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Lola in the Mirror cracks the top spot 

Cover of Lola in the Mirror Monday, 23 October 2023
Top 10 bestsellers Lola in the Mirror (Trent Dalton, HarperCollins) Wildfire (Hannah Grace, S&S) The Seven (Chris Hammer, A&U) Black Sheep (Judy Nunn, William Heinemann) Look Who's Talking (The Bad...

Books in the media this weekend, 21–22 October 

Cover of Stoneyard Devotional Friday, 20 October 2023
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend.  National The Saturday Paper Divided Isles (Edward Acton Cavanough, La Trobe) The Language of Trees...

Frank Moorhouse: Strange paths (Matthew Lamb, Knopf) 

Tuesday, 17 October 2023
Frank Moorhouse worked relentlessly to refine both his writing and his understanding of himself. The first volume of Matthew Lamb’s biography of Moorhouse—who passed away last year at 83—is a valuable...

‘Wildfire’ debuts at number one 

Monday, 16 October 2023
Top 10 bestsellers* Wildfire (Hannah Grace, S&S) Lola in the Mirror (Trent Dalton, HarperCollins) Black Sheep (Judy Nunn, William Heinemann) Look Who's Talking (Bad Guys Episode 18) (Aaron Blabey, Scholastic)...

Books in the media this weekend, 14–15 October 

Friday, 13 October 2023
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Close to the Subject (Daniel Browning, Magabala) Edenglassie (Melissa Lucashenko, UQP)...

Deep in the Forest (Erina Reddan, Pantera) 

Tuesday, 10 October 2023
The Trenthen family’s revered reputation in Stone Lake crumbles when a damaging bushfire uncovers an item that appears to belong to Charli, a bookbinder and the family’s last surviving member, right...

Secret Sparrow (Jackie French, HarperCollins) 

Tuesday, 10 October 2023
Jackie French’s latest middle-grade novel, Secret Sparrow, focuses on the unheralded work of women in World War I. This exciting adventure story is told with dual timelines and begins in...

The Wiregrass (Adrian Hyland, Ultimo) 

Tuesday, 10 October 2023
With wild weather, swollen rivers, falling trees, a disgraced cop, a cult and a dead man, Adrian Hyland’s The Wiregrass is a thrilling mix of wry humour and page-turning crime....

Five titles debut in top ten 

Monday, 9 October 2023
Top 10 bestsellers The Running Grave (Robert Galbraith, Sphere) The 169-Storey Treehouse (Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton, Pan) The Last Devil to Die (Richard Osman, Viking) The Chalice of the...

Books in the media this weekend, 7–8 October 

Friday, 6 October 2023
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend.  National The Saturday Paper Doppelganger (Naomi Klein, Allen Lane) The Pit (Peter Papathanasiou, MacLehose Press)...

The Drowning (Bryan Brown, A&U) 

Tuesday, 3 October 2023
The accidental drowning death of a local Gumbaynggirr boy—David, from whose viewpoint the book opens—brings a shadow of sadness over a small NSW coastal town. Then a backpacker doesn't turn up...

Silver Linings (Katrina Nannestad, ABC Books) 

Tuesday, 3 October 2023
Following the multi-award-winning success of Katrina Nannestad’s World War II novels for younger readers, Silver Linings sees her move from the battlefields of Europe to post-war Australia, and a story...

The Conversion (Amanda Lohrey, Text) 

Tuesday, 3 October 2023
When Zoe’s husband, Nick, dies unexpectedly, she finds herself adrift. Recently retired and unable to afford to continue living in the city, she purchases an old and rundown church in...

Stuck Up & Stupid (Angourie Rice & Kate Rice, Walker) 

Tuesday, 3 October 2023
Stuck Up & Stupid is the debut novel from a mother-daughter writing team: actor Angourie Rice and playwright Kate Rice. With a familiar yet fresh narrative, this contemporary YA reimagining of Pride and...

The Art of Home tops new entries chart 

Monday, 2 October 2023
Top 10 bestsellers The 169-Storey Treehouse (Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton, Pan) The Last Devil to Die (Richard Osman, Viking) Fourth Wing (Rebecca Yarros, Hachette) Holly (Stephen King, Hodder) RecipeTin...

Medieval Monsters and Other Creatures (Timothy Ide, MidnightSun) 

Tuesday, 26 September 2023
Medieval Monsters and Other Creatures, written and illustrated by Timothy Ide, is a nonfiction deep dive into weird and wonderful creatures that filled medieval imaginations—especially in Europe—presented A to Z. With whole spreads...

A Woman of Courage (Tania Blanchard, HarperCollins) 

Tuesday, 26 September 2023
Set in the late 1800s in Ebberfield, northern England, Tania Blanchard’s A Woman of Courage is an engrossing historical fiction work about the suffragette movement. Recent teaching graduate Hannah Todd dreams...

The Last Devil to Die debuts at first place 

Monday, 25 September 2023
Top 10 bestsellers The Last Devil to Die (Richard Osman, Viking) The 169-Storey Treehouse (Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton, Pan) Holly (Stephen King, Hodder) Fourth Wing (Rebecca Yarros, Hachette) Things...

Books in the media this weekend, 23–24 September 

Friday, 22 September 2023
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend.  National The Saturday Paper Frank Moorhouse: A life (Catherine Lumby, A&U) Me, Her, Us (Yen-Rong...

 

 

 

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