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AustLit is a bio-bibliographical database of stories by Australians and about Australia.

https://www.austlit.edu.au/
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In 2026, we proudly celebrate 25 years of AustLit: the only national bibliography on this scale anywhere in the world! Want to celebrate along with us? Check our social media calendar, available via the link. And watch this space for #AustLit25 celebrations!
www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page...
AustLit 25th Anniversary Information Trails - Welcome to the AustLit 25 for 25 Information Trails | AustLit
Celebrating AustLit’s 25th birthday with information trails on key topics across the year.In 2026, we are proud to celebrate 25 years since AustLit first launched...
www.austlit.edu.au
Announcing a new partnership with @asauthors.bsky.social, about which we are very excited! Are you a member of the ASA? If so, check out this new member benefit.
January 30, 2026 at 4:55 AM
And if there's a particular part of AustLit that you would like to see a pithy video on, let us know! We're a big, complicated database, and are happy to offer guidance to navigating us.
Now you're exploring information trails, are you curious about how we create them? One way is to search the subject-concept thesaurus for works on the same theme. This pithy video (captions: no audio) will walk you through that process. Stay tuned for more video guides!
#AustLit25 #databases
January 29, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Now you're exploring information trails, are you curious about how we create them? One way is to search the subject-concept thesaurus for works on the same theme. This pithy video (captions: no audio) will walk you through that process. Stay tuned for more video guides!
#AustLit25 #databases
January 29, 2026 at 1:36 AM
To celebrate back-to-school week, we're highlighting our AustLit Environments for Cross-Curriculum Priorities. Check them out if you're in the market to map Australian works onto the National Curriculum and encourage digital literacy!
www.austlit.edu.au/aeccp
#discoverAustralianstories #AustLit25
January 28, 2026 at 3:21 AM
The first of our #AustLit25 trails went live yesterday, and we're selecting 25 works that discuss January 26. This sampling of works from 2025 to 1825 highlights just how diverse approaches are and how much they have changed over time.
Explore the trail in full: www.austlit.edu.au/25th-anniver...
January 22, 2026 at 2:17 AM
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For those in Magandjin, I'd love you to join me in conversation with my tidda Lauren Appo as we launch my new novel THE PARADISE PACT on SUNDAY 29 MARCH at Avid Reader Bookshop, West End
2.30pm for a 3pm start.

avidreader.com.au/pages/13676-...

@austlit.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Did you know it's our 25th birthday this year? Read all about it in this fantastic piece from The University of Queensland, which has housed and supported us for many years.
#AustLit25 #happybirthdaytous #uq
news.uq.edu.au/2026-01-worl...
World-leading literature database celebrates 25 years
UQ-housed literary database AustLit is celebrating 25 years of preserving Australian literature in 2026.
news.uq.edu.au
January 21, 2026 at 12:28 AM
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This week, we'll be posting the first of our anniversary information trails. So in advance, here's a pithy explanation of what an information trail on AustLit is!
You can access our anniversary pages & social media calendar at this link:
www.austlit.edu.au/25th-anniver...
Design by Monica Clayton.
January 19, 2026 at 2:25 AM
This week, we'll be posting the first of our anniversary information trails. So in advance, here's a pithy explanation of what an information trail on AustLit is!
You can access our anniversary pages & social media calendar at this link:
www.austlit.edu.au/25th-anniver...
Design by Monica Clayton.
January 19, 2026 at 2:25 AM
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”Two roads diverged in a yellow wood…”
January 12, 2026 at 11:31 AM
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It would be SO amazing if an Indigenous writer received this postdoc! Please share widely! You don't even have to be in NQ!

careers.jcu.edu.au/jobs/postdoc...
Postdoctoral Fellow, Creative Writing - Cairns, QLD, Australia - Townsville, QLD, Australia - Other, QLD, Australia
College of Arts, Society and Education | James Cook University Fixed term to December 2029 Part-time (20%), increasing to 60% by 2027  Located at either the Cairns Nguma-bada campus or Townsville Beb...
careers.jcu.edu.au
January 13, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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Curious about how AustLit is celebrating its 25th birthday? Our social media calendar will tell you all! Download a copy to follow along as we create new trails, celebrate research projects, and provide search tips--or maybe come to our trivia night?! #AustLit25
www.austlit.edu.au/25th-anniver...
January 12, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Curious about how AustLit is celebrating its 25th birthday? Our social media calendar will tell you all! Download a copy to follow along as we create new trails, celebrate research projects, and provide search tips--or maybe come to our trivia night?! #AustLit25
www.austlit.edu.au/25th-anniver...
January 12, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Want to celebrate AustLit's 25th anniversary with us? We'll be celebrating all year. Check out some of the plans or download our 2026 social media calendar below:
www.austlit.edu.au/25th-anniver...
AustLit 25th Anniversary Information Trails - Welcome to the AustLit 25 for 25 Information Trails | AustLit
Celebrating AustLit’s 25th birthday with information trails on key topics across the year.In 2026, we are proud to celebrate 25 years since AustLit first launched...
www.austlit.edu.au
January 12, 2026 at 5:38 AM
In 2026, we proudly celebrate 25 years of AustLit: the only national bibliography on this scale anywhere in the world! Want to celebrate along with us? Check our social media calendar, available via the link. And watch this space for #AustLit25 celebrations!
www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page...
AustLit 25th Anniversary Information Trails - Welcome to the AustLit 25 for 25 Information Trails | AustLit
Celebrating AustLit’s 25th birthday with information trails on key topics across the year.In 2026, we are proud to celebrate 25 years since AustLit first launched...
www.austlit.edu.au
January 12, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Wishing everyone a safe and happy end-of-year break, with plenty of time for catching up on your reading!

AustLit's offices will be closed from 20 Dec. 2025 to 12 Jan. 2026.

We look forward to rejoining you in 2026, to celebrate our 25th birthday! Watch this space for more information!
December 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Emerging Australian authors! www.sciencewritenow.com/world-herita...
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Favourite cover of the day: the edge painting on this Slovakian edition of C.G. Drews's Don't Let the Forest In is to die for.
November 27, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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Have you checked out AustLit's summer newsletter? It is absolutely chockers with excitement and bibliography.
Plus! Get some hints about how we plan to celebrate our big 25th birthday next year ...
Not a subscriber? The link is at the bottom of the newsletter.
comms.uq.edu.au/v/39308/4706...
November 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Have you checked out AustLit's summer newsletter? It is absolutely chockers with excitement and bibliography.
Plus! Get some hints about how we plan to celebrate our big 25th birthday next year ...
Not a subscriber? The link is at the bottom of the newsletter.
comms.uq.edu.au/v/39308/4706...
November 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
As a general rule, bibliographies are a fantastic way to find your way into a topic.
You can trust us on this: we're a bibliography.
Are you studying, researching or teaching histories of the British Empire or Commonwealth? Try using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH), it contains 670,000+ resources from 55 BCE to today! Find out how to use BBIH buff.ly/yD11954 @brepols.net
Using BBIH online: a help pack for students and lecturers
For the academic year, we've a help pack offering guides to BBIH in undergraduate and graduate teaching and research. With embeddable content for VLEs.
www.history.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This video is a handy guide to searching AustLit for translations, but it's also an experiment in uploading .vtt files with captions. If you find anything astray or want to give feedback, please comment! We want our guides to be as accessible as possible.
November 21, 2025 at 2:06 AM