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Women, Men and the Whole Damn Thing (David Leser, A&U)
Released August 2019
Following on from his article 'Women, Men and the Whole Damn Thing', which was published in Good Weekend magazine in early 2018, journalist David Leser once again positions himself at... Read more
Bewildered (Laura Waters, Affirm)
Released September 2019
Bewildered, a memoir by Laura Waters about hiking the Te Araroa Trail in New Zealand, will inevitably invite comparisons to Cheryl Strayed’s Wild. On a surface level, there are some... Read more
Meet Me at Lennon’s (Melanie Myers, UQP)
Released September 2019
In her debut novel, Melanie Myers delves into an under-explored area of Brisbane history: the influx of US soldiers during World War II and how their presence affected the social... Read more
The Rich Man’s House (Andrew McGahan, A&U)
Released September 2019
Andrew McGahan’s posthumously published The Rich Man’s House reads like an earlier draft of a more mature work. Though its premise of a billionaire who builds his home inside the... Read more
It Sounded Better in My Head (Nina Kenwood, Text)
Released August 2019
Natalie is caught in-between: between year 12 exams and uni results, between her parents’ slow-motion divorce, between her two best friends, Zach and Lucy, who have been dating for a... Read more
Bitsy (Nicki Greenberg, Affirm Kids)
Released July 2019
We all know that bats are nocturnal creatures, but writer/illustrator Nicki Greenberg’s latest picture book takes this fact and subverts it: her bat, Bitsy, dares to behave differently from its... Read more
All That Impossible Space (Anna Morgan, Lothian)
Released July 2019
Lara Laylor just wants to get through year 10 without too much drama, but between a controlling best friend and the shadow of an older sister with a much bigger... Read more
The Naughtiest Pixie in Disguise (Ailsa Wild, illus by Saoirse Lou, Hardie Grant Egmont)
Released July 2019
The Naughtiest Pixie in Disguise is the first book in a second series by Ailsa Wild, following her hugely successful Squishy Taylor series. Naughty, charming young pixie Jenifry Star lives... Read more
A Boy Called Bob: Becomes an AFL footballer (Bob Murphy & Tony Wilson, Piccolo Nero)
Released July 2019
Bob is a boy from country Victoria who grew up loving footy. His first oval was actually a gravel-covered rectangle, but he dreamed of one day playing on the green... Read more
Fashionista (Maxine Beneba Clarke, Lothian)
Released July 2019
The ever-versatile Maxine Beneba Clarke has worked within a number of genres (nonfiction, fiction, poetry, essays and children’s books) and now she is back with another picture book. The point... Read more
Horatio Squeak (Karen Foxlee, illus by Evie Barrow, Walker)
Released July 2019
Horatio, the smallest and shyest in a large family of mice, lives in a very big house on a very grand street. One day he is invited to a party... Read more
Argh! There’s a Skeleton Inside You! (Idan Ben-Barak & Julian Frost, A&U)
Released August 2019
Quog and Oort are two aliens. Quog is blobby and green; Oort is a pink gas cloud with three eyes. While on their way to a mate’s birthday their purple... Read more
Promise (Alexandra Alt, Omnibus)
Released July 2019
Fifteen-year-old Lene wishes only to live a peaceful and happy life in Berlin with her family and neighbour Ludwig. But all around her World War II is raging: bombs are... Read more
My Name is Not Peaseblossom (Jackie French, HarperCollins)
Released July 2019
Much-loved children’s author Jackie French brings us a new addition to her Shakespeare series with My Name is Not Peaseblossom. French has previously reinterpreted Shakespeare’s work, giving it a 21st-century... Read more
Vincent and the Grandest Hotel on Earth (Lisa Nicol, Puffin)
Released July 2019
Not 10 pages after inheriting his grandfather’s ostensibly magical shoeshine kit, Vincent is scouted to shine shoes at the Grandest Hotel on Earth—a job that entails far more than it... Read more
100 Ways to Fly (Michelle Taylor, UQP)
Released August 2019
100 Ways to Fly is Michelle Taylor’s third poetry collection for children. She is also a published poet for adults. This book contains a generous number of poems, usually one... Read more
The Brilliant Ideas of Lily Green (Lisa Siberry, Hardie Grant Egmont)
Released August 2019
This debut middle-grade novel, which won Hardie Grant Egmont’s Ampersand Prize, ticks many familiar boxes. The main character: a 12-year-old on the cusp of maturity. The challenges: friendships, enemies, family,... Read more
Australia’s Original Languages: An introduction (R M W Dixon, A&U)
Released July 2019
Bob Dixon has an impressive academic and publishing career, which includes 50 years of researching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages. Dixon’s latest book combines linguistics, colonisation history, anthropology and... Read more
Lapse (Sarah Thornton, Text)
Released August 2019
Former corporate lawyer Clementine Jones is holed up in a country town where no-one knows her past, and she’s hoping to keep it that way. During her self-imposed exile she... Read more
Storytime: Growing up with books (Jane Sullivan, Ventura)
Released August 2019
Storytime is a delightful collection of essays by literary journalist Jane Sullivan on her favourite childhood books, revisited as an adult. Best known as the scribe behind the Saturday Age’s... Read more
