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The Snow Kimono (Mark Henshaw, Text)
Released September 2014
Mystery and deception pervade Mark Henshaw’s first novel for many years, The Snow Kimono. The narrative crosses several continents—from France to Algeria and Japan—and connects characters from three generations. Auguste Jovert,... Read more
Acute Misfortune: The Life and Death of Adam Cullen (Erik Jensen, Black Inc.)
Released October 2014
When the Archibald Prize-winning artist Adam Cullen died in 2012 at the age of 46, the Australian art world was unsure who it had lost: a vulgar, naïf enfant terrible,... Read more
Killing Adonis (J M Donellan, Pantera Press)
Released October 2014
Freya’s lifelong dream of working in a Timorese hospital is put on hold when she is shaken by personal tragedy. Instead, she opts for life experience and adventure, and takes... Read more
The Brewer’s Tale (Karen Brooks, Harlequin)
Released October 2014
Karen Brooks moves away from young-adult fantasy and into commercial historical fiction with her new book, The Brewer’s Tale. Faced with a bleak future after her father’s death, Anneke Sheldrake... Read more
Dreamer’s Pool: Blackthorn and Grim Book One (Juliet Marillier, Pan Macmillan)
Released October 2014
Blackthorn has spent a year imprisoned for no crime of her own; the only thing left in her heart is a thirst to repay the man responsible for her imprisonment.... Read more
Heat and Light (Ellen van Neerven, UQP)
Released September 2014
Heat and Light is Ellen van Neerven’s debut novel. She was winner of the David Unaipon Award for unpublished Indigenous writing in 2013. It’s a bold and adventurous work, a... Read more
This House of Grief (Helen Garner, Text)
Released September 2014
On the evening of Father’s Day 2005, Robert Farquharson was driving his three children home to their mother—from whom he was separated—when his car left the road, travelled through a... Read more
The Rosie Effect (Graeme Simsion, Text)
Released October 2014
The Rosie Project’s Don Tillman is back—and so is his odd behaviour. Married for nearly 12 months, Don and Rosie have relocated to New York, where, as you would expect,... Read more
Window Gods (Sally Morrison, Hardie Grant)
Released October 2014
A snapshot of life as a female artist and an investigation into the modern concept of family, Sally Morrison’s Window Gods is the sequel to her 1995 award-winning novel Mad... Read more
A Bone of Fact (David Walsh, Pan Macmillan)
Released October 2014
David Walsh is founder, owner and patron of Hobart’s MONA (Museum of Old and New Art). He is also a gambler, hedonist and self-described autodidact. A Bone of Fact is... Read more
Dress, Memory: A Memoir of My Twenties in Dresses (Lorelei Vashti, A&U)
Released September 2014
Dress, Memory is a memoir of Lorelei Vashti’s twenties, told with a focus on her impressive—and mostly vintage—dress collection. From her family home to university in Brisbane, to a fledgling... Read more
On a Small Island (Kyle Hughes-Odgers, Fremantle Press)
Released October 2014
Ari sits on his small island, watching the big ships pass him by. He longs for them to stop and visit him. Then one day, he has an idea. Initially... Read more
Tim and Ed (Ursula Dubosarsky, illus by Andrew Joyner, Viking)
Released November 2014
Tim and Ed are twin koalas. They look alike, with the same eyes, nose and ears; they think alike; and they do everything together. While they are playing at the... Read more
Cooper Bartholomew is Dead (Rebecca James, A&U)
Released October 2014
Libby wakes one morning to news that makes her sick to her stomach. Cooper—loving, funny, thoughtful, passionate, full of hope for the future—is dead. Libby is told that Cooper killed... Read more
Clariel (Garth Nix, A&U)
Released October 2014
The long-awaited prequel to Garth Nix’s ‘Old Kingdom’ series (Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen) is going to make a lot of readers very, very happy. After her mother is promoted to... Read more
The Cleo Stories: The Necklace and The Present (Libby Gleeson, illus by Freya Blackwood, A&U)
Released October 2014
In The Cleo Stories we meet a little girl called Cleo, who has a big heart but feels a little bit different to the children around her. In The Necklace,... Read more
The Wild One (Sonya Hartnett, illus by Lucia Masciullo, Viking)
Released October 2014
The Wild One is a beautifully illustrated, sensitively narrated journey of maturation and understanding. Through the eyes of a young boy named Charlie we meet ‘the wild one’, Charlie’s constant... Read more
State of Grace (Hilary Badger, Hardie Grant Egmont)
Released October 2014
Wren’s life is perfect. Ever since Dot created the world 360 days ago, Wren and her friends have played, laughed and hooked up, free to roam the entire world, from... Read more
Emily Eases Her Wheezes (Katrina Roe, illus by Leigh Hedstrom, Wombat Books)
Released January 2015
Emily is a baby elephant who’s normally full of energy. She skips, rides her scooter to the park, trampoline bounces and twirls like a ballerina, as active as any exuberant... Read more
Run Tree Run (Kelly Alsop, illus by Boris Silvestri, Jo Jo Publishing)
Released September 2014
Using a picture book to make a political statement can backfire if it comes across as too didactic and earnest. But children do understand environmental messages, as evidenced by the... Read more
