Widening the frame: Briohny Doyle on ‘Adult Fantasy’
Thursday, 30 March 2017
Briohny Doyle blends memoir and cultural critique in Adult Fantasy (Scribe, June) to examine what it means to be an adult in a rapidly changing new millennium. Reviewer Jo Case...
Closing Down (Sally Abbott, Hachette)
Thursday, 30 March 2017
Sally Abbott’s manuscript was the inaugural winner of the Richell Prize, which was set up by Hachette Australia in honour of former CEO Matt Richell. Closing Down conjures a dystopian...
The Dark Lake (Sarah Bailey, A&U)
Thursday, 30 March 2017
Police detective Gemma Woodstock has lived in the regional Australian town of Smithson for her whole life, stuck there by a compounding trail of grief, love, comfort and childbirth. An...
The Good Girl Stripped Bare (Tracey Spicer, ABC Books)
Thursday, 30 March 2017
In the same vein as her viral TEDx talk ‘The Lady Stripped Bare’, journalist Tracey Spicer’s memoir The Good Girl Stripped Bare unearths the indignities of being a woman in...
The Gulf (Anna Spargo-Ryan, Picador)
Thursday, 30 March 2017
Just a year after her debut novel The Paper House was released to enthusiastic reviews, Anna Spargo-Ryan returns with another impressive novel that will have readers feeling every emotion experienced...
No More Boats (Felicity Castagna, Giramondo)
Thursday, 30 March 2017
First up should I say that one of the characters in this impressive novel from Felicity Castagna (The Incredible Here and Now, Small Indiscretions) works in a bookshop in Sydney’s...
Some Tests (Wayne Macauley, Text)
Thursday, 30 March 2017
One day, 37-year-old aged-care worker Beth Own, wife and mother of two young daughters, wakes up feeling a bit off-colour. She takes a day off work and is sent for...
This Water (Beverley Farmer, Giramondo)
Thursday, 30 March 2017
This Water features five new short stories from Beverly Farmer, one of Australia’s most underappreciated living writers. In this, her 10th book, Farmer draws heavily on ancient myths, folklores and...
Understory: A Life with Trees (Inga Simpson, Hachette)
Thursday, 30 March 2017
Many people dream about making a ‘tree change’. When Inga Simpson and her partner fell in love with 10 acres of bush in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, they succumbed to...
Year of the Orphan (Daniel Findlay, Bantam)
Thursday, 30 March 2017
There is a lot of post-apocalyptic fiction being published at the moment, and while we’re probably reaching saturation point, Year of the Orphan is definitely worth reading. In a desolate...
Book blogger spotlight: Happy Indulgence
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
Happy Indulgence is run by three YA book bloggers specialising in contemporary, historical, sci-fi and fantasy titles. The site reaches an audience of over 10,000 followers in the US, Australia...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 27 March 2017
The Barefoot Investor (Scott Pape, Wrightbooks) has regained the number one spot in this week’s top 10 bestsellers chart, with First, We Make the Beast Beautiful (Sarah Wilson, Macmillan) and...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 20 March 2017
The top 10 bestsellers chart remains largely unchanged this week, with The CSIRO Low-Carb Diet (Grant Brinkworth & Pennie Taylor, Macmillan) holding on to the top spot for a second...
The Great Zoo Hullabaloo! (Mark Carthew, illus by Anil Tortop, New Frontier)
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
This is Mark Carthew and Anil Tortop’s first collaboration, though both bring extensive backlists in their respective areas. The Great Zoo Hullabaloo! is an energetic account of missing animals who,...
Ready, Steady, Hatch (Ben Long, illus by David Cornish, Ford Street)
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
Ready, Steady, Hatch has to be read aloud. That’s where the magic is, in the rhythm and cadence of this amusing tale. The story of a lost newborn chick unfolds...
Archie and the Bear (Zanni Louise, illus by David Mackintosh, Little Hare)
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
Archie and the Bear is the whimsical first collaboration between author Zanni Louise and illustrator David Mackintosh. It’s the story of a boy who is sure he’s a bear, and...
Boy (Phil Cummings, illus by Shane Devries, Scholastic)
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
Veteran children’s author Phil Cummings has produced over 60 books for young readers so he knows how to tell a simple story. The nameless titular character lives in a small...
Great Goal! Marvellous Mark! (Katrina Germein, illus by Janine Dawson, Ford Street)
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
Great Goal! Marvellous Mark! is a lively alphabet book for budding AFL champions. The story of a junior football game is woven into the alphabet book structure, capturing the joy...
A Cardboard Palace (Allayne L Webster, MidnightSun)
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
A Cardboard Palace is the Dickensian story of 11-year-old Jorge, a Romanian boy brought to Paris to be part of a gang of child thieves. Jorge is a sweet, kind...
To the Lighthouse (Cristy Burne, Fremantle Press)
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
Isaac has finally talked his mum into a proper holiday—a trip to Rottnest Island, where he’s hoping for a proper adventure instead of a holiday care program. But he’ll still...
The Wayward Witch and the Feelings Monster: Polly and Buster Book One (Sally Rippin, HGE)
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
Polly is an unusual witch—she can’t read spells because the letters get jumbled and so she makes mistakes. Buster is an unusual monster—emotions make him shrink and swell. They are...
Finding Nevo (Nevo Zisin, Black Dog Books)
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
As a young child, Nevo Zisin knew they were a boy—the only problem was they were born a girl. They were bullied for being a tomboy at their Jewish primary...
Begin, End, Begin: A #LoveOzYA Anthology (ed by Danielle Binks, HarperCollins)
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
Begin, End, Begin traverses the rough terrain of adolescence, pausing to wonder at some of the many beginnings and endings that young adults will encounter during their high-school years. This...
Heads and Tails (John Canty, Berbay Publishing)
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
Heads and Tails is an educational book for small children either at home or at school, incorporating a game into the narrative to make the animal information fun rather than...
Nanna’s Button Tin (Dianne Wolfer, illus by Heather Potter, Walker Books)
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
I had a teddy who lost an eye, but my Nanna didn’t have a button tin. My daughter had a nanna who kept her buttons in a range of colour-coded...
The Last Garden (Eva Hornung, Text)
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
Eva Hornung won the PM’s Literary Award for Fiction for her 2009 novel Dog Boy. In The Last Garden, she once again explores the frailties of humans and the strength...
Bestsellers this week
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
There’s a new title at the top of the bestsellers chart this week, with The CSIRO Low-Carb Diet (Grant Brinkworth & Pennie Taylor, Macmillan) leading the overall bestsellers and fastest...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 6 March 2017
The film tie-in edition of Craig Silvey’s Jasper Jones (A&U) has entered the top 10 bestsellers chart this week in eighth spot following the film’s release in Australian cinemas. It’s...
Small publisher spotlight: Zabriskie Books
Wednesday, 1 March 2017
Sydney-based Zabriskie Books is building a ‘beautiful, engaging and varied nonfiction catalogue’. Bookseller turned publisher Niki Zubrzycki spoke to Books+Publishing for our Small Publisher Spotlight series. Describe your company in...
Adult Fantasy (Briohny Doyle, Scribe)
Tuesday, 28 February 2017
Is ‘adulthood’ still achieved by ticking off a series of milestones, like marriage, mortgages, careers and babies? How might those milestones—and our ability to tick them off—have changed since the...
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