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21 June 2024

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Booktopia requests extension to voluntary trading suspension as it seeks funding x

Online bookseller Booktopia has requested that the voluntary suspension placed on its securities be extended, as it continues to seek funding to meet its redundancy costs and provide working capital.... Read more
 
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Bestsellers

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'The Housemaid Is Watching' debuts at number one x

Top 10 bestsellers The Housemaid Is Watching (Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press) The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King (Carissa Broadbent, Tor) Not in Love (Ali Hazelwood, Sphere) RecipeTin Eats: Dinner... Read more
 
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Books in the media

 

Books in the media this weekend, 22–23 June x

A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend.  National The Saturday Paper Heartsease (Kate Kruimink, Picador) Parade (Rachel Cusk, Faber) Sing Like Fish (Amorina Kingdon, Scribe)... Read more
 

Unlocked reviews: New-release YA

 

Father of the Lost Boys: The Mecak Ajang Alaak story
Yuot A Alaak, Fremantle, June 2024, reviewed by Vuma Phiri x

In Father of the Lost Boys, former child refugee Yuot A Alaak immortalises the hero who rescued 20,000 boys from the brink of death—his father, Mecak Ajang Alaak. Affectionately embraced as... Read more

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Liar's Test
Ambelin Kwaymullina, Text, June 2024, reviewed by Charlotte Callander x

The latest YA novel from Palyku author Ambelin Kwaymullina is a high-action, thematically rich fantasy with a gutsy, intuitive protagonist who must become a good liar to survive in the... Read more

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What's Murder Between Friends
Meg Gatland-Veness, Pantera, June 2024, reviewed by Jordi Kerr x

Hallie has always dreamed of being an actor. Thanks to her drama teacher, Ms Lovelace, the school is finally putting on its first show. When Hallie’s class stumbles upon Ms... Read more

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