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Political Book of the Year winner; Manuka Books launch; NZ booksellers’ delivery protest
The Affirm Press team behind Pip Williams’s marketing campaigns has launched Manuka Books; Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand and more than 40 booksellers have signed an open letter about delivery delays for A Court of Splintered Harmony; QBD will open a new store on the Gold…
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Copyright and the Constitution
The winners of the Victorian Community History Awards have been announced; in Aotearoa New Zealand, Jennifer Lane has won the NZSA Shaw Writer’s Award; Hachette Australia is funding research into the bird for which its new imprint is named; NewSouth has acquired a nonfiction…
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Hachette Australia funds research into eponymous letter-winged kite
Hachette Australia has announced a new conservation partnership between Letterwing, its Australian publishing imprint, and the Letter-winged Kite Project, the leading research initiative dedicated to understanding and protecting the Australian bird after which the imprint is…
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Meta delays proposed changes to terms following complaints
In the US, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) has called on Meta to drop new commercial terms that would let the company scrape the websites of any business using its platforms, reported Publishers Weekly (PW). AAP called the terms “an appalling landgrab of…
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NewSouth acquires popular science title on sugar by Jennie Brand-Miller
NewSouth has acquired world rights to popular science title Sweet: How Sugar Has Powered Human Evolution by Jennie Brand-Miller. Described by the publisher as an “entertaining and authoritative account of the human sweet tooth”, Sweet explains why humans instinctively love…
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Jennifer Lane wins 2026 NZSA Shaw Writer’s Award
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (NZSA) has announced Jennifer Lane as the winner of the 2026 NZSA Shaw Writer’s Award, worth NZ$5,000. Lane will use the award to work on the novel-in-progress “Confession”. This year’s judges were Rosetta Allan and…
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Victorian Community History Awards 2026 winners announced
The winners of the Victorian Community History Awards have been announced. Among the winners are the following publications: Collaborative Community History Award Fault Lines: Australia’s Unequal Past (edited by Seumas Spark & Christina Twomey, Monash University Publishing)…
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No newsletter tomorrow
Due to the Melbourne Cup public holiday in Victoria, Books+Publishing will not publish a newsletter tomorrow, 3 November.
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“The Alchemy of Leadership” wins 2026 Australian Political Book of the Year Award
The Alchemy of Leadership by Paul Strangio (Melbourne University Press) has won the 2026 Australian Political Book of the Year Award, worth $15,000. Chosen from a shortlist of four announced in September, the book “takes the leadership of Prime Minister John Howard as [its]…
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Hammer time
The Alchemy of Leadership has won the Australian Political Book of the Year Award; the latest “Wimpy Kid” has entered the bestseller charts at number one; in our media wrap, Chris Hammer’s latest is featured across both Newscorp and Nine papers this weekend; and because it’s…
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New “Wimpy Kid” debuts at number one
Top 10 bestsellers Fight or Flight (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 21) (Jeff Kinney, Puffin) Chain Reaction (Lee Child & Andrew Child, Bantam) Threshing Day (Limited Deluxe Edition) (Rebecca Yarros, Piatkus) The German Ward (Pip Williams, Affirm Press) Gruffalo Granny (Julia Donaldson,…
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Upcoming events
November Book Industry End of Year Party, Queensland (14 November) Book Industry End of Year Party, Victoria (17 November) Book Industry End of Year Party, New South Wales (18 November) BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival (20–21 November) Context Writers Festival (20–22 November)…
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Books in the media this week
A round-up of books being reviewed and discussed in key media this week, updated as information becomes available. National Australian The Country Schoolmaster (Kate Grenville, Black Inc.) Houdini (Larrian Gillespie, Cipher House Books). The Bookshelf, ABC Radio National The…
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Book Industry End of Year Party, Western Australia
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Book Industry End of Year Party, South Australia
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Book Industry End of Year Party, New South Wales
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Book Industry End of Year Party, Victoria
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Book Industry End of Year Party, Queensland
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Book Industry End of Year Party
It’s almost that time of year again! The End of Year Party is a wonderful chance to come together, share stories from the year, and enjoy a relaxed catch-up before the busy holiday season really gets into full swing. This year’s parties are sponsored by both the ABA and the APA.…
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Submit your titles for the Summer 2027 Preview
The Books+Publishing Summer 2027 Preview will feature the strongest local and international books publishing in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand from January to March 2027, highlighting what booksellers should have on their radar during the summer holiday and new year period.…