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11 October 2024

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Bookshops to celebrate LYBD with discounts, events and giveaways

Bookshops across the country are preparing to celebrate Love Your Bookshop Day (LYBD) on 12 October with a range of special events, discounts, and activities designed under this year’s theme... Read more
 
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Bestsellers

 

‘The Valley’ debuts at number four x

Top 10 bestsellers Intermezzo (Sally Rooney, Faber) Here One Moment (Liane Moriarty, Macmillan) We Solve Murders (Richard Osman, Viking) The Valley (Chris Hammer, A&U) One Last Thing (The Bad Guys... Read more
 
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Books in the media

 

Books in the media this weekend, 12–13 October x

A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend.  National The Saturday Paper Chinese Postman (Brian Castro, Giramondo) The Deal (Alex Miller, A&U) Dusk... Read more
 

Unlocked reviews: New-release nonfiction

 

Epic Salads
Jessica Prescott, Hardie Grant Books, October 2024, reviewed by Jess Lomas x

If you’re ready to ditch the pre-made salads from your local supermarket, Jessica Prescott’s Epic Salads: For every mood, craving and occasion is a must-have for your cookbook collection. Prescott... Read more

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The Natural Advantage
Jenny Brockis, Major Street, October 2024, reviewed by Anthony Morris x

The message of Jenny Brockis’s The Natural Advantage is straightforward: the cure for stress in our increasingly hectic modern world is to spend more time in nature. ‘Intuitively, we know... Read more

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Shapeshifting
ed by Jeanine Leane and Ellen van Neerven, UQP, October 2024, reviewed by Kate Dunphy x

In UQP’s new First Nations anthology, Shapeshifting, Daniel Browning meditates on the significance of the fact that there is no Bundjalung word for queer; Alison Whittaker intimately dissects the shifting... Read more

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Twenty-Two Impressions
Jessica Friedmann, Scribe, October 2024, reviewed by Mel Fulton x

For years, Jessica Friedmann (Things That Helped) circled the tarot, feeling a combination of mild embarrassment, curiosity and intellectual bewilderment when a pack was inevitably drawn at the end of... Read more

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