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Summer of Blood

6 April 2023
Get ready for a wild ride through the Summer of Love with Dave Warner's newest crime novel. Follow two Australian police officers as they travel to San Francisco and Los...

Call Me Marlowe

6 April 2023
With a delicate touch, Call Me Marlowe embodies the nature of trauma—both personal and political. Harold Vaněk loves Marylou, a woman he met in South Korea, where she was working...

The Bell of the World

6 April 2023
When a troubled Sarah Hutchinson returns to Australia from boarding school in England and time spent in Europe, she is sent to live with her eccentric Uncle Ferny on the...

The Disorganisation of Celia Stone

6 April 2023
Every fan of Bridget Jones should have this book on their to be read list. Meet Celia Stone, the ultimate hyper-organised, journal-obsessed thirty-something with a life that is perfectly planned...

The Party Wish (The Wish Sisters Book 1)

22 February 2023
Imagine if your baby sister could make wishes come true… Flick has just found out her little sister has a special gift. Birdie has wished for a super-fabulous unicorn party...

The Garden at the End of the World

22 February 2023
When Isla makes a special discovery, she and her botanist mother adventure to the Global Seed Vault in Norway. Isla is going to leave her precious package there, so children...

Secret Agent Mole, Book 1: Goldfishfinger

22 February 2023
Max Mole is a mole on a mission. With Helena Hippo and June Bug by his side, Max must stop the evil Goldfishfinger from stealing a priceless solid gold piece...

Cat on the Run, Episode 1: Cat of Death!

22 February 2023
Back before the BAD GUYS went good, someone was in even BIGGER TROUBLE ... What happens when the WORLD’S BIGGEST CAT VIDEO STAR gets accused of a crime she didn’t...

Say Hooray

22 February 2023
This fantastic, colourful read-aloud has been designed to captivate babies and celebrate their every move. We know from research that the more senses you engage while reading to bubs, the...

Timeless

22 February 2023
Emit (whose parents turned back time to name him) is surrounded by busyness. Dad is too busy to read stories, Mum is too busy to play games and Emit’s brother...

Every Version of You

12 October 2022
Never Let Me Go meets Black Mirror, with a dash of Murakami’s surrealism—this is speculative literary fiction at its best. In late twenty-first century Australia, Tao-Yi and her partner Navin...

Framed

1 April 2022
In this gripping art heist thriller, art conservator JJ Jego spots a long-lost masterpiece through the window of a luxury apartment – what she believes is a priceless Van Gogh...

Alex and the Alpacas Ride Again

16 March 2022
After saving the world from Kiala, the ancient spirit of destruction, Alex longs for more adventure—and the chance to feel special again. Compared to riding through the Tasmanian wilderness on...

Zombie Diaries #1: Apocalypse Cow!

16 March 2022
The first book in a fast-paced comedy-adventure series set in a town called Buttburgher where all the adults start turning into zombie cows! Jimmy, Daisy and Hooey will have to...

Zadie Ma and the Dog Who Chased the Moon

15 March 2022
By the new Australian Children’s Laureate, Gabrielle Wang.  Meet Zadie Ma, a girl who writes magical stories that sometimes come true. Zadie’s dearest wish is to have a dog of...

Evie and Rhino

29 September 2021
When Evie finds a fully-grown rhinoceros washed up on a beach, she feels an immediate connection and knows she has to help him. When Rhino wakes, he knows that the...

How We Love

29 September 2021
A deeply personal exploration of love in all its forms from a feminist icon and bestselling author of Fight Like a Girl and Boys Will Be Boys. This lyrical memoir explores love in...

Gustav and Henri: Volume #1

29 September 2021
Opposites attract in this humorous graphic novel series about best friends Gustav and Henri. Gustav is a goofy, optimistic and naively enthusiastic pig. Henri is a grounded, pragmatic and quietly...

The Happiness Jar

9 June 2021
Losing her battle with cystic fibrosis, Rachel administers a dose of her notorious wanderlust. She asks her family for one last request: a journey to the exotic and the unknown....

Ocean Warriors: The Rise of Robo-Shark 

9 June 2021
Being sent to a submarine to help restore extinct sea creatures for summer camp is not exactly Kai’s idea of fun. Then he discovers a cyborg great white shark in...

Music Maker of Auschwitz IV

9 June 2021
The inspirational true story of an Allied POW appointed Kapellmeister (man in charge of music) to the Nazis in Auschwitz. In May 1940, he was captured at Dunkirk and interned...

The Riddle of Tanglewood Manor

9 June 2021
When their parents opt for a tree-change, 150-year-old Tanglewood Manor becomes Sam and Harry’s ‘new’ home in the country. As their parents set about renovating the ruin, the brothers cautiously...

Secrets and Showgirls

9 June 2021
Everyone is being watched, and some of Le Prix’s colourful performers are hiding dangerous secrets. Monsieur Maurice manages Le Prix d’Amour, a successful Parisian cabaret, which boasts glitzy performers and...

Stellarphant

26 May 2021
Stella wants to be an astronaut. There is only one problem: Stella is an elephant. Every time she applies to Space Command, they come up with a new reason she...

Grandma’s Knicker Tree

26 May 2021
A charming story about the importance of gardens, grandparents and families doing things together. When our dads say, ‘Money doesn’t grow on trees you know,’ Grandma smiles and says, ‘Mmm,...

Sardines and the Angel

26 May 2021
A vintage children’s story written and illustrated by Bettina Ehrlich. Miss Patricia Higgins’ painting holiday in a picturesque Italian fishing village isn’t going according to plan. As soon as her...

Shine

26 May 2021
Shine is a love song between a parent and a child, celebrating the beauty and joy of everyday family life, through mess and chaos and daily routines. This is a...

The Monster of Her Age

26 May 2021
Ellie Marsden was born into the legendary Lovinger acting dynasty. Granddaughter of the infamous Lottie Lovinger, as a child Ellie shared the silver screen with Lottie in her one-and-only role...

Sunburnt Veils

26 May 2021
Tara wears hijab even though her parents hate it, and in a swipe right world she’s looking for the ‘will go to the ends of the earth for you’ type...