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14/11/2024

Catherine McNamara, author of the PMLA2024 shortlisted 'The Carnal Fugues', will be at Australian Short Story Festival (22nd-24th November) in Freemantle, WA! Be sure to catch her at the Violent Delights talk (23rd Nov, 11:50am-12:40pm) and The Pleasure Plunge talk (24th Nov, 10:30am-11:20am)!

Get your tickets now! https://australianshortstoryfestival.com/tickets/

https://australianshortstoryfestival.com/2024-program/

12/11/2024

An excellent opportunity to hear from Koraly Dimitriadis ('The Mother Must D-e') and learn from Viscount Kit Kelen ('Book of Mother') at the 2024 Addi Road Writer's Festival (Addi Road Community Organisation) - happening Saturday, 23rd November 11am-6pm!

Book your ticket now! https://events.humanitix.com/addi-road-writers-festival-2024

https://addiroad.org.au/writers-festival/

08/11/2024

'It’s a cracker – rich with precisely drawn visual images communicated via sparse, exacting prose that leaves an unquestionable imprint on the reader.'

A great review of Nathan Shepherdson's 'Axolotl Waltz' by Heidi Maier at InReview. Read more here: https://bit.ly/3UHUowp

Get your hands on a copy of 'Axolotl Waltz' now! https://puncherandwattmann.com/product/axolotl-waltz/

05/11/2024

'Polain’s book is a masterclass in using linebreak and whitespace—and their absence—to create tension and unity and to show the reader where to rush ahead and where to pause for breath and thought.'

Read Jackson's review of Marcella Polain's 'the seven-eight count of unstoppable sadness' on Westerly Magazine's website: https://westerlymag.com.au/the-seven-eight-count-of-unstoppable-sadness/

Pick up 'the seven-eight count of unstoppable sadness' now! https://puncherandwattmann.com/product/the-seven-eight-count-of-unstoppable-sadness/

04/11/2024

Sarah Temporal ('Tight Bindings') performs her work beautifully and you can see her in Sydney next week at Sappho Books Cafe & Wine Bar on Tuesday (12/11), West Side Poetry Slam on Wednesday (13/11), and Bondi Poetica on Thursday (14/11)! She’ll also be running a poetry masterclass Wednesday morning (10am-12pm) at WestWords.

Watch Sarah's live reading of one of her poems, 'Three Secrets', here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X6Bomaoby4

Read 'Tight Bindings' now: https://puncherandwattmann.com/product/tight-bindings/

31/10/2024

Celebrate the launch of Leah Kaminsky's incisively powerful 'Disorders of the Blood' next Thursday, November 7th 6PM at Avenue Bookstore! Book your free ticket here: https://bit.ly/3C6GrSs

Add 'Disorders of the Blood' to your bookshelf now!
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30/10/2024

Check out what they're saying about Larry Redfern Mars's short story collection 'Everyone On Mars'!

'These are vivacious stories, artfully crafted...Buttrose’s book quietly but unflinchingly argues his thesis so that the reader puts the book down with an emotionally charged conviction: it would be monstrously unbearable to lose this beautiful planet, our perfect home.' - Sue Woolfe, The Newtown Review of Books (https://bit.ly/4fpfrff)

'[Buttrose's] extensive experience in crafting stories that connect emotionally and engage audiences is evident... the book examines the darker parts of human nature and does well to cover such a wide variety of thematic content.' - Rebecca Wu, Glam Adelaide (https://bit.ly/3Yp0enI)

Experience the Red Planet in print now! https://puncherandwattmann.com/product/everyone-on-mars/

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17/10/2024

'Ouyang’s body of work resists stagnation and fixity. The many criss-crosses of Ouyang's English/Chinese preoccupations result in a psychedelic quality, conjuring a dream-like atmosphere'

Read Cher Tan on Ouyang Yu in Liminal Magazine here: https://www.liminalmag.com/liminal-review-of-books/psychic-exile

Pick up your copy of Ouyang's 'All the Rivers Run South' now! https://puncherandwattmann.com/product/all-the-rivers-run-south/

“Ouyang Yu is full of s**t."

16/10/2024

A pretty great place to write

2024 residencies are (almost) full! Limited places left in November.

Want to commit to your creative practice but short on time? This November, Commit to Creativity for one day a week for four weeks!

End your year on a creative high. Give yourself uninterrupted time and space to focus on your work, surrounded by the beauty of Nobbys-Whibayganba.

Open to writers and creatives of all backgrounds, disciplines, and stages of their practice, our residency rounds cater to both local and visiting artists.

Limited places available. Secure yours today.
https://lighthousearts.org.au/residencies/

Image Description: An aerial view of a lighthouse located on a cliff surrounded by the ocean on one side and sandy dunes on the other. The headline reads ‘Commit to Creativity,’ with a subtext announcing: ‘limited spaces left for November 2024 don’t miss out!’

12/10/2024

Literature in translation has long been reliant on indie presses to bring work such as the South Korean author’s to wider audiences

08/10/2024

'This unpredictable, uncontrollable, expansive process determined both the process and the outcome. It was shaped by the energies each writer brought to the encounter, which were in turn shaped by preoccupations, traumas, aspirations, sensitivities, aesthetic inclinations and curiosities.'

Delve into Andy Jackson's, co-editor of the 'Raging Grace' anthology, essay about the creation of the anthology on The Conversation Australia + NZ's website: https://bit.ly/3A1zP70

Pick up your copy of the radical 'Raging Grace: Australian Writers Speak Out On Disability' now! https://puncherandwattmann.com/product/raging-grace-australian-writers-speak-out-on-disability/

In our post-COVID age of climate change catastrophe, disabled people are ideally equipped to imagine how to overcome barriers to an inclusive world. Andy Jackson led a collaboration of disabled writers.

01/10/2024

Celebrate the release of Tim Thorne's 'Greatest Hits - Poems 1968-2021', selected by Lucie Thorne! Attend the Melbourne launch tomorrow 6:30pm at Readings Carlton (309 Lygon Street, Carlton) - book here: https://www.readings.com.au/events/poetry-launch-tim-thorne-greatest-hits

Or catch the Tasmanian launch next Thursday, Oct 10 6:30pm at Sporties (252 Charles Street, Launceston), in conjunction with the Tasmanian Poetry Festival! Book here: https://www.taspoetryfest.org/thorne-greatest-hits-launch/

Get your copy of Tim Thorne's Greatest Hits now. https://puncherandwattmann.com/product/greatest-hits-selected-poems-1968-2021/