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Frankfurt Book Fair to close Hall 6 

Monday, 13 July 2026
Organisers of the Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF), which will run 7 to 11 October 2026, have announced Hall 6 will be closed after structural building inspections raised safety concerns, reported...

2026 Rising Star shortlist announced

Photo of shortlist nominees Thursday, 9 July 2026
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the shortlist for its 2026 Rising Star award. The shortlisted professionals, who each began their publishing careers in the past 10 years, are:...

ASAL award winners announced

Thursday, 9 July 2026
The Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL) has announced winners of awards, including the ALS Gold Medal. Winners in each category are: ALS Gold Medal (outstanding literary work)...

Rights round-up 

Leesa Ronald Wednesday, 8 July 2026
Sales Audio Magabala Books has sold world audio rights to nonfiction title Big Sky: When the Emu Left the Earth (Bruce Pascoe and Professor Ray Norris) and poetry title No...

Yehia Fekry, Mohamed Hashem awarded 2026 Prix Voltaire

Wednesday, 8 July 2026
Egyptian publisher Yehia Fekry has been awarded the 2026 International Publishers Association (IPA) Prix Voltaire, which supports defenders of freedom to publish. A Prix Voltaire Special Award was announced for...

Web of Spies (S.I.G.M.A. #1) (Tim Ayliffe, Affirm Kids) 

Wednesday, 8 July 2026
Bestselling crime author Tim Ayliffe’s children’s debut, Web of Spies (S.I.G.M.A. #1), is a fast-paced and gripping middle-grade mystery that captivates readers from the very first chapter. Ollie Speed is...

Bridie Noonan wins EWF Speculate Prize

Wednesday, 8 July 2026
Bridie Noonan has won the 2026 Speculate Prize for Emerging Writers for “The Inbetween”. Speculate Prize judges said, “Judging this award is both an honour and an exciting glimpse into...

Surf Coast Writers Festival starts strong 

Surf Coast writers festival graphic Wednesday, 8 July 2026
The inaugural Surf Coast Writers Festival wrapped up a successful program on Saturday 27 June in the Victorian town of Torquay. Organisers said the event attracted “hundreds of readers, aspiring...

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...

Sick Note (Olivia De Zilva, Pink Shorts Press) 

Tuesday, 7 July 2026
Sick Note is Olivia De Zilva’s (Plastic Budgie, Eggshell) debut poetry collection, exploring capitalism, work, chronic illness, un/underemployment and identity politics. The collection is almost irrefutably “zillennial”, occupying the peculiar...

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...

Five Voices (Tamara Moss, Allen & Unwin Children) 

Tuesday, 7 July 2026
Tamara Moss’s Five Voices is an addictive, high-stakes YA murder mystery that will hook readers from its opening pages. When William Drax-Du Pont dies after a heated podcast recording session,...

Poetry Month 2026 program announced 

Monday, 6 July 2026
Red Room Poetry has announced the 2026 Poetry Month program running throughout August. Featuring artists, musicians, comedians and journalists alongside international poets Jericho Brown, Tusiata Avia, Michael Pederson and Pádraig...

Laura McCluskey wins CWA Dagger for “The Wolf Tree” 

Monday, 6 July 2026
Australian author Laura McCluskey has won the UK Crime Writers’ Association’s (CWA) 2026 ILP John Creasey (First Novel) Dagger award for The Wolf Tree (HarperCollins). McClusey’s novel was chosen from a shortlist...

Dorothy Hewett Award 2026 shortlist announced

Monday, 6 July 2026
UWA Publishing has announced the shortlist for the 2026 Dorothy Hewett Award. The shortlisted works, chosen from more than 280 entries, are: “Shedding Skin” by Faiza Bokhari (WA) “Snow” by Chris...

ACT Literary Awards 2026 winners announced

Cover of Dingo's Noctuary Friday, 3 July 2026
MARION has announced the winners of the 2026 ACT Literary Awards. The winner of the overall Marion Halligan Award, selected from the category winners was The Dingo’s Noctuary (Judith Nangala...

Marginalia Lit Fest Live announces 2026 program 

Thursday, 2 July 2026
Marginalia Lit Fest Live (previously Amplify) has announced its 2026 program, featuring 22 authors and publishing professionals from Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore and the US across 10...

UQP acquires Dan Dixon debut 

Thursday, 2 July 2026
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to The Department, the debut novel by writer and academic Dan Dixon. According to the publisher, The Department follows a narrator...

 

 

 

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