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Tony Malone @tonysreadinglist.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Need to get away from it all for a while? Annika Norlin's novel 'Colony' (translated by Alice E. Olsson, courtesy of Scribe Publications) shows the pros and cons of life off-grid ;) tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/03/04/c...
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Yvonne Jewkes @yvonnejewkes.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Happy Australian publication day to me! Thanks to everyone @scribepub.bsky.social
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Asian Review of Books @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Today in the ARB: Thảo Tô reviews “Brothers and Ghosts” by Khuê Phạm, tr from German by Charles Hawley and Daryl Lindsey @scribepub.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/brothers-and...
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Jake Adelstein @tokyovice.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
In 2014, at today’s prices, the equivalent of $53,000,000,000 of Bitcoin (600,000) vanished from a bitcoin exchange in Tokyo—Mt.Gox. It was at the time the largest heist of cryptocurrency in history. And for me, it was the start of a story that I would follow for almost a decade #TheDevilTakesBTC
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Scribe @scribepub.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Even in hell, Bitcoin talks. Revealing THE DEVIL TAKES BITCOIN by @tokyovice.bsky.social. From the author of Tokyo Vice comes the wild, true story of cyber-era commerce, crime, cold-hard cash, & one of the greatest heists in history. 🇦🇺 2 Sep AU+NZ⁠ 🇺🇸 14 Oct US⁠ 🇬🇧 6 Nov UK⁠
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Scribe @scribepub.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Delighted to share that RESERVOIR BITCHES by Dahlia de la Cerda, translated by @sanschaises.bsky.social & Heather Cleary, has been longlisted for the 2025 International @thebookerprizes.bsky.social! 🎉 Huge congratulations to the author, translators, and all the other longlisted writers. 📚✨
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The Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com · 25/02/2025
We are delighted to reveal the #InternationalBooker2025 longlist – a feast of fiction from around the world, featuring ‘stories from everywhere, for everyone’. ➡️ Discover the full list: thebookerprizes.com/ibp2025
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The International Booker Prize 2025 | The Booker Prizes
The longlist of 12 or 13 books will be announced on Tuesday, 25 February 2025 at 2pm (GMT).
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Josh Bornstein @joshbornstein.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Gideon Haigh’s fascinating review of ‘Working for the Brand’, in which he describes the Antoinette Lattouf case as “that peculiar hill on which the ABC elected to die”.
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Freedom, served chilled • Gideon Haigh
A high-profile lawyer defends employees’ rights to free speech, regardless of their politics
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Newtown Review of Books @newtownbooks.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Yes! There's another big book bundle to be won in our Last Days of Summer #BookGiveaway today. But hurry - entries close midnight TONIGHT Wed 19 Feb 2025: buff.ly/41ijAxn @scribepub.bsky.social @milan2pinsk.bsky.social #BookSky 💙 📚
Image showing covers of books Long Yarn Short by Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts, Thirst by Marina Yuszczuk, The Pool by Hannah Tunnicliffe, and Double Happiness by Rochelle Siemienowicz.
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Scribe @scribepub.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Limited time only! @joshbornstein.bsky.social's WORKING FOR THE BRAND is a Kindle Daily Deal today. www.amazon.com.au/Working-Bran...
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Scribe @scribepub.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
We’re thrilled to announce THE FOUR SPENT THE DAY TOGETHER, Chris Kraus’s first novel in over a decade—a haunting, genre-defying exploration of a real-life teenage murder, class, and generational cycles. Coming this October.
Image of the book The Four Spent The Day Together by Chris Kraus on teal background. Text says 'An unforgettable new novel from the author of the cult classic I Love Dick. October 2025'.
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Tony Malone @tonysreadinglist.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Secrets and lies in the Austrian countryside as the border crumbles and a new age dawns - Eva Menasse's 'Darkenbloom' (translated by Charlotte Collins, courtesy of Scribe Publications): tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2025/02/04/d...
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‘Darkenbloom’ by Eva Menasse (Review)
With #JanuaryInJapan done and dusted for another year, it’s time (if only temporarily) to leave the land of the rising sun behind and head for pastures new.  That starts today with an excursi…
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Josh Bornstein @joshbornstein.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Thanks to @jimbostanford.bsky.social for reviewing Working for the Brand for the Journal of Australian Political Economy. Extract 👇
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Scribe @scribepub.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
The loudest megaphone: how Trump mastered our new attention age An adapted extract from THE SIRENS’ CALL by @chrislhayes.bsky.social
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The loudest megaphone: how Trump mastered our new attention age
The old model of political debate is over, and spectacle beats argument every time. How did we get here?
