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BOOKSELLERS’
CHOICE
YOUR
READING
GUIDE
to the best books this season
as chosen by Australia’s
leading booksellers
AUSTRALIAN FICTION
Welcome to the new edition of the The Mother Fault A Room Made A Lonely Girl is a The Last Migration The Sandpit
Booksellers' Choice Your Reading Guide. of Leaves
Kate Mildenhall Dangerous Thing Charlotte Nicholas
On the pages of this guide you will find S&S Australia Kate Grenville Jessie Tu McConaghy Shakespeare
the latest and the best in Australian TPB $32.99 Text Publishing Allen & Unwin Hamish Hamilton Harvill Secker
and international fiction, compelling HB $39.99 TPB $29.99 Australia TPB $32.99
and thought provoking biographies, September Release TPB $32.99
history, nature and science books, and Kate Grenville’s new novel Jena plays the violin. Ex-foreign
Mim’s husband is missing
a wonderful selection of children's and and she needs to find him tells the story of Elizabeth Once a child prodigy, Set in a world correspondent John
young adult writing–all handpicked for before The Department MacArthur’s account of her Jena is struggling to disquietingly similar to Dyer has returned to
you by Australia's leading booksellers. does. Shedding the tracking device implanted life in the nascent penal colony of NSW. Dragged find her purpose, all the while trying to make our own, Franny Stone Oxford with his son,
in her by the ‘benevolent’ government, Mim across the world, Elizabeth arrives pregnant sense of the needs and demands of her family follows the last of the Arctic terns on what may Leandro, to research a new book. Dyer finds
Support your local bookshop! Visit us in and alone in an unhappy marriage. Australia is and friends. She turns to sex and questionable be their final migration. Amidst mass extinctions establishing his identity amidst the wealthy
goes in search of Ben and by doing so uncovers
store or online, send us an email or give more than one truth. Set in Australia in the very a harsh land, the convicts are exploited and the choices to fill the void in her life. This fierce and and a volatile political landscape, Franny’s parents at Leandro’s school to be the least of
us a call. We are here to help you find near future this is a timely, fast-paced literary dispossession of Aboriginal land owners is brutal. dazzling debut explores female desire and the journey across the seas is inextricably linked to his problems when he is drawn into a world of
the right book for you or the best gift for thriller that will have you turning pages late into Outstanding in historical detail, this is ultimately a awkwardness and pain of being human in an her own murky past. This compulsive literary geopolitical intrigue after a nuclear physicist
family and friends. the night. story of power and survival, and the wrongs men increasingly dislocated world. debut will appeal to fans of Station Eleven and confides in him then abruptly disappears.
perpetrate in defence of their privilege. The Animals in That Country.
Bluebird The Labyrinth Kokomo Ordinary Matter The Burning Island Revenge
Malcolm Knox Amanda Lohrey Victoria Hannan Laura Elvery Jock Serong S. L. Lim
Allen & Unwin Text Publishing Hachette Australia UQP Text Publishing Transit Lounge
TPB $32.99 TPB $29.99 TPB $32.99 TPB $29.99 TPB $32.99 TPB $29.99
Gordon Grimes has Erica Marsden’s son, an When her mother leaves September Release September Release September Release
become the accidental artist, has been imprisoned the house for the first time
keeper of The Lodge–a for homicidal negligence. in twelve years, Mina drops Laura Elvery’s intriguing Following on from Yannie grew up poor,
house perched on a cliff In a state of grief, Erica cuts everything to fly home to short story collection Preservation, Joshua overworked and
overlooking the stunning, iconic Bluebird Beach. off all ties to family and friends, and retreats to a Melbourne. However her mother will not talk derives inspiration Grayling is a reclusive overlooked, while her
Like those who live in it, the house is falling apart. quiet hamlet near the prison where he is serving about her return to the world, nor why she has from the small number of women in science wreck. But a chance for a reckoning with his violent, smarmy older brother was given the
But Gordon has no money and is running out of his sentence. When she becomes compelled to spent so much time hiding from it, leaving Mina who have been awarded a Nobel Prize. nemesis leads Grayling to a sea voyage his age opportunities she dreamed of. In her 40s, she
time to conserve his homeland. His love for this build a labyrinth in her backyard, the construction to rake through their painful past to find the Elvery’s imagination takes us to unexpected and health do not recommend. His daughter, decides that she is going to kill him – to take away
way of life will drive him, and everyone around necessitates engagement with the local truth. Tender and fierce, Kokomo shows how places as she explores and portrays the Eliza, is aghast, but comes to realise that she not his life the way that he has taken hers. This acerbic
him, to increasingly desperate risks. In the end, community and in turn the need to confront her secrets and love have the power to bring us challenges and triumphs of womanhood, only cannot stop her father, but that she must and gripping novel rages against the injustices of
what will it cost them to hang onto their past? past. A hypnotic story from one of Australia’s together and tear us apart. discovery, dedication and sacrifice with daring accompany him on this mad quest. sexism, heteronormativity and capitalism.
most acclaimed authors. creativity and elegant style.
The Tolstoy Estate The Morbids State Highway One I Give My Sorrow and Bliss Loner
Steven Conte Ewa Ramsey Sam Coley Marriage A Year Meg Mason Georgina Young
4th Estate Allen & Unwin Hachette Australia Holly Wainwright 4th Estate Text Publishing
Australia TPB $29.99 TPB $32.99 Australia TPB $24.99
Macmillan
TPB $32.99 Australia TPB $32.99
September Release It has been years since TPB $32.99 Lona has dropped
September Release Alex was in New Zealand, September Release out of art school and
A story of friendship, love and and years since he spent
what it means to truly live when, sometimes, it Lou and Josh have been she doesn’t know why.
German military doctor Paul Bauer is assigned to any one-on-one time with his twin sister, Martha knows that
may seem easier not to. Caitlin’s life changed after together for 14 years. They share two kids, a Nothing makes sense
establish a field hospital at Yasnaya Polyana–the Amy. When they lose their parents in a there is something
a car crash that left her convinced she was only mortgage, careers and plenty of history. Now, anymore, her parents
former estate of Count Leo Tolstoy–during the shock accident it seems the perfect time to wrong with her, but she
alive by mistake. Throwing herself into work and after a particularly fraught Christmas, Lou is ready are confused, her best
WWII invasion of Russia. A hostile aristocratic reconnect as siblings and with this country they doesn’t know what it is. Her husband Patrick
a support group for similarly minded people, the to ask herself: is this marriage worth hanging on friend is drifting away and her relationship with
Russian woman, Katerina Trusbetzkaya, is in call ‘home’. As they journey the length of State thinks she is fine, but by the time Martha
Morbids, Caitlin must overcome her fear of death to? A sharply accurate, often hilarious picture of a perfect musician and med-student doesn’t
charge of the estate, and a tentative friendship Highway One they scratch at wounds that finds out what is wrong, it doesn’t really
and learn to start living again. This story of hidden a modern Australian marriage that will resonate fix her problems. Lona’s ‘quarter life’ existential
develops between them. Then the war begins never healed, and Alex must reckon with what matter. It is too late to get the only thing she
loneliness and the power of compassion reminds with anyone who has ever asked themselves: is dread will make you feel understood and
to turn against the Germans and everything coming home really means. has ever wanted… Spiky, sharp, dark and
us that life is an adventure truly worth living. this enough? undaunted all at once.
starts to unravel... By the acclaimed and award- tender, this is a dazzling, distinctive novel
winning author of The Zookeeper’s War. from a boldly talented writer.
