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31 January 2025

the cover for Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

 

Empyrean series dominates charts x

According to Nielsen BookData, Rebecca Yarros’ Onyx Storm (Piatkus) has sold over 119,300 copies for the week ending 25 January, 2025, making it the highest selling title in Australia and... Read more
 
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Books in the media this weekend, 1–2 February x

A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend.  National The Saturday Paper Gutsy Girls (Josie McSkimming, UQP) Portia Geach: Portrait of an Activist... Read more
 
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A New Day
Emmaline Carroll Southwell, illus Heather Dryden, Affirm, January 2025, reviewed by Brenton Cullen
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The opening lines of A New Day, Emmaline Carroll Southwell (Our Family Pledge) and Heather Dryden’s bright and hopeful picture book, immediately give readers a sense of security: ‘Today’s a... Read more

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Saturday, Sunday
Natalie Kate Forbes, illus Danny Snell, Affirm, January 2025, reviewed by Angela Meyer
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Weekends are so busy for families, with the competing demands of sports and activities, seeing friends and extended family, shopping for the week and more. Saturday, Sunday captures this frantic... Read more

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Under the Sand
Millie Lewis, illus Marina Borkun, Five Mile, January 2025, reviewed by Brenton Cullen
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A little girl named Elizabeth is digging on the beach for lost treasure when her spade hits something solid, and she ‘crie[s] out with pleasure’ … ‘What could it be,... Read more

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Lexie Moon and the Word Burgling Bungle
Melissa Garside, illus Lauren Mullinder, Riveted Press, January 2025, reviewed by Joy Lawn
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Lexie Moon and the Word Burgling Bungle is debut author Melissa Garside’s exciting junior novel about a creative and prolific 10-year-old inventor. Lexie has been mentored by her grandfather, but... Read more

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The Serpent Rider
Yxavel Magno Diño, Bloomsbury Children's, January 2025, reviewed by Anneliese Gates
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Inspired by Filipino folklore, Yxavel Magno Diño’s debut novel, The Serpent Rider, is a mesmerising middle-grade fantasy. All Tani wants is for her bakunawa egg to hatch so she can... Read more

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Cruel Is the Light
Sophie Clark, Penguin, January 2025, reviewed by Aurelia Orr
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In a world both familiar to and hauntingly different from our own, the Vatican Empire has waged a centuries-long war with demons across Europe. After a series of unprecedented attacks... Read more

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The Worst Perfect Moment
Shivaun Plozza, Walker, January 2025, reviewed by Jordi Kerr
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The Worst Perfect Moment is a dark comedy about finding yourself and finding the good in the bad. After dying in an accident, 16-year-old Tegan is ushered by Zelda, a... Read more

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