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In this section, you'll find all the latest (and the oldest) news relating to our books and authors, and to our Melbourne and London offices.
Awards, acquisitions, author tours, reprints, a bit of gossip, and the occasional job listing — it's all here.
So if it's your secret dream to work at Scribe, or you just like knowing what's happening in the world of publishing, then read on.
And then get back to reading a good book.
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Tonio: a requiem memoir
15 October 2015Adri van der Heijden gives a very moving overview of his novel about…
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A letter to my future self: on being a new father
21 September 2015I like the baby’s face in the morning, more than maybe anything I have…
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Introducing our new children’s imprint — Scribble
26 July 2015Our first children's imprint will begin publishing in March 2016.
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Like a House on Fire
22 February 2015Cate Kennedy is interviewed by Caroline Baum, and reveals some of the…
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Berlin Syndrome
22 February 2015The book trailer for Melanie Joosten’s Berlin Syndrome.
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Beloved Land
22 February 2015Gordon Peake, author or Beloved Land, speaks to Jim Middleton about the…
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Climate Code Red
22 February 2015David Spratt, co-author of Climate Code Red, discusses some of the…
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Well Done, Those Men
22 February 2015Barry Heard speaks about his book, Well Done, Those Men, and Ian Watson…
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Translation and culture
21 February 2015Translator Alison Entrekin considers the ways culture affects her work.
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Scribe signs Briohny Doyle
19 February 2015We've signed the co-winner of the 2014 Scribe Nonfiction Prize for…
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Scribe acquires winner of 2014 Vic Prem’s Unpublished Manuscript Award in two-book deal
20 July 2014Scribe has acquired world rights in two novels by Miles Allinson, the…
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High Sobriety is named as a finalist for the Walkley Book Award
23 October 2013We're delighted that High Sobriety by Jill Stark has been named as a…
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Like A House On Fire wins the Steele Rudd Award
7 September 2013Cate Kennedy’s marvellous short story collection, Like A House On Fire,…
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The Stella Prize Shortlist
19 March 2013Congratulations to Cate Kennedy
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