Liberty (Nikki McWatters, UQP)
Thursday, 4 October 2018
Three women, three centuries, three threats against freedom: Australian author Nikki McWatters’ new YA novel is an ambitious and timely exploration of power, politics and the sisterhood. In 1472 France,...
Vanishing (Mike Lucas, illus by Jennifer Harrison, MidnightSun)
Thursday, 4 October 2018
Vanishing, an evocative picture book from author Mike Lucas and illustrator Jennifer Harrison, delivers a sharp warning about the growing dangers of humanity’s impact on the natural environment and the...
My Sunbeam Baby (Emma Quay, ABC Books)
Thursday, 6 September 2018
My Sunbeam Baby is a sweet picture book written and illustrated by Emma Quay. Combining playful illustrations with rhyming text, the narrator explores all the ways she loves her baby...
Two Old Men Dying (Tom Keneally, Vintage)
Thursday, 30 August 2018
Tom Keneally’s latest novel is a dual narrative shared between Shelby Apples, an Oscar-winning documentary maker in the present day, and Learned Man, thought to be a link to early...
Preservation (Jock Serong, Text)
Thursday, 30 August 2018
Jock Serong's Preservation is based on the true story of the shipwrecked merchant vessel Sydney Cove in 1797. A stranded group of 17 men set out on the arduous trek...
Best Summer Stories (ed by Aviva Tuffield, Black Inc.)
Wednesday, 29 August 2018
When Black Inc. announced this year that it would discontinue the annual ‘Best Australian’ anthologies, readers and booksellers alike were disappointed. However, the announcement of a one-off anthology of short stories...
Any Ordinary Day (Leigh Sales, Hamish Hamilton)
Wednesday, 29 August 2018
In her third book, Leigh Sales explores—with great clarity and intelligence—how tragedy and loss can affect people. In doing so, she confronts some of the most profound questions about being...
Bridge of Clay (Markus Zusak, Picador)
Friday, 24 August 2018
More than a decade after The Book Thief, Markus Zusak returns with an evocative, compassionate and exquisitely composed coming-of-age story about family, love, tragedy, and forgiveness. Narrated by Matthew, the...
The Fragments (Toni Jordan, Text)
Friday, 24 August 2018
In The Fragments, Toni Jordan has her characters set out to solve what truly happened to a brilliant, enigmatic author who died in a fire in New York in the...
Blue Lake: Finding Dudley Flats and the West Melbourne Swamp (David Sornig, Scribe)
Friday, 24 August 2018
David Sornig’s Blue Lake creates a strange and layered depiction of Melbourne over time, told through the history of an overlooked place and its seemingly insignificant inhabitants. The book has...
Queerstories: Reflections on Lives Well Lived from Some of Australia’s Finest LGBTQIA+ Writers (ed by Maeve Marsden, Hachette)
Friday, 24 August 2018
Born from the series of LGBTQIA+ storytelling events that editor Maeve Marsden curates, Queerstories showcases personal stories from 26 Australian queer icons, including Benjamin Law, Rebecca Shaw, Nayuka Gorrie and...
All the Ways to be Smart (Davina Bell, illus by Allison Colpoys, Scribble)
Friday, 24 August 2018
There are many ways to be smart, and frequent collaborators Davina Bell and Allison Colpoys explore several of them in this new picture book: concrete skills such as building cubbies...
Cherries (Carrie Gallasch, illus by Sara Acton, Little Hare)
Friday, 24 August 2018
Cherries skilfully evokes the hazy joys of summer and the pleasure of anticipation. Two children enjoy a range of summertime activities while they wait for the cherries to ripen, from...
Night Walk (Alison Binks, Berbay)
Friday, 24 August 2018
This second picture book from Melbourne artist Alison Binks will appeal to gentle souls. In Night Walk, a young boy named Caspar enjoys a night-time adventure while camping with his...
Tales from the Inner City (Shaun Tan, A&U)
Friday, 24 August 2018
This extraordinary companion to Shaun Tan’s 2008 book Tales from Outer Suburbia taps into our subconscious, our ancient primitive longings, and our need for love, acceptance and understanding. In this...
