Eat to Heal (Lee Holmes, Rockpool Publishing)
Tuesday, 23 June 2026
In Eat to Heal, clinical nutritionist and wholefoods chef Lee Holmes (Heal Your Gut) turns her attention to inflammation, exploring both its role in maintaining health and the consequences of...
Old Bertie (Vincenzo Perrella & Dan Osborn, Fremantle Press)
Tuesday, 23 June 2026
Old Bertie is Vincenzo Perrella and Dan Osborn’s debut fiction collaboration, the pair having previously worked together on film, TV and live performance projects. On The Island, 15-year-old George is...
Bad Neighbours (Joanna Jenkins, Allen & Unwin)
Tuesday, 23 June 2026
Joanna Jenkins (How to Kill a Client, The Bluff) examines the Australian property market through a feminist lens in her latest domestic thriller, Bad Neighbours. Ruth, a successful lawyer, has...
I Love the Whole World! (Victoria Hannan, Penguin)
Tuesday, 23 June 2026
In her third novel, I Love the Whole World!, Victoria Hannan (Kokomo, Marshmallow) takes a more playful, straightforward and fun tone than readers may expect, though familiar themes of mothers...
The Grey Beret’s Guide to Surviving the Odds (Anna Battese, illus Erin Reeves, Simon & Schuster Australia)
Tuesday, 23 June 2026
Anna Battese’s debut middle-grade novel, The Grey Beret’s Guide to Surviving the Odds, illustrated by Erin Reeves, is the first in a planned trilogy. The book perfectly fills a gap...
There’s a Chicken in the House (Sonya Hartnett, illus Lucia Masciullo, Puffin)
Tuesday, 23 June 2026
There’s a Chicken in the House by Sonya Hartnett (Blue Flower) and illustrator Lucia Masciullo (The Flower Garden) is a whimsical picture book about a young child whose day is...
And in the Morning (Lenny Robinson, University of Queensland Press)
Tuesday, 23 June 2026
Lenny Robinson’s historical fiction debut, And in the Morning, quietly observes the grief of 3 Australian women grappling with their personal experiences of major international conflicts. Moving between distinct character...
Neale Daniher’s message lives on
Friday, 19 June 2026
Following the death of the Australian Rules football player, author and FightMND co-founder, Neale Daniher’s personal development title The Power of Choice (Macmillan) has climbed up the Australian writer bestseller...
Neale Daniher’s “The Power of Choice” tops heatseekers chart
Friday, 19 June 2026
Top 10 bestsellers The Deal (Elle Kennedy, Piatkus) (combined editions) Yesteryear (Caro Claire Burke, 4th Estate) Light Wielder (Rachel Schneider, Gollancz) The Score (Elle Kennedy, Piatkus) Whistler (Ann Patchett, Bloomsbury)...
Books in the media this week
Friday, 19 June 2026
A round-up of books being reviewed and discussed in key media this week, updated as information becomes available. National The Bookshelf, ABC Radio National Awake Awake (Fiona Mozley, John Murray)...
Nothing Personal (Alex Dook, Echo)
Tuesday, 16 June 2026
In Alex Dook’s Nothing Personal, Lola McKenzie is tired of always being one step ahead, only to find herself two steps back. Her father, broke after a few years of...
A River I Must Be (Kate Foster, HarperCollins)
Tuesday, 16 June 2026
A River I Must Be is a middle-grade fiction book in verse by Kate Foster (Freddie Jones: The Mystery of the Troublesome Trees, Harriet Hound), told from the perspective of...
The Mystery of Colour: and how we solved it (David Coles, illus Margaux Samson-Abadie, Thames & Hudson)
Tuesday, 16 June 2026
The Mystery of Colour: And How We Solved It, by professional paint-maker and self-titled “real-life colour detective” David Coles (Chromatopia), invites young readers to discover the bizarre, sometimes gruesome and...
Time Travel for Beginners (Jaclyn Moriarty, Ultimo)
Tuesday, 16 June 2026
If someone offered you the chance to travel into the past, would you believe them? Jaclyn Moriarty’s latest novel, Time Travel for Beginners, centres on a mysterious Sydney agency that...
Sagittarius Rising (Maxine Beneba Clarke, illus Jade Goodwin, Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing)
Tuesday, 16 June 2026
Sagittarius Rising, by award-winning poet Maxine Beneba Clarke, is a well-crafted chapter book following Tip and their family’s unpredictable yet lovable dog, Sagittarius Rising. The story moves through a range...
