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14 June 2024

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Bestsellers

Cover of Eruption

 

‘Eruption' is the week’s highest new entry x

Top 10 bestsellers The Serpent and the Beast (The Bad Guys #19) (Aaron Blabey, Scholastic) RecipeTin Eats: Dinner (Nagi Maehashi, Macmillan) Think Twice (Harlan Coben, Century) When the Moon Hatched... Read more
 
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Cover of Fourth Wing

 

Combined print and ebook bestsellers for first quarter 2024 x

Top 10 print House of Flame and Shadow (Sarah J Maas) Fourth Wing (Rebecca Yarros) Iron Flame (Rebecca Yarros) RecipeTin Eats: Dinner (Nagi Maehashi) Lola in the Mirror (Trent Dalton)... Read more
 
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Books in the media

Cover of Fragile Creatures

 

Books in the media this weekend, 15–16 June x

A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. This week’s round-up will be updated as information becomes available. National ABC Radio National The... Read more
 

Unlocked reviews: New-release nonfiction

 

Always Was, Always Will Be
Aunty Fay Muir & Sue Lawson, Magabala, June 2024, reviewed by Angela Glindemann x

Always Was, Always Will Be is set to be an indispensable resource for young people looking to understand First Nations resistance in Australia. Aunty Fay Muir and Sue Lawson, whose collaboration began... Read more

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Blossom: Practical and creative ways to find wonder in the floral world
Adriana Picker, Hardie Grant, June 2024, reviewed by Becca Whitehead  x

Blossom goes beyond merely showcasing the beauty of flowers, offering wonderful and practical ideas for using flowers through the seasons. In her latest book, botanical illustrator Adriana Picker shares her... Read more

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Dear Mutzi
Tess Scholfield-Peters, NLA, June 2024, reviewed by Katy Briggs x

Tess Scholfield-Peters’ debut book, Dear Mutzi, is a narrative nonfiction account of her grandfather’s experience in Nazi Germany. It powerfully describes how 18-year-old Hermann Pollnow fled Nazi Germany for rural... Read more

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Everything Is Water
Simon Cleary, UQP, June 2024, reviewed by Jemma Morrison x

Like the river at its heart, Everything Is Water takes readers on a meandering journey full of unexpected delights, surprises and challenges at every turn. Novelist and hiker Simon Cleary (The... Read more

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Fragile Creatures
Khin Myint, Black Inc., June 2024, reviewed by Michelle Atkins x

Debut author Khin Myin’s Fragile Creatures is a remarkable memoir in many ways. Myin’s writing is gracious and honest; at its core, his life story is devastatingly sad. The opening chapter reveals... Read more

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The Immortals of Australian Rugby Union
Gordon Bray, Gelding Street Press, June 2024, reviewed by Melissa Woods x

The current crop of Wallabies may have lost their lustre, but Gordon Bray’s latest offering, The Immortals of Australian Rugby Union, harks back to a golden age of the sport.... Read more

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Living Hot
Clive Hamilton & George Wilkenfeld, Hardie Grant Books, June 2024, reviewed by Jess Lomas x

Living Hot by Clive Hamilton (Silent Invasion) and independent energy consultant George Wilkenfeld, provides a stark assessment of Australia’s response to climate change, emphasising that the inertia behind carbon emissions reduction... Read more

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My Efficient Electric Home Handbook
Tim Forcey, Murdoch, June 2024, reviewed by Becca Whitehead  x

Energy plays a big part in our lives today, especially as the world faces a climate crisis. Electrification emerges as a solution, but managing our home’s energy can feel complicated... Read more

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My Father's Suitcase
Mary Garden, Justitia Books, June 2024, reviewed by Eman Mourad x

Mary Garden’s My Father’s Suitcase, with its no-holds-barred tone, embodies the Anne Lamott epigraph, ‘If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better’. Readers of... Read more

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