Meet the Rising Stars: Jaimi Kuster
Tuesday, 14 July 2026
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) Rising Star award recognises an emerging talent in Australian publishing with less than 10 years’ experience in the industry. In the lead-up to the winner...
Talking tax
Monday, 13 July 2026
The Australian Booksellers Association has shared a new policy brief on its proposed bookselling tax offset; the Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award shortlist has been announced; Pip Adam is...
Meet the Rising Stars: Alisa Ahmed
Monday, 13 July 2026
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) Rising Star award recognises an emerging talent in Australian publishing with less than 10 years’ experience in the industry. In the lead-up to the winner...
This year’s Rising Stars
Thursday, 9 July 2026
The Australian Publishers Association has announced the shortlist for its Rising Star award; the Copyright Agency has awarded Bri Hassett the Reading Australia Fellowship; the Association for the Study of...
Publishers, submit your titles for the Books+Publishing Christmas Showcase!
Wednesday, 8 July 2026
Publishers and distributors, we want to hear from you for our Christmas Showcase! To be considered for inclusion, please submit your strongest local and international books publishing and available in...
New Prepress Workshop from FolioFox & Dettori Publishing
Wednesday, 8 July 2026
Local short-run printing company, FolioFox, is collaborating with Dettori Publishing to co-host ‘From Manuscript to Print: A Self-Publishing Prepress Workshop’ at Melbourne’s City Library on Saturday, July 25th. The 90-minute...
the long cloud (Hector MacKenzie, Scribe)
Tuesday, 7 July 2026
Written entirely in lowercase and with minimal punctuation, Hector MacKenzie’s debut novel, the long cloud, follows narrator Xander Alexander as he returns to Hawkes Bay for the first time in...
In Plain Sight (Robyn Dennison, Text Publishing)
Tuesday, 7 July 2026
In Plain Sight by Robyn Dennison (Blind Spot) is a compelling literary crime novel filled with complex relationships and strong-willed characters. Identical twins Lucy and Violet Sanasoray are hiding a...
I Call the Ocean Wardan (Ebony Froome, illustrated by Dellas Bennell & Korrine Bennell-Yarran, Fremantle Press)
Tuesday, 7 July 2026
Wardandi Noongar author Ebony Froome (Djinang Bonar: Seeing Seasons) has created another exquisite dual-language picture book, I Call the Ocean Wardan. Noongar is widely spoken by First Nations peoples across...
Writers are heading to Varuna
Tuesday, 7 July 2026
Varuna has announced the 50 recipients for its 2027 residential fellowships, Alice Boer-Endacott is conducting a survey into local book banning, Ubud Writers & Readers Festival has announced the first...
“The Wolf Tree” is a winner
Monday, 6 July 2026
Laura McCluskey has won a UK Crime Writers’ Association Dagger award for The Wolf Tree (HarperCollins); the shortlist for the 2026 Dorothy Hewett Award has been announced; Su Dharmapala’s 2012...
Authors go to Parliament
Thursday, 2 July 2026
A new report on audiobook listening in Australia has been released; authors and other creators are calling on the federal government to hold firm on copyright amid AI companies’ lobbying...
Local sales and marketing manager, Queensland
Wednesday, 1 July 2026
HarperCollins Publishers HarperCollins Publishers is looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join the sales team in the role of Local Sales & Marketing Manager. This is a full-time...
Warning to authors and publishers
Wednesday, 1 July 2026
RM Marketing Services has recently become aware of sophisticated business impersonation scams targeting authors and publishers. Fraudulent Gmail accounts are impersonating our Director, Rachael McDiarmid, using her name, business name,...
Major Street Publishing appoints Simon & Schuster Australia as Distribution Partner
Wednesday, 1 July 2026
Major Street, a leading Australian business book publisher, and an imprint of Moore Street Media, is pleased to announce the appointment of Simon & Schuster Australia as its new sales...