The Truth App: Liars Book One (Jack Heath, Scholastic)
Friday, 24 August 2018
Jarli thinks his latest app could be a big hit: the Truth App can tell when someone is lying by analysing their voice. Jarli doesn’t see a problem with this...
The Rift (Rachael Craw, Walker Books)
Friday, 24 August 2018
Meg is on her way back to Black Water Island after a long absence. Black Water Island is the home of the Rift, a tear between our dimension and another,...
Lenny’s Book of Everything (Karen Foxlee, A&U)
Friday, 24 August 2018
Anticipation for Karen Foxlee’s new novel is sky-high given her recent gem A Most Magical Girl. Rest assured, Lenny’s Book of Everything will exceed all expectations. Lenny’s younger brother Davey...
The World Was Whole (Fiona Wright, Giramondo)
Friday, 24 August 2018
In this exquisite follow-on from her award-winning memoir-in-essays Small Acts of Disappearance, Fiona Wright continues to set the standard for the essay form in Australia. Wright’s perspective in The World...
Under the Southern Cross (Frané Lessac, Walker Books)
Thursday, 2 August 2018
There have been many picture books about the sights of Australia but not many have touched upon its night-time attractions. Frané Lessac corrects this oversight in her gorgeously illustrated new...
Monster Party (Children of Rawa Community School, with Jane Godwin and Alison Lester, Magabala)
Thursday, 2 August 2018
Alison Lester and Jane Godwin have proven yet again that collaborating with children can help realise joyous storytelling and delightful illustrations. Monster Party is a picture book made with the...
The Adventures of Catvinkle (Elliot Perlman, Puffin)
Thursday, 2 August 2018
It’s hard to imagine that a book for children by two-time Miles Franklin-shortlisted author Elliot Perlman would be anything less than wonderful. Perlman was apparently inspired by a cat lying...
Girl Running, Boy Falling (Kate Gordon, Rhiza Edge)
Thursday, 2 August 2018
Kate Gordon’s Girl Running, Boy Falling deals subtly and sensitively with teen suicide, which is no mean feat. It is heartening to know that it is gradually becoming less of...
Everything I’ve Never Said (Samantha Wheeler, UQP)
Thursday, 2 August 2018
Everything I’ve Never Said is a middle-grade novel that gently explores disability in young people and how it impacts families. Ava has Rett Syndrome and has spent 11 years of...
Wide Big World (Maxine Beneba Clarke, illus by Isobel Knowles, Lothian)
Thursday, 2 August 2018
Wide Big World is a cheerful and direct celebration of difference that uses the natural wonders of the world to highlight the diversity of experiences around us. Written mainly as...
The Girl Who Fell (Violet Grace, Nero)
Thursday, 2 August 2018
Written by husband-and-wife team Kasey Edwards and Christopher Scanlon, The Girl Who Fell is the first book in a new urban fantasy trilogy. Misfit, social outcast, and orphan with a mysterious...
The Bus on Thursday (Shirley Barrett, A&U)
Thursday, 26 July 2018
Eleanor Mellett, a young woman recovering from breast cancer and a relationship break-up, retreats to a small country town in New South Wales to restart her life and career. But...
Speaking Up (Gillian Triggs, MUP)
Thursday, 26 July 2018
A self-described ‘conservative lawyer’ of nearly 50 years, Gillian Triggs attracted a barrage of criticism from right-wing politicians and media during her tenure as president of the Australian Human Rights...
Boys Will Be Boys (Clementine Ford, A&U)
Thursday, 26 July 2018
In Boys Will Be Boys, a follow-up to her bestselling debut Fight Like a Girl, Clementine Ford takes a new angle on gender relations. Inspired by the birth of her son, Ford unpacks the...
Misfits & Me (Mandy Sayer, NewSouth)
Thursday, 26 July 2018
Mandy Sayer’s first collection of nonfiction is primarily interested in Australians who have fallen through the cracks in society, whether due to mental illness, poverty, substance abuse, the disempowerment of...
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