RWAG acquires “The Weight of Witness”
Readers and Writers Against the Genocide (RWAG) has acquired the anthology The Weight of Witness: The experiences of Australian and ...
Story Factory opens Bidwill centre
Creative writing not-for-profit Story Factory has opened a new centre in the western Sydney suburb of Bidwill, New South Wales. ...
HarperCollins Aotearoa appointments
As reported by Publishers Association of New Zealand Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ), HarperCollins Aotearoa has announced two new appointments. ...
MWF 2026: Almost 60% of audiences were first-time attendees
Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) reported attendance at its 2026 festival, which ran from 7 to 10 May, was up 16% ...
AWF26 breaks box office, bookstall records
Ticket sales for the 2026 Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi o Tāmaki (AWF26), held in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland from 12 to ...
Sworder wins ABIA Book of the Year
Tax offsets, GST reductions, solutions to “theft of Australian authors’ work”: industry bodies’ submissions to next National Cultural Policy
New owners for Collins Booksellers Sale
Christmas Press acquires Brett’s “The Medusa Problem”
Miles Franklin 2026 longlist announced
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Time Travel for Beginners (Jaclyn Moriarty, Ultimo)
On a bustling road in Sydney lies a nondescript storefront known simply as the Time Travel Agency. Inside, you’ll be welcomed by the smell of freshly brewed coffee, a selection of baked goods . . . and the question, Where in time do you wish to go?
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