Mopoke (Philip Bunting, Scholastic)
Wednesday, 8 February 2017
‘This is a mopoke’ is the opening line of a new picture book that stars the Bookbook Owl. Extremely common around Australia, this quiet bird keeps to itself. Or at...
The Fantastic Recipe Machine (Chihiro Takeuchi, Berbay Publishing)
Wednesday, 8 February 2017
Chihiro Takeuchi is a paper-cut artist and the intricate pictures in this picture book are a startling sample of her craft. The Fantastic Recipe Machine is a testament to the...
Florette (Anna Walker, Viking)
Wednesday, 8 February 2017
Anna Walker’s picture book Mr Huff was awarded the 2016 CBCA Book of the Year in the Early Childhood category, so more picture books from her are eagerly awaited. Florette...
Small publisher spotlight: Griffith Review
Wednesday, 8 February 2017
Launched in 2003 and based at Brisbane’s Griffith University, the Griffith Review publishes quarterly books around a topical theme. Its unique model features a mix of essays, memoir, reportage, short...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 6 February 2017
The film tie-in edition of Lion: A Long Way Home (Saroo Brierley, Penguin) has entered the top 10 bestsellers chart in third place this week and risen to the top...
From the Wreck (Jane Rawson, Transit Lounge)
Thursday, 2 February 2017
In 1859, the steamship Admella sunk off the coast of South Australia. Among the few lucky survivors was sailor George Hills and a mysterious woman who vanished upon her rescue....
Bloodlines (Nicole Sinclair, Margaret River Press)
Thursday, 2 February 2017
Thirty-one-year-old Beth is lost in her current life in Western Australia’s wheat belt and running from a past that haunts her. She seeks refuge on an island in Papua New...
The Circle and the Equator (Kyra Giorgi, UWA Publishing)
Thursday, 2 February 2017
The Circle and the Equator introduces readers to an original and fresh voice in Australian fiction. Perth-born writer and cultural historian Kyra Giorgi has drawn on her love of history...
Do You Love Me or What (Sue Woolfe, S&S)
Thursday, 2 February 2017
A dancer moves towards clarity; an ill-defined friendship threatens to sink a marriage; a strange Florentine love affair awakens a traveller’s longing for home. Across eight stories and a cast...
Down the Hume (Peter Polites, Hachette)
Thursday, 2 February 2017
The narrator of Peter Polites’ smart and pleasantly unnerving debut novel, Down the Hume, is in a bad relationship with a physically abusive man who is only ever referred to...
First, We Make the Beast Beautiful (Sarah Wilson, Macmillan)
Thursday, 2 February 2017
Sarah Wilson is a journalist, editor, TV presenter and the bestselling author of I Quit Sugar. In her new book, she explores the anxiety disorder that turned her life upside...
The Hope Fault (Tracy Farr, Fremantle Press)
Thursday, 2 February 2017
On a rainy weekend, Iris and her family—her ex-husband, his new wife, her son and her friend’s daughter—are packing up their coastal holiday home. The house has seen parties, homemade...
To Know My Crime (Fiona Capp, Fourth Estate)
Thursday, 2 February 2017
The cover blurb on Fiona Capp’s To Know My Name asks the reader, ‘how far would you go, for the ones you love?’. It’s a fair summary of this compelling...
Peak: Reinventing Middle Age (Patricia & Don Edgar, Text)
Thursday, 2 February 2017
I opened this book expecting ‘middle age’ to cover approximately the ages 45-65 but noted social policy experts Patricia and Don Edgar believe that extended life expectancies—an added 25 years...
The Restorer (Michael Sala, Text)
Thursday, 2 February 2017
In Newcastle author Michael Sala’s second novel, set in his hometown in 1989, a young family of four arrives from Sydney under strained circumstances. The coastal house Roy has bought...
An Uncertain Grace (Krissy Kneen, Text)
Thursday, 2 February 2017
An Uncertain Grace is a powerful story told in five parts through the eyes of five characters from the present day to a post-climate-change world that is 100 years in...
On tour: Ken Liu
Thursday, 2 February 2017
Writer and translator Ken Liu is at the forefront of bringing Chinese science-fiction to an English-language market, having translated the Hugo Award-winning The Three Body Problem (Liu Cixin) and edited...
On tour: Madeleine Thien
Thursday, 2 February 2017
Canadian author Madeleine Thien’s latest book Do Not Say We Have Nothing (Granta) chronicles the lives of a group of musicians in 20th-century China. It was shortlisted for the Man Booker...
Bestsellers this week
Tuesday, 31 January 2017
Harry Potter is back in the bestseller charts, with two new illustrated editions of The Tales of Beedle the Bard and Quidditch through the Ages (J K Rowling, Bloomsbury) sitting in...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 23 January 2017
No new titles have climbed into this week’s top 10 bestsellers chart, with Scott Pape’s investment guide The Barefoot Investor (Scott Pape, Wrightbooks) maintaining its position as the top-selling title...
On tour: Sebastian Barry
Friday, 20 January 2017
Irish author Sebastian Barry is a novelist, playwright and poet. His latest novel Days Without End (Faber), which won the Costa Novel of the Year, is the story of two American...
One Little Goat (Ursula Dubosarsky, illus by Andrew Joyner, Little Hare)
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
Goats are the new ducks, it would seem, as the successful team of Ursula Dubosarsky and Andrew Joyner (The Terrible Plop, Too Many Elephants) reunite for another round of inventive...
On tour: Peadar Ó Guilin
Monday, 16 January 2017
Peadar Ó Guilin (pronounced ‘Padder Oh Gilleen’, according to the author) is an Irish writer, playwright and former stand-up comedian. His latest YA book The Call (David Fickling) is a teenage survival...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 16 January 2017
The Barefoot Investor (Scott Pape, Wrightbooks) has spent its first week in top spot on the overall bestsellers chart. Pape’s personal finance guide, which is also this week’s fastest mover,...
Ida (Alison Evans, Echo Publishing)
Tuesday, 10 January 2017
Ida Wagner can travel backwards in time, but is clueless about how to move forwards with her life. She thinks her biggest problem is figuring out what to do now...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 9 January 2017
Fiction and children’s fiction series are performing strongly on this week’s charts, with the latest ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ title, Double Down (Jeff Kinney, Puffin), reclaiming top spot on...
Bestsellers this week
Tuesday, 13 December 2016
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (J K Rowling, Hachette) continues its run as the top-selling title in Australia for a third consecutive week, ahead of Double Down: Diary...
Small publisher spotlight: Rag and Bone Man Press
Wednesday, 7 December 2016
Founded in 2011, Rag and Bone Man Press is a Melbourne-based not-for-profit publisher whose aim is to ‘track down, gather and publish unique collections of stories in community-related book projects’....
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 5 December 2016
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (J K Rowling, Hachette) holds on to the top spot in this week’s top 10 bestsellers, followed by Australian investment advisor and media...
Small publisher spotlight: Subterranean Ink
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Melbourne-based writers’ collective Subterranean Ink is made up of four Australian authors whose work shares ‘common themes’. ‘By coming together, we create not only a stronger presence to help drive...
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