2+ week, 1+ hour ago  (77+ words) Books+Publishing Southern Highlands Writers" Festival Bryan Brown, Siang Lu among authors on Southern Highlands Writers" Festival 2026 program We now offer a pay-by-the-month subscription. Password: Forgot my password If you have purchased IP access, please click the button below to…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago  (356+ words) Books+Publishing Allen & Unwin acquires Hannah Goldstein debut "Dream Girls" Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to the debut novel Dream Girls by Hannah Goldstein, in a deal brokered by Rebecca Slater at a4 Literary. Inspired by Shakespeare's A Midsummer…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (173+ words) The shortlists for the Te Pae Tawhiti Awards for Aotearoa and Pasifika speculative fiction writers have been announced. The shortlisted works in each category are: Outstanding Achievement for Adult Novel Outstanding Achievement for Middle Grade Fiction Outstanding Achievement for Young…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (159+ words) Text has acquired ANZ rights to adult fiction What Gentlemen Do by Todd Babiak from Carolyn Buszynski at Cooke Mc Dermid Agency in Canada. The "uplifting and outrageously funny story of a young man on the brink who uses the…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (428+ words) Books+Publishing Hellions" wins 2026 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction Julia Elliott has won this year's Carol Shields Prize for Fiction for her short story collection Hellions (Tin House). The prize jury, made up of Carmen Maria Machado (chair), Ivan Coyote,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (121+ words) MARION has announced the shortlists for the 2026 ACT Literary Awards. The shortlisted titles are: The winners will be announced at the 2026 ACT Literary Awards ceremony at Verity Lane ACT on 2 July. In addition to the category awards, one of the…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (198+ words) Picture credit: Paula Mahoney." Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to crime novel The Wreck by Riley James in a deal brokered by Caitlan Cooper-Trent of Curtis Brown Australia. Publisher Genevieve Buzo said the novel was "a little bit…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (331+ words) The winners of the 2026 NSW Literary Awards have been announced. Clare Wright's'N'ku Dh'ruk The Bark Petitions: How the People of Yirrkala Changed the Course of Australian Democracy'(Text Publishing) is the winning title for both the Douglas Stewart Prize for…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (218+ words) Donna Fisher, a UK author currently based in Queensland, is the inaugural winner of the "50, 000 (A$93, 000) Libraro Prize for her novel Sheep's Clothing. Administered by the community digital platform Libraro, in partnership with Hachette UK and book recommendation platform Love…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (171+ words) The 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction Judging Panel, L'R: Annie Macmanus, Cariad Lloyd, Julia Gillard (chair), Mona Arshi, Salma El-Wardany The Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist has been announced, which includes "6 powerful stories by new voices and established authors, interrogating women's…...