Blast off: Sha’an d’Anthes on ‘Zoom’
Thursday, 7 September 2017
Sha’an d’Anthes is the first-time author and illustrator of Zoom (Lothian, November), a picture book about a young boy’s adventures in space. Reviewer Bronte Coates spoke to d’Anthes about visual...
Zoom (Sha’an d’Anthes, Lothian)
Wednesday, 6 September 2017
Intrepid explorer Scout and Scout’s trusty red space shuttle Beattie rocket through space in this jubilant adventure. Each planet they pass on their journey is depicted as an adorable astrological...
Molly the Pirate (Lorraine Teece, illus by Paul Seden, Magabala)
Wednesday, 6 September 2017
Molly the Pirate tells the simple but compelling tale of a girl who imagines herself as a swashbuckling pirate. Author Lorraine Teece follows in the tradition of picture books such...
Swan Lake (Anne Spudvilas, A&U)
Wednesday, 6 September 2017
In her introduction to this book, which is a retelling of the iconic ballet by Tchaikovsky, illustrator Anne Spudvilas says she wanted to create a version of the ballet in...
Accidental Heroes: The Rogues Book One (Lian Tanner, A&U)
Wednesday, 6 September 2017
The first in a new series by the bestselling author of ‘The Keepers’ series, this book has all the key ingredients of another spellbinding adventure. Duckling, the deceitful granddaughter of...
This Mortal Coil (Emily Suvada, Puffin)
Wednesday, 6 September 2017
Catarina has survived a genetic apocalypse, a disease that has ravaged humanity, turning some into the walking dead, doomed to explode in a toxic, highly contagious cloud. The daughter of...
Excuse Me! (Dave Hughes & Holly Ife, illus by Philip Bunting, Scholastic)
Wednesday, 6 September 2017
Husband-and-wife-team Dave Hughes—yes, the comedian—and Holly Ife’s first picture book is about something close to any toddler’s heart (or should I say bottom). It’s all about farting, that universal, evergreen...
Bird to Bird (Claire Saxby, illus by Wayne Harris, Black Dog Books)
Wednesday, 6 September 2017
A bird drops a seed. A seed becomes a tree. Eventually, the tree leaves the forest for the big city, and from there, to the other side of the world...
It’s OK to Feel the Way You Do (Josh Langley, Big Sky Publishing)
Wednesday, 6 September 2017
It’s OK to Feel the Way You Do is a gentle journey through the emotions that everyone feels at some point—happiness, anger, sadness, loneliness, pride, fear and anxiety. It guides...
Tilly’s Reef Adventure (Rhonda N Garward, NLA Publishing)
Wednesday, 6 September 2017
Tilly’s Reef Adventure tackles conservation in a gentle manner that will appeal to parents and educators alike. Adventurous baby green turtle Tilly must navigate many natural dangers as she makes...
Hello, Melbourne! (Megan McKean, Thames & Hudson)
Wednesday, 6 September 2017
Megan McKean, the designer and illustrator who produced Hello, Sydney!, is back with a book celebrating the wonders of Melbourne. In this delightful look-and-find story, six magpies take the reader...
Book blogger spotlight: Children’s Books Daily
Tuesday, 5 September 2017
Queensland-based blogger and teacher-librarian Megan Daley has a longstanding involvement with children’s and YA literature, which gives her blog a unique viewpoint. ‘I feel like I’ve been wandering around the...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 4 September 2017
Perennial bestseller Jamie Oliver has debuted in third place in the overall bestsellers chart and first place in the highest new entries chart with his latest cookbook 5 Ingredients: Quick...
Laughing matters: Tony Martin on ‘Deadly Kerfuffle’
Thursday, 31 August 2017
Writer and comedian Tony Martin’s debut novel Deadly Kerfuffle (Affirm, November) is a ‘rip-roaring ride through suburban Australia, its anxieties, obsessions and weird imaginings’, writes reviewer Chris Saliba. He spoke...
