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...
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...
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...
‘It’s About More Than Just Funding’: A New Approach on what else governments can do
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
Australian arts and culture think tank A New Approach (ANA) has released a report titled ‘Government, Culture and Creativity: It’s About More Than Just Funding’. This is the 15th report...
France: Tax AI to pay cultural remunerations
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
In France, a new senate report has suggested taxing artificial intelligence suppliers in order to remunerate the cultural sector, should current strategies fail, reported the Bookseller. Negotiations between AI suppliers...
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...
ABIA winner profile: Potts Point Bookshop
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
Following on from the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) in early May, Books+Publishing (B+P) reached out to the industry winners to ask them about their challenges, the goals and what...
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...
McGraw Hill files for public offering
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
Educational publisher McGraw Hill has filed a prospectus with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission to go public, reported Publishers Weekly yesterday. According to Publishers Weekly, the initial share price is...
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...
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