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Tuesday 1 April 2025

Book Club questions for VANISH

Once you get your breath back, you'll want to discuss Shelley Burr's latest Australian noir!

Monday 31 March 2025

Read an extract from SEE HOW THEY FALL

Stay up all night with Rachel Paris's gripping, twisty thriller

Friday 21 March 2025

Q&A with Shelley Burr

We chat with bestselling Aussie crime author Shelley Burr about her inspiration, process, and why the crime genre is eternally popular.

Monday 24 March 2025

Read an extract from VANISH

Shelley Burr's latest Australian noir novel will have you hooked!

Tuesday 25 March 2025

Book Club Questions with Natasha Lester

We hope these questions help guide your group's discussion of Natasha Lester's powerful page turner, The Mademoiselle Alliance!

Friday 14 March 2025

Q&A with Natasha Lester

Natasha Lester answers all your burning questions!

Thursday 13 March 2025

Read an extract of Person in Progress

Navigate the transitions of your twenties with Jemma Sbeg.

Tuesday 4 March 2025

Read an extract of Six Wild Crowns

Dive into compelling sapphic fantasy Six Wild Crowns by Holly Race.

Monday 3 March 2025

Read an extract of The Retirement Plan

Start reading the most entertaining and deliciously dark debut of 2025.

Thursday 27 February 2025

Q&A with Claire Anderson-Wheeler

Meet the author of glittering murder mystery The Gatsby Gambit.

Wednesday 26 February 2025

The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy

Everything you need to know about the most exciting AND entertaining fantasy romcom of 2025

Wednesday 26 February 2025

Q&A with Katharine J. Adams, author of Tonight, I Bleed

We asked Katharine J. Adams some of our burning questions ahead of the release of Tonight, I Bleed!

Wednesday 26 February 2025

black&write! Fellowship

Which First Nations author is next on your reading list?

Wednesday 19 February 2025

Celebrating our CBCA 2025 Notables

The Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards Notables list is here!

Tuesday 25 February 2025

Read an extract of The Gatsby Gambit

Start reading The Gatsby Gambit, a glittering murder mystery by Claire Anderson-Wheeler.

Monday 24 February 2025

Q&A with Holly Race

Meet Holly Race, author of upcoming sapphic fantasy Six Wild Crowns.

Wednesday 19 February 2025

Hachette Australia to Publish Blake (Blakey) Johnston's SWELLBEING

Hachette Australia is thrilled to announce the upcoming publication of Blake’s book SWELLBEING (October 2025).

Friday 10 January 2025

Read an extract from Memorial Days

Start reading Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks

Tuesday 28 January 2025

Q&A with Ronni Salt

We chatted to political and media commentator Ronni Salt about her compulsive, Australian noir thriller Gunnawah!

Monday 27 January 2025

Q&A with Jane Yang

We chat with Jane Yang, author of The Lotus Shoes.