Writing and Publishing
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.
Best opportunities, grants and awards for creatives: 8-14 September 2025
Callout for nature photography, NGV Top Arts, funding open for WA and Gold Coast artists plus more opportunities.
Meanjin: bean counting misses the intangible value of reading and imagining
The closure of Australia's second oldest literary journal Meanjin contradicts Melbourne's stance as a UNESCO City of Literature.