Grattan Street Press Blogs

Our blog is home to emerging writers and editors who want their voices heard.

You can filter for book reviews, insights into publishing, and explorations of the Millennial and Gen Z experience through the links below:

Najis: A Memoir – Part Three

By Robert Douman In third and final extract from Najis: A Memoir, Sydney-based writer Robert Douman reflects on the challenges…

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Najis: A Memoir – Part Two

By Robert Douman In this second extract from Najis: A Memoir, Sydney-based writer Robert Douman recounts his family’s life in…

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Barbarians and Princesses: the (In)Authenticity of Female Characters Written by Men

By Mathilde Tobin In many ways Lyra was a barbarian. What she liked best was clambering over the College roofs…

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Stinkbug: A Corporate Thriller that Unravels Workplace Secrets

Sinéad Stubbins’ debut novel is a honed and confident exploration of women and work that will resonate with millennial and…

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Najis: A Memoir—Part One

In this first extract from Najis: A Memoir, Robert Douman recalls his family’s arrival in Melbourne from Iran and the…

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How to get into publishing: ‘Read lots, read widely and keep an open mind’

Emerging publisher Rebecca Zhong shares insights from her experience in the Open Book internship program.

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What is Grattan Street Press—and where is it headed?

This podcast explores the origins, purpose and plans of Grattan Street Press with two of the publishers—Sybil Nolan and Matt…

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Why Screenplays Are The Publishing Industry’s Least Favourite Child

By Thomas Fletcher Cinema as an artform has grown exponentially since its Silent Age Hollywood inception, and in today’s capitalist…

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The Comforting Alchemy of Vanessa Proctor’s ‘On Wonder’

By Samantha Sirimanne Hyde On Wonder is Vanessa Proctor’s first collection of free verse, released by Walleah Press in December…

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BookTok Revives the Dying Art of Bookbinding

Ashley Worthington If you’ve been on TikTok for any amount of time now, you’ve probably seen a video that opens…

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Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: One Duck’s Tale of a Work-in-Progress

By Chayin Tengkanokkul The humble duck can swim and fly but is good at neither.– Thai zillennial proverb When I…

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Why are Romance Novels in a Cartoon Cover Epidemic?

By Will Lawler After a recent reading slump, I picked up Emily Henry’s Book Lovers and was delightfully proven wrong…

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Overconsumption Core: BookTok’s Creation of the Aesthetic Reader

By Keely McPherson As a self-proclaimed slow reader, I didn’t enjoy reading challenges as a kid very much. And yet,…

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Curate, Don’t Scroll: Making the Most Out of Your Instagram Screen Time

By Josie Hatje Last week, I spent 7 hours and 22 minutes on Instagram. That’s an average of one hour…

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BOOK REVIEW: Sunrise On The Reaping by Suzanne Collins

By Carmen Chin When The Hunger Games novel hit bookshelves seventeen years ago, protagonist Katniss Everdeen and her plight were…

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Myers-Briggs and Gen Z: Knowing Yourself or Just Wearing a Label?

By Pukun Fan ‘Are you an I or an E?’ ‘I’m an ENFP, what about you?’ Such conversations on social…

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High Stakes: Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Revival and the Thirst for Nostalgia Media

By Annabelle Newton Cult series Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s upcoming revival might be high-reward and even higher stakes (pun intended)…

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To Stay or Leave: Married at First Sight and the Dangers of Reality TV

By Kate Alfano Content warning for mentions of domestic violence and emotional abuse. If you or someone you know needs…

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