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17 November 2023

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Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2023 winners announced

The recipients of the 2023 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards (PMLAs) have been announced. The winners in each category receive $80,000, and the shortlisted writers each receive $5000. All prizes are... Read more
 
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Bestsellers

 

Iron Flame debuts in top spot x

Top 10 bestsellers Iron Flame (Rebecca Yarros, Hachette) The Secret (Lee & Andrew Child, Bantam) The Woman in Me (Britney Spears, S&S) No Brainer (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #18)... Read more
 
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Books in the media

 

Books in the media this weekend, 18–19 November x

A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend.  National The Saturday Paper Days of Innocence and Wonder (Lucy Treloar, Picador) Right Story, Wrong... Read more
 

Unlocked reviews: New-release YA

 

Stuck Up & Stupid
Angourie Rice & Kate Rice, Walker, November 2023, reviewed by Erin Coyle x

Stuck Up & Stupid is the debut novel from a mother-daughter writing team: actor Angourie Rice and playwright Kate Rice. With a familiar yet fresh narrative, this contemporary YA reimagining of Pride and... Read more
 
 

An Unexpected Party
Ed by Seth Malacari, Fremantle, November 2023, reviewed by George Banach-Salas x

The queer experience is immensely diverse, too vast and evolving as a space to be summed up by any one representation, but An Unexpected Party—an anthology of queer speculative short stories—aims... Read more
 

Unlocked reviews: New-release younger readers

 

Fluff: Bullies Beware
Matt Stanton, ABC Books, November 2023, reviewed by Jess Lomas x

Gilbert Morris lives with his mum and sister in a caravan park. After his dad goes missing in outer space, Gilbert’s mum gives him Fluff, a comfort toy, to squeeze... Read more
 
 

Kimmi: Queen of the dingoes
Favel Parrett, illus Astred Hicks, Lothian, November 2023, reviewed by Anica Boulanger-Mashberg  x

For young readers who enjoyed Favel Parrett’s alpine dingo tale in Wandi (2021), Kimmi follows a real-life tropical dingo who, like Wandi, now lives at the Dingo Discovery Sanctuary and... Read more
 
 

Silver Linings
Katrina Nannestad, ABC Books, November 2023, reviewed by Annie Waters x

Following the multi-award-winning success of Katrina Nannestad’s World War II novels for younger readers, Silver Linings sees her move from the battlefields of Europe to post-war Australia, and a story... Read more
 
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Spies in the Sky
Beverley McWilliams, Pantera, November 2023, reviewed by Karys McEwen  x

Inspired by the little-known story of the British National Pigeon Service, a volunteer organisation of pigeon breeders who provided their animals for military service during WWII, Spies in the Sky by... Read more
 

 

 

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