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A Cook’s Life (Stephanie Alexander, Lantern)
Released April 2012
For many Australians, Stephanie Alexander is a household name synonymous with her bestselling foodie's bible, The Cook’s Companion. In her long and distinguished career, she has been an outspoken champion... Read more
Behind the Shock Machine (Gina Perry, Scribe)
Released May 2012
In 1961, Stanley Milgram, an ambitious 27-year-old associate professor of psychology at Yale University, conducted a series of controversial experiments designed to test the limits of obedience. He recruited over... Read more
The Weight of a Human Heart (Ryan O’Neill, Black Inc.)
Released May 2012
Despite the present-day profusion of literary magazines and outstanding short-story collections, the 21st century does not seem to be as hospitable to short-story writers as the 19th and 20th centuries... Read more
We All Fall Down (Peter Barry, Transit Lounge)
Released May 2012
We All Fall Down is the second novel from Peter Barry, author of I Hate Martin Amis et al. Where Amis focussed on the literary world, We All Fall Down... Read more
Secrets of the Tides (Hannah Richell, Little, Brown)
Released May 2012
The Tide family has fallen apart. It’s been 10 years since a sudden tragedy transformed the lives of Helen, Richard, Dora and Cassie, but no-one has been able to move... Read more
Running Dogs (Ruby Murray, Scribe)
Released May 2012
Diana is an Australian aid worker, writing reports for a disaster relief organisation bereft of the kind of disaster that grabs attention. She reconnects with her illusive friend Petra in... Read more
Promise (Tony Cavanaugh, Hachette)
Released May 2012
It was a pleasure to read this debut from Australian film and television writer and producer Tony Cavanaugh. Promise is a sharply written and well-plotted crime novel, with mostly clear... Read more
The Mountain (Drusilla Modjeska, Vintage)
Released May 2012
The mountain, the dominant image of Drusilla Modjeska’s ambitious new novel, is an imaginary peak in Australia’s nearest neighbour, Papua New Guinea. A young, recently wed Dutch photographer, Rika, and... Read more
The Mothers’ Group (Fiona Higgins, A&U)
Released April 2012
The Mothers’ Group provides enough ‘aha’ moments of recognition to make even the most sleep-deprived mum smile. And I should know: I read it while juggling my three-month-old daughter. This... Read more
The Light between Oceans (M L Stedman, Vintage)
Released April 2012
The Light between Oceans is the debut novel from Australian author M L Stedmen (now living in the UK), which sparked a fierce bidding war and has already sold into... Read more
Floundering (Romy Ash, Text)
Released April 2012
Floundering, the first novel from Melbourne-based writer Romy Ash, is a dark and lyrical tale of a family reunion that unfolds against a bleak rural Australian backdrop. Tom and Jordy... Read more
Dead Heat (Bronwyn Parry, Hachette)
Released April 2012
Bronwyn Parry proves once again that crime is not just the provenance of cityscapes in her genuinely chilling third romantic suspense novel. Dead Heat tells the story of a wounded... Read more
Burnt Ice: The Fury of Aces Book One (Steve Wheeler, HarperVoyager)
Released April 2012
Marko and his teammates are a small, secretive combat engineering unit, whose recreation leave on the planet Cygnus 5 is cut short—first by the discovery of a mysterious alien artefact... Read more
Bitter Greens (Kate Forsyth, Random House)
Released April 2012
Kate Forsyth’s love of language, history and storytelling is evident in Bitter Greens, a magnificent reworking of the fairytale Rapunzel. This is a story of strong women who have suffered... Read more
Lives (Peter Robb, Black Inc)
Released May 2012
Lives is a collection of 40-odd loosely biographical pieces—some new, some previously published—from Australian author Peter Robb (Midnight in Sicily, M, Streetfight in Naples), which contains some wonderful writing but... Read more
Other Brother (Simon French, Walker Books)
Released April 2012
The last time Kieran saw his cousin Bon was two years ago when Bon and Aunt Renee crashed Kieran’s Dad’s birthday party and Bon stole one of his toy horses.... Read more
Farmer John’s Tractor (Sally Sutton, Illus by Robyn Belton, Walker Books)
Released May 2012
Farmer John's tractor is kept safe and sound in the farm shed, never moving very much. But when the rain comes in the wintertime, one family finds itself bogged in... Read more
Divine Clementine (Hayley S Kirk, Random House)
Released May 2012
Clementine loves her hare-brained, free-spirited aunty Stella, with whom she connects even more than with her own mother. To Clem, it is as if she and her aunty are two-of-a-kind.... Read more
Playing House (Amy Choi, Transit Lounge)
Released April 2012
Playing House is a memoir from Melbourne writer Amy Choi which divides the author's adult life into three parts: her big trip to Europe in her early 20s; living in... Read more
The Mind of A Thief (Patti Miller, UQP)
Released April 2012
Patti Miller is a well-known author with one novel and four nonfiction books—including the popular guides for life writing, Writing Your Life and The Memoir Book—to her name. The Mind... Read more
