Title: The 113th Assistant Librarian: Lost in a Book Author: Stuart Wilson Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Penguin Australia Published: 30th September 2025 Format: Hardcover Pages: 288 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: The exciting sequel to The 113th Assistant Librarian is here! Oliver has settled into his life as the 113th assistant librarian. He loves his job – even though it… Continue reading The 113th Assistant Librarian: Lost in a Book by Stuart Wilson
Tag: Fiction
Alice-Miranda on Holiday by Jacqueline Harvey
Title: Alice-Miranda on Holiday Author: Jacqueline Harvey Genre: Fiction Publisher: Puffin Australia Published: 1st September 2010 Format: Paperback Pages: 304 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: The ever so exciting sequel to Alice-Miranda at School Alice-Miranda Highton-Smith-Kennington-Jones has survived her first term at Winchesterfield-Downsfordvale. And now Jacinta Headlington-Bear, the school’s second-best tantrum thrower, is joining Alice-Miranda’s family for term… Continue reading Alice-Miranda on Holiday by Jacqueline Harvey
The Travelling Bookshop: Mim and the Mother Muddle by Katrina Nannestad
Title: The Travelling Bookshop: Mim and the Mother Muddle Author: Katrina Nannestad Genre: Fiction Publisher: HarperCollins Australia Published: 5th March 2025 Format: Paperback Pages: 240 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: The right book might just change your life ... Mim Cohen roams the world in a travelling bookshop, with her dad and brother and a horse called… Continue reading The Travelling Bookshop: Mim and the Mother Muddle by Katrina Nannestad
The Girl and the Ghost: Family Secrets by Jacqueline Harvey
Title: The Girl and the Ghost: Family Secrets Author: Jacqueline Harvey Genre: Mystery Publisher: Puffin, Penguin Australia Published: 21st October 2025 Format: Paperback Pages: 368 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: A trip to Paris and Versailles, an escaped convict, an ancient underground cave network, family mysteries and . . . ghosts. Josephine Eloise Thomas is in Paris… Continue reading The Girl and the Ghost: Family Secrets by Jacqueline Harvey
Dymocks Volume 3 2025 Completed
And that’s the third volume completed! I found the prompts in this one easy to fill. They had a good balance of being open and specific, and I had a few options for some whilst others I took a good guess at where they would fit. I chose a translated book for the Branching Out… Continue reading Dymocks Volume 3 2025 Completed
All Shall Mourn by Ellie Marney
Title: All Shall Mourn Author: Ellie Marney Genre: Crime Publisher: Black Hand Press Published: 5th February 2025 Format: Paperback Pages: 372 Price: $37.99 Synopsis: From the author of New York Times bestseller None Shall Sleep and a Kirkus 2023 Best YA Book of the Year sequel Some Shall Break – the electrifying third and final instalment in The None Shall Sleep Sequence. Simon… Continue reading All Shall Mourn by Ellie Marney
Juniper’s Painting by Catherine Bauer, illustrated by Jennifer Horn
Title: Juniper’s Painting Author: Catherine Bauer, illustrated by Jennifer Horn Genre: Fiction Publisher: NewSouth Books Published: 1st October 2025 Format: Hardcover Pages: 32 Price: $26.99 Synopsis: Juniper is stuck in her beachside home. All she wants is to play on the sand, collect shells, and look for mermaids in the shallows. But it's too wet… Continue reading Juniper’s Painting by Catherine Bauer, illustrated by Jennifer Horn
Do We Deserve This? by Eleanor Elliott Thomas
Title: Do We Deserve This? Author: Eleanor Elliott Thomas Genre: Fiction Publisher: Text Publishing Published: 14th October 2025 Format: Paperback Pages: 336 Price: $34.99 Synopsis: Bean had no intention of taking the money. Not at first… Bean Halloway, lone nobody in a family of ambitious somebodies, is still figuring out what she wants from her… Continue reading Do We Deserve This? by Eleanor Elliott Thomas
The Wintrish Girl (Talismans of Fate #1) by Melanie La’Brooy
Title: The Wintrish Girl (Talismans of Fate #1) Author: Melanie La’Brooy Genre: Fantasy Publisher: UQP Published: 30th August 2022 Format: Paperback Pages: 440 Price: $17.99 Synopsis: On Talisman Day in Arylia, every child receives an object that gives them special powers and reveals their destiny. Every child except for the Wintrish girl, Penn, that is.… Continue reading The Wintrish Girl (Talismans of Fate #1) by Melanie La’Brooy
Wilderness Awards 2025
The 2025 Karajia and Environment Award Winners, stories that connect kids to Country and nature have been announced. They were announced at 11am on the 11th of October on Love Your Bookshop Day, which is also the start of Nature Books Week. These awards celebrate authors and illustrators who have written and created stories to… Continue reading Wilderness Awards 2025
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