Justin Coulson’s “Boys” tops highest new entries
Friday, 26 June 2026
Top 10 bestsellers The Deal (Elle Kennedy, Piatkus) (combined editions) Yesteryear (Caro Claire Burke, 4th Estate) The Mistake (Elle Kennedy, Piatkus) Whistler (Ann Patchett, Bloomsbury) The Score (Elle Kennedy, Piatkus) The...
All set for inaugural Surf Coast Writers Festival
Friday, 26 June 2026
Australian psychologist Justin Coulson has this week’s highest new entry on the charts with his latest, Boys (ABC Books); and this weekend Torquay in Victoria hosts the inaugural Surf Coast...
Books in the media this week
Friday, 26 June 2026
A round-up of books being reviewed and discussed in key media this week, updated as information becomes available. National The Bookshelf, ABC Radio National Arborescence (Rhett Davis, Hachette) Lost Lambs...
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...
Neale Daniher’s “The Power of Choice” tops heatseekers chart
Friday, 19 June 2026
Top 10 bestsellers The Deal (Elle Kennedy, Piatkus) (combined editions) Yesteryear (Caro Claire Burke, 4th Estate) Light Wielder (Rachel Schneider, Gollancz) The Score (Elle Kennedy, Piatkus) Whistler (Ann Patchett, Bloomsbury)...
Books in the media this week
Friday, 19 June 2026
A round-up of books being reviewed and discussed in key media this week, updated as information becomes available. National The Bookshelf, ABC Radio National Awake Awake (Fiona Mozley, John Murray)...
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...
Elle Kennedy’s ice skating romance takes over heatseekers chart
Friday, 12 June 2026
Top 10 bestsellers The Deal (Elle Kennedy, Piatkus) (combined editions) Yesteryear (Caro Claire Burke, 4th Estate) The Divorce (Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press) The Mistake (Elle Kennedy, Piatkus) The Score (Elle...
Book Club – this month’s reads
Friday, 12 June 2026
Looking for your next great group read? Our monthly Book Club rounds up new release titles perfect for sparking conversation and perhaps even some debate. From compelling fiction to thought-provoking...
Books in the media this week
Friday, 12 June 2026
A round-up of books being reviewed and discussed in key media this week, updated as information becomes available. National The Bookshelf, ABC Radio National How to Love the World (Ilka...
Bestsellers, media mentions, Junior Book Club and reviews
Friday, 5 June 2026
In the bestsellers charts this week, Yesteryear has made it to number one, though The Divorce is the highest new entry with only a half week of sales. Today we...
Books in the media this week
Friday, 5 June 2026
A round-up of books being reviewed and discussed in key media this week, updated as information becomes available. National The Bookshelf, ABC Radio National Land (Maggie O’Farrell, Tinder Press) A...
“Yesteryear” climbs to number one
Friday, 5 June 2026
Top 10 bestsellers Yesteryear (Caro Claire Burke, 4th Estate) The Deal (Elle Kennedy, Piatkus) (combined editions) The Divorce (Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press) The Ballad of Falling Dragons (Sarah A...
Junior Book Club – this month’s reads
Friday, 5 June 2026
Searching for your next great read to share with kids? Our Junior Book Club highlights new titles each month that are perfect for classrooms, libraries and family reading time. From...
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...
Parker’s dragon romantasy debuts at number one
Friday, 29 May 2026
Top 10 bestsellers The Ballad of Falling Dragons (Sarah A Parker, HarperCollins) Fever Dream (Elsie Silver, Atria) The Deal (Elle Kennedy, Piatkus) (combined editions) Yesteryear (Caro Claire Burke, 4th Estate)...
Books in the media this week
Friday, 29 May 2026
A round-up of books being reviewed and discussed in key media this week, updated as information becomes available. National The Bookshelf, ABC Radio National My Year in Paris with Gertrude...
Funny Fairytales (Tim Harris, illus Christopher Nielsen, Penguin)
Tuesday, 26 May 2026
Funny Fairytales by Tim Harris, illustrated by Christopher Nielsen, sees the creator of the Mr Bambuckle’s Remarkables series turn his trademark humour to fractured fairytales. He reworks 5 familiar stories...
Rat Daniels (Alex Sawyer, Hachette)
Tuesday, 26 May 2026
Rat Daniels, the debut novel by Alex Sawyer and winner of the 2023 Richell Prize, is a coming-of-age story of loyalty and friendship. Jimmy never quite belonged until he moved...
Parramatta: A Dictionary of Place and Memory (Yumna Kassab, Giramondo)
Tuesday, 26 May 2026
Written during her time as the inaugural Parramatta Laureate in Literature, Yumna Kassab (Politica, The Lovers) turns her eye to nonfiction with Parramatta: A Dictionary of Place and Memory, though...
Neighbours: Australia and the Pacific (Joanne Wallis & Jack Corbett, La Trobe)
Tuesday, 26 May 2026
Neighbours: Australia and the Pacific by Joanne Wallis (Girt by Sea) and Jack Corbett examines Australia’s relationship with the Pacific Islands, a region that may not be front of mind...
Tight Lines (Allee Richards, Summit)
Tuesday, 26 May 2026
Set in a small coastal town in regional Victoria, Allee Richards’s Tight Lines is a literary coming-of-age novel steeped in nostalgia and shaped by loss. On the cusp of adulthood,...
My Dad Makes the World Go Around and Around (Maddy Mara, illus Andrew Joyner, HarperCollins)
Tuesday, 26 May 2026
My Dad Makes the World Go Around and Around by Maddy Mara – the pen name for Hilary Rogers and Meredith Badger – is an uplifting story celebrating all the...
“Yesteryear” climbs to number two
Friday, 22 May 2026
Top 10 bestsellers Three Reasons for Revenge (Dervla McTiernan, HarperCollins) Yesteryear (Caro Claire Burke, 4th Estate) The Daisy Chain Flower Shop (Laurie Gilmore, One More Chapter) Project Hail Mary (Andy...
A children’s picture book wins ABIA Book of the Year
Friday, 22 May 2026
A children’s picture book took out Book of the Year at the Australian Book Industry Awards in Sydney last night; tradwife novel Yesteryear shoots up the charts; this week’s media...
Books in the media this week
Friday, 22 May 2026
A round-up of books being reviewed and discussed in key media this week, updated as information becomes available. National Guardian Art Cure (Daisy Fancourt, Cornerstone) Caroline Aherne: Rebel in Disguise...
I Wrote My Own Eulogy: The Art of Appreciating Your Own Life (Bradley Dryburgh, S&S)
Tuesday, 19 May 2026
Bradley Dryburgh has done more than write his own eulogy: he has created a memento mori – a reminder of mortality – despite being one of the last people who...
Joey and the Junjardy (Allison Rocca, illus Brenton E McKenna, UQP)
Tuesday, 19 May 2026
Wakka Wakka and Kaanju author Allison Rocca’s debut middle-grade novel, Joey and the Junjardy, is a fast-moving, vibrant comedy-drama. Joey is an 11-year-old, well-meaning yet misjudged prankster who has just...
Lovesick (Lillian Telford, HQ Fiction)
Tuesday, 19 May 2026
Lillian Telford’s debut novel, Lovesick, explores love, obsession, abandonment, addiction and heartbreak, exposing the emotional fractures of characters shaped by trauma. When the lives of two lonely young people collide...
An Ocean and a Day (Hannah Richell, 4th Estate)
Tuesday, 19 May 2026
Hannah Richell’s profoundly moving memoir, An Ocean and a Day, is both a tender love letter and a study of loss and hope, shaped by a devastating voyage through grief...
