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The Intuition Toolkit (Joel Pearson, S&S)
Released February 2024
Forget the idea of intuition as a sixth sense or any of the other mysterious connotations that many gurus and self-help books have been portraying for decades. Instead, in The... Read more
Countdown to Yesterday (Shirley Marr, Puffin)
Released February 2024
Shirley Marr’s latest novel, Countdown to Yesterday, takes young readers on a heartwarming journey through time, memories, and the complexities of family and friendship. This enchanting tale is a delightful... Read more
How to Avoid Being Eaten By Sharks… and other advice (John Larkin, illus Chrissie Krebs, Walker)
Released February 2024
How do you avoid being eaten by sharks? Is the Earth flat or round? How do you translate parent-speak, pass a creative writing test, and elude alien abduction? Tongue-in-cheek, chapter-length... Read more
Ho Jiak: A Taste of Malaysia (Junda Khoo, Hardie Grant)
Released February 2024
Ho Jiak: A taste of Malaysia by chef Junda Khoo with Nick Jordan is an exciting culinary exploration of Malaysian cuisine. The title, meaning ‘delicious’ in Hokkien—also the name of... Read more
Smoke & Mirrors (Barry Jonsberg, A&U Children’s)
Released February 2024
High-school student Grace is a whiz at magic—or she tries to be. Since learning an array of magic tricks and pranks from her no-good Uncle Mike as a little girl,... Read more
Everything Is Perfect (Maxine Fawcett, Michael Joseph)
Released February 2024
The protagonists of what was once deemed ‘chick lit’ have grown older and now face the trials of middle age. In Maxine Fawcett’s debut novel, Everything Is Perfect, Cassandra is no... Read more
Time to Rest (Jack Carty, illus Natasha Carty, Scholastic)
Released February 2024
Husband and wife team Jack and Natasha Carty have collaborated on a new children’s book for the first time. Time to Rest is written as a lullaby, with songwriter and poet... Read more
Andromache Between Worlds (Gabriel Bergmoser, HarperCollins)
Released February 2024
Andromache Between Worlds is the middle-grade fiction debut from prolific adult and young adult writer Gabriel Bergmoser. Andromache is the 14-year-old daughter of two celebrity adventurer journalists whose escapades have... Read more
Birdy (Sharon Kernot, Text)
Released February 2024
In Birdy, a compelling YA verse novel by CBCA award-winning author Sharon Kernot (The Art of Taxidermy), we meet Maddy, who began experiencing selective mutism and anxiety after an unnamed... Read more
A Thousand Wasted Sundays (Victoria Vanstone, Pantera)
Released February 2024
Since quitting alcohol in 2018, Queensland-based writer Victoria Vanstone has been sharing sobriety advice as a blogger and as co-host of the Sober Awkward podcast. Now, in her memoir, A... Read more
Kintsugi (Marie O’Rourke, Fremantle)
Released February 2024
Marie O’Rourke’s book of memoir essays, Kintsugi, shortlisted for the 2022 City of Fremantle Hungerford Award, takes its title from the Japanese art of repairing broken ceramics with lacquer mixed... Read more
Gone (Glenna Thomson, Bantam)
Released February 2024
On the final day of school in 1984, Rebecca Bundy is last seen by her sister, Eliza, waiting for the bus after an argument with their mother. With the disappearance... Read more
Gawimarra: Gathering (Jeanine Leane, UQP)
Released February 2024
In Gawimarra: Gathering, Wiradjuri poet and educator Jeanine Leane expresses her Country with poetry that overflows with celebrations of culture and acts of Blak resistance. Arranged into three sections, the... Read more
We All Lived in Bondi Then (Georgia Blain, Scribe)
Released February 2024
We All Lived in Bondi Then is the last publication of new work by Georgia Blain. This collection comprises nine previously unpublished stories written between 2012 and 2015, before Blain’s... Read more
Nova’s Missing Masterpiece (Brooke Graham, illus Robin Tatlow-Lord, EK Books)
Released February 2024
It’s Nova’s dad’s birthday, and she has made him a special masterpiece drawing as his present. It’s nearly time for the party, but she can’t find the drawing! (‘Where is... Read more
The Great Undoing (Sharlene Allsopp, Ultimo)
Released February 2024
Imagine a completely digital future, with people connected via nanotechnology, attaining ultimate convenience at the price of absolute surveillance—good for people who like where they are, bad for those who... Read more
The Beehive (Megan Daley, illus Max Hamilton, Walker)
Released February 2024
The Beehive is a new informational picture book by teacher-librarian and author Megan Daley and CBCA-shortlisted illustrator Max Hamilton. The two have combined their talents to create a charming and... Read more
Love, Just In (Natalie Murray, A&U)
Released January 2024
Following a panic attack while reporting on live TV, Josie is eager to prove that she can still make it as a full-time Sydney newsreader. However, after her dead-air debacle,... Read more
The Health Habit (Amantha Imber, Penguin Life)
Released January 2024
There are books about health and books about habits, but rarely are the two combined as they are in The Health Habit: Shape up, sleep better, feel amazing, a practical... Read more
The Invocations (Krystal Sutherland, Penguin)
Released January 2024
Emer Byrne, Zara Jones and Jude Wolf are young women who have led completely different lives until one thread of commonality brings them together—magic. Zara believes in magic because she’s... Read more