Seize the Moment: Australia’s Real Opportunities in an Unstable World (Bernard Keane, Allen & Unwin)
Tuesday, 16 June 2026
In Seize the Moment: Australia’s Real Opportunities in an Unstable World, journalist Bernard Keane uses the last 25 years of global politics and economics as a framework for considering Australia’s...
Quite the Pair (Tobias Madden, Penguin)
Tuesday, 16 June 2026
Quite the Pair, the adult fiction debut from award-winning YA author Tobias Madden (Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell), is a warm and emotionally insightful exploration of friendship in modern adulthood....
Stuff (Jen Sherrington, illus Hélène Magisson, MidnightSun)
Tuesday, 16 June 2026
In Stuff, by Jen Sherrington and illustrator Hélène Magisson, Morri is “chuffed” when he receives some “stuff” from Birdee. Surely more stuff would be even better, Morri thinks. Before long,...
Friday in brief
Friday, 12 June 2026
On NielsenIQ bestsellers charts, Yesteryear (Caro Claire Burke, 4th Estate) is at number 2 this week. HarperCollins has achieved 11 number-one positions on the bestsellers within a 22-week period (up...
Elle Kennedy’s ice skating romance takes over heatseekers chart
Friday, 12 June 2026
Top 10 bestsellers The Deal (Elle Kennedy, Piatkus) (combined editions) Yesteryear (Caro Claire Burke, 4th Estate) The Divorce (Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press) The Mistake (Elle Kennedy, Piatkus) The Score (Elle...
Book Club – this month’s reads
Friday, 12 June 2026
Looking for your next great group read? Our monthly Book Club rounds up new release titles perfect for sparking conversation and perhaps even some debate. From compelling fiction to thought-provoking...
Books in the media this week
Friday, 12 June 2026
A round-up of books being reviewed and discussed in key media this week, updated as information becomes available. National The Bookshelf, ABC Radio National How to Love the World (Ilka...
Mother Waters (Lisa Nan Joo, Affirm Press)
Tuesday, 9 June 2026
Lisa Nan Joo’s debut, Mother Waters, is an atmospheric, quietly unsettling novel that explores ambition, grief, inheritance and the emotional legacies left by fathers. It shifts between thriller and literary...
A New Kind of Beautiful (Suzy Zail, Walker Books)
Tuesday, 9 June 2026
In Suzy Zail’s A New Kind of Beautiful, 16-year-old Paige Wilding has her future mapped out: win the coveted school art prize, graduate at the top of her class and...
Once Upon a Breakfast Show (Stephanie MacFie, Text Publishing)
Tuesday, 9 June 2026
Stephanie MacFie’s debut, Once Upon a Breakfast Show, is a charming second-chance romantic comedy set in the dynamic world of Melbourne breakfast radio. Emily Blake is one half of Mack...
Bandoola (Beverley McWilliams, illus Kate Jones, UWA Publishing)
Tuesday, 9 June 2026
Bandoola by Beverley McWilliams (Spies in the Sky) follows the life of a Burmese logging elephant, blending fictional storytelling with events inspired by history. Set predominantly in the first half...
Cass and the Beast (Claire Mabey, illus Jill Calder, Gecko Press)
Tuesday, 9 June 2026
In Claire Mabey’s Cass and the Beast, a young girl, Cass, fears the townsfolk more than the creature they call Beast. She empathises with the creature, offering bread to assuage...
Blue Giant (Jordan Prosser, University of Queensland Press)
Tuesday, 9 June 2026
A Danish tech billionaire announces he’s seeking volunteers for the first colony on Mars. Abby Horne, a 30-something woman in Melbourne, knows in her bones that it’s her destiny to...
Juicy: How to Live a Life in the Wreckage of Expectations (Sheree Joseph, Pantera Press)
Tuesday, 9 June 2026
In her debut memoir, Juicy: How to Live a Life in the Wreckage of Expectations, Lebanese Australian journalist and writer Sheree Joseph traces her 30s through grief, family, relationships and...
Bestsellers, media mentions, Junior Book Club and reviews
Friday, 5 June 2026
In the bestsellers charts this week, Yesteryear has made it to number one, though The Divorce is the highest new entry with only a half week of sales. Today we...
