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Stella Day Out Aireys Inlet program revealed
Monday, 29 September 2025 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing Literary organisation Stella has announced the evening program for its Stella…
Arundhati Roy’s Mother Mary Comes to Me is a rollicking memoir of a life without guardrails
Open this photo in gallery: Arundhati Roy’s memoir is about the mother who broke the author and made…
Bakers Lane Books acquires Drum’s YA novel
Monday, 29 September 2025 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing Bakers Lane Books has acquired world rights to Don’t Forget to…
Adult Book Club: The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society
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18 of the best books of the year so far
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Otoniya J. Okot Bitek – The Giller Prize
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The best new science fiction books of September 2025 by authors including Cixin Liu and John Scalzi
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With 831 Stories, romance fans get more than a steamy read : NPR
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Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 27, 2025
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Deb Aronson/review | Bullying, friendship, death, deaf culture among many topics in ‘Feathers’ | Books
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