Bushfires at Christmas time – an Australian phenomenon
Christmas is coming up on us fast and our preparations are in full swing: planning menus, writing gift lists, decorating the tree, negotiating family dynamics – and, in Australia, making...
For the love of writing
Seven days of workshops, panel discussions and fabulous speakers is on offer from the Society of Women Writers Victoria’s literary festival ‘For the Love of Writing’ – including our own...
The past is always with us
In more proof that the past is always with us, the subject of The Sultan’s Daughter – Sayidda Salmé, aka Emily Reute – is at the centre of a controversy...
An actual, real-life, people in a room together, live launch!
The Sultan’s Daughter finally got the launch it deserved, by former Independent Member of Parliament for the electorate of Indi and all-round inspirational woman, Cathy McGowan. The book was launched...
Within the silences of history, fiction can manoeuvre
Sayidda Salmé – the Sultan’s daughter of Obiter's forthcoming novel by Jane Downing – first appeared within the covers of a book in her own lifetime. Memoirs of an Arabian Princess was...
Our award winning collaborator!
We’re very pleased that Associate Professor Tanya Dalziell from the University of Western Australia has curated Tom Morison’s Golden Christmas, the latest ‘To Be Continued’ collection, and written an introduction....
Gold in the archives
The Obiter team has been digging into the database for shiny nuggets of nineteenth century fiction for our next title in the ‘To Be Continued’ series. With the bad puns...
Editors help writing be the best version of itself
Author Sarah Madden was complimentary about the editorial process for Blue in the Red House when interviewed by Jessica Gately for the latest issue of Underground Writer’s zine Roots (issue...
Some more TLC for YWCA Canberra
Obiter Publishing and the Singed Sisters were able to donate a further $3500 to YWCA Canberra in January from sales of Tears, Laughter, Champagne. In her thanks, CEO Frances Crimmins...
Two titles launched into the world
Obiter ended the year doing what we love most, sending two new books into the world! We raised a glass of congratulations to Sarah Madden in Melbourne last Tuesday evening...
