Books in the media this weekend, 4–5 October
Friday, 3 October 2025
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper The Butterfly Thief (Walter Marsh, Scribe) Defiance: Stories from Nature and...
Junior Book Club – this month’s reads
Friday, 3 October 2025
Searching for your next great read to share with kids? Our Junior Book Club highlights 10 new titles each month that are perfect for classrooms, libraries and family reading time....
The Very Stinky Fly Hunt (Andrea Wild, illus Karen Erasmus, CSIRO Publishing)
Tuesday, 30 September 2025
The Very Stinky Fly Hunt is a lively and humorous narrative nonfiction picture book inspired by the work of real-life dipterist (fly expert) Keith Bayless. Andrea Wild takes children on an...
Softly Calls the Devil (Chris Blake, Echo)
Tuesday, 30 September 2025
Prologues in crime novels are often inscrutable until the climax, but Chris Blake’s Softly Calls the Devil wastes no time and immediately hooks readers with an unexpected shoot-out at a traffic...
Swallow (Alexandria Burnham, WestWords)
Tuesday, 30 September 2025
In Swallow, Alexandria Burnham delivers a compelling work of historical fiction inspired by the documented prison escapes of sailor and petty thief William ‘Swallow’ Walker. Sentenced in 1820 to transportation to...
Provecho: Real Mexican Food at Home (Daniella Guevara Muñoz, Murdoch)
Tuesday, 30 September 2025
Author and cook Daniella Guevara Muñoz brings the flavours of her childhood in Mexico City to life in Provecho: Real Mexican Food at Home, with co-writer David Knight. Guevara Muñoz, who runs...
The Transformations (Andrew Pippos, Picador)
Tuesday, 30 September 2025
Andrew Pippos’ The Transformations is a reflective and introspective novel for lovers of the written word, tracing the gentle and at times unforgiving arc of a life lived in the...
The Art of Kaylene Whiskey: Do You Believe in Love? (ed Natalie King & Iwantja Arts, T&H)
Tuesday, 30 September 2025
To open The Art of Kaylene Whiskey: Do You Believe in Love? is to tumble into a kaleidoscopic world of colour, energy and cultural references. Edited by Natalie King and...
Books in the media this weekend, 27–28 September
Monday, 29 September 2025
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 Apron-Sorrow...
Romance, colouring books and children’s fiction dominate Aussie bestsellers
Monday, 29 September 2025
Top 10 bestsellers The Secret of Secrets (Dan Brown, Bantam) The Hallmarked Man (Robert Galbraith, Sphere) Fearful (Lauren Roberts, S&S Children’s) The Let Them Theory (Mel Robbins & Sawyer Robbins,...
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Wednesday, 24 September 2025
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Commissioning editor, Sydney
Wednesday, 24 September 2025
HarperCollins HarperCollinsPublishers is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated team player to join our HQ publishing department as a Commissioning Editor on a 12-month parental leave relief basis. The main purpose...
Sundays Under the Lemon Tree (Julia Busuttil Nishimura, illus Myo Yim, Scribble)
Tuesday, 23 September 2025
Best known for her cookbooks, Julia Busuttil Nishimura has released a debut picture book, Sundays Under the Lemon Tree, a cheerful story inspired by her own childhood. The unnamed narrator shares how...
Rivers Flow: Reflections on the Songs of Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter (curated by Kim Scott, ed by Casey Mulder, Fremantle)
Tuesday, 23 September 2025
Rivers Flow: Reflections on the Songs of Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter is a collection of writing as deeply personal and political as the music that inspired it. Curated and...
Wirrawoorliny/Whirlwind (Kim Scott, Cass Lynch & Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories Project, illus Monique Farmer, UWA Publishing)
Tuesday, 23 September 2025
Wirrawoorliny/Whirlwind sweeps readers onto Noongar Country, where a boy is eaten by a djanak (devil) and later put back together by a mysterious whirlwind. It is ‘an old story retold’...
Collision (Kelvin Templeton, Wilkinson Publishing)
Tuesday, 23 September 2025
Kevin Templeton’s debut novel, Collision, transports readers to Melbourne during the 1970s and 1980s and into the world of 20-year-old Joshua Shamrock, whose life revolves around football, sex and booze. Raised in...
