The Rain Heron (Robbie Arnott, Text)
Thursday, 26 March 2020
Ren has retreated from the world. After the country is torn apart by a coup, she hides herself away on a mountain, barely seeing another living soul beyond the animals...
Sticks and Stones (Katherine Firkin, Bantam)
Thursday, 26 March 2020
Detective senior constable Emmett Corban works for Missing Persons, a department under threat of downsizing: most of the people they’re looking for don’t want to be found. When a man...
The Year the Maps Changed (Danielle Binks, Lothian)
Thursday, 5 March 2020
The Year the Maps Changed is Melbourne-based writer Danielle Binks’ debut novel. The year is 1999 and in small-town Sorrento, Victoria, 11-year-old Fred is lost within the complexity of a...
Tiger & Cat (Allira Tee, Berbay)
Thursday, 5 March 2020
In this appealing debut picture book from Melbourne illustrator Allira Tee, two animals recognise the value of their close friendship. Tiger and Cat do everything together—exploring, dancing, eating delicious pink...
Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal (Anna Whateley, A&U)
Thursday, 5 March 2020
Peta Lyre is an atypical girl living in a typical world. Her best mate says she has so many letters that they almost make up the alphabet—ADHD, ASD, SPD. Fiercely...
Please Don’t Hug Me (Kay Kerr, Text)
Thursday, 5 March 2020
At the suggestion of her psychologist, Erin writes letters to her absent older brother, Rudy. Erin is 17 years old, behind on her savings for Schoolies and freshly unemployed. There...
Broken Rules and Other Stories (Barry Lee Thompson, Transit Lounge)
Friday, 28 February 2020
In this accomplished debut, Barry Lee Thompson makes delicate inquiries into the passage of time through a series of loosely linked, often coming-of-age stories. Several stories cast back to lucid...
Fathoms: The world in the whale (Rebecca Giggs, Scribe)
Friday, 28 February 2020
Rebecca Giggs’ nonfiction debut is a lyrical, wide-ranging meditation on whales and their complex relationship with humanity. Meticulously researched and full of fascinating information, Fathoms is not just limited to...
Mammoth (Chris Flynn, UQP)
Friday, 28 February 2020
Chris Flynn’s third novel is an ambitious adventure back in time that recounts the folly of humanity—as told by the fossil of a 13,000-year-old mammoth. It sounds like it could...
Hysteria: A memoir of illness, strength and women’s stories throughout history (Katerina Bryant, NewSouth)
Friday, 28 February 2020
In this ambitious debut, Katerina Bryant blends memoir, biography, history and cultural analysis in an effort to deconstruct the complex cultural frameworks that inform our understanding of women’s mental health...
Mum’s Elephant (Maureen Jipiyiliya Nampijinpa O’Keefe, illus by Christina Booth, Magabala)
Thursday, 6 February 2020
Maureen Jipiyiliya Nampijinpa O’Keefe has spun a cherished childhood memory into a beguiling tale for children in this debut picture book. In its pages she reflects on her mum’s ‘elephant’,...
Deep Water (Sarah Epstein, A&U)
Thursday, 6 February 2020
Sarah Epstein’s latest young adult thriller is equipped with enough intrigue and twists to rival any adult or international title in the genre. Deep Water is a captivating, character-driven mystery...
Landing with Wings (Trace Balla, A&U)
Thursday, 6 February 2020
In Landing with Wings, Trace Balla’s latest graphic novel–picture book hybrid, Miri and her mother have moved to a new home in the Victorian Goldfields, and Miri’s feelings about this...
Taking Down Evelyn Tait (Poppy Nwosu, Wakefield)
Thursday, 6 February 2020
Lottie is 16 and loves black metal, collecting curious words and making trouble, so her transformation into a goody two-shoes surprises herself as much as anyone else. But Lottie is...
The Adversary (Ronnie Scott, Hamish Hamilton)
Monday, 3 February 2020
Ronnie Scott’s debut novel The Adversary is set during what appears to be an uneventful Melbourne summer but actually sees a lot happening to its protagonist. Languishing in emotional and...
Almost a Mirror (Kirsten Krauth, Transit Lounge)
Monday, 3 February 2020
Kirsten Krauth’s Almost a Mirror is about the relationship between music and memory, and the unexpected directions that family and romantic life can take. Mona is in her late 30s...
After the Count: The death of Davey Browne (Stephanie Convery, Viking)
Thursday, 30 January 2020
When young and fit professional boxer Davey Browne died in the ring, pummelled to death in front of his family and friends, it was the result of a perfect storm...
Beautiful Eggs (Alice Lindstrom, Scribble)
Wednesday, 22 January 2020
In this board book, Melbourne-based artist and illustrator Alice Lindstrom uses her stunning cut-paper style of illustration to introduce the tradition of egg decoration across a number of cultures around...
Hazelwood (Tom Doig, Viking)
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
During a heatwave in February 2014, brown coal ignites within Hazelwood Power Station’s open-pit mine, causing a fire that burns for 45 days and sends toxic plumes of smoke over...
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