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Friday 6 November 2026
Prize
State Library of South Australia: South Australian Literary Awards
Australia
Jobs
Customer Success Specialist
Australia
Jobs
Financial Accountant
Australia
Jobs
Specialist, Sales
Australia
Jobs
Cloud Services Engineer III
Australia
Jobs
Advanced Associate, Content Producer
Australia
Jobs
Primary Sales Consultant
Australia
Jobs
Education Consultant
Australia
Jobs
Sales Executive
Australia
Funding
Creative New Zealand: International Engagement Fund
New Zealand
Event
Stella Schools – Story Sessions: Sydney
Australia
Event
The Stella Prize: Stella DAY OUT: Wagga Wagga
Australia
Event
Readings: A Day in Carlton
Australia
Event
National Street Library Week | November 21-29, 2026
Australia
Event
Mountain Writers Festival 2026
Australia
Event
Festival of Fiction 2026
Australia
Event
Writers SA: Context Writers Festival
Australia
Event
Book Doof Nipaluna/Hobart
Australia
Thursday 5 November 2026
People
Kete Books: Fergus Barrowman hands over reins
New Zealand
Jobs
Internships
Australia
Jobs
Ticketing Manager
Australia
Industry
DOAJ and Open Access Australasia partner to strengthen open access publishing
Australia
Funding
Creative Australia: National Poet Laureate
Australia
Event
Sydney Writers' Festival: 2027 Festival dates
Australia
Event
Manly Writers' Festival 2027
Australia
Event
Katharine's Birthday 2026 - KSP Open Day
Australia
Event
Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2027
Asia-Pacific
Event
Byron Writers Festival will take place 20—22 August 2027
Australia
Deal
Easy Tiger options Three Reasons for Revenge
Australia
Deal
Dollhouse Pictures Secures Bri Lee’s Novel The Work For Television Adaptation
Australia
Wednesday 4 November 2026
Prize
Hachette Australia: The Richell Prize Winner 2026
Australia
Prize
2026 Woollahra Digital Literary Award Shortlist
Australia
Prize
Ockham New Zealand Book Awards: How to Enter
New Zealand
Jobs
Marketing Executive
Australia
Jobs
Head of Editorial Operations
Australia
Jobs
Sales Support Coordinator/Customer Contact Consultant (part-time)
Australia
Jobs
Marketing & Publicity Coordinator
Australia
Jobs
Senior Project Editor
Australia
Jobs
Digital Marketing Manager (contract)
Australia
Event
Canberra Writers Festival breaks records for a second consecutive year
Australia
Prize
Queensland Writers Centre: Aurealis Awards – Program Guidelines
Australia
Tuesday 3 November 2026
Industry
A new book store is coming to Mount Maunganui
New Zealand
Industry
Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against OpenAI Draws More than 50 (Very Illuminating) Amicus Briefs
International
Funding
Varuna, the National Writers' House: Varuna Residential Fellowships
Australia
Sunday 1 November 2026
Prize
Jennifer Lane wins Shaw Writer's Award
New Zealand
People
Kete Books: James Norcliffe. President of Honour
New Zealand
Friday 30 October 2026
Industry
New Aotearoa NZ Book of the Month, every month
New Zealand
Event
Save the date and tell your friends!
New Zealand
Thursday 29 October 2026
Industry
IFRRO Releases New Study on AI, Copyright Issues
International
Industry
Bartz v. Anthropic Settlement: What Authors Need to Know
International
Industry
Update: VCE Industry and Enterprise (2027 final year of delivery)
Australia
Event
Publishers Association of New Zealand: PANZ at International Book Fairs
New Zealand
Prize
Australian Political Book of the Year: 2026 Award Winners
Australia
Wednesday 28 October 2026
Deal
UQP has acquired world rights to Suri Matondkar's 'Cheatercock'
Australia
Prize
Creatures and critters take centre stage in Hungerford Award winning manuscript
Australia
Industry
Ministry of Education: More senior curriculum subjects released
New Zealand
People
Alice Miller is 2027 IIML Writer in Residence
New Zealand
Tuesday 27 October 2026
Industry
Urgent action required to get books to kids
New Zealand
Industry
An Open Letter to Bloomsbury Australia and Penguin Random House Distribution
New Zealand
Monday 26 October 2026
Deal
UWA Publishing acquires ANZ rights to Megan Cheong's literary novella
Australia
Friday 23 October 2026
Prize
Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for pip adam's AUDITION
New Zealand
Prize
Catherine Chidgey honoured as Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate
New Zealand
Jobs
Publication Coordinator
Australia
Industry
Labor Backs Young Readers With $1.1 Million Book Boost
Australia
Funding
Creative Australia: Kathleen Mitchell Award
Australia
Tuesday 20 October 2026
Prize
