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Bestsellers: Bluey back on top 

Monday, 18 May 2020
Bluey: The Creek is back at number one on the Australian bestsellers chart after a two-week hiatus. During that time Malcolm Turnbull's memoir A Bigger Picture was in the top...

Bestsellers: Novels dominate lockdown reading 

Monday, 27 April 2020
Children are keeping busy in lockdown with the Bluey colouring book Big Backyard, which is spending its third consecutive week in the top spot on the bestsellers chart. Adult fiction...

Bestsellers: Kids books dominate top 10 

Monday, 20 April 2020
Bluey continues to dominate the Australian bestsellers chart, with four titles in the top 10 including the Big Backyard colouring book, which is spending its second consecutive week in the...

New Bluey debuts in top spot 

Tuesday, 14 April 2020
A new Bluey title—Bluey: Big Backyard—has debuted at number one, ending the four-week streak of Bluey: Easter Fun!, which was bumped down to second spot. There were two other new...

Bestsellers: Fiction proves popular in pandemic 

Monday, 6 April 2020
Bluey continues her four-week run in the number one spot with Bluey: Easter Fun!, but adult fiction dominates this week's charts. Marian Keyes' romantic comedy Grown Ups has moved up...

Welcome to the new Junior newsletter

Thursday, 2 April 2020
Mid-pandemic feels like a strange time to be revamping our Junior newsletter, but it also feels more vital than ever to spotlight our children's book creators and continue reporting the...

Henry Turnip (Chloe Jasmine Harris, Walker Books) 

Thursday, 2 April 2020
Henry Turnip is a panda who likes strawberry jam sandwiches with the crusts cut off, reading about the ocean, and his seven sets of blue-striped overalls. He dislikes mess, too...

The Dark Tide (Alicia Jasinska, Penguin) 

Thursday, 2 April 2020
The island city of Caldella is sinking, and the only way to hold back the tide is through an annual ritual sacrifice performed by the cold, distant Witch Queen. When...

Change Starts with Us (Sophie Beer, Little Hare) 

Wednesday, 1 April 2020
This brightly coloured and accessible book sets out to empower young children and familiarise them with ways in which even the littlest of us can have an impact our world....

Bestsellers: Australians retreat into fiction 

Monday, 30 March 2020
Bluey: Easter Fun! is spending its third consecutive week at the top of the bestseller chart, while Bluey: Bob Bilby has moved up to second, swapping places with The Mirror...

We’re changing the way we deliver reviews 

Thursday, 26 March 2020
Welcome to what will be the final Books+Publishing Reviews newsletter. Pre-publication book reviews continue to be a vital part of what we do, but we’re changing the way they are...

Sticks and Stones (Katherine Firkin, Bantam) 

Thursday, 26 March 2020
Detective senior constable Emmett Corban works for Missing Persons, a department under threat of downsizing: most of the people they’re looking for don’t want to be found. When a man...

Rise & Shine (Patrick Allington, Scribe) 

Thursday, 26 March 2020
Patrick Allington’s second novel takes place in an allegorical dystopia following an ambiguous apocalypse.  The cities of Rise and Shine have emerged from these ashes thanks to the efforts of...

The History of Mischief

Thursday, 19 March 2020
Following the death of their parents, Jessie and Kay move to an abandoned house where one night they discover The History of Mischief hidden beneath the floor: it is a...

Where is Claris in Paris!

Thursday, 19 March 2020
A brand-new search-and-find series starring Claris, the chicest mouse in Paris! With a quarter of a million Claris books in print, readers can’t get enough of this stylish little mouse!...