ABIA 2025 business award shortlists announced
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
Books+Publishing, in partnership with the Australian Publishers Association, has announced the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) 2025 business award shortlists. The ABIA 2025 business award shortlists are: Bookshop of the...
Thorpe-Bowker: ‘Having access to books wherever you might want them increases demand’
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
In the lead-up to the 2025 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs), Books+Publishing is in conversation with the event’s major sponsors about the status of the industry, what excites them about the future,...
Books Create Australia launches Election 2025 campaign
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
Books Create Australia has announced the launch of its Election 2025 campaign, calling on the incoming government to 'act to secure a reading future'. 'Fair policies and investment are vital...
Brunet wins 2025 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
French author Marion Brunet has won the 2025 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, worth 5 million SEK (A$794,966), reports Publishers Weekly. Judges made note of Brunet's settings, ‘a fiercely pulsating present with...
We Are the Stars becomes first nonfiction book to top Dymocks 101
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
Bookselling chain Dymocks has announced its 2025 Top 101 list, voted on by readers, with Gina Chick’s We Are the Stars (Summit) becoming the first nonfiction book to take the...
Mila’s Books wins 2025 Bologna Best Children’s Publisher, Oceania
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
Aotearoa New Zealand publisher Mila’s Books has won the 2025 Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publisher of the Year in the Oceania category, announced at the Bologna Children’s Book...
UQP acquires Caddy historical YA
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to Meg Caddy’s historical YA novel A Flash in the Dust, in a deal brokered by Abigail Nathan at Alex Adsett Literary....
Clunes Booktown 2025 – books, bands, and breaking records
Tuesday, 1 April 2025
Under blue skies and a hot sun, Clunes transformed into Booktown during the weekend of 22–23 March, welcoming about 10,000 visitors and a record 135 booksellers. Books+Publishing publishing director Kate...
PRH 2024 results: 8.5% sales increase
Tuesday, 1 April 2025
Worldwide sales at Penguin Random House (PRH) increased by 8.5% and profits rose 11.3% in 2024, due to higher book prices, the continuing strength of the audiobook market, and higher...
McGaughey joins B+P
Tuesday, 1 April 2025
Books+Publishing has appointed Jasmin McGaughey to the newly created position of editorial and production coordinator. McGaughey was a black&write! editor intern in 2019, and most recently held the role of editorial...
A&U acquires Payne memoir
Tuesday, 1 April 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to Ride On by Michelle Payne with Angus Fontaine, in a deal brokered by Michael Rivette and Nanette Moulton at Rivette Moulton Broadbent. In...
QBD named in Deloitte’s Best Managed Companies program
Monday, 31 March 2025
Bookselling chain QBD Books has been recognised for a second year in Deloitte Australia's Best Managed Companies award program. QBD Books CEO Nick Croydon said: ‘This award reflects QBD’s continued...
Affirm acquires new Mupotsa-Russell fiction
Monday, 31 March 2025
Affirm Press has acquired world rights to Mark Mupotsa-Russell’s upcoming novel, The Wolf Who Cried Boy, via literary agent Sarah McKenzie. 'The Wolf Who Cried Boy is a breathless chase...
Judith Wright Poetry Prize 2024 shortlist announced
Monday, 31 March 2025
The shortlist for the 2024 Judith Wright Poetry Prize has been announced. Shortlisted poems include: ‘ACAB’ by Dominic Symes ‘al Mafrak’ by Daniel Grima ‘The Dog House’ by Neika Lehman...
Women’s Prize for Nonfiction 2025 shortlist announced
Monday, 31 March 2025
In the UK, the 2025 shortlist for the Women’s Prize for Nonfiction, worth £30,000 (A$61,725), has been announced. Shortlisted titles are: A Thousand Threads (Neneh Cherry, Fern Press) The Story...
LBF: Australians report ‘buoyant’, ‘busy and buzzy’ fair
Monday, 31 March 2025
London Book Fair (LBF) has closed for 2025, with Australian attendees reporting positive relationships and promising conversations over the three days. The fair, which drew around 30,000 attendees and featured...
Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize 2024 shortlist announced
Monday, 31 March 2025
The shortlist for the 2024 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize has been announced. Chosen from over 500 entries, the shortlisted stories are: ‘Around the Corner’ by Maks Sipowicz ‘Days of...
2025 Dublin Literary Award shortlist announced
Thursday, 27 March 2025
Six novels have been shortlisted for the 2025 Dublin Literary Award. The prize, which is the 'world's most valuable annual prize for a single work of fiction published in English'...
Arnott appointed ABR editor and CEO
Thursday, 27 March 2025
Australian Book Review (ABR) has announced Georgina Arnott as its new editor and CEO, succeeding Peter Rose, who is stepping down after 24 years in the role. Arnott has been...
Writing Australia to be funded in 2025–26 Federal Budget
Thursday, 27 March 2025
The forthcoming literature funding body Writing Australia will be funded in the 2025–26 Federal Budget, with the organisation set to commence operations on 1 July. This funding was announced as...
Tasmanian Literary Awards 2025 winners announced
Thursday, 27 March 2025
The winners of the Tasmanian Literary Awards for 2025 have been announced. Category winners – chosen from shortlists announced last month – are: Premier’s Prize for Fiction ($25,000) Heartsease (Kate...
ASA, APA, Copyright Agency, NZSA statement on LibGen: What to do next?
Wednesday, 26 March 2025
In Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, the book industry has been hit again this month by reports of massive numbers of copyrighted publications being used to train generative AI systems,...
Booktopia: ‘We need to work together – government and business – to emphasise the importance and joy of reading’
Wednesday, 26 March 2025
In the lead-up to the 2025 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs), Books+Publishing is in conversation with the event’s major sponsors about the status of the industry, what excites them about the future,...
S&S acquires Holmes debut
Wednesday, 26 March 2025
Simon & Schuster Australia (S&S) has acquired global rights for Australian journalist Tracey Holmes’s debut book, Not A Female Sports Reporter. The first woman to present ABC sports program Grandstand,...
Canadian booksellers, publishers lobby against tariffs
Wednesday, 26 March 2025
In Canada, booksellers are asking Prime Minister Mark Carney to exclude books from the 25% counter-tariffs due to take effect on 2 April, covering C$125 billion (A$139 billion) worth of...
HarperCollins acquires four Peter Cheong graphic novels
Wednesday, 26 March 2025
HarperCollins Children’s Publishing has acquired world rights via auction to four graphic novels by author and illustrator Peter Cheong in a deal brokered by Paige Terlip at Andrea Brown Literary...
CBCA 2025 shortlists announced
Wednesday, 26 March 2025
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced its shortlist for the 2025 CBCA Book of the Year Awards. The shortlisted books in each category, selected from the 2025...
A&U acquires new Delaney nonfiction
Wednesday, 26 March 2025
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to The Seeker and the Sage by Brigid Delaney in a deal brokered by Pippa Masson at Curtis Brown. ‘Whereas Reasons Not...
2025 Windham-Campbell recipients announced
Tuesday, 25 March 2025
The recipients of the 2025 Windham-Campbell Prizes, each worth US$175,000 (A$278,529), have been announced, reports Publishers Weekly. This year’s winning writers are Sigrid Nunez (US) and Anne Enright (Ireland) for...
Melbourne Books acquires Harris nonfiction
Tuesday, 25 March 2025
Melbourne Books has acquired world rights to Under the Influence of Salmon: How a Man and a Fish Turned Our World Upside Down by Steve Harris. Of the book, the publisher...
