Title: Promises and Other Lies Author: Sue Whiting Genre: Contemporary/Mystery Publisher: Walker Books Published: 1st September 2025 Format: Paperback Pages: 304 Price: $17.99 Synopsis: A gripping middle-grade mystery from Australian author Sue Whiting, in which a small coastal town is torn apart by more than just a bushfire.One year on from a devastating bushfire, the… Continue reading Promises and Other Lies by Sue Whiting
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Golden by Jade Timms
Title: Golden Author: Jade Timms Genre: Contemporary YA Publisher: Text Publishing Published: 3rd June 2025 Format: Paperback Pages: 320 Price: $22.99 Synopsis: I play around with the colours for a few minutes, mixing them with the white. The colours I end up with aren’t perfect, but they’ll do. I don’t know why I like pastel… Continue reading Golden by Jade Timms
Searching for Treasure by Johanna Bell and Emma Long
Title: Searching for Treasure Author: Johanna Bell and Emma Long Genre: Fiction Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 4th February 2024 Format: Hardcover Pages: 26 Price: $24.99 Synopsis: A lush, joyful picture book celebrating the wonders of a walk on the beach and the treasures to be found on the high tide line, with a gloriously… Continue reading Searching for Treasure by Johanna Bell and Emma Long
Legend of the Lighthouse Moon by Helen Edwards
Title: Legend of the Lighthouse Moon Author: Helen Edwards Genre: Historical Fiction, Fantasy Publisher: Riveted Press Published: 2nd October 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 224 Price: $17.99 Synopsis: It’s the 1970s and on Kangaroo Island, Mona McKenna and her brother Albert live with their grandparents at Cape Willoughby Lighthouse. For five long years they have… Continue reading Legend of the Lighthouse Moon by Helen Edwards
Blog Tour: Our Shellharbour by Karen Hendriks
Title: Our Shellharbour Author: Karen Hendriks Genre: Fiction Publisher: Little Shell Books Published: November 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 36 Price: $20.00 Synopsis: Join Lani and Oli as they explore Shellharbour’s natural wonders.Let’s go to magical places – From the mountains to the sea, come and explore Shellharbour with the me. Let’s go somewhere magical!Our Shellharbour… Continue reading Blog Tour: Our Shellharbour by Karen Hendriks
The Little Wave by Pip Harry
Title: The Little Wave Author: Pip Harry Genre: Verse Fiction Publisher: University of Queensland Press Published: 7th May 2019 Format: Paperback Pages: 240 Price: $16.95 Synopsis: When a Manly school sets out to bring a country class to the city for a beach visit, three very different kids find each other and themselves. Noah is… Continue reading The Little Wave by Pip Harry
Aussie Kids: Meet Katie at the Beach by Rebecca Johnson and Lucia Masciullo
Title: Aussie Kids: Meet Katie at the Beach Author: Rebecca Johnson and Lucia Masciullo Genre: Fiction Publisher: Penguin Random House Published: 31st March 2020 Format: Paperback Pages: 64 Price: $12.99 Synopsis: Aussie Kids is an exciting new series for emerging readers 6-8 years. From a NSW Zoo to a Victorian lighthouse, or an outback sheep… Continue reading Aussie Kids: Meet Katie at the Beach by Rebecca Johnson and Lucia Masciullo
Pippa’s Island: Camp Castaway by Belinda Murrell
Title: Pippa’s Island: Camp Castaway Author: Belinda Murrell Genre: Fiction Publisher: Penguin Random House Published: 2nd April 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 240 Price: $14.99 Synopsis: Pippa and friends are off to a tiny tropical island for school camp - but what happens when their group are split up? The students in class 5M are heading… Continue reading Pippa’s Island: Camp Castaway by Belinda Murrell
The Shelly Bay Ladies Swimming Circle by Sophie Green
Title: The Shelly Bay Ladies Swimming Circle Author: Sophie Green Genre: Fiction Publisher: Hachette Published: 23rd July 2019 Format: Paperback Pages: 430 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: The author of treasured Australian bestseller, THE INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE FAIRVALE LADIES BOOK CLUB, returns with a new novel perfect for your book club It's the summer of 1982. THE MAN… Continue reading The Shelly Bay Ladies Swimming Circle by Sophie Green
Bluebottle by Belinda Castles
Title: Bluebottle Author: Belinda Castles Genre: Literary Fiction Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 23rd May 2018 Format: Paperback Pages: 250 Price: $29.99 Synopsis:With sea-salt authenticity, Belinda Castles sets the Bright family in the sprawling paradise of Bilgola Beach. But darkness is found both in the iconic setting as well as in the disturbing behaviour of… Continue reading Bluebottle by Belinda Castles
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