A new top Australian cookbook; and a triply cosy week of bestsellers
Monday, 28 April 2025
Top 10 bestsellers The Let Them Theory (Mel Robbins & Sawyer Robbins, Hay House) Sunrise on the Reaping (Suzanne Collins, Scholastic) Fearless (Lauren Roberts, S&S Children’s) Easy Dinner Queen (Steph...
An Academic Affair (Jodi McAlister, S&S)
Tuesday, 22 April 2025
Jodi McAlister, who has previously written for young adults, made her adult rom-com debut with the Marry Me, Juliet trilogy. Continuing in this genre, An Academic Affair introduces us to...
The Secret Year of Zara Holt (Kimberley Freeman, Hachette)
Tuesday, 22 April 2025
The Secret Year of Zara Holt is a compelling novel inspired by the real-life story of Dame Zara Bate, wife of former Australian prime minister Harold Holt. While many know...
Foreign Country (Marija Peričić, Ultimo)
Tuesday, 22 April 2025
In Marija Peričić’s lyrical and haunting third novel, the foreign country is the site of dislocation and alienation wrought by migration, grief and trauma. Croatian-Australian nurse Eva, who resides in...
Golden (Jade Timms, Text)
Tuesday, 22 April 2025
Jade Timms’s affecting debut novel, Golden, shortlisted for the 2023 Text Prize, is a charming book about friendship, first love, and reclaiming happiness after a devastating trauma. Seventeen-year-old Eddie’s cheerful...
Fearless debuts at number one; children’s books chart
Tuesday, 22 April 2025
Top 10 bestsellers Fearless (Lauren Roberts, S&S Children's) The Let Them Theory (Mel Robbins & Sawyer Robbins, Hay House) Sunrise on the Reaping (Suzanne Collins, Scholastic) Cozy Corner (Coco Wyo,...
Music Camp (Penny Tangey, UQP)
Tuesday, 15 April 2025
Penny Tangey (Granbad, As Fast As I Can) returns to middle grade with Music Camp, a story set during a selective five-day interschool music camp. Miley lives with her mum...
Lucky’s Star: The Story of a Meteorite (Mark Greenwood, illus by Lucia Masciullo, CSIRO Publishing)
Tuesday, 8 April 2025
Children are naturally fascinated by the night sky, and Lucky’s Star will surely delight primary-aged students with its clever combination of storytelling and facts. Based on the real-life 1969 Murchison...
King of Dirt (Holden Sheppard, Pantera)
Tuesday, 8 April 2025
Holden Sheppard hits again with the blunt edge of Australian queerness in his latest novel, King of Dirt. Continuing his work in the gay coming-of-age genre (Sheppard’s 2019 debut Invisible...
Stinkbug (Sinéad Stubbins, Affirm)
Tuesday, 8 April 2025
Sinéad Stubbins’ debut fiction novel, Stinkbug, is a sharp, darkly funny reflection on the corporate ‘normal’ and the compromises we make to survive in a hostile environment. It meditates on...
Publicity co-ordinator, Sydney
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
Allen & Unwin Join Australia’s leading independent publisher, Allen & Unwin. For 40+ years, we’ve championed local and international authors, winning ‘Publisher of the Year’ 14 times. Proudly Australian-owned with...
Product executive, Victoria
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
Hachette Australia Hachette Australia has an exciting opportunity to join our award-winning and international product team in the role of Product Executive. This Melbourne-based role reports to the Senior Product...
Without Question
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
Two small photographs found in a dead man’s wallet throw every belief Bella holds about her family into disarray and change her life forever. The novel is in development as...
Senior commissioning editor (0.8 FTE), Melbourne
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
Monash University Publishing Do you have exceptional editing skills, commissioning experience and an eye for high-quality books across trade and scholarly markets? In this key position you will work in...
Publicist, Sydney
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
Echo Publishing Contract: Maternity leave cover for 9-12 months Start Date: Mid July Hours: Part-time, Two-Three days a week Reports to: Managing Director Location: Summer Hill, Sydney Working pattern: Hybrid...
