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Running Dogs (Ruby Murray, Scribe)
Released May 2012
Diana is an Australian aid worker, writing reports for a disaster relief organisation bereft of the kind of disaster that grabs attention. She reconnects with her illusive friend Petra in... Read more
Promise (Tony Cavanaugh, Hachette)
Released May 2012
It was a pleasure to read this debut from Australian film and television writer and producer Tony Cavanaugh. Promise is a sharply written and well-plotted crime novel, with mostly clear... Read more
The Mountain (Drusilla Modjeska, Vintage)
Released May 2012
The mountain, the dominant image of Drusilla Modjeska’s ambitious new novel, is an imaginary peak in Australia’s nearest neighbour, Papua New Guinea. A young, recently wed Dutch photographer, Rika, and... Read more
The Mothers’ Group (Fiona Higgins, A&U)
Released April 2012
The Mothers’ Group provides enough ‘aha’ moments of recognition to make even the most sleep-deprived mum smile. And I should know: I read it while juggling my three-month-old daughter. This... Read more
The Light between Oceans (M L Stedman, Vintage)
Released April 2012
The Light between Oceans is the debut novel from Australian author M L Stedmen (now living in the UK), which sparked a fierce bidding war and has already sold into... Read more
Floundering (Romy Ash, Text)
Released April 2012
Floundering, the first novel from Melbourne-based writer Romy Ash, is a dark and lyrical tale of a family reunion that unfolds against a bleak rural Australian backdrop. Tom and Jordy... Read more
Dead Heat (Bronwyn Parry, Hachette)
Released April 2012
Bronwyn Parry proves once again that crime is not just the provenance of cityscapes in her genuinely chilling third romantic suspense novel. Dead Heat tells the story of a wounded... Read more
Burnt Ice: The Fury of Aces Book One (Steve Wheeler, HarperVoyager)
Released April 2012
Marko and his teammates are a small, secretive combat engineering unit, whose recreation leave on the planet Cygnus 5 is cut short—first by the discovery of a mysterious alien artefact... Read more
Bitter Greens (Kate Forsyth, Random House)
Released April 2012
Kate Forsyth’s love of language, history and storytelling is evident in Bitter Greens, a magnificent reworking of the fairytale Rapunzel. This is a story of strong women who have suffered... Read more
Lives (Peter Robb, Black Inc)
Released May 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, Streetfight in Naples), which contains some wonderful writing but... Read more
Other Brother (Simon French, Walker Books)
Released April 2012
The last time Kieran saw his cousin Bon was two years ago when Bon and Aunt Renee crashed Kieran’s Dad’s birthday party and Bon stole one of his toy horses.... Read more
Farmer John’s Tractor (Sally Sutton, Illus by Robyn Belton, Walker Books)
Released May 2012
Farmer John's tractor is kept safe and sound in the farm shed, never moving very much. But when the rain comes in the wintertime, one family finds itself bogged in... Read more
Divine Clementine (Hayley S Kirk, Random House)
Released May 2012
Clementine loves her hare-brained, free-spirited aunty Stella, with whom she connects even more than with her own mother. To Clem, it is as if she and her aunty are two-of-a-kind.... Read more
Playing House (Amy Choi, Transit Lounge)
Released April 2012
Playing House is a memoir from Melbourne writer Amy Choi which divides the author's adult life into three parts: her big trip to Europe in her early 20s; living in... Read more
The Mind of A Thief (Patti Miller, UQP)
Released April 2012
Patti Miller is a well-known author with one novel and four nonfiction books—including the popular guides for life writing, Writing Your Life and The Memoir Book—to her name. The Mind... Read more
Am I Black Enough For You? (Anita Heiss, Random House)
Released April 2012
The provocatively titled Am I Black Enough For You? is prolific Wiradjuri author Anita Heiss’ response to the well-publicised Andrew Bolt racial vilification case of 2011. As she does in... Read more
Poet’s Cottage (Josephine Pennicott, Macmillan)
Released April 2012
A picturesque Tasmanian coastal town provides the setting for this novel about family and secrets. Sadie Jeffreys and her teenage daughter Betty move to the fictitious town of Pencubitt when... Read more
‘The Slap’ on TV
Released January 1970
The first episode of the eight-part mini-series adaptation of The Slap (Christos Tsiolkas, A&U) is due to air on ABC1 on Thursday, 6 October at 8.30pm. Each episode, like the... Read more
CBCA winners
Released January 1970
The winners of this year's Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards were announced today. The winners and honour books in each of the categories are:... Read more
Bookseller+Publisher magazine: July issue top picks
Released January 1970
The July issue of Bookseller+Publisher magazine has landed! Here are some of the forthcoming releases that impressed our reviewers this issue: Spirit of Progress (Steven Carroll, Fourth Estate, August) Clive... Read more
