The Endsister (Penni Russon, A&U)
Thursday, 1 February 2018
Penni Russon’s new middle-grade novel centres on the rowdy but lovable Outhwaite family. When they inherit an old mansion on the other side of the world, otherworldly encounters ensue. The...
Lucy’s Dawn (Juliet Blair, NLA)
Thursday, 1 February 2018
This is a charming historical novel, based on a series of events in pre-federation Sydney. Told through the diary entries of the fictional 14-year-old Lucy Coombes, the book delves into...
Stephanie Chiocci and the Cooper’s Hill Cheese Chase: Footy Stars Book One (Matt Porter, Ford Street Publishing)
Thursday, 1 February 2018
Stephanie Chiocci, captain of the Collingwood AFLW team, is taking some time away from footy training to compete in the Cooper’s Hill Cheese Chase in England—a race to catch a...
From Nerd to Ninja: Ninja Kid Book One (Ahn Do, Scholastic)
Thursday, 1 February 2018
When Nelson wakes up on his 10th birthday with a spider on his nose, things are not looking good. In his scramble to get it off he gets tangled in his...
Breaking News: Kensy and Max Book One (Jacqueline Harvey, Random House)
Thursday, 1 February 2018
Kensy and Max are 11-year-old twins whose slightly eccentric lives change overnight after a string of strange occurrences sees them racing across international borders to London accompanied by their Nanny...
I Wanted a Giant Chocolate Egg but All I Got Was This Stupid Book (Merv Lamington, illus by Makoto Koji, Affirm Press)
Thursday, 1 February 2018
Forget about any religious symbolism, for kids (and a fair few adults), Easter is all about chocolate eggs brought by the stealthy Easter bunny. This cute little self-referential picture book...
Some Girls (Nelly Thomas, illus by Sarah Dunk, Piccolo Nero)
Thursday, 1 February 2018
We have seen a recent surge of books highlighting the achievements of great women throughout history. These books aim to redress historical imbalances and inspire children of all genders to...
The Silver Sea (Alison Lester, Jane Godwin and the children at the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, Affirm Press)
Thursday, 1 February 2018
Since Alison Lester and Jane Godwin are practically Australian-children’s-literature royalty, it was hard to keep my expectations reasonable for The Silver Sea. Luckily, the book fulfils its potential. Visually sumptuous,...
Hickory Dickory Dash (Tony Wilson and Laura Wood, Scholastic)
Thursday, 1 February 2018
Following the success of The Cow Tripped over the Moon, Tony Wilson and Laura Wood return with another collaboration that fleshes out a well-known nursery rhyme. Did you ever wonder...
A Boat of Stars: New Poems to Inspire and Enchant (ed by Margaret Connolly & Natalie Jane Prior, ABC Books)
Thursday, 1 February 2018
Apart from rhyming texts in picture books, poetry for children seems to be largely neglected, even though it is an active part of the Australian primary curriculum. So it is...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 29 January 2018
There are few changes in the overall bestseller charts this week, with the top three titles mirroring last week’s and only one new entry in the top 10. Scott Pape’s...
Shining a light: Laura Elvery on ‘Trick of the Light’
Thursday, 25 January 2018
Laura Elvery’s debut short-story collection Trick of the Light (UQP, March) comprises 24 ‘meticulously crafted’ short stories ranging in style from ‘stark realism to light speculative fiction’, writes reviewer Alan...
Saudade (Suneeta Peres da Costa, Giramondo)
Thursday, 25 January 2018
Sydney author Suneeta Peres da Costa’s novella Saudade will leave you feeling lost and homesick for a place of your own. Set in Angola’s fraught pre-independence period, Saudade follows Maria,...
Surviving Your Split: A Guide to Separation, Divorce and Family Law in Australia (Lucy and Rebekah Mannering, MUP)
Thursday, 25 January 2018
The last thing I expected from reading Surviving Your Split: A Guide to Separation, Divorce and Family Law in Australia was enjoyment. I expected sound legal advice, helpful case studies,...
