Bestsellers this week
Monday, 11 July 2016
Jojo Moyes has three books in this week’s charts, with two of them taking out the first and second spot on overall bestsellers chart. After You (Michael Joseph), the sequel...
Second act: Richard Roxburgh on ‘Artie and the Grime Wave’
Friday, 8 July 2016
Artie and the Grime Wave (A&U, October), written and illustrated by Richard Roxburgh, is an ‘action-packed story’ for younger readers with ‘elements of [Roxburgh’s] famous wit’, writes reviewer Angela Crocombe....
The Boy behind the Curtain (Tim Winton, Bolinda)
Friday, 8 July 2016
Tim Winton’s The Boy behind the Curtain is a collection of essays and reminiscences, some of it new and some previously published. Readers of Winton’s novels and stories will be...
The Best of Adam Sharp (Graeme Simsion, Text)
Friday, 8 July 2016
This new offering from The Rosie Project’s Graeme Simsion is another poignant glimpse into human relationships—what it is to love and to be loved. Adam Sharp, a 40-something database architect,...
The Better Son (Katherine Johnson, Ventura Press)
Friday, 8 July 2016
The Better Son begins with the hot Tasmanian summer of 1952, where nine-year-old Kip suffers at the hands of his father, while his 11-year-old brother Tommy is the putative ‘better’...
The Birdman’s Wife (Melissa Ashley, Affirm Press)
Friday, 8 July 2016
Elizabeth Gould deserves much credit for the early success of her husband’s work, and it is tragic to think of what was lost to art and science when she died,...
Goodwood (Holly Throsby, A&U)
Friday, 8 July 2016
It’s fitting that a reviewer once described Australian musician Holly Throsby as ‘a songstress with [the] literary depth of a novelist’, because Throsby is now writing fiction—and her debut, Goodwood,...
From the Edge: Australia’s Lost Histories (Mark McKenna, Miegunyah Press)
Friday, 8 July 2016
Mark McKenna is one of Australia’s leading historians, notable both for his engagement with contemporary political debates such as republicanism, and his embrace of the narrative and personal style of...
The Promise of Things (Ruth Quibell, MUP)
Friday, 8 July 2016
The Promise of Things is the debut nonfiction book from sociologist Ruth Quibell, whose essays have appeared in magazines such as Island and Womankind. Quibell is interested in what she...
Key change: Holly Throsby on ‘Goodwood’
Friday, 8 July 2016
Set around the disappearance of two people in the fictional small town of Goodwood, musician Holly Throsby’s debut novel ‘hits all the right notes’, writes reviewer Carody Culver. She spoke...
Down the garden path: Jessica Miller on ‘Elizabeth and Zenobia’
Thursday, 7 July 2016
Reviewer Dani Solomon calls Jessica Miller’s debut middle-grade adventure story Elizabeth and Zenobia (Text, September), about the timid Elizabeth and the fearless Zenobia, ‘the perfect book for 12-year-old readers (and...
Small publisher spotlight: Lacuna Publishing
Wednesday, 6 July 2016
Launched in 2012, Sydney-based Lacuna Publishing publishes fiction, poetry and nonfiction that ‘challenges the status quo, introduces new ideas, shares untold stories, or presents a fresh perspective’. Founder Linda Nix...
Hello, Sydney! (Megan McKean, Thames & Hudson)
Tuesday, 5 July 2016
Fifteen of Sydney’s favourite locations, for tourists and residents alike, supply the backdrop for this spot-and-find adventure by designer Megan McKean. All the icons are featured—the Sydney Opera House, the...
The Little Bad Wolf (Sam Bowring, illus by Lachlan Creagh, Lothian)
Tuesday, 5 July 2016
The big bad wolf (now retired) has a bit of nasty reputation but his grandson is quite mischievous too: ‘Trouble was his favourite thing to make.’ Set in a fairyland...
Mechanica: A Beginner’s Field Guide (Lance Balchin, The Five Mile Press)
Tuesday, 5 July 2016
Mechanica: A Beginner’s Field Guide is a beautiful picture book for older children that combines steampunk style with a futuristic, cautionary tale. Author and illustrator Lance Balchin has created a...
