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...
Raise a glass to our debut author
If you are in Melbourne on 11 December, please join us for the launch of debut author Sarah Madden’s magic realist memoir Blue in the Red House. We are very...
Just in time for Christmas
‘This collection,’ says Imelda Whelehan, ‘is for everyone who wants their Christmas stories to mirror their Christmas location – with the heat on their backs, perhaps wondering if lowering clouds...
Forthcoming: Christmas Eve in a Gum Tree
Christmas in fiction – a time when families reunite and love blossoms, when evil is overcome and tragedy is averted. Cruelty and revenge are offset by heroism and forgiveness, and...
To Be Continued – you can get involved!
We are working on some more exciting collections of nineteenth-century fiction in our ‘To Be Continued’ series – details soon! – but in the meantime, you can get involved in...