A fine art: Gabriella Coslovich on ‘Whiteley on Trial’
Thursday, 31 August 2017
Arts journalist Gabriella Coslovich’s Whiteley on Trial (MUP, October) investigates the twists and turns in the biggest case of alleged art fraud the Australian criminal justice system has seen. ‘The...
Domestic Interior (Fiona Wright, Giramondo)
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
Fiona Wright’s second book Small Acts of Disappearance won the Kibble Literary Award for Australian women writers, and her debut Knuckled won the Mary Gilmore Award for poetry. In this new...
Homecamp (Doron and Stephanie Francis, Hardie Grant)
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
Homecamp is 250 pages of pure escapism. Compiled by Doron and Stephanie Francis, creators of the popular Homecamp blog and stylish outdoor lifestyle brand, this unusual coffee-table book features short...
Incorrigible Optimist: A Political Memoir (Gareth Evans, MUP)
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
Gareth Evans has enjoyed a stellar career as a politician, policy expert and internationalist. He has worked for governments and institutions that he variously describes as ‘gold standard’, ‘platinum’ and...
Whiteley on Trial (Gabriella Coslovich, MUP)
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
From the dramatis personae of the opening pages—the Suspect Paintings, the Authentic Painting and the Individuals—I was taken by this story of true crime and courtroom drama. Who would want...
The Greatest Gift (Rachael Johns, HQ)
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
Rachael Johns is best known for her rural romances, but her more recent books, including the ABIA-winner The Patterson Girls, have moved into contemporary women’s fiction, or ‘life-lit’, as Johns...
The Passage of Love (Alex Miller, A&U)
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
The Passage of Love is a slow-burning, fictional recasting of dual Miles Franklin Award-winning novelist Alex Miller’s life, told through the often lost and solitary life of Robert Crofts, an...
Deadly Kerfuffle (Tony Martin, Affirm)
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
Dunlop Crescent is in an uproar. Muslims have taken over this once peaceful enclave. The Tamaki family, as rumour has it, are turning their house on its axis so it...
Atlantic Black (A S Patric, Transit Lounge)
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
Seventeen-year-old Katerina is an ambassador’s daughter on the precipice—and perhaps already over the edge—of womanhood. Travelling on board the transatlantic ocean liner RMS Aquitania en route to her beloved father...
Can You Hear the Sea? My Grandmother’s Story (Brenda Niall, Text)
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
When Brenda Niall was 10 years old her grandmother gave her a cedar box that was made more than 50 years ago by a brother who died as they were...
Book blogger spotlight: Romancing the Social Sciences
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
Dani St Clair brings her unique perspective as a social and political scientist to her blog, Romancing the Social Sciences. ‘I was inadvertently analysing everything I read recreationally, and my...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 28 August 2017
The 91-Storey Treehouse (Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton, Pan) remains in the top spot in the bestseller charts in its second week of release, with three other titles from the series...
Book blogger spotlight: Lectito
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
Since starting her book blog Lectito in 2015, Margot McGovern believes that blogging has become ‘much more fluid’. ‘Most of the bloggers I follow work across multiple platforms and use...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 21 August 2017
The latest instalment in Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton’s ‘Treehouse’ series, The 91-Storey Treehouse (Pan) has unsurprisingly debuted in top spot in this week’s bestseller charts. The release of the...
Book-to-screen adaptations pitched at 2017 Books at MIFF
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
The 11th annual Books at MIFF (BaM) event, run by Melbourne International Film Festival’s 37º South Market, was held on 3 August. Fremantle Press CEO Jane Fraser reports: The Forum...
Book blogger spotlight: ReadLikeWildfire
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
BookTuber Chami Rupasinghe experimented with different platforms before settling on YouTube. ‘Although YouTube does take quite a bit more effort to produce content for compared to other platforms like Twitter...
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