Adam Sharp announced as 2026 Hedberg Writer-in-Residence
Nonfiction author, journalist and academic Adam Sharp has been named the 2026 Hedberg Writer-in-Residence at the University of Tasmania. Sharp ...
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Upswell Publishing has acquired world rights to Fantasy Ransom, the debut novel by Declan Fry, via Jenny Darling at Jenny ...
Blak & Bright announces first speakers for 2026 festival
Blak & Bright Writers Festival will run in Naarm/Melbourne from 3 to 6 September 2026. Guests so far announced for ...
Upswell acquires Emily Ballou’s “Wait Here”
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No One’s Looking (Brooke Davis, Hachette)
When Susan first meets Vicki, her new baby sister, she puts a hand on her tiny forearm, and Vicki stops screaming. Just like that.
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