Tuesday, 30 May 2023
Rupert Murdoch’s influence is ubiquitous, yet the man himself remains oddly opaque. Contradictions abound. During his university days, he toyed with left-wing politics but soon moved to the right. He...

Tuesday, 23 May 2023
In Lowbridge, Lucy Campbell’s debut crime thriller, the people in the sleepy small town of Lowbridge seem to have moved on with their lives after the tragic events of the...

Tuesday, 23 May 2023
That Bird Has Arms comes from the creative team behind the successful Bin Chicken books and brings the same brightly coloured joy and hilarious avian humour. Writers Kate and Jol...

Tuesday, 23 May 2023
Robyn Dennison’s debut novel Blind Spot is a sophisticated, challenging novel that explores themes of personal responsibility alongside a duty of care for others. Dale is a ‘nice’ guy who’s...

Tuesday, 16 May 2023
In a life-altering turn of events, BB loses both her father and the love of her life during the global pandemic. When grief and strict lockdown orders push her to...

Tuesday, 16 May 2023
Thirty years ago, Therese married Trevor Thorne, a wealthy businessman twice her age. Now middle-aged, she continues to enjoy a life of privilege, running a successful luxury homewares business and...

Tuesday, 16 May 2023
Father-daughter duo Lamisse and Hazem Hamouda’s debut memoir The Shape of Dust is an impactful picture of one ordinary Australian-Egyptian family’s experience as victims of a human rights violation. The...

Tuesday, 9 May 2023
Joseph ‘Joe’ Capello, the decorated detective at the centre of B Michael Radburn’s fifth novel, Barren Grounds, is haunted by The Cloakman and The Jeweller, two forces of evil who...

Tuesday, 9 May 2023
Bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator Jess Racklyeft celebrates Australian flora, fauna and landscapes through the lens of the colour wheel in Australia: Country of Colour. This beautifully illustrated nonfiction...

Tuesday, 2 May 2023
As the summer holidays draw to a close, disgraced teacher Nate Bass arrives in an impoverished northern Queensland fishing town, begrudgingly ready for a job teaching all of Port Flinders’...

Tuesday, 2 May 2023
The first book by Margaret River-based artist and comic maker Rachel Coad, New York City Glow is an old-school action-packed romp through 1970s American counterculture. Mixing fact and fiction, the...

Tuesday, 2 May 2023
Business Chickens is the latest picture book from Melbourne-based writer/illustrator/designer Jess McGeachin. Known for his CBCA-recognised titles such as Fly and Frankie and the Fossil, McGeachin has produced a new...

Tuesday, 25 April 2023
The Terrible Event comprises eight accessible, absurdist stories by David Cohen, past winner of the Russell Prize for Humour Writing. Each instalment is a tightly crafted pocket of madness, driven,...

Tuesday, 25 April 2023
Gurril: Storm Bird tells the Gimuy Walubara Yidinji (First Nations people from the Cairns area) traditional creation story of the origins of the black cockatoo and its call. Incorrigible young...