COMING SOON Pre-orders welcome Broken Rules and Other Stories The Fogging
Barry Lee Thompson Luke Horton
Transit Lounge TPB $29.99 Scribe TPB $29.99
Honeybee, Craig Silvey
Late September release September Release On-and-off again partners Tom and Clara take
a long overdue holiday to Indonesia. Tom
Infinite Splendours, Sofie Laguna These interlinked stories vividly capture the experiences a panic attack on the flight, but hides
NOVEMBER release small, rarely spoken of moments that reverberate it from Clara. On arrival they find a pesticide
with meaning. Thompson writes of growing up spraying called ‘The Fogging’ forces them into
All Our Shimmering Skies, Trent Dalton marginalised and living in working-class England the resort grounds with new friends. With irony
and Australia with clarity and lucidity, such that you and insight Horton examines the complexities of
October release
can see every crumb on a tablecloth, every drop of mental health, career pressures, relationships and
water on a person’s hair.
The Living Sea of Waking Dreams, Richard Flanagan technology with beautiful, devastating honesty.
October release
02 YOUR READING GUIDE YOUR READING GUIDE 03
INTERNATIONAL FICTION
Piranesi The Lying Life Utopia Avenue The Pull Betty The Midnight
Susanna Clarke of Adults David Mitchell of the Stars Tiffany McDaniel Library
Elena Ferrante Emma Donoghue Weidenfeld and Matt Haig
Bloomsbury Sceptre
Publishing Faber PB $32.99 Picador Nicolson Canongate
HB $27.99 TPB $32.99 TPB $32.99 TPB $32.99 TPB $29.99
Utopia Avenue, a
September Release September Release somewhat famous band In 1918, nurse Julia Power Betty Carpenter, born to September Release
in late sixties London, finds herself quarantined a Cherokee father and
Piranesi is strange Giovanna’s pretty face are the vehicle for David a white mother, is the Between life and
with expectant mothers
and wonderful and has changed: it’s turning Mitchell’s vast narrative sixth of eight siblings. death is the Midnight
who have come down
best read without knowing too much, as into the face of an ugly, spiteful adolescent. But about art and creativity in the era of psychedelia. The world they inhabit is one of poverty and Library. When Nora finds herself there, she has
with a strange flu, in an understaffed hospital in
the whole novel is a delicious mystery to is she seeing things as they really are? Searching A cast of real-life stars appear throughout the violence, both from outside the family and a chance to make things right, undo her regrets
Dublin’s city centre. Set over three intense days,
slowly unravel. Piranesi lives in The House, for a new face in two kindred cities that fear and three main narratives, as do bridges to other within. When challenged by dark family secrets, and work out her perfect life. But things aren’t
new life and death come together in this tiny
with thousands of halls and thousands of detest one another: the refined Naples of the parts of the Mitchell universe. Utopia Avenue Betty uses her curiosity about the natural world, what she imagined, and before time runs out,
ward. This timely story is written with the wisdom
great marble statues. The House provides heights and the Naples of the depths. In this is a treat for Mitchell fans and ideal for first time her love for her family’s stories and the power of she must discover what is the best way to live. A
and tenderness that Donoghue is revered for.
for him, and he has always been there. Told new novel about the transition from childhood to readers alike. writing to escape. funny and heart-warming novel from the author
through diary entries, this novel is a fantastical adolescence to adulthood, Elena Ferrante proves of Reasons to Stay Alive.
exploration of reality, knowledge and memory. once again why she is one of the world’s most
read and beloved writers.
What Are You Why Visit Small Pleasures
Mayflies The Book of The Phone Box Going Through America Clare Chambers
Andrew O’Hagan Hidden Wonders at the Edge of Sigrid Nunez Matthew Baker Weidenfeld and
Faber Polly Crosby the World Virago Bloomsbury Nicolson
Laura Imai Messina TPB $29.99 Publishing TPB $32.99
TPB $29.99 Harlequin UK
TPB $29.99
TPB $32.99 MANILLA
September Release South-east London,
September Release TPB $29.99 This fascinating collection 1957. Jean Swinney is a
Everyone has a Tully Hidden in this wondrous National Book Award feature writer with a local
ranges from worlds
Dawson: the friend who and enigmatic book is a When Yui loses her Winner Sigrid Nunez paper, disappointed
similar to ours, through
defines your life. In the little bit of magic. When mother and daughter in engages your mind and, in love and–on the
to altogether more different places. Each story
summer of 1986, in a Romilly discovers that the tsunami, she finds by increments and degrees, your heart with brink of forty–living a limited existence with her
reflects on aspects of America as we know it, but
small Scottish town, James and Tully ignite a the children’s books her herself making a pilgrimage to a phone box an her new novel What Are You Going Through. belligerent mother. When a young Swiss woman,
warps them slightly. Posing questions around
brilliant friendship based on music, films and eccentric artist father has been writing holds a old man has in his yard. It is said to allow those Through spare, incisive prose, Nunez’s unnamed Gretchen Tilbury, claims her daughter is the
issues such as gender, politics, raising children
the rebel spirit. Thirty years on, half a life away, secret story, she must reckon with a dark and who have lost loved ones to speak with them narrator traverses stories within stories, leading result of a virgin birth, Jean investigates, and her
and violence, Baker weaves a narrative around
the phone rings. Tully has news. A hugely devastating past in ways she never imagined. and come to terms with their grief. A deeply to one critical decision: to being there, with her life becomes strangely (and not unpleasantly)
each with prose that differs slightly with each
enjoyable, funny, life-affirming, heartbreaking Charming, enchanting and beguiling, this is moving tale of loss, and redemption and the dying friend, unravelling what matters in life, in intertwined with that of the Tilbury’s…
altered state. An utterly unique and deeply
novel. Highly recommended. sure to be a classic. unexpected ways we connect with each other. death, in writing, and in friendship today. human collection.
