Tardigrades (Anne Morgan, illus Jennifer Falkner, CSIRO Publishing)
Tuesday, 27 August 2024
Tardigrades: Nature’s toughest survivors is the latest nonfiction picture book from Anne Morgan, author of the CBCA Notable Book The Way of the Weedy Seadragon. Morgan showcases the remarkable microorganisms...
‘The Land of Lost Things’ debuts at number three
Friday, 23 August 2024
Top 10 bestsellers It Ends with Us (Colleen Hoover, S&S)* It Starts with Us (Colleen Hoover, S&S) The Land of Lost Things (Adventures Unlimited) (Andy Griffiths, illus by Bill Hope,...
Books in the media this weekend, 24–25 August
Friday, 23 August 2024
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Bina: First Nations Languages, Old and New (Gari Tudor-Smith, Paul Williams &...
Skysong (C A Wright, Pantera)
Tuesday, 20 August 2024
C A Wright’s debut novel, Skysong, is inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale ‘The Nightingale’. Oriane is the latest in a long line of skylarks: women who transform into...
The Mosaic (Deborah Kelly, illus Nicky Johnston, EK Books)
Tuesday, 20 August 2024
In Deborah Kelly’s The Mosaic, Frankie struggles to come to terms with the changes in her family that started the day her mother’s favourite vase broke into pieces. Kelly (Little...
The Natural Advantage (Jenny Brockis, Major Street)
Tuesday, 20 August 2024
The message of Jenny Brockis’s The Natural Advantage is straightforward: the cure for stress in our increasingly hectic modern world is to spend more time in nature. ‘Intuitively, we know...
The Belburd (Nardi Simpson, Hachette)
Tuesday, 20 August 2024
Written with the same lyrical prowess and evocative tone as her award-winning debut, Song of the Crocodile, Yuwaalaraay storyteller Nardi Simpson’s second novel, The Belburd, is a powerful ode to...
George the Wizard (Tony Armstrong, illus Emma Sjaan Beukers, Lothian)
Tuesday, 20 August 2024
Gamilaroi man, professional footballer, and radio and TV personality Tony Armstrong adds ‘children’s author’ to his CV with George the Wizard. It’s the first picture book in a new series...
Prize Catch (Alan Carter, Fremantle)
Tuesday, 20 August 2024
Alan Carter’s latest crime novel, Prize Catch, is a page-turning thrill ride set on Australia’s Emerald Isle. With the action taking place in Hobart and its surrounds, and brimming with...
‘Apprentice to the Villain’ debuts at number eight
Friday, 16 August 2024
Top 10 bestsellers It Ends with Us (Colleen Hoover, S&S)* A Death in Cornwall (Daniel Silva, Harper) Girl Falling (Hayley Scrivenor, Macmillan) It Starts with Us (Colleen Hoover, S&S) Bluey:...
Books in the media this weekend, 17–18 August
Friday, 16 August 2024
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Ghostroots (’Pemi Aguda, Virago) Orstralia: A Punk History 1974–1989 (Tristan Clark, PM...
A Song to Drown Rivers (Ann Liang, Macmillan)
Tuesday, 13 August 2024
A Song to Drown Rivers is a bold departure from Ann Liang’s critically acclaimed YA rom-com novels (This Time It’s Real, I Hope This Doesn’t Find You, If You Could...
Double Happiness (Rochelle Siemienowicz, MidnightSun)
Tuesday, 13 August 2024
In Double Happiness, journalist and film critic Rochelle Siemienowicz explores the intricacies, challenges and taboos surrounding polyamory and ethical non-monogamy (ENM). Set in Melbourne between 2014 and the Covid lockdown...
Game On (Prank Wars #1) (Louise Park & Mo Johnson, illus Jules Faber, Larrikin)
Tuesday, 13 August 2024
If Game On is any indication, Louise Park and Mo Johnson’s new series, Prank Wars, will be a hit with middle-grade readers who are high in energy and imagination. It’s a...
Twenty-Two Impressions (Jessica Friedmann, Scribe)
Tuesday, 13 August 2024
For years, Jessica Friedmann (Things That Helped) circled the tarot, feeling a combination of mild embarrassment, curiosity and intellectual bewilderment when a pack was inevitably drawn at the end of...
