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Riveted Press acquires Cullen debut middle-grade

A portrait of Brenton Cullen Wednesday, 30 July 2025
Riveted Press has acquired world rights to The Prime Minister Problem, a debut middle-grade novel by Brenton Cullen. The Prime Minister Problem is 'a heartfelt and timely story about an...

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Wednesday, 30 July 2025
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Very Impressive for Your Age (Eleanor Kirk, A&U) 

Tuesday, 29 July 2025
In Very Impressive for Your Age, Eleanor Kirk brings insight, wit and dark humour to her sharply drawn portrait of a young woman whose carefully imagined future vanishes overnight. Evelyn...

Maisy Hayes Is Not for Sale (Allayne L Webster, Text) 

Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Maisy Hayes Is Not for Sale is a big-hearted read that balances emotional depth with laugh-out-loud moments. Told from the perspective of 14-year-old Maisy, the middle child in a single-parent family...

A Catalogue of Love (Erin Hortle, S&S) 

Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Erin Hortle’s A Catalogue of Love is a powerful work of Australian literary fiction. Set against the salt-sprayed wilderness of Bruny Island, the novel follows Neika, a surfer tracing her life...

Australia Reads announces first LitUp participants

LitUp Locations Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Australia Reads has announced the 27 schools, libraries and bookshops that will host LitUp events as part of the pilot for this live literature initiative. In its pilot year, the...

A&U acquires Gifford picture book

a portrait of Lucinda Gifford drawing a duck Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Albert Street Books, an imprint of Allen & Unwin (A&U), has acquired world rights to picture book Valerie: Australia’s Bravest Sausage Dog by Lucinda Gifford, via Pippa Masson at Curtis Brown...

We Read Auckland announces full program

We Read Auckland logo Tuesday, 29 July 2025
We Read Auckland | Ka Pānui Tātou i Tāmaki Makaurau has announced its full program, which will run 1–31 August. The month-long reading and writing festival offers free events with...

Riveted Press acquires Farrell junior fiction trilogy

a portrait of Anne Farrell Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Riveted Press has acquired world rights to a junior fiction trilogy by debut author Anne Farrell. The as-yet-untitled speculative fiction series is suitable for readers aged 6 years and above,...

Moss wins 2025 Furphy Literary Award

Monday, 28 July 2025
Serena Moss has won the 2025 Furphy Literary Award, worth $15,000, for her short story ‘The Eulogy Business’. Based in Geraldton, Moss works in real estate and is an aspiring...

Lu awarded 2025 Miles Franklin Literary Award

Siang Lu wins the Miles Franklin Literary Award Thursday, 24 July 2025
Siang Lu has won the 2025 Miles Franklin Literary Award, worth $60,000, for his novel Ghost Cities (UQP). Lu is an author based in both Brisbane, Australia, and Kuala Lumpur,...

George Robertson Award 2025 winners

Thursday, 24 July 2025
The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced the 2025 winners of the George Robertson Award. The recipients, chosen by the APA board of directors, are: Penny Evershed (head of supply...

Larrikin acquires McKerrow’s middle-grade novel

Thursday, 24 July 2025
Larrikin House has acquired world rights to Grave Robbing and Other Curious Activities, a middle-grade novel by Joel McKerrow.  Described by the publisher as ‘heart-racing, spine-tingling and poetic’, the story...

Rights round-up 

Sundays Under the Lemon Tree Wednesday, 23 July 2025
Sales Fiction Arndell, an imprint of Keeperton, has sold Italian rights to The Bonus (T L Swan) to Quixote Italy. Nonfiction Black Inc. has sold Polish rights to The Shortest...

Text acquires Tolich’s debut romcom

Wednesday, 23 July 2025
Text Publishing has acquired world rights to debut romcom Side Character Energy by Olivia Tolich, in a deal brokered by Martin Shaw at Shaw Literary. Side Character Energy follows character...

Somerset Storyfest announces 2025 regional program

Somerset Storyfest logo 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

Stella Day out 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

Stella Day out 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

Mudgee Readers' Festival 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...

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Wednesday, 23 July 2025
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