Puncher & Wattmann is an independent Australian publisher of quality Australian writing. We publish novels, poetry, biography, criticism, short story collections. Our list continues to grow and achieve significant critical recognition.

Recently, Westering, by Peter Kirkpatrick and The Edge of Everything, by Phyllis Perlstone, were shortlisted for the 2008 Kenneth Slessor Award. Montale, the first volume of John Watson's Collected works was shortlisted for the 2007 Victorian Premier's Prize and the 2008 Adelaide Festival Prize for Innovation in Writing.

Our latest novels are: Morris In Iceland by Alex Jones, which the critic Ivor Indyk describes as "wonderful to read." Reprising some of the characters from Helen Garner & the Meaning of Everything, "it is not only a jeu d’esprit, an intellectual game, an act of extreme virtuosity – in that respect it reads like Sterne - but it is also about making your way in the world, holding it all together, and dreaming. It’s really about dreaming and continuing to dream as you get older"; and Views From Mt Brogden & A Dictionary of Minor Poets, which is the third volume in the collected works of John Watson.

Our most recent poetry titles are Fishing in the Devonian by Carol Jenkins and Traps & Sanctuaries by Mark Mahemoff.

Forthcoming titles include the poetry collections paragliding in a warzone by Louise Wakeling, The Old Humanists by John Carey andThe Right, a novel by Matthew Karpin.

Puncher & Wattmann Titles are distributed in Australia by Inbooks.