Stand Proud (Nicho Hynes with Marlee Silva, illus Blak Douglas, Puffin)
Tuesday, 13 August 2024
Stand Proud is a picture book that shares one man's powerful story of self-discovery during childhood. Wiradjuri author and rugby league star Nicho Hynes tells his story with the help...
Giinagay Juluum, Hello Mountains (Melissa Greenwood, ABC Books)
Tuesday, 13 August 2024
Following the success of Miimi Marraal, Mother Earth, and Miimi and Buwaarr, Mother and Baby, the latest picture book by Melissa Greenwood (Giinagay Gaagal, Hello Ocean) is a vivid storytelling...
No One Will Know (Rose Carlyle, Text)
Tuesday, 13 August 2024
Pregnant, homeless, and alone, 24-year-old Eve Sylvester is faced with a desperate future when a meeting at her dead fiancé’s gravesite offers a chance too glorious to refuse: nannying for...
‘Fall with Me’ debuts at number two
Friday, 9 August 2024
Top 10 bestsellers It Ends with Us (Colleen Hoover, S&S)* Fall with Me (Becka Mack, S&S) Play Along (Liz Tomforde, Hodder) A Death in Cornwall (Daniel Silva, Harper) Storm Child...
Books in the media this weekend, 10–11 August
Friday, 9 August 2024
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Girl Falling (Hayley Scrivenor, Macmillan) Oblivion (Patrick Holland, Transit Lounge) Woo...
Dusk (Robbie Arnott, Picador)
Tuesday, 6 August 2024
In his fourth novel, Dusk, Robbie Arnott returns to familiar terrain. ‘Dusk’ is the name the highland graziers have given to a puma who has begun to ‘take’ shepherds and...
Shapeshifting (ed by Jeanine Leane & Ellen van Neerven, UQP)
Tuesday, 6 August 2024
In UQP’s new First Nations anthology, Shapeshifting, Daniel Browning meditates on the significance of the fact that there is no Bundjalung word for queer; Alison Whittaker intimately dissects the shifting...
My Dad’s Gone Away (Andrew Krakouer & Jacqueline Dinan, illus Paul Seden, Magabala)
Tuesday, 6 August 2024
My Dad’s Gone Away by Minang (Nyoongar) and Inggarda (Yamatji) author Andrew Krakouer and former foster carer Jacqueline Dinan is a sensitive exploration of a family navigating the incarceration of...
The Ledge (Christian White, Affirm)
Tuesday, 6 August 2024
When reading author and screenwriter Christian White’s fourth novel, The Ledge, it’s worth remembering the adage: ‘When you assume, you make an ass of u and me.’ As a seasoned...
Matia (Emily Tsokos Purtill, UWA Publishing)
Tuesday, 6 August 2024
Emily Tsokos Purtill’s debut novel, Matia, is a generational story that follows the lives of four Greek women in Australia over 125 years. Sia emigrated from Greece to Perth in...
Dig Deep (Junkyard Fairies #1) (Edwina Wyatt, illus Lauren O’Hara, Walker)
Tuesday, 6 August 2024
Deep in a quiet scrap heap on the edge of a forest live the junkyard fairies: Fur, Tip and Nug. Dig Deep is the first in the new Junkyard Fairies...
Sabina and the Cats of Rome (Sophie Masson, illus Laura Wood, Christmas Press)
Tuesday, 6 August 2024
Sabina and the Cats of Rome, a light fantasy chapter book for readers aged 6 to 9, packs adventure, action, mystery, love and fun into its pages. Sophie Masson (The...
To Stir with Love (Kate Mildenhall, illus Jess Racklyeft, S&S)
Tuesday, 6 August 2024
To Stir with Love by Kate Mildenhall (The Hummingbird Effect, The Mother Fault) and illustrator Jess Racklyeft (Tree, Australia: Country of Colour) is a beautiful picture book that’s sure to...
Cole debuts at number three
Friday, 2 August 2024
Top 10 bestsellers It Ends with Us (Colleen Hoover, S&S)* Storm Child (Michael Robotham, Hachette) A Thousand Broken Pieces (Tillie Cole, Michael Joseph) Reckless (Lauren Roberts, S&S) RecipeTin Eats: Dinner...
Books in the media this weekend, 3–4 August
Friday, 2 August 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 Bird (Courtney...
