Lu awarded 2025 Miles Franklin Literary Award
Thursday, 24 July 2025
Siang Lu has won the 2025 Miles Franklin Literary Award, worth $60,000, for his novel Ghost Cities (UQP). Lu is an author based in both Brisbane, Australia, and Kuala Lumpur,...
George Robertson Award 2025 winners
Thursday, 24 July 2025
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the 2025 winners of the George Robertson Award. The recipients, chosen by the APA board of directors, are: Penny Evershed (head of supply...
Larrikin acquires McKerrow’s middle-grade novel
Thursday, 24 July 2025
Larrikin House has acquired world rights to Grave Robbing and Other Curious Activities, a middle-grade novel by Joel McKerrow. Described by the publisher as ‘heart-racing, spine-tingling and poetic’, the story...
Text acquires Tolich’s debut romcom
Wednesday, 23 July 2025
Text Publishing has acquired world rights to debut romcom Side Character Energy by Olivia Tolich, in a deal brokered by Martin Shaw at Shaw Literary. Side Character Energy follows character...
Black Inc. 25 years on: ‘From inside the local scene’
Wednesday, 23 July 2025
Based in Melbourne on land belonging to the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, Black Inc. was founded in the year 2000 and is an independent publisher of nonfiction and...
HarperCollins acquires Crunchyroll’s French/German manga operations
Wednesday, 23 July 2025
In the US, HarperCollins has announced the acquisition of the manga publishing operations of entertainment company Crunchyroll in France and Germany, reported Publishers Weekly (PW). The deal is subject to...
Somerset Storyfest announces 2025 regional program
Wednesday, 23 July 2025
Youth literary festival Somerset Storyfest has announced its regional touring program for 1–16 September 2025, traveling beyond its base on the Gold Coast, Queensland, to the towns of St George,...
Larrikin acquires Kelly debut picture book
Wednesday, 23 July 2025
Larrikin House has acquired world rights to Celebration Festival, a debut picture book by Alysia Kelly, illustrated by Ruth-Mary Smith. The publisher described the title as a resource aimed at...
Stella Day Out to host evening in Darwin
Wednesday, 23 July 2025
Literary organisation Stella has announced an inaugural Darwin Stella Day Out event, set to take place on 13 August in partnership with the Darwin Festival. At the evening event, author...
Stella Day Out to host evening in Sydney
Wednesday, 23 July 2025
Literary organisation Stella has announced an evening edition of its Stella Day Out program, to take place in Sydney on 14 August in partnership with Western Sydney University. Featured authors...
Mudgee Readers’ Festival announces 2025 program
Wednesday, 23 July 2025
Mudgee Readers’ Festival (MRF) has announced its full 2025 program, set to run 15–17 August. Over 25 writers will appear over three days, including Chris Hammer, Victoria Purnam, Sara M...
PANZ Book Design Awards 2025 finalists announced
Wednesday, 23 July 2025
The finalists in the 2025 New Zealand Te Rau o Tākupu Publishers Association (PANZ) Book Design Awards have been announced. Finalists in each category are: Penguin Random House New Zealand...
Zoë Rankin on ‘The Vanishing Place’
Tuesday, 22 July 2025
Zoë Rankin’s ‘near-flawless’ debut, The Vanishing Place (Moa Press, September), is described by Books+Publishing reviewer Tara Lee as ‘a sad girl novel wrapped in a family saga and delivered as...
Zoë Rankin recommends
Tuesday, 22 July 2025
Charlotte McConaghy is my favourite author, and I would give Wild Dark Shore six out of five stars. It is an exquisitely written book that champions the natural world and...
Plunkett, Brooker named new ABR editors
Tuesday, 22 July 2025
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced the appointments of critics Felicity Plunkett and Ben Brooker to the roles of poetry editor and arts editor respectively. Plunkett is a poet and critic...
US print book sales decline in first half of 2025
Tuesday, 22 July 2025
Print book sales in the United States have declined by 1.6% in the first half of 2025, compared to the same period last year, reported Publishers Weekly (PW) earlier this...
Aotearoa New Zealand Book Industry Awards 2025 winners announced
Tuesday, 22 July 2025
The winners of the 2025 Aotearoa New Zealand Book Industry Awards have been announced by Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand and the Publishers Association of New Zealand/Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ)....
A&U acquires Ronald’s second romcom
Tuesday, 22 July 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Power Moves, Leesa Ronald’s second romcom novel. In Power Moves, ‘a workaholic communications staffer is determined to guide her beloved boss to...
PRH acquires Noni’s fantasy series
Tuesday, 22 July 2025
Penguin Random House (PRH) has announced the forthcoming publication of Shadow Reaper, a new fantasy series from YA author Lynette Noni, previously acquired in a three-book deal, via Jennifer Azantian...
Stella Day Out announces Canberra program
Tuesday, 22 July 2025
Stella has announced a date and full program for its upcoming Stella Day Out event in Canberra. Stella Day Out is a free one-day literary festival that ‘celebrates and promotes...
Hodder & Stoughton closes Coronet
Monday, 21 July 2025
In the UK, Hachette division Hodder & Stoughton has announced the closure of fiction and nonfiction imprint Coronet, reported the Bookseller. Four staff members have been made redundant as a result....
S&S acquires Reynolds’ memoir
Monday, 21 July 2025
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired world rights for the memoir On My Own Terms by Adam Reynolds, via agent Steve Gillis. According to the publisher, the memoir tracks Reynolds'...
Magabala announces First Nations romance anthology
Monday, 21 July 2025
Magabala Books has announced a call for submissions for a First Nations romance anthology, to be edited by Ambelin Kwaymullina, Melanie Saward and Kate Cuthbert. According to the publisher, the...
2025 Faber Writing Academy alumni award latest recipients
Monday, 21 July 2025
Faber Writing Academy (FWA) has announced Amanda Maxwell and Fliss Goldstein, writing as AJ Lyndon, as the second round winners of the 2025 FWA Alumni Award. In total, six graduates...
Phillip Island Festival of Stories announces 2025 program
Monday, 21 July 2025
Phillip Island Festival of Stories, which runs 25–27 July, has announced its full program. Among the headliners are Peter Greste, Candice Fox, Jane Caro, Paul Bangay, Alice Zaslavsky and Foong...
A&U acquires Heath’s ‘Kill Your Boss’
Monday, 21 July 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to Jack Heath’s crime novel, Kill Your Boss, via Alexandra Christie from Curtis Brown Australia. Detective Sergeant Kiara Lui returns for a...
Scribble acquires Busuttil Nishimura’s picture book debut
Monday, 21 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...
Pantera acquires ‘Juicy’ memoir by Joseph
Monday, 21 July 2025
Pantera Press has acquired world rights for the memoir Juicy: How to Live a Life in the Wreckage of Expectations by debut Lebanese-Australian author Sheree Joseph, in a two-book deal...
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...
