Tuesday, 11 July 2023
In her first upper-primary novel, Anna Zobel turns her knack for writing emotionally intelligent, likeable, mildly eccentric, diverse characters to the task of creating an engrossing adventure-mystery story for imaginative...

Tuesday, 11 July 2023
While blogs and websites thrive, Australia’s print music press is now largely a thing of the past. But what a past! Built around extensive interviews with many of the key...

Tuesday, 4 July 2023
Anxious in a Sweet Store is the playful and nostalgic second full-length poetry collection from writer and artist Anna Jacobson. Divided into four parts, each named after a classic sweet...

Tuesday, 4 July 2023
Alarmism in both the media and popular politics over China has done a disservice to Australia’s relationship with the neighbouring nation. So argues Engaging China, an academic essay collection that...

Tuesday, 4 July 2023
Winner of the 2022 HarperCollins Banjo Prize for Fiction, Steph Vizard’s debut novel The Love Contract is a tantalising romance set in Melbourne that combines the classic enemies-to-lovers and fake-relationship-turned-real-romance...

Tuesday, 4 July 2023
Erin Riley’s A Real Piece of Work traverses the vast continent of modern Australian identity through 20 short essays. Each essay is a testament to Riley’s personal experiences with sexuality,...

Tuesday, 4 July 2023
Ash Barty hardly needs an introduction. She has captivated the world with her tennis skills, infectious personality and unwavering fair-mindedness since her first Women’s Tennis Association tour in 2011. Barty...

Tuesday, 4 July 2023
Backwaters by Emma Ling Sidnam is the 2022 winner of the distinguished Michael Gifkins Text Prize for an Unpublished Novel by a New Zealand writer. Drawing on themes of identity,...

Tuesday, 27 June 2023
Back Up, written by Walkley and Eureka award-winning science journalist Liam Mannix, exposes the appalling practices pervasive in the enormous industries set up to deal with back pain. Covering a...

Tuesday, 27 June 2023
Fiona Britton’s debut crime novel, Violet Kelly and the Jade Owl, offers readers a glimpse into 1930s Sydney—from a peek behind the curtain of the upscale brothel, Maison des Fleurs,...

Tuesday, 27 June 2023
Nina Nill is an Australia-based artist and illustrator who has amassed a large Instagram following for her digital art. We’re Moving Away is her first picture book, a gentle, warm-hearted tale...

Tuesday, 27 June 2023
In Nature’s Song, a girl hunts for the perfect treasure for her little brother, who is stuck at home with a broken leg. She sets out in her overalls, dog...

Tuesday, 27 June 2023
In Prehistoric Joy, archaeologist Andrew Sneddon applies his knowledge of prehistorical cultures to his past, specifically the years when his mother was in a relationship with a violent conman. After...

Tuesday, 20 June 2023
The title of Craig Semple’s memoir, The Cop Who Fell to Earth, suggests flight and ambition, but it could also be reframed as an earthbound slog through a dark maze...

Tuesday, 20 June 2023
File this one under ‘typography/lunchbox inspo/poetry/humour/veggies’—oh, sorry, you don’t have that section on your bookshelves? Well, make one, so you can put Maree Coote’s Letters for Lunch! there. This quirky,...

Tuesday, 20 June 2023
Catherine Norton’s first book, Crossing, was awarded the 2015 NSW Premier’s Literary Award for children’s literature and was a CBCA Notable book in the same year. The Fortune Maker is...