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Crime, politics and history in Aussie bestsellers

Friday, 5 December 2025
Top 10 bestsellers Guinness World Records 2026 (Guinness World Records, Guiness) Last One Out (Jane Harper, Macmillan) Exit Strategy (Lee Child & Andrew Child, Bantam) Brimstone (Callie Hart, Hodderscape) Big...

Books in the media this weekend, 6 to 7 November

Friday, 5 December 2025
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. This week’s round-up will be updated as information becomes available. National The Book Show, ABC...

Junior Book Club – holiday reads

Friday, 5 December 2025
On the hunt for great books to share with kids? Our bumper Junior Book Club holiday edition rounds up new releases for the month and top picks from the past...

New year 2026 preview: CYA

Wednesday, 3 December 2025
As 2026 approaches, publishers highlight forthcoming children’s and young adult titles to look out for – from teen pregnancy within prejudiced towns to the study of clouds in beautiful picture books. Books+Publishing (B+P) shares titles...

Amplify Bookstore 5 years in: “a little beyond ourselves”

Monday, 1 December 2025
Amplify Bookstore specialises in books by Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) writers. Beginning as an online-only retailer, the bookstore made its first physical roots in 2024, with a...

FitzSimons’s Weary Dunlop enters Oz Top 10

Friday, 28 November 2025
Top 10 bestsellers Brimstone (Callie Hart, Hodderscape) Nobody’s Girl (Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Doubleday) Guinness World Records 2026 (Guinness World Records, Guinness) Exit Strategy (Lee Child & Andrew Child, Bantam) Big...

Books in the media this weekend, 29 to 30 November

Friday, 28 November 2025
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. This week’s round-up will be updated as information becomes available. National The Book Show, ABC...

Blue Mountains Writers’ Festival: “Stories of connection, freedom and family”

Thursday, 27 November 2025
The 2025 Blue Mountains Writers’ Festival ran from 31 October to 2 November in Katoomba, with the theme “A Path to Wonder”. This year also marked the first iteration of...

New year 2026 preview: Nonfiction

Wednesday, 26 November 2025
As we head towards 2026, publishers are preparing to send a wide array of new nonfiction titles for our bookshelves. Among the titles publishers are keen to highlight, booksellers and...

Thom-Jones takes out top Scarlet Stiletto Award

Tuesday, 25 November 2025
Author Sandra Thom-Jones has won first prize in Sisters in Crime’s 32nd Scarlet Stiletto Awards for her short story “Der Hölle Rache”. Thom-Jones, who identifies as neurodivergent, said, “I’m still...

Books in the media this weekend, 22 to 23 November

Friday, 21 November 2025
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. This week's round-up will be updated as information becomes available. National The Book Show, ABC...

Kohler’s money advice enters top ten

Friday, 21 November 2025
Top 10 bestsellers Nobody’s Girl (Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Doubleday) Exit Strategy (Lee Child & Andrew Child, Bantam) Last One Out (Jane Harper, Macmillan) Partypooper (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 20)...

Last chance to submit your Christmas closing dates

Wednesday, 19 November 2025
To be included in Books+Publishing’s annual list of publishers’ and distributors’ trade closing dates for the holiday period, please complete our Christmas closing dates survey by noon on Tuesday, 25...

Publishers reaching across borders at Sharjah

Monday, 17 November 2025
Now in its 4th decade, the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) is the world’s third largest book fair, attracting hundreds of thousands of people. Earlier this month Upswell publisher Terri-ann...

Sooshi Mango has readers hungry for more

Friday, 14 November 2025
Top 10 bestsellers Exit Strategy (Lee Child & Andrew Child, Bantam) Last One Out (Jane Harper, Macmillan) Nobody’s Girl (Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Doubleday) Partypooper (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #20) (Jeff...

Books in the media this weekend, 15 to 16 November

Friday, 14 November 2025
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Book Show, ABC Radio National Will There Ever Be Another You (Patricia Lockwood, Bloomsbury...

Book Club – this month’s reads

Friday, 14 November 2025
Looking for your next great group read? Our monthly Book Club rounds up new release titles that are perfect for sparking conversation and perhaps even some debate. From compelling fiction to...

Wombat acquires Page’s interactive novel

Thursday, 13 November 2025
Wombat Books has acquired world rights to Gabriella Page’s The Nardi Puzzle, an interactive middle-grade story that allows readers to solve puzzles alongside the characters. The novel follows Sebastian Walker’s...

CWF: Casual in the capital

Wednesday, 12 November 2025
The 9th Canberra Writers Festival (CWF) ran from 22 to 26 October – the first under the current programming team of CEO Travis Green, artistic director Andra Putnis and artistic...

Kay Kerr recommends

Tuesday, 11 November 2025
The last two Australian books I read and loved were Moonlight and Dust by Jasmin McGaughey – for the intrigue and lush, gorgeous writing, and Consider Yourself Kissed by Jessica...

Kay Kerr on “Might Cry Later”

Tuesday, 11 November 2025
Queensland-based author Kay Kerr made her debut with Please Don’t Hug Me (Text, 2020), followed by Social Queue (Text, 2021). Her latest release, Might Cry Later (Macmillan, November), marks her...

The Bookshop opens in Colac

Monday, 10 November 2025
Recently, The Bookshop opened in the Victorian town of Colac. Owner Kris Seabert spoke with Books+Publishing about his vision for the shop. Why did you decide to open a bookshop? Do...

Crime and memoir top Aussie bestsellers

Friday, 7 November 2025
Top 10 bestsellers Last One Out (Jane Harper, Macmillan) Partypooper (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 20) (Jeff Kinney, Puffin) The Detective (Matthew Reilly, Macmillan) Always You (Chloe Fisher, Hachette) Nobody’s...

Books in the media this weekend, 8 to 9 November

Friday, 7 November 2025
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. This week's round-up will be updated as information becomes available. National The Book Show, ABC...

Junior Book Club – this month’s reads

Friday, 7 November 2025
Searching for your next great read to share with kids? Our Junior Book Club highlights 10 new titles each month that are perfect for classrooms, libraries and family reading time....

ISNI: A global standard for identifying creators

Thursday, 6 November 2025
The ISNI is performing a growing role for authors, publishers, librarians and other creative organisations. Australian ISBN Agency representative Andrew Wrathall reports on the ISNI session at September’s International ISBN...