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Am I Black Enough For You? (Anita Heiss, Random House)
Released April 2012
The provocatively titled Am I Black Enough For You? is prolific Wiradjuri author Anita Heiss’ response to the well-publicised Andrew Bolt racial vilification case of 2011. As she does in... Read more
Poet’s Cottage (Josephine Pennicott, Macmillan)
Released April 2012
A picturesque Tasmanian coastal town provides the setting for this novel about family and secrets. Sadie Jeffreys and her teenage daughter Betty move to the fictitious town of Pencubitt when... Read more
‘The Slap’ on TV
Released January 1970
The first episode of the eight-part mini-series adaptation of The Slap (Christos Tsiolkas, A&U) is due to air on ABC1 on Thursday, 6 October at 8.30pm. Each episode, like the... Read more
CBCA winners
Released January 1970
The winners of this year's Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards were announced today. The winners and honour books in each of the categories are:... Read more
Bookseller+Publisher magazine: July issue top picks
Released January 1970
The July issue of Bookseller+Publisher magazine has landed! Here are some of the forthcoming releases that impressed our reviewers this issue: Spirit of Progress (Steven Carroll, Fourth Estate, August) Clive... Read more
Top picks from the current issue
Released January 1970
Which books got good reviews in the October issue of Bookseller+Publisher you ask? Well... The proof copy of Caroline Overington's novel I Came to Say Goodbye came covered in glowing... Read more
BOOK REVIEW: Night Street (Kristel Thornell, A&U)
Released January 1970
Whether or not you are familiar with the work of Clarice Beckett, this sensitive novel about that talented young painter will captivate. A passionate artist who lived her life as... Read more
Learning to balance: Nicholas Carr’s ‘The Shallows’ (Atlantic)
Released January 1970
Nicholas Carr lays out his non-Luddite credentials early on in The Shallows—his critical look at ‘how the internet is changing the way we think, read and remember’ (Atlantic, August). In... Read more
All liquored up …
Released January 1970
No, not us, our cover. The new issue (August) has landed and the cover is a celebration of, well, ouzo, but also Food from Many Greek Kitchens, the new book... Read more
BOOK REVIEW: Wordlines: Contemporary Australian writing (selected by Hilary McPhee, Five Mile Press)
Released January 1970
Hilary McPhee, as many will know, is one of Australia’s most respected publishing figures. Thus, my reaction to hearing that she has created a collection of Australian short fiction was... Read more
The new issue has landed!
Released January 1970
Well, the shiny new issue of Bookseller+Publisher has landed, with a big fat 20 on the cover—that'd be Allen & Unwin, who are celebrating 20 years of independent publishing this... Read more
BOOK REVIEW: Miscellaneous Voices: Australian Blog Writing No. 1 (ed by Karen Andrews, Miscellaneous Press)
Released January 1970
Some would not agree that some of the best writing appears in blogs. Editor Karen Andrews throws down the gauntlet by introducing her anthology as ‘an experiment to see how... Read more
