Barnes wins inaugural Bundyi Writing Prize
Monday, 13 October 2025 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing Bundyi Publishing has announced Shannon Barnes as the winner of the…
Cleary wins A&U NZ Fiction Prize
Thursday, 9 October 2025 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing Allen & Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand (A&U NZ) has announced Tauranga…
Cuthbert to leave B+P | Books+Publishing
Wednesday, 8 October 2025 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing Kate Cuthbert has resigned as publishing director at Books+Publishing. She began the…
Colouring makes reading stick: Emily Baulch on the under-valuing of branded and interactive texts in children’s literacy
Tuesday, 7 October 2025 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing BookUp’s inaugural research day was held on 8 August this year.…
‘The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny’ is a terrific, tangled love story
(Hogarth) It took Kiran Desai nearly 20 years to write her new novel, The Loneliness of Sonia and…
Best books out in September, from Ian McEwan, Patrick Ryan and Lee Lai
Welcome to the ABC Arts wrap of the best books out in September. This month, our book-loving critics…
Stella Day Out Aireys Inlet program revealed
Monday, 29 September 2025 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing Literary organisation Stella has announced the evening program for its Stella…
Bakers Lane Books acquires Drum’s YA novel
Monday, 29 September 2025 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing Bakers Lane Books has acquired world rights to Don’t Forget to…
Fully Booked at DMPL: Tantalizing Time-Benders
The prequel to the TV show Outlander, Outlander: Blood of My Blood, premiered recently, so I must talk…
Sundays Under the Lemon Tree (Julia Busuttil Nishimura, illus Myo Yim, Scribble)
Tuesday, 23 September 2025 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing Best known for her cookbooks, Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s debut picture book,…
UQP acquires O’Keeffe’s third novel
Tuesday, 23 September 2025 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing The University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to…
Hachette acquires Carmody’s dystopian romantasy
Monday, 22 September 2025 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing Hachette Australia has acquired The Shadows that Listen, a debut dystopian…