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This Fatal Kiss by Alicia Jasinska

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Title: This Fatal Kiss Author: Alicia Jasinska Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Walker Books Published: 1st August 2025 Format: Paperback Pages: 416 Price: $22.99 Synopsis: An immersive fantasy, filled with dark magic, mystery and romance, from the author of The Dark Tide.Cursed to haunt the river running through the magical spa town where she drowned, water nymph Gisela… Continue reading This Fatal Kiss by Alicia Jasinska

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Australian Women Read in 2024

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For the past several years, I have been eager to promote Australian women writers. Not to the detriment of men or international authors, but because Australian women writers are brilliant and often overlooked, so don’t always get the recognition they deserve. There are some who are popular, but for those who aren’t, I feel that… Continue reading Australian Women Read in 2024

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Total Women Authors Read in 2024

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During 2024 I read 210 books by women, which was in line with my goal to read more books by women in general, and I did my best to read as diversely as possible, but I was also reading the books I already had or that were sent to me for review or literary judging,… Continue reading Total Women Authors Read in 2024

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Tales of the Minstrel Tongue by Narrelle M Harris

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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

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Stitch by Pádraig Kenny

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Title: Stitch Author: Pádraig Kenny Genre: Adventure Publisher: Walker Books Published: 5th June 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 208 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: A compelling, atmospheric and gothic Frankenstein-inspired adventure by an award-winning Irish author."A thrilling gothic adventure, brimming with heart and bursting with big questions. I loved it." Lucy StrangeStitch is not a monster – he’s a creation.He… Continue reading Stitch by Pádraig Kenny

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Miss Mary-Kate Martin’s Guide to Monsters: The Bother with the Bonkillyknock Beast by Karen Foxlee

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Title: Miss Mary-Kate Martin’s Guide to Monsters: The Bother with the Bonkillyknock Beast Author: Karen Foxlee Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 3rd January 2024 Format: Paperback Pages: 288 Price: $15.99 Synopsis: Miss Mary-Kate Martin travels the globe with her family helping solve monstrous problems in this fun fantasy adventure from the multi-award-winning author… Continue reading Miss Mary-Kate Martin’s Guide to Monsters: The Bother with the Bonkillyknock Beast by Karen Foxlee

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Solve Your Own Mystery: The Transylvanian Express by Gareth P. Jones

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Title: Solve Your Own Mystery: The Transylvanian Express Author: Gareth P. Jones Genre: Mystery, Detective, Fantasy, Supernatural Publisher: Walker Books Australia Published: 4th October 2023 Format: Paperback Pages: 224 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: One puzzling mystery. Several slippery suspects. Endless possibilities!Welcome to Haventry, a town where the ordinary and extraordinary collide! With ghosts, werewolves and zombies… Continue reading Solve Your Own Mystery: The Transylvanian Express by Gareth P. Jones

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Polly and Buster: The Search for the Silver Witch by Sally Rippin

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Title: Polly and Buster: The Search for the Silver Witch Author: Sally Rippin Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Hardie Grant Egmont Published:  1st June 2019 Format: Hardcover Pages: 304 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: Polly and Buster have always believed that witches and monsters can be friends, but it seems no one else agrees. While the witches are furious and… Continue reading Polly and Buster: The Search for the Silver Witch by Sally Rippin

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Polly and Buster: The Mystery of the Magic Stones by Sally Rippin

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Title: Polly and Buster: The Mystery of the Magic Stones Author: Sally Rippin Genre: Fiction Publisher: Hardie Grant Egmont Published: 1st June 2018 Format: Hardcover Pages: 304 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: What would you do if everyone thought your best friend was dangerous? Polly the witch and Buster the monster shouldn’t be friends. And they definitely shouldn’t be… Continue reading Polly and Buster: The Mystery of the Magic Stones by Sally Rippin

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Polly and Buster: The Wayward Witch and the Feelings Monster by Sally Rippin

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Title: Polly and Buster: The Wayward Witch and the Feelings Monster Author: Sally Rippin Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Hardie Grant Egmont Published: 1st June 2017 Format: Hardcover Pages: 288 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: From Australia’s best-selling female author, Sally Rippin, comes Polly and Buster – a brand new junior fiction series about the magic of friendship.  Who ever heard of a… Continue reading Polly and Buster: The Wayward Witch and the Feelings Monster by Sally Rippin