A Life Song (Jane Godwin, illus Anna Walker, Puffin)
Tuesday, 29 August 2023
The latest masterpiece by dream team Jane Godwin and Anna Walker, A Life Song is a gentle rhyming picture book that ponders growing up and finding your place in the world. ‘When you are...
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...
Everything Under the Moon (ed by Michael Earp, illus Kit Fox, Affirm)
Tuesday, 29 August 2023
Everything Under the Moon: Fairy tales in a queerer light is a collection of insightful stories from a variety of authors, including Michael Earp, Alison Evans, Helena Fox, Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner,...
Blair Moon: How to be cooler than the moon (AshIeigh Mounser, Ford St)
Tuesday, 29 August 2023
Blair Moon: How to be cooler than the moon by Ashleigh Mounser is a fast-paced novel that doesn’t let up, much like its protagonist, Blair Moon. Eleven-year-old Blair is precocious,...
Run Pups Run (Kerri Day, illus Nicky Johnston, Windy Hollow)
Tuesday, 29 August 2023
Kerri Day's Run Pups Run is a lively and charming story of a family beach excursion. The day begins as a family and their three dogs head down to the...
The Disappearance of Astrid Bricard (Natasha Lester, Hachette)
Tuesday, 29 August 2023
In Paris, 1917, 16-year-old Mizza Bricard is determined to leave a lasting mark on the world. She creates a house of couture that will establish a legacy spanning generations, reaching...
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...
Home to Biloela (Priya Nadesalingam with Rebekah Holt, A&U)
Tuesday, 22 August 2023
Raw and poignant, Priya Nadesalingam’s Home to Biloela is a personal account of what became a national campaign to bring one family home. It provides an intimate insight into the well-known story...
The Rust Red Land (Robyn Bishop, Spinifex)
Tuesday, 22 August 2023
Set in country New South Wales beginning in 1890, The Rust Red Land follows Matilda as she comes of age through to the 1930s. She does all that is expected of her as...
Giinagay Gaagal, Hello Ocean (Melissa Greenwood, ABC Books)
Tuesday, 22 August 2023
With Giinagay Gaagal, Hello Ocean, Gumbaynggirr artist Melissa Greenwood, from the NSW region known as Coffs Harbour, once again gifts us with a beautiful ode to family and the land....
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...
What to Do When You’re Not Sure What to Do (Davina Bell, illus Hilary Jean Tapper, Lothian)
Tuesday, 22 August 2023
‘Some things need careful hands ... It’s always good to ask first ... Remember to look up! And look down.’ These are some of the little snippets of advice offered in...
Unfinished Woman (Robyn Davidson, Bloomsbury)
Tuesday, 22 August 2023
Robyn Davidson is perhaps best known for her novel Tracks and has a writing career spanning over 40 years. Her latest, Unfinished Woman, is a nomadic memoir that details the author’s traumatic childhood,...
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,...
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...
Zero Risk: Keeping others safe in a dangerous world (Tony Loughran, Echo)
Tuesday, 15 August 2023
Tony Loughran’s memoir, Zero Risk, certainly lives up to his motto—‘I’d rather spend one year as a tiger than a hundred years as a sheep’. From his rough-and-tumble—and then outright...
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...
Nikki Hind: Dressed for success (John Dickson, illus Chantel de Sousa, Berbay)
Tuesday, 15 August 2023
Nikki Hind: Dressed for Success is part of Vision Australia’s Big Vision series that profiles Australian people living with blindness or low vision. It’s a short biography of Nikki Hind,...
A–Z of Who I Could Be (Chloe Dalton, illus Kim Siew, A&U)
Tuesday, 15 August 2023
A–Z of Who I Could Be showcases 26 Australian top-performing female and non-binary athletes across 26 different sports. Chloe Dalton presents us with the likes of Ash Barty, Nova Peris,...
Green Dot (Madeleine Gray, A&U)
Tuesday, 15 August 2023
Madeline Gray’s debut novel, Green Dot, which has enjoyed a lot of pre-publication buzz, is a surprising read. With some superficial markers of the recently popular ‘sad girl’ novel—particularly in...
The Opposite of Success (Eleanor Elliott Thomas, Text)
Tuesday, 15 August 2023
Arianna Huffington’s quote, ‘Failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success’, is the essence of Eleanor Elliott Thomas’s debut novel and likely the source of its title....
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...
Listen (Duncan Smith & Nicole Godwin, illus Jandamarra Cadd, Wild Dog)
Tuesday, 8 August 2023
From the team that brought us We Are Australians in 2022 comes another stunning picture book about First Nations people and their connection to the land. In simple but direct...
If You Tell Anyone, You’re Next (Jack Heath, Scholastic)
Tuesday, 8 August 2023
Bestselling author Jack Heath has written 40 books for children, teenagers and adults. He returns with a pulse-racing psychological thriller set in a suburban high school. Zoe’s best friend Jayden...
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...
The Modern (Anna Kate Blair, Scribner)
Tuesday, 8 August 2023
Art aficionados and literary enthusiasts will feel at home in The Modern, in which Anna Kate Blair navigates New York City’s modern art institutions. Sophia is a MoMA fellow in NYC, who grapples with her instinct to sentimentalise her...
Back to the Storks (Cressida Gaukroger, illus Andrew Joyner, Little Hare)
Tuesday, 8 August 2023
Back to the Storks plays on the old wives’ tale that babies are delivered to homes by storks. Otis is such a loud baby that when his parents are at...
Bennelong and Phillip: A history unravelled (Kate Fullagar, Scribner)
Tuesday, 8 August 2023
Bennelong and Phillip: A history unravelled is an important book for our current time. In 2023, Australians will vote in the Voice to Parliament referendum to decide whether to recognise Aboriginal...
Finding My Bella Vita (Pia Miranda, Hachette)
Tuesday, 8 August 2023
Pia Miranda’s memoir, Finding My Bella Vita, is like a long phone call with a friend. Based in Melbourne, Miranda is an actor best known for her role as Josie...
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