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Everything Books and Publishing Australia
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Apollo Bay WORDfest has released the program for their 2026 festival. This festival will be hosted Friday 24 July to Sunday 26 July an the program can be seen here.
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The Canberra Writers Festival has announced that they are hosting some events this year between 15-18 October to celebrate their tenth anniversary. You can find more information here.
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The Fitzroy Writers Festival 2026 program has also been released. You can see more on their event page.
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Author Craig Silvey has been charged with further child exploitation charges. The Guardian reports that he has been charged alongside a 68-year-old woman.
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A new online bookstore primarily for queer books has opened in Sydney. It is called Obsidian Bookshop.
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The 2026 Book Design Awards of Australia has released their shortlist.
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Melbourne Writers Festival has released their program for 2026 also! This year is their 40th anniversary and the theme is ‘Visions & Revisions’. Their program can be seen here.
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The Water Takes / Sarah Walker (Fiction)
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The Minstrels / Eva Hornung (Fiction)
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Mare / Emily Haworth-Booth (Fiction)
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Almost Life / Kiran Millwood Hargrave (Fiction)
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The Delusions / Jenni Fagan (Fiction)
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A Far-Flung Life / ML Stedman (Fiction)
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The Dream Hotel / Laila Lalami (Fiction)
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What We Can Know / Ian McEwan (Fiction)
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Culpability / Bruce Holsinger (Fiction)
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The Island of Last Things / Emma Sloley (Fiction)
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A Guardian and a Thief / Megha Majumdar (Fiction)
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The Immortalists / Aleks Krotoski (Computer Science)
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Two Tongues / Maria van Neerven (Poetry)
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The Duke’s Secret / Sue Williams (Fiction)
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Chosen Family / Madeleine Gray (Fiction)
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What the Bones Know / Kirstyn McDermott (Fiction)
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