Train Japan (Steve Wide & Michelle Mackintosh, Hardie Grant Explore)
Tuesday, 8 October 2024
In today’s world, where information is instantly available, travel guides may seem less appealing. However, there are times when expert advice compiled in a beautifully designed guide is invaluable—such as...
‘Intermezzo’ debuts at number one
Friday, 4 October 2024
Top 10 bestsellers Intermezzo (Sally Rooney, Faber) We Solve Murders (Richard Osman, Viking) Here One Moment (Liane Moriarty, Macmillan) Wrath of the Triple Goddess (Percy Jackson and the Olympians) (Rick...
Books in the media this weekend, 5–6 October
Friday, 4 October 2024
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Juice (Tim Winton, Hamish Hamilton) Portraits of Drowning (Madeleine Dale, UQP)...
Black Convicts (Santilla Chingaipe, Scribner)
Tuesday, 1 October 2024
In recent years, historians have increasingly shown that the past, especially in the West, was more multicultural than the monoculture so often portrayed. In Australia, where colonial history has consistently...
Noble Fragments (Michael Visontay, Scribe)
Tuesday, 1 October 2024
Noble Fragments examines the nature of value and the role of perspective in shaping it, as journalist and author Michael Visontay weaves together two interrelated stories. The first is about...
Thunderhead (Sophie Beer, A&U Children’s)
Tuesday, 1 October 2024
Thunderhead is the debut middle-grade novel by award-winning author and illustrator Sophie Beer. Thunderhead (the titular character’s online username—their name isn’t revealed until the end of the book) is an...
Tilly in a Tangle (Margrete Lamond, illus Monty Lee, Dirt Lane Press)
Tuesday, 1 October 2024
Tilly in a Tangle, written by Margrete Lamond (The Sorry Tale of Fox and Bear) and illustrated by Monty Lee (Grumpy Bear, Grouchy Bear), is a new picture book about...
Tigga Mac debuts at four
Monday, 30 September 2024
Top 10 bestsellers We Solve Murders (Richard Osman, Viking) Here One Moment (Liane Moriarty, Macmillan) Daydream (Hannah Grace, S&S) Tigga Mac’s Cake Hacks (Tegan MacCormack & Katie Scoble, Penguin) It...
Books in the media this weekend, 28–29 September
Thursday, 26 September 2024
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Cherrywood (Jock Serong, Fourth Estate) The Great Divide (Alan Kohler, Quarterly Essay)...
The 113th Assistant Librarian (Stuart Wilson, Penguin)
Tuesday, 24 September 2024
The 113th Assistant Librarian is a fantastical story that opens with Oliver Wormwood sneaking out of his house to try to find the trade that is his Calling—his path in...
My Body, My Brain (Nicki Esler Gill, illus Inge Daniels, Scholastic)
Tuesday, 24 September 2024
Nicki Esler Gill’s My Body, My Brain (a companion title to the author’s My Body, My Rules) introduces neurodiversity in a generalised, accessible way for children aged 3 and up,...
The Thinning (Inga Simpson, Hachette)
Tuesday, 24 September 2024
In Inga Simpson’s The Thinning, Fin has grown up in a world long past its tipping point. Daughter to an astronomer father and an astrophotographer mother, Fin knows everything about...
Extreme Animal Facts (Jennifer Cossins, Lothian)
Tuesday, 24 September 2024
Animal books are big business as toddlers to tweens revel in discovering quirky titbits about earth’s creatures. Standing out in a saturated book field is no easy task, but CBCA...
Leave the Girls Behind (Jacqueline Bublitz, A&U)
Tuesday, 24 September 2024
Ruth-Ann Baker, affectionately known as ‘Ruthie’ to those around her, never takes the same route home, secures her apartment with three internal chain locks and can recite murder victim statistics...
Australian Gospel: A Family Saga (Lech Blaine, Black Inc.)
Tuesday, 24 September 2024
Following the success of Car Crash: A Memoir, Lech Blaine’s second book tells the true story of his unique family, who faced serious challenges inflicted by Michael and Mary Shelley,...
‘Nexus’ debuts on the charts
Friday, 20 September 2024
Top 10 bestsellers Here One Moment (Liane Moriarty, Macmillan) Daydream (Hannah Grace, S&S) It Ends with Us (Colleen Hoover, S&S) Wild Eyes (Elsie Silver, Piatkus) Passions in Death (J D...
