Taking Down Evelyn Tait (Poppy Nwosu, Wakefield)
Thursday, 6 February 2020
Lottie is 16 and loves black metal, collecting curious words and making trouble, so her transformation into a goody two-shoes surprises herself as much as anyone else. But Lottie is...
Backyard Birds (Helen Milroy, Fremantle Press)
Thursday, 6 February 2020
Helen Milroy is a descendant of the Palyku people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Born in Perth, she has always had a passionate interest in health and wellbeing,...
The Animals in That Country (Laura Jean McKay, Scribe)
Monday, 3 February 2020
Laura Jean McKay’s debut novel concerns itself with the apocalypse, but an entirely different one to that fixated upon in cli-fi narratives. In McKay’s doomsday tale, humans contract a highly...
The Adversary (Ronnie Scott, Hamish Hamilton)
Monday, 3 February 2020
Ronnie Scott’s debut novel The Adversary is set during what appears to be an uneventful Melbourne summer but actually sees a lot happening to its protagonist. Languishing in emotional and...
Stone Sky Gold Mountain (Mirandi Riwoe, UQP)
Monday, 3 February 2020
In goldrush-era Australia the landscape is harsh, the law basically non-existent and discrimination bluntly and unashamedly informs every facet of life. Siblings Ying and Lai Yue are trying to scrape...
Sheerwater (Leah Swann, HarperCollins)
Monday, 3 February 2020
Sheerwater begins when a plane falls out of the sky. The accident—a light aircraft crash-landing in a field off the Great Ocean Road—is witnessed by Ava, a young woman on...
Below Deck (Sophie Hardcastle, A&U)
Monday, 3 February 2020
In Below Deck, 21-year-old Oli gives up a high-flying internship to work on the ocean after meeting an enigmatic older couple and sailing with them to the Coral Sea. Four...
Come (Rita Therese, A&U)
Monday, 3 February 2020
Twenty-five-year-old sex worker Rita Therese’s debut memoir is dark, funny and extremely candid—but her unsanitised tales of the sex industry are not for the faint-hearted. Come invites the reader into...
The Salt Madonna (Catherine Noske, Picador)
Monday, 3 February 2020
Set on a remote fictional island off the coast of Western Australia, Catherine Noske’s debut novel grapples with questions of familial obligation, complicity, remorse and the fallibility of memory. Noske...
Small Mercies (Richard Anderson, Scribe)
Monday, 3 February 2020
Dimple and Ruthie Travers are farmers in a tough time. Drought has seen them reduce their cattle herd and hold off sowing crops. Money is tight, rain is always forecast...
Torched (Kimberley Starr, Pantera)
Monday, 3 February 2020
In Torched, the town of Brunton, Victoria is devastated by a bushfire with the force and malevolence of Black Saturday, and in turn Phoebe Wharton’s life is destroyed by the...
Almost a Mirror (Kirsten Krauth, Transit Lounge)
Monday, 3 February 2020
Kirsten Krauth’s Almost a Mirror is about the relationship between music and memory, and the unexpected directions that family and romantic life can take. Mona is in her late 30s...
Fourteen (Shannon Molloy, S&S)
Monday, 3 February 2020
Fourteen is the factual account of one year in the life of a gay high-schooler in the small central Queensland town of Yeppoon. Journalist Shannon Molloy uses clear, concise language...
The Brisbane Line (J P Powell, Xoum)
Monday, 3 February 2020
J P Powell’s debut novel—named for an alleged WWII-era government plan to abandon Northern Australia in the event of a Japanese invasion—is an exploration of tension and corruption amid the...
Spheres of influence: Ronnie Scott on ‘The Adversary’
Monday, 3 February 2020
Ronnie Scott’s debut novel The Adversary (Hamish Hamilton) follows an unnamed protagonist as he navigates gay friendship and wrestles with self-doubt over the course of a hot Melbourne summer. Scott spoke...
