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Thursday 5 November 2026

PeopleFergus Barrowman to step back as Te Herenga Waka University Press publisherThe Wellington press's publisher of more than 40 years moves to a part-time publisher-at-large role from 1 February 2027.New Zealand JobsSydney Writers' Festival opens 2027 internship programFive internships across events, marketing and partnerships start in February and March. Applications close on 15 November.Australia JobsMelbourne Writers Festival seeks ticketing manager for 2027 festivalThe fixed-term, full-time role runs from January to May 2027. Applications close at noon on 23 November.Australia FundingCreative Australia pushes first National Poet Laureate announcement to early 2027The appointment, first flagged for November, carries an $80,000 annual honorarium over a three-year term.Australia EventSydney Writers' Festival sets 17 to 23 May 2027 datesThe festival returns to Carriageworks, Sydney Town Hall and other venues, and tickets for School Days 2027 are already on sale.Australia EventNewcastle Writers Festival sets 2 to 4 April 2027 for 15th anniversaryThe dates follow a busy spring for the festival, including its first schools writing competition and the 2026 Fresh Ink Prize.Australia EventManly Writers' Festival sets 18 to 21 March 2027 for its fourth yearKim Williams will open the festival with the Thomas Keneally Oration, and tickets for sessions are now on sale.Australia EventKSP Writers' Centre open day to launch special edition of CoonardooThe centre's annual Katharine's Birthday open day on 5 December includes a UWA Publishing launch, a heritage tour and competition awards.Australia EventHong Kong International Literary Festival sets 24 to 28 February 2027 datesProgram and ticket details for the five-day festival are still to come.Asia-Pacific EventByron Writers Festival to move back into town for August 2027The festival will run from 20 to 22 August 2027 after a sold-out 2026 event, and its new membership year opens on 1 December.Australia DealEasy Tiger wins TV rights to Dervla McTiernan's 'Three Reasons for Revenge'Shaun Grant will adapt the Perth author's 2026 thriller after a contested auction.Australia DealDollhouse Pictures options Bri Lee's novel 'The Work' for televisionHannah Lehmann has created the series adaptation of the Allen & Unwin novel, with Lee on board as an executive producer.Australia

Wednesday 4 November 2026

PrizeWoollahra Digital Literary Award shortlists 15 online works for 2026Ellena Savage, Tegan Bennett Daylight and Toby Fitch are among the writers in contention, with winners named at a Double Bay ceremony.Australia PrizeOckham NZ Book Awards 2027 entries close; longlists due 28 JanuaryEntries for books published in 2026 have closed. Longlists follow on 28 January, shortlists on 3 March and winners on 12 May in Auckland.New Zealand PrizeNSW Literary Awards 2027 entries close on 26 NovemberTen categories are open for entry from a $360,000 prize pool across 14 awards. Early-bird entries close at 5pm on 12 November and all entries at 5pm on 26 November (AEST).Australia JobsMurdoch Books seeks marketing and publicity coordinator in SydneyMurdoch Books, part of Allen & Unwin, is hiring a coordinator to support campaigns, media mailings and author events across its list.Australia FundingJapan Foundation translation support for 2027-28 closes 1 DecemberPublishers outside Japan can seek part-funding to translate and print books first written in Japanese, for release between April 2027 and February 2028.Asia-Pacific EventCanberra Writers Festival sets attendance record for second year runningThe tenth festival sold more than 10,300 tickets, and the 2027 festival is listed for 14 to 17 October.Australia PrizeAurealis Awards entries for 2026 speculative fiction close 30 NovemberAustralian speculative fiction first published between 1 January and 30 November 2026 is eligible, with shortlists due in March 2027 and winners in April.Australia

Tuesday 3 November 2026

FundingVaruna opens Ann Moyal Non-Fiction Fellowship and Shanghai exchange for 2027The two residencies opened in late October and early November, ahead of the main 2027 to 2028 fellowship round in March.Australia

Sunday 1 November 2026

PrizeJennifer Lane wins 2026 NZSA Shaw Writer's Award for novel in progressThe $5,000 award, set up by novelist Tina Shaw for mid-career fiction writers, will support Lane's work on her novel Confession.New Zealand PeopleJames Norcliffe named NZSA President of Honour for 2027The New Zealand Society of Authors has given its 2027 President of Honour title to poet, novelist and short story writer James Norcliffe, who will give the Janet Frame Memorial Lecture.New Zealand PrizeCBCA 2027 entries close as new Middle Readers category beginsEntries for the 2027 CBCA Book of the Year Awards closed on 1 November, with books due at the national office by 14 November. A Middle Readers category for ages 10 to 13 starts in 2027.Australia

Friday 30 October 2026

EventDunedin Writers & Readers Festival sets 2027 dates and seeks programme directorThe festival will return to Ōtepoti over 10 to 12 September 2027 and is recruiting a programme director and board members.New Zealand

