Bill Nighy at a London cafe reading a book, with another on the chair opposite, ready to go.

Reminder: KYD members can enjoy $50 off this course with Alice Bishop until midnight this Sunday! (Handy for those thinking of submitting a story to New Australian Fiction 2024! 👀)

To coincide with New Australian Fiction submissions opening, we’ve launched a new course with brilliant short fiction writer Alice Bishop! Plus: we have a great new bundle with @lewoollett ✏️ KYD members can enjoy $50 off until 11.59pm this Sunday! buff.ly/3P18eHo

This photo just added a good three years to my lifespan

“The good thing about writing books is that you can dream while you are awake.” —Haruki Murakami buff.ly/2GS509A

“I seldom know where I’m headed, but if the story is meant to be, you cross over to the other side—you’re inside it, and there’s an engine.” From our Art of Fiction interview with Jhumpa Lahiri in our new Spring issue. buff.ly/3Tg9doD

My new book, Deep Water, is published in Australia today! It's the culmination of more than 20 years thinking and research, and I'm incredibly proud of it, and so grateful to everybody who's helped along the way. Penguin Books Aus Scribe UK penguin.com.au/books/deep-wat…

“Poems help me to know what I’m feeling. Out of the depths of my heart will come a quotation completely unbidden. And then I will think, Oh, so that’s what I am feeling today.” —Helen Vendler buff.ly/3riYWOw

We’re delighted to reveal the cover and contributors to New Australian Fiction 2024! 🎉 Coming to bookstores 1 September. Cover design by Alissa Dinallo. Pre-order now with our early-bird offer and get $5 off the RRP! More info here: buff.ly/4eQzO5u

I was there. It was disgusting.

We're releasing our biggest course bundle yet! 🌟 This epic 5-course masterclass includes courses with @emilybitto, Rebecca Starford, Madeleine Watts, Ellena Savage & Alice Bishop, covering various aspects of short fiction craft. Find more info here: buff.ly/3X7ectz

Just unbelievably thrilled to see Charlotte Wood's Stone Yard Devotional on the The Booker Prizes shortlist. A beautiful, spare and hauntingly strange novel about the geological movement of grief by one of Australia's best writers (and an excellent human). theguardian.com/books/2024/sep…

Want to make your short story stand out? Then our new masterclass is for you! ✏️ This is our biggest bundle yet with 5 courses from brilliant writes @emilybitto, Rebecca Starford, Madeleine Watts, Ellena Savage & Alice Bishop. More details here: buff.ly/47Dyz6x

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