False Claims of Colonial Thieves (Charmaine Papertalk Green & John Kinsella, Magabala)
Thursday, 25 January 2018
In False Claims of Colonial Thieves, Charmaine Papertalk Green and John Kinsella articulate a political poetry that responds to land occupation, resource exploitation and historical wrongdoing. They situate themselves as...
Women of a Certain Age (ed by Jodie Moffat, Maria Scoda & Susan Laura Sullivan, Fremantle Press)
Thursday, 25 January 2018
Once women turn 50, society deems them ‘invisible’. Women of a Certain Age pushes against female invisibility by compiling warm and honest tales from notable Australians. Readers from many backgrounds...
Randomistas (Andrew Leigh, La Trobe University Press)
Thursday, 25 January 2018
Randomised trials are scientific experiments that aim to clear the fog of our personal biases to arrive at the truth. Participants in a randomised trial are generally split into a...
In the Garden of Fugitives (Ceridwen Dovey, Hamish Hamilton)
Thursday, 25 January 2018
Ceridwen Dovey is one of our best, most original writers. Her 2014 book, Only the Animals, was a compelling, beautifully constructed collection of unforgettable short stories. Her splendid new novel, In the...
The Shepherd’s Hut (Tim Winton, Hamish Hamilton)
Thursday, 25 January 2018
Jaxie Clackton is a teenager on the run in the parched, unforgiving landscape bordering the salt lakes by the Western Australian desert. Convinced he’ll be held responsible for the accidental...
What the Light Reveals (Mick McCoy, Transit Lounge)
Thursday, 25 January 2018
Mick McCoy’s third novel, What The Light Reveals, is an intelligent, tense and memorable story that opens in a world gripped by post-WWII fear and the looming threat of the...
You Belong Here (Laurie Steed, Margaret River Press)
Thursday, 25 January 2018
This debut novel from acclaimed short-story writer Laurie Steed explores the dissolution of a family that began as a teenage marriage. Set against the backdrop of a 1980s and 1990s...
Trick of the Light (Laura Elvery, UQP)
Thursday, 25 January 2018
The 24 stories in Brisbane writer Laura Elvery’s debut collection Trick of the Light span countries and centuries, ranging stylistically from stark realism to light speculative fiction. Some are vignettes,...
The Ruin (Dervla McTiernan, HarperCollins)
Thursday, 25 January 2018
The Ruin is as much a morality tale as it is an incendiary page-turner. This superior, haunting novel of murder, deception and ethical dilemma is set in Galway, on Ireland’s...
Little Gods (Jenny Ackland, A&U)
Thursday, 25 January 2018
Jenny Ackland’s second novel, Little Gods, couldn’t be mistaken for anything but an Australian book. The Mallee countryside leaps off the page with its great hulking peppercorns and flattened brown-farmland....
Apple and Knife (Intan Paramaditha, trans by Stephen J Epstein, Brow Books)
Thursday, 25 January 2018
The universe within which Apple and Knife unfolds is both mythological and everyday—from office cubicles to rat-infested underground cities, sometimes in the same breath. Sydney-based Indonesian horror writer Intan Paramaditha’s...
Deadly Woman Blues (Clinton Walker, NewSouth)
Thursday, 25 January 2018
Spanning over 150 years and featuring more than 100 artists, Clinton Walker's Deadly Woman Blues explores how the intricacies of gender, race and genre shaped a musical history in Australia...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 22 January 2018
The paperback edition of Michael Wolff’s insider account of the Trump White House, Fire and Fury (Hachette), has debuted at second spot on this week’s bestseller chart. It was the...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 15 January 2018
The Barefoot Investor (Scott Pape, Wiley) continues its run as the country’s overall bestseller into the new year, heading up a top 10 chart that’s largely unchanged from the previous...
RiP Chris Player
Friday, 12 January 2018
The founder of specialist academic distributor Astam Books, Chris Player, has died. Footprint Books, which acquired Astam in 2006, supplied the following statement: ‘Sadly Chris Player passed away on Saturday,...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 8 January 2018
Nonfiction and children’s fiction titles are performing well in the latest bestseller charts, for the week ending 30 December 2017. The top 10 bestsellers chart is led by 2017’s overall...
« Previous page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 Next page »
