Judgement Day (Mali Waugh, Macmillan)
Tuesday, 17 January 2023
Mali Waugh’s debut novel opens with an omniscient narrator observing that there were no signs or omens that family court judge Kaye Bailey was to be murdered that day. Due...
Dark Mode (Ashley Kalagian Blunt, Ultimo)
Tuesday, 10 January 2023
Dark Mode opens with the graphic discovery of a woman disturbingly murdered in the same way as the infamous, unsolved case of the Black Dahlia. Also disturbing for Reagan Carsen,...
Once a Stranger (Zoya Patel, Hachette)
Tuesday, 10 January 2023
Following on from her debut memoir No Country Woman, Zoya Patel’s novel Once a Stranger tackles the same themes of cultural bereavement, being caught between two different worlds and the...
Matt Formston: Surfing in the Dark (John Dickson, illus by Philip Bunting, Berbay)
Tuesday, 10 January 2023
People who are blind, who achieve incredible feats, are the linchpin of ‘Big Visions’, an exciting new nonfiction picture book series from Berbay Books and Vision Australia, aimed at 7–12-year-olds...
Temperance (Carol Lefevre, Wakefield)
Tuesday, 10 January 2023
Award-winning author Carol Lefevre’s latest novel, Temperance, is the touching story of a woman attempting to make sense of a childhood memory. The book begins in 1963 in South Australia,...
Downtown Sewertown (Tull Suwannakit, Ford St)
Tuesday, 10 January 2023
CBCA notable author-illustrator Tull Suwannakit has crafted his picture book Downtown Sewertown to depict a refugee experience. It is also a cautionary tale about the environment. A mouse, fox, rabbit...
The Wish Sisters #1: The Party Wish (Allison Rushby, illus by Karen Blair, UQP)
Tuesday, 10 January 2023
The Party Wish is the first book in the middle-grade series The Wish Sisters by Allison Rushby. At just under 100 pages it follows Flick and baby Birdie, who discover...
Sea Glass (Rebecca Fraser, Wombat Books)
Tuesday, 6 December 2022
Rebecca Fraser is a vibrant voice in Australian junior fiction. Her novel Sea Glass is the beautifully executed story of 11-year-old Cailin, a pre-teen who is stuck with her mother...
Tiny Tradies (Tami Sussman, illus by Tom Jellett, Affirm Press)
Tuesday, 6 December 2022
Tami Sussman and evergreen illustrator Tom Jellett perfectly execute their ingenious idea of comparing toddlers and tradespeople in Tiny Tradies. The picture book begins at home before a big day...
Shirley (Ronnie Scott, Hamish Hamilton)
Tuesday, 6 December 2022
Ronnie Scott’s second novel marks the beginning of a great remembering—in which artists reflect on the summer of 2019-20, a summer that we previously thought was going to be marked...
The Hotel Witch (Jessica Miller, Text)
Tuesday, 6 December 2022
With a cast of larger-than-life characters that almost pop off the page, The Hotel Witch is the wonderfully imaginative new adventure from Jessica Miller, who previously brought us The Republic...
A Routine Infidelity (Elizabeth Coleman, Pantera)
Tuesday, 6 December 2022
Small-time private investigator Edwina ‘Ted’ Bristol spends her days serving court documents and exposing cheating spouses, but she longs for the dangerous and exciting kind of high-profile crime case that...
Tanya Plibersek: On her own terms (Margaret Simons, Black Inc.)
Tuesday, 6 December 2022
Swept unexpectedly at only 28 into the safe seat of Sydney, Tanya Plibersek was the golden girl at the heart of Labor politics when the party was looking to increase...
Viking Women (Lisa Hannett, Thames & Hudson)
Tuesday, 6 December 2022
Literature academic and speculative fiction author Lisa Hannett has written an evocative account of the varied lives of women during the Viking era. Hannett uses her vast knowledge of Vikings...
Resistance (Jacinta Halloran, Text)
Tuesday, 6 December 2022
Resistance is the fourth novel by the award-winning author of Dissection and Pilgrimage, Jacinta Halloran. Narrated by family therapist Nina, it follows the Agostino family, mandated to see Nina after...
