Title: The Worst Perfect Moment Author: Shivaun Plozza Genre: Contemporary Publisher: Walker Books Australia Published: 1st January 2025 Format: Paperback Pages: 368 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, tender and edgy, this inventive romance asks what it means to be truly happy.Tegan Masters is dead.She’s sixteen and she’s dead and she’s standing in the… Continue reading The Worst Perfect Moment by Shivaun Plozza
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The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest by Aubrey Hartman
Title: The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest Author: Aubrey Hartman Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Walker Books Published: 1st May 2025 Format: Paperback Pages: 320 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: A delightfully grim tale about an undead fox whose lonely existence is turned upside down when he learns his job as usher of souls is in jeopardy, perfect for… Continue reading The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest by Aubrey Hartman
Little Bones by Sandy Bigna
Title: Little Bones Author: Sandy Bigna Genre: Verse novel Publisher: UQP Published: 4th March 2025 Format: Paperback Pages: 288 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: Did you knowthat if you wish aloud for somethingin the stealthy shadows of your bedroom,if you whisper the wordssoft as the brush of a moth’s wing,if you feel the words rush through your… Continue reading Little Bones by Sandy Bigna
Sunny at the End of the World by Steph Bowe
Title: Sunny at the End of the World Author: Steph Bowe Genre: Contemporary Publisher: Text Publishing Published: 4th March 2025 Format: Paperback Pages: 272 Price: $22.99 Synopsis: In 2018, seventeen-year-old Sunny and Toby are on the run after zombies have destroyed most of the adults in their world. Cut to 2034 when Sunny is being… Continue reading Sunny at the End of the World by Steph Bowe
Nephthys by Rachel Louise Driscoll
Title: Nephthys Author: Rachel Louise Driscoll Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Penguin/Harvill Secker Published: 4th February 2025 Format: Paperback Pages: 336 Price: $34.99 Synopsis: A captivating treasure of a novel about Clemmie, a young Victorian Egyptologist, and her entanglement with the legend of the goddess, Nephthys. ‘Brilliant and meticulously researched… I loved it.’ Santa Montefiore Sister.… Continue reading Nephthys by Rachel Louise Driscoll
Panic by Catherine Jinks
Title: Panic Author: Catherine Jinks Genre: Thriller/Mystery Publisher: Text Published: 7th January 2025 Format: Paperback Pages: 352 Price: $34.99 Synopsis: BRONTE NEEDS A PLACE TO LIE LOW. She posted a drunken rant that went horrifically viral. Now – jobless, friendless and broke – she’s forced to volunteer as a carer on an isolated rural property.… Continue reading Panic by Catherine Jinks
Tales of the Minstrel Tongue by Narrelle M Harris
Title: Tales of the Minstrel Tongue Author: Narrelle M Harris Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Dangerous Charm/Draft2Digital Published: 30th November 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 90 Price: $31.04 Synopsis: In Kitty and Cadaver, Kitty Carrasco, funeral parlour beautician, gets the shock of her life when the recently departed, whom she's making presentable for their funerals, all sit up… Continue reading Tales of the Minstrel Tongue by Narrelle M Harris
Eleanor Jones Can’t Keep a Secret by Amy Doak
Title: Eleanor Jones Can’t Keep a Secret Author: Amy Doak Genre: Crime Publisher: Penguin Published: 2nd July 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 320 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: Eleanor Jones stirs up more mystery and danger in this fast-paced YA mystery. Things have settled down in Cooinda and Eleanor Jones is getting used to her new normal –… Continue reading Eleanor Jones Can’t Keep a Secret by Amy Doak
Blood and Stone: A Radazan Mystery by Tamara M Bailey
Title: Blood and Stone: A Radazan Mystery Author: Tamara M Bailey Genre: Fantasy/Crime Publisher: Clan Destine Press Published: 1st July 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 254 Price: $34.95 Synopsis: In Blood & Stone Tomi Cardozo, the top Justice Official in the thriving metropolis of Radaza, has been called to investigate a gruesome murder of a professor who has… Continue reading Blood and Stone: A Radazan Mystery by Tamara M Bailey
The Other Shadow by Tania Ingram
Title: The Other Shadow Author: Tania Ingram Genre: Contemporary Publisher: Scholastic Australia Published: 1st July 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 240 Price: $15.99 Synopsis: Life has not been easy for Thomas since his dad died. His mother is acting strangely, he needs to care for his younger sister and things at school aren’t great. And then… Continue reading The Other Shadow by Tania Ingram
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