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The Wiregrass (Adrian Hyland, Ultimo)
Released December 2023
With wild weather, swollen rivers, falling trees, a disgraced cop, a cult and a dead man, Adrian Hyland’s The Wiregrass is a thrilling mix of wry humour and page-turning crime.... Read more
The Locked-Up Country: Learning the lessons from Australia’s Covid-19 response (Tom Chodor & Shahar Hameiri, UQP)
Released November 2023
After reading The Locked-Up Country, you may rethink your position on Australia’s Covid-19 response. It’s not a comfortable read, but important books rarely are. Authors Tom Chodor (senior lecturer in Politics... Read more
The Drowning (Bryan Brown, A&U)
Released November 2023
The accidental drowning death of a local Gumbaynggirr boy—David, from whose viewpoint the book opens—brings a shadow of sadness over a small NSW coastal town. Then a backpacker doesn't turn up... Read more
Silver Linings (Katrina Nannestad, ABC Books)
Released November 2023
Following the multi-award-winning success of Katrina Nannestad’s World War II novels for younger readers, Silver Linings sees her move from the battlefields of Europe to post-war Australia, and a story... Read more
The Conversion (Amanda Lohrey, Text)
Released November 2023
When Zoe’s husband, Nick, dies unexpectedly, she finds herself adrift. Recently retired and unable to afford to continue living in the city, she purchases an old and rundown church in... Read more
Stuck Up & Stupid (Angourie Rice & Kate Rice, Walker)
Released November 2023
Stuck Up & Stupid is the debut novel from a mother-daughter writing team: actor Angourie Rice and playwright Kate Rice. With a familiar yet fresh narrative, this contemporary YA reimagining of Pride and... Read more
Good Night, Good Beach (Joy Cowley, illus Hilary Jean Tapper, Gecko Press)
Released November 2023
A celebration of summer, holidays and the natural world, award-winning Aotearoa New Zealand author Joy Cowley’s latest picture book, Good Night, Good Beach, follows five children and their adventures across one day as... Read more
Meatsmith (Andrew McConnell & Troy Wheeler, Hardie Grant)
Released November 2023
Acclaimed restauranteur Andrew McConnell (Cutler & Co) and butcher Troy Wheeler opened the specialist butcher Meatsmith with a passion for close relationships with farmers and producers with shared ethical values.... Read more
Hunter on Holiday: A Big Trip Around Europe (Jessica and Stephen Parry-Valentine, illus Ashlee Spink, Puffin)
Released November 2023
In 2015, Jessica and Stephen Parry-Valentine quit their jobs, booked a one-way flight to New York, and have been sharing their wayfaring through over 80 countries with an audience of... Read more
Days of Innocence and Wonder (Lucy Treloar, Picador)
Released November 2023
Lucy Treloar’s third novel centres on a woman named Till, whose life was cleaved in two when her childhood friend E was kidnapped right before her eyes 18 years ago—‘nothing... Read more
Medieval Monsters and Other Creatures (Timothy Ide, MidnightSun)
Released November 2023
Medieval Monsters and Other Creatures, written and illustrated by Timothy Ide, is a nonfiction deep dive into weird and wonderful creatures that filled medieval imaginations—especially in Europe—presented A to Z. With whole spreads... Read more
A Woman of Courage (Tania Blanchard, HarperCollins)
Released November 2023
Set in the late 1800s in Ebberfield, northern England, Tania Blanchard’s A Woman of Courage is an engrossing historical fiction work about the suffragette movement. Recent teaching graduate Hannah Todd dreams... Read more
A Grandma to Love (Ashling Kwok, illus Kathy Creamer, Little Pink Dog)
Released November 2023
Tessa has always wanted a grandma to call her very own. When Tessa’s mum takes her to the local retirement village for 'Adopt a Grandparent Day', she meets many wonderful... Read more
Penguin Oh Penguin (Gladys Milroy, illus Helen Milroy, Magabala)
Released November 2023
Penguin Oh Penguin is a mother/daughter collaboration between Palyku women Gladys and Helen Milroy, and a charming picture book for early childhood. Gladys Milroy, author of Silver Leaves, wrote this... Read more
Into Your Arms: Nick Cave’s songs reimagined (ed by Kirsten Krauth, Fremantle)
Released November 2023
Short story anthology Into Your Arms draws on what editor Kirsten Krauth calls the ‘deep, rich and often dark vein’ of Nick Cave’s musical oeuvre. Twenty-one Australian writers (several of... Read more
The In-Between (Christos Tsiolkas, A&U)
Released November 2023
Christos Tsiolkas’s The In-Between begins with Perry, a man past his youth, preparing to go on a date. He’s nervous about meeting Ivan, the stranger he will have dinner with,... Read more
A Brilliant Life (Rachelle Unreich, Hachette)
Released November 2023
A Holocaust story is never an easy read, but A Brilliant Life has such a harrowing prologue that it throws the reader right into the thick of it, so be prepared.... Read more
Eighteen Summers (Penny Harrison, illus Leila Rudge, Little Hare)
Released November 2023
Picture book author Penny Harrison is known for her warm and tender tales that celebrate the wildness and freedom of childhood. Her latest book, Eighteen Summers, carries on this theme. Opening with... Read more
Fluff: Bullies Beware (Matt Stanton, ABC Books)
Released November 2023
Gilbert Morris lives with his mum and sister in a caravan park. After his dad goes missing in outer space, Gilbert’s mum gives him Fluff, a comfort toy, to squeeze... Read more
Women & Children (Tony Birch, UQP)
Released November 2023
Tony Birch’s latest novel, Women & Children, is a thoughtful and profound story of a working-class family doing their best to resist a system that’s geared against them. In 1965... Read more
