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Thornwood House (Anna Romer, S&S)

Thursday, 16 May 2013

This is Anna Romer’s first novel and it reflects her stated fascination with old diaries, letters and dark family secrets. It...
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The Night Guest (Fiona Macfarlane, Hamish Hamilton)

Thursday, 16 May 2013

This impressive debut from Fiona McFarlane tells the story of elderly widow Ruth, who lives by the sea with a fabulous...
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Trouble in Mind (Jenni Ogden, Scribe)

Thursday, 16 May 2013

Losing your mind, that quintessential ‘me’, even partially, through trauma, disease or disorder, frightens most people. Trouble in Mind is a...
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Partners: Love is a Law Unto Itself (Harrison Young, Jane Curry)

Thursday, 16 May 2013

These stories detail adventures in sex and romance at a top law firm in New York. Each story focusses on a...
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Drive By (Michael Duffy, A&U)

Thursday, 16 May 2013

A murder, a trial, a Muslim Lebanese-Australian crime family, drugs and police corruption: Michael Duffy packs it all into this fast-moving...
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If I Tell You I'll Have to Kill You (ed by Michael Robotham, A&U)

Thursday, 16 May 2013

A friend of mine recently told me that crime writing’s unusual pull on the imagination was that it began at the...
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The Short Giraffe (Neil Flory, illus by Mark Cleary, A&U)

Friday, 3 May 2013

When the Boba the baboon gathers the tallest animals in the world together for a photo portrait, little Geri is embarrassed....
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Chasing the Valley (Skye Melki-Wegner, Random House)

Friday, 3 May 2013

Sixteen-year-old Danika is a street kid in a world where a tyrant king keeps the population cowed with alchemy bombs dropped...
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Jeremy (Chris Faille, illus by Danny Snell, Working Title Press)

Friday, 3 May 2013

This picture book tells the story of a young kookaburra. He is discovered by the family cat when he is just...
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Lightning (Felicity Volk, Picador)

Wednesday, 1 May 2013

A road novel, a tale of magic realism, a story of two outsiders finding each other, and a search for identity...
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Mr Wigg (Inga Simpson, Hachette)

Wednesday, 1 May 2013

The book that comes to mind on having finished Inga Simpson’s Mr Wigg is Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. They...
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Heist (Robert Schofield, Allen & Unwin)

Wednesday, 1 May 2013

Opening with a daring robbery at a Kalgoorlie gold mine, Heist is an action novel that doesn’t really live up to...
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Fukushima: Japan’s Tsunami and the Inside Story of the Nuclear Meltdowns (Mark Willacy, Macmillan)

Thursday, 18 April 2013

ABC journalist Mark Willacy won a Walkley Award for his coverage of the 2011 tsunami and subsequent nuclear disasters in Japan....
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The Asylum (John Harwood, Vintage)

Friday, 5 April 2013

In this suspenseful gothic thriller set in late Victorian England, John Harwood (The Ghost Writer, Séance) has clearly had fun with...
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A Bitter Taste (Annie Hauxwell, Michael Joseph)

Friday, 5 April 2013

Catherine Berlin, a private investigator with a heroin addiction, is battling the unseasonal heat of London as well as physical scars...
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just_a_girl (Kirsten Krauth, UWA Publishing)

Friday, 5 April 2013

Kirsten Krauth’s debut novel is by turns frustrating and exhilarating. On one hand, the plot is fraught with clichés connected to...
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Now Showing (Ron Elliott, Fremantle Press)

Friday, 5 April 2013

Over the years Perth-based screenwriter Ron Elliott has accumulated a drawer full of part-finished scripts or sketches for film or TV...
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Out of Shape: Debunking Myths about Fashion and Fit (Mel Campbell, Affirm Press)

Friday, 5 April 2013

Mel Campbell’s first book is a lively and personal waltz through the history and culture of clothing size and fit. Campbell...
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Holy Bible (Vanessa Russell, Sleepers)

Friday, 5 April 2013

It’s quite a bold move to name your book Holy Bible; it could pique curiousity or incite alienation. Let’s hope it’s...
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Three Hours Late (Nicole Trope, A&U)

Friday, 5 April 2013

This is the second adult novel from Nicole Trope, author of The Boy under the Table, and like that tale, it...
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The Accident (Kate Hendrick, Text)

Friday, 5 April 2013

‘We can’t always control what happens to us, we can only control what we do about it.’ Though difficult to grasp...
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Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia (David Hunt, Black Inc.)

Friday, 5 April 2013

Australian history never looked like this! Historian David Hunt takes aim at some of Australia’s historical sacred cows with his unique...
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Battlers & Billionaires: The Story of Inequality in Australia (Andrew Leigh, Redback)

Friday, 5 April 2013

This short book is the first in what promises to be a great new series from Black Inc. called ‘Redbacks’. The...
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Lexicon (Max Barry, Mulholland)

Friday, 5 April 2013

The entire town of Broken Hill has been killed off by a deadly weapon: a word. And it seems as though...
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Transactions (Ali Alizadeh, UQP)

Friday, 5 April 2013

Ali Alizadeh’s critically acclaimed book of poetry Ashes in the Air was shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards last year...
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Unearthed (Tracy Ryan, Fremantle Press)

Friday, 5 April 2013

‘Now you are dead perhaps we can really talk.’ Ryan’s last poetry collection, The Argument, won the WA Premier’s Book Award...
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Dead Cat Bounce (Peter Cotton, Scribe)

Friday, 5 April 2013

Timeliness is next to godliness if you’re a popular fiction author, and Peter Cotton’s debut novel Dead Cat Bounce is about...
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Bernard’s Plane Trip (Adele Jaunn, Working Title Press)

Friday, 5 April 2013

With simple, informative text and clear illustrations, we follow a bear called Bernard as he packs for his trip and takes...
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Big Red Kangaroo (Clare Saxby, illus by Graham Byrne, Walker Books)

Friday, 5 April 2013

Big Red Kangaroo is a beautifully illustrated picture book that combines narrative and fact to create an accessible introduction to this...
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Hold on Tight (Sara Acton, Scholastic)

Friday, 5 April 2013

What would happen if you let go of your mum’s hand and blew away up into the sky? Would you have...
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Where Are You, Banana? (Sofie Laguna, illus by Craig Smith, A&U)

Friday, 5 April 2013

This book explores the special relationship that develops between a child and their first pet. Roddy and Banana have been best...
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Chook Chook: Little and Lo in the City (Wai Chim, UQP)

Friday, 5 April 2013

This entertaining story begins in rural China. Mei lives on a farm with her mother, brother and two beloved chooks, Little...
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Lulu Bell and the Birthday Unicorn (Belinda Murrell, illus by Serena Geddes, Random House)

Friday, 5 April 2013

We meet Lulu Bell on a very important day—her little sister Rosie’s sixth birthday. Everything seems to be going according to...
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More Stories from the Billabong (James Vance Marshall, illus by Francis Firebrace, Walker Books)

Friday, 5 April 2013

This is a companion title to Stories from the Billabong by the same collaborators. It is a gorgeously presented book, full...
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Shahana: Through My Eyes (Rosanne Hawke, A&U)

Friday, 5 April 2013

This is an outstanding first entry in the ‘Through My Eyes’ series for readers aged 11-14, which aims to increase awareness...
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Stay: The Last Dog in Antarctica (Jesse Blackadder, ABC Books)

Friday, 5 April 2013

Stay is a fibreglass golden labrador with a slot in her head. Her job is to sit in front of a...
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Fairytales for Wilde Girls (Allyse Near, Random House)

Friday, 5 April 2013

It’s a big call to compare an author to Margo Lanagan, Neil Gaiman and Holly Black—even more so when that author...
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The First Third (Will Kostakis, Puffin)

Friday, 5 April 2013

The First Third is the second book by author Will Kostakis, following Loathing Lola. We meet Bill and his family in...
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Hatched: Celebrating 20 Years of the Tim Winton Award for Young Writers (foreword by Tim Winton, Fremantle Press)

Friday, 5 April 2013

Short stories are little adventures that allow us to fall briefly from our world into another—a fundamental part of the human...
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Lucien (James Moloney, HarperCollins)

Friday, 5 April 2013

This is the third and final book in James Maloney’s fantasy series, which began in 2011 with Silvermay. It picks up...
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The Whole of My World (Nicole Hayes, Woolshed Press)

Friday, 5 April 2013

It’s a rare treat to find a sports-focused YA novel with a female protagonist, and Australian author Nicole Hayes’ moving 1980s-set...
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Wildlife (Fiona Wood, Pan Macmillan)

Friday, 5 April 2013

Wildlife is a poignant and insightful view into the teenage battleground of friendships, family and new romance, and is Fiona Wood’s...
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The 100 Best Albums of All Time (Craig Mathieson & Toby Cresswell, Hardie Grant)

Thursday, 4 April 2013

Longstanding Australian music journalists John O’Donnell, Craig Mathieson and Toby Cresswell have compiled this collection of The 100 Best Albums of...
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Who We Were (Lucy Neave, Text)

Thursday, 4 April 2013

Who We Were is a sweeping love story that spans multiple continents and decades. Annabel is just 17 when she meets...
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A Wrong Turn at the Office of Unmade Lists (Jane Rawson, Transit Lounge)

Thursday, 4 April 2013

Dystopian worlds can be as perilous for those writing about them as they are for those occupying them. Thankfully Jane Rawson...
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Dark Horse (Honey Brown, Michael Joseph)

