Congratulations to Kavita Bedford, Amanda Lohrey, Davina Bell and Cath Moore on being shortlisted for the 2021 Queensland Literary Awards.

The days might be getting longer, but there are still plenty of cosy winter nights left, so pop the kettle on, wrap up in your favourite blanket and settle down for a few hours with one of our great August new releases...

Congratulations to Robbie Arnott, Kate Grenville and Amanda Lohrey on their shortlisting for the Age Book of the Year!

Alice Boyle has been selected as the winner of the $10,000 Text Prize for her YA novel Dancing Barefoot. Two writers, Ellie Casey and Emilie Morscheck, were chosen as recipients of the Steph Bowe Mentorship.

Our featured classic for April is Joan Lindsay’s charming and evocative autobiography tells the story of her marriage to Sir Daryl Lindsay, of their life in Melbourne in the 1920s and ’30s. Revealed in this delightful reminiscence is Lindsay’s fascination with the ambiguities of time, seen by some as the key to the mysteries of her masterpiece Picnic at Hanging Rock.