Dolly’s literacy legacy
Thursday, 27 August 2026
A new QBD store is planned for Eaton, Western Australia; Fremantle Press is up for an export award; a Sydney writer has placed in this year’s Moth Short Story Prize;...
Publishing and Promotion Fund recipients
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
Publishers have been awarded funding ranging from $55,000 to $220,000 in Writing Australia’s Australian Publishing and Promotion Fund; Peter Carey's Bliss is being adapted for the small screen; the shortlist...
ADS update
Monday, 24 August 2026
Alliance Distribution Services says booksellers should start receiving some backordered stock this week; the winners of the CBCA Book of the Year Awards have been announced; Allen & Unwin has paused...
Isaac Heeney promotional posts removed
Thursday, 20 August 2026
Publishers have nominated their top Christmas picks in general nonfiction; in Aotearoa New Zealand the winners of the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have been announced;...
Sales director – ANZ, Melbourne
Wednesday, 19 August 2026
Hardie Grant Publishing Hardie Grant is one of Australia’s leading independent publishers, creating bestselling and award-winning books across lifestyle, food, design, children’s, fiction and narrative nonfiction, alongside an exciting portfolio...
Sales representative, Melbourne
Wednesday, 19 August 2026
Pan Macmillan Australia Pan Macmillan Australia is a leading publisher with a chart-topping list of Australian and international authors. We are a global, family-owned company and have been publishing great...
Hometown (Shaun Tan, Allen & Unwin Children’s)
Tuesday, 18 August 2026
The illustrious award-winning artist, writer and filmmaker Shaun Tan returns to the graphic novel form for the first time in 20 years with Hometown. While his 2006 graphic novel, The...
The Book of the After (Rebecca Higgie, Fremantle Press)
Tuesday, 18 August 2026
The Book of the After, the second novel from Fogarty Literary Award–winning author Rebecca Higgie (The History of Mischief), is a sweeping exploration of love, memory, politics and what might...
My Old Man and Me: A Story of Escape, Sacrifice and Survival (Kim Huynh, ABC Books)
Tuesday, 18 August 2026
In My Old Man and Me, ABC presenter Kim Huynh reflects on caring for his father, Thiet, after a stroke upends the family’s life. Once the man who risked everything...
Footy romance heads to the screen
Tuesday, 18 August 2026
Penguin Random House Australia and New Zealand has optioned screen rights to After the Siren by Darcy Green to Mad Ones Films; Patrick Marlborough is crowdfunding to publish a novel...
Cheers to Collins
Monday, 17 August 2026
The winners of the 2026 Collins Booksellers Franchise Excellence Awards have been announced; the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (NZSA) has announced this year’s manuscript...
Pitched at MIFF
Thursday, 13 August 2026
Crime was still in demand at this year’s Books at MIFF event; a collection of South Australian literature events are being promoted under the new Spring Writes umbrella; we share...
Production controller, Melbourne
Thursday, 13 August 2026
Thames & Hudson Thames & Hudson is one of the world’s leading publishers of illustrated books, producing award-winning titles across art, design, architecture, photography, fashion, culture and children’s publishing. We...
Book your advertising for Think Australian Frankfurt
Wednesday, 12 August 2026
Bookings are open for Think Australian Frankfurt. Think Australian includes a limited number of banner ads and prominently placed title preview ads. View Think Australian Frankfurt 2025. See our media...
Classifieds: now publishing daily
Wednesday, 12 August 2026
Books+Publishing will now be publishing classifieds daily. Submit your material by 12 noon each day and choose the editions of the Books+Publishing newsletter in which you would like to publish your...
Showcase your titles in Books+Publishing’s Christmas 2026 preview
Wednesday, 12 August 2026
Advertising and enhanced placement opportunities are now available for publishers and distributors wishing to give added support to their Christmas titles across the showcase period. Email Books+Publishing advertising
Marketing & community coordinator, Melbourne
Wednesday, 12 August 2026
Scribble Scribble is an award-winning independent children’s book imprint based in Brunswick. We publish eight to twelve titles a year, working closely with our writers and illustrators from first sketch...
The Sky Is Concave (Majeda Awawdeh, University of Queensland Press)
Tuesday, 11 August 2026
Majeda Awawdeh’s The Sky Is Concave is one of those books best devoured in a single sitting. Its unflinching honesty and emotional momentum make it difficult to put down. Awawdeh...
People Skills (Nina Kenwood, Text Publishing)
Tuesday, 11 August 2026
Nina Kenwood’s People Skills is a romantic comedy about second chances, rebuilding confidence and discovering that sometimes life’s biggest setbacks can lead to unexpected new beginnings. Charlotte once had her...
Meena’s Moving Day (Brenton Cullen, illustrated by Jennifer Horn, Wombat Books)
Tuesday, 11 August 2026
Sibling love and rivalry are at the heart of Brenton Cullen and Jennifer Horn’s Meena’s Moving Day. Meena and Lina share a bedroom and can often be seen huddled under...
Picture books for Christmas
Tuesday, 11 August 2026
Today, publishers share their top-pick picture books for the Christmas selling period for our Christmas Preview; the new TitlePage upgrade is live; Witi Ihimaera Smiler is a recipient of an...
Ebooks to come
Monday, 10 August 2026
Audiobook platform Libro.fm is adding ebooks to its offering; the winners of the Shalom Collective Australian Jewish Writer Awards have been announced, as have the SCWBI Crystal Kite winners and...
“Fierceland” wins
Thursday, 6 August 2026
Omar Musa has won the 2026 Miles Franklin Literary Award, announced last night in Sydney; programs for the Brisbane Writers Festival and Emerging Writers’ Festival have been announced; a new...
Text to publish new Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan horror thriller in January
Wednesday, 5 August 2026
Co-authored by two of the world’s most recognised names in horror, THE BOY IN THE IRON BOX will be released in ANZ on 5 January 2027. This gripping thriller follows...
APS4 – senior publishing officer, production, Canberra
Wednesday, 5 August 2026
National Library of Australia We are seeking to fill the ongoing role of APS4 – Senior Publishing Officer, Production. This role is responsible for coordinating and reporting on print production,...
Senior editor, Melbourne
Wednesday, 5 August 2026
Hardie Grant Publishing Hardie Grant is an Australian-owned independent publisher specialising in illustrated non-fiction, fiction, kids, travel and lifestyle. We are seeking an experienced and passionate part-time Senior Editor to...
Marketing & community coordinator, Melbourne
Wednesday, 5 August 2026
Scribble Scribble is an award-winning independent children’s book imprint based in Brunswick. We publish eight to twelve titles a year, working closely with our writers and illustrators from first sketch...
The Starving Bride (Catherine Chidgey, Penguin)
Tuesday, 4 August 2026
Catherine Chidgey’s latest novel, The Starving Bride, imagines a dystopian near-future England where extreme dieting becomes the stuff of literal freakshow. Tourism is booming in the seaside town of Blackpool,...
The Country Schoolmaster: A Mystery in 88 Letters (Kate Grenville, Black Inc.)
Tuesday, 4 August 2026
Kate Grenville (The Secret River, Unsettled) returns to familiar ground in The Country Schoolmaster: A Mystery in 88 Letters, a genre-crossing work that examines the temptations and dangers of storytelling....
Armchair Bear (Gavin Bishop, Gecko Press)
Tuesday, 4 August 2026
In Gavin Bishop’s Armchair Bear, Uncle Norman is happily settled in his comfy armchair, about to watch TV, when he is interrupted by his nephew Bosco and niece Brenda, who...