2026 UQP Mentorship Prize for Under-represented Writers Shortlist Announced
Australia
Industry
Second workforce survey finds encouraging gains in diversity
Australia
Deal
Allen & Unwin Aotearoa NZ announces winner of 2026 Fiction Prize
New Zealand
Monday 19 October 2026
People
Writing NSW Varuna Fellowship 2026 Winner Announced
Australia
Industry
Political parties respond to book sector elec manifesto
New Zealand
Friday 16 October 2026
Prize
Sandy Bigna's 'Little Bones' Wins ACT Book of the Year Award
Australia
People
Kete Books: Lawrence Patchett awarded prestigious fellowship
New Zealand
Thursday 15 October 2026
Prize
Hachette Australia: The Richell Prize Shortlist 2026
Australia
Prize
University of Melbourne, Faculty of Arts: Kate Challis RAKA Award
Australia
Prize
Meg Caddy's 'A Flash in the Dust' wins the ARA Historical Novel Prize in the CYA category
Australia
People
State Library of New South Wales: Imago Fellowship
Australia
Funding
Library announces the David Scott Mitchell Institute and awards $274,000 in research funding for 2027
Australia
Wednesday 14 October 2026
Prize
Hannah Kent Wins the 2026 Ilse Schwepcke Prize for Women’s Travel Writing with Always Home, Always Homesick
Australia
Event
VerbCrawl returns for one night only
New Zealand
Tuesday 13 October 2026
Prize
Apply to judge the 2027 New Zealand Book Awards for Children
New Zealand
Monday 12 October 2026
People
Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand: Welcome to the Team
New Zealand
Sunday 11 October 2026
Industry
Frankfurter Buchmesse 2026: 236.000 Besucher, neues Layout und Ehrengast Tschechien
International
Thursday 8 October 2026
Prize
Brisbane Writers Festival: 2026 Winners
Australia
Monday 5 October 2026
Prize
Sargeson winner Mikee Donato's 'secret life of words'
New Zealand
Thursday 1 October 2026
People
Work with us and shape Varuna’s next chapter
Australia
Funding
Literature Translation Institute of Korea: International Exchange Grants
Asia-Pacific
Wednesday 30 September 2026
Event
Creative Australia: Visiting International Publishers Program 2027
Australia
Friday 25 September 2026
Prize
Book for bird lovers judged best designed 2026
New Zealand
People
2026 $25,000 TCA | NZSA Writers' Award to Matariki Williams
New Zealand
Industry
Half of Whitcoulls' kids Top 50 from NZ authors
New Zealand
Wednesday 23 September 2026
Industry
Public Libraries Statistical Report 2024-25 Now Available
Australia
Monday 21 September 2026
People
Inaugural scholarships for Young Writers Awarded
New Zealand
People
Ockham NZ Book Awards 2027 Judges revealed
New Zealand
Industry
ALIA and ACSL disappointed by decision to discontinue teacher librarian roles
Australia
Funding
Calling all writers! Be in to win $15,000
New Zealand
People
Auckland Writers Festival welcomes Chris Tse as a Board Observer
New Zealand
Wednesday 16 September 2026
Industry
Updated New Zealand Curriculum for Years 0 to 10 released
New Zealand
Tuesday 15 September 2026
Prize
Australian Society of Authors: 2026 Barbara Jefferis Award Shortlist
Australia
Monday 14 September 2026
Funding
Copyright Agency: Application closing dates for 2026
Australia
Friday 11 September 2026
Prize
Storytellers honoured at 2026 Premier's Book Awards
Australia
Thursday 10 September 2026
Prize
Announcing the winners of the 2026 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards
Australia
Deal
UQP acquires George's second novel 'The Herd'
Australia
Monday 7 September 2026
Prize
State Library of NSW: NSW History Awards
Australia
Friday 4 September 2026
Funding
Four cash grants awarded to local writers
New Zealand
Prize
2026 South Australian Literary Awards shortlist announced
Australia
Wednesday 2 September 2026
Deal
UWA Publishing acquires world rights to N. J. Madden’s literary fiction novel Laughing River
Australia
Prize
2026 ARA Historical Novel Prize – Longlists announced
Australia
Funding
LitUp brings the love of reading to communities
Australia
Tuesday 1 September 2026
Prize
Kete Books: AUNT NASTY'S new illustrator revealed
New Zealand
Friday 28 August 2026
Jobs
Senior Conservation Technician
Australia
Jobs
Digital Marketing Manager
Australia
People
Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi o Tāmaki Board of Trustees welcomes Sam Elworthy; Nicola Legat steps down
New Zealand
Thursday 27 August 2026
People
Writing WA Welcomes Board Following 2026 AGM
Australia
Monday 24 August 2026
Deal
UQP acquires second verse novel by CBCA Honour Book winner Sandy Bigna
Australia
Prize
Inaugural Te Pae Tawhiti Awards Winners announced
New Zealand
Friday 21 August 2026
