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“I got turned back by a lot of publishers because it was too grim. But my life’s not grim. My life is full, and it’s better than I ever could have expected". So satisfying that we got Libby into print with her new book, which is going to be so valuable to so many... www.nine.com.au/lifestyle/fa...

Libby always wanted to be a mum, but the path to motherhood was paved with heartacheFor as long as she could remember, Libby Trainor Parker wanted to be a mum. The Adelaide-based performer, comedian, journalist, and author dreamed of a big family, like the ones she saw on the sitcoms...www.nine.com.au

Keith Ridgway: "When I think of Beckett, I think of beauty" www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Writers Talking Writers: Sigrid Nunez on Virginia Woolf and Keith Ridgway on Samuel BeckettThe National Book Award winner and Rooney Prize recipient discuss the enduring legacy of two boundary-pushing 20th century legends.www.publishersweekly.com

“Mine is proof that, every now and then, a country can produce a work of imagination far better than it deserves.” Adam Ouston’s phenomenal second novel Mine reviewed in @themonthly.com.au today, by @jamesley.bsky.social www.themonthly.com.au/august-2026/...

‘Mine’A poet and environmental activist experiences a fever dream of Tasmania’s landscape and mining history in Adam Ouston’s brilliantly imagined novelwww.themonthly.com.au

"I'm always thrilled when Aussie authors just go for it with a really bonkers idea." @minon.bsky.social amid the favourites here for the Miles Franklin "for being weird and wonderful"...😂 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

Miles Franklin shortlist defies 'shaggy' trend in Australian publishingABC experts unpack the shortlist of Australia's biggest book prize: who made it, who missed out and who they think will win.www.abc.net.au

I remember loving The Book of Clouds long ago, but didn't catch up with Chloe Aridjis's other novels since, alas. Were they good too?

You love to see it: two of my authors up for the Steele Rudd prize for a short story collection at the University of Queensland literary awards: Alex Cothren and Lucy Nelson! www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/202...

Queensland Literary Awards 2026 shortlists announced | Books+PublishingPurchase a subscription to view job ads and other premium content on Books+Publishing.www.booksandpublishing.com.au

Some real Fat Freddy's Drop goodness here.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvWn...

Fat Freddy's Drop BOATS 20th Anniversary Exhibition AV SelectionYouTube video by Fat Freddy's Dropwww.youtube.com

Deal news! I'm delighted to share news of a debut novel, What We Left Behind, by Western Sydney author Linda Atkins, out from @summitbooks.bsky.social in OZ this December. Its both a crime fic & an utterly compelling coming-of-age lit novel: all the stars! www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/What-W...

Blurbs are sometimes pretty meaningless or generic, but the ones for Dooneen have a different quality I feel: you can just feel the respect and passion for the work. And oh look there’s @suchmayer.bsky.social!

My son - who is becoming a passionate bike rider - referred on the weekend to very fancy machines as “Zahnarztfahrräder” - i.e. so expensive that only people like dentists can afford them. That was a new German word for me!

I wonder if any OZ or NZ titles have been nominated by their UK publisher for the Booker this year? (that double hurdle always for the Antipodeans of securing UK publication in the first place and then not knowing if you've been put up for the award or not!) #GoAsh

Late to this by @liammcilvanney.bsky.social, but now it’s in “wee” format there were no more excuses! And as everybody has said, what a superior crime fiction it is: a book with real heart as well as writerly chops. And makes me hanker for Scotland…

"Right now, [Holocaust] memory culture is a state-organized project that ends up supporting complicity in Israeli crimes". @michaelbarenboim.bsky.social is an impressive man – here in conversation with @hahauenstein.bsky.social www.972mag.com/michael-bare...

‘In Germany, Jews who reject Zionism are seen as not really Jewish’For violinist Michael Barenboim, Germany’s memory culture has become a tool for upholding complicity in Israel's crimes and rendering Palestinians invisible.www.972mag.com

Vintage German paperback (1948)

While we were all watching the World Cup final last weekend, @davemilbo.bsky.social and around 600 others descended on the by-no-means-sovereign military base in Central Australia that is Pine Gap. A photo essay worth your time theshot.net.au/uncategorize...

The fight to end the US military occupation of Australia (and the entire world) - The ShotFor 64 years – an insignificant speck of time under a sky this large – from a stolen, sacred site...theshot.net.au

Foucault flip-flops, anyone?

"Mainly, though, Wallace absolutely nail’s Thea’s voice – spiky, beleaguered and seething with rage. A brutal, invigorating two-hour read." A first review in already for Kiwi author Louise Wallace's Ash, just released in the UK this week www.dailymail.com/home/books/a...

Colson Whitehead returns in this week's literary fictionClaire Allfree reviewswww.dailymail.com

That's sizeable at that depth!

"Perhaps not since Dorothy Porter’s rare & exotic blend of crime and poetry in Monkey’s Mask (1994) has there been an Australian adult verse novel that feels so powerfully contemporary, so urgent and visceral and so sophisticatedly literary – all at the same time" theconversation.com/you-wont-sle...

You won’t sleep until you finish reading this rare, exotic blend of crime and poetrySharon Kernot knows how to make a pressing, potent, aching song from a stanza of free verse lines – and how to make a page of poetry talk its way into your head.theconversation.com

Happy UK pub day to Louise Wallace with her debut novel Ash! One of the most enormously satisfying agenting journeys for me this one: I'd heard good things about the book on its NZ release, devoured it myself, took it to OZ, & now it's pubbed in both the US and UK.. www.penguin.co.uk/books/476509...

Ash'Louise Wallace writes the excruciating and transformative with such precision it’s almost impossible to believe. This is a razor-sharp novel: claustrophobic and expansive at once, full of terror and ...www.penguin.co.uk