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Warra Warra Wai (Darren Rix & Craig Cormick, S&S)
Released September 2024
Warra Warra Wai visits the sites that James Cook’s crew irrevocably changed by hand, flag, pen or presence. Gazing at the Endeavour from the land and vice versa, Darren Rix... Read more
Escape from Cuttlefish Cove (Rachel Jackson, Riveted Press)
Released September 2024
Debut author Rachel Jackson knocks it out of the park with Escape from Cuttlefish Cove, a choose-your-own-adventure story where the reader is the main character. Imagine waking up on an... Read more
The Wedding Forecast (Nina Kenwood, Text)
Released September 2024
Nina Kenwood’s new adult romantic comedy, The Wedding Forecast, is sexy, fun and hard to put down. Kenwood, who previously wrote for young adults (It Sounded Better in My Head,... Read more
The Venice Hotel (Tess Woods, Penguin)
Released September 2024
The Venice Hotel by Tess Woods (Love and Other Battles) is a captivating tale that unfolds over the ‘12 days of Christmas’ at Il Cuore, a boutique hotel in Venice.... Read more
Dragon Folding (Christopher Cheng, illus Lucia Masciullo, Puffin)
Released September 2024
Dragon Folding is an evocative picture book that celebrates community, creativity and intergenerational friendships, written by Christopher Cheng (Bear and Rat, One Tree) and illustrated by Lucia Masciullo (The Imagineer, An A–Z... Read more
White Noise (Raelke Grimmer, UWA Publishing)
Released September 2024
White Noise is the captivating debut YA novel by Darwin-based author Raelke Grimmer. Fifteen-year-old Emma’s mum died three years ago, and she and her emergency-doctor father survive in a monotonous,... Read more
Jilya (Tracy Westerman, UQP)
Released September 2024
Jilya means ‘my child’ in Nyamal language, and it is evident on every page of her hybrid memoir/cultural study that leading psychologist and Nyamal woman Tracy Westerman is committed to... Read more
The Glass Horse of Venice (Arnold Zable, illus Anita Lester, Text)
Released September 2024
Arnold Zable, renowned author of Cafe Scheherazade, turns to children’s literature with his first picture book, The Glass Horse of Venice. Claudia lives in Venice and passes by a glassblower’s... Read more
The Degenerates (Raeden Richardson, Text)
Released September 2024
The Degenerates is a bold, layered work of experimental literary fiction that follows the linked storylines of Maha, Titch and Ginny, three Melbournians who have found themselves lost in their... Read more
Diving, Falling (Kylie Mirmohamadi, Scribe)
Released September 2024
In Kylie Mirmohamadi’s debut novel, Diving, Falling, Leila Whittaker is left with the business of living after her husband’s death. Ken Black was a famous artist, a legend given a... Read more
Six Summers of Tash and Leopold (Danielle Binks, Lothian)
Released September 2024
Middle-grade readers who enjoyed A L Tait’s The First Summer of Callie McGee and Nova Weetman’s The Edge of Thirteen will delight in this compelling coming-of-age story targeting the ever-growing... Read more
How (Not) to Lose $1 Million (John Addis, Major Street)
Released September 2024
How (Not) to Lose $1 Million is full of surprises. Given it's a book aimed at people seeking to invest in shares and control their own portfolio or improve their... Read more
The Fog (Brooke Hardwick, S&S)
Released September 2024
The atmospheric setting of Brooke Hardwick’s debut novel, a highly selective writers’ retreat on the isolated island of Rathlin, off the coast of Northern Ireland, is sure to entice readers... Read more
Summer of Shipwrecks (Shivaun Plozza, UQP)
Released September 2024
Award-winning children’s author Shivaun Plozza’s Summer of Shipwrecks is a vividly real, heartfelt middle-grade novel that explores the capriciousness of tween friendship. Sidney has been waiting all year for her... Read more
Anomaly (Emma Lord, Affirm)
Released September 2024
Anomaly, the debut YA novel by Emma Lord, is fast-paced, compelling and confidently plotted. In 2020, Piper Manning awakens 52 days after a virus has wiped out her town—and perhaps... Read more
Protecting Indigenous Art (Colin Golvan, MUP)
Released September 2024
Scepticism is probably reasonable, at first, reading a book about Indigenous art written by a non-Indigenous person. Colin Golvan, however, has earned his bona fides by working as a barrister... Read more
Jasper Cliff (Josh Kemp, Fremantle)
Released September 2024
Western Australian author Josh Kemp’s debut novel, Banjawarn, won several prestigious awards, including the Dorothy Hewett Award, a Ned Kelly Award, and a Western Australian Premier’s Prize. For his second... Read more
The Best Present Ever (Zoë Foster Blake, illus Lucinda Gifford, Puffin)
Released September 2024
The most delightful stories can often stem from the simplest of ideas, as seen in The Best Present Ever, a playful celebration of creativity, imagination and the joy of giving.... Read more
In the Margins (Gail Holmes, Ultimo)
Released September 2024
Inspired by the life of Frances Wolfreston, a book collector who preserved the earliest part of Shakespeare’s legacy, Gail Holmes’s elegant debut speaks about the injustices and lack of freedom... Read more
Translations (Jumaana Abdu, Vintage)
Released August 2024
Translations is a powerful, character-driven debut novel by Jumaana Abdu. It follows young mother Aliyah and her daughter, Sakina, who leave Sydney for a property in the Northern Rivers region... Read more