Prize
2026 Book of the Year Awards – Winners
Australia
Wednesday 19 August 2026
Prize
Picture book pair take the top prize at NZCYA awards
New Zealand
Tuesday 18 August 2026
People
Sydney Writers’ Festival announces new Artistic Director
Australia
Thursday 6 August 2026
People
Yeow Kai Chai to Helm Singapore Writers Festival’s 30th Edition
Asia-Pacific
Prize
Fierceland by Omar Musa wins 2026 Miles Franklin Literary Award
Australia
Wednesday 29 July 2026
People
Kasi Valu named as 2026 Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence
New Zealand
Monday 27 July 2026
Deal
UWA Publishing acquires world rights to Georgie Harriss’s literary autofiction novel Perpetual Stew
Australia
Saturday 25 July 2026
Prize
Aotearoa New Zealand Book Industry Awards 2026 Winners’ Announcement
New Zealand
Wednesday 15 July 2026
People
Newcastle Writers Festival: New Festival Leadership Announced
Australia
Monday 29 June 2026
People
State Library Victoria appoints new Chief Executive Officer
Australia
Friday 26 June 2026
Deal
UQP acquires dazzling debut novel by University of Sydney academic Dan Dixon
Australia
Monday 15 June 2026
People
Fremantle Press board appointments 2026
Australia
Prize
Wild Dark Shore wins ABA Adult Fiction Book of the Year 2026
Australia
Friday 12 June 2026
Deal
UWA Publishing acquires world rights to Thuy On's poetry collection Insolence
Australia
Wednesday 10 June 2026
Prize
Brooke Maddison wins the $20,000 Penguin Literary Prize 2026 for Driftwood
Australia
People
Hazel Phillips wins Michael King Australia Writers' Residency
New Zealand
Tuesday 9 June 2026
Deal
UQP acquires exceptional debut poetry collection by Tim Loveday
Australia
Thursday 4 June 2026
People
Farewell to our Artistic Director, Ann Mossop
Australia
Wednesday 3 June 2026
Industry
Australian reading rates hold steady according to new Creative Australia data
Australia
Friday 22 May 2026
Prize
Children’s publishing dominates as ABIAs crown 2026 winners
Australia
Prize
2026 ABIA winner for Small Publishers' Adult Book of the Year
Australia
Wednesday 20 May 2026
Prize
Winners announced for 2026 NSW Literary Awards
Australia
Tuesday 19 May 2026
Deal
Kete Books: Ockham-shortlisted HOODS LANDING heads overseas
New Zealand
Friday 15 May 2026
Deal
UWA Publishing has acquired world rights to Nic Gill's Sniff Squad series
Australia
Prize
Lee Lai wins 2026 Stella Prize for Cannon
Australia
Thursday 14 May 2026
Prize
Kerikeri writer wins 2026 regional Commonwealth Short Story Prize
New Zealand
Wednesday 13 May 2026
Prize
Short Stories sweep the fiction prizes at Ockham Book Awards
New Zealand
Monday 4 May 2026
Deal
ANNOUNCEMENT: Wakefield Press acquires Nicole Lenoir-Jourdan’s debut YA novel
Australia
Friday 1 May 2026
Prize
Kete Books: Messy Press wins at Bologna
New Zealand
Wednesday 29 April 2026
Prize
Māori author Tania Roxborogh shortlisted for prestigious French literary prize
New Zealand
Tuesday 28 April 2026
People
Fremantle Press names new patrons as Barry McGuire steps down
Australia
Thursday 23 April 2026
People
Adelaide Festival: Adelaide Writers’ Week Director Announced
Australia
Monday 20 April 2026
Industry
CAUL marks 100,000 open access articles across Australasia
Australia
Tuesday 14 April 2026
People
University of Queensland Press: UQP Appoints New Publishing Director
Australia
Wednesday 1 April 2026
People
Andy Griffiths named Australian Children’s Laureate for 2026-2027
Australia
Thursday 26 March 2026
Deal
National Treasure Magda Szubanski To Publish New Memoir Later This Year
Australia
Tuesday 24 March 2026
People
New Director-General for the National Library of Australia
Australia
Monday 23 March 2026
Prize
Winners revealed in the 2026 Indie Book Awards
Australia
Friday 6 March 2026
Deal
UQP has sold world English (ex ANZ) rights to Randa Abdel-Fattah’s Discipline to Oneworld Publications
Australia
Friday 27 February 2026
Prize
2026 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards Winners
Australia
People
David Coventry awarded University of Waikato residency
New Zealand
Wednesday 25 February 2026
People
Libby Kirkby-McLeod is new Coalition for Books manager
New Zealand
Saturday 21 February 2026
Prize
2025 Aurealis Awards Winners
Australia
Tuesday 17 February 2026
People
Verb Wellington Welcomes Co-directors Gabrielle Vincent & Kate Mcdonald
New Zealand
Thursday 29 January 2026
People
Massey University Press welcomes Odessa Owens as new publisher
New Zealand
Wednesday 16 April 2025
Industry
Bucking the trend: new research tells us New Zealanders still love to read
New Zealand