Sales coordinator, New South Wales
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
Bloomsbury Publishing Pty Ltd Join the Bloomsbury Australia Team as a Full-Time Sales Coordinator! At Bloomsbury, we’re excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for a dedicated Sales Coordinator to join...
Key account manager, New South Wales
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
Bloomsbury Publishing Pty Ltd Join the Bloomsbury Australia Team as a Full-Time Key Account Manager! At Bloomsbury, we’re excited to offer a fantastic opportunity for a dedicated Key Account Manager...
Early bird tickets selling fast!
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
Have you booked your ABIA tickets? Book your tickets at early bird prices now! We offer our warm congratulations to all of the publishers, authors, illustrators and narrators shortlisted for...
Ever Blessed (Olivia O’Flynn, HarperCollins)
Tuesday, 1 April 2025
Ever Blessed by Olivia O’Flynn is a confident debut in the romantasy genre, featuring a recalcitrant heroine, a taciturn hero, and potentially world-ending stakes. Captain Elva, a warrior princess of...
A Farm by the Sea (Jillian Packer, Berbay)
Tuesday, 1 April 2025
Fans of Alison Lester, Freya Blackwood and Trace Balla will be captivated by A Farm by the Sea by debut author and illustrator Jillian Packer. This new picture book invites young readers...
Joss: A History (Grace Yee, Giramondo)
Tuesday, 1 April 2025
Grace Yee’s Joss: A History uncovers the lives of Chinese immigrants in Australia during the 19th and 20th centuries through a powerful blend of archival research and poetry. Viewing White...
Clunes Booktown 2025 – books, bands, and breaking records
Tuesday, 1 April 2025
Under blue skies and a hot sun, Clunes transformed into Booktown during the weekend of 22–23 March, welcoming about 10,000 visitors and a record 135 booksellers. Books+Publishing publishing director Kate...
The Book of Guilt (Catherine Chidgey, Penguin)
Tuesday, 25 March 2025
Welcome to an alternative version of the UK in the 1970s. In Catherine Chidgey’s The Book of Guilt, Hitler is assassinated in 1943. After a purge of senior Nazis and...
The Letter Writer (Binny Talib, Windy Hollow)
Tuesday, 25 March 2025
The Letter Writer by author and illustrator Binny Talib (Sloths Love Parties) opens with stunning endpapers – a delightful collage of envelopes adorned with scribbles and doodles that immediately draws...
Find Me at the Jaffa Gate: An Encyclopaedia of a Palestinian Family (Micaela Sahhar, NewSouth)
Tuesday, 25 March 2025
Several generations into the Palestinian diaspora in Australia, Micaela Sahhar explores the complexities of being disconnected from her ancestral land in Find Me at the Jaffa Gate: An Encyclopaedia of...
Too Many Dogs (Maura Finn, illus Lucinda Gifford, Affirm)
Tuesday, 18 March 2025
Too Many Dogs is a charming and light-hearted picture book from the creative pairing behind Too Many Cats that explores what it means to be top dog. In their new collaboration,...
Nightingale (Laura Elvery, UQP)
Tuesday, 18 March 2025
Grounded in history and buoyed by Laura Elvery’s elegant, moving prose, Nightingale is a fictional reimagining of the near-mythic figure of Florence Nightingale, told in three parts. The first and...
Viet Kieu: Recipes Remembered from Vietnam (Thi Le, Murdoch)
Tuesday, 18 March 2025
‘Viet Kieu’ is a Vietnamese term used for people of Vietnamese heritage who were raised and are living in the diaspora. In Viet Kieu: Recipes remembered from Vietnam, Thi Le,...
The Surface Trials (HM Waugh, A&U Children’s)
Tuesday, 11 March 2025
Starquest Academy is an elite school for exceptional students from around the galaxy. Notoriously difficult to enter, Starquest requires prospects to undergo a three-day televised challenge on an unknown planet....
Wandering Wild (Lynette Noni, Penguin)
Tuesday, 11 March 2025
Wandering Wild, the latest novel from Lynette Noni (The Prison Healer), is the perfect cosy romance read. The dual-perspective narrative follows Zander, a Hollywood ‘bad boy’ desperate to rebuild his...
