A raptor with no qualms about eating its opponents wins New Zealand’s annual bird election
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand ’s annual bird election is contested by cheeky parrots, sweet songbirds…
Stella Day Out Aireys Inlet program revealed
Monday, 29 September 2025 Â Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing Literary organisation Stella has announced the evening program for its Stella…
Bakers Lane Books acquires Drum’s YA novel
Monday, 29 September 2025  Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing Bakers Lane Books has acquired world rights to Don’t Forget to…
Richard Curran: By 2064, Ireland will have more pensioners than workers – that’s a problem
Ageing population means getting auto-enrolment right is more important than ever Cartoon: Graeme Keyes ‘Auto-enrolment has been talked…
MKR’s Manu Feildel and Colin Fassnidge on going from ‘hating’ each other to besties: ‘Big egos’
After starring on My Kitchen Rules for over 15 years, travelling around the country in a suit and demanding…
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 Â Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing The University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to…
Partial solar eclipse 2025: Date, time, safe viewing tips and livestream details
On Monday morning, September 22 (local time), skywatchers in New Zealand, parts of Australia, several Pacific islands, and…
Hachette acquires Carmody’s dystopian romantasy
Monday, 22 September 2025 Â Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing Hachette Australia has acquired The Shadows that Listen, a debut dystopian…
Canada end New Zealand’s reign as world champions · The 42
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Fiction takes top three spots for first time in 2025
Friday, 19 September 2025 Â Â 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…