Independently published, Australia, 2026
Cover image Mary Wettenhall (1809-1896)by Robert Wettenhall from the author’s collection
The Mary Poems is an affecting imagining of the life and thoughts of the poet’s ancestor, Mary Burgess Wettenhall née Bussell (1809 to 1896).
Wesley Uniting Church
3pm Sunday 6 September 2026
A concert of 16th century madrigals and music for the birds (Morley, Gibbons, Byrd, Weelkes – avian allegories of love in the English countryside.
Continue Reading“Polifemy – Choristers of Flight “
Penguin, Australia, 2026
Cover design Christabella Designs
Cover image Posnov/Getty Images
It seems that magical realism meets a seedy underbelly in the small Australian town of Possible Springs.
Greenhouse Asylum (formerly StudioStudio)
5/57 Dacre Street Mitchell ACT
6 to 23 September 2026
A showcase of new and recent work by members of Canberra Printmakers.
Continue Reading“Canberra Printmakers – First Edition“
Palace Electric Canberra
16 September to 14 October 2026
Also in Sydney, Melbourne, Ballarat, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Byron Bay and Ballina
This year’s festival opens with Holy Cannoli, an Italian, box office hit which uses comedy to expose the contradictions of contemporary Italian life seen through the eyes of a soul-searching, sweet-toothed sceptic.
Continue Reading“The Italian Film Festival 2026”
Wesley Uniting Church, National Circuit, Forrest ACT
5pm Saturday 26 September 2026
Directed by Dan Walker
Wanderlust is an eclectic and poetic selection of works designed to uplift and delight.
Continue Reading“Canberra Choral Society –Wanderlust“
Hall Pavillion: Opposite 21 Gladstone Street, Hall, ACT
Sunday 27th September 2026
11am & 2.30pm
Badimara Scout Hall: 198 Badimara Street, Fisher, ACT
Sunday 4th October 2026
11am & 2.30pm
Ten years after its debut, Vivienne reprises and remakes The Whole Cake a changed body and an expanded creative landscape.
Continue Reading“Vivienne Rogis – The Whole Cake“
National Film & Sound Archive
2.15pm Saturday, 12 September 2026
The Canberra Men’s Choir celebrates its 4oth birthday, featuring the Celebration Jazz Band.
Continue Reading“The Canberra Men’s Choir – 40 Years of Song “
Allen & Unwin, Australia 2026
Cover design Christa Moffitt, Christabella Designs
Cover images Jaroslaw Blaminsky/Trevillion Images; Shutterstock
Commercial litigation lawyer Ruth Dawson is beset both professionally and personally in Bad Neighbours, a twisty tale of greed, property and betrayal.
Rusten House, 87 Collett Street, Queanbeyan NSW
29 August – 19 September 2026
8Studios is a group of artists connected through friendship, shared creative interests, and a belief in the value of artistic community.
Continue Reading“8Studios – Vulnerable “
EK Books, Australia, 2026
Book design Mark Thacker
Jemima Parker’s gentle story of a creative and resourceful little girl reminds us of the importance of following through one’s ideas, of valuing small treasures and of helping one’s friends.
Continue Reading“Jemima Parker and Karen Erasmus – Poppy makes pockets “
Riveted Press, Australia 2026
Cover art Tamlyn Teow
The Prime Minister Problem is a book of considerable charm. Its main character Wren is a gentle lad, never feeling like he belongs, not ‘in’ with the popular kids and often teased or left out at school.
Allen & Unwin, Australia 2026
Cover design Christa Moffat, Christabella Designs
Cover illustrations Nastia/Adobe Stock
The Followers is a whip-smart fiction, delving into the dark hothouse that girlhood can be from pre-puberty, through teenhood and into young womanhood.
Fourth Estate, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, Australia 2026
Cover design Hazel Lam
Cover images Adobe Stock; shutterstock.com; rawpixel.com
Kathryn Heyman has captured both the delicacy and the rawness of sharing the dying time of a loved one.
Affirm Press, Australia 2026
Cover design Deb Parry
The Writers Retreat is a clever work with almost an ‘insiders’ feel to it. Anyone who has anything to do with the writing and publishing world or who has ventured on a writing retreat will find that it strikes chords.
