In which we share some of the gems we’ve dug up online, and try to improve an otherwise terrible week with some bookish entertainment.
The US Presidential election has been a wild ride, but the book nerds of Twitter made it all, briefly, better.… Read the rest
For Women’s Equality Day* Jess shares some occasions that recently reminded us that women are not regarded as equals of men, plus two recent reads which resonated and help keep us sane when facing up to the battles of modern feminism.… Read the rest
In honour of National Dog Day, which encourages people to become more aware of responsible dog ownership (no matter how inconvenient they may be!), here are some of our favourite dogs in books.… Read the rest
In 2010 Allen & Unwin published a remarkable debut thriller, Still Missing by Chevy Stevens. We knew this was white-knuckle, read-in-a-single-sitting material, and we wondered how we could build up the excitement that we were feeling so that the Australian book trade would be buzzing with anticipation too.… Read the rest
Every year we point a gun at our staff and force them to chose their books of the year. Not an easy task, you understand, to pick just one adult fiction, children’s fiction, and illustrated book from the hundreds that we’ve published (or distributed for our overseas publishing friends) during 2013. … Read the rest
Ahhhh! This book! An easy prediction for the most talked about novel of the year, Tampa is a slice cut from the life of one Celeste Price, beautiful blond middle-school teacher and sexual predator with a predilection for 14 year old boys.… Read the rest
I feel sorry for kids in fiction, I really do. The horrors of impending adulthood are bad enough, let alone having to battle He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named; compete in the Hunger Games; be ‘unwound’ by your parents; or any of the other myriad crises that coming of age in fiction bring. … Read the rest
