This month we have gothic horror, gripping fantasy, wild behaviour in remote places and contemporary stories of romance, politics and self-exploration. Find our April picks for kids books here. YA BOOK OF THE MONTH

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

Ever since the three Hollow sisters – Grey, Vivi and Iris – disappeared on a suburban street in Scotland as children only to return a m…

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First Person Singular by Haruki Murakami

Lapsed by Monica Dux

Sex, Lies & Question Time by Kate Ellis

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

With the Falling of the Dusk by Stan Grant

The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams

Simple by Yotam Ottolenghi

Quarterly Essay 81: Getting to Zero by Alan Finkel

Turns Out, I’m Fine by Judith Lucy

Witness by Louise Milligan

Our best-seller from the past …

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Mothering Heights (Dog Man, Book 10) by Dav Pilkey

Masters of Disguise by Marc Martin

Don’t Forget by Jane Godwin & Anna Walker

The Edge of Thirteen by Nova Weetman

The Treehouse Joke Book 2 by Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton

Where’s Bluey?: A Search-and-Find Book

Tasty Weird (WeirDo, Book 16) by Anh Do

The Grandest Bookshop by Amelia Mellor

Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories by…

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Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films we’re watching, the television shows we’re hooked on, or the music we’re loving. Clare Millar is reading The Shape of Sound by Fiona Murphy

I was so excited about the release of this book. I honestly raced through this one over the Easter break. It’s such a perfectly structured memoir that I felt completed immersed.

Fion…

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April has been particularly kind to lovers of memoir and biography, with an influx of compelling local stories: from a long-awaited rock ‘n’ roll tell all, to a blistering political unpacking of life as a woman in parliament – this month’s reads are united in their calls to look more closely at the kind of systems and power structures we participate in. Here are nine scintillating stories for t…

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The holidays are a wonderful time to sink deep into reading for pleasure. Here are our suggestions of books to please every sort of YA reader out there.

Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu

Vivian Carter is fed up. Fed up with her high school teachers who think the football team can do no wrong. Fed up with sexist dress codes, hallway harassment and gross comments from guys. But most of all, Viv is f…

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The school holidays are a wonderful time to sink deep into reading for pleasure. Here are our suggestions of books to entertain, enthral and inspire young readers during their leisure time.

Backyard Bugs by Helen Milroy

This vibrant and colourful picture book will send pre-schoolers rushing into their own backyards to look for creepy crawlies. First Nations author and illustrator Dr. Helen…

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It’s been a while since Haruki Murakami has released a collection of short stories, so no doubt our Fiction Book of the Month, First Person Singular, will be on the top of many people’s reading lists this month. Murakami fans will be pleased with the familiar motifs and themes of his work evident in this volume - jazz, baseball, memory, loneliness and youthful longing.

However, it must be said t…

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Mothering Heights (Dog Man, Book 10) by Dav Pilkey

The Edge of Thirteen by Nova Weetman

Don’t Forget by Jane Godwin & Anna Walker

Where’s Bluey?: A Search-and-Find Book

The Power of Positive Pranking by Nat Amoore

Peter Rabbit: A Fluffy Easter Tale by Beatrix Potter

Tasty Weird (WeirDo, Book 16) by Anh Do

The Awesome Power of Sleep by Nicola Morgan

Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky St…

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Sex, Lies & Question Time by Kate Ellis

Quarterly Essay 81: Getting to Zero by Alan Finkel

Black & Blue by Veronica Gorrie

With the Falling of the Dusk by Stan Grant

The Pronoun Lowdown by Nevo Zisin

First Person Singular by Haruki Murakami

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

Love Objects by Emily Maguire

Dropbear by Evelyn Araluen

The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams

Our bestseller from the p…

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