Blog
Blog
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.

News
May new releases
30 April 2024Thoughtful new nonfiction and a Swedish debut.
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Life So Full of Promise shortlisted for The Age Book of the Year
23 April 2024Congratulations to Ross McMullin!
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BookPeople 2023 Book of the Year longlisting
12 April 2024Congratulations to Russ Radcliffe and all of the contributors.
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Two Scribe titles shortlisted for International Booker Prize 2024
10 April 2024Congratulations to our authors and translators.
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April new releases
3 April 2024Seven enthralling new books this month.
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The Palestine Laboratory shortlisted at 2024 ABIAs
21 March 2024Congratulations to Antony Loewenstein!
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Two Scribe titles longlisted for the 2024 International Booker Prize
12 March 2024Congratulations to What I’d Rather Not Think About and Mater 2–10.
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West Girls longlisted for the Stella
4 March 2024Congratulations to Laura Elizabeth Woollett!
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March new releases
27 February 2024Five exciting new books this March.
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The Palestine Laboratory wins at 2024 VPLAs
6 February 2024A win as voted by the reading public.
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February new releases
30 January 2024Four seriously good new books.
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Scribe Varuna Fellowship 2024
22 January 2024The 2024 Scribe Varuna Fellowship is open for submission.
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Vale Tim Colebatch
22 January 20241949–2024
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‘I didn’t know what I didn’t know’: teaching yourself the life skills that your parents couldn’t
18 January 2024An insightful guest blog post by Dr Ahona Guha.
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