US tariffs exempt books ‘for now’
Tuesday, 8 April 2025
While US President Donald Trump's implementation of new tariffs has impacted a range of countries and goods, ‘at least for now, books have fared well,’ reports Publishers Weekly. 'Since Trump's...
Vale Andrew Krakouer
Tuesday, 8 April 2025
Australian rules footballer and author Andrew Krakouer has died. Magabala Books writes: Magabala Books is deeply saddened at the passing of Nyoongar and Yamatji man Andrew Krakouer, who authored with...
Rose Scott Women Writers Festival releases 2025 program
Tuesday, 8 April 2025
The 2025 Rose Scott Women Writers Festival will run 27–28 June in Sydney. This year's festival will open with Suzanne Chick discussing her newly released memoir, Searching for Charmian (Summit,...
A&U acquires new Mackay nonfiction
Tuesday, 8 April 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to a new nonfiction title, Just Saying, from author and social psychologist Hugh Mackay. Just Saying follows on from Mackay's 2024 release, The...
NaNoWriMo shuttered
Monday, 7 April 2025
Nonprofit organisation NaNoWriMo has announced its closure, reports Publishers Weekly. NaNoWriMo interim executive director Kilby Blades announced the closure via YouTube. Publishers Weekly noted that this decision 'follows a period of...
Vale Kerry Greenwood
Monday, 7 April 2025
Author Kerry Greenwood has died. Allen & Unwin writes: Allen & Unwin is grieving the loss of Kerry Greenwood who died on 26 March 2025 after a courageous battle with...
Frank Moorhouse Reading Room 2025 residents announced
Monday, 7 April 2025
Sydney Review of Books has announced the inaugural recipients of the Frank Moorhouse Reading Room writing residency. The incoming residents are: Lur Alghurabi Sam Elkin Thomas Moran Beejay Silcox Ali...
DANZ Children’s Book Award 2025 shortlists announced
Monday, 7 April 2025
The 2025 shortlists for the Australian School Library Association (ASLA) DANZ (Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand) Children’s Book Award have been announced. Chosen from previously announced longlists, shortlisted...
Inaugural Varuna Trans and Gender Diverse Fellowship recipients announced
Thursday, 3 April 2025
Varuna, the National Writers’ House has announced the inaugural recipients of the Varuna Trans and Gender Diverse Fellowship. The six inaugural recipients (and their manuscripts) are: Arani Ahmed, for ‘Needlework’...
Rodda, Whatley nominated for 2026 Hans Christian Andersen Awards
Thursday, 3 April 2025
Writer Emily Rodda and illustrator Bruce Whatley have been nominated by IBBY (the International Board on Books for Young People) Australia as the Australian candidates for the 2026 Hans Christian...
Words on the Waves announces dates, full program
Thursday, 3 April 2025
Words on the Waves has released its full program of events, to be held on NSW's central coast 28 May–1 June. The regional writers' festival, now in its fifth year,...
2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist announced
Thursday, 3 April 2025
In the UK, the 2025 shortlist for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, worth £30,000 (A$62,328), has been announced. The six shortlisted titles, chosen from a longlist of 16, are: All...
ABIA 2025 business award shortlists announced
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
Books+Publishing, in partnership with the Australian Publishers Association, has announced the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) 2025 business award shortlists. The ABIA 2025 business award shortlists are: Bookshop of the...
Thorpe-Bowker: ‘Having access to books wherever you might want them increases demand’
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
In the lead-up to the 2025 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs), Books+Publishing is in conversation with the event’s major sponsors about the status of the industry, what excites them about the future,...
Books Create Australia launches Election 2025 campaign
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
Books Create Australia has announced the launch of its Election 2025 campaign, calling on the incoming government to 'act to secure a reading future'. 'Fair policies and investment are vital...
Brunet wins 2025 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
French author Marion Brunet has won the 2025 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, worth 5 million SEK (A$794,966), reports Publishers Weekly. Judges made note of Brunet's settings, ‘a fiercely pulsating present with...
We Are the Stars becomes first nonfiction book to top Dymocks 101
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
Bookselling chain Dymocks has announced its 2025 Top 101 list, voted on by readers, with Gina Chick’s We Are the Stars (Summit) becoming the first nonfiction book to take the...
Mila’s Books wins 2025 Bologna Best Children’s Publisher, Oceania
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
Aotearoa New Zealand publisher Mila’s Books has won the 2025 Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publisher of the Year in the Oceania category, announced at the Bologna Children’s Book...
UQP acquires Caddy historical YA
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to Meg Caddy’s historical YA novel A Flash in the Dust, in a deal brokered by Abigail Nathan at Alex Adsett Literary....
Clunes Booktown 2025 – books, bands, and breaking records
Tuesday, 1 April 2025
Under blue skies and a hot sun, Clunes transformed into Booktown during the weekend of 22–23 March, welcoming about 10,000 visitors and a record 135 booksellers. Books+Publishing publishing director Kate...
PRH 2024 results: 8.5% sales increase
Tuesday, 1 April 2025
Worldwide sales at Penguin Random House (PRH) increased by 8.5% and profits rose 11.3% in 2024, due to higher book prices, the continuing strength of the audiobook market, and higher...
McGaughey joins B+P
Tuesday, 1 April 2025
Books+Publishing has appointed Jasmin McGaughey to the newly created position of editorial and production coordinator. McGaughey was a black&write! editor intern in 2019, and most recently held the role of editorial...
A&U acquires Payne memoir
Tuesday, 1 April 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Ride On by Michelle Payne with Angus Fontaine, in a deal brokered by Michael Rivette and Nanette Moulton at Rivette Moulton Broadbent. In...
QBD named in Deloitte’s Best Managed Companies program
Monday, 31 March 2025
Bookselling chain QBD Books has been recognised for a second year in Deloitte Australia's Best Managed Companies award program. QBD Books CEO Nick Croydon said: ‘This award reflects QBD’s continued...
Affirm acquires new Mupotsa-Russell fiction
Monday, 31 March 2025
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to Mark Mupotsa-Russell’s upcoming novel, The Wolf Who Cried Boy, via literary agent Sarah McKenzie. 'The Wolf Who Cried Boy is a breathless chase...
Judith Wright Poetry Prize 2024 shortlist announced
Monday, 31 March 2025
The shortlist for the 2024 Judith Wright Poetry Prize has been announced. Shortlisted poems include: ‘ACAB’ by Dominic Symes ‘al Mafrak’ by Daniel Grima ‘The Dog House’ by Neika Lehman...
Women’s Prize for Nonfiction 2025 shortlist announced
Monday, 31 March 2025
In the UK, the 2025 shortlist for the Women’s Prize for Nonfiction, worth £30,000 (A$61,725), has been announced. Shortlisted titles are: A Thousand Threads (Neneh Cherry, Fern Press) The Story...
LBF: Australians report ‘buoyant’, ‘busy and buzzy’ fair
Monday, 31 March 2025
London Book Fair (LBF) has closed for 2025, with Australian attendees reporting positive relationships and promising conversations over the three days. The fair, which drew around 30,000 attendees and featured...
Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize 2024 shortlist announced
Monday, 31 March 2025
The shortlist for the 2024 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize has been announced. Chosen from over 500 entries, the shortlisted stories are: ‘Around the Corner’ by Maks Sipowicz ‘Days of...
2025 Dublin Literary Award shortlist announced
Thursday, 27 March 2025
Six novels have been shortlisted for the 2025 Dublin Literary Award. The prize, which is the 'world's most valuable annual prize for a single work of fiction published in English'...
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