Here is the Beehive Meanwhile in Dopamine City The Invention of Sound The Thursday Murder Club
Sarah Crossan DBC Pierre Chuck Palahniuk Richard Osman
Bloomsbury Publishing TPB $29.99 Faber TPB $29.99 Corsair TPB $29.99 Viking TPB $32.99
September Release In this near-future fiction from the ingenious mind September Release Who said old age has to be dull? In a retirement
of DBC Pierre, laid-off sewer worker Lonnie Cush village four unlikely friends meet weekly to
Ana and Connor have been having an affair for finds his nine-year old daughter the target of online Foster Gates is searching for his missing daughter, investigate unsolved killings. When a local
three years. In hotel rooms and coffee shops, hatred. Lonnie goes online and finds a perverse believed kidnapped a decade ago. Foley artist property developer shows up dead, ‘The
swiftly deleted texts and briefly snatched and murky world. Layered over this is a narrative Mitzi Ives, sought after in Hollywood for the realism Thursday Murder Club’ find themselves in the
weekends, they have built a world for just the two of billionaires orchestrating digital manipulation of of her screams, provides a promising lead, and middle of a live case. Can this motley gang of
of them. But then the unimaginable happens, our neurochemistry in pursuit of world domination. their narratives draw inexorably closer until they octogenarians catch the killer, before it’s too late?
and Ana finds herself alone, trapped inside her Surreal and razor-sharp satire. clash, as Mitzi’s techniques harbour a dark secret. A dark, disturbing This joyful, page-turning murder mystery is a classic in the making.
secret. A totally addictive read, this verse novel is a exploration of our relationship with movies, this is quintessential Palahniuk.
devastating excavation of risk, obsession and loss.
This Tender Land Monogamy Win a set of Penguin Random House
William Kent Krueger Sue Miller literary award winners
Atria TPB $29.99 Bloomsbury Publishing TPB $29.99
To celebrate this year’s Miles Franklin Literary Award win
for The Yield by Tara June Winch, Penguin Random House
Orphans Odie and Albert O’Banion and their September release
friends Moses and Emmy run away from the Lincoln is giving away a set of 12 award winning Australian and
School, a Residential school for Native American A novel of great insight into marriage, family, international novels–valued at over $260.
children. It is 1932, and the children must find the ageing, friendships, and how deeply we really
know someone, even after thirty years of marriage. For your chance to win, purchase any book from this guide
wherewithal to survive as they navigate the Gilead
River toward the Mississippi, with help from other Graham is an extroverted bookseller, a man of from your local bookshop and answer the following question:
lost souls they meet along the way. large appetites, married to Annie, a reserved What makes a great literary novel?
and introspective photographer. An unexpected
tragedy exposes a transgression, as grief and painful discoveries threaten To enter the competition and view full terms & conditions, go to the
to alter the landscape of Annie’s memory. competition page at www.booksellerschoice.com.au/competitions.
Competition closes 30 September.
04 YOUR READING GUIDE 05
CRIME & THRILLERS AUSTRALIAN stories
Troubled Blood When She The Hunted Landscapes of Enid The Last
Robert Galbraith Was Good Gabriel Bergmoser Our Hearts Robert Wainwright Lighthouse
Sphere Michael Robotham HarperCollins Matthew Colloff Allen & Unwin Keeper
TPB $32.99 Hachette Australia Thames & Hudson TPB $32.99 John Cook with
Australia TPB $29.99 Australia Jon Bauer
September Release TPB $32.99 PB $34.99 In early twentieth century
Allen & Unwin
Frank has a roadside society, Enid was the
Private Detective girl from Strathfield in
TPB $32.99
Six years ago, Evie diner in the outback. His A compelling exploration
Cormoran Strike is Sydney, who lived life her
Cormac was found hiding errant granddaughter of our relationship with
visiting his family when own way. She captivated For over 25 years,
in a secret room in the Allie is staying with him this country, Landscapes
he is approached by a men with her beauty, outlived four husbands, John Cook tended the
aftermath of a brutal murder. Her true identity over summer and they aren’t talking much. When of Our Hearts takes us from the Great Barrier
woman asking for help finding her mother who spent two great fortunes and earned the kerosene lights at Tasman Island, Maatsuyker
has never been discovered, because anyone a woman stumbles in, injured and bloodied, Reef to the Central Desert, the High Country to
went missing in mysterious circumstances in nickname Lady Killmore. From Sydney to New Island and Bruny Island. ‘The Keeper of the
who tries ends up dead. Forensic psychologist everyone in Frank’s diner becomes the hunted. Canberra’s Limestone Plains. If we look afresh at
1974. Despite the slim chance of success, Strike York, London to Paris and Cairo to Kenya, this Flame’, as Cook is known, recounts stories
Cyrus Haven believes the truth will set Evie free, Bergmoser builds tension and menace expertly our history through the land we live on, might
is intrigued and takes on the case. Troubled is the incredible story of a life lived large on the from his time as a lighthouse keeper. This is
but it may get both of them killed instead. A through multiple points of view and merging Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians find
Blood is the fifth Strike and Robin novel in the world stage. a nostalgic ode to Tasmania’s rugged beauty
consummate psychological thriller. timelines in a horrifically violent thriller that is a path to a shared future? It will change the way
bestselling series. and a lifestyle that is now sadly rendered
impossible to put down. you see this land.
obsolete by technological advances.
The Girl The Abstainer The Safe Place
in the Mirror Ian McGuire Anna Downes Under the Rainbow Vida
Rose Carlyle Richard Broinowski Jacqueline Kent
Scribner UK Affirm Press
Allen & Unwin TPB$ 32.99 TPB $32.99 Melbourne University Press HB $44.99 Viking Australia TPB $34.99
TPB $29.99
September Release When struggling September Release September Release
Summer has a charmed actress Emily
A suspense filled noir Under the Rainbow is the story of E.W. Cole, a Vida Goldstein was an advocate for women’s rights,
life until a medical Proudman is fired
set in 1860’s Britain and colourful figure in 19th century Melbourne. Best a campaigner for peace, fought for the distribution
emergency in Thailand from her temp job, a
America, The Abstainer remembered for his series Funny Picture Books, of wealth, and in 1903, she was the first woman
causes her to call in a chance encounter with
tells the story of two men haunted by their pasts his arcade was Melbourne’s first ‘department store,’ replete with a live in the Western world to stand for a national Parliament. Her battles for
favour from her identical twin Iris. Embarking her ex-boss Scott results in a job offer to au
and driven by their need for justice. Stephen Doyle orchestra, an aviary and monkeys alongside books, ornaments, art, curios equality in politics illuminated issues that persist to this day, and in this
on a treacherous passage to Sri Lanka on their pair for his family at their mansion in France.
is a member of the Fenians, a secret society intent and tearooms. His life proves to be as fascinating as his memorable biography, Jacqueline Kent shines a light on one of Australia’s foremost
deceased father’s yacht sets a new course for It seems a dream arrangement, but as Emily
on ending British rule in Ireland. Head Constable Melbourne establishment. women of courage and principle.
their lives. Which twin’s story will be believed? begins to piece together the strangeness of
James O’Connor is tasked with the mission to the circumstances she has landed in, far more
A darkly twisted psychological thriller with a discover and thwart the Fenian’s plans.
blockbuster ending. sinister motivations emerge.
