Black Inc. mourns the passing of the journalist and educator Philip Chubb. We published Phil's superb book Power Failure in 2014. As well as producing much high quality journalism himself, Phil also mentored many fine journalists.
 

After a moving speech by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Australian Foreign Affairs was launched at Parliament House in Canberra.

You can read the full transcript of Julie Bishop’s speech below.

‘Australia’s foreign affairs – and the ability to develop clever and informed responses – will determine not only the country’s future and prosperity but the claims that can be made about the nation’s character.’
—Jonathan Pearlman

Black Inc. is delighted to announce the contributors to The Best Australian Stories, Essays and Poems 2017. 

The first two books in the Writers on Writers series are in stores now! Read an extract from On Kate Jennings by Erik Jensen.

The Black Inc. team love reading books. And the next best thing to reading a book is talking about books! Here is a selection of Black Inc. and Nero titles that have downloadable book club notes.

High Voltage is the first biography to focus exclusively on Angus Young. It tells of his remarkable rise from working-class Glasgow and Sydney to the biggest stages in the world. Author Jeff Apter has curated a High Voltage playlist just for us, check it out!

Tom Griffiths has been awarded the Ernest Scott Prize for his book, The Art of Time Travel. Here is a feature excerpt from the book on Henry Reynolds, also an Ernest Scott Prize Winner. On Tuesday, 5 September Tom Griffiths will give the 2017 Ernest Scott/Annual History Council of Victoria Lecture. This is a free event hosted by the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne in partnership with the History Council of Victoria. Book here.

In 1939, on the eve of World War Two, Swedish author Gösta Knutsson published the first in what would be a series of twelve stories about the lovable cat, Pelle Svanslös. Pelle is a little country cat whose tail, most unfortunately, was bitten off by a rat when he was still only a kitten. As a result Pelle finds himself bullied by the other cats in the neighbourhood

The publishers of Black Inc. and Quarterly Essay will launch a new periodical, Australian Foreign Affairs on 17 October 2017.