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PANTERA PRESS ACQUIRES ANZ RIGHTS FOR TORCHED BY KIMBERLEY STARR FROM CURTIS BROWN
PANTERA PRESS ACQUIRES ANZ RIGHTS FOR TORCHED BY KIMBERLEY STARR FROM CURTIS BROWN
Friday 27 September 2019
Pantera Press has bought ANZ rights for Torched, an Australian crime novel by Kimberley Starr from Pippa Masson at Curtis Brown. “We’re thrilled that Kimberley Starr’s striking novel will be a major fiction title for Pantera Press in 2020,” said Pippa Mason of Curtis Brown. “Kimberley was impressed with their…
WIN A COPY OF THE DAY THE LIES BEGAN
WIN A COPY OF THE DAY THE LIES BEGAN
Wednesday 18 September 2019
WIN 1 of 5 copies of The Day the Lies Began by Kylie Kaden. With its salt-stung houses and tight community, Lago Point is the scene of postcards, not crime scenes. Wife and mother Abbi, town cop Blake, schoolteacher Hannah and local doctor Will are caught in their…
BOUNDLESS RETURNS FOR 2019 FESTIVAL
BOUNDLESS RETURNS FOR 2019 FESTIVAL
Wednesday 11 September 2019
Boundless festival celebrates Indigenous and culturally diverse writers Australia’s leading festival of Indigenous and culturally diverse Australian writers, Boundless, will return to Western Sydney on Saturday 26 October 2019. After the success of the inaugural 2017 festival, Boundless 2019 presents a powerful line-up of local…
YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD by Lucy Bell
YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD by Lucy Bell
Tuesday 13 August 2019
Did you know that there are more plastic flamingos in the world than real ones? That if you joined all the pieces of plastic in the ocean together, they would go around the whole planet over 4000 times. Or that every year, the average Australian family creates enough waste to…
EN POINTE by Chloe Bayliss
EN POINTE by Chloe Bayliss
Wednesday 17 July 2019
CHLOE BAYLISS TO RELEASE BOOK ON HOW SHE CONQUERED SERIOUS ILLNESS AND REALISED HER DREAMS Chloe Bayliss’ obsession has always been dancing. Petite in stature, during her formative years Chloe worked tirelessly to beat the odds. Through sheer determination and physical commitment her dream was finally about to come…
New Release: SURF BY DAY, JAM BY NIGHT by Ash Grunwald
New Release: SURF BY DAY, JAM BY NIGHT by Ash Grunwald
Thursday 23 May 2019
Musician Ash Grunwald releases book about the connection between surfing and music. Andrew Crockett, author of the surf book Switch-foot, once told Ash Grunwald: “How you do one thing is how you do everything.” For Ash, a musician and keen surfer, this really hit home when he gave up drinking…
New Release: THE DAY THE LIES BEGAN by Kylie Kaden
New Release: THE DAY THE LIES BEGAN by Kylie Kaden
Tuesday 21 May 2019
A THRILLING NEW VOICE IN AUSTRALIAN DOMESTIC NOIR “It seemed simple at first – folding one lie over the next. She had become expert at feathering over the cracks to ensure her life appeared the same. But inside, it didn’t feel fixed.” It happened the day of the Moon…
Media Release: AWARD WINNING AUSTRALIAN AUTHORS SECURE FUNDING TO TRAVEL TO US AND PROMOTE AUSTRALIAN CRIME WRITING
Media Release: AWARD WINNING AUSTRALIAN AUTHORS SECURE FUNDING TO TRAVEL TO US AND PROMOTE AUSTRALIAN CRIME WRITING
Monday 20 May 2019
AWARD WINNING AUSTRALIAN AUTHORS SECURE FUNDING TO TRAVEL TO US AND PROMOTE AUSTRALIAN CRIME WRITING The Australia Council has awarded Sulari Gentill, Robert Gott, Jock Serong and Emma Viskic a career development grant valued at $25,000. With the funds they will embark on a tour of the US to promote their work,…
New Release: MISCONCEPTION by Rebecca Freeborn
New Release: MISCONCEPTION by Rebecca Freeborn
Tuesday 9 April 2019
In Australia, one in 137 women who reach 20 weeks’ in their pregnancy will have a stillborn baby. While the death of an unborn child has a major psychological impact on parents and even though there are six stillborn babies a day in Australia, it continues to be something that…
New Release: WHY YOUNG MEN by Jamil Jivani
New Release: WHY YOUNG MEN by Jamil Jivani
Tuesday 9 April 2019
Across the world, we’ve seen an explosion of unpredictable violence committed by young men. From Muslims attracted to ISIS, young men drawn to gangs and the appeal of the far right and white supremacy, there is an increase in young men turning to violence, crime and radicalisation. Jamil Jivani was…