Bush School Golden Daze
Peter O’Brien Sean Doherty
Allen & Unwin TPB $29.99 Hachette Australia HB $45.00
The Inheritors The Night The Bluffs
Cayre Hannelore Whistler Kyle Perry Peter O’Brien tells the engaging story of working Golden Daze tells the story of Australian surfing
Black Inc Greg Woodland Michael Joseph as a teacher in the remote town of Weabonga in through the lives of our greatest surfers, taking a
TPB $29.99 Australia the 1960’s. Recently qualified, the 20 year old had deep dive into a significant year of their surfing
Text Publishing to overcome loneliness and isolation to teach his lives – grommet years, globe-trotting years, years
TPB $32.99 TPB $32.99
18 students, aged from 5 to 15 years old. Bush when they made high art, experienced spiritual awakenings or were just
September Release
School is a heartwarming story of perseverance tubed out of their minds. Part journal, part surf culture memoir, this is a
Missing pets meet a Four teenage girls go and the power of education in the face of disadvantage. fascinating insight into what makes Australian surfing tick.
When Blanche de
brutal end in the small missing in northern
Rigny comes into an
town of Moorabool Tasmanian wilderness,
unexpected fortune,
in 1966, and Hal’s the same region five
she decides to devote
her newfound wealth to righting injustice.
Hannelore Cayre, bestselling author of The
mum receives late night calls from a man who
whistles before hanging up. Recently demoted
girls disappeared thirty years prior, giving rise
to the legend of the ‘hungry man’ that haunts Indigenous Voices
city detective, Mike Goodenough, suspects a the bluffs. Ex-Sydney detective Con Badenhorst
Godmother, again delivers a sharp swipe at the
killer-in-training, but will the locals believe him investigates and finds the residents of Limestone
Establishment in this sprawling family saga. From
Creek harbour as many demons as he does. A
19th century Paris to the modern day, Cayre’s and can he protect young Hal and his mother?
thriller with a supernatural element that infuses My Tidda, A Question Talkin’ Up to the
Woodland brings late 60s rural Australia to life in
‘damaged but memorable’ characters shine in a
this evocative debut. the mystery with a deep foreboding. My Sister of Colour White Woman
blackly funny tribute to the underdog.
Marlee Silva Patricia Lees with Aileen Moreton-
Explore Australia Adam C Lees Robinson
Final Cut Nothing Can Hurt You HB $29.99 Magabala Books UQP PB $24.99
S. J. Watson Nicola Maye Goldberg PB $22.99
September Release In this new edition of
Text Publishing PB $32.99 Raven Books TPB $29.99 The removal of the ground-breaking
From the host of the
‘Tiddas 4 Tiddas’ Aboriginal and Torres book, Professor Aileen
Blackwood Bay. An ordinary place, home to On a cold day in 1997, Sara Morgan was killed in Strait Islander children Moreton-Robinson
podcast, this book is a
ordinary people. Once a buzzing English seaside the woods. Her boyfriend Blake confessed, but is from their families remains a dark chapter in undertakes a compelling analysis of the
celebration of the Indigenous female experience
destination, dwindling tourism and economic acquitted on grounds of temporary insanity. The Australia’s history. Pattie Lees was 10 years old whiteness of Australian feminism and its effects
featuring colourful artwork by artist Rachael
downturn have turned it into a ghost town—and case haunts those it touched: the young woman when she and her siblings were separated from on Indigenous women. She illustrates the ways in
Sarra. Some stories are heart-warming, while
the perfect place for film-maker Alex to shoot who discovered Sara’s body, the junior reporter their mother. A Question of Colour recounts which Indigenous women have been represented
others detail the terrible realities for Australian
her documentary. But the community is deeply who suspects a convicted serial killer, and Sara’s Pattie’s experiences as a ‘fair-skinned Aboriginal’ in the publications and teachings of white
Indigenous women, past and present. What they
suspicious of her intentions. A gripping new psychological thriller from the half-sister who pursues her own justice. This during Australia’s assimilationist policy era, and Australian women, revealing that such renderings
all share is the ability to inspire and empower,
author of the bestselling Before I Go to Sleep. gripping novel is inspired by a true story. her survival after sexual, physical and emotional of Indigenous lives contrast with how Indigenous
creating a sisterhood for all Australian women.
abuse as a Ward of the State. women re/present and understand themselves.
06 YOUR READING GUIDE YOUR READING GUIDE 07
Biographies & Memoirs History & Politics
The Details Paul Kelly Just Ignore Him The Golden Maze Agent Sonya Traitors and Spies
Tegan Bennett Stuart Coupe Alan Davies Richard Fidler Ben Macintyre John Fahey
Daylight Hachette Little, Brown ABC Adult Viking Allen & Unwin
Scribner Australia Australia TPB $32.99 HB $39.99 TPB $35.00 TPB $34.99
PB $26.99 TPB $35.00
September Release Richard Fidler turns his September Release Traitors and Spies tells
This collection of essays With access to Paul intellect and curiosity to the story of Australia’s
Alan Davies’ deeply Prague, one of Europe’s It is 1944 and the fate intelligence operations
reflects on Daylight’s Kelly, his family and
moving memoir shifts most beautiful cities, of the world hangs in before ASIO was
life as a reader and contemporaries in the
between his childhood and uncovers a history stretching back to balance, and a housewife established. Former
writer. She ranges music world, Stuart
and the present day. medieval times. From the founding of the city from Cotswolds may intelligence officer John Fahey shows that Australia
widely, from the joys of Coupe tells the story of one of Australia’s most
Davies lost his mother at the age of six, and through to the uncertain present, Fidler is the tip the balance. But Ursula Burton, code name was under sustained attack from external threats
reading an author’s entire body of work, to the acclaimed and loved musicians. The sixth of
the tenderness of these recollections bring a consummate guide through layers of historic Sonya, was in fact a high-ranking communist as early as 1908. He writes about the first German
experience of a loved one’s death. The details nine children, Kelly only took to the guitar in his
clarity to the grief of his life. From the traumas of strata. The Golden Maze is a fascinating who leaked details of the atomic bomb to the spy in Australia, a group of respected Jewish
are everything, in the way our lives inform our late teens, and the balance between rock and
adolescence to starring on the television shows biography of the city from a favourite of ABC USSR. Macintyre delves into the world of Soviet businessmen in Melbourne who were Soviet
connection to books, and books inform our lives. roll and real life wasn’t always pretty. Paul Kelly’s
QI and Jonathan Creek, Davies’ warmth and listeners and readers worldwide. spies and state secrets to uncover one of the agents, and an Australian woman who worked for
For Daylight, books aren’t escapism, they’re story is a must for Australian music fans.
intellect shine through the complexity of grief. most influential characters of the Cold War. Soviet military intelligence in the United States.
integral to living.
When the Ship Hits the Fan Hysteria Second Best The Last Navigator
Rob Anderson Katerina Bryant Ben Pobjie Paul Goodwin with Gordon Goodwin
Affirm Press TPB $29.99 NewSouth Publishing PB $29.99 Affirm Press TPB $32.99 Allen & Unwin TPB $32.99
Rob Anderson gained command of a foreign- September Release September Release This is the powerful firsthand account of Gordon’s
going ship at age 29, one of the youngest in dangerous and brave war experiences as
When Katerina Bryant began experiencing chronic Culturally we are disinclined to celebrate those that recalled for his son. He was a decorated airman
Australia. His career on the water sent him into an almost finish first. Second place is often a form of
unregulated world of piracy and madmen, with the seizures, she was plunged into a world of doctors and an inspired leader, who served flying with
and psychiatrists who understood her condition as oblivion in historical terms, as our recollection of the the Pathfinders as they led bombing raids into
ultimate responsibility of keeping everything afloat. Second Fleet shows. But what of the almost-firsts?