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Scribe @scribepub.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Wonderful to see Miranda Darling’s THUNDERHEAD in @readingsbooks.bsky.social’s best fiction books of 2024. Vote for your favourite reads from their best books of 2024 lists for a chance to win a $100 Readings gift card: www.surveymonkey.com/r/3YVQ2L6
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Newtown Review of Books @newtownbooks.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Today's review: Ann Skea on Eva Menasse's new novel Darkenbloom: newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/eva-menasse-... @scribepub.bsky.social #EvaMenasse #BookSky 💙📚 #ThePastIsNotThePast
Image of cover of book Darkenbloom by Eva Menasse, reviewed by Ann Skea in the Newtown Review of Books.
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Scribe @scribepub.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Coming February 6. Apple Cider Vinegar, the true-ish story of Belle Gibson — inspired by the book THE WOMAN WHO FOOLED THE WORLD by Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano.
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Apple Cider Vinegar | Official Trailer | Netflix
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Scribe @scribepub.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Thrilled to see two Scribe books on the excellent 2025 @dublinlitaward.bsky.social longlist! VLADIVOSTOK CIRCUS by Elisa Shua Dusapin (trans. Aneesa Abbas Higgins) and FIRE EXIT by @morgantalty.bsky.social — out in Australia next month! Congratulations to all the longlisted authors & translators.
Image of the book Vladivostok Circus by Elisa Shua Dusapin which is longlisted for the 2025 Dublin Literary Award.Image of the book Fire Exit by Morgan Talty which is longlisted for the 2025 Dublin Literary Award.
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Scribe @scribepub.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
New year, new books! We’re back in 2025 with four January titles: a compassionate and no-nonsense look at the loneliness epidemic, a dazzling biography of April Ashley, and acclaimed novels from Austria and Nigeria.⁠🧵
A stack of four books: Bonjour Mademoiselle! by Jacqueline Kent and Tom Roberts, Darkenbloom by Eva Menasse, The Liquid Eye of a Moon by Uchenna Awoke, and The Joy of Connections by Dr Ruth K Westenheimer.
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Louise Rogers Lalaurie @louiserl.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
A polyglot of translators in search of an author, in an enchanted Polish forest? The perfect Christmas read, I'd say ❤️❄️🎄📚 @scribepub.bsky.social
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Blarney Books & Art @joblarney.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Our runaway bestselling crime book for 2024 is The Port Fairy Murders by Robert Gott. And this one was released in 2015 - illustrating the power of place. #diaryofabookseller @scribepub.bsky.social
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Scribe @scribepub.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Revealing the stunning new cover for KATARAINA by Becky Manawatu!⁠ 🌕 Unflinching in its portrayal of the darkness and tender in its harnessing of the hope that future generations represent. 🗓️🌏 Pub April 2025 🎨 Artwork by Raukawa Kiri 🔗 scribepublications.com.au/kataraina
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Scribe @scribepub.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
In 2024, we've had the pleasure of publishing local and international fiction from some of the most exciting authors today ⚡️❤️⁠ ⁠ Here are our top 5 bestsellers in fiction: ⁠ ⁠ 1. We All Lived in Bondi Then 🌊⁠ 2. Thunderhead 🌩️⁠ 3. The Extinction of Irena Rey 🌳⁠ 4. Bear 🐻⁠ 5. Diving, Falling 🌀
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Scribe @scribepub.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Scribe’s 2024 gift guide is here! 📚🔥❤️⁠ ⁠ At Scribe, we’re (unsurprisingly) big believers that books make the perfect holiday gift. We’ll help you find something even your most eclectic loved one will enjoy. Check out our full gift guide on our blog: scribepublications.com.au/2024-gift-guide
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Scribe @scribepub.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
As we approach the end of 2024, we want to take the time to highlight some of your favourite Scribe titles from this year! 📚 Here are our top 5 bestsellers in translated fiction: ⁠ ⁠ 1. Reservoir Bitches 🌺⁠ 2. Your Utopia 🤖⁠ 3. Vladivostok Circus 🎪⁠ 4. Gifted 🎁⁠ 5. Antiquity 🏛️⁠
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Sam Elk @samhellkin.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
My review of Veronica Gorrie's When Cops are Criminals, a new anthology which reckons with the violence and corruption endemic to contemporary policing is online now at #AnikoPress www.anikopress.com/book-reviews... @scribepub.bsky.social
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Scribe @scribepub.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
We're thrilled to announce we're publishing THE NIGHTS ARE QUIET IN TEHRAN by Shida Bazyar, translated by Ruth Martin. 🌃💙 A topical, moving novel about revolution, oppression, resistance, and the absolute desire for freedom.
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