Thursday, 21 March 2013

On Christmas morning a biblically epic storm traps Sarah Barnard and her horse on the (nominally Tasmanian) Devil’s Mountain. Sarah finds...
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The Shadow Year (Hannah Richell, Hachette)

Thursday, 21 March 2013

General fiction readers should enjoy this second novel from Hannah Richell, author of Secrets of the Tides. Alternating chapters piece together...
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Father Bob: The Larrikin Priest (Sue Williams, Michael Joseph)

Thursday, 21 March 2013

The 2005 SBS TV program Speaking in Tongues, co-hosted by John Safran, first introduced Father Bob to a wider audience, but...
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Sweet Damage (Rebecca James, A&U)

Tuesday, 5 March 2013

Sweet Damage is the hotly anticipated new book from Rebecca James, whose debut YA thriller Beautiful Malice generated much hype around...
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Steal My Sunshine (Emily Gale, Random House)

Tuesday, 5 March 2013

Australian-based, British-born YA author Emily Gale’s latest novel, Steal My Sunshine, explores long-buried secrets and loyalties in the shadow of a...
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Song of the Slums (Richard Harland, A&U)

Tuesday, 5 March 2013

Astor’s passion is for music, but she’ll take an arranged marriage if it gets her out of her stepfather’s house. Instead...
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The Pirate Company: On the Trail of the Golden Toucan (Susan Cason, Scholastic)

Tuesday, 5 March 2013

Young Tom Applecross has recently lost his father Josiah, the famous explorer and discoverer of the Lost City. With Josiah missing...
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Finding Serendipity (Angelica Banks, A&U)

Tuesday, 5 March 2013

Tuesday’s mother is Serendipity Smith, the most famous author in the world. Serendipity is supposed to finish her latest novel today,...
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How to Catch a Monster (Christina Bollenbach, Scholastic)

Tuesday, 5 March 2013

Illustrator Christina Bollenbach has turned her hand to writing with How to Catch a Monster. Sweatband-wearing Lukas is visited by a...
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Bird & Bear (Ann James, The Five Mile Press)

Tuesday, 5 March 2013

Bird & Bear is a beautifully illustrated picture book that explores the unfolding wonder of a young teddy bear as he...
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The Perplexing Pineapple: The Cryptic Casebook of Coco Carlomagno (and Alberta) Book 1 (Ursula Dubosarsky, puzzles and illus by Terry Denton, A&U)

Tuesday, 5 March 2013

Individually, Terry Denton and Ursula Dubosarsky are so beloved by children and adults that they’ll no doubt attract a fanbase for...
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The Childhood of Jesus (J M Coetzee, Text)

Tuesday, 12 February 2013

Simón and David have stepped off a boat in a new country. After six weeks in a camp learning Spanish, they...
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Kitchen Table Memoirs (Nick Richardson, ABC Books)

Monday, 11 February 2013

I have a love/hate relationship with anthologies; just as you settle into one story, the author and style changes—and not always...
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Madeleine: A Life of Madeleine St John (Helen Trinca, Text)

Monday, 11 February 2013

Helen Trinca draws on interviews with family and friends of Madeleine St John to compose this first biography of the Australian...
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The Swan Song of Doctor Malloy (Robert Power, Transit Lounge)

Monday, 11 February 2013

It is the mid-80s and Australian scientist Anthony Malloy is working in London on a revolutionary invention—a tamper-proof, one-use syringe. It...
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A Flower beneath the Cracks: A Memoir (Helen Sage, Affirm Press)

Monday, 11 February 2013

One evening, Helen Sage’s 22-year-old daughter Jayne is involved in a near-fatal car accident. The family’s lives are immediately transformed as...
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Mr Snack and the Lady Water (Brendan Shanahan, MUP)

Monday, 11 February 2013

Brendan Shanahan’s collection of travel stories begins with his trip on a leaky barge up China’s Yangtze River towards the Three...
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Twitcher (Cherise Saywell, Vintage)

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

Twitcher is Cherise Saywell’s second novel after her impressive debut, Desert Fish. Sixteen-year-old Kenno lives with his parents and sister in...
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Through a Sparkling Glass (Andrea Frost, Hardie Grant)

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

This is a bubbly little book that, on the first sip, surprises with its light and airy style, but after a...
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Bone Ash Sky (Katerina Cosgrove, Hardie Grant)

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

Katerina Cosgrove co-founded Sappho Books and Gertrude & Alice bookstore/café in Sydney. Her first novel The Glass Heart was published to...
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Dark Serpent (Kylie Chan, HarperVoyager)

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

This is the first book in Kylie Chan’s ‘Celestial Battle’ trilogy, which combines martial arts and magic, although it is the...
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Creative Writing for Beginners (Colin Batrouney, Affirm Press)

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

Colin Batrouney explores the redemptive power of fiction in his second novel. Books have given Joel’s otherwise aimless life a direction...
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Elemental (Amanda Curtin, UWA Publishing)

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

Elemental continues Amanda Curtin’s fruitful fascination with memory, history and the generational legacies of family, following her debut novel The Sinkings...
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My Beautiful Enemy (Cory Taylor, Text)

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

Cory Taylor’s debut novel—the critically acclaimed Me and Mr Booker—was a brilliant and darkly comic coming-of-age story. My Beautiful Enemy, her...
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The Railwayman’s Wife (Ashley Hay, A&U)

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

Set on the south coast of NSW in Thirroul in 1948, where D H Lawrence wrote Kangaroo, this stunning novel follows...
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Steeplechase (Krissy Kneen, Text)

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

The celebrated artist Emily Reich is worth millions and lauded by the art community. Her younger sister Bec has scraped by...
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The Memory Trap (Andrea Goldsmith, Fourth Estate)

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

What a mess people can make of their lives. In this remarkable novel we meet Nina, a consultant on memorial projects,...
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Privacy (Genna De Bont, Fourth Estate)

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

Warren ‘Wren’ Fox is a 35-year-old who lives with his mother in a one-bedroom house in semi-rural Victoria. He works for...
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The French Promise (Fiona McIntosh, Michael Joseph)

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

The French Promise continues the World War II story of Luc and Lisette, the protagonists of McIntosh’s The Lavender Keeper, although...
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Me and Rory Macbeath (Richard Beasley, Hachette)

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

In his third novel, Richard Beasley tells a ‘rites of passage’ story from the perspective of the child while the adult...
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Taking a Chance (Deborah Burrows, Macmillan)

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

I thoroughly enjoyed this tale of Nell, a journalist in Perth during World War II. Although Nell generally covers ‘women’s business’...
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Black Saturday at Steels Creek (Peter Stanley, Scribe)

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

The fires of Black Saturday in 2009 are a significant event in Australia’s history. But, as Peter Stanley writes in some...
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A World of Other People (Steven Carroll, Fourth Estate)

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

Steven Carroll is a long-term admirer of T S Eliot and has already won praise for his adaption of Eliot’s poem...
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Boy, Lost: A Family Memoir (Kristina Olsson, UQP)

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

In 1950 in far north Queensland, a pregnant 19-year-old boards a train with her baby boy, only to have her child...
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Burial Rites (Hannah Kent, Picador)

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

Burial Rites is an impressively assured debut from Adelaide writer Hannah Kent, who made headlines last year when her manuscript triggered...
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Once Upon a Slime: 45 Fun Ways to Get Writing … Fast! (Andy Griffiths, illus by Terry Denton, Pan Macmillan)

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

It’s not surprising to learn that a young Andy Griffiths was inspired by Der Struwwelpeter, discovering in those comically horrific German...
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Madame Bovary’s Haberdashery (Maurilia Meehan, Transit Lounge)

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

Odette and Cicely are best friends. Odette is a ceramic artist and serial monogamist; Cicely likes to knit and once published...
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The Good Life: What Makes a Life Worth Living (Hugh Mackay, Pan Macmillan)

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

This is not a book about ‘how to feel good, how to find happiness or how to reap some reward for...
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Welcome to Your New Life (Anna Goldsworthy, Black Inc.)

