartooning, nonfiction comics or...
Booktopia hosts book fair, raises $300,000 for Lifeline
Tuesday, 2 September 2025
Booktopia has raised over $300,000 for Lifeline during the online bookseller's inaugural book fair last week. During 23–24 August, Booktopia opened its Sydney warehouse to the public for the first time...
Neale wins 2025 Janet Frame Prize
Tuesday, 2 September 2025
Ōtepoti Dunedin novelist and poet Emma Neale has won the 2025 Janet Frame Prize, worth NZ$10,000. Neale is a freelance editor for publishers in Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia, as...
2025 Grieve Project longlist announced
Tuesday, 2 September 2025
The Hunter Writers’ Centre has announced the longlist for the 2025 Grieve Project, an annual competition for writing on grief and loss. Among longlisted entrants are: Poetry Anne Benjamin for...
Moss, Hess announced as 2025 LYBD ambassadors
Tuesday, 2 September 2025
BookPeople has announced authors Tara Moss and Megan Hess as the 2025 adult and children’s author ambassadors, respectively, for this year’s Love Your Bookshop Day (LYBD) campaign. As ambassadors, Moss...
Collicott wins 2025 Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize
Monday, 1 September 2025
Emma Collicott has been named the winner of the 2025 Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize, announced by the Margaret Mahy Estate, Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand and Little Moa. The judging panel...
A&U acquires Milligan’s second novel
Monday, 1 September 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Shellybanks by Louise Milligan, via Jeanne Ryckmans at Key People Literary Management. Returning to the world of Milligan’s debut Pheasants Nest, Shellybanks centres...
Full program announced for Ubud 2025
Monday, 1 September 2025
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival (UWRF) has announced the full line-up for its 2025 festival program, themed ‘Aham Brahmasmi: I Am The Universe’, which will run 30 October to 2 November...
Readings 2025 Children’s Fiction Prize
Monday, 1 September 2025
Readings has announced the shortlist for the 2025 Readings Children's Fiction Prize. The shortlisted titles are: Big Trouble with Angry Chairs (Lachlann Carter & Douglas Holgate, HGCP) Brightest Wild (Tania...
Readings 2025 Young Adult Prize shortlist
Monday, 1 September 2025
Readings has announced the shortlist for the 2025 Readings Young Adult Prize, for the best new contribution to Australian young adult literature. This year’s six shortlisted books are: Aisle Nine...
WestWords Varuna Emerging Writers Residency 2025 recipients
Monday, 1 September 2025
Varuna, the National Writers' House has announced the recipients of the 2025 WestWords Varuna Emerging Writers Residency. The four recipients are: Jasmine Baker for work on multiple projects including poetry,...
Oratia celebrates 25 years, launches Five Oceans imprint
Monday, 1 September 2025
Aotearoa New Zealand independent publisher Oratia Media has announced the launch of a new imprint, Five Oceans. The imprint will publish literary nonfiction and children’s books from ‘cultures whose works...
Fyfe wins ‘Book of the Year’ at 2025 WA Premier’s Book Awards
Monday, 1 September 2025
The winners of the 2025 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards have been announced. The awards, presented on 29 August at the State Library of Western Australia, included four new categories...
Recommended reads for Father’s Day
Friday, 29 August 2025
As Father’s Day approaches – one of the busiest times of the year for book sales – Books+Publishing reviews editor Jess Lomas highlights recent reviewer favourites that make perfect gifts...
Call for submissions: A how-to guide for responding to government
Thursday, 28 August 2025
In the wake of the Productivity Commission’s (PC) first report on AI, and its request for more industry contributions via submissions, Books+Publishing reached out to the Copyright Agency to help...
Ditmar Awards ballot announced
Thursday, 28 August 2025
The Ditmar subcommittee has announced the Ditmar Award ballot for works celebrating Australian science fiction. The shortlisted works include: Best Novel Blood Covenant (Alan Baxter, Cemetery Dance Publications) The Escher...
Sullivan named 2025–2028 Aotearoa New Zealand Poet Laureate
Thursday, 28 August 2025
Robert Sullivan (Ngāpuhi, Kāi Tahu) of Ōamaru has been named the Aotearoa New Zealand Poet Laureate for 2025–2028. Sullivan is a poet, writer, editor and academic, and the current president...
Northern Territory Literary Awards 2025 shortlists announced
Thursday, 28 August 2025
The Northern Territory Literary Awards 2025 shortlists have been announced. Chosen from over 240 entries, the shortlisted writers are: Brown’s Mart Theatre ($1000) Jada Alberts for ‘Black light’ Ryanna Clayton...
Roche wins 2025 Moth Short Story Prize
Wednesday, 27 August 2025
The Moth magazine has announced Australian author Clare Roche as the winner of the 2025 Moth Short Story Prize for ‘(Un)Tethered’. Roche will receive €3,000 (A$5376), and ‘(Un)Tethered’ will be...
