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Colourful collage of book covers on a teal background, featuring Group Chat, The Cruise, Peck & Peck, Dream Girls, Klara and the Sun, and Massif

Colourful collage of book covers on a teal background, featuring Group Chat, The Cruise, Peck & Peck, Dream Girls, Klara and the Sun, and Massif

The perfect summer reading TBR list

We've sorted your summer reading with this perfect poolside TBR list!

Allen & Unwin

2 min read

Jack Heath's Choppy Water book cover on blue background, with stormy sea and text: 3000 people are trapped on board.

Jack Heath's Choppy Water book cover on blue background, with stormy sea and text: 3000 people are trapped on board.

Read an extract from Choppy Water, the new novel by the King of Twists Jack Heath

Start reading from Choppy Water by Jack Heath.

Allen & Unwin

2 min read

Poster on turquoise wall reads A Peek Behind the Publishing Curtain, promoting Open Book internship 2026 with colourful graphic.

Poster on turquoise wall reads A Peek Behind the Publishing Curtain, promoting Open Book internship 2026 with colourful graphic.

Peek behind the publishing curtain with our Open Book Intern

Our recent Open Book intern Savi pens a piece for us about their time at A&U.

Savi Ross

2 min read

Book cover of The Big Book of Convict Stories by Jim Haynes on a yellow background, with a ship and illustrated figures

Book cover of The Big Book of Convict Stories by Jim Haynes on a yellow background, with a ship and illustrated figures

We chat to master storyteller Jim Haynes

Check out our interview with Jim Haynes about his latest collection The Big Book of Convict Stories.

Allen & Unwin

4 min read

Book cover for Human Nature: Only Human, showing four men in white shirts on chairs against a teal background.

Book cover for Human Nature: Only Human, showing four men in white shirts on chairs against a teal background.

The real story behind Human Nature, one of Australia’s most-loved bands

Start reading Only Human, the new memoir from Human Nature.

Allen & Unwin

2 min read

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Book cover of Nix Adams: Nothing to Lose, showing a woman with folded hands on a teal background.

Book cover of Nix Adams: Nothing to Lose, showing a woman with folded hands on a teal background.

Read the prologue from Nothing to Lose by Nix Adams

Start reading from Nothing to Lose by Nix Adams.

Allen & Unwin NZ

3 min read

Colourful collage of book covers on a teal background, featuring Group Chat, The Cruise, Peck & Peck, Dream Girls, Klara and the Sun, and Massif

Colourful collage of book covers on a teal background, featuring Group Chat, The Cruise, Peck & Peck, Dream Girls, Klara and the Sun, and Massif

The perfect summer reading TBR list

We've sorted your summer reading with this perfect poolside TBR list!

Allen & Unwin

2 min read

Red book cover on teal background reading The Red House by Kate Wild, with award seals and bold black-and-white typography.

Red book cover on teal background reading The Red House by Kate Wild, with award seals and bold black-and-white typography.

Interview with Kate Wild author of The Red House

We speak with author of The Red House, Kate Wild.

Allen & Unwin

4 min read

Jack Heath's Choppy Water book cover on blue background, with stormy sea and text: 3000 people are trapped on board.

Jack Heath's Choppy Water book cover on blue background, with stormy sea and text: 3000 people are trapped on board.

Read an extract from Choppy Water, the new novel by the King of Twists Jack Heath

Start reading from Choppy Water by Jack Heath.

Allen & Unwin

2 min read

Poster on turquoise wall reads A Peek Behind the Publishing Curtain, promoting Open Book internship 2026 with colourful graphic.

Poster on turquoise wall reads A Peek Behind the Publishing Curtain, promoting Open Book internship 2026 with colourful graphic.

Peek behind the publishing curtain with our Open Book Intern

Our recent Open Book intern Savi pens a piece for us about their time at A&U.

Savi Ross

2 min read

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