Readers are spoilt for choice: bookshops are overflowing with the great, the good (and the rest), and it could not be harder to choose what to read next.
Let Debut Mondays be your guide to the best of new local writing. Come and have a glass of wine and discover the best new writers around.
Featuring
Featuring
Ainslee Meredith is a writer and student from Melbourne. Ainslee’s poetry has appeared in Voiceworks, Going Down Swinging, harvest, Southerly, Page Seventeen and Farrago. From 2008 to 2010, she was a poetry editor at Voiceworks. ... Read more
Maya Ward is the author of The Comfort of Water: A River Pilgrimage, published by Transit Lounge, has been shortlisted for the National Year of Reading ‘Our Story’ project. Maya has worked as a musician, festival director, urban designer and environmental educator. She didn’t mean to become a ... Read more
Tony Birch is the author of four novels, five short fiction collections, and two poetry books. His most recent book is the novel, Women and Children (UQP). ... Read more
Jessica Au lives and writes in Melbourne. Her short stories have appeared in Overland, Wet Ink, The Sleepers Almanac and Meanjin Quarterly, where she has also worked as deputy editor. Cargo is her first novel.
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Read an excerpt from The Almighty Sometimes
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What's on in May: Resident Organisation Round Up
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Chanel Contos: Consent Laid Bare
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Chanel Contos: Consent Laid Bare
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Origin of You: Mindy Meng Wang 王萌 and Sui Zhen
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