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A huge brolly; sibling revelry; poetic Paris; first aid for youngsters; Regency blackmail; blackly comic YA fiction and more

Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

‘My proposal was to write a book that shed light on significant political and legal developments affecting the nation – the lawfare campaign against President Trump. Unfortunately, I believe my project was co-opted without my knowledge or consent,’ Gregg Jarrett said in a statement

Sleepy monsters; a wacky broken robot; a search for magical treasures and more

A collection of essays by the late David McCullough, including some never published before, will be released this fall

The billionaire media pioneer known as “The Cable Cowboy” has written a memoir

Publisher says expecting authors, agents and editors to secure blurbs can create ‘an incestuous and unmeritocratic literary ecosystem that often rewards connections over talent’

Local publishing house says it will ‘retain creative control’ and no redundancies are planned for Melbourne office

Eighty years ago, the Jewish American novelist Laura Z. Hobson was contemplating her next writerly move and was seeking a little help from her friends.