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Surrogacy: A Human Rights Violation (Renate Klein, Spinifex)
Released October 2017
Renate Klein’s book on surrogacy is intended to be a feminist work focusing on the rights of the surrogate, donor and child. Klein sets out her oppositions to the practice by... Read more
Tracker (Alexis Wright, Giramondo)
Released November 2017
A biography can be written in a standard form: subject born, raised, educated, worked and died. And that will be fine for most people. But not Tracker Tilmouth. He was a polarising, intelligent, charismatic... Read more
Zoom (Sha’an d’Anthes, Lothian)
Released November 2017
Intrepid explorer Scout and Scout’s trusty red space shuttle Beattie rocket through space in this jubilant adventure. Each planet they pass on their journey is depicted as an adorable astrological... Read more
Molly the Pirate (Lorraine Teece, illus by Paul Seden, Magabala)
Released November 2017
Molly the Pirate tells the simple but compelling tale of a girl who imagines herself as a swashbuckling pirate. Author Lorraine Teece follows in the tradition of picture books such... Read more
Swan Lake (Anne Spudvilas, A&U)
Released November 2017
In her introduction to this book, which is a retelling of the iconic ballet by Tchaikovsky, illustrator Anne Spudvilas says she wanted to create a version of the ballet in... Read more
Accidental Heroes: The Rogues Book One (Lian Tanner, A&U)
Released October 2017
The first in a new series by the bestselling author of ‘The Keepers’ series, this book has all the key ingredients of another spellbinding adventure. Duckling, the deceitful granddaughter of... Read more
This Mortal Coil (Emily Suvada, Puffin)
Released November 2017
Catarina has survived a genetic apocalypse, a disease that has ravaged humanity, turning some into the walking dead, doomed to explode in a toxic, highly contagious cloud. The daughter of... Read more
Excuse Me! (Dave Hughes & Holly Ife, illus by Philip Bunting, Scholastic)
Released November 2017
Husband-and-wife-team Dave Hughes—yes, the comedian—and Holly Ife’s first picture book is about something close to any toddler’s heart (or should I say bottom). It’s all about farting, that universal, evergreen... Read more
Bird to Bird (Claire Saxby, illus by Wayne Harris, Black Dog Books)
Released March 2018
A bird drops a seed. A seed becomes a tree. Eventually, the tree leaves the forest for the big city, and from there, to the other side of the world... Read more
It’s OK to Feel the Way You Do (Josh Langley, Big Sky Publishing)
Released October 2017
It’s OK to Feel the Way You Do is a gentle journey through the emotions that everyone feels at some point—happiness, anger, sadness, loneliness, pride, fear and anxiety. It guides... Read more
Tilly’s Reef Adventure (Rhonda N Garward, NLA Publishing)
Released November 2017
Tilly’s Reef Adventure tackles conservation in a gentle manner that will appeal to parents and educators alike. Adventurous baby green turtle Tilly must navigate many natural dangers as she makes... Read more
Hello, Melbourne! (Megan McKean, Thames & Hudson)
Released October 2017
Megan McKean, the designer and illustrator who produced Hello, Sydney!, is back with a book celebrating the wonders of Melbourne. In this delightful look-and-find story, six magpies take the reader... Read more
Domestic Interior (Fiona Wright, Giramondo)
Released November 2017
Fiona Wright’s second book Small Acts of Disappearance won the Kibble Literary Award for Australian women writers, and her debut Knuckled won the Mary Gilmore Award for poetry. In this new... Read more
Homecamp (Doron and Stephanie Francis, Hardie Grant)
Released November 2017
Homecamp is 250 pages of pure escapism. Compiled by Doron and Stephanie Francis, creators of the popular Homecamp blog and stylish outdoor lifestyle brand, this unusual coffee-table book features short... Read more
Incorrigible Optimist: A Political Memoir (Gareth Evans, MUP)
Released October 2017
Gareth Evans has enjoyed a stellar career as a politician, policy expert and internationalist. He has worked for governments and institutions that he variously describes as ‘gold standard’, ‘platinum’ and... Read more
Whiteley on Trial (Gabriella Coslovich, MUP)
Released October 2017
From the dramatis personae of the opening pages—the Suspect Paintings, the Authentic Painting and the Individuals—I was taken by this story of true crime and courtroom drama. Who would want... Read more
The Greatest Gift (Rachael Johns, HQ)
Released November 2017
Rachael Johns is best known for her rural romances, but her more recent books, including the ABIA-winner The Patterson Girls, have moved into contemporary women’s fiction, or ‘life-lit’, as Johns... Read more
The Passage of Love (Alex Miller, A&U)
Released November 2017
The Passage of Love is a slow-burning, fictional recasting of dual Miles Franklin Award-winning novelist Alex Miller’s life, told through the often lost and solitary life of Robert Crofts, an... Read more
Deadly Kerfuffle (Tony Martin, Affirm)
Released November 2017
Dunlop Crescent is in an uproar. Muslims have taken over this once peaceful enclave. The Tamaki family, as rumour has it, are turning their house on its axis so it... Read more
Atlantic Black (A S Patric, Transit Lounge)
Released November 2017
Seventeen-year-old Katerina is an ambassador’s daughter on the precipice—and perhaps already over the edge—of womanhood. Travelling on board the transatlantic ocean liner RMS Aquitania en route to her beloved father... Read more