Thursday 29 October 2026

EventPANZ lists collective stands for Guadalajara, Bologna and FrankfurtNew Zealand publishers can join a PANZ stand at the Guadalajara International Book Fair from 28 November, with Bologna and Frankfurt stands planned for 2027.New Zealand

Wednesday 28 October 2026

DealUQP acquires world rights to Suri Matondkar's CheatercockThe memoir and critique, inaugural winner of the UQP Mentorship Prize for Under-represented Writers, will be published in July 2027.Australia PrizeGreg Taylor wins 35th Hungerford Award with essays told by 24 speciesThe manuscript came out on top in a record field of 128 entries for the Western Australian award.Australia PeopleAlice Miller appointed 2027 IIML Writer in ResidenceThe poet and novelist will spend 2027 at the International Institute of Modern Letters in Wellington, starting in February.New Zealand

Tuesday 27 October 2026

PrizeOlivia De Zilva wins Readings New Australian Fiction Prize for Plastic BudgieThe novel, the first new book signed by small press Pink Shorts Press, was praised by the judges for its clarity of vision.Australia FundingNine Australian publishing professionals selected for 2027 North America programCreative Australia will send rights sellers, agents and publishers to Toronto and New York from 3 to 12 March 2027 to pitch Australian adult titles.Australia JobsWakefield Press is hiring a South Australian sales representativeThe South Australian publisher wants a sales rep, starting at three days a week, to sell its own list plus Peribo and John Reed titles. Applications close 13 November.Australia

Monday 26 October 2026

DealUWA Publishing acquires Megan Cheong's literary novella ExchangeUWA Publishing has bought Australian and New Zealand rights to Exchange, an autofiction novella by writer and critic Megan Cheong, for release in the second half of 2027.Australia

Friday 23 October 2026

Prizepip adam's Audition wins 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for FictionThe Wellington writer takes the US$25,000 international award for a novel first published by Te Herenga Waka University Press.New Zealand PrizeCatherine Chidgey named 2026 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi LaureateThe honour for her contribution to literature comes as her tenth novel, The Starving Bride, reaches readers in Aotearoa and Australia.New Zealand JobsDebris Magazine seeks remote publication coordinatorThe independent arts publication is offering a two-year, one-day-a-week contract paying $3,000 per issue. Applications close 22 November.Australia FundingCreative Australia opens Dal Stivens Award as Translation Fund nears 10 November closeThe biennial award for writers aged 30 or under opened on 23 October, while the translation round for publishers closes next week.Australia

Tuesday 20 October 2026

PrizeUQP shortlists six writers for 2026 Mentorship Prize for Under-represented WritersTwo winners will each receive $5,000, a Brisbane residency and editorial mentoring, with results due in November.Australia DealAllen & Unwin Aotearoa signs Penny Richards's debut 'Soft' through its 2026 Fiction PrizeThe Nelson writer's Christchurch novel wins a publishing contract with a $10,000 advance and is due in mid-2027.New Zealand

Monday 19 October 2026

PeopleMiranda Michalowski wins 2026 Writing NSW Varuna FellowshipThe playwright will use time at Varuna to develop her debut novel, Bad Art.Australia

Friday 16 October 2026

PrizeSandy Bigna's Little Bones wins 2026 ACT Book of the YearThe verse novel beat six other Canberra titles for the $10,000 award, announced at the Canberra Writers Festival.Australia PeopleLawrence Patchett wins 2026 NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson FellowshipThe $12,000 fellowship will support his novel in progress, working title After the Eviction.New Zealand JobsNT Writers' Centre seeks part-time program officer in DarwinThe 22.5-hour-a-week role, Tuesday to Friday, runs the centre's writers development program and workshops. Applications close at midday ACST on 12 November.Australia

Thursday 15 October 2026

PrizeHachette names six emerging writers on 2026 Richell Prize shortlistThe shortlist was drawn from 1,022 entries, and the winner gets $10,000 and a year's mentorship with a Hachette publisher.Australia PrizeAlexis Wright's Praiseworthy wins 2026 Kate Challis RAKA AwardNovels by Larissa Behrendt, Allanah Hunt and Melissa Lucashenko were commended in this year's fiction round.Australia PrizeMeg Caddy's A Flash in the Dust wins ARA Historical Novel Prize children's and YA categoryThe UQP novel, set among bushrangers in 1899, took the CYA award at a ceremony in Sydney.Australia PeopleKimberley Knight named State Library of NSW's 2027 Imago FellowThe $50,000 creative writing fellowship will support a suite of essays on language told through true crime.Australia PeopleState Library of NSW names 2027 research fellows, from skateboarding to queer historyIndigo Willing, Karen Pack, Jamie Dunk and Paul Irish will work in the library's collections next year.Australia FundingState Library of NSW awards $274,000 in 2027 fellowships and launches research instituteThe funding covers 14 categories, including two new $15,000 creative residencies, under the new David Scott Mitchell Institute.Australia

