Our summer favourites from other publishers
Here are some of our favourite holiday reads from other publishers.
Border’s Battlers at the Ekamra Sports Literature Festival
Michael Sexton, author of Border’s Battlers, shares his experiences from Asia’s largest sports literature festival.
Christmas Wondering
Author Vikki Conley remembers cherished childhood Christmases that shaped Christmas Wonder, her charming new picture book illustrated by Cheryl Orsini that captures the magic of an Australian family Christmas.
2015 Stella Prize Winner, The Strays, to Become Six Part Series
A UK/Australian co-production between See Pictures and Apogee Pictures has attracted an award-winning team for the production.
Australia’s The Dictionary of Lost Words tops the ‘hot list’ at Frankfurt
In 1901, the word ‘Bondmaid’ was discovered missing from the Oxford English Dictionary. This is the story of the girl who stole it.
Rightful Places: We Are Here
New profit-for-purpose book We Are Here, edited by former Big Issue deputy editor Meg Mundell, is a vibrant and moving collection of true stories showcases the creative talents of people who have known homelessness.
Paul Byrnes on the child soldiers who fought in WWI
The idea for The Lost Boys started in Belgium in summer 2017, with a gravestone and a pint of Belgian beer. Paul Byrnes had been researching in the battlefields, when he noticed a gravestone that mentioned an under-age soldier. Here, Paul shares how his this discovery turned into a book.
Bev Brock returns to Bathurst to mark 50 years since the King’s first race on the Mountain
To commemorate the fifty years since Peter Brock first got behind the wheel at the iconic Bathurst racing circuit, his long-term partner Bev Brock joins teammates, racing rivals and friends to relive every Bathurst race of his legendary life in Brock at Bathurst.
Alice Robinson’s The Glad Shout Wins the 2019 Readings Prize for New Fiction
Alice Robinson’s The Glad Shout has won the Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction, in the bookseller’s 50th anniversary year.
‘Writing makes me a better doctor-mother-partner-person’: Susan White on her debut YA novel
Susan White’s day job as a clinical geneticist sees her hunting for answers to undiagnosed conditions in children. In her writing, Susan aims to take readers inside the medical world (without the boring bits) and her first book, the exceptional YA novel Take the Shot, does just that.