From the Singapore Straits to the Great Barrier little as she did. Reacting the only way she knew, Germany. He undertook 32 Pathfinder missions and
she immersed herself in books, reading about her own complicated Those that strove and achieved incredible things 65 missions over enemy territory with Bomber Command. But surviving his
Reef and Torres Strait, Anderson has seen it all on but had the spotlight shadowed? Ben Pobjie celebrates these fascinating
the ocean. diagnosis and finding other women with similar experiences. A brilliant childhood was perhaps a greater achievement.
blend of memoir and literary and historical analysis of women’s health. stories, from the second man on the moon to our second Prime Minister.
The Good Germans When America Stopped Being Great
The Insider The Happiest Man on Earth Catrine Clay Nick Bryant
Christopher Pyne Eddie Jaku
Weidenfeld and Nicolson TPB $32.99 Viking Australia TPB $34.99
Hachette Australia TPB $34.99 Macmillan Australia HB $32.99
September Release September Release
The ultimate political insider, Christopher Pyne As a Holocaust survivor who lost everything, Eddie
saw the Howard, Rudd, Gillard, Abbott, Turnbull Jaku made a vow to smile every day. He pays Award-winning historian Catrine Clay tells the Senior BBC correspondent Nick Bryant assesses the
and Morrison governments in action. Now Pyne tribute to those who were lost by telling his story gripping stories of six ordinary Germans who Trump presidency as no anomaly. Rather he sees
has penned his memoir of the back-room dealings and living his best possible life. At the age of 100 witnessed the rise of Nazism in Germany from the mistakes of Trump’s predecessors generating
and ever-changing loyalties of the powerful and he believes he is the ‘happiest man on earth,’ and within and dared to resist it. Many ordinary conditions that made Trump’s ascent almost
aspirational egos in Canberra. Pyne was Minister this powerful, heartbreaking and ultimately hopeful Germans found the courage to resist, in the full historically inescapable. Bryant skewers the usual
for Defence and Leader of the House, and his vast experience and memoir shows how happiness can be found in the knowledge that they could be sentenced to indefinite incarceration, factors–inequality, a puerile culture, the decline of civil discourse–but he
candour are both funny and engaging. darkest of times. torture or execution. This ground-breaking book focuses on six very is not America-bashing. It is his obvious affection for the place that makes
different characters: good Germans all. his analysis of the decline even more acute.
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
From Snow to Ash Eat the Buddha: Stalin’s Wine Cellar
Anthony Sharwood Life and Death in John Baker
Hachette a Tibetan Town Viking
Australia Barbara Demick Australia
TPB $32.99 Text Publishing TPB $34.99
PB $34.99
In the fiery Australian In the late 1990s John
summer of 2019/20, Baker, a purveyor of
Barbara Demick travels
journalist Anthony quality rare and old
in disguise to the small
Sharwood abandoned his wines, was approached
town of Ngaba high
job at a news website to solo trek the gruelling with a mysterious wine list. The list was
on the eastern edge of the Tibetan plateau.
and beautiful Australian Alps Walking Track. discovered to be a comprehensive catalogue
Her interviews are weaved together with the
It was a profound experience, and Sharwood of the wine collection of Nicholas II, the last
history of China’s dominance over Tibet, and her
realised that nothing would ever be the same– Tsar of Russia. Stalin’s Wine Cellar is John and
subjects all face the same dilemmas: do they
for him or for the Australian Alps, a landscape as his partner Kevin’s story of their audacious and
resist the Chinese, or join them? Do they adhere
imperilled by the changing climate as the Great potentially dangerous journey to Georgia to
to Buddhist teachings of compassion and
Barrier Reef. attempt to verify and purchase the wine.
nonviolence, or do they fight?
08 YOUR READING GUIDE
Non-fiction NATURE & SCIENCE
Another Now Women and The Carbon Club The Bird Way Windfall The Number Bias
Yanis Varoufakis Leadership Marian Wilkinson Jennifer Ackerman Ketan Joshi Sanne Blauw
Bodley Head Julia Gillard and Allen & Unwin Scribe NewSouth Sceptre
TPB $29.99 Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala TPB $32.99 TPB $35.00 Publishing TPB $29.99
Vintage TPB $29.99
September Release Australia September Release Following the success Our use of data to
TPB $34.99 of The Genius of Birds, September Release understand the world
Varoufakis draws on the We knew about the Jennifer Ackerman shares is complicated by the
great European minds dangers of climate change new research into bird We have had a decade of limitations of our own
and his own unshakeable Using academic work decades ago – so why distraction and inaction
behaviour that upends subjectivity. But if we
confidence to propose an alternative world and testing it in the real world, this book is don’t our national policies on climate change, but
previous understanding of the ways that birds knew more about statistics, we wouldn’t
for 2025, where democracy, justice and a consistent and comprehensive approach reflect this? Marian Wilkinson’s blistering book what made things go so very wrong in Australia?
communicate, forage, breed and survive. be so easily fooled, and econometrician
equality shape our economies. Using the three to teasing out what is different for women exposes the Carbon Club, a network of climate In Windfall, renewable energy expert Ketan
Ackerman highlights surprising similarities to Sanne Blauw has written an excellent primer.
perspectives of an economist, a feminist, and who lead. It provides a lively analysis of the sceptics, politicians and business leaders who Joshi examines how wind power inspired the
human behavior, for example, birds are capable Her examples, from big tobacco to the EU
a technologist, Varoufakis investigates what it influence of gender on access to positions stymied the Australian response to the climate creation of a weird, fabricated disease, and why
of deception, cooperation and play. From referendum, pick apart the abuse of statistics
would take to realise such a world, and what of leadership, the perceptions of women as emergency. An engaging look at the powerful the speed with which emissions are rising could
Australia to Alaska, The Bird Way demonstrates and urge us to think about the manipulations
costs and trade-offs this vision implies. leaders, the trajectory of their leadership and forces that control our government at the have been slowed if not for a flurry of political
the diversity of these glorious creatures. being wrought upon us.
the circumstances in which it comes to an end. expense of the lives and livelihoods of Australians. and policy disasters.
