good books doing good things™

This mantra of ours brings together three elements, & it's key to seeing why we’re different:

• good books... welcoming, discovering & nurturing new talents who write books that readers will rave about

• doing... how we're playing a different publishing game, as you'll see by exploring our website, and also here

• good things... the 4 philanthropic areas we're putting our money & efforts into - closing the literacy gap for the next generation of readers - the joys of reading - quality writing - fostering ideas & debate.

Here's a little about the good things we're supporting, and how you can help too: 

Kids' literacy & the joys of reading

Let's Read

A wonderful initiative of the Centre for Community Child Health, Let's Read is being developed & implemented across Australia, including in Indigenous communities, in partnership with The Smith Family. Click here to read The Smith Family's announcement of its partnership with Pantera Press.

Let's Read encourages parents to have fun reading with their pre-school kids, to help them develop a love of books & the ability to name letters & play with the sounds of words. These are some of the building blocks that will help children learn to read & write when they get to school. Research has shown that reading with even the youngest children is an important activity to develop a child's future literacy skills. Poor literacy skills are associated with lower education, earnings, health & social outcomes. Teaching kids to read is a vital step towards breaking the cycle of disadvantage.

Pantera Press is aiming to help fund two new Let's Read programs in every state in Australia. Let's Read helps pre-school kids (0-5 years old) from socially & economically disadvantaged families in regional, rural, remote & metro communities, including some remote Indigenous communities.

As part of our partnership, The Smith Family recently auctioned 5 sets of beautifully framed & personally signed prints of the extraordinary original artwork Bill Leak, renowned artist & Australia's leading political cartoonist, created for the cover of Simon Benson's new book BETRAYAL, plus a personally signed  copy of BETRAYAL by author Simon Benson (all provided by Pantera Press).

Please  click here now  & you can  do  even  more by   MAKING  A  PERSONAL  DONATION   to  LET'S READ.

 (Australian donations to The Smith Family of $2+ are tax-deductible.)

Quality Writing

Walkley Awards

Since 2008, we have been sponsoring the coveted Walkley Awards for excellence in newspaper feature writing.

Fostering Ideas & Debate

WHY vs WHY^™

We want to get people talking about issues that matter. Our unique series, WHY vs WHY^™, is an important element in our push  to foster ideas & debate.