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'Once Upon Tomorrow' by Karen Comer
Three girls. Three fates. Three interwoven stories. Spanning a hundred years from the present to the future, three girls on the cusp of life search for truth and connection amid family dysfunction, climate change and the march of new technology in this exquisite verse novel from the award-winning author of _Grace Notes_.
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'Tearing Myself Together' by Anna Whateley
Hilzy’s life is forever coming undone – and so is her body. Friendship is just one more thing she can’t count on…until she has to. A wonderful YA novel that explores found family and forgiveness from the CBCA shortlisted author of Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal.
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Fiona Hardy makes Readings Top 50 Bestsellers of 2025!
Thrilled that Fiona Hardy’s phenomenal Unbury the Dead crime novel, made Readings Bookshop’s list of ‘100 bestselling books of 2025 – and in the Top 50 no less, at No. 48!
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Rachel Ang and Josh Bornstein on The Lord Mayors’ Summer Reading List 2026!
The Lord Mayors’ Summer Reading List is back for a second time, as announced by Melbourne City of Literature account.
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JdM creators withdraw from Adelaide Writers Week 2026, in opposition to anti-Palestinian muslim racism
“In the end, civilisations perish because they listen to their politicians and not to their poets.” — Jonas Mekas
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JdM out-of-office dates
Jacinta & Danielle will be out-of-office from tomorrow (December 23) and not back at our desks until January 27th, 2026.
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Sinéad Stubbins' fiction debut named in Guardian Australia's '25 best Australian books of 2025'
HUGE news (just in time for the holidays)! Sinéad Stubbins’ fiction debut Stinkbug (Simon & Schuster) has been named in Guardian Australia’s The 25 best Australian books of 2025!
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JdM creators recognised in the 2026 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards!
We are absolutely delighted to discover that JdM youth literature creators have been recognised in the 2026 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards! The Victorian Premier’s were inaugurated by the State government …
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Jane Caro Longlisted in the 2026 Indie Book Awards!
Australian independent booksellers have nominated their favourite Australian books of the past year and we are delighted that Jane Caro’s Lyrebird (Allen & Unwin) is on the Fiction Longlist for the Indie Book Awards 2026!
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'Näku Dhäruk' wins Australian Political Book of the Year Award!
Näku Dhäruk: The Bark Petitions by Clare Wright OAM, published by Text Publishing has won the Australian Political Book of the Year Award for 2025!
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Clare Wright shortlisted finalist for the Walkley Book Award
We are so thrilled to see Ckare Wright’s Näku Dhäruk: The Bark Petitions : how the People of Yirrkala Changed the Course of Australian Democracy (Text Publishing) has been announced as a shortlisted finalist for the Walkley Book Award!
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Bigna & Binks shortlisted in the 2025 Speech Pathology Australia, Book of the Year Awards
Sandy Bigna and Danielle Binks have both been shortlisted in the 8-10 year-old category of the 2025 Speech Pathology Australia
Book of the Year Awards, the winners of which will be announced on social media on 29 October 2025!Posted
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Jane Gilmore launches 'It Takes A Village To Teach Your Children About Consent'
Consent and respectful relationships education became mandatory across Australia in 2024. Parents and teachers are often struggling to keep up as children and teens come to grips with new concepts about sex, consent, gender, relationships and the online world.
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Kirsty Murray awarded 2025 ASA Medal
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) has announced Kirsty Murray as the 2025 ASA Medal recipient. The ASA Medal is awarded annually to an Australian author or illustrator with a significant body of work who has made an outstanding contribution to Australian literary culture, both as a creator and an advocate.
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Book Launch: 'Code of Silence' by Diana Thorp
November 12th, 6pm – 8pm (FREE!) – The Royal Historical Society of Victoria, 239 A’Beckett Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000
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Featuring author Diana Thorp in conversation with Professor Clare Wright
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Refreshments will be served from 6pm – 6.30pm when the speakers will commence.
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—This event can be attended in-person or online via Zoom.
—The RHSV Gallery Downstairs is an accessible venue.Posted