The Museum of How to Talk Body Count The Lonely The Last Lions The Genes
Whales You Will About Climate Paddy Manning Century of Africa That Make Us
Never See Change in a Way S&S Australia Noreena Hertz Anthony Ham Edwin Kirk
A. Kendra Greene That Makes a TPB $32.99 Sceptre Allen & Unwin Scribe
Granta Difference TPB $32.99 TPB $32.99 TPB $32.99
HB $32.99 Rebecca Huntley Paddy Manning paints
us the big picture about We are more connected Anthony Ham ventures September Release
Murdoch Books climate change. He
Discover and delight in a than ever, but we are into the African
TPB $32.99 tells stories of tragedy also lonelier than ever. wilderness, speaking Whether inherited
surprisingly large number or modified by our
and loss, heroism and Economist Noreena to local tribespeople,
of (mostly) very small environment, genes
Social researcher Rebecca Huntley has written resilience in a book that is both a monument Hertz travels the world to explore the epidemic activists, rangers, scientists and conservationists
museums scattered across Iceland. Founded in control or significantly influence almost every
a timely book which will ensure we are better and a warning. In each case, he has interviewed first hand. Tackling loneliness from a global about why lions are close to extinction and what
the backyards of houses, begun as jokes or bets aspect of our lives. For most, the first time
equipped to talk about the climate with those scientists, survivors and families of victims to perspective, Noreena Hertz shows how can be done to save them. Weaving together
or memorials to lost friends, these museums tell genetics truly matters to them is the moment
around us. The key to progress on climate explore specific well documented and lesser modern advances have conspired to sever our natural history, ancient lore and multidisciplinary
the story of an enchanted island where bridges they learn about a condition that may affect
change is in the psychology of human attitudes known incidents and asks how we can better connection to the world and each other, and science, Ham brings Africa, its people and
arrived only at the beginning of the 20th century, them or their family. Professor Edwin Kirk offers
and our ability to change. This book is about prepare ourselves in the future. why, if we do not intervene soon, it is going to its endangered lions to life and shows the
and waterproof shoes only with the second expert guidance through topics from genetic
understanding why people feel the way they do get much worse. surprising ways those last lions might be saved.
world war. screening to the possibilities of same-sex
and learning to talk effectively to engage the
disengaged and persuade the cautious of the couples having biological children.
need for action.
Play by the Rules The Storm Before the Calm
Michael Pembroke George Friedman NATURE & SCIENCE JUNIOR EDITION
Hardie Grant Books PB $29.99 Black Inc PB $29.99
The USA has long claimed to be the leader of George Friedman considers the forging of
the ‘free world’, however for the last seventy-five an American identity and its evolution to the
years, it has routinely acted to transform other present day in assembling a case for two distinct
countries in its own liberal democratic, capitalist cycles in the nation’s progress. There is an The Bushfire Australia's Kookaburra
image, with disastrous consequences. Play by the 80-year institutional cycle, and a 50-year socio- Book Deadly Claire Saxby
Rules questions where the USA has led its allies, economic cycle, that Friedman asserts will define Polly Marsden Animals Walker Books
including Australia, and what the future might hold as Asian nations the 21st century. Though a white-male historical perspective, the book
begin to flex their power. offers a window into the drivers of America’s future. Lothian Bingo Australia
Children's Chris Humfrey HB $26.99
Books Laurence King
Women Don’t Owe You Pretty Plastic Free HC $19.99 Boxed set
In the crinkled
shadows night-
Florence Given Rebecca Prince-Ruiz & $35.00 dwellers yawn,
Perfectly pitched to help little people
Cassell HC $24.99 Joanna Atherfold Finn understand some of the facts about bushfires. day-creatures
A fact-filled version of a family favourite stretch and Kookaburra laughs. Kook-kook-
NewSouth Publishing PB $32.99 In exploring the different roles that people
packed with weird, wonderful and terrifying kook. Kak-kak-kak. The kookaburra, perhaps
The debut book from Instagram artist and have during a bushfire, it guides the reader
creatures for hours of bingo fun. Mark each Australia's best-loved bird, is shown in all her
feminist, Florence Given, Women Don’t Owe on the importance of developing a family fire
Plastic Free July is a movement that builds with species off on your card as it’s called and be glory in a stunning and vivid landscape. Follow
You Pretty is a beautiful hardback with full colour, plan to play their part in keeping the whole
momentum every year. Plastic Free explores the the first to shout BINGO! Part of the wildly along as Kookaburra finds food for her young
70’s inspired illustrations and text throughout. community safe.
beginnings of the Plastic Free July campaign and popular Laurence King Bingo series. and goes searching for a nest with her mate.
Covering everything from ghosting to consent, highlights the stories of people who have taken
and everything in between, this is a one-stop the challenge on and succeeded in limiting and
introduction to modern feminism, without all the sugarcoating. ‘... eliminating their plastic contribution. This book is the first step for anyone
you owe men nothing,’ she writes, ‘least of all pretty.’ wanting to create change amidst disillusion with government inaction.
10 YOUR READING GUIDE YOUR READING GUIDE 11
PICTURE BOOKS MIDDLE FICTION
Welcome, Found What Do You My Place for Across the The Heartsong
Baby, To Bruce Pascoe Call Your Younger Readers Risen Sea of Wonder Quinn
This World and Christine Grandpa? Sally Morgan Bren MacDibble Kate Gordon
Jess Racklyeft Ledden-Lewis Ashleigh Barton Fremantle Press A&U Children’s UQP PB $14.99
Affirm Press (illus) and Martina PB $17.99 PB $16.99
HB $19.99 Magabala Heiduczek (illus) September Release
Books A true Australian classic A thrilling adventure set
ABC Kids in the attic of Derileaf
September Release HB $24.99 and perhaps the best in a future world that
HB $17.99 loved biography of has been devastated
School for Girls lives
Welcome, baby, to this world. Lashes long and orphan, wonder Quinn.
Aboriginal Australia. Sally by climate change.
fingers curled. Dreaming stories for our years. From the author of Young Dark Emu come this A gorgeously illustrated picture book that with only her books, and her dreary Crow, wonder
Morgan’s rich, zesty and moving story of her Since the rising of the seas, the people of
Whispered words to tiny ears. gentle story set in the rugged Australian bush celebrates grandpas and families from round is desperate for a friend. Enter the wild Mabel
childhood and growing up in Perth. It tells of how the Ockery islands have learnt to live in a way
about a small calf who becomes separated the world. Our grandpas may look different, Clattersham and wonder is truly seen. A magical
An absolutely gorgeous book for that will make she gradually came to realise the truth about her that minimizes their impact on the world; until
from his family after they are taken away in the wear different clothes and speak different tale of first friendships with a twist!
the perfect gift for new parents. Bound to family and their heritage. strangers threaten to disrupt everything.
back of a noisy truck. So begins the little calf’s languages and we might call our grandpas by
become a classic.
journey to find his family. An evocative story different names but we all love them the same.
accompanied by stunning illustrations. A Clue for Clara From Stella Street Sunflower
Lian Tanner to Amsterdam Ingrid Laguna
Shapes and Wild About Family A&U Children’s Elizabeth Honey Text Publishing
Colours Dads Aunty Fay Muir PB $16.99 A&U Children’s PB $14.99
John Canty Philip Bunting & Sue Lawson, PB $16.99
Clara wants nothing more Jamila has settled into her
Berbay Hardie Grant Jasmine Seymour
than to be a famous TV September Release new home in Australia,
HB $24.99 Egmont (illus) detective. She has all the happy to be safe and
HB $19.99 qualifications, from being When Henni goes to making new friends.
