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Safe Haven (Shankari Chandran, Ultimo) 

Tuesday, 12 March 2024
Miles Franklin–winning author Shankari Chandran turns her focus to Australia’s inhumane practice of mandatory detention in her fourth novel, Safe Haven. As in Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens, a focal...

Cora Seen and Heard (Zanni Louise, Walker) 

Tuesday, 12 March 2024
When Cora’s family moves to Tasmania to renovate a decrepit theatre, Cora, 12, is thrilled at the opportunity to reinvent herself as Cora 2.0: more confident, admired, and interesting. But...

What Stars Are For (Margeaux Davis, Affirm) 

Tuesday, 12 March 2024
What Stars Are For is the first picture book by sewing pattern and soft toy designer Margeaux Davis. The emerging children’s book illustrator’s love for the natural world is informed...

To Sing of War (Catherine McKinnon, HarperCollins) 

Cover of To Sing of War Tuesday, 12 March 2024
From Miles Franklin–shortlisted author Catherine McKinnon (Storyland), To Sing of War confronts the interconnectedness that binds humanity. Against the backdrop of WWII, we find ourselves immersed in the jungles of...

Books by Maguire, McTiernan, Patterson and Lette debut in top 10 

Cover of Simple Dinner Edit Friday, 8 March 2024
Top 10 bestsellers The Simple Dinner Edit (Nicole Maguire, Plum) What Happened to Nina? (Dervla McTiernan, HarperCollins) Bluey: Happy Easter (Puffin) Bluey: Horray, It’s Easter! (Puffin) The 24th Hour (James Patterson, Century) Bluey: Easter (Puffin)...

Books in the media this weekend, 9–10 March 

Friday, 8 March 2024
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. This week's round-up will be updated as information becomes available. National The Saturday Paper Breath (Carly-Jay...

Saltblood (Francesca de Tores, Bloomsbury) 

Tuesday, 5 March 2024
Saltblood is an engrossing, deeply felt historical novel by Melbourne poet, author and academic Francesca de Tores (with previous works published as Francesca Haig), fictionalising the life of pirate Mary...

Ela! Ela! (Ella Mittas, Murdoch) 

Tuesday, 5 March 2024
Ela! Ela! means 'Come! Come!', and it’s a wonderfully fitting title for this generous, delicious and personal book of Turkish-Greek recipes, photography and essays, which documents Ella Mittas’s travels to Istanbul, Alaçatı,...

The Deed (Susannah Begbie, Hachette) 

Tuesday, 5 March 2024
Small-town cattle farmer Tom Edwards knows he is going to die—before he does, he pays a visit to the local solicitor to change the terms of his will. Upon his...

Human? (Ziggy Ramo, Pantera) 

Tuesday, 5 March 2024
For those familiar with the sounds of Ziggy Ramo, Human?—while his debut book—is but the latest in a collection of revolutionary literary works by the artist. Human? is Ramo’s powerful...

Books in the media this weekend, 2–3 March 

Cover of The Pulling Friday, 1 March 2024
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend.  National The Saturday Paper  The Bullet Swallower (Elizabeth Gonzalez James, Hodder & Stoughton) Pitfall: The race...

Bluey Easter titles take three spots in top 10 

Cover of Bluey: Happy Easter Friday, 1 March 2024
Top 10 bestsellers Bluey: Happy Easter (Puffin) Bluey: Horray, It's Easter! (Puffin) Fourth Wing (Rebecca Yarros, Piatkus) If Only I Had Told Her (Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire) House of Flame and Shadow (Sarah J...

Work Backwards (Tim Duggan, Pantera) 

Tuesday, 27 February 2024
If you’ve ever felt disenchanted by the daily grind or pondered the pointlessness of the eternal wheel of capitalism, then Work Backwards: How to design the life you want will...

Thunderhead (Miranda Darling, Scribe) 

Tuesday, 27 February 2024
Set over one fever-pitched day of errand-running, child-rearing, appointment-hopping and dinner-party prep in the suburbs, Thunderhead is about Winona Dalloway’s desperate desire to be free of her domestic shackles and...

The Work (Bri Lee, A&U) 

Cover of The Work by Bri Lee Tuesday, 27 February 2024
Having tackled power, privilege and sexual politics in her nonfiction books, Eggshell Skull, Beauty and Who Gets to Be Smart, Bri Lee brings the same shrewd scrutiny to her debut novel,...

Sanctuary (Garry Disher, Text) 

Tuesday, 27 February 2024
Grace has been stealing her whole life. She is an expert thief, taught by pros and specialising in small, high-value items, such as stamps and watches. However, a life of...

Deep Water (James Bradley, Hamish Hamilton) 

Cover of Deep Water by James Bradley Tuesday, 27 February 2024
The first chapter of Deep Water is named ‘The Word for World Is Water’, a reference to science fiction writer Ursula K Le Guin’s novella The Word for World Is...

Those Girls (Pamela Rushby, Walker) 

Tuesday, 27 February 2024
When Australia entered World War II, new possibilities emerged for women to enter the services, work in munitions or uniform factories, or join the Land Army to fill the workforce...

‘Into the Dark’ debuts at number six 

Friday, 23 February 2024
Top 10 bestsellers House of Flame and Shadow (Sarah J Maas, Bloomsbury) If Only I Had Told Her (Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire) Bride (Ali Hazelwood, Hachette) Fourth Wing (Rebecca Yarros, Piatkus) Atomic Habits (James Clear,...

Books in the media this weekend, 24–25 February 

Friday, 23 February 2024
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend.  National The Saturday Paper Sydney Brutalism (Heidi Dokulil, NewSouth) Tidelines (Sarah Sasson, Affirm) Who Owns...

Deep Is the Fen (Lili Wilkinson, A&U Children’s) 

Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Lili Wilkinson’s latest fantasy novel is set in the same magical world as her Victorian Premier's Literary Award–winning novel, A Hunger of Thorns. It’s a realm where all magic is...

 

 

 

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