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…
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…
Fiction takes top three spots for first time in 2025
Friday, 19 September 2025 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing Top 10 bestsellers Wild Card (Elsie Silver, Piatkus) The Secret of…
Australian fiction and poetry at Frankfurt
Friday, 19 September 2025 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing Readers of fiction and poetry will be keen to learn what’s…
Readings’ A Day in Carlton program announced
Thursday, 18 September 2025 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing Readings has announced the full 2025 program for ‘A Day in…
Pigface Bookstore opens in Perth
Wednesday, 17 September 2025 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing Pigface Bookstore opened on 12 September in Perth, after completing renovations.…
Davitt Awards 2025 winners announced
Tuesday, 9 September 2025 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing Sisters in Crime has announced the winners of the 2025 Davitt…
New and reprinted titles from Mary Murphy, Raymond Briggs, Oscar Wilde and more – The Irish Times
Little earthlings may be fascinated by space, but spacelings find us to be equally curious creatures. In Mary…
Garner longlisted for 2025 Baillie Gifford nonfiction prize
Monday, 8 September 2025 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing In the UK, How to End a Story: Collected Diaries by…