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

Having recently read Anna Goldsworthy’s celebrated first memoir Piano Lessons, I jumped at the chance to review her second, given how...
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The Secret Lives of Men (Georgia Blain, Scribe)

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

Many adjectives have been used to describe Georgia Blain’s work, including evocative, powerful, atmospheric, haunting, rich, thought-provoking, skilful, uncompromising and finely...
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I’ve an Uncle Ivan (Ban Sanders, Thames & Hudson)

Monday, 4 February 2013

This book introduces each member of a large family as, one by one, they make their way towards the town square....
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The Cloud Road: The Kingdom of the Lost Book 2 (Isobelle Carmody, Viking)

Monday, 4 February 2013

The Cloud Road is the second book in Isobelle Carmody’s ‘Kingdom of the Lost Book’ fantasy series for younger readers. After...
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Julius and the Watchmaker (Tim Hehir, Text)

Monday, 4 February 2013

Tim Hehir’s debut YA novel Julius and the Watchmaker takes us into the world of Julius Caesar Higgins, a boy who...
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I’m a Dirty Dinosaur (Janeen Brian & Ann James, Viking)

Thursday, 31 January 2013

Independently and together, Janeen Brian and Ann James have produced many successful and award-winning picture books for young children. Both know...
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The Mimosa Tree (Antonella Preto, Fremantle Press)

Thursday, 31 January 2013

Mira’s first year of university has just begun and she is determined it will be a fresh start. The year is...
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Ted (Leila Rudge, Walker Books)

Thursday, 31 January 2013

Illustrator Leila Rudge is making a name for herself in Australian picture books, and has collaborated on several books with author...
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Between the Lives (Jessica Shirvington, HarperCollins)

Thursday, 31 January 2013

Sabina is no ordinary 16-year-old girl. On alternate days, she wakes up in a different life. In one, she’s a popular...
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Light Horse Boy (Dianne Wolfer, illus by Brian Simmonds, Fremantle Press)

Thursday, 31 January 2013

Light Horse Boy is the story of a young Anzac and his journey through World War I. Jim is only 17...
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Max & George (Cori Brooke & Sue deGennaro, Viking)

Thursday, 31 January 2013

Max & George is a subtle and sophisticated children’s book that will be more suitable to early primary school readers than preschoolers...
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Night Watch (Phil Cummings, illus by Janine Dawson, Working Title Press)

Thursday, 31 January 2013

Giraffe, elephant, hippo and baboon all live by the lake. They are neighbours, happily co-existing side by side without any territorial...
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Song for a Scarlet Runner (Julie Hunt, A&U)

Thursday, 31 January 2013

When nine-year-old Peat is blamed for bringing misfortune to the local settlement, she flees to the marshes. There she is caught...
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Portraits of Celina (Sue Whiting, Walker Books)

Thursday, 31 January 2013

Bailey’s family has not had a good year. After her father’s accidental death, her sister has started drinking, her brother won’t...
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Joyous & Moonbeam (Richard Yaxley, Scholastic)

Thursday, 31 January 2013

This is a story about two unlikely friends whose names offer an insight into their characters. Readers are introduced to Joyous...
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Truly Tan: Jinxed! (Jen Storer, illus by Clare Robertson, HarperCollins)

Thursday, 31 January 2013

With a similar look and pitch as Lauren Child’s ‘Clarice Bean’ books, ‘Truly Tan’ is a fantastic new series for all...
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Cry Blue Murder (Kim Kane & Marion Roberts, UQP)

Thursday, 31 January 2013

Thomas Harris meets John Marsden in this taut YA psychological thriller about friendship and trust in the changing social landscape. It...
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Boomer and Me (Jo Case, Hardie Grant)

Wednesday, 30 January 2013

Many of Books+Publishing’s readers may already be familiar with Jo Case, who is well known in Melbourne publishing circles as an...
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Conspiracy 365: Black Ops #1: Missing (Gabrielle Lord, Scholastic)

Friday, 14 December 2012

Callum Ormond just can't stay out of trouble. He has barely had time to catch his breath following the year-long adventure...
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Konkretion (Marion May Campbell, UWA Publishing)

Friday, 14 December 2012

UWA Publishing should be commended for going against the grain in publishing such a highly literary and experimental novel. And I...
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My Life as an Alphabet (Barry Jonsberg, A&U)

Friday, 14 December 2012

Candice Phee is 12, nearly 13, and she is intelligent and helpful, she likes to read the dictionary and Charles Dickens,...
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Murder with the Lot (Sue Williams, Text)

Friday, 14 December 2012

Self-appointed PI Cass Tuplin runs the takeaway shop in drought-ridden Rusty Bore. She has two sons—the local copper Dean and vegetarian...
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Amber Road (Boyd Anderson, Bantam)

Friday, 14 December 2012

In Europe World War II rages, but in Singapore 17-year-old Victoria Khoo is preoccupied with her plans to marry Sebastian Boustead,...
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As the River Runs (Stephen Scourfield, UWA Publishing)

Friday, 14 December 2012

In today’s Kimberley region, water is a natural resource, a social necessity, a political advantage and a means for personal ambition....
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Cat & Fiddle (Lesley Jørgensen, Scribe)

Thursday, 13 December 2012

Cat and Fiddle, winner of the 2011 CAL Scribe Fiction Prize for an unpublished manuscript, follows the scandals and fortunes of...
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Chasing the Light (Jesse Blackadder, HarperCollins)

Thursday, 13 December 2012

It’s the early 1930s. Whaling is booming in Antarctic waters while the fight for dominance over the land continues. The race...
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Fractured (Dawn Barker, Hachette Australia)

Thursday, 13 December 2012

Tony and Anna Patton seem to be the perfect couple: good-looking, hard-working, happily married and new parents to gorgeous baby Jack....
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Good News, Bad News (Maggie Groff, Pan Macmillan)

Thursday, 13 December 2012

Set in idyllic Byron Bay, Good News, Bad News follows freelance investigative journo Scout Davis, first introduced in Mad Men, Bad...
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The Midnight Dress (Karen Foxlee, UQP)

Thursday, 13 December 2012

This suspense novel took me by surprise—not just the ending but how enjoyable it was! This is the second novel from...
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Mullumbimby (Melissa Lucashenko, UQP)

Thursday, 13 December 2012

When Jo Breen buys a property in the Byron Bay hinterland her motives are clear—to be closer to her ancestral land...
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The Rosie Project (Graeme Simsion, Text)

Thursday, 13 December 2012

This funny, feel-good take on Asperger’s Syndrome has been getting huge international and local buzz. It’s the story of Don Tillman,...
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Birth with Confidence (Rhea Dempsey, Boathouse Press)

Thursday, 13 December 2012

Rhea Dempsey is a childbirth educator and one of Australia’s foremost thinkers on the topic of childbirth. In Birth with Confidence,...
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Ghost Wife: A Memoir of Love and Defiance (Michelle Dicinoski, Black Inc.)

Thursday, 13 December 2012

In this moving memoir Australian writer Michelle Dicinoski charts her decision to marry her girlfriend Heather, and the complications that arise...
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Love with a Chance of Drowning (Torre DeRoche, Viking)

Thursday, 13 December 2012

An urban 20-something Aussie girl gets on the booze in a San Francisco bar, chats up a soulful, handsome stranger, has...
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Things I Didn’t Expect (When I Was Expecting) (Monica Dux, MUP)

Thursday, 13 December 2012

Things I Didn’t Expect combines Monica Dux’s own bravely honest, warts-and-all pregnancy and birth stories with anecdotes, statistics and expert opinion...
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Alex as Well (Alyssa Brugman, Text)

Thursday, 13 December 2012

Alex has spent her whole life seeing someone else—the other Alex—looking back at her from the mirror. But now things have...
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All This Could End (Steph Bowe, Text)

Thursday, 13 December 2012

I am in awe of Steph Bowe. Her second novel, All This Could End, is so confident and perceptive that it...
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Definitely No Ducks (Meg McKinlay, illus by Leila Rudge, Walker Books)

Thursday, 13 December 2012

Mrs Melvino’s class is doing Antarctica for their special end-of-term assembly. As well as talking about it, they have built a...
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How to Keep a Boy from Kissing You (Tara Eglington, HarperCollins)

Thursday, 13 December 2012

Despite claiming to be an expert on matters of the heart, Aurora has never actually been kissed. She is determined her...
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Life in Outer Space (Melissa Keil, Hardie Grant Egmont)

Thursday, 13 December 2012

Sam Kinnison isn’t having the ideal high school experience. While he has good friends and gets good marks, he is also...
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New Guinea Moon (Kate Constable, A&U)

Thursday, 13 December 2012

Kate Constable’s latest novel has much in common with her CBCA award-winner Crow Country, but unfortunately fails to meet the same...
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When We Wake (Karen Healey, A&U)

Thursday, 13 December 2012

Award-winning New Zealand writer Karen Healey’s third YA novel, When We Wake, is a taut drama set in an unnervingly realistic...
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Bay of Fires (Poppy Gee, Hachette)

Thursday, 13 December 2012

Murdered girls washed up on picture-postcard Tassie beaches. You could joke about not telling Tourism Tasmania, but sadly this novel takes...
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Be Careful What You Wish For (Gemma Crisp, A&U)

Tuesday, 30 October 2012

Brought to you by the editor of Cleo, Be Careful What You Wish For is standard chick-lit with pretty much everything...
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Elsewhere in Success (Iris Lavell, Fremantle Press)

Tuesday, 30 October 2012

This debut novel is set in a suburb called Success; here the protagonists Harry and Louisa are floundering. This middle-aged couple...
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Inheritance (Balli Kaur Jaswal, Sleepers)

Tuesday, 30 October 2012

Told through the eyes of a Punjabi Sikh family and set in Singapore between the 1970s and the 1990s, this bold...
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Rough Diamond (Kathryn Ledson, Michael Joseph)

Tuesday, 30 October 2012

We first meet the hero of Rough Diamond on a dark and wet Melbourne evening. Erica Jewell literally falls over Jack...
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Strikeforce Lightning (Mark Aitken, A&U)

Tuesday, 30 October 2012

Strikeforce Lightning is exactly what you’d expect from the title—a military/espionage thriller in the vein of fellow Australians James Phelan and...
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High Sobriety: My Year without Booze (Jill Stark, Scribe)

Tuesday, 30 October 2012

‘I was the binge-drinking health reporter. During the week, I wrote about Australia’s booze-soaked culture. At the weekends, I wrote myself...
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A Lasting Record (Stephen Downes, HarperCollins)

Tuesday, 30 October 2012

Alongside Rubinstein and Horowitz, William Kapell was widely considered one of the three greatest pianists of his time. Kapell died in...
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Steve Biddulph’s Raising Girls (Steve Biddulph, Finch Publishing)

