Q-Lit 2026 program announced
Q-Lit has announced the program for this year’s festival, to be held in Naarm/Melbourne from 16 to 19 July, with ...
PRH staff departures
Penguin Random House (PRH) marketing and publicity director Dot Tonkin has left the publishing house. Tonkin worked at the business ...
Rossell selected for Greenway Residency
Melbourne writer and illustrator Judith Rossell has been selected for the inaugural writer residency at the UK National Trust’s Greenway ...
Allen & Unwin acquires Knight nonfiction
Allen & Unwin (A&U) has acquired ANZ rights to The Most Interesting People You’ve Never Heard Of by Riley Knight, via Florence ...
Island Readers & Writers Festival 2026 program
The inaugural Island Readers & Writers Festival, which will run from 28 May to 1 June, has announced its event ...
NSW Literary Awards 2026 winners announced
HarperCollins acquires third Ringland novel
Grandma Gogo series being developed for screen
Boffins to close after 37 years
SMH 2026 Best Young Australian Novelists announced
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Time Travel for Beginners (Jaclyn Moriarty, Ultimo)
On a bustling road in Sydney lies a nondescript storefront known simply as the Time Travel Agency. Inside, you’ll be welcomed by the smell of freshly brewed coffee, a selection of baked goods . . . and the question, Where in time do you wish to go?
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