Founded in 2000, Black Inc. is part of the Schwartz Media group. Black Inc. imprints include the Quarterly Essay journal, and Nero and La Trobe University Press books. Schwartz Media also encompasses The Monthly, Australia’s leading current affairs magazine, and The Saturday Paper, a newspaper offering definitive accounts of the week’s most important stories.
Australia’s top thinkers on foreign affairs address the most significant foreign affairs dynamics affecting Australia today, including the rise of China and the election of Donald Trump. The world is changing, and so is Australia’s place in it. What do we need to know? What do we need to think about?
Print and digital subscriptions are available for Australian Foreign Affairs, for more information please visit the official site at australianforeignaffairs.com.
Black Inc. is an independent Australian publisher of quality non-fiction, fiction and poetry. We love ideas and stories. We are passionate about important new works of history, politics, biography, criticism and current affairs, as well as novels and poems that open up new worlds.
In the Writers on Writers series, leading authors reflect on an Australian writer who has inspired and influenced them. Provocative and crisp, these books start a fresh conversation between past and present, shed new light on the craft of writing, and introduce some intriguing and talented authors and their work.
Published by Black Inc. in association with the University of Melbourne and State Library Victoria.
Introducing La Trobe University Press
La Trobe University Press (LTUP) is a joint imprint of Black Inc. and La Trobe University. It publishes leading scholars and experts, producing books of high intellectual quality, substance and originality.
Submission guidelines for La Trobe University Press can be found here.
Nero publishes exciting and entertaining local and international commercial mass-market titles. Our goal is simple: to deliver books that are diverting, spirited and clever. We care about our authors and believe in having the time and vision to nurture them, be they debut or established.
Piccolo Nero publishes books that keep children reading and help their young but amazingly potent imaginations develop. Stunningly designed and originating from both local and international writers, they are for children both big and small.
Quarterly Essay is an agenda-setting journal of politics and culture. Each issue contains a single essay of about 25,000 words, followed by correspondence on previous essays. QE presents the widest range of political, intellectual and cultural opinion and aims to foster debate. It offers a forum for original long-form investigations, profiles and arguments.
Print and digital subscriptions are available for Quarterly Essay, for more information please visit quarterlyessay.com
Redbacks are Books with Bite. These short books on big issues are written by leading Australian writers and thinkers. They range in style from essay to dispatch, from analysis to provocation.
Schwartz City publishes art books of distinction, showcasing work by leading contemporary artists.
