NT Book Awards 2026 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 26 August 2026
The shortlists for the NT Book Awards have been announced. Shortlisted titles in each category are: Fiction Moonlight and Dust (Jasmin McGaughey, Allen & Unwin Children’s) A Piece of Red...
Allen & Unwin acquires Kylie Mansfield’s “The Storyteller of Wyld Hall”
Wednesday, 26 August 2026
Allen & Unwin has acquired ANZ and Oceania rights to debut historical novel The Storyteller of Wyld Hall and a second book by Kylie Mansfield from Tara Wynne of Curtis...
Indigenous Literacy Day 2026 to feature film, music and book launch
Wednesday, 26 August 2026
This year’s Indigenous Literacy Day (ILD) will take place next Wednesday 2 September under the theme “Country Is Our Teacher”. An event at the Sydney Opera House on the day,...
NT History Book Award 2026 finalists announced
Wednesday, 26 August 2026
Library & Archives Northern Territory (LANT) has announced the finalists for the 2026 NT History Book Award. The finalists are: Clever Men (Martin Thomas, Allen & Unwin) Sex and Savagery...
Perentie Press acquires inaugural graphic novel prize winner
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
Perentie Press has acquired the winner of its inaugural Perentie Prize for a graphic novel. The prize winner, Violet Bloom: Alien Spy, is a standalone, middle-grade graphic novel written by DC...
Paragraph Fellowship 2026 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
The shortlist for the 2026 Paragraph Fellowship, which will this year award two fellows, has been announced. Shortlisted authors, their works and the judges’ comments are: Jumaana Abdu for “Delusions”:...
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2026 program announced
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival has announced its full program, which will run from 21 to 25 October in Ubud, Indonesia. This year's festival is set to feature over 150...
Peter Carey debut “Bliss” to be adapted for television
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
BBC Studios Australia Productions is developing a television series adaptation of Peter Carey’s first novel, Bliss (Penguin). The novel, which was first published in 1981 and won the Miles Franklin...
Over 40 organisations awarded Writing Australia funding
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
Over 40 local literary organisations have been awarded funding from Writing Australia. Fifteen publishers have been awarded more than $2.2 million in funding from Writing Australia’s Australian Publishing and Promotion...
ADS: Backordered stock to begin arriving “in coming week”
Monday, 24 August 2026
Hachette Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand and its distribution operation Alliance Distribution Services (ADS) have announced that they expect booksellers to begin receiving backordered stock “over the coming week” after...
Publication of Isaac Heeney title suspended
Monday, 24 August 2026
Allen & Unwin has confirmed it has paused promotion of a children’s book series by Isaac Heeney, one of five Sydney Swans AFL players suspended by the club in connection...
Te Pae Tawhiti Awards 2026 winners announced
Monday, 24 August 2026
The winners of the inaugural Te Pae Tawhiti Awards for Aotearoa and Pasifika speculative fiction writers have been announced. The winning works in each category, selected from shortlists announced in...
University of Queensland Press acquires “Searching for Starwings” by Sandy Bigna
Monday, 24 August 2026
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to Searching for Starwings, the second verse novel by Sandy Bigna, in a deal brokered by Danielle Binks of Jacinta Dimase Management....
Ngaio Marsh Award Best Novel 2026 longlist announced
Monday, 24 August 2026
The longlist for this year’s Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel, which celebrates Aotearoa New Zealand crime, mystery and thriller writing, has been announced. Longlisted titles are: Lucky Thing (Tom...
Inaugural ConSYDeration program launched
Monday, 24 August 2026
Sydney Speculative Scribes and WestWords have partnered to launch ConSYDeration 2026, a speculative writers’ convention, scheduled to run from 11 to 13 September. The inaugural event will enable “speculative fiction...
CBCA 2026 Book of the Year Award winners announced
Friday, 21 August 2026
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced the winners of the 2026 CBCA Book of the Year Awards. The CBCA shadow judging winners – titles chosen by 332 groups of children...
Christmas 2026 preview: Biography and memoir
Friday, 21 August 2026
With the festive season approaching, Australian publishers have highlighted their top titles for the Christmas selling period for the Books+Publishing Christmas Preview. To view their top picks in the biography...
Ned Kelly Awards 2026 best debut crime fiction shortlist announced
Thursday, 20 August 2026
The Australian Crime Writers Association has announced the 2026 Ned Kelly Awards shortlist for best debut crime fiction. The shortlisted titles, selected from 160 entries, are: The Butterfly Women (Madeleine...
OzLit releases inaugural festival line-up
Thursday, 20 August 2026
OzLit, the new London festival of Australian writing and ideas, has unveiled its inaugural line-up for the event on 18 October, reports the Bookseller. Authors due to appear include Tim Winton,...
Local author Eva Frances wins two Romance Writers of America awards
Thursday, 20 August 2026
Australian author Eva Frances has won two Diamond Heart Awards, presented by the Romance Writers of America for her debut novel, The Next Round (self-published). The Next Round won both the...
NSW History Awards 2026 shortlists announced
Thursday, 20 August 2026
The State Library of NSW (SLNSW) has announced the shortlists for the 2026 NSW History Awards. The shortlisted works across 6 categories, selected from 208 overall entries, are: Australian History...
Christmas 2026 preview: General nonfiction
Thursday, 20 August 2026
With the festive season approaching, Australian publishers have highlighted their top titles for the Christmas selling period for the Books+Publishing Christmas Preview. To view their top picks in the general...
Text acquires Melanie Skyers debut novel
Thursday, 20 August 2026
Text Publishing has acquired world rights to Belly-Heart, a debut novel by Melanie Skyers, via Jane Novak at Jane Novak Literary Agency. The publisher said that Belly-Heart is “the story...
“A Guide to Rocks” named Book of the Year at 2026 NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults
Thursday, 20 August 2026
The winners of the 2026 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have been announced, with author Sacha Cotter and illustrator Josh Morgan (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rongowhakaata) winning the...
UK booksellers seek tax relief as part of high street revival
Wednesday, 19 August 2026
In the UK, more than 200 independent booksellers have called on the government to give small bookshops the same business rates relief as pubs, reports the Bookseller. In July, Prime...
ACT writers call out funding cut
Wednesday, 19 August 2026
Sydney Writers’ Festival has appointed Tamara Zimet as the new artistic director; MARION has said that “literature funding in the region is in crisis” after ACT government cut funding by...
PRH acquires “A Classified Affair” by Chloe Hooper
Wednesday, 19 August 2026
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired ANZ rights to the novel A Classified Affair by Chloe Hooper. PRH said that A Classified Affair takes place in 1979 Britain following...
MARION reports reduction in funding
Wednesday, 19 August 2026
ACT literary development organisation MARION has said that “literature funding in the region is in crisis” after having its requested government funding “cut by 35%”. “Literature accounts for less than...
Perentie Press announces Graphic Folk list and first title
Wednesday, 19 August 2026
Perentie Press has launched the new list Graphic Folk for graphic novel adaptations of fairytales and folktales from around the world. The first title of the list will be Strawberries...
Christmas 2026 preview: Illustrated nonfiction
Wednesday, 19 August 2026
With the festive season approaching, Australian publishers have highlighted their top titles for the Christmas selling period for the Books+Publishing Christmas Preview. To view their top picks in the illustrated...
