Cleary wins A&U NZ Fiction Prize
Thursday, 9 October 2025 Â Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing Allen & Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand (A&U NZ) has announced Tauranga…
Cuthbert to leave B+P | Books+Publishing
Wednesday, 8 October 2025  Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing Kate Cuthbert has resigned as publishing director at Books+Publishing. She began the…
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…
A witty memoir on his journey from Monaghan to media – The Irish Times
Not Making Hay Author: Frank McNally ISBN-13: 9781804583197 Publisher: Gill Books Guideline Price: €18.99 As a boy, Frank…
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…
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 Â Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing The University of Queensland Press (UQP) has acquired world rights to…
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…
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…
Book Review: ‘The Whisper Place’ by Mindy Mejia
It’s uncanny to drive by fictional crime scenes on my way to work. I have always wondered what…