Otis Ottley and the School in the Sky (Will Kostakis, Allen & Unwin Children’s)
Tuesday, 30 June 2026
Otis Ottley and the School in the Sky, the debut middle-grade novel from award-winning YA author Will Kostakis (We Could Be Something), is a fast-moving comic fantasy with subtle themes...
The Wreck (Riley James, Allen & Unwin)
Tuesday, 30 June 2026
The Wreck by Riley James is a tense, atmospheric and altogether chilling survival thriller. Its cleverly plotted narrative centres on the mysterious 1977 disappearance of pilot Donovan “Van” Spector over...
What the Flora?: Incredible Stories from the Brilliant and Bizarre World of Plants (Vanessa Fuchs, Pantera Press)
Tuesday, 30 June 2026
In What the Flora?: Incredible Stories from the Brilliant and Bizarre World of Plants, science communicator Vanessa Fuchs, who works at Botanic Gardens of Sydney, takes readers on an exploration...
Blake and Doust depart S&S
Tuesday, 30 June 2026
Simon & Schuster Australia has announced the departures of Cate Blake and Kelly Doust amid a publishing team restructure; Create NSW and Writing Australia have launched a new literary fellowship...
Blak & Bright is back
Monday, 29 June 2026
Blak & Bright has announced the first speakers for its 2026 program; Adam Sharp is named the 2026 Hedberg Writer-in-Residence; the Orwell Prize winners have been announced; Upswell has acquired...
The top 100 Southern Hemisphere novels?
Thursday, 25 June 2026
Sarah Wilson has topped another seaside writers festival bestseller list; Melbourne is set to host a new kids literature festival; Aotearoa New Zealand has a Southern Hemisphere answer to the...
Senior marketing & publicity coordinator, Melbourne
Wednesday, 24 June 2026
Monash University Publishing Are you a strategic storyteller with a passion for books, ideas and culture? Do you know how to create a public conversation around an important scholarly narrative...
Change for David Fickling Books
Wednesday, 24 June 2026
Publisher: David Fickling Books ISBN prefix: 97817 & 97819 etc Old distributor: ADS (Affirm Press Simon & Schuster) New distributor: PRH (Murdoch Books Allen & Unwin) Changeover date: 1 July...
David Fickling Books distribution move to Murdoch Books A&U (PRHD) from Affirm Press S&S (ADS)
Wednesday, 24 June 2026
Murdoch Books announces that from 1 July 2026, distribution of titles from David Fickling Books will move to Murdoch Books Allen & Unwin (PRHD) from Affirm Press S&S (ADS). Orders:...
Senior editor, Melbourne
Wednesday, 24 June 2026
Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing We are seeking a creative, experienced senior editor to join Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing, the young readers’ division of one of Australia’s leading independent trade publishers....
Professional development and events manager, Sydney
Wednesday, 24 June 2026
Australian Society of Authors The ASA is seeking a Professional Development and Events Manager to develop a diverse program of bold and engaging online presentations and workshops that will educate,...
Text Publishing is moving office
Wednesday, 24 June 2026
On 29 June, Text Publishing will join the PRH team at their Melbourne offices [Level 28/2 Southbank Blvd, Southbank, 3006]. Text’s new office number will be 03 8537 4580. Email...
Bad Neighbours (Joanna Jenkins, Allen & Unwin)
Tuesday, 23 June 2026
Joanna Jenkins (How to Kill a Client, The Bluff) examines the Australian property market through a feminist lens in her latest domestic thriller, Bad Neighbours. Ruth, a successful lawyer, has...
I Love the Whole World! (Victoria Hannan, Penguin)
Tuesday, 23 June 2026
In her third novel, I Love the Whole World!, Victoria Hannan (Kokomo, Marshmallow) takes a more playful, straightforward and fun tone than readers may expect, though familiar themes of mothers...
There’s a Chicken in the House (Sonya Hartnett, illus Lucia Masciullo, Puffin)
Tuesday, 23 June 2026
There’s a Chicken in the House by Sonya Hartnett (Blue Flower) and illustrator Lucia Masciullo (The Flower Garden) is a whimsical picture book about a young child whose day is...
