St Joseph’s College Devagiri Library: A door to the future
Thursday, 28 August 2025
With libraries, their work, and free access to information under increasing threat around the world, B+P and the Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature Office reached out to libraries in other designated cities of...
A&U acquires New Blue Ribbon Cookbook
Tuesday, 26 August 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world English rights to The New Blue Ribbon Cookbook by Liz Harfull, in a deal brokered by Fiona Inglis at Curtis Brown. ‘Every year thousands...
Sanders wins the 2025 NZSA Shaw Writer’s Award
Monday, 25 August 2025
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (NZSA) has announced Cristina Sanders as the winner of the 2025 NZSA Shaw Writer’s Award, worth NZ$5000. Sanders is...
RWA announces Ruby Award 2025 winners
Monday, 25 August 2025
Romance Writers of Australia (RWA) has announced the winners of the 2025 Romantic Book of the Year Awards, known as the Ruby Awards. Chosen from shortlists announced in June, the...
Books in the media this weekend, 23–24 August
Friday, 22 August 2025
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Looking for Elizabeth: The Life of Elizabeth Harrower (Helen Trinca, La...
Book Week made me buy it: Children’s titles on the charts
Friday, 22 August 2025
Top 10 bestsellers The Let Them Theory (Mel Robbins & Sawyer Robbins, Hay House) Cozy Corner (Coco Wyo, Penguin) Cozy Cuties (Coco Wyo, Penguin) An Inside Job (Daniel Silva, HarperCollins)...
Seattle Public Library: Breaking down barriers
Thursday, 21 August 2025
With libraries, their work, and free access to information under increasing threat around the world, B+P and the Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature Office reached out to libraries in other designated cities of...
IPEd 2025: Editors as changemakers
Wednesday, 20 August 2025
Books+Publishing publishing director Kate Cuthbert was an invited guest to this year’s Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) conference, held 23–25 July 2025 in Adelaide. During the conference, she was one...
Papercuts Comics Festival announces program
Wednesday, 20 August 2025
Papercuts Comics Festival has announced its 2025 program, running 12–14 September in Adelaide. Artists appearing include Alice Lam, Chad Molyneux, Evie ‘YEEVZ’ Hilliar, Molly Hunt, Nicola Scott and Robin Tatlow-Lord....
Queensland Poetry Awards prize money increases
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
The Queensland Writers Centre has announced increases in the value of its Queensland Poetry Awards, which has opened for entries this week. Award categories and their first-place cash prizes are:...
Comfort, cosy, colouring in this week’s bestsellers
Friday, 15 August 2025
Top 10 bestsellers The Let Them Theory (Mel Robbins & Sawyer Robbins, Hay House) Cozy Corner (Coco Wyo, Penguin) An Inside Job (Daniel Silva, HarperCollins) Cozy Cuties (Coco Wyo, Penguin)...
New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults winners
Thursday, 14 August 2025
In Aotearoa New Zealand, Ross Calman (Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Raukawa, Kāi Tahu) has won the overall Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award at the 2025 New Zealand Book Awards...
Reykjavik City Library: Fostering ‘open conversation’
Thursday, 14 August 2025
With libraries, their work, and free access to information under increasing threat around the world, B+P and the Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature Office reached out to libraries in other designated cities of...
UQP acquires Rocca’s middle-grade novel
Thursday, 14 August 2025
UQP has acquired world rights to the debut middle-grade novel Joey and the Junjardy written by Allison Rocca and illustrated by Brenton E McKenna, in a deal brokered by Danielle...
Unfolded podcast seeks to ‘go inside what makes a story great’
Thursday, 14 August 2025
University of Melbourne lecturer and creative producer Seth Robinson has launched the new podcast Unfolded, a literary podcast that combines audio performances and author interviews. In each episode, an actor performs...
Tinsel time: 2025 biography and memoir
Wednesday, 13 August 2025
From sports stars to media mavens, performers to podcasters, Books+Publishing pulls together titles about lives less-ordinary from publishers' 2025 gifting season recommendations. Well-known women Among the highlights from publishers for...
Books on the Rail’s Ali and Michelle in conversation
Wednesday, 13 August 2025
Books on the Rail is an Australian initiative that places books on local public transport services – or, as co-founders Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus put it, ‘turns Australia's trains...
Alizzi named 2025 Rising Star
Monday, 11 August 2025
Arlie Alizzi has been named the Australian publishing industry's 2025 Rising Star. Alizzi is a Yugambeh editor, writer, researcher and anti-racism educator based in Rubibi/Broome and works as an editor at Magabala...
Book Club – this month’s reads
Friday, 8 August 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...
Books in the media this weekend, 09–10 August
Friday, 8 August 2025
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Crimson Light Polished Wood (Monia Raszewski, Transit Lounge) No Straight Road...
PANZ Publishing Market Size Report 2024 released
Wednesday, 6 August 2025
Publishers Association of New Zealand Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ) released its 2024 Publishing Market Size Report to members on the week of 30 July, revealing a total of NZD...
Pearson: first half of 2025 stable, ‘stronger growth expected’ in second half
Monday, 4 August 2025
In the UK, educational publisher Pearson has reported a stable financial performance for the first half of 2025, with sales up two percent, to £1.7bn (A$3.5bn), and adjusted operating profit...
The Berry Agency expands to literary representation
Monday, 4 August 2025
Chloe Berry of The Berry Agency (TBA) has announced the agency will expand to include literary representation in October 2025. Launched earlier this year to ‘provide advice and support to...
Junior Book Club – this month’s reads
Friday, 1 August 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....
Ghost Cities a heatseeker after Miles Franklin win
Friday, 1 August 2025
Top 10 bestsellers Cozy Corner (Coco Wyo, Penguin) The Let Them Theory (Mel Robbins & Sawyer Robbins, Hay House) Cozy Cuties (Coco Wyo, Penguin) The White Crow (Michael Robotham, Hachette)...
Morsi wins 2025 Dorothy Hewett Award
Thursday, 31 July 2025
Mohammed Massoud Morsi has won the 2025 Dorothy Hewett Award for his unpublished fiction manuscript The Hair of the Pigeon. Chosen from a shortlist of six, Morsi receives a publishing...
Sharman wins 2025 Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize
Thursday, 31 July 2025
Victorian writer Tara Sharman has won the 2025 Australian Book Review (ABR) Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize ($6000) for ‘Shelling’. At 22, Sharman is the youngest recipient in the prize's...
Morgan wins 2025 Mallinson Rendell Illustrators Award
Thursday, 31 July 2025
The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi has announced Josh Morgan (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rongowhakaata, Te Whānau-a-Kai) as the 2025 Mallinson Rendel Illustrators Award recipient. The 2025 selection panel, which included illustrator...
QWC Varuna shortlists announced
Wednesday, 30 July 2025
The Queensland Writers Centre (QWC) has announced shortlists for two Varuna fellowships. Shortlisted writers and their projects are: QWC Established Writers Fellowship Madeleine Dale for 'Poem for Many Voices' Cass...
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...
