Yesterday Beth Driscoll joined host Jack Gembitsky at @2ser.bsky.social to chat about the value of print and digital books, and some of the research from our project. You can click the link to listen now! www.2ser.com/stories/why-...

WE’RE LIVE!! You can now find our editorial introduction on our Substack: exhume.substack.com/p/welcome-to... Many thanks to all who have subscribed so far, and to the @roderickcentrejcu for supporting us. We hope you enjoy reading Exhume’s first issue.

We were thrilled to be featured on the @australianbooks.bsky.social podcast recently!! Veronica and Laurie were so lovely to invite @alexdane.bsky.social to come chat with them about the DIY Publishing Toolkit, and we think the podcast episode is excellent 🤩

We're back! Edits & Annotations kicks off our second season in the company of the brilliant Steve MinOn, who joins Bethany to talk about the importance of building a community of writers, world building, identity, and, of course, names. www.pod.link/1793719696/e...

If you haven't yet registered for Monday's (free and online!) Symposium, there is still time! Register now for what is going to be a fascinating day all about reading, writing, and publishing in regional Australia 🤩

Registrations are now open for our (free!) upcoming symposium! 🥳 It will be held on 24th November, running approximately between 10am and 4pm AEDT (Syd/Melb Time). It is shaping up to be a great event full of SUCH interesting research on Reading, Writing, and Publishing in Regional Australia.

The CFP for our upcoming online symposium has officially closed! Didn't manage to get your abstract submitted in time? No worries! Caitlin will still accept abstracts until early next week - so you still have a few more days to get yours in.

Closing soon💥🎉 Get your abstracts in tomorrow!

We are excited to announce that the CFP has opened for our upcoming symposium: Reading, Writing and Publishing in Regional Australia! It will take place online on Monday 24 November 2025. Abstracts are due 10 October 2025. tinyurl.com/ReadingWriti...

Our latest journal article has been published and is available to read now!

We are excited to announce that the CFP has opened for our upcoming symposium: Reading, Writing and Publishing in Regional Australia! It will take place online on Monday 24 November 2025. Abstracts are due 10 October 2025. tinyurl.com/ReadingWriti...

Our newest newsletter is available on our Substack! We have many, many updates to share in this newsletter. Most excitingly, Kim officially launched our DIY Publishing Toolkit at the Outback Writers Festival in Winton!

Thrilled that our article 'The significance of place in book publishing: Insights from community publishing in regional Australia' is out and available to read now! doi.org/10.1177/1367...

Phillip Leighton-Daly is an author based in Moss Vale NSW. Phillip writes meticulously researched books about local history, and YA fiction: ‘This isn’t just storytelling. It’s history, heart, and hard-hitting fiction—crafted by a man who’s lived a life worth writing about.’

Elephant Page Publishing is an exciting new publishing house in Perth (Boorloo). The press is run by students under the guidance of a team of publishing professionals, and their mission is to “to uplift new voices and talents on both sides of the publishing process.”

We have a new article by team member Roseleigh Priest up on the Self-Publishing Australia blog! The article explores the experiences of indie authors, with insights from Kathleen Ryder, a wonderful indie romance author the team interviewed in Alice Springs. selfpub.com.au/2025/06/we-s...

It's here!!! Our DIY Publishing Toolkit is now freely available to read. If you're a writer getting ready to embark on your publishing adventure, this is the guide for you. Check it out! hdl.handle.net/11343/356821

Get ready! On the 23rd of June we will be releasing a DIY Publishing Toolkit. If you're interested in publishing a book, no matter the genre, this toolkit will set you up for success! Check back next week to read it for free!

Swallows Part One is a fabulous graphic novel by Tasmania based artist Joshua Santospirito. The novel follows Joshua’s grandfather as he built his life from a working child in the streets of Melbourne to the King of Flowers on Flinders Street. www.sankessto.com/product/swal...

Based out of the Federal Box Factory in Adelaide, Friendly Street Poets is Australia’s oldest open mic, poetry reading and publishing group. Dedicated to promoting South Australian poetry, they host monthly readings and publish annual poetry anthologies. friendlystreetpoets.org.au/publications...

Our newest newsletter is available on our Substack! In this issue we share exciting news and a special sneak peek at our (soon-to-be-launched!) DIY Publishing Toolkit 👀🥳 communitypubinregionalaus.substack.com/p/community-...

Have a read of this Australian Society of Authors article by team member Roseleigh Priest! Roseleigh is exploring why regional authors write short stories. www.asauthors.org.au/news/short-s...

Laugh Out Loud - Funny Things DO Happen is a collection of true, funny short stories by author Duncan Russell. Duncan lives in Milang, South Australia, and the stories in this collection capture the fantastic humour of everyday life, the funny things that happen to all of us.

Check out this new article by team member Roseleigh Priest on the Grattan Street Press blog! Roseleigh writes about childrens publishing in regional Australia, with a spotlight on some amazing small publishers in Armidale, NSW. grattanstreetpress.com/2025/04/02/i...

Have a read of this Australian Society of Authors article by team member Caitlin Parker! Caitlin is sharing her observations about the amazing writing groups the team encountered in the Burdekin during fieldwork last year. www.asauthors.org.au/news/the-val...

Have a listen to this great ABC Radio interview by team member Professor Kim Wilkins! Kim talks about how more older Australians are achieving their dream of becoming an author, largely thanks to digital technology giving them a way to bypass mainstream publishing. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Curious about what CPRA is up to? Head over to our substack to keep up-to-date - this year is the last year of the project, and we'll have a lot of exciting news to share! communitypubinregionalaus.substack.com

AndAlso Books is a Brisbane based small publisher with an amazing catalogue of fiction and non-fiction revolving around art, history, and music culture.

Our newest newsletter post has been uploaded and is available for you to read! In this issue we outline some of the exciting plans we have for 2025. Read until the end for a fun publishing tip 🤓✨ communitypubinregionalaus.substack.com/p/community-...

I am delighted to announce that the Publishing Scholarship for Indigenous Students at the University of Sydney is now open for applications. This scholarship supports Indigenous students pursuing publishing studies at our university: www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships... – please apply by 18 Apr 2025.

Madelaine Dickie is an author not to be missed! In the last twelve years, she has worked out of Jakarta, Broome, Wyndham, Tokyo, Exmouth, and Arnhem Land. Madeline’s novels are published by Fremantle Press, in Western Australia.

The Search for Time Warp Tommy is written by Jim Sinclair and published by Moonglow Publishing, a press based in Macclesfield South Australia.

We're starting the New Year with a spectacular publisher! Night Parrot Press is a not-for-profit independent publisher based in Perth that specialises in finding writing hidden in the periphery.

If fun and fast-paced fantasy is your genre fancy, then Krake may be the author for you – her novels are jampacked with witches and demons, myth and treasure, clever heroines and nefarious villains.

"Know your Granny" and "At the River" are two children's picture books created by the Yiyili Community, located roughly halfway between Fitzroy Crossing and Halls Creek in the Kimberley, West Australia.

Our latest newsletter is up and available for you to read! Click through the link to read all about what the team got up to in Ayr, Qld, our progress on some upcoming publications, and our plans for next year ✈️🥳Subscribe to receive future newsletters delivered straight to your inbox!

If you'd like to publish your book without enriching four entities that emerged from the bio-jelly of a thousand pulped tech-bros, you could scan this writeup I put together on self publishing Legends & Lattes, which cost less than 5k and involved human artists and editors medium.com/@travisbaldr...