BLARNEY BOOKS & ART

02/09/2026

Just over a week to go now! We look forward to seeing everyone at the Port Fairy Literary Weekend. Tickets are still available to most events over the weekend - please support this festival if you're around, there's something in it for everyone! And maybe you will find a new favourite author or book, or reconnect with one you've already loved ...

01/09/2026

It’s a celebratory First Day of Spring in our corner of the world, with the release of our local champion, local surfer, all-round-good-guy - and incredible writer, Jock Serong’s brand new book, A Suitable Man! Indeed, it’s cause for celebration across the country, because this is, yes, a local story with ties across Australia. The endnotes run for 15 pages, the index runs for another dozen, and before all of that there’s a wonderful, wonderful story about a man who built a successful clothing empire while also putting people over profit.

Come and get them! (Or reserve your copy via a DM if we’re not open.)

HarperCollins Publishers Aust localbusiness

30/08/2026

Ran away for the weekend to attend the Dunkeld Writers Festival. I didn’t take many photos - I was too busy enjoying the discussions! Huge congratulations to Mary-Anne Brown, Roz Greenwood, Olivia Fleetwood and everyone else who made it such a special weekend! Standout conversations from a huge array of incredibly talented and thoughtful writers with the help of erudite and witty moderators Jason Steger, Marieke Hardy and Michael Williams! Tony Birch! Alice Zaslavsky! Alice Pung! Antoun Issa! Amy Remeikis! Rebecca Lim! Jessica Mansour-Nahra! Robbie Arnott! William McInness!

A wonderful way to spend a weekend… listening, eating/drinking at the Royal Mail Hotel, and that Dunkeld bakery … it’s worth the trip even without a writers festival!

( #30 in the haiku challenge got my vote)

Dunkeld Writers Festival Dunkeld Artisan Bakery Royal Mail Hotel, Dunkeld, VIC

27/08/2026

Amazing sunset out over East Beach tonight!

26/08/2026

Also coming to our festival in a couple of weeks, Jane Caro is on the just-announced shortlist for the Ned Kelly Crime Fiction Awards!

The Australian Crime Writers Association has announced the 2026 Ned Kelly Awards shortlists.

The shortlisted titles in each category are:

Best Crime Fiction

Liar’s Game (Jack Beaumont, Allen & Unwin)
Lyrebird (Jane Caro, Allen & Unwin)
The Other Child (Susi Fox, Penguin)
Mad Mabel (Sally Hepworth, Macmillan)
The Ghost Walk (Karen Herbert, Fremantle Press)
Fire in the Head (Daniel Oakman, Black Inc.)
The White Crow (Michael Robotham, Hachette Australia)
The Casino (Iain Ryan, Ultimo Press).

26/08/2026

Not long to go now until the Port Fairy Literary Weekend - award-winning Moreno Giovannoni is just one of the many celebrated authors who'll be appearing!

Blending fiction and family memoir, the author’s second novel pays tribute to the lives and labour of his parents and their community of postwar Italian immigrants in Australia

24/08/2026

More tickets have opened up for Jock Serong's launch at the actual site that his brand new book, A Suitable Man, to be released in September, is based on ...

'I've actually built up a collection of jackets and suits.'

20/08/2026

We were very excited to get in to the Coaster Art Show yesterday to select a coaster for a prize ... however, when we turned up, we realised how we made an error thinking that was a good idea. There were around 600 entries! And they're all brilliant! How can you possibly choose the one? We chose a couple, but could have chosen 50 more. Strongly recommend it. And they're for sale from the opening gig on Saturday afternoon.

18/08/2026

Individual tickets for the opening Friday night program are SOLD OUT! Thank you for your support! Other events are selling quickly - so please make sure you've got tickets to what you want. (Please note, weekend pass purchasers will still be able to get into the Friday night program.) www.pflw.com.au