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Meerkat Mayhem (Mem Fox & Judy Horacek, Puffin)
Released November 2024
Mem Fox and Judy Horacek, the dream team behind the popular picture book Where Is the Green Sheep? (now celebrating its 20th anniversary), have a new collaboration that is also... Read more
Epic Salads (Jessica Prescott, Hardie Grant Books)
Released October 2024
If you’re ready to ditch the pre-made salads from your local supermarket, Jessica Prescott’s Epic Salads: For every mood, craving and occasion is a must-have for your cookbook collection. Prescott... Read more
Stepping Sideways (ed by Emily Larkin & Lynne Stringer, Rhiza Edge)
Released October 2024
An Irish water sprite takes on human form with dire consequences, young people without professional prospects are farmed out to sadistic circuses, and a clockwork pneumatic contraption becomes sentient. These... Read more
The Whale’s Last Song (Joanne Fedler, HarperCollins)
Released October 2024
Joanne Fedler’s spellbinding The Whale’s Last Song is set in a time known as ‘The Great Forgetting’, when a plague ravages the medieval hamlet of Villingraz. While the wealthy hide... Read more
This Kingdom of Dust (David Dyer, Penguin)
Released October 2024
In his sophomore novel, David Dyer skilfully blurs history and fiction to pose the question: What if the Apollo mission had failed to return from the Moon? This Kingdom of... Read more
The Burrow (Melanie Cheng, Text)
Released October 2024
A triumph of restrained and tender storytelling, Melanie Cheng’s The Burrow follows a Melbourne family living on autopilot five years after a senseless tragedy. Amy, Jin and Lucie have since... Read more
Everywhere We Look (Martine Kropkowski, Ultimo)
Released October 2024
Everywhere We Look is the debut novel by Martine Kropkowski, a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland, who has also written about the ethics of true crime and crime... Read more
Tardigrades (Anne Morgan, illus Jennifer Falkner, CSIRO Publishing)
Released October 2024
Tardigrades: Nature’s toughest survivors is the latest nonfiction picture book from Anne Morgan, author of the CBCA Notable Book The Way of the Weedy Seadragon. Morgan showcases the remarkable microorganisms... Read more
Skysong (C A Wright, Pantera)
Released October 2024
C A Wright’s debut novel, Skysong, is inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale ‘The Nightingale’. Oriane is the latest in a long line of skylarks: women who transform into... Read more
A Lot of Silly (Joy Cowley, illus David Barrow, Gecko)
Released October 2024
A Lot of Silly is a collection of poems and short stories for young children by the prolific Aotearoa New Zealand writer Joy Cowley (Good Night, Good Beach), who has... Read more
The Mosaic (Deborah Kelly, illus Nicky Johnston, EK Books)
Released October 2024
In Deborah Kelly’s The Mosaic, Frankie struggles to come to terms with the changes in her family that started the day her mother’s favourite vase broke into pieces. Kelly (Little... Read more
The Natural Advantage (Jenny Brockis, Major Street)
Released October 2024
The message of Jenny Brockis’s The Natural Advantage is straightforward: the cure for stress in our increasingly hectic modern world is to spend more time in nature. ‘Intuitively, we know... Read more
The Belburd (Nardi Simpson, Hachette)
Released October 2024
Written with the same lyrical prowess and evocative tone as her award-winning debut, Song of the Crocodile, Yuwaalaraay storyteller Nardi Simpson’s second novel, The Belburd, is a powerful ode to... Read more
George the Wizard (Tony Armstrong, illus Emma Sjaan Beukers, Lothian)
Released October 2024
Gamilaroi man, professional footballer, and radio and TV personality Tony Armstrong adds ‘children’s author’ to his CV with George the Wizard. It’s the first picture book in a new series... Read more
Prize Catch (Alan Carter, Fremantle)
Released October 2024
Alan Carter’s latest crime novel, Prize Catch, is a page-turning thrill ride set on Australia’s Emerald Isle. With the action taking place in Hobart and its surrounds, and brimming with... Read more
A Song to Drown Rivers (Ann Liang, Macmillan)
Released October 2024
A Song to Drown Rivers is a bold departure from Ann Liang’s critically acclaimed YA rom-com novels (This Time It’s Real, I Hope This Doesn’t Find You, If You Could... Read more
Double Happiness (Rochelle Siemienowicz, MidnightSun)
Released October 2024
In Double Happiness, journalist and film critic Rochelle Siemienowicz explores the intricacies, challenges and taboos surrounding polyamory and ethical non-monogamy (ENM). Set in Melbourne between 2014 and the Covid lockdown... Read more
Game On (Prank Wars #1) (Louise Park & Mo Johnson, illus Jules Faber, Larrikin)
Released October 2024
If Game On is any indication, Louise Park and Mo Johnson’s new series, Prank Wars, will be a hit with middle-grade readers who are high in energy and imagination. It’s a... Read more
Twenty-Two Impressions (Jessica Friedmann, Scribe)
Released October 2024
For years, Jessica Friedmann (Things That Helped) circled the tarot, feeling a combination of mild embarrassment, curiosity and intellectual bewilderment when a pack was inevitably drawn at the end of... Read more
Stand Proud (Nicho Hynes with Marlee Silva, illus Blak Douglas, Puffin)
Released October 2024
Stand Proud is a picture book that shares one man's powerful story of self-discovery during childhood. Wiradjuri author and rugby league star Nicho Hynes tells his story with the help... Read more