Tuesday, 30 October 2012

Best known for his book Raising Boys, psychologist Steve Biddulph has written a companion piece, motivated in part by his belief...
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Eerie series: Game Over and Hunter and Collector (S Carey, Puffin)

Tuesday, 30 October 2012

Game Over and Hunter and Collector are the first two titles in a new thriller series for children aged seven and...
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Freia Lockhart’s Summer of Awful (Aimee Said, Walker Books)

Tuesday, 30 October 2012

Freia Lockhart’s Summer of Awful is the follow-up to Aimee Said’s delightful teen novel Finding Freia Lockhart, though it can be...
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A Ring through Time (Felicity Pulman, HarperCollins)

Tuesday, 30 October 2012

Allie feels like an outsider at her new school on Norfolk Island. There’s only one person she looks forward to seeing—the...
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The Romance Diaries (Jenna Austen, HarperCollins)

Tuesday, 30 October 2012

The Romance Diaries is a fun, fast-paced and modern read for lovers of the Clueless style of Jane Austen updates. In...
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The Holiday Murders (Robert Gott, Scribe)

Tuesday, 30 October 2012

The Holiday Murders is a new crime novel from Robert Gott, author of the ‘William Power’ crime novels as well as many...
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Ruby Learns to Swim (Phillip Gwynne, illus by Tamsin Ainslie, A&U)

Tuesday, 16 October 2012

Join Ruby (and her rubber duck) as she learns to swim. Ruby uses goggles, floaties and flippers, learning to float, kick,...
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Blackwattle Lake (Pamela Cook, Hachette)

Monday, 15 October 2012

When Eve Nicholls inherits her mother’s property after storming out many years earlier, she is not prepared for the flood of...
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Sisters of Mercy (Caroline Overington, Bantam)

Monday, 15 October 2012

Australian novelist and journalist Caroline Overington writes the kind of fiction that combines domestic drama with topical social issues. Her latest...
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Quintana of Charyn (Melina Marchetta, Viking)

Monday, 15 October 2012

Quintana of Charyn is the third and final book in the Lumatere Chronicles, following on from the very successful Finnikin of...
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Tom and Tilly (Jedda Robaard, Walker Books)

Monday, 15 October 2012

Tom and Tilly is a testament to the power of imagination. A boy and his teddy bear go on a grand...
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Finding Mr Darcy (Amanda Hooton, Macmillan)

Friday, 12 October 2012

Jane Austen seems to have had a real renaissance lately; we have seen zombies and sea monsters invade her books, and...
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Cuckoo! (Fiona Roberton, Viking)

Thursday, 11 October 2012

Cuckoo is a little bird who doesn’t quite fit in or, more particularly, no matter how many ways he tries saying...
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The Dog on the Tuckerbox (Corinne Fenton, illus by Peter Gouldthorpe, Walker Books)

Thursday, 11 October 2012

The Dog on the Tuckerbox brings to life one of Australia’s most iconic stories about the mateship and hardship experienced by...
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Granny Grommet and Me (Dianne Wolfer, illus by Karen Blair, Walker Books)

Thursday, 11 October 2012

When you think of the word ‘grommet’ (a young and/or inexperienced surfer), a sprightly grandma doesn’t exactly come to mind, and...
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A Very Unusual Pursuit: City of Orphans book one (Catherine Jinks, A&U)

Thursday, 11 October 2012

Prolific author Catherine Jinks is back with a brand new series, ‘City of Orphans’. The first book, A Very Unusual Pursuit,...
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Catch the Zolt: The Debt Instalment One (Phillip Gwynne, A&U)

Thursday, 11 October 2012

It’s a warm, cloudless day on the Gold Coast when elite runner Dom Silvagni turns 15. On his routine morning run,...
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Escape from Cockatoo Island: My Australian Story (Yvette Poshoglian, Scholastic)

Thursday, 11 October 2012

Escape from Cockatoo Island is the latest offering in the ‘My Australian Story’ series. Olivia doesn’t think that she’s a bad...
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History Hackers: Omega Squad 2 (Charlie Carter, Pan Macmillan)

Thursday, 11 October 2012

The Omega Squad continues the popular ‘Battle Boy’ series. Now 13, Napoleon Augustus Smythe is a Battle Agent, part of the...
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Bad Grammar (Nathan Luff, Walker Books)

Thursday, 11 October 2012

Marcus is a great warrior—a dragonslayer! At least, he is online. Gaming is the one place he feels at home since...
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Tyrannosaurus in the Veggie Patch: Saurus Street 1 (Nick Falk, illus by Tony Flowers, Random House)

Thursday, 11 October 2012

At some point most of us poke around in the garden for signs that dinosaurs used to roam our backyards—the fantasy...
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The Skeleton Key: Pandora English Book 3 (Tara Moss, Macmillan)

Wednesday, 10 October 2012

The Skeleton Key is the third instalment in the ‘Pandora English’ series—paranormal adventure stories interwoven with elements of mythology and populated...
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Not Your Ordinary Housewife (Nikki Stern, A&U)

Wednesday, 10 October 2012

This is not a light-hearted story about a woman’s foray into the world of illicit sex. What begins as a vibrant...
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Shallow Breath (Sara Foster, Bantam)

Wednesday, 10 October 2012

Some mystery novels ease into the story, and others just thrust you into the middle of everything and let you sort...
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Joyful Strains: Expat Writers on Making Australia Home (ed by Kent MacCarter & Ali Lemer, Affirm Press)

Wednesday, 10 October 2012

This broad collection of migration stories is an example of a good idea backed up by an excellent execution. Many of...
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Crying in the Car: Reflections on Life and Motherhood (Karen Andrews, Miscellaneous Press)

Wednesday, 10 October 2012

Karen Andrews blogs at miscmum.com and previously edited and published a collection of writing from blogs, Miscellaneous Voices. Crying in the...
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Drink Smoke Pass Out: An Unlikely Spiritual Journey (Judith Lucy, Viking)

Friday, 5 October 2012

I jumped at the chance to review this, the second of Judith Lucy’s memoirs. I found her first go at the...
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The Best Australian Business Writing 2012 (ed by Andrew Cornell, NewSouth)

Thursday, 4 October 2012

Good business writing gives you the facts and the figures, the movers and shakers, the inside scoop. And it helps you...
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Seduction (Kate Forster , Michael Joseph)

Friday, 28 September 2012

Kitty works for glamorous movie star Willow, as her nanny. Willow is married to dead-beat-dad/rock star Kerr. As Willow begins to...
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The 2013 Voiceless Anthology (Selected by J M Coetzee et al, A&U)

Friday, 28 September 2012

The Voiceless Anthology has been born out of the Voiceless Writing Prize, which awards $15,000 to the writer of the best...
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Eric Vale, Epic Fail (Michael Gerard Bauer, illus by Joe Bauer, Scholastic)

Monday, 3 September 2012

Eric Vale has a terrible nickname: Epic Fail. And he can't seem to shake it. Every little thing Eric does wrong—from...
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Bedtime Stories: Tales from My 21 Years at Late Night Live (Phillip Adams, ABC Books)

Monday, 3 September 2012

Phillip Adams has entertained listeners to Radio National’s Late Night Live for more than two decades. In this book of reminiscences...
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The Great Race: The Race between the English and the French to Complete the Map of Australia (David Hill, William Heinemann)

Monday, 3 September 2012

Following his successful books 1788 and The Gold Rush, David Hill’s The Great Race traces the little-known story of the competition...
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Bill the Bastard: The Story of Australia’s Greatest War Horse (Roland Perry, A&U)

Monday, 3 September 2012

Australia didn’t just send its men to fight in the First World War. Tens of thousands of horses went too. The...
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Tamam Shud: The Somerton Man Mystery (Kerry Greenwood, NewSouth)

Monday, 3 September 2012

This book is part true crime, part memoir, part biography and part fiction, with touches of gentle humour. All up it...
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The Man from the Land of Fandango (Margaret Mahy, illus by Polly Dunbar, Frances Lincoln)

Monday, 3 September 2012

Margaret Mahy's recent death is a great sadness for her many fans worldwide. Twice winner of the Carnegie Medal and recipient...
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Ruby Red Shoes (Kate Knapp, HarperCollins)

Monday, 3 September 2012

Ruby Red Shoes is a white hare, so named after footwear given to her by her grandma when she was...
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On Warne (Gideon Haigh, Viking)

Monday, 3 September 2012

This book reveals two of life’s certainties: one, that Gideon Haigh is an outstanding writer, and two, that Shane Warne’s tabloid-fodder...
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Damaged in Transit (Mary Manning, Spineless Wonders)

Monday, 3 September 2012

Damaged in Transit is a collection of short stories from Melbourne writer Mary Manning. It charts familiar territory—journeys on trams, along...
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Chasing the Sun (Robin Baker, Pantera Press)

Wednesday, 29 August 2012

Chasing the Sun is a story about vampires who definitely don’t sparkle. Rather, they take drugs, wear sunglasses at night and...
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On the Farm: Our Holiday with Uncle Kev (Roland Harvey, A&U)

Saturday, 18 August 2012

On the Farm: Our Holiday with Uncle Kev is the latest addition to Roland Harvey’s successful series of picture books, and...
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Eddie Pipper (Janeen Brian, illus by Emma Stuart, New Frontier Publishing)