Wednesday 14 October 2026

EventVerb Wellington brings back VerbCrawl for one night on 14 NovemberThe one-night literary crawl fills bars, galleries, bookshops and a fabric store in central Wellington, with every ticket priced at $10.New Zealand

Tuesday 13 October 2026

PrizeNZ Book Awards Trust sought judges for 2027 children's and young adult awardsEntries for the 2027 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults open on 19 November, with finalists due in June.New Zealand PeopleFremantle Press appoints audio production assistant for audiobook pilotTim Scott joins Fremantle Press to work on an audiobook pilot and new podcasts, in a role funded by a Minderoo Foundation grant. More on the planned imprint is due in 2027.Australia

Monday 12 October 2026

PeopleMoa Press appoints Clara van Wel to new assistant commissioning editor roleThe former Unity Books accounts manager will lead growth of the Hachette Aotearoa imprint's non-fiction list.New Zealand

Thursday 8 October 2026

PrizeLenora Thaker wins Premier's Award at 2026 Queensland Literary AwardsThe Pearl of Tagai Town took the Award for a Work of State Significance, and Claire Thomas's On Not Climbing Mountains won fiction.Australia

Tuesday 6 October 2026

PeopleEmma Hislop named 2027 Robert Burns FellowThe Taranaki-based author of Ruin, winner of the 2024 Hubert Church award, will move to Ōtepoti Dunedin to start her third book.New Zealand

Monday 5 October 2026

PrizeMikee Donato wins 2026 Sargeson Prize for short story 'Wilding Pines'The Wellington writer takes $15,000 in the University of Waikato prize, which drew a record 1,519 entries.New Zealand

Thursday 1 October 2026

PeopleVaruna begins search for new executive director as Veechi Stuart moves onThe National Writers' House in the Blue Mountains wants a new leader in place in 2027 after about a decade under Stuart.Australia FundingLTI Korea opens first 2027 round of international exchange grantsGrants of up to 20 million won are available for events and content that promote Korean literature to readers outside Korea. Applications close 31 December 2026 (KST).Asia-Pacific

Wednesday 30 September 2026

EventCreative Australia opens applications for 2027 Visiting International Publishers programOverseas publishers, agents and scouts can apply for the week-long Sydney program in May 2027. Applications close 10 November.Australia

Tuesday 29 September 2026

PeopleYong Shu Hoong's last Singapore Writers Festival as director runs 13 to 22 NovemberThe 29th festival, themed Hidden in Plain Sight, has more than 200 programmes and over 300 writers, speakers and moderators.Asia-Pacific

Friday 25 September 2026

PrizeGecko Press's Omnibird named best book at 2026 PANZ Book Design AwardsGiselle Clarkson's bird handbook, designed by Vida Kelly with the author, won the Gerard Reid Award and the children's category.New Zealand PeopleMatariki Williams wins $25,000 TCA | NZSA Writers' AwardThe award backs her book on the life and art of Robyn Kahukiwa, in development with Penguin Random House.New Zealand

Thursday 24 September 2026

PrizeSally Hepworth's Mad Mabel wins 2026 Ned Kelly Award for crime fictionThe Australian Crime Writers Association also honoured Liz Allan, Charlotte Grieve and Abigail Dean in this year's Ned Kelly Awards, which drew entries from 160 authors.Australia DealSimon & Schuster signs Luke Bateman's Fireforged fantasy trilogyThe Queensland former NRL player and BookTok creator will debut with Son of Ember in 2027, published at the same time in the UK, Australia and the US.Australia

Monday 21 September 2026

PeopleTCA and NZSA name first five School Leavers Scholarship recipientsFive young writers share $10,000 in a new scholarship for secondary school students.New Zealand PeopleJudging panels named for the 2027 Ockham New Zealand Book AwardsMillie Blackwell, Josiah Morgan, Neill Atkinson and Claire Regnault will convene the four category panels, with an international judge joining fiction at the shortlist stage.New Zealand FundingSargeson Trust opened 2027 Ireland Wilson Sargeson FellowshipsTwo published New Zealand writers will share a $30,000 stipend to write full-time from February 2027. Applications closed on 19 October.New Zealand FundingJudith Bishop and Alison Entrekin awarded Creative Australia FellowshipsThe two literature recipients are among 16 artists awarded 2026 Creative Australia Fellowships, each worth $80,000.Australia PeopleChris Tse joins Auckland Writers Festival board as observerThe former New Zealand Poet Laureate will bring a working writer's view to the festival trust's board discussions.New Zealand

