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In preparation for next Tuesday’s Salon, Anna M is reading & loving Nikos Papastergiadis’s memoir, John Berger & Me (Giramondo Publishing). Find out more here: paperbackbooks.com.au/pages/4779-S... We’d love to see you there 💙

TONIGHT ✨ Join Nikos Papastergiadis for the launch of John Berger and Me, a memoir and biography. Presented by The Greek Community of Melbourne, Papastergiadis will be in conversation with Christos Tsiolkas. Free entry – learn more: trybooking.com/events/landing…

‘A tour de force… There is a quiet, demanding depth to this work that feels exquisitely rare… Chinese Postman is a secret worth sharing.’ Leah Jing McIntosh reviews Brian Castro’s new novel for The Age. theage.com.au/culture/books/…

‘[Brian] Castro’s prose burns right through… Such dizzying movement refuses the easy denouement that dominates so much of contemporary Australian writing.’ Leah Jing McIntosh reviews Chinese Postman. The book launches next Thursday (14 Nov) in Melbourne. smh.com.au/culture/books/…

‘There should be time set aside for thinking, for focused thinking, rather than just reading or writing.’ New in L I M I N A L ✨5 Questions with Brian Castro. His new novel, Chinese Postman, launches next Thursday in Melbourne. Read more: liminalmag.com/5-questions/br…

Brian Castro interviewed by L I M I N A L. Read more: liminalmag.com/5-questions/br… Learn more about his new book: bit.ly/chinesepostman

‘Much else was jammed between the pages of these notebooks apart from notes. What has been assembled is another miniature museum, relics of the natural world, picked-up reminders of a former existence…’ Alexis Wright on writing Praiseworthy. giramondopublishing.com/heat/archive/a…

Don’t miss our November Salon with Nikos Papastergiadis tomorrow evening. Nikos will be speaking about his new book John Berger & Me (Giramondo Publishing) with The Paperback’s Anna MacDonald. Join us! 🍷 We’re expecting a full house so arrive early! paperbackbooks.com.au/pages/4779-Sal…

This Tuesday night (12 Nov) at Sappho Books Cafe & Wine Bar, Amy Crutchfield is up from Melbourne to perform a reading from The Cyprian, winner of this year’s PLMA for Poetry! Learn more: sapphobooks.com.au/event/sappho-p…

Tonight! ✨ Join Brian Castro at the Crystal Palace in Melbourne to celebrate his new novel, Chinese Postman. The book will be launched by Lynda Ng, with copies sold by Readings. RSVP to this free event: events.humanitix.com/book-launch-vi…

Congratulations to Alexis Wright, winner of the 2024 Melbourne Prize for Literature! 🎉 The prize recognises a VIC writer whose ‘body of published work has made an outstanding contribution to Australian literature and to cultural and intellectual life.’ theguardian.com/books/2024/nov…

Out now 🔥 HEAT Series 3 Number 17 Featuring writing by Indigo Bailey, Alice Allan, Louise Carter, Noëlle Janaczewska, Vidyan Ravinthiran, Ursula Robinson-Shaw, and Eirill Alvilde Falck (Eirill Alvilde Falck).  The best way to read HEAT is to subscribe. giramondopublishing.com/heat

What you’ll find inside the latest issue of HEAT magazine. Of the six pieces of writing, one is available online: ‘TA RA RA’, a short story by ursula. Learn more: giramondopublishing.com/heat/

Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright has been longlisted for the inaugural Climate Fiction Prize! 🌟 The prize aims to ‘celebrate the most inspiring novels tackling the climate crisis.’ Learn more: climatefictionprize.co.uk/2025-prize/lon…

In The Paris End’s THE STARS today: a 5🌟 review of HEAT magazine. Thank you Paris End! Their weekly Melbourne newsletter reports on the ‘latest goings-on around town’ – it’s always something to look forward to in your inbox. Learn more here: theparisend.substack.com

Alexis Wright – recent winner of the Melbourne Prize for Literature – is appearing at the Mountain Writers Festival tomorrow (23 Nov) in Macedon. She’ll be talking with evelyn araluen about her internationally acclaimed novel, Praiseworthy. Learn more: mountainfestival.com.au/tickets

Out 1 Feb 2025: Šime Knežević’s first book-length poetry collection, In Your Dreams. A work which sings with its silences, In Your Dreams gestures towards the elusive and often fragmented reality of dreams and recollections. Pre-order here: bit.ly/InYourDreamsSi…

Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright is one of the 100 Notable Books of 2024 as chosen by the The New York Times Book Review! 🌟 The US edition of this multi-award-winning novel was published in February by New Directions. Read more: nytimes.com/interactive/20…