BREAKING NEWS: The #ABIA2022 shortlists have just been announced! 🎉🎉🎉 See all of the books and authors up for the big awards on the blog --> fal.cn/3oPlC | ABIA

'What I find most interesting about covering crime are the people I meet and write about.' Emma Partridge (author of The Widow of Walcha) takes on our Ten Terrifying Questions! --> fal.cn/3oPnd | SimonSchusterANZ

The 2022 #MilesFranklin longlist is officially here! Find all of the longlisted books and authors for Australia's most prestigious literary prize right here on the blog —> fal.cn/3oR7g | MilesFranklin

'The YA novel forces us to reckon with what’s most important to us, what we wish to gift to young people. There’s also very little to hide behind.' @MegCaddyAuthor (Slipping the Noose) takes on our Ten Terrifying Questions! —> fal.cn/3oRdy | Text YA & Kids #LoveOzYA

'I’m a sucker for a coming-of-age novel.' @FelicityMcLean is back with a new novel in Red. Get to know Felicity and her heroine Ruby 'Red' McCoy in this Q&A! —> fal.cn/3oRi0 | HarperCollins Aus

Every child deserves to be seen, heard and accepted for who they are, and to be represented in the books they read. Help younger readers celebrate what makes them unique with these 9 heartwarming books! —> fal.cn/3oTio

Instead of convincing you to become vegan or shaming you, @JessSeinfeld simply wants to show you how easy it is to create delicious plant-based meals. 🥣 Try Jessica's recipe for butternut squash and quinoa soup from her new cookbook, Vegan, at Times! —> fal.cn/3oTlU

'I used to be extremely ambitious but am not so much anymore: I just want to be remembered well, after I die, by the people I love.' Eda (Ed-a), author of the essay collection Root & Branch, takes on our Ten Terrifying Questions! —> fal.cn/3oToE | @newsouthpub

Let’s make ice blocks with Bluey and Bingo! 🍧 Find the recipe for Nana's delicious ice blocks from the upcoming Official Bluey TV book, Bluey and Bingo's Fancy Restaurant Cookbook, on the blog --> fal.cn/3oVsJ | Penguin Books Aus

‘This was the beginning of something — an exploration of how people remember the rooms and houses they once lived in and the language they use as adults.’ Janine Mikosza, author of Homesickness, takes on our Ten Terrifying Questions! --> fal.cn/3oVvX | Ultimo Press

'A luminous novel of India and partition.' Tomb of Sand, by Geetanjali Shree and translated from Hindi by @shreedaisy, is the #2022InternationalBooker Prize winner! Find out more here on the blog —> fal.cn/3oXgK | The Booker Prizes

‘As a playwright, I have learnt that there is no drama without conflict, whether that conflict be personal or external.’ Read a Q&A with Ned Manning on his latest novel, Painting the Light! —> fal.cn/3oXjx

'A good process recognises creativity and its role in all the stages—and makes provision for it to happen.' Graeme Simsion is on the blog today to talk about his new book, The Novel Project, and share some writing tips! —> fal.cn/3oXnm | Text Publishing

Discover new stories and voices at the Emerging Writers' Festival! The EWF ambassadors Yassmin Abdel-Magied, #JenniferDown, #JeanineLeane and @catalog03 share their picks of authors and events to see on the blog — check it out —> fal.cn/3p0zM | Emerging Writers' Festival #EWF22

'Books are the most accessible form of art, and have the power to make you feel less alone in the world.' Kylie Kaden, author of the new thriller One of Us, is on the blog to take on our Ten Terrifying Questions! —> fal.cn/3p0EB | Pantera Press

'My mind was exploded, my breath was taken, my heart was stopped, and my gut was wrenched.' Find out why Sarah McDuling LOVED The Blood Traitor by Lynette Noni (the final #PrisonHealer book!) in our review —> fal.cn/3p2dJ | PenguinTeenAus

'It is ultimately about pushing us to think more deeply about what kind of world we want to build, and how, perhaps, we can get there.' Talking About a Revolution author Yassmin Abdel-Magied is back to answer our Ten Terrifying Questions! —> fal.cn/3p2g5 | Penguin Books Aus

Are you tired of hearing ‘Mercury must be in retrograde’ every time something goes wrong? Check out The Mercury Retrograde Book by Yasmin Boland and Kim Farnell! Even better, you can read an extract from the book on the blog now —> fal.cn/3p2iH | Hay House Australia

What did we read (and LOVE) last month? Books by Lynette Noni, Emily St. J. Mandel, Deborah Abela author, Professor Emilie Pine and more!  Find our staff reviews here on the blog —> fal.cn/3p5eQ