Saturday 19 September 2026

DealFremantle Press acquires Dockers season book The Season with Snaps TrulyThe pseudonymous Fremantle Shipping News columnist takes a comic look at the Dockers' 2026 AFL season, co-edited by Geoff Hutchison and Michael Barker.Australia

Friday 18 September 2026

PeopleJenny Hellen to retire from Allen & Unwin Aotearoa as Rachel Nobilo steps upPublisher at large Jenny Hellen will retire in December 2026, and Rachel Nobilo has been promoted to commissioning editor to lead the children's list.New Zealand

Thursday 17 September 2026

DealWakefield Press acquires Jake Dean's debut story collection Flat SpellThe South Australian writer's collection, shortlisted in manuscript for the 2025 Richell Prize, is due out in July 2027.Australia

Tuesday 15 September 2026

FundingMykaela Saunders and Darby Jones named UTS Indigenous Writers' FellowsThe inaugural Copyright Agency-UTS Indigenous Writers' Fellowships for 2026/2027 carry a $15,000 stipend each, plus mentoring and industry networking.Australia PrizeASA names six novels on 2026 Barbara Jefferis Award shortlistEmily Maguire, Michelle de Kretser and Jumaana Abdu are among the contenders for the $50,000 biennial prize.Australia

Monday 14 September 2026

FundingCopyright Agency Cultural Fund Round Two closes; results due DecemberThe second 2026 round of Cultural Fund grants for organisations closed at 1pm AEST on 14 September, with applicants to hear in early December.Australia

Saturday 12 September 2026

PrizeJoanna Jenkins's The Bluff wins 2026 Davitt Award for best adult fictionSisters in Crime Australia presented the 2026 Davitt Awards in Melbourne on 12 September, with Kate Wild, Amy Doak, Sarah Armstrong and Angie Faye Martin also among the winners.Australia

Friday 11 September 2026

PrizeMabel Gibson's CryBaby takes WA Premier's Book of the YearThe Night Parrot Press micro memoir also won Emerging Writer, and David Whish-Wilson's O'Keefe took fiction, from a $120,000 prize pool.Australia PeopleTina Makereti named 2026 Katherine Mansfield Menton FellowThe writer, whose essay collection won an Ockham award this year, receives a $43,000 grant for three months of writing in Menton, in the south of France.New Zealand

Thursday 10 September 2026

PrizePrime Minister's Literary Awards 2026 winners named in CanberraKate Wild, Pip Harry, Zana Fraillon and Rohan Howitt are among the six category winners, each receiving $80,000 tax-free. A Piece of Red Cloth won fiction.Australia DealUQP acquires George Kemp's second novel 'The Herd'The deal comes alongside a North American sale of Kemp's novel 'Soft Serve' to Europa Editions.Australia

Monday 7 September 2026

PrizeNatalie Harkin and Patricia O'Brien among 2026 NSW History Awards winnersThe State Library of NSW shared $85,000 across six categories, with Wakefield Press, Allen & Unwin and Fremantle Press titles recognised.Australia

Friday 4 September 2026

FundingNZSA awards four $5,000 TCA research grants for 2026Bebe Ngaruko, Monique Fiso, Wendy Parkins and Duncan Sarkies will use the grants to research memoir, food, historical and satirical projects.New Zealand PrizeState Library of South Australia names 2026 South Australian Literary Awards shortlistsMichelle de Kretser, Charlotte McConaghy and Evelyn Araluen are among the writers in contention for a $185,000 prize pool.Australia

Wednesday 2 September 2026

DealUWA Publishing acquires N. J. Madden's goldrush novel Laughing RiverUWA Publishing has bought world rights to the debut novel, shortlisted for the 2025 Dorothy Hewett Award, and will publish it in April 2027.Australia PrizeHNSA longlists 15 novels for 2026 ARA Historical Novel PrizeHeather Rose, Fiona Kelly McGregor and Jackie French feature across the adult and children's and young adult lists for a $155,000 prize pool.Australia FundingLitUp author touring program to reach 31 NSW and Queensland communities in 2027Australia Reads has named the communities that will host more than 100 author and illustrator events in the first half of 2027.Australia

Tuesday 1 September 2026

PrizeScarlett Robinson-Kean wins 2026 Margaret Mahy Illustration PrizeThe Auckland illustrator's take on Aunt Nasty earns her cash, books and the chance to develop it into a published work.New Zealand

Friday 28 August 2026

JobsState Library Victoria recruited senior conservation technicianThe ongoing, full-time role in Melbourne paid from $72,189. Applications closed on 14 September.Australia JobsMelbourne Writers Festival recruited digital marketing managerThe fixed-term, full-time role paid $70,000 to $90,000. Applications closed on 28 September.Australia PeopleSam Elworthy joins Auckland Writers Festival board as Nicola Legat steps downThe Auckland University Press director takes a trustee seat as Legat leaves after eighteen and a half years on the board.New Zealand