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MidnightSun Publishing MidnightSun Publishing is an independent publisher based in Adelaide, Australia. Our books are so amazing, you'll keep coming back for more.

MidnightSun Publishing produces beautiful, enjoyable and sometimes challenging books. Anna Solding's The Hum of Concrete was released in March 2012 and Pangamonium by Zanesh Catkin in July 2012. Both have been very well received critically. Check them out here: http://midnightsunpublishing.com/

For all short story lovers! The Australian Short Story Festival is always excellent and MidnightSun is proud to have sev...
02/10/2025

For all short story lovers! The Australian Short Story Festival is always excellent and MidnightSun is proud to have several writers on the program. Join us in Adelaide in November. The program is up and tickets are for sale through the festival website.

Tickets for the 2025 Australian Short Story Festival are on sale now! Purchase via the link in our bio or on our website.

We're offering full Saturday and Sunday passes, or save money with a two day pass for access to the full program of panel sessions.

Our workshops have limited spaces and always sell out fast, so get your tickets quick!

Download our full program from our website to see details about all the events on offer.

Tickets are sold through Humanitix so you can ensure your booking fees go towards a good cause.

Another excellent resource from the brilliant Reading Opens Doors with Elise Ellerman. Sophie Masson and Lorena Carringt...
02/10/2025

Another excellent resource from the brilliant Reading Opens Doors with Elise Ellerman. Sophie Masson and Lorena Carrington’s beautiful new picture book The Giant is rubbing shoulders with lots of other lovely books.

PICTURE BOOKS FOR OLDER READERS
This is a collection of sophisticated picture books for older readers. Suitable to explore with children in upper primary and lower secondary school. The criteria I applied for choosing these books included that they are excellent to use to support the development of visual literacy, they employ illustrative complexity, a non-traditional narrative structure and metafictive devices. They also abound with opportunities for interpretive reading. If you are interested in a copy of this collection, it is available on the Reading Opens Doors website in the 'free resources' tab here: https://www.readingopensdoors.com.au/free-resources

Meet Michael Prewer and hear him talk about his terrific climate thriller R.E.Generation at this exciting new festival.
28/09/2025

Meet Michael Prewer and hear him talk about his terrific climate thriller R.E.Generation at this exciting new festival.

We are publishing our first illustrated Junior Fiction next year. It's a thrilling eco-adventure by Cerise Madsen called...
25/09/2025

We are publishing our first illustrated Junior Fiction next year. It's a thrilling eco-adventure by Cerise Madsen called 'Animal Force', about twins who go on a camping trip with their family, having to deal with school bullies who might just end up destroying everything around them. With gorgeous illustrations by Sally Heinrich, it is designed to pull even the most reluctant readers in. Look out for it in June 2026.

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Time for the cover reveal for Dirt Trap, our much anticipated rural noir crime thriller by Michael Burge. Isn't is a bea...
23/09/2025

Time for the cover reveal for Dirt Trap, our much anticipated rural noir crime thriller by Michael Burge. Isn't is a beauty? You just know you have to read it... In all good bookshops in November.

Here is a lovely review from Barbara Braxton at The Bottom Shelf of 'Windy Washing Day' by Yvonne Low and Kate Talbot. I...
22/09/2025

Here is a lovely review from Barbara Braxton at The Bottom Shelf of 'Windy Washing Day' by Yvonne Low and Kate Talbot. It's a such a fun and colourful book and we are glad that it is finding happy readers. Check out the animal antics with the young ones in your life.

Windy Washing Day Sep22 Windy Washing Day   Windy Washing Day Yvonne Low Kate Talbot MidnightSun Publishing. 2025 32pp., hbk., RRP $29.99 9781922858672 It’s a dry, sunny day with a gentle breeze, just perfect for hanging out the laundry. What could possibly go wrong? Nothing – until the breeze ...

COVER REVEAL First cab off the rank in 2026 is the much anticipated picture book 'Audrey Skips' by award-winning author ...
17/09/2025

COVER REVEAL
First cab off the rank in 2026 is the much anticipated picture book 'Audrey Skips' by award-winning author Andrea Rowe and wonderful illustrator Lisa Coutts. Follow the story of how Audrey skips into the hearts of the people of Melbourne. Based on the true story of Australia's first animated neon sign The Skipping Girl, her demise during the depression and the communal efforts to make her shine once more, 'Audrey Skips' also tells a universal story of kindness, conservation and hope.

Thank you, Reading Opens Doors with Elise Ellerman for including True South as a text about family. 😊
16/09/2025

Thank you, Reading Opens Doors with Elise Ellerman for including True South as a text about family. 😊

STRATEGY TO SUPPORT CHILDREN FIND THEIR NEXT READ
Runt and the Diabolical Dognapping, the highly anticipated sequel to Runt by Craig Silvey and illustrated by Sara Acton is due for release on September 30. I thought it would be timely to update and add some options to the resource I created, What to read after Runt. If you are interested in using this, it is available on the Reading Opens Doors website in the 'free resources' tab, link below.
https://www.readingopensdoors.com.au/free-resources

Check out the latest episode of Totally Lit! Join the fabulous Ky Garvey as she chats to Sophie Masson & Lorena Carringt...
11/09/2025

Check out the latest episode of Totally Lit! Join the fabulous Ky Garvey as she chats to Sophie Masson & Lorena Carrington about their latest picture book The Giant. You can listen to their chat here:

Podcast Episode · Totally Lit! · 11/09/2025 · 53m

Here are Sophie Masson and Lorena Carrington at Abbey's Bookshop. What a fabulous reel to celebrate their wonderful new ...
09/09/2025

Here are Sophie Masson and Lorena Carrington at Abbey's Bookshop. What a fabulous reel to celebrate their wonderful new book The Giant.

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MidnightSun Publishing has grown out of a disenchantment with the established publishing houses in Australia. We know there are plenty of fabulous manuscripts about unusual topics floating around, but publishing new and unknown writers poses a big risk. MidnightSun is prepared to take that risk.

We want our readers to be entertained. We want to challenge, excite, enrage and overwhelm. Therefore, we publish books in any genre that have touched us in some way. Because we are a new publishing company, striving to become established, we expect our writers to be enthusiastic about their own work and able to promote it in the wider community.

MidnightSun Publishing produces beautiful, enjoyable and sometimes challenging books. Anna Solding's The Hum of Concrete was released in March 2012 and since then we’ve gone from strength to strength. Many of our books have been shortlisted for and won awards. Some have been translated and published overseas. Check them out here: http://midnightsunpublishing.com/