11+ hour, 35+ min ago  (155+ words) A Funny Thing Happened'with Robbie Swan and Fiona Patten Books+Publishing A sharp, darkly funny insider account of the sex industry's collision with politics, censorship and everyday Australian life by Robbie Swan, a former national magazine editor turned political lobbyist…...

5+ hour, 44+ min ago  (77+ words) Books+Publishing Mary Martin Bookshop opened a new bookstore at South Melbourne Market in February 2026. Has the number of bookshops in Australia really halved? Probably not, but we should still be worried We now offer a pay-by-the-month subscription. Password: Forgot…...

8+ hour, 14+ min ago  (64+ words) Books+Publishing L-R: Emma Dorph, Juliana Tan, J'r'me Pescheux and Ilaria Marzi. Visiting International Publishers on commercial fiction trends in Indonesia, Italy and France We now offer a pay-by-the-month subscription. Password: Forgot my password If you have purchased IP access,…...

9+ hour, 33+ min 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…...

9+ hour, 27+ min ago  (112+ words) Books+Publishing Writers among First Nations Arts d/Deaf and/or Disabilities Project Fund recipients Writers are among the successful applicants to Creative Australia's First Nations Arts d/Deaf and/or Disabilities Project Fund. Those to receive funding include: - Sharleigh…...

10+ hour, 19+ min 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…...

1+ day, 7+ hour 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,…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (213+ words) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this article contains the name of a deceased person. Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired world rights to the nonfiction title Emily: Emily Kame Kngwarreye, the artist who changed Australia by Andrew…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago  (47+ words) Books+Publishing Scribe among publishers being impersonated by scammers 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. Category: Daily in brief...

6+ day, 5+ hour 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…...