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Every Rock Has a Story: An A to Z of Australian Geology (Kitty van Cuylenburg, illus Cher Hart, CSIRO Publishing)
Released January 2025
In Every Rock Has a Story: An A to Z of Australian Geology, Kitty van Cuylenburg invites readers to experience the magnitude of planet Earth by looking down and getting... Read more
Yayoi Kusama (ed by Wayne Crothers & Miranda Wallace, NGV)
Released December 2024
The book Yayoi Kusama from the National Gallery of Victoria captures the extraordinary 80-year legacy of the enigmatic artist, as showcased in the titular exhibition. This tribute to one of... Read more
Costa’s Garden (Costa Georgiadis, illus Brenna Quinlan, ABC Books)
Released December 2024
Costa’s Garden follows an illustrated Costa Georgiadis as he shares his expansive garden and flowers with a group of children, encouraging them to see the world in a new way.... Read more
Tomorrow There Will Be Sun (A Hope Prize Anthology, S&S)
Released December 2024
Armed with a mandate to celebrate hope, courage and resilience, the 20 stories in the anthology Tomorrow There Will Be Sun venture near and far, from the sheep-herding plains of... Read more
Robert Manne: A Political Memoir (Robert Manne, La Trobe)
Released December 2024
In 2024, amid widespread political polarisation, Robert Manne’s memoir, Robert Manne: A Political Memoir: Intellectual Combat in the Cold War and the Culture Wars, offers an interesting read. As one... Read more
Tigg and the Bandicoot Bushranger (Jackie French, HarperCollins)
Released December 2024
Jackie French once again showcases her meticulous research in an engaging historical fiction novel that will captivate upper middle-grade readers. In 1859, near the Ballarat goldfields, we meet Tigg, a... Read more
The Bogan Book Club (John Larkin, Larrikin)
Released December 2024
When James Larwood is released from prison, his career is in tatters and his marriage is broken. His brother, Larry, throws him a lifeline in the form of a cleaning... Read more
Murriyang: Song of Time (Stan Grant, Bundyi)
Released December 2024
In May 2023, journalist Stan Grant (Talking to My Country) stepped away from his role as host of ABC’s Q+A. His latest book, Murriyang: Song of Time, is a heartfelt... Read more
The Dream (Iain Ryan, Ultimo)
Released December 2024
Iain Ryan plunges the reader into a seedy underworld of police corruption and political scheming in his latest novel, The Dream. Set during a spiralling recession and the 1982 Brisbane... Read more
Special Delivery (Leesa Ronald, A&U)
Released December 2024
Leesa Ronald’s debut novel, Special Delivery, is an enemies-to-lovers rom-com with some hilarious side characters, steamy love scenes and a snarky, highly relatable protagonist. Poppy McKellar is unexpectedly pregnant, and... Read more
The Wild Reciter: Poetry and Popular Culture in Australia 1890 to the Present (Peter Kirkpatrick, MUP)
Released November 2024
Now a forgotten species, the wild reciter was once an entertainer who frequented small local parlours and music halls, reciting poetry to the public. Around a century ago, at a... Read more
The Five Rules of Friendship (Jess Sanders, illus César Barceló, Affirm)
Released December 2024
The Five Rules of Friendship by Jess Sanders (Life Lessons for Little Ones: You Are Enough) is a thoughtful and engaging picture book exploring friendship, for readers aged 5+. Sanders... Read more
Train Japan (Steve Wide & Michelle Mackintosh, Hardie Grant Explore)
Released December 2024
In today’s world, where information is instantly available, travel guides may seem less appealing. However, there are times when expert advice compiled in a beautifully designed guide is invaluable—such as... Read more
Black Convicts (Santilla Chingaipe, Scribner)
Released November 2024
In recent years, historians have increasingly shown that the past, especially in the West, was more multicultural than the monoculture so often portrayed. In Australia, where colonial history has consistently... Read more
Noble Fragments (Michael Visontay, Scribe)
Released November 2024
Noble Fragments examines the nature of value and the role of perspective in shaping it, as journalist and author Michael Visontay weaves together two interrelated stories. The first is about... Read more
Thunderhead (Sophie Beer, A&U Children’s)
Released November 2024
Thunderhead is the debut middle-grade novel by award-winning author and illustrator Sophie Beer. Thunderhead (the titular character’s online username—their name isn’t revealed until the end of the book) is an... Read more
Tilly in a Tangle (Margrete Lamond, illus Monty Lee, Dirt Lane Press)
Released November 2024
Tilly in a Tangle, written by Margrete Lamond (The Sorry Tale of Fox and Bear) and illustrated by Monty Lee (Grumpy Bear, Grouchy Bear), is a new picture book about... Read more
The 113th Assistant Librarian (Stuart Wilson, Penguin)
Released November 2024
The 113th Assistant Librarian is a fantastical story that opens with Oliver Wormwood sneaking out of his house to try to find the trade that is his Calling—his path in... Read more
My Body, My Brain (Nicki Esler Gill, illus Inge Daniels, Scholastic)
Released November 2024
Nicki Esler Gill’s My Body, My Brain (a companion title to the author’s My Body, My Rules) introduces neurodiversity in a generalised, accessible way for children aged 3 and up,... Read more
The Thinning (Inga Simpson, Hachette)
Released November 2024
In Inga Simpson’s The Thinning, Fin has grown up in a world long past its tipping point. Daughter to an astronomer father and an astrophotographer mother, Fin knows everything about... Read more
