Silence Is My Habitat: Ecobiographical Essays (Jessica White, Upswell)
Tuesday, 26 August 2025
Silence Is My Habitat by Jessica White (A Curious Intimacy) is a collection of ecobiographical essays – stories that trace a life not through chronology alone, but also through a...
The Lucky Sisters (Rachael Johns, Penguin)
Tuesday, 26 August 2025
Rachael Johns (The Patterson Girls, The Greatest Gift) delivers one of her most heartfelt and emotionally layered novels yet in The Lucky Sisters, a story marking a confident shift beyond...
Here Come the Cousins (Maggie Hutchings, illus Sarah Zweck, T&H)
Tuesday, 26 August 2025
In Here Come the Cousins, a young child eagerly awaits the arrival of their seven cousins at Pop’s seaside home. After hellos and measuring who has grown the most over...
Last Chance Joey (Meredith Resce, Rhiza Edge)
Tuesday, 26 August 2025
In Meredith Resce’s debut YA novel, Last Chance Joey, 17-year-old Joey Walton – who is struggling with dyslexia, toxic social circles and a troubled home life – is sent to live in the...
Books in the media this weekend, 23–24 August
Friday, 22 August 2025
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Looking for Elizabeth: The Life of Elizabeth Harrower (Helen Trinca, La...
Book Week made me buy it: Children’s titles on the charts
Friday, 22 August 2025
Top 10 bestsellers The Let Them Theory (Mel Robbins & Sawyer Robbins, Hay House) Cozy Corner (Coco Wyo, Penguin) Cozy Cuties (Coco Wyo, Penguin) An Inside Job (Daniel Silva, HarperCollins)...
Seattle Public Library: Breaking down barriers
Thursday, 21 August 2025
With libraries, their work, and free access to information under increasing threat around the world, B+P and the Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature Office reached out to libraries in other designated cities of...
Director UQP, Brisbane
Thursday, 21 August 2025
The University of Queensland Press (UQP) Full-time (100%), fixed-term position for up to 5 years at HEW Level 10 Based at our Long Pocket campus with free parking Shape the...
Children’s editor, Melbourne
Wednesday, 20 August 2025
Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster Australia is seeking a skilled editor to join our vibrant children’s publishing team. Reporting to the Children’s Publishing Director, you’ll manage titles from manuscript...
Publicity manager, Melbourne
Wednesday, 20 August 2025
Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster is a global leader in general interest publishing, committed to delivering high-quality fiction and nonfiction for readers of all ages across print, digital, and...
Book designer, Sydney
Wednesday, 20 August 2025
Rockpool Publishing Fantastic opportunity in Book publishing! Nominated Small Publisher of the Year Leichhardt, Sydney Rockpool Publishing, a leading publisher of non-fiction books including wellness, mind-body-spirit, sport and recreation books,...
Store manager, Victoria
Wednesday, 20 August 2025
Collins Booksellers We are seeking a passionate and experienced Store Manager to lead our brand-new Collins Booksellers shop at The Pines Shopping Centre, Doncaster East. This is a full-time, on-site...
Content & product marketing coordinator, Melbourne
Wednesday, 20 August 2025
Campion Education Do you have a passion for crafting content, shaping campaigns, and bringing products to life? Join our national Marketing team to share Campion’s story with schools and educators....
Shop manager – Readings Kids Carlton, Melbourne
Wednesday, 20 August 2025
Readings Passionate about children’s literature? Lead our beloved Readings Kids shop in Carlton. Readings plays an important part in Australia’s literary landscape and you’ll be working with the youngest readers...
Mad Mabel (Sally Hepworth, Macmillan)
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
Few people suspect an elderly woman or a little girl of murder, which is what makes Mad Mabel such a deliciously enjoyable read. Sally Hepworth’s latest novel begins with a...
For No Mortal Creature (Keshe Chow, Penguin)
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
For No Mortal Creature by Keshe Chow (The Girl with No Reflection) is a romantic fantasy inspired by Inception and Wuthering Heights, but the story it tells is unique and...
Left Behind (Martine Kropkowski, Ultimo)
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
Martine Kropkowski’s Left Behind is a stunning depiction of the remote, wild and isolated beauty of K’gari, paired with a taut and insidious suspense that grabs you from the opening lines....
Naynay and the Mermaid (Tasma Walton, illus Charmaine Ledden-Lewis, Scholastic)
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
Naynay and the Mermaid is a beautifully told and visually striking picture book by accomplished actor and author Tasma Walton, a proud Boonwurrung woman from Melbourne. Naynay is asked to keep...
Riots (Fiona Skyring, UWA Publishing)
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
Renowned Australian historian Fiona Skyring returns with Riots, a captivating nonfiction book that unearths a chapter of ANZAC history rarely spoken of today. Skyring takes readers back to the turbulent...
Ningaloo: Australia’s Wild Wonder (Tim Winton, illus Cindy Lane, Fremantle)
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
Ningaloo, written by award-winning author Tim Winton and illustrated by Cindy Lane, is a beautifully designed nonfiction picture book about the Ningaloo Reef off the West Coast of Australia. Called...
Elizabeth Harrower: The Woman in the Watch Tower (Susan Wyndham, NewSouth)
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
In Elizabeth Harrower: The Woman in the Watch Tower, journalist and author Susan Wyndham offers a sympathetic and illuminating exploration of the life and work of one of post-war Australia’s...
The One Remaining (Paula McLean, Fearless Press)
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
Paula McLean’s The One Remaining is a quiet, affecting novel about memory, silence and the long shadow of a sister’s disappearance. When successful novelist Hilary Mason discovers a stack of...
Comfort, cosy, colouring in this week’s bestsellers
Friday, 15 August 2025
Top 10 bestsellers The Let Them Theory (Mel Robbins & Sawyer Robbins, Hay House) Cozy Corner (Coco Wyo, Penguin) An Inside Job (Daniel Silva, HarperCollins) Cozy Cuties (Coco Wyo, Penguin)...
Books in the media this weekend, 16–17 August
Friday, 15 August 2025
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Conspiracy Nation (Ariel Bogle and Cam Wilson, Ultimo) Erik Satie Three Piece...
Reykjavik City Library: Fostering ‘open conversation’
Thursday, 14 August 2025
With libraries, their work, and free access to information under increasing threat around the world, B+P and the Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature Office reached out to libraries in other designated cities of...
Unfolded podcast seeks to ‘go inside what makes a story great’
Thursday, 14 August 2025
University of Melbourne lecturer and creative producer Seth Robinson has launched the new podcast Unfolded, a literary podcast that combines audio performances and author interviews. In each episode, an actor performs...
Publicity manager, Melbourne
Wednesday, 13 August 2025
Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster is a global leader in general interest publishing, committed to delivering high-quality fiction and nonfiction for readers of all ages across print, digital, and...
Children’s editor, Melbourne
Wednesday, 13 August 2025
Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster Australia is seeking a skilled editor to join our vibrant children’s publishing team. Reporting to the Children’s Publishing Director, you’ll manage titles from manuscript...
Book designer, Sydney
Wednesday, 13 August 2025
Rockpool Publishing Fantastic opportunity in Book publishing! Nominated Small Publisher of the Year Leichhardt, Sydney Rockpool Publishing, a leading publisher of non-fiction books including wellness, mind-body-spirit, sport and recreation books,...
Book your advertising for Think Australian Frankfurt
Wednesday, 13 August 2025
Bookings are open for Think Australian Frankfurt. Promote your titles to over 55K international readers via our subscriber list and distribution partnerships with Publishers Weekly in the US and Book...
