Somerset Storyfest announces 2025 regional program
Wednesday, 23 July 2025
Youth literary festival Somerset Storyfest has announced its regional touring program for 1–16 September 2025, traveling beyond its base on the Gold Coast, Queensland, to the towns of St George,...
Larrikin acquires Kelly debut picture book
Wednesday, 23 July 2025
Larrikin House has acquired world rights to Celebration Festival, a debut picture book by Alysia Kelly, illustrated by Ruth-Mary Smith. The publisher described the title as a resource aimed at...
Stella Day Out to host evening in Darwin
Wednesday, 23 July 2025
Literary organisation Stella has announced an inaugural Darwin Stella Day Out event, set to take place on 13 August in partnership with the Darwin Festival. At the evening event, author...
Stella Day Out to host evening in Sydney
Wednesday, 23 July 2025
Literary organisation Stella has announced an evening edition of its Stella Day Out program, to take place in Sydney on 14 August in partnership with Western Sydney University. Featured authors...
Mudgee Readers’ Festival announces 2025 program
Wednesday, 23 July 2025
Mudgee Readers’ Festival (MRF) has announced its full 2025 program, set to run 15–17 August. Over 25 writers will appear over three days, including Chris Hammer, Victoria Purnam, Sara M...
PANZ Book Design Awards 2025 finalists announced
Wednesday, 23 July 2025
The finalists in the 2025 New Zealand Te Rau o Tākupu Publishers Association (PANZ) Book Design Awards have been announced. Finalists in each category are: Penguin Random House New Zealand...
Read the latest Publishers Weekly
Wednesday, 23 July 2025
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The Vanishing Place (Zoë Rankin, Moa Press)
Tuesday, 22 July 2025
If you’re after a sad girl novel wrapped in a family saga and delivered as a fast-paced thriller, Zoë Rankin’s near-flawless debut, The Vanishing Place, delivers it all in spades....
Gunpowder Creek (Alex Dook, Echo)
Tuesday, 22 July 2025
Alex Dook’s debut novel, Gunpowder Creek, explores the question of how far a parent would go to save their child. Emily is a single mother whose teenage son, Zach, is...
Train of Thought (Jess Horn, illus Hayley Wells, Bright Light)
Tuesday, 22 July 2025
Concentrating can be hard, especially when you have an active imagination! Jess Horn’s Train of Thought is a whimsical and beautifully illustrated picture book that explores a common problem with...
Renegade Timeline Officer (Harper Wells #1) (Bethany Loveridge, Wombat)
Tuesday, 22 July 2025
Harper Wells: Renegade Timeline Officer, the first book in the Wollemi trilogy by Bethany Loveridge, introduces a reluctant young time traveller thrust into a world of missing persons, mysterious portals...
Desolation (Hossein Asgari, Ultimo)
Tuesday, 22 July 2025
Desolation, the latest novel from Miles Franklin–shortlisted author Hossein Asgari (Only Sound Remains), is a taut and haunting exploration of trauma, memory and meaning. It traces the psychological unravelling of...
Once I Was a Giant (Zeno Sworder, T&H)
Tuesday, 22 July 2025
Zeno Sworder’s Once I Was a Giant is a poetic and richly drawn picture book about memory, connection and renewal. In a dim apartment, a ‘picture-book maker’ has run out...
Aotearoa New Zealand Book Industry Awards 2025 winners announced
Tuesday, 22 July 2025
The winners of the 2025 Aotearoa New Zealand Book Industry Awards have been announced by Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand and the Publishers Association of New Zealand/Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ)....
A&U acquires Ronald’s second romcom
Tuesday, 22 July 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Power Moves, Leesa Ronald’s second romcom novel. In Power Moves, ‘a workaholic communications staffer is determined to guide her beloved boss to...
PRH acquires Noni’s fantasy series
Tuesday, 22 July 2025
Penguin Random House (PRH) has announced the forthcoming publication of Shadow Reaper, a new fantasy series from YA author Lynette Noni, previously acquired in a three-book deal, via Jennifer Azantian...