Bestsellers: ‘Not a Diet Book’ makes huge debut
Monday, 3 February 2020
Bluey continues her chart-topping run on the Australian bestsellers chart, with Bluey: Time to Play! (Puffin) sitting at number one for the fourth consecutive week. Debuting at number two is Not...
After the Count: The death of Davey Browne (Stephanie Convery, Viking)
Thursday, 30 January 2020
When young and fit professional boxer Davey Browne died in the ring, pummelled to death in front of his family and friends, it was the result of a perfect storm...
Bestsellers: ‘Dark Emu’ jumps to third place
Tuesday, 28 January 2020
Bruce Pascoe’s Dark Emu (Magabala) has jumped from eighth place to third in this week's top 10 bestseller charts, amid a smear campaign against Pascoe that was ultimately dismissed by...
Beautiful Eggs (Alice Lindstrom, Scribble)
Wednesday, 22 January 2020
In this board book, Melbourne-based artist and illustrator Alice Lindstrom uses her stunning cut-paper style of illustration to introduce the tradition of egg decoration across a number of cultures around...
RiP Steph Bowe
Wednesday, 22 January 2020
Australian YA author Steph Bowe has died, aged 25, due to complications from T-cell acute lymphoblastic lymphoma, a form of leukemia. Bowe began her career as a blogger before publishing...
Bestsellers: ‘Crawdads’ swims into Australian top 10
Monday, 20 January 2020
The Australian top 10 bestsellers chart for the second week of 2020 shows little change from the previous week's, with Bluey: Time to Play! (Puffin) spending its second consecutive week...
Desire Lines (Felicity Volk, Hachette)
Wednesday, 15 January 2020
Desire Lines is a heartrending love story between a man struggling to overcome the struggles of a deeply traumatic childhood and a woman who, frankly, deserves better. At a market...
Changes to B+P in 2020
Tuesday, 14 January 2020
Dear reader, It has been 18 months since Books+Publishing was returned to local ownership. Last year, we published four issues of the redesigned Books+Publishing magazine, as well as our Daily...
Bestsellers: Bluey sticker book number one in the new year
Monday, 13 January 2020
With Christmas over for another year, the number one book on the Australian bestseller chart in the first week of 2020 is sticker activity book Bluey: Time to Play! (Puffin)....
All Bodies are Good Bodies (Charlotte Barkla, Little Hare)
Thursday, 12 December 2019
All Bodies Are Good Bodies is a rhyming picture book that champions bodies of all shapes and sizes. Charlotte Barkla’s words are written to be read out loud as one...
The Long Distance Playlist (Tara Eglington, HarperCollins)
Thursday, 12 December 2019
Tara Eglington’s The Long Distance Playlist is a touching depiction of a long-distance friendship and blossoming romance. Taylor is an ex-snowboarding prodigy slowly coming to terms with his recent amputation,...
Bestsellers: Bluey bounds back to number one
Tuesday, 10 December 2019
After spending two weeks at number one on the Australian bestsellers chart, Wrecking Ball, the 14th 'Wimpy Kid' book (Jeff Kinney, Puffin), has slipped to second spot, replaced by previous...
Christmas predictions: the team at Readings SLV
Thursday, 5 December 2019
In the lead-up to Christmas, the busiest time of year on the bookselling calendar, Books+Publishing is asking booksellers across the country to predict their biggest sellers and surprise sellers. In this final instalment for...
Bestsellers: New James Patterson debuts at number six
Monday, 2 December 2019
The 14th 'Wimpy Kid' book, Wrecking Ball (Jeff Kinney, Puffin) is spending its second consecutive week at number one the Australian bestseller chart, followed by the three Bluey TV tie-in books,...
Christmas predictions: Tim Gott from Devonport Bookshop
Friday, 29 November 2019
In the lead-up to Christmas, the busiest time of year on the bookselling calendar, Books+Publishing is asking booksellers across the country to predict their biggest sellers and surprise sellers. In this first instalment for...
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