The Nile offers international shipping
Thursday, 30 April 2026
Australian online retailer The Nile has announced it will offer international shipping services. The Nile head of books John Purcell told Books+Publishing that the online retailer would use “a variety...
“The Wild Life of Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals” wins Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize
Thursday, 30 April 2026
The Wild Life of Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals (Mike Barfield, illus by Paula Bossio, Buster Books), has been awarded the £10,000 (A$18,927) Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize. Chair of...
ASA/HQ Fiction Prize 2026 shortlist announced
Thursday, 30 April 2026
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) and HarperCollins publishing division HQ have announced the shortlist for the 2026 ASA/HQ Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript. The shortlisted works, chosen from...
How Australians fared at the Fair
Wednesday, 29 April 2026
Byron Writers Festival has announced its initial 2026 author line-up; Sahar Rabah is the winner of this year’s Calibre Essay Prize; we hear how Australia’s diminished Bologna cohort fared at...
Hachette workers in US, Canada seek to unionise
Wednesday, 29 April 2026
A supermajority of 600 Hachette Book Group employees in the US and Canada have signed to join a union, and launched the Hachette Workers Coalition (HWC), reports Publishers Weekly (PW). The...
“I do not believe we counter racism, antisemitism, homophobia or transphobia by boycotts and cancellations”: Dennis Altman on the cancellation of “Bila”
Wednesday, 29 April 2026
UQP has cancelled a children’s book illustrated by Matt Chun, citing antisemitism. Dennis Altman, Vice Chancellor’s Fellow and Professorial Fellow, Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University,...
“Safe, loved and connected”: what publishers at Bologna want from kids’ books now
Wednesday, 29 April 2026
Last-minute cancellations, yes, but a “new and positive vibe” at the new-look Australian stand. Those who made it to Bologna report back on the trends and conversations at the 2026...
The Rose Read Bookshop to open in Summer Hill
Wednesday, 29 April 2026
The Rose Read Bookshop will soon be opening in the Sydney suburb of Summer Hill. Co-founders Stephanie Beck and Mischa Parkee spoke with Books+Publishing about their vision for the shop....
Byron Writers Festival 2026 first authors announced
Wednesday, 29 April 2026
Byron Writers Festival, which will run in Byron Bay, NSW from 14 to 16 August 2026, has made its first author announcement, ahead of the full 2026 program release. Australian...
Affirm Press acquires Byrt’s “Dying Days”
Wednesday, 29 April 2026
Simon & Schuster imprint Affirm Press has acquired world rights to spy novel Dying Days by Aotearoa New Zealand author Anthony Byrt, via Nadine Rubin Nathan at High Spot Literary. Dying...
Times Printers: “Every story deserves a beautiful beginning”
Wednesday, 29 April 2026
In the lead-up to the 2026 Australian Book Industry Awards, Books+Publishing is inviting the event’s major sponsors to share little-known facts about their organisations, their top tips for booksellers and...
Rabah wins 2026 Calibre Essay Prize
Wednesday, 29 April 2026
The Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced Sahar Rabah as the 2026 winner of the $10,000 Calibre Essay Prize for her essay “Between Reality and Dreams”. “Between Reality and Dreams”...
Walsh dominates first UK BookTok bestseller list
Tuesday, 28 April 2026
In the UK, TikTok has released its first monthly BookTok bestseller list for the market, in collaboration with market research company Media Control. “On behalf of NielsenIQ BookData, Media Control will...
Whitsundays Writers Festival announces 2026 program
Tuesday, 28 April 2026
Whitsundays Writers Festival has announced the program for its one-day event, to be held on 13 September 2026. Festival director Richard Evans said the 2026 program elevates local storytelling. “This...
Wiley acquires Phillips’s “The One-Page Investing Plan”
Tuesday, 28 April 2026
Wiley has acquired world rights to The One-Page Investing Plan: Start Simple, Stay Patient, Build Serious Wealth by Scott Phillips, direct from the author. The publisher said the book “makes...