Books in the media this weekend, 21–22 September
Friday, 20 September 2024
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. This week's round-up will be updated as information becomes available. National The Saturday Paper Cactus...
Our World Full of Wonder (Jevita Nilson, illus Jess Racklyeft, CSIRO Publishing)
Tuesday, 17 September 2024
Our World Full of Wonder is a parent's and educator’s dream, combining teachable moments written in Jevita Nilson’s heartfelt lyrical prose with charming illustrations from CBCA award-winning illustrator Jess Racklyeft...
Down the Rabbit Hole (Shaeden Berry, Echo)
Tuesday, 17 September 2024
In Shaeden Berry’s mystery debut, Down the Rabbit Hole, the lives of three women unravel in the aftermath of a tragedy. In 2015, Alice Montgomery goes missing. Seven years later,...
Cats and Dogs in Art and Design (ed by Laurie Benson & Imogen Mallia-Valjan, NGV with T&H)
Tuesday, 17 September 2024
Cats and Dogs in Art and Design is a vibrantly illustrated book featuring over 100 artworks from the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) collection, alongside short essays by NGV curators....
Vegan Italian Food (Shannon Martinez, Hardie Grant)
Tuesday, 17 September 2024
Prolific vegan chef and restauranteur Shannon Martinez’s fourth cookbook, Vegan Italian Food, is anything but conventional, but she promises she’s not out to shock your nonna. Martinez is a Spanish Australian...
Molly (Rosalie Ham, Macmillan)
Tuesday, 17 September 2024
Molly is a riveting prequel to The Dressmaker from much-loved Australian author Rosalie Ham, and can be enjoyed as a standalone novel. Set in the inner-city suburbs of Melbourne in...
The Strange and Unlikely Tale of Montgomery, the Mysterious Bird of Mystery (Antony Elworthy, Walker)
Tuesday, 17 September 2024
According to his grandson, Gramps has had ‘what they call a Chequered Career’. It has taken him on all sorts of adventures, though by far the most exciting was his...
Combined print and ebook bestsellers for second quarter 2024
Friday, 13 September 2024
Top 10 in print The Scarlet Shedder (Dog Man #12) (Dav Pilkey) RecipeTin Eats: Dinner (Nagi Maehashi) My Favourite Mistake (Marian Keyes) A Court of Thorns and Roses (Sarah J...
Books in the media this weekend, 14–15 September
Friday, 13 September 2024
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Creation Lake (Rachel Kushner, Jonathan Cape) Diving, Falling (Kylie Mirmohamadi, Scribe)...
Ottolenghi and Goh’s ‘Comfort’ debuts at number five
Friday, 13 September 2024
Top 10 bestsellers Here One Moment (Liane Moriarty, Macmillan) Daydream (Hannah Grace, S&S) Wild Eyes (Elsie Silver, Piatkus) It Ends with Us (Colleen Hoover, S&S)* Comfort (Yotam Ottolenghi & Helen...
Spinning Around: The Kylie Playlist (ed by Kirsten Krauth & Angela Savage, Fremantle)
Tuesday, 10 September 2024
Kylie Minogue’s greatest hits become writing prompts for popular Australian writers in Spinning Around: The Kylie Playlist. With contributors such as Alice Pung, Christos Tsiolkas and Lucy Treloar, this ‘playlist’...
Theory & Practice (Michelle de Kretser, Text)
Tuesday, 10 September 2024
Theory & Practice is a quietly experimental new novel from two-time Miles Franklin winner Michelle de Kretser (Scary Monsters). Set mainly in St Kilda in 1986, it captures a snapshot...
Off to the Nursery (Alice Oehr, Scribble)
Tuesday, 10 September 2024
Off to the Nursery is the latest from Alice Oehr, the award-winning creator of Off to the Market and Artichoke to Zucchini. With this new picture book, Oehr has focused on gardening and...
My Name Is Gucci: A Dog’s Story (Sun Jung, Transit Lounge)
Tuesday, 10 September 2024
Inyeon is a Korean word and Buddhist term meaning ‘destiny’ or ‘karmic relation’, representing the concept that two beings are bound to interact with each other in one way or...
