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25 October 2024

 

Pi-O wins 2024 Patrick White Literary Award

Victorian-based poet, publisher and editor π.ο. (Pi-O) has won the $20,000 Patrick White Literary Award. Born in Greece in 1951, π.ο. immigrated with his family in 1954 to Australia, where they... Read more
 
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Maehashi’s latest ‘RecipeTin Eats’ debuts at number one, breaks sales record x

With sales of over 78,000 copies in its first week, Nagi Maehashi’s RecipeTin Eats: Tonight (Macmillan) has broken the record for the highest first week of sales for a nonfiction title... Read more
 
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Books in the media this weekend, 26–27 October x

A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper The Great When (Alan Moore, Bloomsbury) Long Yarn Short (Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts,... Read more
 
 

George the Wizard
Tony Armstrong, illus Emma Sjaan Beukers, Lothian, October 2024, reviewed by Anica Boulanger-Mashberg
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Gamilaroi man, professional footballer, and radio and TV personality Tony Armstrong adds ‘children’s author’ to his CV with George the Wizard. It’s the first picture book in a new series... Read more
 
 

Giinagay Juluum, Hello Mountains
Melissa Greenwood, ABC Books, October 2024, reviewed by Nadia Heisler
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Following the success of Miimi Marraal, Mother Earth, and Miimi and Buwaarr, Mother and Baby, the latest picture book by Melissa Greenwood (Giinagay Gaagal, Hello Ocean) is a vivid storytelling... Read more
 
 

The Mosaic
Deborah Kelly, illus Nicky Johnston, EK Books, October 2024, reviewed by M H Alessandrino
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In Deborah Kelly’s The Mosaic, Frankie struggles to come to terms with the changes in her family that started the day her mother’s favourite vase broke into pieces. Kelly (Little... Read more
 
 

My Dad's Gone Away
Andrew Krakouer & Jacqueline Dinan, illus Paul Seden, Magabala, October 2024, reviewed by Jess Lomas
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My Dad’s Gone Away by Minang (Nyoongar) and Inggarda (Yamatji) author Andrew Krakouer and former foster carer Jacqueline Dinan is a sensitive exploration of a family navigating the incarceration of... Read more
 
 

Stand Proud
Nicho Hynes with Marlee Silva, illus Blak Douglas, Puffin, October 2024, reviewed by Emma Pei Yin
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Stand Proud is a picture book that shares one man’s powerful story of self-discovery during childhood. Wiradjuri author and rugby league star Nicho Hynes tells his story with the help... Read more
 
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Tardigrades
Anne Morgan, illus Jennifer Falkner, CSIRO Publishing, October 2024, reviewed by M H Alessandrino
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Tardigrades: Nature’s toughest survivors is the latest nonfiction picture book from Anne Morgan, author of the CBCA Notable Book The Way of the Weedy Seadragon. Morgan showcases the remarkable microorganisms... Read more
 
 

To Stir with Love
Kate Mildenhall, illus Jess Racklyeft, S&S, October 2024, reviewed by Emma Pei Yin
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To Stir with Love by Kate Mildenhall (The Hummingbird Effect, The Mother Fault) and illustrator Jess Racklyeft (Tree, Australia: Country of Colour) is a beautiful picture book that’s sure to... Read more
 

 

 

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