Writers on the Reef 2026 residents announced
Tuesday, 28 April 2026
James Cook University’s Roderick Centre for Australian Literature (RCAL) has announced the recipients of its Writers on the Reef residency. The 4 successful writers are: Andrea Rowe Dimitra Harvey Laura...
More than 60 UQP creators call on UQ to reconsider “Bila” decision
Tuesday, 28 April 2026
More than 60 University of Queensland Press (UQP) creators have signed a statement of solidarity with Wiradjuri author Jazz Money over the University of Queensland’s decision to cancel Money’s picture...
Bookshop.org revenue up 55%
Monday, 27 April 2026
In the US, online bookselling site Bookshop.org has reported its 2025 revenue is up 55% compared to the previous year, reports Publishers Weekly (PW). Revenue in 2025 for the platform, which...
Swan’s Miles High Club books set for screen adaptation
Monday, 27 April 2026
Amazon MGM Studios is developing a television series based on Australian author TL Swan’s Miles High Club romance novels. Swan will be an executive producer. Reporting the news, Deadline said...
ABA 2026 Book of the Year Awards shortlists announced
Monday, 27 April 2026
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA, formerly BookPeople) has announced the shortlists of its 2026 Book of the Year Awards. These awards recognise “books that truly connected with readers and were...
QUT appoints Hay as “Meanjin” establishing editor
Monday, 27 April 2026
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has appointed Ashley Hay in the role of establishing editor of Meanjin. Hay is a former editor of the Griffith Review and is also an author....
UQP staff urge university to reconsider “Bila” cancellation
Monday, 27 April 2026
Several University of Queensland Press (UQP) staff members have signed a letter asking the University of Queensland (UQ) to reconsider its decision to cancel publication of Bila, a River Cycle...
Milsom appointed AWW director
Friday, 24 April 2026
Rosemarie Milsom has been appointed director of Adelaide Writers’ Week (AWW). Milsom, the founding director of Newcastle Writers Festival (NWF), replaces Louise Adler, whose resignation in January was a response...
Araluen cuts ties with UQP after reports publisher will pulp picture book
Thursday, 23 April 2026
Stella Prize-winning Goorie and Koori poet Evelyn Araluen has announced she will terminate projects and contracts she holds with University of Queensland Press (UQP), after it was reported the publisher...
Melbourne Books acquires Holdsworth memoir “Smack Talk”
Thursday, 23 April 2026
Melbourne Books has acquired world rights to memoir Smack Talk: Turning Grief into a Movement by Australian father Wayne Holdsworth. According to the publisher, the book is a “deeply personal...
Women’s Prize for Fiction 2026 shortlist announced
Thursday, 23 April 2026
The Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist has been announced, which includes “6 powerful stories by new voices and established authors, interrogating women’s roles in society, showcasing women’s agency, and the...
“Pissants” to be adapted for television
Thursday, 23 April 2026
Filmmakers Jesse Laurie and Lewis Mulholland have optioned television rights to Pissants by Brandon Jack (Summit Books), via Alice Cottrell on behalf of the Jane Novak Literary Agency. Laurie, a...
“Numbers are powerful”: University of Melbourne researchers on the APA workforce survey
Wednesday, 22 April 2026
University of Melbourne researchers Beth Driscoll, Sandra Phillips and Claire Parnell are working on the second Australian Publishing Industry Workforce Survey on Diversity and Inclusion, in conjunction with the Australian...
HarperCollins acquires Johnston nonfiction title “Fifty Beating Wonders”
Wednesday, 22 April 2026
HarperCollins has acquired ANZ rights to the nonfiction title Fifty Beating Wonders by Michelle Johnston, via Martin Shaw at Shaw Literary. Publisher Catherine Milne said, “This is the book that...
Publishing Triangle Awards winners announced
Wednesday, 22 April 2026
In the US, the Publishing Triangle, an association of LGBTQ+ people in publishing, has announced winners for the 2026 Publishing Triangle Awards. Winners were announced for 10 categories, including: The...
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