Saturday, 18 August 2012

Eddie loves penguins. He loves them more than anything in the world. He has toy penguins, books on penguins, penguin posters,...
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Leopard Dreaming (A A Bell, Voyager)

Saturday, 18 August 2012

This is the final book in A A Bell’s ‘Mira Chambers’ trilogy, following Diamond Eyes and Hindsight. It’s written in the...
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Lola Bensky (Lily Brett, Hamish Hamilton)

Saturday, 18 August 2012

Lola Bensky, a character often referred to as Lily Brett’s alter ego, has appeared in Brett’s short fiction, as well her...
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Like a House on Fire (Cate Kennedy, Scribe)

Saturday, 18 August 2012

This is a heartfelt and moving collection of short stories that cuts right to the emotional centre of everyday life. With...
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The House of Memories (Monica McInerney, Michael Joseph)

Saturday, 18 August 2012

Popular fiction author Monica McInerney needs no introduction to the Australian book trade. In her new novel, Ella, an editor, is...
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Better than Fiction: True Travel Tales from Great Fiction Writers (ed by Don George, Lonely Planet)

Saturday, 18 August 2012

Better than Fiction is a brilliant collection of travel stories, written especially for Lonely Planet, which spans the globe in the...
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Bradman’s War: How the 1948 Invincibles Changed the Game of Cricket (Malcolm Knox, Viking)

Saturday, 18 August 2012

I won’t deny that I wondered whether it was necessary to publish another book about cricket when Malcolm Knox’s Bradman’s War...
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By the Book: A Reader’s Guide to Life (Ramona Koval, Text)

Saturday, 18 August 2012

Imagine you are sitting in a cosy lounge room somewhere, chatting with literary journalist Ramona Koval about her life and reading...
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Canberra (Paul Daley, NewSouth)

Saturday, 18 August 2012

Canberra is a city that spawns much small-time mythology in the national psyche. Between the fat-cat pollies, the overpaid public servants,...
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Collectomania (Claudia Chan Shaw, ABC Books)

Saturday, 18 August 2012

The ABC TV series Collectors was a must-watch in our household for many years, and collectors all over the country mourned...
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Montebello: A Memoir (Robert Drewe, Viking)

Saturday, 18 August 2012

I’ve always liked Robert Drewe’s writing. He writes with humility and clarity, in spare, uncomplicated prose, with a storyteller’s gift in...
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Little Elephants (Graeme Base, Viking)

Saturday, 18 August 2012

Graeme Base needs no introduction. His books, including Animalia and The Eleventh Hour, are firmly established as classics. His latest book...
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The Moon Shines Out of the Dark (Stephanie Dowrick & Anne Spudvilas, A&U)

Saturday, 18 August 2012

The Moon Shines Out of the Dark is a moving collaboration between Stephanie Dowrick and Anne Spudvilas. It combines evocative illustrations...
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Tree: A Little Story about Big Things (Danny Parker, illus by Matt Ottley, Little Hare)

Saturday, 18 August 2012

This ‘little story about big things’ explores the cycle of life and death, the turn of seasons, survival of the fittest...
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Figaro and Rumba and the Crocodile Café (Anna Fienberg & Stephen Michael King, A&U)

Saturday, 18 August 2012

Figaro and Rumba are a Cuban dog and cat who live together. Rumba, the cat, is an ex-musician whose whole family...
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Maddy West and the Tongue Taker (Brian Falkner, illus by Donovan Bixley, Walker Books)

Saturday, 18 August 2012

The latest chapter book from New Zealand-born author Brian Falkner continues in the same adventurous vein as his last, the delightful...
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Black Spring (Alison Croggon, Walker Books)

Saturday, 18 August 2012

Black Spring is a dark, gothic tale inspired by Wuthering Heights. In this fantasy version of 19th-century England, some people are...
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The Convent (Maureen McCarthy, A&U)

Saturday, 18 August 2012

Maureen McCarthy is one of Australia’s best-loved YA authors, and her latest novel The Convent tells a compelling coming-of-age story about...
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The Crystal Code: The Billionaire Series Book Four (Richard Newsome, Text)

Saturday, 18 August 2012

Richard Newsome’s ‘Billionaire’ series continues at the same frenetic pace that worked so well in previous books. In The Crystal Code,...
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I Made Lattes for a Love God (Wendy Harmer, A&U)

Saturday, 18 August 2012

Fifteen-year-old Elly Pickering’s life just got a whole lot more exciting. Not only is her number-one crush, teen sensation Jake Blake,...
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The Lady Risks All (Stephanie Laurens, HarperCollins)

Friday, 17 August 2012

Stephanie Laurens' readers will be familiar with Lord Julian, or Roscoe, the hero of her latest Regency-set romance. However, they will...
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Seven Nights in a Rogue’s Bed (Anna Campbell, HarperCollins)

Friday, 17 August 2012

Seven Nights in a Rogue's Bed kicks off a new series by Anna Campbell, who has signed with a new publisher,...
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Don’t Go Back to Where You Came From (Tim Soutphommasane, NewSouth)

Friday, 17 August 2012

With the recent popularity of shows such as Dumb, Drunk and Racist and Go Back to Where You Came From, Tim...
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Princess Betony and the Unicorn (Pamela Freeman, illus by Tamsin Ainslie, Walker Books)

Friday, 17 August 2012

This stand-alone first chapter book from prolific author Pamela Freeman opens with a whip-cracking governess and a sprightly princess who isn't...
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Looking for Rex (Jan Ormerod, illus by Carol Thompson, Little Hare)

Friday, 17 August 2012

Although Gramps keeps himself active and busy, he’s lonely. He misses his wife Rose, and his family thinks he should get...
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A Corner of White: The Colours of Madeleine Book One (Jaclyn Moriarty, Pan Macmillan)

Thursday, 16 August 2012

Madeleine lives in Cambridge, England, The World, where she is homeschooled along with her two friends Belle and Jack. One day...
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Questions of Travel (Michelle de Kretser, A&U)

Thursday, 16 August 2012

Questions of Travel is the fourth novel from Michelle de Kretser, who, I think it’s safe to say, is no longer...
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The Conversation (David Brooks, UQP)

Thursday, 16 August 2012

I was eager to read The Conversation by David Brooks. The idea of the novel had me salivating long before I...
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Zombies, Bananas and Why There Are No Economists in Heaven (Jessica Irvine, Allen & Unwin)

Thursday, 2 August 2012

Let’s face it, economics is not the sexiest social science going around. If I were to spout the terms ‘negative externality’...
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Get Well Soon! My (Un)Brilliant Career as a Nurse (Kristy Chambers, UQP)

Friday, 20 July 2012

*Nonfiction Television audiences have been inundated with programs that attempt to depict the medical profession. Brisbane nurse Kristy Chambers’ memoir Get Well...
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The Rise of the Fifth Estate (Greg Jericho, Scribe)

Wednesday, 11 July 2012

The Rise of the Fifth Estate is a well-researched and engaging look at the world of social media and blogging in...
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Thai-no-mite (Oliver Phommavanh, Puffin)

Monday, 2 July 2012

Thai-riffic! introduced readers to Albert ‘Lengy’ Lengviriyakul, a Thai-Australian boy whose parents run a Thai restaurant. Unfortunately, Lengy doesn’t particularly like...
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Riggs Crossing (Michelle Heeter, Ford Street)

Monday, 2 July 2012

A girl is found in a car wreck, injured and suffering from amnesia. Nearby lie signs of a violent and bloody...
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Miss Understood (James Roy, Woolshed Press)

Monday, 2 July 2012

Ten-year-old Lizzie doesn’t mean to cause trouble, and always has the best intentions. So why is she being homeschooled by her...
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Creepy & Maud (Dianne Touchell, Fremantle Press)

Monday, 2 July 2012

Creepy & Maud is the story of an unusual romance conducted through glass. Creepy, the eloquent boy next door, leaves notes stuck...
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Clementine-Rose and the Surprise Visitor (Jacqueline Harvey, Random House)

Monday, 2 July 2012

Clementine Rose is just a baby when she is delivered to Lady Clarissa Appleby of Penberthy House in a breadbasket full...
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The Coast (Chris Hammer, MUP)

Monday, 2 July 2012

Many readers will recall The River, Chris Hammer’s award-winning study of the Murray-Darling river system. This new work is much larger...
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Whisky Charlie Foxtrot (Annabel Smith, Fremantle Press)

Monday, 2 July 2012

Charlie Ferns has grown up in the shadow of his identical twin brother William, or Whisky, as he is known after...
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The Voyage (Murray Bail, Text)

Monday, 2 July 2012

Murray Bail has been masterfully reinventing his writing for more than 30 years in short fiction, novels, criticism and art history....
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Las Vegas for Vegans (A S Patric, Transit Lounge)

Monday, 2 July 2012

This is the second collection of short stories from Melbourne writer (and bookseller) A S Patric, following last year’s The Rattler...
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In Falling Snow (Mary-Rose MacColl, A&U)

Monday, 2 July 2012

When Iris, an elderly widow, receives an invitation to a reunion in France, where she worked as a nurse during the...
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The Happiness Show (Catherine Deveny, Black Inc.)

