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...
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...
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...
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...
National coverage for How I Pawned My Opals
The first title in our ‘To Be Continued’ series was launched at the beginning of this month at a public lecture by Associate Professor Katherine Bode at the Australian National...
Announcing the launch of How I Pawned My Opals and Other Lost Stories
We are delighted to announce that the first title in our To Be Continued series will be launched at the Australian National University on Thursday 1 March. This project is...
An emerging sisterhood of women
Katherine Bode has given us her introduction to How I Pawned My Opals and Other Lost Stories and, as the best introductions do, she gives us a greater appreciation of...