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Neale Daniher’s message lives on 

Friday, 19 June 2026
Following the death of the Australian Rules football player, author and FightMND co-founder, Neale Daniher’s personal development title The Power of Choice (Macmillan) has climbed up the Australian writer bestseller...

Friday in brief 

Friday, 12 June 2026
On NielsenIQ bestsellers charts, Yesteryear (Caro Claire Burke, 4th Estate) is at number 2 this week. HarperCollins has achieved 11 number-one positions on the bestsellers within a 22-week period (up...

Sarah A Parker everywhere 

Friday, 29 May 2026
Sarah A Parker tops the bestsellers; and is featured across NewsCorp books pages this weekend; and we bring you our latest unlocked picture book reviews. Happy Friday, and thanks for...

“The Thornbacks” gets some attention 

Friday, 15 May 2026
Chloe Wilson’s debut novel The Thornbacks is getting some media attention this week; Sarah Wilson’s latest is the highest new entry by an Australian author in this week’s charts; plus...

Dervla McTiernan is very grateful 

Friday, 8 May 2026
The Age Book of the Year winners were announced at the opening of the Melbourne Writers Festival last night; Dervla McTiernan is very grateful for the readers who have put...