Monday, 2 July 2012

In The Happiness Show, Australian comedian and writer Catherine Deveny turns her hand to fiction for the first time. The result...
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Velocity (Steve Worland, Michael Joseph)

Monday, 2 July 2012

Judd Bell is a NASA astronaut who has lost his mojo. Ever since his best friend was killed in a shuttle...
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Red Dirt Talking (Jacqueline Wright, Fremantle Press)

Monday, 2 July 2012

Jacqueline Wright won the TAG Hungerford Award for most promising unpublished manuscript in 2010 and Red Dirt Talking is the result....
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Beneath the Darkening Sky (Majok Tulba, Hamish Hamilton)

Wednesday, 27 June 2012

South Sudanese refugee Majok Tulba’s brutal, poetic debut views the monstrousness of war through the innocent eyes of a young boy....
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The Swarm (Andy Kissane, Puncher & Wattmann)

Friday, 15 June 2012

The characters who inhabit Andy Kissane’s engaging short stories are recognisably Australian and contemporary, as are the situations they find themselves...
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The Brain Sucker (Glenn Wood, Walker Books)

Wednesday, 13 June 2012

Callum is stoked with the fancy new wheelchair that his gran Rose has bought him for his birthday. He’s even more...
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A Hare, a Hound and Shy Mousey Brown (Julia Hubery, illus by Jonathan Bentley, Little Hare)

Wednesday, 13 June 2012

Love never runs smoothly, as we all know, and love is blind. Shy Mousey Brown is in love, but his beloved...
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Into That Forest (Louis Nowra, A&U)

Wednesday, 13 June 2012

Louis Nowra’s young-adult novel recreates a captivating time in Tasmanian history through the eyes of a unique narrator—a girl quite literally...
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City (James Roy, UQP)

Wednesday, 13 June 2012

In any move to a new city, familiarity takes time. The links between people and places aren’t always immediately apparent, and...
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After (Morris Gleitzman, Viking)

Wednesday, 13 June 2012

Continuing the story of Felix from Once, Then and Now, After follows the events of Then. The war is still going...
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Gaysia: Adventures in the Queer East (Benjamin Law, Black Inc.)

Wednesday, 13 June 2012

Benjamin Law embarks on a wild ride through Asia to investigate queer culture in Gaysia. In Indonesia he meets the moneyboys...
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Alice Springs (Eleanor Hogan, NewSouth)

Wednesday, 13 June 2012

This is no grey nomad’s guide to the red centre. In NewSouth’s latest city book, author Eleanor Hogan writes about her...
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To the Highlands (Jon Doust, Fremantle Press)

Wednesday, 13 June 2012

What is a man and how does a boy become one? Jack Muir was searching for the answers to these questions...
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Sufficient Grace (Amy Espeseth, Scribe)

Wednesday, 13 June 2012

Raised in a fundamentalist family of Pentecostals, where sin is an ever-prevalent danger, 13-year-old Ruth must reconcile her faith with reality...
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The Oldest Song in the World (Sue Woolfe, Fourth Estate)

Wednesday, 13 June 2012

The Oldest Song in the World is quite an incredible book. The story, with its mix of themes, is full of...
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Nine Days (Toni Jordan, Text)

Wednesday, 13 June 2012

We first meet the Westaway family through the character of young Kip, brother to Francis and Connie, son to a grieving...
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The Midnight Promise: A Detective’s Story in Ten Cases (Zane Lovitt, Text)

Wednesday, 13 June 2012

The Midnight Promise crashes straight into Temple, Corris and Chandler territory—just like the blurb promises. It involves a Melbourne PI, interlinked...
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Midnight Empire (Andrew Croome, A&U)

Wednesday, 13 June 2012

Andrew Croome’s debut novel, Document Z, looked at the world of Australian diplomats during the Cold War using the prism of...
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Mazin Grace (Dylan Coleman, UQP)

Wednesday, 13 June 2012

Winner of the 2011 David Unaipon Award for Indigenous Writing, this is a remarkable novel. Based on the author’s mother’s recollections...
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Black Mountain (Venero Armanno, UQP)

Wednesday, 13 June 2012

This intriguing novel takes you from a small coastal Queensland town to the sulphur minefields of Sicily. There are elements of...
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Fishing for Tigers (Emily Maguire, Picador)

Wednesday, 13 June 2012

Fishing for Tigers is Emily Maguire’s fourth novel, and a departure from the darkness of the most recent Smoke in the...
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Fire in the Sea (Myke Bartlett, Text)

Wednesday, 13 June 2012

Sixteen-year-old Sadie is growing tired of spending her summer days lounging on the beach with her tedious cousins and her wants-to-be-more-than-a-friend...
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Friday Brown (Vikki Wakefield, Text)

Wednesday, 13 June 2012

I don’t know whether it was icy weather or the sheer emotional tension of the story, but the night I stayed...
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Girl V the World: Waiting for It (Chrissie Keighery, Hardie Grant Egmont)

Wednesday, 13 June 2012

For my generation, answers to the question ‘Am I normal?’ and the unspoken mysteries of adolescence often had to be ferreted...
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Louis beside Himself (Anna Fienberg, A&U)

Wednesday, 13 June 2012

Readers looking to move on from the Wimpy Kid and challenge themselves more forcefully with the written word will enjoy Anna...
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S.C.U.M. (Danny Katz, A&U)

Wednesday, 13 June 2012

Australians of all ages ought to be aware of Danny Katz by now. If you have not heard the name before,...
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Unforgotten (Tohby Riddle, A&U)

Wednesday, 13 June 2012

This amazing book demands several readings. Although the text is a simple poem, the illustrations are so densely layered that the...
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Word Hunters: The Curious Dictionary (Nick Earls & Terry Whidborne, UQP)

Wednesday, 13 June 2012

Nick Earls and Terry Whidborne’s new book for children brings to life the past by indulging the word nerd in all...
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Thirst (L A Larkin, Pier 9)

Friday, 8 June 2012

L A Larkin’s debut The Genesis Flaw was a fabulous eco-thriller with tight storytelling that stretched—but didn’t break—credibility, so readers will...
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Hannah & Emil (Belinda Castles, A&U)

Friday, 8 June 2012

Hannah & Emil is the third novel from Vogel Literary Award winner Belinda Castles, and is inspired by the events of...
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Pilgrimage (Jacinta Halloran, Scribe)

Friday, 8 June 2012

Jacinta Halloran’s debut novel Dissection, about a female GP embroiled in a negligence suit and the personal devastation that followed, was...
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Bridge of Swords: Empire of Bones Book 1 (Duncan Lay, HarperVoyager)

Friday, 8 June 2012

Duncan Lay’s latest book offers something for new and old readers. While it’s set in the same world as his previous...
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American Stories: Tales of Hope and Anger (Michael Brissenden, UQP)

Friday, 8 June 2012

ABC TV’s Michael Brissenden has written a sharply observed and hugely entertaining collection of essays on contemporary American life. He covers...
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The Two Frank Thrings (Peter Fitzpatrick, Monash University Publishing)

Friday, 8 June 2012

The rise of commercial cinema in Australia and the nascence of our independent film industry provide a fascinating backdrop to this...
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Try Whistling This: Writings on Music (Andrew Ford, Black Inc.)

Friday, 8 June 2012

Andrew Ford is a composer, critic and broadcaster—he presents The Music Show on ABC Radio National—whose knowledge of and passion for...
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Money Shot: A Journey into Porn and Censorship (Jeff Sparrow, Scribe)

Friday, 8 June 2012

In his investigation into the state of censorship in Australia, author and Overland editor Jeff Sparrow discusses anti-porn activists Gail Dines...
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Sarah Thornhill (Kate Grenville, Text)

Thursday, 31 May 2012

In 2005 Kate Grenville wrote the bestselling and multiaward-winning The Secret River. She followed it up with The Lieutenant, a novel...
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Autumn Laing (Alex Miller, A&U)

Thursday, 31 May 2012

Fans of Alex Miller’s Lovesong will be pleased to find another love story at the heart of Autumn Laing. As the...
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Forecast: Turbulence (Janette Turner Hospital, Fourth Estate)

Thursday, 31 May 2012

Janette Turner Hospital’s anthology of stories gathers together a striking array of disturbed and disturbing characters—the forthright daughter of a cult...
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Foal’s Bread (Gillian Mears, A&U)

Friday, 4 May 2012

It’s been 16 years since Gillian Mears published her last novel, The Grass Sister, which won the regional Commonwealth Prize for...
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All That I Am (Anna Funder, Hamish Hamilton)

Friday, 4 May 2012

Given the striking intelligence and originality that Anna Funder brought to the subject of the East German Secret Police in her...
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Cold Light (Frank Moorhouse, Vintage)

Friday, 4 May 2012

In the final volume of Frank Moorhouse’s ‘Edith Trilogy’, former League of Nations officer Edith Campbell Berry has fallen on hard...
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Past the Shallows (Favel Parrett, Hachette)

Friday, 4 May 2012

The wild coast of Tasmania provides a moody backdrop for this story of two young boys. Harry and his older brother...
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Ten Tiny Things (Meg McKinlay, illus by Kyle Hughes-Odgers, Fremantle Press)

Friday, 27 April 2012

Each day Tessa and Zachary travel to school in a ‘shiny machine’ that is ‘smooth and swift and splendiferous’. It’s the...
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Slave Girl (Alexa Moses, HarperCollins)

Friday, 27 April 2012

Fashion-obsessed Jenna Bookallil-Brown thought a two-month exchange trip to New York would be the perfect adventure, but one museum trip too...
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The Nerdy Ninjas vs the Really Really Bad Guys: Nerdy Ninjas 1 (Shogun Whamhower, illus by Heath McKenzie, Scholastic)

