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Once Upon a Small Rhinoceros (Meg McKinlay, illus by Leila Rudge, Walker Books)
Released September 2017
There are things rhinos can and can’t do. Rhinos can wallow in mud and bathe in the sun, but can they be adventurous? In Once Upon a Small Rhinoceros, one... Read more
Take Three Girls (Cath Crowley, Simmone Howell & Fiona Wood, Pan)
Released September 2017
Take Three Girls is a novel about friendship, written by friends. The voices of Cath Crowley, Simmone Howell and Fiona Wood blend seamlessly to create a narrative about three girls... Read more
Mr Bambuckle’s Remarkables (Tim Harris, illus by James Hart, Random House)
Released September 2017
The students of 12B aren’t quite sure what to make of their new teacher, Mr Bambuckle: he rides a unicycle, his cousin is an Icelandic rock star, and he keeps... Read more
Pea Pod Lullaby (Glenda Millard, illus by Stephen Michael King, A&U)
Released September 2017
I had read this text before, when it was included as a double-page spread in The Hush Treasure Book anthology, also illustrated by King. I loved it then and I... Read more
Opposite Land (Charlotte Rose Hamlyn, Random House)
Released September 2017
After a terrible first day at her new school and a fight with her mother, Steve storms up to her room and the next thing she knows, she has tumbled... Read more
Ponk! (Edwina Wyatt, illus by Christopher Nielsen, Little Hare)
Released September 2017
Ponk is a little bird who lives at the top of a very tall tree. From on high, Ponk can see The Hill and the strange beasts dancing and swaying... Read more
The Scared Book (Debra Tidball, illus by Kim Siew, Lothian)
Released September 2017
The Scared Book is, as its title suggests, about a frightened book that’s been infiltrated by a variety of monsters on its pages and begs for help from the reader... Read more
The Museum of Words (Georgia Blain, Scribe)
Released September 2017
The Museum of Words, written as Georgia Blain knew she was dying of brain cancer, will be posthumously published. Her instinct, to the end, was to find meaning by writing... Read more
Wish You Were Here (Sheridan Jobbins, Affirm)
Released September 2017
Driving solo along the great American highways in a Chevy Camaro, Sheridan Jobbins is not only a feminist role model, she embodies proof of life after heartbreak. Following her marriage... Read more
Terra Nullius (Claire G Coleman, Hachette)
Released September 2017
Part science-fiction and part old Western, Terra Nullius is an ambitious debut by the winner of the 2016 black&write! Indigenous Writing Fellowship, Claire G Coleman. Jacky is a ‘Native’ who... Read more
The Choke (Sofie Laguna, A&U)
Released September 2017
Sofie Laguna is a writer who can wrench beauty even from the horror of a child caught up in the toxic world of bastardised masculinity. Fearsome, vivid and raw, her... Read more
The Last Days of Jeanne d’Arc (Ali Alizadeh, Giramondo)
Released September 2017
Few historical figures have held the public imagination quite like Joan of Arc. A French heroine and Roman Catholic saint, she believed that God had chosen her to lead France... Read more
City of Crows (Chris Womersley, Picador)
Released September 2017
It’s quite a change of setting from 1980s Melbourne in Chris Womersley’s previous novel Cairo to the world of magic and witchcraft in 17th-century France in City of Crows. It’s... Read more
The Book of Dirt (Bram Presser, Text)
Released September 2017
Three books in one, The Book of Dirt is a remarkable tale of Holocaust survival, love and genealogical sleuthing by a grandson intent on finding the truth about his grandparents’... Read more
A Naga Odyssey: Visier’s Long Way Home (Visier Sanyu with Richard Broome, Monash University Publishing)
Released September 2017
Nagaland is hill country straddling the region where India, China and Myanmar meet. Co-author Visier Sanyü’s family were living a fulfilling traditional life there in the village of Khonoma until... Read more
Dr Jekyll and Mr Seek (Anthony O’Neill, Xoum)
Released September 2017
Seven years after the death of Edward Hyde and the mysterious disappearance of Dr Henry Jekyll, the people of London are amazed to find that the brilliant scientist has returned.... Read more
Parting Words (Cass Moriarty, UQP)
Released September 2017
When Daniel Whittaker dies he leaves an unexpected legacy. His three middle-aged children—Evonne, Kelly and Richard—must track down and hand-deliver a series of letters to recipients they have never met.... Read more
Rain Birds (Harriet McKnight, Black Inc.)
Released September 2017
Set in regional Victoria, Rain Birds divides its time between two female protagonists. Pina has lived with her partner Alan in the area for years. Alan has early onset Alzheimer’s,... Read more
The Enigmatic Mr Deakin (Judith Brett, Text)
Released August 2017
Born in gold-rush Melbourne in April 1856 to parents of modest means, Alfred Deakin as a child was an avid reader and a day-dreamer. As a student at the University... Read more
Because of You (Pip Harry, UQP)
Released August 2017
Tiny is homeless. Nola has everything she could ask for. They meet when Nola is forced into volunteer work for the writers’ group at the homeless shelter where Tiny is... Read more
