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Epic: Adventures across Aotearoa (Ray Salisbury, Exisle) 

Tuesday, 5 September 2023
Covering 10 iconic journeys around and across Aotearoa New Zealand, Ray Salisbury retells each adventurer’s inspiring and often harrowing trek, working from first-hand accounts in blogs and books to bring...

New Jamie Oliver debuts at number 3 

Monday, 4 September 2023
Top 10 bestsellers Fourth Wing (Rebecca Yarros, Hachette) RecipeTin Eats: Dinner (Nagi Maehashi, Macmillan) 5 Ingredients Mediterranean (Jamie Oliver, Michael Joseph) Atomic Habits (James Clear, RH Business Books) Yellowface (Rebecca...

Books in the media this weekend, 2–3 September 

Friday, 1 September 2023
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend.  National The Saturday Paper Big Meg: The story of the largest and most mysterious predator...

The Vanishing Point (Andrea Hotere, Ultimo) 

Tuesday, 29 August 2023
Journalist and researcher Andrea Hotere has put her investigative skills to work in The Vanishing Point: a dual-timeline historical mystery novel concerning Diego Velázquez’s 1656 royal portrait, Las Meninas. In 17th-century...

The Things We Live With (Gemma Nisbet, Upswell) 

Tuesday, 29 August 2023
Gemma Nisbet is a writer and journalist who holds onto things, but this book isn’t about hoarding. It’s not even a self-help antidote to ‘Marie Kondo-ing’ your stuff. In this...

Kerr Matildas memoir enters top 10 

Monday, 28 August 2023
Top 10 bestsellers Fourth Wing (Rebecca Yarros, Hachette) RecipeTin Eats: Dinner (Nagi Maehashi, Macmillan) Yellowface (Rebecca F Kuang, The Borough Press) Happiness (Danielle Steel, Macmillan) The Collector (Daniel Silva, HarperCollins)...

Books in the media this weekend, 26–27 August 

Friday, 25 August 2023
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...

Gunflower (Laura Jean McKay, Scribe) 

Tuesday, 22 August 2023
Laura Jean McKay’s Gunflower is a vivid and tantalising short story collection where animals are as seamlessly anthropomorphised as humans are animalised. McKay asks readers to suspend their narrative expectations and blurs...

The Observologist (Giselle Clarkson, Gecko) 

Tuesday, 22 August 2023
An observologist is someone who makes scientific expeditions every day and notices interesting details in the world around them. This is the first thing we learn in The Observologist by Giselle Clarkson,...

Books in the media this weekend, 19–20 August 

Friday, 18 August 2023
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend.  National The Saturday Paper Glass Houses (Annie Coombs, Upswell) God Forgets About the Poor (Peter...

Edenglassie (Melissa Lucashenko, UQP) 

Tuesday, 15 August 2023
Melissa Lucashenko’s Edenglassie is a literary epic that skilfully weaves between the present day, where Grannie Eddie is looked after by her feisty granddaughter Winona and Dr Johnny, and mid-1850s Brisbane, where...

Unholy Terrors (Lyndall Clipstone, Penguin) 

Tuesday, 15 August 2023
Unholy Terrors is an alluring, gothic tale of forbidden love and shifting allegiances in a land of magic and monsters. Everline Blackthorn is not like the other wardens who guard...

Kinky History (Esmé Louise James, Pantera) 

Tuesday, 15 August 2023
Kinky History is based on the wildly popular TikTok account we all needed. Author Esmé Louise James (@esme.louisee) is a TikTok phenomenon with over 2.3 million followers, and it’s pretty...

Selwood’s memoir debuts at number two 

Monday, 14 August 2023
Top 10 bestsellers Fourth Wing (Rebecca Yarros, Hachette) Joel Selwood: All in (Joel Selwood, Hardie Grant) RecipeTin Eats: Dinner (Nagi Maehashi, Macmillan) Yellowface (Rebecca F Kuang, The Borough) Wifedom (Anna...

Books in the media this weekend, 12–13 August 

Friday, 11 August 2023
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend.  National The Saturday Paper The Empty Honour Board: A school memoir (Martin Flanagan, Viking) Thaw (Black...

Prima Facie (Suzie Miller, Picador) 

Tuesday, 8 August 2023
Prima Facie, Suzie Miller’s debut novel (adapted from her internationally award-winning 2019 play of the same name), is a relentless, arresting story of a criminal defence barrister whose passionate faith...

Salt River Road (Molly Schmidt, Fremantle) 

Tuesday, 8 August 2023
Radio producer, journalist and now award-winning writer Molly Schmidt has poured her heart into her first book Salt River Road. ‘Write what you know’, they say, and having lost her...

Pantera acquires Price debut 

An author photo of Lucinda Price. Her hair is tied back and she is looking at the camera. Tuesday, 8 August 2023
Pantera Press has acquired world rights to Perfect Candidate, a debut work of nonfiction from Lucinda Price (also known as Froomes), via Claire Harrison at Creative Representation. Pantera Press described...

Miles Franklin win pushes Chai Time up the charts 

Monday, 7 August 2023
Top 10 bestsellers Fourth Wing (Rebecca Yarros, Hachette) Yellowface (Rebecca F Kuang, The Borough Press) RecipeTin Eats: Dinner (Nagi Maehashi, Macmillan) Baking Yesteryear (B Dylan Hollis, Dorling Kindersley) Wifedom (Anna...