Friday, 27 April 2012

Jake, Pongo, Veejay and Ben are about as nerdy as they come. In fact they are so nerdy that the most...
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Welcome to Normal (Nick Earls, Vintage)

Friday, 27 April 2012

Welcome to Normal is the title of the opening story in a new collection of short stories by Nick Earls. Two...
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To the Highlands (Jon Doust, Fremantle Press)

Friday, 27 April 2012

What is a man and how does a boy become one? Jack Muir was searching for the answers to these questions...
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Darkness on the Edge of Town (Jessie Cole, Fourth Estate)

Friday, 27 April 2012

Darkness on the Edge of Town is a fast-paced and tense novel. Vincent, a 40-year-old single dad, helps a young woman,...
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Time Vandals (Craig Cormick, Omnibus)

Friday, 27 April 2012

This foray into children's fiction by the historical author Craig Cormick has got everything: time travel, battle scenes, zombies, Napoleon, ninjas...
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The Beloved (Annah Faulkner, Picador)

Friday, 27 April 2012

Roberta ‘Bertie’ Lightfoot suffers from polio as a child, and is helped through it by her tough-minded mother, along with the...
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Burning Lies (Helene Young, Michael Joseph)

Friday, 27 April 2012

Helene Young is the recent winner of the Australian Romance Readers Association Favourite Romantic Suspense Award for her second novel Shattered...
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Lost Voices (Christopher Koch, Fourth Estate)

Friday, 27 April 2012

I love having Christopher Koch in Fullers Bookshop to talk about his books: there are not many authors I can introduce...
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Pookie Aleera Is Not My Boyfriend (Steven Herrick, UQP)

Friday, 27 April 2012

This novel, written in verse, tells the story of Class 6A of a primary school in a small country town. The...
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No Sex in the City (Randa Abdel-Fattah, Macmillan)

Friday, 27 April 2012

There is no disguising the genre of well-know children’s author Randa Abdel-Fattah’s first adult novel. The cleverly named No Sex in...
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The Oldest Song in the World (Sue Woolfe, Fourth Estate)

Friday, 27 April 2012

The Oldest Song in the World is quite an incredible book. The story, with its mix of themes, is full of...
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The Family Hour in Australia (Tai Snaith, Thames & Hudson)

Friday, 27 April 2012

This fun, quirky Australiana title from artist Tai Snaith explores the family lives of 15 native animals. With a look and...
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Ned Kelly’s Secret: From Boy to Bushranger (Sophie Masson, Scholastic)

Friday, 27 April 2012

Hugo Mars, our brash young narrator, and his father, a principled researcher for author Jules Verne, live a privileged life in...
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I, Wolf (Matt Boyd, ABC Books)

Monday, 23 April 2012

In the wake of Twilight and the paranormal romance that followed, it’s nice to see a grittier style of paranormal fiction...
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Things My Daughter Needs to Know (Dilvin Yasa, Pan Macmillan)

Monday, 23 April 2012

Worried about the world that her two-year-old daughter has inherited, Dilvin Yasa decided to write a guide to help her child...
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Who You Are Is What You Do: Making Choices about Life after School (Heather McAllister, Wilkins Farago)

Monday, 23 April 2012

This innovative approach to careers counselling functions as a personal workbook for young people who are getting ready to start out...
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Team Human (Justine Larbalestier & Sarah Rees Brennan, A&U)

Monday, 23 April 2012

Individually, Justine Larbalestier and Sarah Rees Brennan have produced some of the wittiest, sharpest youngadult fiction on the market. Working together,...
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Silhouette (Thalia Kalkipsakis, Hardie Grant Egmont)

Monday, 23 April 2012

Seventeen-year-old Scarlett loves being the centre of attention. A ballet dancer at the National Academy of Performing Arts, Scarlett works hard...
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Dragon Hunter (Nazam Anhar, Scholastic)

Monday, 23 April 2012

Baran is used to hardship. There isn’t a day that goes by in his isolated mountain village in which he isn’t...
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Broken (Elizabeth Pulford, Walker Books)

Monday, 23 April 2012

Zara is trapped in a coma following a tragic accident. She can hear all that is going on around her but...
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Pennies for Hitler (Jackie French, HarperCollins)

Monday, 23 April 2012

It’s Germany, 1939, six months after the Kristallnacht attacks on the Jews, but life for 11-year old Georg is full of...
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The Ghost at the Point (Charlotte Calder, Walker Books)

Monday, 23 April 2012

Dorrie has always lived at Ned’s Point with her grandfather, where she relishes the simple things: barefoot wanderings with her cat...
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The Forgotten Pearl (Belinda Murrell, Random House)

Monday, 23 April 2012

The Forgotten Pearl is the latest historical fiction offering from Belinda Murrell (The Ruby Talisman, The Ivory Rose). Poppy is an...
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Dingo: The Dog Who Conquered a Continent (Jackie French, HarperCollins)

Monday, 23 April 2012

When Loa’s childhood friend marries a stranger from another tribe, he is frustrated and angry at being stuck between childhood and...
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Arkie Sparkle: Treasure Hunter—Code Crimson (Petra James, Pan Macmillan)

Monday, 23 April 2012

Arkie Sparkle knows what she wants to be: a treasure hunter just like her globetrotting parents. So when her mum and...
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Sophie Scott Goes South (Alison Lester, Viking)

Monday, 23 April 2012

As well as being one of the inaugural Australian children’s laureates and an ambassador for the National Year of Reading, Alison...
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The Terrible Suitcase (Emma Allen & Freya Blackwood, Omnibus)

Monday, 23 April 2012

This delightful picture book from first-time author Emma Wood and award-winning illustrator Freya Blackwood tells a charming and poignant story about...
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The Red Wheelbarrow (Briony Stewart, UQP)

Monday, 23 April 2012

The Red Wheelbarrow is a picture book with a difference; there are no words and there are two different stories depending...
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The Sex Lives of Australians: A History (Frank Bongiorno, Black Inc.)

Monday, 23 April 2012

Frank Bongiorno’s The Sex Lives of Australians: A History is an important and fascinating account of Australia’s past through the lens...
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The Forrests (Emily Perkins, Bloomsbury)

Monday, 23 April 2012

Dorothy Forrest is seven years old when the Forrests move from New York, with dwindling money, to New Zealand. At the...
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The Lost Woman (Sydney Smith, Text)

Monday, 23 April 2012

Reviewing a memoir with this much disturbing content is challenging, but I highly recommend this book for the strength and courage...
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The Kingdom and the Quarry: China, Australia, Fear and Greed (David Uren, Black Inc.)

Monday, 23 April 2012

Australia’s relationship with China is at the forefront of public discourse yet it is portrayed in wildly different ways. On the...
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Unzipped (Nicki Reed, Text)

Monday, 23 April 2012

Peta refers to life before the couch and after the couch. Before the couch she is happily, if not blandly, married...
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Winter Be My Shield (Jo Spurrier, HarperVoyager)

Monday, 23 April 2012

In the first book in her ‘Children of the Black Sun’ series, Jo Spurrier manages to avoid the traps that many...
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Shadows: The Rephaim Book 1 (Paula Weston, Text)

Monday, 23 April 2012

In Shadows, Gaby is recovering in Pandanus Beach from a car accident that left her severely injured and killed her twin...
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The Daughters of Mars (Tom Keneally, Vintage)

Monday, 23 April 2012

A sprawling saga, The Daughters of Mars is based on journals kept by Australian nursing sisters who laboured in claustrophobic hospital...
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The Meaning of Grace (Deborah Forster, Vintage)

Monday, 23 April 2012

Deborah Forster’s last novel was the Miles Franklin Award-shortlisted The Book of Emmett. It’s immediately evident that Forster is a writer...
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The Richmond Conspiracy (Andrew Grimes, Text)

Monday, 23 April 2012

It’s January 1933 and in a warehouse in Melbourne, two policemen start their investigation into the murder of businessman and war...
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Rotten Gods (Greg Barron, HarperCollins)

Monday, 23 April 2012

In the not-too-distant future, the world is on the brink, with unchecked pollution, environmental catastrophes, collapsing food supplies, debt-ridden Western governments...
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The Remnants (John Hughes, UWA Publishing)

Monday, 23 April 2012

What a challenging novel this is. Readers familiar with the author, via his prize-winning collection of autobiographical essays, The Idea of...
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Nightfall (Will Elliott, HarperCollins)

Monday, 23 April 2012

Aden wakes up in a blood-filled bathtub in a strange place. He knows he has killed himself, but remembers only fragments...
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The Rest is Weight (Jennifer Mills, UQP)

Monday, 23 April 2012

Australian novelist and poet Jennifer Mills’ first collection of short stories offers an evocative and thought-provoking exploration of the human condition...
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My Hundred Lovers (Susan Johnson, A&U)

Monday, 23 April 2012

You may know of Susan Johnson for her brave memoir of motherhood, A Better Woman, or her novel about writer Charmian...
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The Colour of Trouble (Gerry Bobsien, Walker Books)

Monday, 23 April 2012

Fifteen-year-old Maddy has synaesthesia, which means her senses are cross-wired and she sees sounds and tastes colour. As an artist, it...
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Night Beach (Kirsty Eagar, Puffin)

Thursday, 29 March 2012

Life for Abbie revolves around three things: the ocean, her art, and the moody and unattainable Kane. But from the moment...
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In the Beech Forest (Gary Crew, illus by Den Scheer, Ford St)

