Lenton Shortlisted: Russell Prize for Humour Writing 2023

Patrick Lenton’s Sexy Tales of Paleontology has been shortlisted for the Russell Prize for Humour Writing 2023.

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Shortlisted: 2022 Book of the Year Award

Patrick Lenton’s short story collection Sexy Tales of Paleontology has been shortlisted for the 2022 SPN Book of the Year Award.

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2021 highlights reel

As well as releasing books, here’s a fistful of other Subbed In highlights from 2021.

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OUT NOW: apocalypse scroll like it was normal, by kenji kinz

apocalypse scroll like it was normal by kenji kinz has officially dropped. Grab your copy from wherever you buy or borrow books.

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Watch: untitled 2 (track 2 [matters]), by kenji kinz

Watch untitled 2 (track 2 [matters]) by kenji kinz, author of apocalypse scroll like it was normal forthcoming from Subbed In.

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Cover reveal + pre-order: apocalypse scroll like it was normal

We are stoked to reveal the cover and announce pre-orders for apocalypse scroll like it was normal by kenji kinz.

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Watch: untitled 1 (track 1 [fantasticity])

Presenting a new video by kenji kinz, author of apocalypse scroll like it was normal forthcoming from Subbed In.

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Read a Q&A with Patrick Lenton over at Booktopia | Sexy Tales of Paleontology

“The first story in the book is called 43 Rats, and It’s about a huge pile of rats that are covered by a ratty old trenchcoat. It’s based entirely on a feeling I had when I first started dating men but wasn’t out, and felt like I had this horrible seething secret inside me, that was very poorly hidden.”

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Sometimes, pain is just pain: APJ anthologises poem by Jennifer Nguyen

A poem from Jennifer Nguyen’s When I die slingshot my ashes onto the surface of the moon has been republished in Australian Poetry Journal and features a reflection on Jennifer’s work by Shu-Ling Chua.

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Rescheduled: 'Sexy Tales of Paleontology' Naarm (Melbourne) launch

Due to the plague, the book launch event for Patrick Lenton's Sexy Tales of Paleontology has been rescheduled for Thursday 26 August at Brunswick Bound. Come through! RSVP by emailing ellen@brunswickbound.com.au

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Save the date: Naarm book launch for 'In The Drink' by Emily Crocker

Save the date! If you're in Naarm (Melbourne) join us for a special launch event celebrating Emily Crocker's second collection of poetry In The Drink.

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Out now: Sexy Tales of Paleontology by Patrick Lenton

Sexy Tales of Paleontology is available from the Subbed In online shop and all discerning bookshops, online and in stores. If they don’t stock it, request it! Shipping worldwide.

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Subbed In stands in solidarity with BRTD workers

Shame on the owners and bosses of BRTD and shame on the scabs.

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Stamps for concession cardholders: an excerpt from In The Drink by Emily Crocker

Read the poem ‘Stamps for concession cardholders’ from Emily Crocker’s In The Drink.

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Sexy Tales of Paleontology: Melbourne launch

Attention friends and fiends in Birraranga/Naarm (Melbourne). We are thrilled to announce that the covid-safe launch of Patrick Lenton's Sexy Tales of Paleontology will be happening later this month at Brunswick Bound.