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15/07/2026

Hi everyone! Absolutely delighted to be a recipient of a George Robertson Award this year. Managed by the Australian Publisher's Association, the Awards recognise distinguished service to the Australian publishing industry and are presented to industry professionals who have dedicated at least 30 years to publishing. Congrats to the other nine recipients for 2026 - it's a great list of industry colleagues so I'm truly delighted to be in their company.

14/07/2026

We are so pleased to be working with Elizabeth Ann Macgregor on her forthcoming book 'The Power of the Real: How MCA Australia became the world’s most visited contemporary art museum' (Sydney University Press, October 2026).

'The Power of the Real' chronicles Elizabeth Ann Macgregor’s transformation of the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia from near-bankruptcy into a world-class cultural institution.

When Macgregor was appointed director in 1999, peers warned her off the museum, its city, and even its country. Not without reason: the MCA was mired in a battle for control that reflected Australia's complex cultural politics.

Drawing on her experiences bringing art to the wider public – driving a travelling gallery around Scotland and leading Birmingham’s acclaimed Ikon Gallery – Macgregor relates what an outsider encountered on her way to becoming an insider. She reveals the bold strategies that revitalised the MCA: free access, team building and collaboration, community engagement and political negotiation – amid intense public scrutiny and scepticism. While navigating funding challenges and a major building expansion, Macgregor shows how her belief in the power of art to shape society helped create an institution loved and respected by artists and the broader public.

Part memoir, part cultural blueprint, 'The Power of the Real' offers vital and candid insights into leadership, resilience and the intersections of art, politics and public life.

📷 Anna Kucera

Read more: https://newsouthbooks.com.au/books/the-power-of-the-real/

11/07/2026

Great to see Merlinda Bobis here winning the Fiction category at the ACT Literary Awards for 'In The Name of the Trees'. The book is published by Spinifex Press.

Congratulations to all the winners in their respective categories.

Discover your next read! Meet the local authors and book winners of the 2026 ACT Literary Awards across fiction, poetry, and children's literature.

10/07/2026

Lovely recognition for a special book

The shortlists have been announced for the 2026 Shalom Collective Australian Jewish Writer Awards, recognising Australian writing on Jewish subjects published in 2025. The winners will be revealed on Monday 3 August at the opening event of the Festival of the Spoken Word, presented by Sydney Jewish....

10/07/2026

📚 **Books we're working on**

We're pleased to be handling the publicity for 'Conscious Tribes' by Amanda Tattersall, publishing next month with Hardie Grant Books.

Amanda is the co-founder of GetUp, founder of the Sydney Alliance, an Associate Professor at the University of Sydney, and host of the ChangeMakers podcast. Drawing on decades of experience building organisations, movements and campaigns, 'Conscious Tribes' offers a timely roadmap for creating meaningful social change in an increasingly complex world.

Learn more about the book here: https://publishing.hardiegrant.com/en-au/books/conscious-tribes-by-amanda-tattersall/9781761451034

26/06/2026

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26/06/2026

Great to hear Sinophone Australia editor Craig A. Smith talk to Philip Clark on ABC Nightlife.

Historical research in Australia has mostly been undertaken in English, but English language speakers and writers were not the only people to document this nation's history.

As a multi cultural settler colony, with a huge array of languages spoken, as well as those of indigenous nations, a new book looks at the rich trove of fresh translations and analysis.

Sinophone Australia is published by Sydney University Press and is out now.

Listen now: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/nightlife/nightlife-history---sinophone-australia/106833758

25/06/2026

James Watson is a historian at the Australian National University, where his doctoral thesis – a social history of the use of asbestos in Australia – won the Patrick Troy Memorial Prize. He previously worked as a paralegal in Sydney, where he attended the bedside testimonies of asbestos-disease sufferers and represented clients in court. His writing has appeared in History Australia and Labour History, and he is currently working on a biography of the geologist and Australian Museum director Robert Etheridge Jr. He lives in Canberra.

He is the author of Asbestos Nation: The Story of the Most Dangerous Dust in Australia which will be released by Monash University Publishing on 18 August 2026.

Monash University Publishing

21/06/2026

‘Perhaps the most valuable contribution of Sinophone Australia is its reminder that history is never finished. With old documents uncovered with patient and often meticulous ­archive work, we now get a glimpse of what these forgotten or silenced voices sound like. Even familiar stories acquire new dimensions. For Australian readers, the book offers a rare ­opportunity to see the country from a different vantage point.

You do not need to speak Chinese to appreciate the significance of that achievement. In an age when opinions about China are plentiful but nuance and complexity are often in short supply, Sinophone Australia provides something increasingly rare: historical perspective.

It is an accessible and at times fascinating contribution to our understanding of Australia’s past and ourselves.’

Wanning Sun, The Australian

Subscribers can read the full review at: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/culture/new-book-reveals-the-secret-history-of-australia-as-told-by-its-chinese-migrants/news-story/3e0c0de2a741b3a6ffff20a1b0313c02

Sydney University Press

11/06/2026

WA readers, did you catch Jo Trilling's recent conversation with Saskia Beudel on ABC Radio Perth Afternoons for World Bicycle Day on the 3rd June?

They discussed Saskia's latest book, 'Peaking: One Hundred and Eleven Days on Two Wheels', published by Monash University Publishing and in bookstores now.

The conversation explored endurance cycling, the challenge of tackling the Victorian Alps, the physical and mental demands of long-distance riding, ageing, resilience, and what it means to push beyond your perceived limits.

It's a thoughtful discussion about adventure, determination and finding new possibilities through challenge.

Listen here: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/wa-afternoons/afternoons/106741890