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EventsRead to the Green Sheep X Penguin Children's Booksellers Grant

Read to the Green Sheep X Penguin Children's Booksellers Grant

Thank you to everyone who took part in our first Global Book Crawl—it was so much fun! It was especially wonderful to see people visiting businesses they hadn’t been to in ages or, in some cases, f...

NT Writers FestivalPlanning a Darwin trip? Time it with one of Australia’s most unique Writers Festival

Planning a Darwin trip? Time it with one of Australia’s most unique Writers Festival

If you’re thinking about a trip North, consider timing it with the NT Writers Festival, Garramilla/Darwin ( 28 – 31 May 2026 )—one of Australia’s most unique literary gatherings.

Sunday NewsletterThe Forgotten Pioneers: Muslim Cameleers and the Making of Outback Australia

The Forgotten Pioneers: Muslim Cameleers and the Making of Outback Australia

Tin Mosques & Ghan Towns by Christine Stevens: Long before the Ghan railway cut through the red heart of Australia, a different kind of transport shaped the interior — the camel. 

Sunday NewsletterWomen's History Month, Bruce Pascoe and Dark Emu, Stella Prize, Into the Loneliness by Eleanor Hogan - Red Kangaroo Books

Women's History Month, Bruce Pascoe and Dark Emu, Stella Prize, Into the Loneliness by Eleanor Hogan

Greetings/Werte! March is Women’s History Month There’s an old feminist joke that, where relevant, we should rename “history” with the term “herstory”. So that’s what we will be feat...