Magabala
John Canty fluent in Morse code to Amsterdam with her When Jamila learns that
Books elderly Dutch neighbour, she discovers a long-
has created an Author/illustrator finding missing feathers. But there’s just one her oldest friend from Iraq is also coming to
HB $24.99 held family secret. But this creates a terrible
approachable, Philip Bunting has created a gorgeous picture problem–no one takes a scruffy little chicken Australia she can’t wait to see her and introduce
accessible book to guide babies into navigating book celebrating the way different animal dads seriously! But when she teams up with the dilemma for Henni–should she tell the Dutch her to her new life. But when Mina arrives, things
This beautifully illustrated picture book shows daughter of local policeman, they just might be family what she knows? A wonderful return to do not go as planned.
shapes and colours, while also managing to tend to their young. It can be enjoyed and read
everyone that ‘family’ can be about heart and able to crack this case. the world of Stella Street by the much-loved
create visually stunning spreads that will delight as a story book but has fun animal facts on each
home; an endless sky; stories and songs. It author Elizabeth Honey.
parents and baby alike. The award-winning page for the inquisitive reader to explore.
‘learns’ us how to be with each other and with
author/illustrator of Heads and Tails has again
Country. This remarkably simple story teaches
created a staple for any child’s bookshelf.
us that family can be many things. The Silver Arrow The Secret Library of How to Write the
Lev Grossman Hummingbird House Soundtrack to Your Life
Julianne Negri Fiona Hardy
Ellie’s Dragon This Small Blue Dot Bloomsbury
Bob Graham Zeno Sworder Children’s Books Affirm Press Affirm Press
PB $14.99 PB $16.99 PB $16.99
Walker BOOKS HB $27.99 THAMES & HUDSON AUSTRALIA HB $24.99
September Release Hummingbird House, a September Release
When Ellie is very little, she finds a newborn In this richly illustrated book, a young girl charming but decaying
dragon fresh from the egg on a supermarket introduces the newest member of her family For Kate’s eleventh Murphy’s songwriting
birthday, her mysterious mansion, is being knocked
shelf and calls him Scratch. They do everything to the small wonders, big lessons and other down. Imaginative, dreams seems over before
together even though no one else can see important stuff that make being a child so uncle delivers a full-sized they’ve begun when she is wrongly accused of
steam train with fifteen carriages. where is the inquisitive and largiloquent Hattie is determined
Scratch. A moving story about the wonders of special. This lovely book provides a broader, to save it – but when exploring in the middle of plagiarism. Murphy is desperate to clear her name
imagination and the nature of growing up from more inclusive view of who we are, where we train going? who are the passengers? Kate will and her reputation. But the hardest part is yet to
make important discoveries about humans, the night she steps into its mysterious past. A
the much-loved Bob Graham. come from and where our dreams may take us. clever story of lollies growing on trees, one family come as Murphy navigates unlikely friendships,
endangered animals and the balance of life. family and finding her confidence.
becoming two, haunted children and lost words.
JUNIOR FICTION
Pierre The Maze Detective:
The Goody Kit and Naughty Dragons The Mummy Gemma Riley and
The Curious Case of the
Lauren Child Caboodle Make Trouble Smugglers of the Fashion Fiasco
Castle in the Sky Crumblin Castle
Anna Pignataro Natalie Jane Prior and Jules Van Mil
Orchard Books Hiro Kamigaki and
HC $24.99 Hardie Grant Simon Howe (illus) Pamela Rushby Macmillan
IC4DESIGN
Egmont HB $24.99 Hardie Grant Walker Books Australia PB $16.99
September Release Laurence King HB $29.99 Egmont PB $14.99 Australia PB $17.99
September Release Fashion is in Gemma
Siblings Chirton and September Release September Release Orphaned Hattie goes to Riley’s DNA. She lives
Myrtle are complete Kit is a witch, but not a very good one.
live with her great uncle with her grandmother
opposites; one has been labelled a “goody” When a bat named Caboodle comes Pierre the Maze Detective invites all detectives When Ava and Jack’s parents agree to foster two and aunt in their crumbling castle where her Cara Bonafete, a famous fashion designer, and
and is expected to always be good. The tumbling through her window she tries ages 8+ on an adventure through masquerade balls, young dragons, the siblings can’t believe their aunt hosts flamboyant mummy-unwrapping dreams of creating her own collection. But
other is not. So, what happens if the goody is using magic to fix his broken wing, but tree trunk villages and extravagant observatories to luck. But teaching a mischievous pair of dragons parties to save her home from ruin. When there’s big trouble at the House of Bonafete.
not-so-good for a day? The Goody is about the results are unexpected. This beautiful find the castle in the sky. With full page, beautifully how to behave isn’t easy, and Jack and Ava will the mummy supply runs out Hattie takes off The release of the Spring Collection is looming,
the importance of autonomy and mindful picture book is a mix of magic, humour and illustrated mazes and search-and-find challenges have their work cut out for them. A fabulous on a dangerous search for more, a thousand Cara has had an accident and someone is
decision-making. Perfect for perfectly a celebration of true friendship. throughout, this book will provide hours of book for emerging readers packed with rollicking miles up the Nile. A wonderful blend of stealing their Top Secret designs.
imperfect children aged 4-8 years. entertainment and joy. adventure, riotous laughs and oodles of mischief. fantasy and history, and plenty of adventure!
12 YOUR READING GUIDE YOUR READING GUIDE 13Young Adult BETTER LIVING
The Other Side The Lost Soul Atlas When Rain Turns Flavour The Ethical Simply
of the Sky Zana Fraillon To Snow Yotam Ottolenghi Omnivore Sabrina Ghayour
Amie Kaufman and Lothian Children’s Jane Godwin and Ixta Belfrage Laura Dalrymple Mitchell Beazley
Meagan Spooner Books Lothian Children’s Ebury Press and Grant Hilliard HB $39.99
A&U Children’s PB $19.99 Books HB $55.00 Murdoch
TPB $19.99 PB $16.99 HB $39.99 Easy. Everyday. Simple.
Twig is alone now that Flavour-forward, vegetable- Sabrina Ghayour’s new
his dad is missing. Flea A compelling read narrated based recipes are at the heart of Yotam collection of unmissable
September Release The Ethical Omnivore is a user-friendly recipe
is a cheerful pickpocket. by 13 year old Lissa, set in Ottolenghi’s food. Ottolenghi and co-writer Ixta dishes in her signature style, influenced by her
and handbook that will open your eyes to a
Bestselling author duo Amie Kaufman Together they become inseparable, surviving on Melbourne with much of the story told over just Belfrage break down three factors that create love of fabulous flavours, is full of delicious food
better way to buy, cook and eat. This book
and Meagan Spooner are back! This is a the streets and using their skills to help others six days. The story revolves around Lissa and flavour–process, pairing and produce–and that can be enjoyed with a minimum of fuss.
traces how animals can be raised ethically and
mesmerizing tale of magic and logic, and the like them. But once day Twig wakes up in the her brother Harry, mother Fiona and a stranger, offer innovative vegetable dishes that deliver With sections ranging from Effortless Eating to
demonstrates ways regenerative farmers care for
collision of fate and choice. The story of a Afterlife alone. A key, a raven and a mysterious 13 year old Reed, who arrives on their doorstep brand-new ingredient combinations. Packed Traditions With a Twist, Simply provides over
their animals. It offers tried-and-tested recipes
forbidden love between North, the prince of a atlas will help him piece together his memories with a 5 month old baby. A story of blended with signature colourful photography, Flavour 100 bold and exciting recipes that can be
from the Feather and Bone community, and
high-tech city, and Nimh, the goddess incarnate and make it back home. families, long held secrets and the complexities not only inspires us with what to cook, but how enjoyed every day of the week.
shows all of us how to live with less impact on
of an ancient land, that threatens the destruction of becoming an adult in a modern world. flavour is dialed up and why it works. the animals and environment that support us.
of both of their worlds. A must read for fantasy
and sci-fi fans!
