Publishers’ picks: Australian nonfiction
Thursday, 5 March 2026
Leadership, loneliness, conservation and resilience: Australian nonfiction publishers are spotlighting big ideas at LBF. Foreign Return: On Art and Inhabitation Neha Kale NewSouth Publishing September 2026 Rights contact: Harriet McInerney...
Award-winning Aussie authors
Thursday, 5 March 2026
Since the previous edition of Think Australian, Australian authors have been making shortlists, longlists and winning awards – both in Australia and overseas – with fiction, poetry and nonfiction for...
‘Why I’ll be at LBF’: Meet the Australians attending in 2026
Thursday, 5 March 2026
Meet the Australian visitors attending LBF this year. University of Queensland Press (UQP) UQP rights and contracts manager Erin Sandiford will be talking with international publishers about a range of...
Australian bestsellers in 2025
Thursday, 5 March 2026
Top 10 Australian adult fiction bestsellers Last One Out (Jane Harper, Pan Macmillan), 112k Gravity Let Me Go (Trent Dalton, HarperCollins), 75k Mad Mabel (Sally Hepworth, Pan Macmillan), 63k The...
Multilingual bookshop enterprise leader, New South Wales
Wednesday, 4 March 2026
Lost In Books We are searching for an entrepreneurial, determined and creative leader of the LIB social enterprise to: operate a successful retail operation online, growing revenues and expanding revenue...
Voss Literary Prize 2026
Wednesday, 4 March 2026
The Australian University Heads of English and the estate of Vivian Robert de Vaux Voss are pleased to call for nominations to the thirteenth annual Voss Literary Prize. The prize,...
Allen & Unwin no longer supplying Greg Haddrick’s In the Dead of Night
Wednesday, 4 March 2026
For legal reasons, Allen & Unwin is no longer supplying 9781761068485 In the Dead of Night in Australia, in advance of the retrial of Greg Lynn for the murder of...
Marketing specialist (12 months maternity cover), Melbourne
Wednesday, 4 March 2026
Wiley We have an exciting opportunity for a creative and driven marketing professional to make a real impact in publishing. If you have experience in content, digital or trade marketing...
Publicist, New South Wales
Wednesday, 4 March 2026
Penguin Random House Penguin Random House seeks an enthusiastic Publicist for our Launch team in North Sydney. Join our creative and collaborative environment at one of Australia’s dynamic publishers. Responsibilities:...
Merchandise planning manager, New South Wales
Wednesday, 4 March 2026
Dymocks Dymocks has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Merchandise Planning Manager to join our National Merchandise team. This newly created role is based at our Head Office in Sydney’s...
Special sales manager children’s, Melbourne
Wednesday, 4 March 2026
Simon & Schuster Join Simon & Schuster Australia to lead the sales and profit strategy for our premier children’s lists across School, Library, and Trade channels. This Melbourne-based hybrid role...
Booking coordinator, Melbourne
Wednesday, 4 March 2026
Booked Out Agency Booked Out Speakers Agency is looking for a Booking Coordinator to handle speaker bookings 4 days per week. The Booking Coordinator will be responsible for arranging public...
This Is Where We Say Goodbye (Howard McKenzie-Murray, Fremantle)
Tuesday, 3 March 2026
This Is Where We Say Goodbye follows Maud Tarkington over the course of a single unsettling day in Fremantle: the day after her 21st birthday and the day of her...
The Farmer’s Pyjamas (Ruth Paul, Walker)
Tuesday, 3 March 2026
Ruth Paul’s The Farmer’s Pyjamas is a playful, light-hearted rhyming story that puts a humorous spin on daily life in the farmyard. After a hard day’s work tending to her...
The Missing Mother (Mali Cornish, A&U)
Tuesday, 3 March 2026
In The Missing Mother, Mali Cornish (Judgement Day) crafts a gripping domestic thriller centred on Elspeth, who returns to Geelong from New York when her mother Simone vanishes. The story...
