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10 May

CLUNES BOOKTOWN 2012!

What a Winner!

10 May

SPUNC Announces Inaugural Independent Publishers’ Conference and New Prize for Small Publishers

November 2012 will see a new conference for publishing and a prize awarding an undervalued title…

08 May

LAUNCH! Editors Victoria

The Society of Editors Victoria Inc. has had a facelift and they’re ready to launch their new name, Editors Victoria, along with their new logo and website!

08 May

NEW RELEASE: The Unfinished Revolution: Voices from the Global Fight for Women's Rights

SPINIFEX PRESS are thrilled to announce the release of ‘Unfinished Revolution’, which tells the story of the global struggle to secure basic rights for women and girls.

08 May

Submissions now OPEN! Cordite 39 & Cordite 40!

Submit your poetry and/or poetry reviews to Cordite!

NEW RELEASES: BLACK PEPPER PUBLISHING [20.01.2012]

Black Pepper Publishing is excited to announce their latest releases, The Peastick Girl** and The Bearded Chameleon are both due out in Febuary.

The Peastick Girl** follows the story of Teresa Matheson, her sisters Mollie and Cass, and the untimely and mysterious death of their mother. Teresa has returned to Wellington after five years in Melbourne where she has written a quest novel for younger readers, had two affairs, and met the demon Arkeum. The Peastick Girl is a complex tragi-comedy of manners.

A lyrical, understated intensity of emotion that is almost unbearable to read Fia Clendinnen, ABR

Click here for more details of forthcoming and previous Black Pepper titles, including covers, author biographies and book excerpts.