Thursday, 29 March 2012

A boy wanders into a forest of ‘ancient, primal’ beech trees. He is both a child with a toy sword, and...
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The Betrayal (Y A Erskine, Bantam)

Thursday, 29 March 2012

The Betrayal—Y A Erskine’s second crime novel following The Brotherband—will reel you in and deliver a series of shocks you never...
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The Architecture of Song (Gary Crew, Fourth Estate)

Thursday, 29 March 2012

The Architecture of Song is the second foray into adult fiction for Gary Crew, a well-known and prolific author of YA,...
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Love and Hunger (Charlotte Wood, A&U)

Thursday, 29 March 2012

Is this a memoir, a collection of erudite essays punctuated by good recipes or a literary cookbook?  Whatever section you decide...
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The Wedding Season (Su Dharmapala, S&S)

Wednesday, 28 March 2012

In The Wedding Season, a Sri Lanka-born, Australia-raised woman tries to find true love while avoiding her mother’s matchmaking. Shani has...
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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Jesse Andrews, A&U)

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

The words ‘hilarious’ and ‘cancer’ aren’t an obvious match, but in Jesse Andrews’ debut YA novel, the two meet for a...
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‘Waarda’ series: Emu and the Water Tree and Yippee! Summer Holidays (Ed by Sally Morgan: Gladys Milroy; Tjalaminu Mia & Jessica Lister, Fremantle Press)

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

This is a great new series by Indigenous authors for beginner readers. Initiated by artist and writer Sally Morgan and created...
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Red (Libby Gleeson, A&U)

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Libby Gleeson’s latest book for junior readers is a sophisticated and atmospheric amnesiac mystery revolving around the question: if one day...
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Mystery at Riddle Gully (Jen Banyard, Fremantle Press)

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Pollo di Nozi, supersleuth and investigative reporter-in-training, is on a case. Aided willingly by her ever faithful, if a little sheepy,...
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Love-shy (Lilli Wilkinson, A&U)

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

YA author Lili Wilkinson is well known for her insightful views into the teenage mind, with books such as The (Not...
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Love Notes from Vinegar House (Karen Tayleur, Penguin)

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Family secrets. A cursed house. Things that go bump in the night ... Freya Kramer doesn’t believe in ghosts. Not really....
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Losing It (Julia Lawrinson, Penguin)

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Award-winning YA novelist Julia Lawrinson’s latest book, Losing It, is a sassy coming-of-age tale with a uniquely Australian twist: in a...
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The Industry: The Industry Book 1 (Rose Foster, HarperCollins)

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Fans of ‘The Hunger Games’ will lap up this debut YA trilogy from young Melbourne author Rose Foster. Kirra Hayward, 16,...
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I’ll Tell You Mine (Pip Harry, UQP)

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Yate Elliot has a secret—an even darker side to her already Goth persona—that has landed her in boarding school. Bound by...
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Grace beside Me (Sue McPherson, Magabala)

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

One of the winners of the inaugural black & write! kuril dhagun Indigenous Writing Fellowship, Grace beside Me is a YA...
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A Confusion of Princes (Garth Nix, A&U)

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Khemri is a prince of the empire, which governs the staggeringly huge population of humanity scattered across the galaxy. Taken from...
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The Children of the King (Sonya Hartnett, Viking)

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

The Children of the King challenges stereotypes of war from the first page, which opens, not with a sombre and terror-filled...
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A Boy Like Me (Libby Hathorn, illus by Bruce Whatley, ABC Books)

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Libby Hathorn and Bruce Whatley have teamed up to tackle very difficult subject matter in an inventive and evocative way in...
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‘Andy Roid’ series: Andy Roid and the Superhero Secret and Andy Roid and the Field Trip Terror (Felice Arena, Puffin)

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Andy Reid always thought his parents were bakers. He was wrong, as he discovers after a horrifying accident. His parents are...
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10 Futures (Michael Pryor, Woolshed Press)

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Sam and Tara are best friends. Sam has an artistic bent and loves working with his hands, while Tara is passionate...
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A Youth Not Wasted (Ian Parkes, HarperCollins)

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

In 1951 at the age of 16, Ian Parkes decided to leave his Perth home to work on a sheep station....
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One Way or Another (Nikki McWatters, Black Inc.)

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

In her Gold Coast home in 1981, with the aid of a stuffed rabbit named Andy Gibb and numerous Countdown viewings,...
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The Office: A Hardworking History (Gideon Haigh, Miegunyah Press)

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

We have had histories of salt, porcelain and even double-entry bookkeeping—so why not the office? It is an integral part of...
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A History of Books (Gerald Murnane, Giramondo)

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

A History of Books is in many ways a continuation of the musings of Gerald Murnane’s 2009 book Barley Patch. It’s...
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A Cook’s Life (Stephanie Alexander, Lantern)

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

For many Australians, Stephanie Alexander is a household name synonymous with her bestselling foodie's bible, The Cook’s Companion. In her long...
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Behind the Shock Machine (Gina Perry, Scribe)

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

In 1961, Stanley Milgram, an ambitious 27-year-old associate professor of psychology at Yale University, conducted a series of controversial experiments designed...
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The Weight of a Human Heart (Ryan O’Neill, Black Inc.)

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Despite the present-day profusion of literary magazines and outstanding short-story collections, the 21st century does not seem to be as hospitable...
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We All Fall Down (Peter Barry, Transit Lounge)

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

We All Fall Down is the second novel from Peter Barry, author of I Hate Martin Amis et al. Where Amis...
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Secrets of the Tides (Hannah Richell, Little, Brown)

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

The Tide family has fallen apart. It’s been 10 years since a sudden tragedy transformed the lives of Helen, Richard, Dora...
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Running Dogs (Ruby Murray, Scribe)

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Diana is an Australian aid worker, writing reports for a disaster relief organisation bereft of the kind of disaster that grabs...
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Promise (Tony Cavanaugh, Hachette)

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

It was a pleasure to read this debut from Australian film and television writer and producer Tony Cavanaugh. Promise is a...
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The Mountain (Drusilla Modjeska, Vintage)

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

The mountain, the dominant image of Drusilla Modjeska’s ambitious new novel, is an imaginary peak in Australia’s nearest neighbour, Papua New...
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The Mothers’ Group (Fiona Higgins, A&U)

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

The Mothers’ Group provides enough ‘aha’ moments of recognition to make even the most sleep-deprived mum smile. And I should know:...
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The Light between Oceans (M L Stedman, Vintage)

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

The Light between Oceans is the debut novel from Australian author M L Stedmen (now living in the UK), which sparked...
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Floundering (Romy Ash, Text)

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Floundering, the first novel from Melbourne-based writer Romy Ash, is a dark and lyrical tale of a family reunion that unfolds...
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Dead Heat (Bronwyn Parry, Hachette)

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Bronwyn Parry proves once again that crime is not just the provenance of cityscapes in her genuinely chilling third romantic suspense...
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Burnt Ice: The Fury of Aces Book One (Steve Wheeler, HarperCollins)

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Marko and his teammates are a small, secretive combat engineering unit, whose recreation leave on the planet Cygnus 5 is cut...
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Bitter Greens (Kate Forsyth, Random House)

Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Kate Forsyth’s love of language, history and storytelling is evident in Bitter Greens, a magnificent reworking of the fairytale Rapunzel. This...
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Lives (Peter Robb, Black Inc.)

Monday, 19 March 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,...
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Other Brother (Simon French, Walker Books)

Monday, 19 March 2012

The last time Kieran saw his cousin Bon was two years ago when Bon and Aunt Renee crashed Kieran’s Dad’s birthday...
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Farmer John's Tractor (Sally Sutton, Illus by Robyn Belton, Walker Books)

Monday, 19 March 2012

Farmer John's tractor is kept safe and sound in the farm shed, never moving very much. But when the rain comes...
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Divine Clementine (Hayley S Kirk, Random House)

Monday, 19 March 2012

Clementine loves her hare-brained, free-spirited aunty Stella, with whom she connects even more than with her own mother. To Clem, it...
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Playing House (Amy Choi, Transit Lounge)

Monday, 19 March 2012

Playing House is a memoir from Melbourne writer Amy Choi which divides the author's adult life into three parts: her big...
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The Mind of A Thief (Patti Miller, UQP)

Monday, 19 March 2012

Patti Miller is a well-known author with one novel and four nonfiction books—including the popular guides for life writing, Writing Your...
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Am I Black Enough For You? (Anita Heiss, Random House)

Monday, 19 March 2012

The provocatively titled Am I Black Enough For You? is prolific Wiradjuri author Anita Heiss’ response to the well-publicised Andrew Bolt...
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Poet's Cottage (Josephine Pennicott, Macmillan)

Monday, 19 March 2012

A picturesque Tasmanian coastal town provides the setting for this novel about family and secrets. Sadie Jeffreys and her teenage daughter...
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Preloved (Shirley Marr, Black Dog Books)

Friday, 16 March 2012

Preloved is the latest YA novel from author Shirley Marr and follows the life of slightly troubled teen Amy Lee. Amy...
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Owl Know How (Cat Rabbit & Isobel Knowles, Thames & Hudson)

Friday, 16 March 2012

Something strange is happening in Cloud Town. Tree branches are causing havoc in the rabbits’ homes, and best friends Cornelia and...
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