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25.01.2022 Brilliant article by Gemma Carey in The Guardian about "the potential of readers and journalists to re-enact the very breaches of consent that trauma memoirists write about in our work. They overstep, they push against our boundaries, then claim it is us who has the problem: you asked for this, you wrote the memoir."

25.01.2022 Katerina Bryant talks to Jenny Valentish about her book Hysteria in the current issue of The Monthly: https://www.themonthly.com.au//jenny-va/hysteria-metaphor

24.01.2022 We are thrilled to welcome some wonderful new authors to our agency: - BBC correspondent and ground-breaking journalist Shaimaa Khalil, winner of the CWA Debut Dagger and crime writer extraordinaire Shelley Burr, & the inimitable, Gold Walkley Award winning, ex-MP Mary Delahunty.

24.01.2022 An excellent early review of Tessa Lunney’s Autumn Leaves, 1922 in @publisherswkly: "[An] alluring sequel...Fans of historical spy novels will enjoy getting lost in these richly imagined pages. Lunney is a writer to watch." publishersweekly.com/978-1-6431-371 Coming August through @pegasus_books @tessawynn @misskikibutton

24.01.2022 The superb Gemma Carey discussing her new book, grief and feminism with Clem Ford https://podcasts.apple.com//clementine-fords/id1499175131

22.01.2022 Thrilled to announce that Scott Stuart's next picture book will be published by Little Hare Books/Hardie Grant Egmont in Jan 2021. 'How to be a Real Man' is a sweet and funny story that challenges narrow definitions of masculinity while encouraging young boys to be gentle, kind and thoughtful. Hardie Grant Egmont Scott Stuart

20.01.2022 Happy publication day to Gemma Carey's No Matter Our Wreckage, out today through Allen & Unwin. This is one of the most heartbreaking, powerful and beautiful reads of the year. -- When Gemma Carey was twelve years old, a man twice her age would sneak into her bedroom on a weekly basis and sexually assault her. When Gemma was seventeen, she took the perpetrator to court without anyone else knowing and had him placed on the child sex offenders register. When she was thirty-thre...e, her mother died of cancer. For twenty years, her mother had known about this man. But why had she not acted to protect her daughter? Could the genesis of this betrayal be found in her own family history? 'No Matter Our Wreckage is a brutal reminder of our responsibility to notice and protect those we love. A devastating and clear-eyed memoir with a poet's voice. Gemma Carey will boil your blood and break your heart.' - Anna Spargo-Ryan

19.01.2022 Delighted to share the news that - after attracting fierce interest from publishers - HarperCollins Australia has acquired Michelle Tom's powerful and affecting memoir. Ten Thousand Aftershocks, about tremors - literal and figurative - will be published in September 2021.

16.01.2022 Fabulous to see My Shadow is Pink also on the CBCA Notables list!!Congratulations @scottcreates and @larrikinhouse

16.01.2022 I couldn’t be any more excited about this or any more proud of our fabulous Scott Stuart Posted @withregram @scottcreates I am super excited to announce episode 1 of #scotttalks will be launching on March 30th ( PST) with special guest @kristenanniebell ! This will be the first episode in a series of conversations on IG LIVE with incredible guests that will aim to inspire, educate and get us all thinking about how we can help the next generation ( and even ourselves) lead a...uthentic lives. So what can you expect in Season 1? Gender Stereotypes, ways to empower our children, toxic masculinity, fostering confidence , parenting and so much more! More info coming soon so save the date and join us for this full circle moment! Alexa, queue Do you want to build a snowman!

15.01.2022 And happy publication day also to Katerina Bryant's Hysteria, out today through NewSouth. This is a powerful and deeply personal memoir about invisible illness and how medical systems - current and historical - have mistreated women. --- Blending memoir with literary and historical analysis to explore women's medical treatment. Hysteria retells the stories of silenced women, from the 'Queen of Hysterics' Blanche Wittmann to Mary Glover's illness termed 'hysterica passio' a ...panic attack caused by the movement of the uterus in London in 1602 and more. By centring these stories of women who had no voice in their own diagnosis and treatment, Bryant finds her own voice: powerful, brave and resonant. 'A timely and exciting work... Bryant is a careful and intelligent writer, and this is a book that will have a great impact on many people' - Fiona Wright NewSouth Publishing

15.01.2022 Check out the evocative cover of 'Condemned' by award-winning author Graham Seal. This fascinating, broad-scale exploration of the convict trade brings to light the true extent of this cruel strand in the history of the British Empire. It will be published by Yale University Press in May 2021.

