Peter Costello launched the new book China Matters by Bates Gill and Linda Jakobson at the Stare Library of Victoria on March 30th. Read his launch speech in full now.

The Sydney Writers Festival launched their 2017 program today! Don't miss events with Stan Grant, David Hunt, Ryan O'Neill, Brigid Delaney, Tom Griffiths, David Marr, Jenny Valentish, George Megalogenis, Anita Heiss, Annabel Crabb and Benjamin Law. Check out some of our highlights below.

David George Haskell talks to us about his latest book The Songs of Trees.

Black Inc. and La Trobe University are publishing some of the sharpest minds in the country with the launch of La Trobe University Press.

‘If the young men, the bone and sinew of our industrial borough, would only come forward and take an active interest in the game, Footscray should send a powerful team into the field.’ —Williamstown Advertiser, 18 May 1878

This World Poetry Day Black Inc. celebrates Les Murray’s On Bunyah.

Black Inc. is thrilled to have acquired Josephine Rowe’s new book, Horse Latitudes. This collection of superbly crafted and imaginative stories portrays characters moving beyond their known worlds either by choice or force. Set in an impressive array of real and fictional locations, Rowe’s stories examine people caught between places, haunted by past lives and, often, on the cusp of departure or return.

Some of Australia’s most acclaimed writers, including Christos Tsiolkas and Alice Pung, will feature in a groundbreaking collaboration between independent publisher Black Inc., the University of Melbourne and the State Library of Victoria.

To celebrate International Women’s Day, Black Inc. staff are recommending some of their favourite books by women! Don’t forget to check out our forthcoming releases and pre-order new books by Brigid Delaney, Jenny Valentish, Anna Krien and Kayte Nunn.

If you asked me today if I am a feminist I would not only say no, I would say no with a sneer.