And that’s my most recent three prompts completed. No reviews this month, but happy with what I chose for the prompts. Two were re-reads, and the other was one I have been meaning to read for a while. These were good reads, ones I have enjoyed and another I have been meaning to get to… Continue reading Dymocks 2026 October Prompts Completed
Category: Australian women writers
All The Ways I See by Nas Campanella and Eliza Hull, illustrated by Sophie Beer
Title: All The Ways I See Author: Nas Campanella and Eliza Hull, illustrated by Sophie Beer Genre: Contemporary Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 13th October 2026 Format: Hardcover Pages: 24 Price: $24.99 Synopsis: Vividly evoking a blind child's joyful experience of a day at the beach, this highly accessible picture book comes from a stellar… Continue reading All The Ways I See by Nas Campanella and Eliza Hull, illustrated by Sophie Beer
Star Rescue (Frances Bloom #3) by Katrina Nannestad, illustrated by Marina Zlatanova
Title: Star Rescue (Frances Bloom #3) Author: Katrina Nannestad, illustrated by Marina Zlatanova Genre: Humour Publisher: HarperCollins Australia Published: 29th September 2026 Format: Paperback Pages: 144 Price: $17.99 Synopsis: Relish in mischief, adventure and the most unusual family ever, with the bestselling and multi-award-winning Katrina Nannestad. Frances Bloom has everything she needs -- a cottage… Continue reading Star Rescue (Frances Bloom #3) by Katrina Nannestad, illustrated by Marina Zlatanova
Dymocks Reading Challenge October Prompts
We’re in the last stretch now. Only nine prompts to complete! So here are the October ones, and I quote like them. They’re quite open and one has great timing as I have to complete a similar prompt for another challenge, so the book I am going to use has already been chosen. The other… Continue reading Dymocks Reading Challenge October Prompts
How Our Garden Grows by Saurav Kiran Shrestha, illustrated by Estee Sarsfield
Title: How Our Garden Grows Author: Saurav Kiran Shrestha, illustrated by Estee Sarsfield Genre: Contemporary Publisher: WestWords Children’s Books Published: 1st September 2026 Format: Hardcover Pages: 32 Price: $28.95 Synopsis: ‘One day, Lia noticed a seedling poking out from a hedge and drooping onto the footpath. She found a twig to prop it up.’ From… Continue reading How Our Garden Grows by Saurav Kiran Shrestha, illustrated by Estee Sarsfield
The Bestest Brown by Briony Stewart
Title: The Bestest Brown Author: Briony Stewart Genre: Fiction Publisher: Hachette Australia/Lothian Published: 22nd September 2026 Format: Hardcover Pages: 32 Price: $24.99 Synopsis: A joyful and cheeky rhyming book that mixes toilet humour with colour theory, from award-winning creator Briony Stewart. Art smock, paper, paint brush - Go! I'm a colour-mixer pro. Today I'll make… Continue reading The Bestest Brown by Briony Stewart
City of Clouds by Kiah Thomas
Title: City of Clouds Author: Kiah Thomas Genre: Fantasy Publisher: HarperCollins Australia Published: 29th September 2026 Format: Paperback Pages: 240 Price: $17.99 Synopsis: An exciting new magical adventure set in an original fantasy world, this new book from a mega-popular Australian author will be certain to delight existing fans and new readers alike! Ever since… Continue reading City of Clouds by Kiah Thomas
September 2026 Reading Round Up
Well, that’s a wrap for September. I read 20 books again this month, and had a few stragglers for September releases that arrived close to or after release day, so with any luck, they will be done within the next week or so. I didn’t review every book, and there are some reviews for later… Continue reading September 2026 Reading Round Up
Dymocks September Completed
And that wraps up September! That’s twenty-seven out of thirty-six prompts finished, and I will be getting into the October prompts soon. I had to play around a bit to make Spring Blooms work, but made it there with a story about a family finding out the truth about something that happened thirty-years ago. For… Continue reading Dymocks September Completed
The Witches of Winderry Spires by Karen Foxlee
Title: The Witches of Winderry Spires Author: Karen Foxlee Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 29th September 2026 Format: Hardcover Pages: 352 Price: $24.99 Synopsis: An unforgettable and heartwarming quest fantasy from the award-winning and bestselling author of Dragon Skin and Lenny's Book of Everything. No one ever knows what happens to the Clock Tower Girls ...The… Continue reading The Witches of Winderry Spires by Karen Foxlee
