Kirkus Prize finalists include Angela Flournoy, Kiran Desai and Megha Majumdar
NEW YORK (AP) — Novels by Angela Flournoy, Kiran Desai and Megha Majumdar and a memoir by Arundhati…
Seascraper by Benjamin Wood review – a story that sings on the page | Fiction
You don’t think you need a novella about a folk-singing shrimp fisher living with his mother on a…
More than 100 children sign up to Devon book challenge
A summer reading challenge has been a success after more than 100 children signed up to it, organisers…
Call for submissions: A how-to guide for responding to government
Thursday, 28 August 2025 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing In the wake of the Productivity Commission’s (PC) first report on…
New books to read: From Goop to Gallipoli, get your fix | The Canberra Times
This headline-making unauthorised biography is full of Goop, gossip and all the celebrity exes of actress and wellness…
the bestselling books of 2025 so far
As autumn with its deluge of big publications approaches, we’ve looked back at the year so far. And…
A preteen’s tale of adventure with ghosts
What do you want readers to take away from the book? Emotions. It’s not just one of them…
Changing Australia: Ailsa Wild and making books with kids to boost reading
The bath, book and bedtime regime for kids is well established in many Australian households. But not every…
Son won’t let dad read to him
I’m a capable reader, I swear. I make the voices, add inflection, build suspense. But ask my son,…
Blockbuster Canadian romance author Carley Fortune announces 5th novel
Canadian romance author Carley Fortune has announced that her fifth novel, Our Perfect Storm, will be published on…
Annie Lennox announces US book events for ‘Retrospective’ ‘visual memoir’
Annie Lennox is set to release the “visual memoir” Annie Lennox: Retrospective in September, and she’s announced some U.S. events to…
Iceland’s Raw Beauty is Captured in a New Assouline Book
Iceland has a way of swallowing expectations and dispersing them as a fine mist over its lava rock…