Wednesday, 8 February 2023
In book retailing news, Booktopia has secured $12 million in funding for the development of its new customer fulfilment centre at South Strathfield which it says will be operational in...

Wednesday, 1 February 2023
The federal government revealed its $286 million Revive national cultural policy this week, which includes the establishment of new literature funding body Writers Australia; new arts investment and advisory body...

Wednesday, 25 January 2023
Perth Festival has announced the full line-up for its 2023 Literature & Ideas program; three new categories have been added to the 2023 Australian Book Industry Awards; and Tess Nichol...

Wednesday, 18 January 2023
The Australia Council has announced its latest round of funding, with the Wheeler Centre’s Next Chapter program, and the Open Book internship program among the literature-related projects and activities; Fremantle...

Wednesday, 11 January 2023
The winners of the 2022 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards were announced in December, along with the longlists for the 2023 Indie Book Awards and shortlists for the 2023 Victorian Premier’s...

Wednesday, 7 December 2022
In moves, former Allen & Unwin publishing director Tom Gilliatt has joined Left Bank Literary as an agent and Booktopia has appointed Retail Food Group executive chairmen Peter George as...

Wednesday, 30 November 2022
Author and poet Antigone Kefala has won the 2022 Patrick White Literary Award, worth $15,000; Booktopia founder and former CEO Tony Nash has been re-elected to the company’s board; and...

Tuesday, 22 November 2022
This week, Scott Pape's new financial guide for children, Barefoot Kids, debuted at number one on the Australian bestsellers chart, breaking several records along the way. Sales were propelled by...

Tuesday, 15 November 2022
Kim Pham has won the 2022 Heyman Mentorship Award for her coming-of-age novel manuscript ‘Bird Hands Beaver a Fishmint Bouquet’. Meanwhile, the inaugural Australian Political Book of the Year was...

Tuesday, 8 November 2022
Penguin Random House Australia has announced publishing director Justin Ractliffe will be leaving the company following a review of its local adult publishing division. In awards news, Susannah Begbie has...

Wednesday, 2 November 2022
In this week’s award news, the three winners of the 2022 Readings Prizes have been announced; Lauren Fuge has won this year’s UNSW Press Bragg Prize for Science Writing; Emily...

Tuesday, 25 October 2022
Melbourne Writers Festival announced it will be moving from September to May next year; Tom Keneally and Katrina Nannestad won the 2022 Historical Novel Prize in the adult and CYA...

Wednesday, 19 October 2022
Hardie Grant and Ultimo Press have announced managing director James Kellow will set up the imprint in the UK next year; the Fair Work Commission has approved the enterprise bargaining...

Wednesday, 12 October 2022
The Small Press Network (SPN) has announced the shortlist for its Book of the Year Award, along with the program for its 2022 Independent Publishing Conference, where the Book of...

Wednesday, 5 October 2022
The Institute of Professional Editors is developing a diversity, equity and inclusion policy as findings from the 2022 Australian Publishing Industry Workforce Survey on Diversity and Inclusion show lack of...

Wednesday, 21 September 2022
Mirandi Riwoe and Saskia Beudel are the recipients of this year’s Copyright Agency author fellowships; Melbourne Writers Festival, which took place over four days earlier this month, has reported this...

Wednesday, 14 September 2022
The winners of this year’s Educational Publishing Awards and Queensland Literary Awards have been announced; Miles Allinson and Bernadette Brenann won the Age Book of the Year award in fiction...

Wednesday, 7 September 2022
Alex Allan has been appointed the new CEO of Fremantle Press; the program for the inaugural Berry Writers Festival held in October in Shoalhaven, NSW, has been announced; and Meredith...

Wednesday, 31 August 2022
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...

Wednesday, 24 August 2022
The Children’s Book Council of Australia has announced the winners of the 2022 Book of the Year Awards; Booktopia founder Tony Nash has notified the company of his intention to...

Wednesday, 17 August 2022
Late last week Bernadette Brennan won the 2022 National Biography Award for Leaping into Waterfalls: The enigmatic Gillian Mears (A&U), while the State Library of NSW announced the shortlists for...

Wednesday, 10 August 2022
Opus Group has confirmed that Griffin Press will cease its print on demand services; Publishers Association of NZ/TeRau o Tākupu have reported that its trade publishers’ revenue grew 0.8% last...

Wednesday, 3 August 2022
The shortlists for the Age Book of the Year 2022, which this year includes a nonfiction category, and the Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize have been announced, while the longlist...

Wednesday, 27 July 2022
Jennifer Down has won the 2022 Miles Franklin Literary Award for her second novel Bodies of Light; Hachette Australia has appointed Scott Henderson as senior nonfiction publisher, starting 1 September;...

Wednesday, 20 July 2022
The board of Booktopia Group has given founder and CEO Tony Nash notice to step away from executive management, appointing current CFO Geoff Stalley as interim CEO. The State Library...

Tuesday, 12 July 2022
Australian publishers will be attending this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair in person, with publishers either taking part in the Australian Publishers Association stand or attending independently. In bookshop news, author...

Wednesday, 6 July 2022
The Australia Council has announced the rights sellers, literary agents and publishers to take part in the 2022 New York Publishers’ Program, as well as the recipients of the Translation...

Wednesday, 29 June 2022
The shortlist for the 2022 Miles Franklin Literary Award was announced in the past week, as well as the winners of the 2022 Chief Minister’s NT Book Awards. Melbourne Writers...

Wednesday, 22 June 2022
John Hughes’ novel The Dogs (Upswell) has been removed from the Miles Franklin longlist following instances of plagiarism found by the Guardian, which has since uncovered further examples, while Upswell...

Thursday, 16 June 2022
Affirm Press has announced the launch of its own national sales team which will be fully operational from January 2023, while the Australian Publishers Association (APA) has reported its members...