The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has released the results of a ‘baseline’ survey of the Australian publishing industry undertaken by University of Melbourne researchers, and... Read more

The 2022 Byron Writers Festival, which ran 26 to 28 August, was ‘a resounding success’, according to the organisers. The first in-person festival since 2019,... Read more

Rights to Brigid Delaney’s nonfiction work Reasons Not to Worry (A&U, September) have been sold to North America, the UK and Commonwealth (ex ANZ and... Read more

In its full-year preliminary results, Booktopia has reported its revenue was up 7.5%, while its underlying earnings were down 54%; the online book retailer has also reached an agreement with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) regarding the ACCC’s case alleging a false or misleading returns policy at Booktopia.

The board of the Melbourne Theosophical Society has temporarily closed the TS Bookshop and Theosophical Society Library, making bookshop staff redundant; meanwhile, the shortlist for the 2022 Spark Prize was announced, alongside the winners of the 2022 Ned Kelly and Davitt awards.

Anita Heiss’s novel Tiddas has been adapted for stage; the winners of the inaugural 2022 Children’s Book Council of Australia Shadowers’ Choice Awards were announced; and the shortlists for the 2022 Northern Territory Literary Awards were revealed.

In the UK, Adiba Jaigirdar’s Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating (Hodder Children’s) won the 2022 YA Book Prize; US author Tess Gunty was announced the winner of the inaugural Waterstones Debut Fiction prize; and Keith Ridgway and Amit Chaudhuri have won the James Tait Black prizes for fiction and biography respectively.

Auckland’s Lamplight Books is a newly established independent bookshop with a special focus on architecture and design books. Recently celebrating its first birthday, the shop... Read more

A powerful middle-grade story about animal activism, Berani (A&U, November), Michelle Kadarusman’s latest novel, follows two young protagonists, Malia and Ari, who work together to... Read more

I usually have a few books on the go, both children and adult reads. Two newer books that really stood out for me recently were... Read more

Sales Fiction Affirm Press has sold simplified Chinese rights to The Dictionary of Lost Words (Pip Williams) to Jieli Publishing House Co., Ltd. Nonfiction Black Inc.... Read more

Top 10 bestsellers Where the Crawdads Sing (Delia Owens, Corsair)* It Ends With Us (Colleen Hoover, S&S) Cobalt Blue (Matthew Reilly, Macmillan) The Rising Tide... Read more

A Brief Affair is contemporary fiction by multi–award winning author Alex Miller. The novel follows a moment in the life of Frances Egan, a woman... Read more

Patricia Clarke started her career in journalism in 1951, a time when the industry was very much a man’s world but women were making inroads.... Read more

Berani is a powerful middle-grade story about animal activism set in Indonesia, by the Indonesian-Australian author of Music for Tigers. Weaving in two interconnected stories... Read more

Publishing industry figure Rod Mead has died, aged 85. Pamela Petty and Bryony Cosgrove write: Australian publishing has lost one of its much-loved bon vivants.... Read more

Books+Publishing is partnering with US trade news magazine Publishers Weekly to provide our subscribers with exclusive access to the weekly digital edition of PW magazine.... Read more

Author and academic Georgina Arnott has joined Australian Book Review (ABR) as assistant editor, replacing James Jiang (see classified).

Tony Dreise has stepped down from his role as Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) co-chair. Natalie Ahmat, a long-time ambassador for ILF, joins the board as... Read more

Malcolm Neil has been appointed head of sales and marketing at Melbourne University Publishing.

The Indigenous Literacy Day (ILD) National Digital Event is proudly produced and presented by the Indigenous Literacy Foundation and hosted by the Sydney Opera House. This free short film is available from 10:30am AEST on Wednesday, 7 September and then will be available for 90 days and is suitable for all ages. Register at ilf.org.au/ILD.

The digital event is an engaging 20-minute film sharing Stories, Cultures and Languages from two Communities in remote Northern Territory: Tiwi Islands and Jilkminggan. Children from these Communities introduce themselves based on connection with each other, their family and their Country. Special guest, ILF ambassador and music icon Jesssica Mauboy is taught to sing a well-loved song in Mangarrayi and Tiwi by children before ILF ambassador, author and performer, Gregg Dreise shares the song in his language, Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay. This is an example of one song, in three languages from three different Nations of Australia.

This Indigenous Literacy Day digital event  is an opportunity for all Australians to celebrate the  multilingual and multi-literacy of First Nations children and experience a joyful snippet of life in remote Communities. Register now at ilf.org.au/ILD

Dr Georgina Arnott—author and academic at the University of Melbourne—has joined Australian Book Review (ABR) as assistant editor, following James Jiang’s move to Griffith Review. She will be much involved in the shaping of ABR’s extended commentary material.