Boffins to close, Berkelouw Leichhardt may stay open
Monday, 18 May 2026
Anita Heiss has resigned from University of Queensland; Boffins will close after 37 years; Berkelouw Books Leichhardt has announced it may remain open in a new location; the 2026 SMH...
The glittering prizes
Thursday, 14 May 2026
Lee Lai has won the Stella Prize for the graphic novel Cannon; Karen Howie Casey has won the ASA/HQ Fiction Prize; Charlotte Macdonald has won the Ernest Scott Prize for...
“Nobody’s Girl” sweeps UK awards
Tuesday, 12 May 2026
Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s posthumous memoir, Nobody’s Girl (Doubleday), is the overall winner at the 2026 British Book Awards (and has been shortlisted for a true crime award); the 2026 Open...
The ABDA winners are…
Monday, 11 May 2026
The Australian Book Design Awards winners were announced on Friday night; local authors are on the UK Indie Book Awards shortlists; the inaugural writers in residence at the Botanic Gardens...
Berkelouw Leichhardt will close this week
Thursday, 7 May 2026
Berkelouw Books Leichhardt will close, amid disputes over a workplace agreement; Constant Reader has new owners; UK publisher Lantana is expanding into Australasia; Transit Lounge has signed Sarah Myles’s third...
A new app promises to be Goodreads and StoryGraph’s Australian baby
Tuesday, 5 May 2026
Better Reading is launching an app; the first Aotearoa NZ Children’s Book Week will run in August; the 2026 Pulitzer winners have been announced; A&U has signed a business book;...
Wakefield wins an Edgar
Monday, 4 May 2026
Simon & Schuster has created a new global distribution channel, Simon Global; Vikki Wakefield has won an Edgar; the successful applicants for this year’s Hot Desk Fellowships and Trans and...
International shipping on The Nile
Thursday, 30 April 2026
The Nile has added international shipping; the ASA/HQ Fiction Prize shortlist is announced; A&U has signed nonfiction title The Big Steal by journalist Paul Barry; The Wild Life of Dinosaurs and Other...
UQP creators sign statement
Tuesday, 28 April 2026
More than 60 UQP creators have signed a statement of solidarity with Jazz Money, author of cancelled children’s book Bila (and UQP publishers Aviva Tuffield and Cathy Vallance); the Whitsundays...
More authors leave UQP
Monday, 27 April 2026
Good morning book lovers, Fallout continues from the University of Queensland’s decision to pulp Bila, a River Cycle, the Australian Booksellers Association has announced its Book of the Year shortlists,...