Phantom Days (Angela O’Keeffe, UQP)
Tuesday, 3 March 2026
“A book comes into the world knowing it is a saviour, of sorts.” So begins Phantom Days, the 3rd novel by award-winning author Angela O’Keeffe (The Sitter, Night Blue), a...
Running in Circles (Shivaun Plozza, UQP)
Tuesday, 3 March 2026
In Running in Circles, Shivaun Plozza (The Worst Perfect Moment, The Boy, The Wolf and the Stars) brings climate science and extraterrestrial speculation together in a coming-of-age suspense novel set...
Cast Away (Francesca de Tores, Bloomsbury)
Tuesday, 3 March 2026
Award-winning author Francesca de Tores’s Cast Away is a fascinating and exquisitely detailed fictionalisation of sailor and navigator Alexander Selkirk’s 4 years marooned on a deserted island in the 1700s....
When Words Fail Us: Truth Beyond Time (Stan Grant, NewSouth)
Tuesday, 3 March 2026
In When Words Fail Us, Stan Grant steps fully into his role as a philosopher and public thinker after walking away from a long career in journalism. Following the turbulence...
Books in the media this week
Friday, 27 February 2026
A round-up of books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this week, updated as information becomes available. National Book Show, ABC Radio National Kin (Tayari Jones, Penguin) Escape! (Stephen...
Lette’s “The Sisterhood Rules” enters the charts
Friday, 27 February 2026
Top 10 bestsellers Heated Rivalry (Rachel Reid, Emblaze) The Housemaid (Freida McFadden, Bookouture) (combined editions) Where the Light Gets In (Ben Crowe, HarperCollins) Cozy Friends (Coco Wyo, Penguin) The Long Game (Rachel...
Multilingual bookshop enterprise leader, New South Wales
Wednesday, 25 February 2026
Lost In Books We are searching for an entrepreneurial, determined and creative leader of the LIB social enterprise to: operate a successful retail operation online, growing revenues and expanding revenue...
Head of international agencies, Sydney
Wednesday, 25 February 2026
Allen & Unwin Allen & Unwin, Australia’s largest independent book publisher, is looking for a motivated, proactive and experienced Product Manager to lead our International Agencies team. The role is...
Need senior sales & marketing support?
Wednesday, 25 February 2026
RM Marketing Services works with publishers, distributors and industry organisations in Australia and internationally seeking experienced, commercially focused marketing expertise without increasing headcount. Director Rachael McDiarmid brings 36 years in...
Sales and inventory coordinator, Sydney
Wednesday, 25 February 2026
Phoenix International Publications Phoenix International is seeking a Sales and Inventory Coordinator to support the continued growth of our Asia Pacific business. This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate...
Dove (Georgia Harper, Penguin)
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Georgia Harper’s Dove is a quiet, restrained novel with a philosophical tone and a steady undercurrent of tension. Set in a small Queensland town in 1993, the story centres on...
My Ball Is Broken (Rob Graves-Morris, Walker)
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
My Ball Is Broken, written and illustrated by Rob Graves-Morris, is a playful picture book with hidden depth for readers aged 4 and over, told from the perspective of a...
Gross Things Animals Eat (Claire Stevens, illus Adele K Thomas, HarperCollins)
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Gross Things Animals Eat is packed with disgusting, bizarre and outrageous descriptions and illustrations that young readers aged 5 and up will absolutely love. Australian veterinarian Claire Stevens invites children...
Look After Your Feet: Some Keen Observations on the Unexpected Advantages and Indignities of Getting Older (Rosalie Ham, A&U)
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Rosalie Ham (The Dressmaker) turns her sharp wit toward the journey of ageing in her first nonfiction book, Look After Your Feet. Insightful, mischievous and often very funny, the memoir...
Tiwi war kwampini: Mwarlapwara kangi tingati (Tiwi War Hero: Footprints in the Sand) (Mavis Kerinaiua, ILF)
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Tiwi war kwampini: Mwarlapwara kangi tingati (Tiwi War Hero: Footprints in the Sand) is written, translated and illustrated by Mavis Kerinaiua, with support from Laura Rademaker. This compelling picture book...
