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23.01.2022 If It Is Sweet gets a most favourable mention from Lucy Sussex. http://www.theage.com.au//boo/bookshop-20120114-1q0ag.html
20.01.2022 We are thrilled to announce that Only Connect, edited by Sharon Rundle and Meenakshi Bharat, is being released in April! Only Connect is an anthology of short stories on the theme of technology and showcases the work of writers from Australia and the Indian Subcontinent. You can pre-order your copy at all good bookshops.
17.01.2022 Mridula Koshy at the Brisbane Writers Festival last month.
15.01.2022 The Age called her 'sharp-eyed, lyrical and worth following'. ‘Hasan is a witty writer and [her] style is highly engaging, richly descriptive and emotionally astute' said the Sydney Morning Herald. Amit Chaudhuri called her 'one of the most suggestive and subtle Indian writers of her generation’. We are proud to be publishing Difficult Pleasures, a collection of short stories by the talented Anjum Hasan. Available in April. You can pre-order your copy at all good bookshops.
12.01.2022 Please join us for the launch of Alien Shores in Melbourne on 21 May. Feel free to invite friends!
12.01.2022 The books are here! The books are here! Boxes of Only Connect have just arrived!
12.01.2022 Books will be available at the following bookstores this week: Lesley Mckay (Sydney), Dymocks 234 Collins Street (Melbourne), Readings (Melbourne) and the Asia Bookroom (Canberra). Some of these bookshops will deliver if you put in an online or phone order. Alternatively, ask your local bookseller to order from Brass Monkey Books and you will have your book next week!
10.01.2022 IT'S QUIZ TIME! Answer the following question to win a Brass Monkey Books title. Apart from being a much acclaimed poet (Street on the Hill), novelist (Lunatic in my Head; Big Girl Now) and short story writer (Difficult Pleasures), Anjum Hasan is also the Books editor of a well-respected Indian magazine. Name the magazine. PM us your answer, prizes for the first 5 correct entries, ANZ entries only please.
09.01.2022 Some great advance publicity from SBS. http://www.sbs.com.au//-Only-Connect-An-Anthology-brin/in/
08.01.2022 ABC raconteur Sunil Badami host of ABC 702, Sunday Takeway gave an inspirational speech to launch ONLY CONNECT (Brass Monkey Publisher) at The Hughenden. An ant...hology of stories from Australia and India edited by Sharon Rundle and Professor Meenakshi Bharat - you laugh, cry, think. The Hughenden's lounge sparked with discussion and celebration with some of Australia's renowned authors and literary figures. including Ben Le Hunte, Professor Elizabeth Webby, Roanna Gonsalvez. Thankyou to Lesley MacKay's Bookshop Queen St Woollahra for supplying the book - ONLY CONNECT.
08.01.2022 And Difficult Pleasures has arrived from the printer too. Beautiful books!
05.01.2022 Dear Melbourne friends, Mridula Koshy's final event in Australia is at Readings Carlton this Monday 12 September at 6:30pm. Do come along to hear her discuss the short story with Catherine Harris, Tony Birch and Mel Cranenburgh.
04.01.2022 Brass Monkey Books is releasing two titles in April! Watch this space ...
03.01.2022 Brass Monkey Books is named after a character in one of Salman Rushdie's books. Name the book to win books from our backlist. (PM me your answer. Sorry, entries from ANZ fans only.)
02.01.2022 Mridula Koshy writes about the makings of If It Is Sweet.
01.01.2022 Avid Reader in Brisbane and Fullers in Hobart will also be stocking Only Connect and Difficult Pleasures. They should have books early next week.
