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The Sirens Sing

27 July 2022
From award-winning writer Kristel Thornell, The Sirens Sing is a portrait of Australian longing. It explores desire, how it haunts and shapes us, and how, from generation to generation, there...

Hydra

22 June 2022
‘From the treacherous auction houses of Melbourne to the sun-struck islands of Greece, Hydra took me places I never expected to go. Adriane Howell writes with the dreamy precision of Marguerite...

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

16 June 2022
'Zoulfa Katouh twines heartache with hope, rage with serenity, and sorrow with joy to create this masterful, raw and deeply human account of a young Syrian woman caught in the...

Ultimate Australia Travel List

4 May 2022
Lonely Planet's Ultimate Australia Travel List has been revealed. Win one of 10 copies! For the first time, the team at Lonely Planet and its panel of industry experts have...

The Signal Line

17 March 2022
Brothers Geo and Wes are testing their relationship now that their parents have passed away. Geo and Wes rarely agree on anything, especially not the sale of the Hobart family...

The Bookseller at the End of the World

2 March 2022
'An extraordinary story… illegal gambling, pirates and numerous personal tragedies, all punctuated by warm stories from her bookshops and an ultimately resolved love story. It makes my life look pretty...

Forty Favours the Brave

23 February 2022
From the creators of the hit podcast FORTY come musings, advice and real-life stories on the highs, lows and unexpected delight of life in your forties. How can I be...

Nightcrawling

16 February 2022
Be one of the first to read Nightcrawling, the debut novel by Leila Mottley, which marks the stunning arrival of a voice unlike any we have heard before Kiara and...

The Big Switch

9 February 2022
In The Big Switch, Saul Griffith shows how Australia can save money and lead the world in fighting climate change: we need to electrify everything. In this short, practical and...

Forging Silver into Stars

19 January 2022
Discover the world of Brigid Kemmerer’s New York Times bestselling Cursebreaker trilogy through new eyes in this irresistible, standalone companion series. 'A world that you will never want to leave.'...

Orphan Rock

12 January 2022
Orphan Rock is a complex and richly detailed story of secrets and heartbreak that will take you from the back streets of Sydney’s slums to the wide avenues of the...

The Wardrobe Makeover Challenge

13 October 2021
‘Light-hearted, fun, most of all practical! This book has changed the way I think about my wardrobe’ —Becky Miles, Bachelorette and Instagram star For those familiar with the niggling feeling...

Danged Black Thing

29 September 2021
Danged Black Thing is an extraordinary collection of stories about love and migration, gender and class, patriarchy and womanhood, from a remarkable and original voice. Traversing the West and Africa,...

The Stoning

25 August 2021
The Stoning is an atmospheric page-turner, a brilliant crime novel with superb characters, but also a nuanced and penetrating insight into the heart of a country intent on gambling with its...

Girt Nation

18 August 2021
The saga of Australia continues with ... GIRT NATION From the bestselling author of Girt and True Girt comes the highly anticipated Girt Nation. Publishing in November, David Hunt will trample...

Prisoner

4 August 2021
24 HOURS AFTER LEAVING HIS CELL HE WAS DEAD. CAN SHE FIND OUT WHY? 'S R White is the real deal.' —Chris Hammer, author of Scrublands. When a man is...

The Last Checkmate

21 July 2021
Readers of Heather Morris’s The Tattooist of Auschwitz and watchers of The Queen’s Gambit won’t want to miss this amazing debut set during World War II. A young Polish resistance worker, imprisoned in Auschwitz as...

Over My Dead Body

7 July 2021
FOUR CASES FOUR KILLERS ONLY ONE MAN CAN STOP THEM An unputdownable story of murder, revenge and betrayal from international number one bestseller Jeffrey Archer. THE CLOCK IS TICKING IN...

Blessed

23 June 2021
Who is Rampaging Roy Slaven? An Australian icon, a raconteur, an athlete of unsurpassable—and some may say improbable—sporting feats. Whether it was riding Rooting King to another Melbourne Cup victory,...

Rabbit Hole

9 June 2021
My name is Alice. I'm a police officer. I'm trying to solve a murder on a psychiatric ward. But I'm also a patient... They were meant to be safe on...

The House of Shudders

2 June 2021
‘A powerful read ... I was gripped until the very end.’ —Romi Sharp, Books on Tour A bastard, a shame, a national disgrace. A child thrust into a world of...

The Overthinkers

14 April 2021
‘I laughed. I cried. Sometimes at the same time!’ —Tim Ferguson ‘Portolan and Cheong’s voices stitch seamlessly together to lay out a funny, honest and extremely relatable story, so clearly...

Pete Cromer: Wildlife

8 April 2021
Discover some of the world's most wonderful animals through Pete Cromer's bold and beautiful animal portraits. This gallery in a book features 18 of his best loved wildlife collages. For...

Chasing the McCubbin

10 February 2021
The Pines, an outer Melbourne suburb down on its luck. A country in the grip of recession. Experienced collector Ron senses new possibilities: swift evictions provide hard-rubbish to scour and...

Pete Cromer: Australia

25 November 2020
Discover Australia’s unique animals through Pete Cromer’s jaw-droppingly bold and beautiful animal portraits. This gallery-in-a-book features 18 of his best-loved Australian bird and mammal collages. For the first time ever,...

Everything in its Right Place

2 September 2020
‘Powerful and urgent. Crackling with energy and wit, a dark joyride of a read, its danger and beauty announcing a roaring new talent.’—Roger Averill ‘Equal parts harrowing coming-of-age story and...

Revenge: Murder in Three Parts

29 July 2020
‘A coiled spring of a novel, Revenge hits you right between the eyes.’—Malcolm Harris A family favour their son over their daughter. Shan attends university before making his fortune in...

The Fogging

3 June 2020
‘A skilfully drawn portrait of a decaying relationship … Like a brewing storm on an oppressive day, it builds towards the thunderclap of its final pages.’—Jennifer Down ‘Luke Horton’s writing...

Hidden Scorpion

20 May 2020
Hidden Scorpion 2nd edition is by Warren Reed, author of the intriguing real-world spy story An Elephant on Your Nose. 'A finely crafted thriller by a former Australian spy, Hidden...