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Win: New books in February
Discover more about our new releases and how you can win a copy.
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Unfinished Business: Extract
In this extract, the inimitable Vivian Gornick describes the feeling of returning to a much-loved book after many years.
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Adelaide Writers’ Week program announced
Don’t miss these Black Inc. authors at AWW20.
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Fun Facts: Ninja Bandicoots and Turbo-Charged Wombats
Discover interesting facts about some of Australia’s most loved native animals.
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The Medicine extract: Germ Welfare
In ‘Germ Welfare’, an extract from The Medicine, Karen Hitchcock examines the ‘civic duty’ of wearing face masks when sick in public.
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Oslo Davis responds to A Couple of Things Before the End
Beloved Melbourne artist, Oslo Davis, created these artworks in response to Sean O’Beirne’s bitingly funny short-story collection A Couple of Things Before the End.
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Behind the cover: Designing Act of Grace
We spoke to Sandy Cull, cover designer for Act of Grace by Anna Krien, about the design process.
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Perth Festival: Literature & Ideas 2020 program announced
21–23 February
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Support #AuthorsForFireys
The Australian literary community has come together to raise funds for the firefighters working to fight this summer’s devastating bushfires.
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The Best of the Decade
As 2020 dawns, we take a look back at the bestsellers, award-winners and impact-makers from the last ten years.