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Helen Garner wins Baillie Gifford Prize

Helen Garner wins Baillie Gifford Prize

Congratulations to Helen Garner! How to End a Story: Collected Diaries 1978–1998 has won the prestigious Baillie Gifford Prize!

November New Books

November New Books

As spring moves into full bloom, we’re pleased to present a November bouquet of our own: a delightful arrangement of mycology, magic, memoir and murder...

Walkley Book Award shortlist

Walkley Book Award shortlist

Congratulations to Clare Wright! Naku Dharuk The Bark Petitions has been shortlisted for the 2025 Walkley Book Award.

Andrew Carnegie Medal

Andrew Carnegie Medal

Congratulations to Omar El Akkad! One Day, Everyone WIll Have Always Been Against This has been longlisted for the 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction.

New Text Catalogue

New Text Catalogue

We’ve got your 2026 TBR pile sorted with our January-to-March 2026 catalogue.

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7:00pmThe Mushroom Tapes: Conversations about a Triple Murder Trial

11:00pmMidnight Release Party - The Strength of the Few by James Islington

7:00pmYA Is Here To Stay!

11:00amStella Day Out in Aireys Inlet—Katherine Brabon & Jacinta Halloran

11:00amThe Great YA Debate: Fantasy v. Romance

11:00amMeet James Islington, author of The Strength of the Few (Hierarchy, Book 2) and get your books signed

6:30pmThe Mushroom Tapes: Lone wolves of true crime unite to unravel the Mushroom murders

6:00pmMeet the author - Helen Garner, Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein

10:30amMeet James Islington at Dymocks Chadstone

2:00pmMeet James Islington at Dymocks Eastland