Higher Education (Kira McPherson, Ultimo)
Tuesday, 29 November 2022
Kira McPherson’s debut novel Higher Education portrays the turbulence of early adult life. Twenty-year-old student Sam is juggling a lacklustre university degree and family tensions. Troubled by her family’s alcohol-fuelled...
Dorrie (Tanya McCartney, HarperCollins)
Tuesday, 29 November 2022
Award-winning Tanya McCartney’s Dorrie is a personable, narrative-style biography of author Dorothy Wall and how she came to write the Blinky Bill stories. It’s filled with young Dorrie’s irrepressible energy...
Grace Notes (Karen Comer, Lothian)
Tuesday, 29 November 2022
A verse novel taking place as Coronavirus takes a grip on Melbourne, Karen Comer’s debut Grace Notes is a lyrical exploration of how two teenagers experience exceptional times. Crux, an...
You Made Me This Way (Shannon Molloy, Fourth Estate)
Tuesday, 29 November 2022
Known for his feature journalism as well as his acclaimed memoir of teenage struggle, Fourteen, Shannon Molloy has turned his keen eye to a more expansive project in You Made...
The One Thing We’ve Never Spoken About (Elfy Scott, Pantera)
Tuesday, 29 November 2022
In The One Thing We’ve Never Spoken About, Sydney-based journalist and podcast presenter Elfy Scott uses her talent for explaining complicated issues in accessible ways to examine the myths and...
Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder (Kerryn Mayne, Bantam)
Tuesday, 29 November 2022
In the lush, comforting Dandenongs, east of Melbourne, primary school teacher Lenny Marks is living a very organised life. She rides her bike to work, has dutifully polite conversations with...
The New Rulebook (Chris Cheers, Harper by Design)
Tuesday, 29 November 2022
In an era when psychologists’ waiting lists are months long, navigating mental health can be overwhelming. The New Rulebook by psychologist Chris Cheers is a godsend for those of us...
Easy Peasy (Ky Garvey, illus by Amy Calautti, EK Books)
Tuesday, 22 November 2022
When Ruby is given a pair of fabulous sparkly red roller skates for her birthday, she expects to be able to skate, equally fabulously, immediately—easy peasy. Of course, it isn’t...
Two Can Play That Game (Leanne Yong, A&U Children’s)
Tuesday, 22 November 2022
Leanne Yong’s debut Two Can Play That Game is a joyful and fun addition to the growing Asian-Australian Own Voices YA movement, joining the likes of Tiger Daughter and The...
Crows Nest (Nikki Mottram, UQP)
Tuesday, 22 November 2022
Crows Nest is the absorbing debut crime thriller by Nikki Mottram. Following the breakdown of her marriage, social worker Dana Gibson takes a job interstate, fleeing north to Toowoomba. While...
A Man of Honour (Simon Smith, Echo)
Tuesday, 22 November 2022
When debut novelist Simon Smith was a child he was told, ‘Someone in our family shot a prince.’ That man was Henry James O’Farrell, whose failed attempt in 1868 to...
The Good Death Through Time (Caitlin Mahar, MUP)
Tuesday, 22 November 2022
Historian Caitlin Mahar’s The Good Death Through Time joins previous works exploring euthanasia—see, for example, Assisted by Stefanie Green—but it is unique in its approach to the story. Mahar’s book is an account of...
Running with Ivan (Suzanne Leal, HarperCollins)
Tuesday, 22 November 2022
Having previously won the Nib People's Choice Prize for her historical adult novel The Deceptions, Suzanne Leal tackles a similar era in her first book for younger readers, a time...
Smashing Serendipity (Louise K Hansen, Fremantle Press)
Tuesday, 15 November 2022
Proud Binjareb Nyoongar woman Louise K Hansen unfortunately passed away before her profound memoir, Smashing Serendipity: The story of one Moordtj Yorga, was published. But the strong stories from her...
The Death of John Lacey (Ben Hobson, A&U)
Tuesday, 15 November 2022
Ben Hobson’s third novel tells the fragmented story of the life and demise of John Lacey, a ruthless, violent settler of a Victorian gold rush town. John and his brother...
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