4+ hour, 2+ min ago  (933+ words) UQP has cancelled a children's book illustrated by Matt Chun, citing antisemitism. Dennis Altman, Vice Chancellor's Fellow and Professorial Fellow, Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University, writes: Is this the next step in cancel culture? The…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (98+ words) The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA, formerly Book People) has announced the shortlists of its 2026 Book of the Year Awards. These awards recognise "books that truly connected with readers and were championed by booksellers across the country. The shortlisted titles in…...

6+ day, 5+ hour 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…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (192+ words) Melbourne Books has acquired world rights to memoir Smack Talk: Turning Grief into a Movement by Australian father Wayne Holdsworth. According to the publisher, the book is a "deeply personal memoir" about the death of Holdsworth's son Mac in October…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago  (323+ words) Harper Collins has acquired ANZ rights to the nonfiction title Fifty Beating Wonders by Michelle Johnston, via Martin Shaw at Shaw Literary. Publisher Catherine Milne said, "This is the book that I have wanted Michelle Johnston to write since I…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago  (165+ words) Australian cartoonist Lee Lai, who currently lives in Canada, has been shortlisted for the US$150, 000 (A$209, 673) Carol Shields Prize for Fiction for the graphic novel Cannon (Giramondo). The full 2026 shortlist includes: "These 5 books represent literary excellence across a diverse range…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago  (86+ words) In the US, the Publishing Triangle, an association of LGBTQ+ people in publishing, has announced winners for the 2026 Publishing Triangle Awards. Winners were announced for 10 categories, including: The Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBTQ+ Fiction The Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago  (121+ words) Books+Publishing Readers and Writers Against the Genocide fundraising for medics book Not-for-profit industry org Readers and Writers Against the Genocide (RWAG) is two-thirds of the way to its fundraising goal for its next book: a collection of essays titled…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (187+ words) The shortlist for the 2026 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction has been announced, reports the Bookseller. The shortlisted titles are: The judges said the shortlisted novels "probe intimate lives lived in both small and big settings. "Readers will hear voices…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (205+ words) Books+Publishing Saunders illustrations win at Bologna Illustrators Exhibition Australian illustrator Lauren Saunders is among the winning illustrators at Bologna Children's Book Fair (BCBF) Illustrators Exhibition. A jury selected Saunders's illustration set of five artworks as a winning entry, among…...