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Come and join the Anti-Princess Club!
We are thrilled to be publishing this incredible new series The Anti Princess Club by Samantha Turnbull, which gives tiaras and glass slippers the flick. It’s hard being a 10-year-old girl when...
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Our favourite Australian children’s classics
Following our Australia Day focus on our favourite Australian literature as part of the Australia Day Blog Hop last year, we thought it time to turn a spotlight on our favourite Australian children’s...
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Talking about Bad Behaviour
Bad Behaviour, one of our most anticipated books of the year (and we weren’t alone, it also featured in The Australian, Readings & Alpha Reader‘s picks for 2015 amongst others) was published last...
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Meet our newest reviewer: 10 week old Astrid
During the publication process we often go out and get reader feedback, particularly with our children’s books, but we’re pretty sure that Astrid is our youngest reviewer yet! She’s done a very...
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Happy Sabriel Day!
Today is the 20th Anniversary of the publication of Garth Nix’s Sabriel, the first in his best-selling and much loved Old Kingdom series! Sabriel through the ages There’s been lots of wonderful chat...
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Sofie Laguna & Christine Piper on 2015 Miles Franklin Literary Award shortlist
We’re delighted that two of our authors have been announced on the shortlist of the 2015 Miles Franklin Literary Award, congratulations to Sofie Laguna with The Eye of the Sheep, and Christine Piper,...
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Our youngest picture book reviewer kicks into action again!
After devouring the last books we sent her, at ten weeks old, our roving (well, not quite crawling) reviewer Astrid (now approaching 6 months old) gets stuck into another three books and shows off her...
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Grrrrrr for Global Tiger Day – Myfanwy Jones on writing Leap
For Global Tiger Day on 29 July, Myfanwy Jones writes about how tigers influenced her writing of Leap, and their continued place in her life from child to adult. Once I was king of the scarey [sic],...
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Happy birthday horses – we’re horse (book) mad!
If you’re a horse* born in the southern hemisphere, today is your birthday – at least, 1 August is the date used to standardise age for horse-racing and other equestrian events. But if you’re a horse,...
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Big staff love for The Natural Way of Things – WIN an advance copy!
We are SO excited about publishing Charlotte Wood’s remarkable new novel The Natural Way of Things, it’s been a huge talking point for staff over the past few months & we want to share both it and...
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More love for The Natural Way of Things from critics and readers
We’ve already shared our staff love for Charlotte Wood’s remarkable new novel The Natural Way of Things, and having been released into the wild last week (a very accurate description) now it’s time to...
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Meet Hester & Harriet!
We love a good quirky read, and Hester and Harriet has all the ingredients you could want for a cracker. Laugh out loud moments of humour, a mystery that’ll keep you guessing, and an array of...
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Our youngest reviewer Astrid on cat books
Our favourite book reviewer is back, and this time Astrid is tackling (quite literally) cats, or rather books about cats, and has developed her language skills from writing well thought out reviews to...
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Warrior & Coming of Age on PM’s Summer Reading List
It was extremely gratifying to see two very important books, improving understanding of cultural differences both historic and current, recommended by the Grattan Institute as must reads for the Prime...
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Staff Christmas Gift Guides – Part 1
Stuck for Christmas suggestions? Maybe you have heard that people in the publishing industry only ever give the gifts of books. It is a SCURRILOUS LIE. But it IS true that our loved ones have quite...
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Staff Christmas Gift Guides – Anika’s picks
When we asked staff for a few gift suggestions, we were expecting one, maybe two, from each. Anika went crazy though, we think she might have had her Christmas shopping sorted before the end of...
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Staff Christmas Gift Guides – Jess’s picks
Seems like asking staff for “a few” gift suggestions was foolish, as Jess (like Anika) was more than happy to oblige with a range of book ideas for friends and family, here’s what she’s recommending...
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Staff Christmas Gift Guides – Andrew’s picks
Rounding out our Staff Christmas Gift Guides, here’s Andrew’s picks for Mum, young nieces & nephews, reluctant teenage readers, and those who like a book that makes them think. For anyone and...
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Everybody’s talking about The Natural Way of Things – join us!
First it started with our staff, obviously, then came the critics and early readers’ reviews, and it hasn’t stopped – with more and more people raving about, debating and dissecting Charlotte Wood’s...
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Our Children’s & YA book highlights for the months ahead
As publishers, we are regularly asked to nominate our ‘highlights’ for the upcoming year. It’s one of my least favourite tasks, because to me, every book we publish is a highlight! (of one sort or...
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