Sydney Christmas Party 2014
The Puncher & Wattmann Sydney Christmas party was held on 6th December at the Alexandria Town Hall. Five books were launched: Stuart Cooke's translation of…
P&W Christmas parties 2014
2014 Christmas parties and book launches Sydney Photos from the Sydney party held on 6 December at the Alexandria Town Hall We launched five books: Stuart…
Clear Brightness shortlisted for the John Bray Poetry Award
Puncher and Wattmann congratulate Kim Cheng Boey for achieving a shortlisting in the 2014 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature with his collection Clear Brightness.…
Global News snippets
Poet Laureate leads protest against prison book rules Writers and actors opposed to new rules stopping people sending books to inmates have held a…
Writers making a stand
Turkey and Twitter Major authors have joined a PEN International appeal to end the Turkish government's attempts to block access to Twitter. A letter…
Forthcoming and recent Titles
Slush Pile by Ian Shadwell was launched on 29th June at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Other recent fiction releases include Out…
Poetica feature on Contemporary Asian Australian Poets anthology
On Saturday 22 March, Radio National's Poetica featured the Puncher & Wattman anthology Contemporary Asian Australian Poets. You can listen to or download the program…
P&W Christmas Party Melbourne
P&W Christmas Party Dec 1. Great to see Melbourne hipsters, Vic region and P&W afficionados in one happy throng. Terrific readings from Ken Bolton,…
Why do writers drink?
Recent research suggests that Dylan Thomas might not, after all, have drunk himself to death. What his doctor in New York took to be…
Lost Evelyn Waugh letters reveal thwarted love for bright young thing
Lost Evelyn Waugh letters reveal thwarted love for 'bright young thing' Grandson recovers lost correspondence between Evelyn Waugh and Teresa 'Baby' Jungman by Dalya…