No place like home: Kelly and Kennedy on ‘Wilam: A Birrarung Story’
Date: 19 March 2019Category: Features Interview Junior
Aunty Joy Murphy, Andrew Kelly and Lisa Kennedy’s picture book Wilam: A Birrarung Story (Black Dog, April) follows Bunjil (wedge-tailed eagle) as he travels along Birrarung (Yarra River) to the... Read more
Wilam: A Birrarung Story (Aunty Joy Murphy & Andrew Kelly, illus by Lisa Kennedy, Black Dog)
Date: 7 March 2019Category: Junior newsletter Review list Reviews Think Australian newsletter Top reviews
Wilam is an illustrated children’s book about Birrarung (the Yarra River) and some of the native animals that live nearby. Aunty Joy Murphy, a Wurundjeri Elder, is the author of... Read more
Black is the New White (Nakkiah Lui, A&U)
Date: 1 February 2019Category: Reviews Reviews newsletter Book review list
Black is the New White is the play script of a contemporary romantic comedy written for the stage by Gamillaroi and Torres Strait Islander woman Nakkiah Lui. Young couple Charlotte... Read more
Wyld, Howard, Younus announced as inaugural participants of Writers SA residency project
Date: 26 September 2018Category: Local news
Author Karen Wyld, journalist Jane Howard and poet Manal Younus have been announced as the inaugural participants of Writers SA's new Writers and Readers in Residence Project. Supported by the Australia... Read more
Blakwork (Alison Whittaker, Magabala)
Date: 26 July 2018Category: Reviews Reviews newsletter Book review list Think Australian newsletter Top reviews
Alison Whittaker’s second book, Blakwork is a bold mix of poetry, micro-fiction, memoir and critique, and a follow-up to her award-wining debut poetry collection, Lemons in the Chicken Wire. A Gomeroi woman and Fulbright scholar,... Read more
Ameblin and Ezekiel Kwaymullina’s ‘Catching Teller Crow’
Date: 11 July 2018Category:
‘A highly anticipated novel, Catching Teller Crow can be compared to Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones and E Lockhart’s We Were Liars. The authors subtly weave the history of colonisation... Read more
New ‘Books+Publishing Junior’ reviews out now
Date: 6 July 2018Category: Recently published by B+P
Books+Publishing’s most recent Junior newsletter contains six reviews of books publishing in September 2018. Catching Teller Crow (A&U), a 'hybrid YA novel that blends thriller, crime and ghost story elements' by... Read more
Reaching out: Ambelin and Ezekiel Kwaymullina on ‘Catching Teller Crow’
Date: 5 July 2018Category: Features Junior newsletter Interview
Ambelin and Ezekiel Kwaymullina’s Catching Teller Crow (A&U, September) is a 'distinctly Australian hybrid YA novel that blends thriller, crime and ghost story elements', writes reviewer Karen Wyld. Told in two... Read more
Catching Teller Crow (Ambelin and Ezekiel Kwaymullina, A&U)
Date: 5 July 2018Category: Junior newsletter Featured book review Reviews Think Australian newsletter Top reviews
Siblings Ambelin and Ezekiel Kwaymullina have teamed up again on this distinctly Australian hybrid YA novel that blends thriller, crime and ghost story elements. Set in contemporary times, the book... Read more
Inaugural digital participants announced for 2018 Hardcopy program
Date: 22 May 2018Category: Local news
The ACT Writers Centre has announced the inaugural participants of the new digital stream of its professional development program, Hardcopy, which will focus on fiction manuscripts this year. The seven... Read more
Wyld receives Hardcopy scholarship for First Nations writers
Date: 10 May 2018Category: Local news
Writer and former bookseller Karen Wyld is the recipient of the inaugural Hardcopy scholarship for an emerging First Nations writer. Launched this year by the ACT Writers Centre in partnership... Read more
Welcome to Country: A Travel Guide to Indigenous Australia (Marcia Langton, Hardie Grant)
Date: 3 April 2018Category: Reviews Reviews newsletter Book review list Think Australian newsletter Top reviews
Welcome to Country goes beyond other Australian travel guides; it’s also an introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culture and places of interest. Its author, Marcia Langton, is... Read more
Growing up Aboriginal in Australia (ed by Anita Heiss, Black Inc.)
Date: 22 February 2018Category: Reviews Reviews newsletter Book review list Think Australian newsletter Top reviews
Growing up Aboriginal in Australia is a new anthology compiled by Anita Heiss that asks Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander contributors to share what ‘Growing up Aboriginal’ means to them.... Read more
Richell Prize 2017 shortlist announced
Date: 3 October 2017Category: Awards Local news
Hachette Australia and the Emerging Writers’ Festival have announced the shortlist for the 2017 Richell Prize for emerging writers. The shortlisted writers and their works are: Michelle Barraclough for ‘As... Read more
Richell Prize 2017 longlist announced
Date: 29 August 2017Category: Local news
Hachette Australia and the Emerging Writers’ Festival have announced the longlist for the 2017 Richell Prize for emerging writers. The longlisted writers and their works are: Michelle Barraclough for ‘As... Read more
Rights round-up
Date: 22 June 2016Category: Rights round-up
Identity crisis? Andrew Nette on the state of Australian crime fiction
Date: 18 August 2015Category: Features