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A&U acquires Urquhart ultramarathon story

Photograph of Donna Urquhart wearing fur hood with snow googles on her forehead Thursday, 2 April 2026
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to ultramarathon runner Donna Urquhart’s as yet untitled story about her Guinness World Record Antarctic run in January 2024, written with journalist...

DANZ Children’s Book Award 2026 longlists announced

DANZ logo Thursday, 2 April 2026
The 2026 longlists for the Australian School Library Association (ASLA) DANZ (Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand) Children’s Book Award have been announced. The longlisted titles in each category...

B+P Easter publishing schedule

Thursday, 2 April 2026
Due to the Easter long weekend, the Books+Publishing newsletter will not be published this Friday, 3 April or the following Monday, 6 April. The deadline for classifieds and job advertisements in...

International Booker Prize 2026 shortlist announced

Wednesday, 1 April 2026
In the UK, the shortlist for the 2026 International Booker Prize, worth £50,000 (A$95,811), has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: The Director (Daniel Kehlmann, trans by Ross Benjamin, riverrun) The...

Words on the Waves 2026 program announced

Wednesday, 1 April 2026
The program for the Words on the Waves Writers Festival, to run from 27 May to 1 June on the NSW Central Coast, has been announced. The festival’s opening address,...

B+P Easter publishing schedule

Wednesday, 1 April 2026
Due to the Easter long weekend, the Books+Publishing newsletter will not be published this Friday, 3 April or the following Monday, 6 April. The deadline for classifieds and job advertisements in...

Raymond Tan recommends 

Tuesday, 31 March 2026
The last Australian cookbook that really resonated with me is Good Cooking Every Day by Julia Busuttil Nishimura (Plum). It feels incredibly warm and generous, and there’s a real sense of ease...

Raymond Tan on “You’re Welcome!” 

Tuesday, 31 March 2026
Raymond Tan is a Melbourne-based baker whose work celebrates the flavours and traditions of Southeast Asia through a contemporary lens. His cookbook, You’re Welcome!: A Baking Celebration with a Southeast...

CBCA 2026 shortlist announced

CBCA shortlist Tuesday, 31 March 2026
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced the shortlist for the 2026 CBCA Book of the Year Awards. The shortlisted books in each category, selected from the 2026 Notable...

Newcastle Poetry Prize 2026 winners announced

Tuesday, 31 March 2026
The Hunter Writers’ Centre has announced the winners of the 2026 Newcastle Poetry Prize. The winners in each category are: First place ($15,000) Greg McLaren for “Late Sonnets” Second place ($3000)...

Nigerian publisher Masobe Books acquires 5 books by Bacon

Tuesday, 31 March 2026
Othuke Ominiabohs, founder and publisher of Masobe Books, has acquired Nigerian rights for five books by African-Australian author Eugen Bacon, in a deal brokered in partnership with Bacon’s US publisher...

Upswell acquires Nowra’s “My Grandfather’s Ghost”

Louis Nowra Tuesday, 31 March 2026
Upswell Publishing has acquired world rights to My Grandfather’s Ghost, a narrative nonfiction title by Louis Nowra, via Natalie Stewart, HLA Management. Describing My Grandfather’s Ghost, Nowra said, “On 12...

Aaron wins 2026 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize

Monday, 30 March 2026
In the UK, Huw Aaron has won the 2026 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, worth £5000 (A$9657), for Sleep Tight, Disgusting Blob (Puffin), reports the Bookseller. Aaron’s is the second picture book...

S&S acquires Rogers’s “The Damned”

Photograph of Matt Rogers in front of a window, arms folded Monday, 30 March 2026
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired The Damned by Matt Rogers. Described as a “heart-pounding new thriller”, The Damned follows the author’s 2025 thriller The Forsaken and again features ex-assassin Logan...

Newcastle Writers Festival kicks off tomorrow

Newcastle Writers Festival Thursday, 26 March 2026
Newcastle Writers Festival (NWF) runs from 27 to 29 March, with an opening night event featuring London-based Australian author Kathy Lette, who will reflect on “her writing career, resilience, and...

ABA 2026 conference program announced

Thursday, 26 March 2026
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has released the program for its 2026 conference, to run from 13 to 15 June at in Canberra at the QT hotel (pictured). Sessions at...

Bakers Lane acquires Jones’s “Swimming Backwards”

Photograph of Helen Jones Thursday, 26 March 2026
Bakers Lane Books has acquired world rights to the novel Swimming Backwards by Helen Jones. Swimming Backwards, which was shortlisted for the publisher’s inaugural Fearless Prize, tells the story of grieving...

Women’s Prize for Nonfiction 2026 shortlist announced

The 2026 Women’s Prize for Nonfiction Judging Panel Thursday, 26 March 2026
In the UK, the shortlist for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Nonfiction, worth  £30,000 (A$57,702) has been announced. The six shortlisted titles are: The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People’s History...

 

 

 

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