Ikaria Halliday Wine The Sustainable
The Erasure None Shall Sleep The History Meni Valle Companion 2021 House Handbook
Initiative Ellie Marney of Mischief Hardie Grant James Halliday Josh Byrne
Books Hardie Grant Books
Lili Wilkinson A&U Children’s Rebecca Higgie PB $39.99
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PB $39.99
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September Release Halliday has been Australia’s
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Cecily wakes up on a Teenagers Emma and September Release
Greek island of Ikaria, where the locals seem to critic. A best-selling annual, the Halliday Wine an affordable, eco-friendly, energy and water-
speeding driverless Travis are recruited by Researching the origins hold a secret. In Ikaria, Meni collects traditional Companion is the go-to guide for wine ratings, efficient home for the future. Sustainability
bus, part of a bizarre the FBI to interview convicted juvenile killers of a mysterious book found under their recipes from across the island that encapsulate regions, best varietals, winery reviews and a expert and Gardening Australia presenter Josh
psychological experiment, the Erasure Initiative. for information on cold cases. When they are grandmother’s floorboards, brings recently the best of Mediterranean food. But she also curated selection of the best wines in Australia. Byrne creates a family home that is comfortable
With no memory of who she is, or why the other drawn into an active case targeting teenagers, orphaned sisters Jessie and Kay a timely tells the stories that make up Ikaria, where life The 2021 edition has been completely revised to year-round without air conditioning or additional
passengers seem familiar, it’s a race against time everything starts to unravel. A riveting YA thriller distraction as they discover how uncredited is all about taking time: time to cook, to eat, bring readers up-to-the-minute information, and heating, integrates solar power to cover
to save their lives. A dystopian thriller for readers that will keep you on the edge of your seat from mischief-makers have shaped history over the to nap, and to enjoy and appreciate spending is still the perfect gift. household needs, and reduces water usage
who question the status quo. 14+ start to finish. 14+ millenniums. A clever and unexpected story of meals with family and friends. by integrating rainwater tanks and greywater
magic, grief, history, and mischief. 14+ recycling systems.
Tribal Lores Metal Fish, The F Team Dr. Houseplant Step-by-step Veg Patch
Archimede Fusillo Falling Snow Rawah Arja W. Davidson and J. Bland, Lucy Chamberlain
Cath Moore photos by Janneke Luursema DK Life Australia HB $39.99
Walker Books Giramondo
Australia PB $19.99 Text Publishing PB $22.95 Hardie Grant Books HB $29.99
Lucy Chamberlain provides brilliantly simple
PB $19.99
Dr. Houseplant is the go-to for any plant enthusiast, instructions on how to grow the most common
Frankie Rescio and Lochie September Release
whether you’re just starting out or a seasoned green vegetables, fruits and herbs for Australian climates.
Marsh are neighbours. But Dylan and her mother live in Meet Tariq, leader thumb. Featuring forty-two of the most popular This fully revised and illustrated edition includes
the boys struggle to keep a small Australian town and of ‘The Wolf Pack’ at houseplants, including monsteras, ferns and cacti and with photography clear and helpful yearly planners for vegetables and fruit crops, as well as
up with the rules and lore dream of sailing across the Punchbowl High, who that illustrates the beauty and life plants can bring to your home, information on how to plan and prepare your space. A one-stop reference
of their families to maintain the perfect image. ocean to Paris until tragedy has been commanded by the new principal to Dr. Houseplant will inspire and help you cultivate your own indoor garden. for anyone wanting to grow and eat their own food.
Bubbling beneath the surface of both their lives strikes and Dylan’s life is forever changed. Dylan’s
are fractured families and tough decisions to be join a football competition with his mates to
unique way of seeing the world, and her struggle rehabilitate the public image of their school.
made. A moving book for older readers, Fusillo to find her place in it will stay with you long after
paints a very real portrait of what it means to He soon learns there’s a major catch – half of the
you’ve finished this moving story. 14+ team is made up of white boys from Cronulla,
grow up as a man and create your own rules
aka enemy territory. A fresh new voice in This One Wild My Year of Living The Inner Self
amid the tensions of tradition. 14+
Australian YA. and Precious Life Mindfully Hugh Mackay
Sarah Wilson Shannon Harvey Macmillan
Macmillan Hachette Australia Australia
Challenger Deep Midnight Sun Australia TPB $32.99 TPB $34.99
Neal Shusterman Stephenie Meyer HB $34.99
September Release Prolific author and social
Walker PB $18.99 Atom TPB $32.99 researcher, Hugh Mackay,
Using poet Mary Oliver’s
Overwhelmed with turns his attention to the
famous line, “Tell me,
Caden Bosch, a brilliant high school student, When Edward Cullen and Bella Swan met in insomnia and an incurable ways we hide from the truth
what is it you plan to do with your one wild
sees himself as being on a ship that’s headed for Twilight, an iconic love story was born. But until autoimmune disease, Shannon Harvey started about ourselves and the psychological freedom
and precious life?” Sarah Wilson takes us on a
the deepest point on Earth, Challenger Deep. now, fans have heard only Bella’s side of the story. meditating daily, and enlisted a team of scientists we can enjoy when we finally face that most
three-year odyssey, a series of hikes around the
Meanwhile, Caden’s family and friends start to notice Midnight Sun told through Edward’s eyes, takes on to put meditation to the test. Could learning searching question of all; ‘Who am I, really?’ He
world, to reconnect with the life she feels we are
major changes in his behaviour and state of mind. a new and decidedly dark twist. Stephenie Meyer to quiet our busy minds be the simple solution explores our top 20 hiding places and explains
losing. Following the path of artists, poets, and
A uniquely moving and powerful story delving into mental illness. 14+ transports us back to a world that has captivated the world so desperately needs? After the first the fear of love’s demands that drive us to that
philosophers she makes the case for personal
millions of readers and brings us an epic novel about the profound year, Shannon arrived at her own definition of place of hiding.
and social transformation – and a better world.
pleasures and devastating consequences of immortal love. 14+ mindfulness practice which is “cultivating the skill
of learning to hear myself think.”
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