How does a screenwriter approach writing satiric characters that aren’t just funny, but recognisable to us as an audience? Read our new Q&A with James Robert Woods, the Sydney-based writer/director of new Aussie film The Birthday Trip: www.killyourdarlings.com.au/article/how-...

Submissions for the inaugural KYD Poetry Prize will close on Sunday 9 August. Find out more: www.killyourdarlings.com.au/kyd-poetry-p...

Laura Elizabeth Woollett on two new release that diversify Australia's most popular genre. Read more: www.killyourdarlings.com.au/article/beyo...

Australian rural noir has enjoyed global success, but two new releases diverge from the genre’s popular—sometimes whitewashed—tropes to uncover colonial crimes in the city. Read this new review by Laura Elizabeth Woollett: www.killyourdarlings.com.au/article/beyo...

@emmettstinson.bsky.social on the legacy of the most mythologised of modernists in Deborah Levy’s ‘My Year in Paris with Gertrude Stein’. Read more: www.killyourdarlings.com.au/article/desp...

Held in the heart of the country, Red Dirt Poetry Festival is on again this year: 20-23 August! This celebration of poetry located in Mparntwe features over 50 poets from around Australia with a packed lineup not to be missed. Learn more: www.reddirtpoetryfestival.com

From the #1 Australian bestselling author comes a new page-turning thriller. MIRE takes us from the testosterone-fuelled stock market floor in 1980s Sydney to the coastal green hills of the NSW South Coast and onto the Mafia-ruled streets of New York. Learn more: bit.ly/MireMattNable

Deborah Levy’s latest novel journeys to Paris to explore the legacy of the queer avant-garde pioneer Gertrude Stein. Read our new review by @emmettstinson.bsky.social, where he explores the lasting significance of one of the most mythical of modernists. Read more: buff.ly/8yVSWcY

Is Australian publishing in dire straits? We asked publishers, agents, writers and booksellers for their thoughts on growing calls to address the viability of local literature. Read more: bit.ly/4fzzB9f

Is the pace of Australian publishing too fast? We asked the book community for their thoughts on the growing discussion on the quantity and quality of local literature. Read more: bit.ly/4fzzB9f

Is the pace of Australian publishing too fast? We asked the book community for their thoughts on the growing discussion on the quantity and quality of local literature. Read more: bit.ly/4fzzB9f

📚 New for your TBR list! Set against the nostalgic backdrop of small-town coastal life in the 2000s, Tight Lines is funny and moving, exploring the sometimes devastating consequences of our choices—and how we can keep on living anyway. Learn more: www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/Tight-...

With growing calls to address the viability of local literature, we asked people across the book industry their thoughts on the pace of Australian publishing. Featuring publishers, agents, writers and more: bit.ly/4aOWpza

We're thrilled to share our ⭐️ July KYD Spotlight⭐️ pick is The Vape Lord of Queanbeyan by @omarbinmusa!

Read a new story from the KYD Flash Fiction Prize 2026! There’s a watery line between independence and vulnerability for one pensioner in this moving short story by Benjamin Hickey. Find it here: bit.ly/4y88wS2

Rat Daniels is a luminous and deeply evocative debut novel from the 2023 Richell Prize winner, Alex Sawyer, for those who love Mark Brandi, Favel Parrett and Tim Winton. Read an extract in KYD today: bit.ly/4wmWYs8

Are you the future of Australian poetry? Submissions are now open for the inaugural KYD Poetry Prize. Find out more: bit.ly/3Rs8LGB

@samtwyfordmoore.bsky.social on the trajectory of one of France's most surprising young literary sensations, Édouard Louis. Read more: www.killyourdarlings.com.au/article/can-...

New ⭐️ Debut fiction from @munira.com.au The Clinging Thing is a poetic story of love, grief, self-discovery and the transformative power of women. @penguinbooksaus Learn More: www.penguin.com.au/books/the-cl...

Read new fiction from the author of the UQP First Nations Classic Bitin' Back, Vivienne Cleven. This story is a runner-up of the KYD Flash Fiction Prize 2026. Find it here: www.killyourdarlings.com.au/article/have...

Éduoard Louis became a bestselling author aged twenty-one writing about his violent upbringing in one of France’s poorest regions. Two new books beg the question: will he ever escape that tumultuous past? Read more: buff.ly/0Ri3QDl

Our EOFY sale ends tomorrow! 🔔 Develop your novel, memoir, non-fiction project, poem or short story with expert guidance from Australia's best writers. Use code EOFY15 for 15% off. Browse Sale: kill-your-darlings.teachable.com

What really happened to pilot Frederick Valentich when he disappeared in 1978? Encounter the mysterious in this new short story by Jennifer Down. Read more: www.killyourdarlings.com.au/article/my-g...

Nina Culley on how writers are facing the challenge of being priced out of their vocation and the rise of the 'precarity novel'. Read more: www.killyourdarlings.com.au/article/who-...

A real-life Australian mystery, a Miles Franklin-winning writer and a story that will fill you with wonder. Read it here: www.killyourdarlings.com.au/article/my-g...

It's time to take your story to The Next Chapter! 📚 The Next Chapter program elevates Australian stories that aren’t being told and nurtures a new wave of writers to tell them. Each Next Chapter writer will receive a $15,000 stipend and be paired with a handpicked mentor. (1/2)

UFO or something else? Miles Franklin-winning writer Jennifer Down explores the true Australian mystery of Frederick Valentich. Read this new exclusive story here: www.killyourdarlings.com.au/article/my-g...

Introducing the second round of mentees for our 2026 Mentors Program! ✨ Congratulations to these talented writers who have been selected to develop their work-in-progress manuscripts with our experienced mentors. Interested in being a KYD mentee? Stay tuned for the launch of our 2027 program soon.

Exciting opportunity from the University of Melbourne: The Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize is now open! The $20,000 prize supports an Irish poet to visit Australia Applications extended! Now closing Monday 6 July. Learn More: bit.ly/48Q2slR

'There’s a reason I haven’t mentioned him much. I don’t like to dwell on Jackson.' All roads lead to Jackson in this darkly funny story by Jack Vening about a wayward reunion. Read more: www.killyourdarlings.com.au/article/good...