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PRH acquires Wilson’s ‘I Eat the Stars’

Tuesday, 30 September 2025
Penguin Random House Australia (PRH) has acquired I Eat the Stars: How to Live Fully and Beautifully in a Collapsing World by Sarah Wilson. I Eat the Stars is a guide...

Ventura acquires Carrick debut fiction

Tuesday, 30 September 2025
Ventura Press has acquired world rights to Brigid Carrick’s debut commercial fiction, The Belfast Express. Set in Dublin during the 1970s, The Belfast Express is described by the publisher as...

Shalom Collective Australian Jewish Book Awards 2025 winners announced

Tuesday, 30 September 2025
The 2025 Shalom Collective Australian Jewish Writer Awards winners have been announced. Winners, selected from shortlists announced in July, are: Leslie and Sophie Caplan Award for Jewish Nonfiction ($10,000) Jana...

Hachette acquires two new Robotham novels

Tuesday, 30 September 2025
Hachette Australia has acquired two novels by Michael Robotham, via Mark Lucas at the Soho Agency, in a multi-territory partnership with Little, Brown Book Group in the UK. The first...

Ned Kelly Awards 2025 winners announced

Tuesday, 30 September 2025
The Australian Crime Writers Association has announced the 2025 Ned Kelly Award winners. Winning works in each category, chosen from shortlists announced in August, are: Best crime fiction The Creeper...

A&U acquires new Moule fiction

Tuesday, 30 September 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to The Mother of All Calamities by Lisa Moule, in a deal brokered by Samuel Bernard at the Zeitgeist Agency. The Mother...

Stella Day Out announces new Melbourne event

Tuesday, 30 September 2025
Literary organisation Stella has announced a second Stella Day Out event in Melbourne. The evening event is set to take place on 28 October at Quest NewQuay in the Docklands,...

Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2025 winners announced

Monday, 29 September 2025
Writing Australia has announced the winners of the 2025 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. Chosen from shortlists announced in August, the winners are: Fiction Theory & Practice (Michelle de Kretser, Text)...

Vale Abram Goldberg

Monday, 29 September 2025
Author Abram Goldberg has died at the age of 100. Affirm Press writes: Affirm Press is deeply saddened by the passing of Abram Goldberg, author of the heartbreaking and powerful...

Stella Day Out Aireys Inlet program revealed

Monday, 29 September 2025
Literary organisation Stella has announced the evening program for its Stella Day Out event in Aireys Inlet, Victoria, to take place on 15 November 2025 at the Aireys Inlet Community Centre....

Bakers Lane Books acquires Drum’s YA novel

Monday, 29 September 2025
Bakers Lane Books has acquired world rights to Don’t Forget to Remember Me, a YA debut by Annie Drum, via Sally Bird of Calidris Literary Agency. According to the publisher,...

Anderson wins 2025 Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers

Monday, 29 September 2025
Susie Anderson has won the 2025 Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers for her short story ‘The Claimant’. Presented by Overland, the award offers a $5000 cash prize and...

Keri Hulme Award 2025 finalists announced

Monday, 29 September 2025
The Māori Literature Trust Te Waka Taki Kōrero has announced the finalists for the 2025 Keri Hulme Award, which recognises ‘the contributions of mid-career Māori writers who exemplify the values...

Queensland Literary Awards 2025 winners announced

Monday, 29 September 2025
The winners of the 2025 Queensland Literary Awards have been announced. Amy McQuire has won the $30,000 Queensland Premier’s Award for a Work of State Significance for Black Witness (UQP)....

MidnightSun Publishing acquires Madsen’s ‘Animal Force’

Thursday, 25 September 2025
MidnightSun has acquired world rights to Animal Force, a junior fiction novel written by Cerise Madsen and illustrated by Sally Heinrich. According to the publisher, Animal Force centres on twins Leo and...

Stella Day Out Ballarat program announced

Thursday, 25 September 2025
Literary organisation Stella has announced the evening program for its Stella Day Out event in Ballarat, Victoria, to take place on 5 November at the Ballarat Mechanics Institute. The first...

Little Big Sky acquires Baker’s picture books in four-book deal

Thursday, 25 September 2025
Little Big Sky has acquired world rights to Calm Your Farm and I Love to Draw by Dale Baker in a four-book deal, marking the imprint's first acquisition since launching this year....

Berbay Travel and Little Smith imprints launched; PANZ Book Design Awards presented; Creative Australia Fellowships announced

Wednesday, 24 September 2025
In local news, children’s publisher Berbay Publishing announced Berbay Travel, a new imprint dedicated ‘to revealing the hidden and unseen elements of destinations around the globe’; while Smith Street Books...