One Photo (Ross Watkins, illus by Liz Anelli, Viking)
Tuesday, 5 July 2016
In One Photo, author Ross Watkins and illustrator Liz Anelli gently sketch a family affected by Alzheimer’s, though the disease is never mentioned in the narrative; rather, the young protagonist...
The Pied Piper (Ayesha L Rubio, The Five Mile Press)
Tuesday, 5 July 2016
The timeless story of The Pied Piper of Hamelin is given a whole new look in this lively new treatment. The story has been adapted for modern readers and flows...
The Grabbem Getaway: Axel and BEAST Book One (Adrian C Bott, illus by Andy Isaac, Hardie Grant Egmont)
Tuesday, 5 July 2016
When a shape-shifting robot breaks into his house, 12-year-old Axel is plucked from his computer screen into a high-stakes scenario to rival any of his beloved games. Thrust into a...
Elizabeth and Zenobia (Jessica Miller, Text)
Tuesday, 5 July 2016
Painfully quiet Elizabeth and her delightfully devious and not-quite-imaginary friend Zenobia move into Witheringe House, the old manor where Elizabeth’s father spent his childhood. It is also where Elizabeth’s aunt...
Skyfire: The Seven Signs Book One (Michael Adams, Scholastic)
Tuesday, 5 July 2016
In the near future, seven teens from around the world have been selected as the winners of the DARE Awards by internet trillionaire Felix Scott. Their skills and achievements have...
Two Troll Tales from Norway (Margrete Lamond, illus by Ingrid Kallick, Christmas Press)
Tuesday, 5 July 2016
Margrete Lamond’s enchanting retelling of The Two Troll Tales from Norway is sure to attract educators and booksellers around the country. The first of the pair of folk tales in...
Words in Deep Blue (Cath Crowley, Pan)
Tuesday, 5 July 2016
Since her brother Cal drowned 10 months ago, Rachel has failed Year 12, lost all her friends and watched her mother become consumed by grief. Desperate to get away, she...
Shelf help: Cath Crowley on ‘Words in Deep Blue’
Tuesday, 5 July 2016
A love story set in a second-hand bookshop, Cath Crowley’s latest YA novel Words in Deep Blue is ‘a beautiful examination of grief, love and the power of words’. Reviewer...
On tour: Rainbow Rowell
Tuesday, 5 July 2016
Rainbow Rowell’s YA novels include Eleanor and Park (Orion), Fangirl and Carry On (both Macmillan). She is travelling to the Melbourne Writers Festival in August What would you put on...
Bestsellers this week
Monday, 4 July 2016
This week’s bestsellers includes a number of film tie-ins and film-related titles moving up the charts. Top of the overall bestsellers for the fourth straight week is the film tie-in...
Valdur the Viking and the Ghostly Goths (Craig Cormick, Ford Street)
Friday, 1 July 2016
Valdur the Viking is having a pretty bad day. First, his pet dog Ragna—who is maybe a dragon—eats the last pickle. Then his father and most of their ship’s crew...
The Book that Made Me (ed by Judith Ridge, Walker Books)
Friday, 1 July 2016
The Book that Made Me is a collection of mini-essays by 32 authors, many of them children’s and YA authors and most Australian or New Zealanders. The authors were asked...
Character building: Melina Marchetta on ‘Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil’
Thursday, 30 June 2016
Melina Marchetta’s Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil (Viking, September) is ‘an electrifying contemporary detective thriller’ that ‘explores Europe’s simmering anti-Muslim sentiments’ in the aftermath of a bus bomb, writes...
On tour: Meg Rosoff
Thursday, 30 June 2016
YA author Meg Rosoff will be appearing at Melbourne and Brisbane writers’ festivals in August and September to discuss her first novel for adults, Jonathan Unleashed (Bloomsbury) What would you...
Obsessive impulsive: Maurilia Meehan on ‘5 Ways to be Famous Now’
Thursday, 30 June 2016
Set on a cruise ship headed for Antarctica, Maurilia Meehan’s satirical novel 5 Ways to be Famous Now (Transit Lounge, September) is a ‘delightfully wicked romp with a razor-sharp edge’,...
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