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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
Extreme Animal Facts (Jennifer Cossins, Lothian)
Released November 2024
Animal books are big business as toddlers to tweens revel in discovering quirky titbits about earth’s creatures. Standing out in a saturated book field is no easy task, but CBCA... Read more
Leave the Girls Behind (Jacqueline Bublitz, A&U)
Released November 2024
Ruth-Ann Baker, affectionately known as ‘Ruthie’ to those around her, never takes the same route home, secures her apartment with three internal chain locks and can recite murder victim statistics... Read more
Australian Gospel: A Family Saga (Lech Blaine, Black Inc.)
Released November 2024
Following the success of Car Crash: A Memoir, Lech Blaine’s second book tells the true story of his unique family, who faced serious challenges inflicted by Michael and Mary Shelley,... Read more
Our World Full of Wonder (Jevita Nilson, illus Jess Racklyeft, CSIRO Publishing)
Released November 2024
Our World Full of Wonder is a parent's and educator’s dream, combining teachable moments written in Jevita Nilson’s heartfelt lyrical prose with charming illustrations from CBCA award-winning illustrator Jess Racklyeft... Read more
