Our OzLit pick in April is journalist Melinda Ham’s collection of refugee stories, The Lucky Ones.

Our April pick for the Translations Book Club is Mexican author Valeria Luiselli’s experimental work of collaborative fiction, The Story of My Teeth (trans. Christina MacSweeney).

Embrace Australia's finest writers. Poetry is where Meanjin began, and Autumn 2024 is Meanjin's first with new Poetry Editor Jeanine Leane - be sure to include this issue in your collection! Join Editor Esther Anatolitis in conversation with Jeanine and poet Paul Magee. FREE EVENT

Bri Lee has wowed us her with her bold journalistic rigour with the likes of Eggshell Skull and Who Gets to Be Smart. Join Bri for an intimate two course long table lunch and prepare to be wowed by her debut novel, The Work.

In March, the OzLit Book Club reads Yumna Kassab’s captivating exploration of the personal costs of war, Politica.

The Translations Book Club takes its first trip to Rwanda in March with French-Rwandan author Scholastique Mukasonga’s Kibogo (trans.: Mark Polizzotti).

Our February OzLit pick mixes the personal with the political on the international stage with The Idealist by Nicholas Jose.

In February, the Translations Book Club departs for Hong Kong and Dorothy Tse’s speculative political allegory, Owlish (trans.: Natascha Bruce).

A stunning new novel from the author of Down the Hume and The Pillars, God Forgets About the Poor is a love story to a migrant mother, whose story is as important as any ever told. Join author Peter Polites in conversation with Nigel Featherstone.

Join Australian Financial Review political reporter Tom McIlroy, The Saturday Paper Chief Political Correspondent Karen Middleton, and SBS World News Political Correspondent Pablo Viñales as they discuss what's in store for 2024

Tracy Ryan takes the OzLit Book Club back to 16th century France with her new novel, The Queen’s Apprenticeship.

The Translations Book Club January read is Laurent Mauvignier’s sophisticated French thriller, The Birthday Party (trans.: Daniel Levin Becker).

The OzLit Book Club ends the year with Sophie Beaumont’s delectable new novel, The Paris Cooking School.

Join us for some festive cheer, a glass of wine, and a mince pie as we present a small a capella Christmas concert featuring songs old and new!

Our last book for 2023 is Faysal Khartash’s powerful testimony of the war in Syria, Roundabout of Death (trans.: Max Weiss)

Authors from The Conversation have been at the forefront of news and debate over the big issues of 2023, providing evidence-based research to help guide both policy-makers and everyday Australians make informed decisions. Join Michelle Grattan and Peter Martin, with facilitator Caroline Fisher, to discuss some of the issues of the year.

In November, the OzLit Book Club picks up Muruwari writer Jane Harrison’s novel, The Visitors — a powerful re-imagining of the arrival of the First Fleet.

Kuracca – meaning white sulphur crested cockatoo – is a multi-lingual anthology by Us Mob Writing featuring eleven Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women writing poetry, prose, songs and stories about their unique lives. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned that the following listing contains images of deceased persons.

The Translations Book Club’s November pick is the Japanese author Riku Onda’s musical best-seller, Honeybees and Distant Thunder, translated by Haruki Murakami’s translator, Philip Gabriel.

Meet Chris Hammer in conversation with best-selling Canberra author Jack Heath about The Seven - a compelling thriller filled with intrigue, emotional depth and an evocative sense of place, where nothing is ever quite what it seems.

Join us at Muse as Chris Masters tells the extraordinary story of Ben Roberts-Smith, the man at the centre of this de facto war crimes trial, from the battlegrounds of Afghanistan to the front lines of the Federal Court.

Muse: On Ideas is a monthly series of talks bringing together Canberra’s brightest minds to discuss the current and emerging big debates of our time. In this month’s event we’re looking at Pinkwashing - If every major brand is on the rainbow bandwagon, is the fight for queer rights done and dusted?  Hosted by Dr Jennifer Rayner.

In October, the OzLit Book Club picks up Anna McGahan’s Immaculate, winner of the 2023 The Australian/Vogel Literary Award.

An epic story of leaving everything behind to find purpose, adventure and love by crossing 4750km of rugged Australian terrain with five wild camels, from the winner of the 2022 Australian Geographic Spirit of Adventure Award. Sophie Matterson is at Muse for The Crossing.

In October, the Translations Book Club explores the world of Georgi Gospodinov’s International Booker-winning novel, Time Shelter (trans: Angela Rodel)

Meet The Echidna Strategy author Sam Rogeveen in conversation with the ABC's Stephen Dziedzic as he overturns the conventional wisdom about Australia's security.

Devoted entirely to work by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers and artists, Meanjin 82.3 Spring 2023 is framed around notions of place. In the next of our series of collaborations with Meanjin in 2023, join Guest Editors Eugenia Flynn (Larrakia and Tiwi) and Bridget Caldwell-Bright (Jingili and Mudburra) in conversation with writer Paul Collis (Barkindji).

September’s OzLit pick is J.R. Burgmann’s twenty-first century climate epic, Children of Tomorrow.

Our September pick is the Egyptian feminist classic, Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi (trans: Sharif Hetata).

In August the OzLit Book Club dives into the ‘transcendant’ cross-continental family epic, Anam by André Dao.