Title: Siren Author: Rachel Matthews Genre: Fiction Publisher: Transit Lounge Published: 1st August 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 288 Price: $29.95 Synopsis: A brave new novel that sensitively explores one woman’s experience of sexual violence and the silencing of those who feel compelled to speak out. What happens when a young woman enters a city apartment… Continue reading Siren by Rachel Matthews
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Tell It To The Dog: A Memoir of Sorts by Robert Power
Title: Tell It To The Dog: A Memoir of Sorts Author: Robert Power Genre: Non-Fiction/Memoir Publisher: Transit Lounge Published: 1st July 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 224 Price: $29.95 Synopsis: Tell it to the Dog is an exquisitely written memoir that is at once playful, heartbreaking and affirming. From a Dublin childhood to London, then on to… Continue reading Tell It To The Dog: A Memoir of Sorts by Robert Power
Beauty in Thorns by Kate Forsyth
Title: Beauty in Thorns Author: Kate Forsyth Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Penguin Random House/Vintage Published: 3rd of July 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 465 Price: $32.99 Synopsis: A spellbinding reimagining of ‘Sleeping Beauty’ set amongst the wild bohemian circle of Pre-Raphaelite artists and poets. The Pre-Raphaelites were determined to liberate art and love from the shackles… Continue reading Beauty in Thorns by Kate Forsyth
My Lovely Frankie by Judith Clarke
Title: My Lovely Frankie Author: Judith Clarke Genre: YA Fiction Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 28th June 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 224 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: A masterful, moving story about a teenage boy caught between faith and love, by one of Australia's finest YA writers. 'Frankie believed in Heaven quite literally, as if it was… Continue reading My Lovely Frankie by Judith Clarke
Rotherweird by Andrew Caldecott
Title: Rotherweird Author: Andrew Caldecott Genre: Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction Publisher: Hachette Australia/Jo Fletcher Books Published: 16th May 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 460 Price: $32.99 Synopsis: Welcome to Rotherweird: a town with no maps, no guidebooks and no history, but many many secrets . . . A stunning combination of JONATHAN STRANGE AND MR NORRELL… Continue reading Rotherweird by Andrew Caldecott
2017 Pultizer Prize Winner: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Title: The Underground Railroad Author: Colson Whitehead Genre: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction Publisher: Hachette Australia Published: 26th April, 2017 (latest edition), Trade paperback 9th August 2016 Format: Paperback Pages: 306 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER and a NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER FOR FICTION 2016 2017 Pultizer Prize Winner… Continue reading 2017 Pultizer Prize Winner: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Rather Be The Devil by Ian Rankin
Title: Rather Be The Devil Author: Ian Rankin Genre: Crime Publisher: Hachette Published: 3rd November, 2016 Format: Paperback Pages: 310 Price: $32.99 Synopsis: Some cases never leave you. For John Rebus, forty years may have passed, but the death of beautiful, promiscuous Maria Turquand still preys on his mind. Murdered in her hotel room on… Continue reading Rather Be The Devil by Ian Rankin
Letters to the Lost by Brigid Kemmerer
Title: Letters to the Lost Author: Brigid Kemmerer Genre: YA Publisher: Bloomsbury Published: 6th April 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 400 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: Juliet Young always writes letters to her mother, a world-traveling photojournalist. Even after her mother's death, she leaves letters at her grave. It's the only way Juliet can cope. Declan Murphy isn't… Continue reading Letters to the Lost by Brigid Kemmerer
Royce Rolls by Margaret Stohl
Title: Royce Rolls Author: Margaret Stohl Genre: YA Publisher: Bloomsbury Australia Published: 1st May 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 400 Price: $15.99 Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Bentley Royce is the wild-child of a super-glam reality TV dynasty. She has it all – designer clothes, a fancy school and an actual Bentley to drive around in. Her ambitious mom… Continue reading Royce Rolls by Margaret Stohl
Blog Tour: Girl In Between by Anna Daniels
Title: Girl In Between Author: Anna Daniels Genre: Fiction Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 26th April 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 314 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: Life can be tricky when you're a girl in between relationships, careers and cities… and sometimes you have to face some uncomfortable truths. The sparkling debut from comic TV and radio… Continue reading Blog Tour: Girl In Between by Anna Daniels
