Writing and Publishing
Best new fiction books October 2025
Your guide to the best new fiction published in October 2025.
Best opportunities, grants and awards for creatives: 22-28 September 2025
Funding for creative projects, new program that recognises trailblazers in Australia’s media landscape and more opportunities.
Best new books published October 2025
Discover the best new books to read in October with this guide.
51 Alterities review: Keri Glastonbury's poetry collection is erudite and playful
51 Alterities is a layered snapshot of contemporary life.
Best opportunities, grants and awards for creatives: 15-21 September 2025
Public art opportunities in SA, registrations open for AusArt Day and more.
The Island of Last Things review: Emma Sloley's book is about the last zoo in the world
The Island of Last Things asks what you would be prepared to risk for a better world.
A Catalogue of Love review: Erin Hortle's novel is a coming-of-age story set in Tasmania
A Catalogue of Love invites readers to think about the social and biological burdens on women.
U Want it Darker review: Murray Middleton's quietly heroic stories
Murray Middleton’s ‘artists in despair’ are not simply failures in U Want it Darker.
Queensland Literary Awards announces delayed shortlist after judges' mass resignation in May
The Queensland Literary Awards have announced their 2025 shortlist. A delay was caused by a mass resignation of judges, protesting…
Tenderfoot review: Toni Jordan's engrossing page-turning saga
Tenderfoot is told from the point of view of 12-year-old Andie Tanner as remembered by her very much older self.