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Book reviews

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Australian publishers

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Last updated: August 2026

Allen & Unwin

Big Sky

CSIRO Publishing

EK Books - open October 1 2026

Fremantle Press - WA focus

Hachette

Hawkeye Publishing

Hardie Grant (includes Pantera Press)

Melbourne University Publishing

MidnightSun Publishing - 1st to 7th of each month only

Monash University Publishing

New Dawn - until 30.10.2026

New Frontier

Pan Macmillan - Oct 2026

Pink Shorts Press

Rhiza Press (includes Wombat Books) - from 1 Sept 2026, YA only

Scribe

Text Publishing

Thames & Hudson

UQP - non fiction only

Wakefield Press

Woodslane Press

Currently closed

Christmas Press

Five Mile Press

Ginninderra Press

Giramondo

Hardie Grant (Ultimo Press)

HarperCollins Publishers (including HQ, Voyager & Escape)

Larrikin House

Little Book Press

Loose Parts Press

Magabala Books

Penguin Random House

Riveted Press (pitches only)

Scribble

Simon & Schuster (includes Affirm Press)

Transit Lounge (1-28 Feb 2027)

Upswell (March 2027)

Walker Books Australia

Wild Dog Books

Windy Hollow Books

Wollemi Press

Grammar and other good stuff

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Dashing difficult
Dashing difficult

Dashes can be difficult. Read this blog post to find out when and how to use them to greater effect.

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Apostrophes - When and why do we use them?
Apostrophes - When and why do we use them?

Not only are there different types of apostrophes (apostrophes of contraction and apostrophes of possession) but there’s also rules about where to put the apostrophe when your word ends in s and if it’s a plural noun you’re using. Phew, I’m exhausted just thinking about it so it’s no wonder people just leave them off altogether or put them in every time they write a word ending in ‘s’.

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Are we always in edit mode?
Are we always in edit mode?

I posted a question on social media the other day asking what people wanted to know about editing/life as an editor. One response that came back has been rattling around in my brain for a while now (because I wonder if people think it about me regularly) so I thought I’d dedicate a little blog post to it.

The comment that has got me thinking was, ‘Does all bad writing make your blood boil?’ and I get why the question was posed. I mean once an editor, always an editor so it makes sense that I would be scanning everything I read for mistakes, right? Well yes but also no! Let me explain…

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I or Me? Depends on the We…
I or Me? Depends on the We…

Determining whether to use ‘I’ or ‘me’ is actually a rather straight forward process and, once you get the hang of it, it can become second nature to make the ‘right’ choice quickly and easily.

The question to ask yourself, to figure out whether to choose ‘I’ or ‘me’, is perhaps rather oddly, What happens if I take away ‘we’?

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Verse Novels

I am huge fan of verse novels. Australian verse novels – especially many of those written for children and young adults – are in a league of their own, in my opinion.

This list builds upon one originally created by The National Centre for Australian Children’s Literature Inc. (NCACL) in their excellent resource ‘Bibliography of Australian Verse novels’.

Any book with an (r) next to it is one I’ve read and recommend.

See the list

Books by authors I have interviewed

Below is a list of the people I've been lucky enough to interview one-on-one or as part of a panel of speakers:

  • Aunty Fay Muir & Sue Lawson: Nganga (non-fiction Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Words and Phrases)

  • Sarah Bailey: Click (adult crime fiction)

  • Davina Bell: The End of the World is Bigger Than Love (YA fiction)

  • Jacqueline Bublitz: Before You Knew My Name (adult literary crime fiction)

  • Reece Carter, Gabrielle Wang & Ailsa Wild: Old Ideas, New Books (children’s writing panel)

  • Claire G Coleman, Sara M Saleh, Jazz Money & Izzy Roberts Orr (poetry panel)

  • Claire Corbett, Robert Gott & Ray Mooney (adult crime writing panel)

  • Debra Dank Ankami (Stolen Children, shattered families, silenced histories - non-fiction, Stella Day Out Bendigo 2026)

  • Anna Goldsworthy, Murielle Juchau & James Moloney (what writers read panel)

  • Darcy Green: After the Siren (adult queer romance fiction)

  • Andy Griffiths and Jill Griffiths (children’s fiction)

  • Max Francis: Honour & Heresy (adult queer dark academia fantasy fiction)

  • Pip Harry: How Stories Are Shaped (Drift - YA verse novel)

  • Rachel Johns: The Lucky Sisters (adult contemporary fiction)

  • Barry Jonsberg: Catch Me If I Fall (YA fiction)

  • Natasha Lester: The Mademoiselle Alliance (adult historical fiction)

  • Katrina Nannestad and Lorraine Marwood (We Are Wolves and Footprints on the Moon - children's historical fiction)

  • John Marsden: The Art of Growing Up (adult non-fiction)

  • Wayne Marshall: Henry Goes Bush (adult historical literary fiction)

  • Lorraine Marwood: Leave Taking (children’s and young adult verse novels)

  • Michael Robotham: Joe O’Loughlin series (adult crime fiction)

  • Jessie Tu: A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing (adult literary fiction)

  • Don Watson: Watsonia A Writing Life (adult non-fiction)

  • Gabrielle Wang: Zadie Ma and the dog who chased the moon (middle grade fiction)

  • Michael Winkler: Griefdogg (adult contemporary literary fiction)

  • Greg Woodland: The Night Whistler (adult crime fiction)

  • Clare Wright: N̲äku Dhäruk The Bark Petitions (adult non-fiction)

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