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Grog: A Bottled History of Australia’s First 30 Years (Tom Gilling, Hachette)
Released October 2016
Colonial Australia was born with a drinking problem. Like a lot of the infant colony’s problems, alcohol addiction was inherited from the mother country. Many historical narratives of Australia, most... Read more
Kiffy Rubbo: Curating the 1970s (ed by Janine Burke & Helen Hughes, Scribe)
Released November 2016
Sometimes studying the micro gives us the best view of the macro. Reading the essay collection Kiffy Rubbo is one of those experiences. Art curator Kiffy Rubbo provided space and... Read more
The Answer (Allan & Barbara Pease, Harlequin)
Released November 2016
Body language and relationship experts Allan and Barbara Pease have sold over 20 million copies worldwide of their previous titles Why Men Don’t Listen and Woman Can’t Read Road Maps... Read more
The Art of Keeping Secrets (Rachael Johns, Harlequin)
Released October 2016
The Australian book industry voted Rachael Johns’ The Patterson Girls its 2015 General Fiction Book of the Year. Her new novel will also appeal to mainstream women’s fiction readers, as... Read more
Poum and Alexandre: A Paris Memoir (Catherine de Saint Phalle, Transit Lounge)
Released October 2016
Catherine de Saint Phalle’s first work of nonfiction, Poum and Alexandre: A Paris Memoir, is an intricately woven narrative that centres on the author’s eccentric and charmingly flawed parents. Her... Read more
Antipodes: In Search of the Southern Continent (Avan Judd Stallard, Monash University Press)
Released November 2016
This remarkable book is about an imaginary place: Terra Australis Incognita, the Unknown Southern Land. Avan Judd Stallard tells the story of a geographical obsession and how it developed in... Read more
Anything is Possible (Cosentino, HarperCollins)
Released November 2016
Paul Cosentino was a 12-year-old boy with reading difficulties when he discovered a book on magic in his local library. With the support of his family, Paul’s fascination with magic... Read more
Agatha and the Dark (Anna Pignataro, The Five Mile Press)
Released October 2016
Agatha is a cute half-pig, half-bear hybrid who likes wearing a red, hooded coat—just like Little Red Riding Hood, although Agatha is not happy with the bit in the story... Read more
The Gobbledygook and the Scribbledynoodle (Justine Clarke and Arthur Baysting, illus by Tom Jellett, Viking)
Released October 2016
Small children clamour for repeat reads of their favourite books, and authors Justine Clarke and Arthur Baysting will have some very relieved parents on their hands with the release of... Read more
If I Was a Banana (Alexandra Tylee & Kieran Rynhart, Gecko Press)
Released October 2016
Oh, how I wish to be ‘yellow and fat and full of banana’! At least, that’s how I feel after diving into the world of an inquisitive young boy in... Read more
Molly & Mae (Danny Parker, illus by Freya Blackwood, Little Hare)
Released October 2016
Molly & Mae is a sweet picture book that follows two girls, Molly and Mae, on a train journey. The journey symbolises the path of friendship, winding its way through... Read more
Shiver Me Timbers! (Oakley Graham, illus by Nina Caniac, Big Sky Publishing)
Released September 2016
This is a rollicking tale about a crew of pirates led by the peg-legged, hook-handed Captain Black. They sail the high seas looking for treasure, through typhoons and storms, past... Read more
Spark (Adam Wallace, illus by Andrew Plant, Ford Street)
Released October 2016
A small fire is born of a careless act. Spark is thrilled by his new found energy but, coaxed by his friend Wind, the fun gets out of hand and... Read more
That’s Not a Hippopotamus (Juliette MacIver, illus by Sarah Davis, Gecko Press)
Released September 2016
This book begins with a class visit to a zoo. The children are told by the guide that they have every kind of animal, but the children quickly realise that... Read more
There’s Not One (Jennifer Higgie, Scribble)
Released September 2016
This luscious picture book offers such pleasures that small children (and their grown-up read-aloud machines) will be drawn towards it. Its simple story—that while there are billions and zillions of... Read more
The Twins of Tintarfell (James O’Loghlin, Pan)
Released September 2016
The Twins of Tintarfell is James O'Loghlin’s third novel for kids following The Adventures of Sir Roderick, The Not-Very Brave (2014) and Daisy Malone and the Blue Glowing Stone (2015).... Read more
Elegy (Jane Abbott, Random House)
Released September 2016
The locals call Kincasey ‘Short Town’—no matter what you expect from it, it always comes up short. In this stereotypical Australian country town, rife with gossip and misogyny, the local... Read more
Goldenhand (Garth Nix, A&U)
Released October 2016
Fans of Garth Nix will be delighted to return once again to the world of the ‘Old Kingdom’ series, with Goldenhand plunging the reader straight back into where Abhorsen left... Read more
Family Skeleton (Carmel Bird, UWA Publishing)
Released September 2016
Carmel Bird is an incredibly distinctive writer who has earned a loyal following of fans in the literary community. In Family Skeleton, she mixes acidic authorial asides with an intimate... Read more
The Fence (Meredith Jaffé, Macmillan)
Released September 2016
Septuagenarian Gwen and husband Eric are long-term residents of Green Valley Avenue, a quiet leafy corner in Sydney. When her beloved friend next-door dies, and her house is put on... Read more