Stella Day Out announces Canberra program
Tuesday, 22 July 2025
Stella has announced a date and full program for its upcoming Stella Day Out event in Canberra. Stella Day Out is a free one-day literary festival that ‘celebrates and promotes...
S&S acquires Reynolds’ memoir
Monday, 21 July 2025
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired world rights for the memoir On My Own Terms by Adam Reynolds, via agent Steve Gillis. According to the publisher, the memoir tracks Reynolds'...
2025 Faber Writing Academy alumni award latest recipients
Monday, 21 July 2025
Faber Writing Academy (FWA) has announced Amanda Maxwell and Fliss Goldstein, writing as AJ Lyndon, as the second round winners of the 2025 FWA Alumni Award. In total, six graduates...
Phillip Island Festival of Stories announces 2025 program
Monday, 21 July 2025
Phillip Island Festival of Stories, which runs 25–27 July, has announced its full program. Among the headliners are Peter Greste, Candice Fox, Jane Caro, Paul Bangay, Alice Zaslavsky and Foong...
A&U acquires Heath’s ‘Kill Your Boss’
Monday, 21 July 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to Jack Heath’s crime novel, Kill Your Boss, via Alexandra Christie from Curtis Brown Australia. Detective Sergeant Kiara Lui returns for a...
Scribble acquires Busuttil Nishimura’s picture book debut
Monday, 21 July 2025
Scribble has acquired world rights to Sundays Under the Lemon Tree written by Julia Busuttil Nishimura and illustrated by Myo Yim, via Busuttil Nishimura's agent Alexandra Neville. Scribble has also...
Pantera acquires ‘Juicy’ memoir by Joseph
Monday, 21 July 2025
Pantera Press has acquired world rights for the memoir Juicy: How to Live a Life in the Wreckage of Expectations by debut Lebanese-Australian author Sheree Joseph, in a two-book deal...
Gippsland Writers Festival releases 2025 program
Thursday, 17 July 2025
The Gippsland Writers Festival, formerly known as StoryFest, has released its 2025 program. The festival, which runs 1–3 August in Yarram, will open with ‘You are Here’, a conversation featuring...
Te Pae Tawhiti Awards launched for spec fic writers
Thursday, 17 July 2025
Speculative Fiction Writers of New Zealand (SpecFicNZ) has launched the Te Pae Tawhiti Awards for Aotearoa and Pasifika speculative fiction writers. The awards will aim to spotlight local writers and...
2025 Ngaio Marsh Award Best Novel longlist announced
Thursday, 17 July 2025
The longlist for this year’s Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel, which celebrates Aotearoa New Zealand crime, mystery or thriller writing has been announced. The longlisted titles are: Return to...
PRH acquires Thian’s YA in two-book deal
Thursday, 17 July 2025
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired Dear Campus Cupid by Aurelne Thian, in a two-book deal brokered by Danielle Binks from Jacinta di Mase Management. According to the publisher, Dear...
Melbourne Books acquires Entrecôte cookbook
Thursday, 17 July 2025
Melbourne Books has acquired world rights to Entrecôte by restaurant owner Jason M Jones. Jones is the owner of the titular Melbourne restaurant in Prahran that describes itself as ‘a renaissance...
PRH bookseller grant; ‘The Mushroom Tapes’ by Garner, Hooper & Krasnostein; Johnson wins Indigenous Writer’s Mentorship
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
In features this week, Books+Publishing (B+P) spoke to Australian Publishers Association Rising Star award shortlistee Melena Cole-Manolis (editor, Magabala) about her entry into the industry and where she sees herself...
Varuna announces 2025 Writer’s Space Online Fellowship recipients
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
Varuna, the National Writers’ House has announced the recipients of its 2025 Writer’s Space Online Fellowships. The fellowship recipients are: Beth Atkinson-Quinton Alison Evans Martina Kontos William Uy Vu Le R...