Mega! Australia’s Megafauna (Laura Holloway, illus by Liz Duthie, Wild Dog)
Tuesday, 23 September 2025
Move over, dinosaurs – Australia’s megafauna are stomping in with Laura Holloway’s Mega! Australia’s Megafauna. In this engaging and appealing nonfiction picture book, giant echidnas, kangaroos, pythons and many more...
Fiction takes top three spots for first time in 2025
Friday, 19 September 2025
Top 10 bestsellers Wild Card (Elsie Silver, Piatkus) The Secret of Secrets (Dan Brown, Bantam) The Hallmarked Man (Robert Galbraith, Sphere) The Let Them Theory (Mel Robbins & Sawyer Robbins,...
Books in the media this weekend, 20–21 September
Friday, 19 September 2025
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper As If I'm Really There (Emilie Collyer, Vagabond Press) Gather Up...
The Hiding Place (Kate Mildenhall, Scribner)
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
No stranger to the literary scene, Kate Mildenhall (The Mother Fault, Skylarking, The Hummingbird Effect) returns with The Hiding Place, an eminently readable and vividly imagined novel. Four families seeking...
Yes, No, Maybe (Ursula Dubosarsky, illus Andrew Joyner, Little Book Press)
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
Children are inquisitive – they wonder, observe and ask questions. In Yes, No, Maybe, acclaimed collaborators Ursula Dubosarsky and Andrew Joyner (The Terrible Plop, Too Many Elephants in This House)...
Escape from Sherwood (Beattie Alvarez, illus David Allan, Christmas Press)
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
Something lurks just beyond the screen in Beattie Alvarez’s Escape from Sherwood, as Michael enters into a retro-style video game alongside his sister, his best friend, and a girl who...
Not Quite White in the Head (Melissa Lucashenko, UQP)
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
Melissa Lucashenko’s Not Quite White in the Head shines a light on the beauty and pain that exist simultaneously in Australia as a colonised nation. Spanning 20 pieces, the book...
Outback Country: A Collection of Short Stories from Cunnamulla (Kids from Cunnamulla, ILF)
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
Outback Country by Kids from Cunnamulla is a spirited collection of short stories that capture life in the town through children’s eyes. Produced through the Indigenous Literacy Foundation’s Community Publishing...
Sentimentality, sports and a stack of Bluey: Must be the Father’s Day bestsellers
Friday, 12 September 2025
Top 10 bestsellers The Hallmarked Man (Robert Galbraith, Sphere) The Let Them Theory (Mel Robbins & Sawyer Robbins, Hay House) Cozy Corner (Coco Wyo, Penguin) Katabasis (RF Kuang, Voyager) My...
Book Club – this month’s reads
Friday, 12 September 2025
Looking for your next great group read? Our monthly Book Club rounds up new release titles that are perfect for sparking conversation and perhaps even some debate. From compelling fiction to...
Books in the media this weekend, 13–14 September
Friday, 12 September 2025
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper The Devil Takes Bitcoin (Jake Adelstein, Scribe) Lili is Crying (Hélène Bessette, trans...
Mary Penfold (Grantlee Kieza, HarperCollins)
Tuesday, 9 September 2025
Grantlee Kieza’s Mary Penfold is an intriguing biography of the Englishwoman who embraced her husband’s vision, made it her own, and turned their vineyard into one of Australia’s most enduring...
Frances Bloom (Frances Bloom #1) (Katrina Nannestad, illus Marina Zlatanova, HarperCollins)
Tuesday, 9 September 2025
Children’s literature powerhouse Katrina Nannestad (All the Beautiful Things) returns with Frances Bloom, a delightful beginning to a new series. Eight-year-old Frances has posted her parents to the South Sandwich...
Chosen Family (Madeleine Gray, Summit Books)
Tuesday, 9 September 2025
Warning: Clear your schedule for the all-consuming read that is Madeleine Gray’s second novel, Chosen Family. Set over 18 years, the novel follows Sydney friends Eve and Nell from high...