14.01.2022 Happy book birthday to 'A Crocodile in the Family' by Kitty Black! This heart-warming story about a cheeky crocodile and the bird family who love him, is out today through Lothian Books/Hachette Australia Hachette Australia Children's Books Kitty Black @KittyBlackBooks

13.01.2022 !!!!! First look at Scott Stuart’s next book !!!!! The Very First You is a gorgeous, affirming book about being true to yourself. Coming 7 July through Bright Light / Hardie Grant Scott Stuart Hardie Grant BooksHardie Grant Egmont

13.01.2022 Best of 2020 - Sonia Henry’s Going Under (*with a cheeky appearance of Olivia Wearne’s The Grand Tour too!) Posted @withregram @sonnie_h Totally stunned to see my name and book staring me in the face on the ‘best of 2020’ shelf at Perth Airport! Amazed by its longevity and another good kick in the pants to get on with writing another one Special thanks to the staff at the airport shop kindly taking a snap of me #doctorwriters @allenandunwin @sarahmck.literarymgmt @jptequilarista

12.01.2022 Look at the glorious cover of Ilsa Evans' 14th book - The Unusual Abduction of Avery Conifer! Coming 1 Sept through HQ Fiction/HarperCollins @harlequineaustralia HarperCollins Books Australia

11.01.2022 Incredible review for @gemcarey’s No Matter Our Wreckage. Posted @withregram @booksthroughmyveins_ . . [REVIEW] - No Matter Our Wreckage Certain stories arrive in our lives with such impact that it would be impossible to ever forget about them; Gemma's story is one of them. But before I dive into this soul-touching memoir, I must say thank you first. Thank you, Gemma, from the bottom of my heart, for your bravery in sharing your story. Thank you, Allen and Unwin, for being... so kind and generous and sending me a copy of this book. I will be forever grateful. Reading this memoir was as challenging as it was rewarding. It was difficult to read certain passages -sometimes whole chapters- where the author delves into her personal experience with abuse: psychological, physical and emotional abuse by the hands of a man, and psychological and emotional abuse by her family, especially her mother. I cannot imagine the emotional effort of putting such a life story into words, trying to make the world understand what happened and why it happened, even when there are no answers. The first half of this memoir explores grooming and the sexual abuse of a minor. It is raw, distressing and infuriating, to say the least. The second part explores the author's exhausting and toxic relationship with her mother, grief, loss, guilt and forgiveness. I appreciated the honesty in every single word, but especially when the author talks about forgiveness. We live in a world where we are always prompted to forgive and let go, so I was relieved to read the thoughts of another woman who does not think about forgiveness in such an unrealistic way. Gemma's memoir is not for entertainment, even though it was utterly gripping, and I read it in one sitting because I could not put it away once I had started. Reading her story made me angry, frustrated and sad, but mostly contemplative and reflective - it is doubtlessly food for thought. Overall, No Matter Our Wreckage is a book I encourage everyone to read. Although emotionally challenging and intense, Gemma does an extraordinary work at exploring nerve-wracking matters such

11.01.2022 Check out the gorgeous cover to Tessa Lunney's next novel - Autumn Leaves, 1922. The second instalment in the Kiki Button series, the book will be released in August through Pegasus Books but can be pre-ordered now through all the major online book retailers. Tessa Lunney Pegasus Books

10.01.2022 A silver lining of Covid is being able to attend writer’s events around the country. Like the fascinating conversation tonight between Katerina Bryant and Michaela Kalowski at @statelibrarynsw

09.01.2022 Backyard matches, classic catches, and dreaming of a century at the MCG... It's wonderful to start the year with news that Alister Nicholson, one of Australia’s best-known radio and TV sports journalists, will be publishing his first picture book with Allen & Unwin in late 2021 - a funny and quirky celebration of Australia’s favourite summer sport. Allen & Unwin Books

07.01.2022 Number 1 on Readings list of 100 Great Reads by Australian Women in 2020 is ... Katerina Bryant's Hysteria! https://www.readings.com.au//100-great-reads-from-australi

07.01.2022 My Shadow is Pink has been nominated in the 2021 Australian Book Industry Awards! Congratulations to @scottcreates and @larrikinhouse

03.01.2022 And here's Julie Janson's Benevolence on Readings' list of Great Reads by First Nations writers and writers of colour: https://www.readings.com.au//50-great-reads-from-first-nat

03.01.2022 We are excited to share the news that Scholastic Australia has acquired Scott Stuart's next picture book - an incredibly funny, clever and utterly unique tale about a pair of feuding geese, collective nouns and quirks of the English language. Scott Stuart Scholastic

03.01.2022 Check out the gorgeous covers for Kitty Black's new books - Lucy and Sad, and Max and Worry, the first books in the Follow Your Feelings series. Illustrated by Jess Rose, these are stories about small people with big emotions. Coming in Sept through Affirm Press Affirm Press Kitty Black

03.01.2022 We are so thrilled that Julie Janson's magnificent novel, Benevolence, will be published in the US and UK by HarperVia

03.01.2022 Listen to Browny reading My Shadow is Pink on Browny’s Booktube @chrissiesamandbrowny @scottcreates

02.01.2022 A fabulous review for Katerina Bryant’s Hysteria in today’s Age/SMH: ‘Bryant is a skilful writer whose intelligent observations about her own experiences and the history of her illness are sharp and insightful’. @newsouthpublishing

01.01.2022 Thrilled to announce that Affirm Press will be publishing a new series of picture books by the very talented Kitty Black. Starting in 2021 with Sadness and then Panic, the books are a light-hearted, relatable exploration of how to name, talk about and sit with difficult emotions. Kitty Black Affirm Press