5+ hour, 53+ min ago   (228+ words) The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced the winners for the 2026 CBCA Book of the Year Awards. The CBCA shadow judging winners – titles chosen by 332 groups of children voting on their top choices from the shortlists announced in…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (135+ words) The Australian Crime Writers Association has announced the 2026 Ned Kelly Awards shortlist for best debut crime fiction. The shortlisted titles, selected from 160 entries, are: The judging panel this year commented that the range of books included “several bold topics and…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (43+ words) Who’s up for a Prime Minister’s Literary Award? Books+Publishing Who’s up for a Prime Minister’s Literary Award? 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…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (152+ words) Writing Australia has announced the shortlists for the 2026 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. The shortlisted titles in each category, chosen from 673 entries, are: Each shortlisted entry will receive $5,000, with the winner of each category receiving $80,000. The prize money for the award…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (69+ words) Books+Publishing Writers Victoria to continue “for the foreseeable future” 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 activate your service. Allen & Unwin acquires “The Vatican Files…...

2+ mon, 1+ week 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 activate…...

2+ mon, 1+ week 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…...

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

2+ mon, 1+ week 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,…...