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The Indie Book Awards longlists 2020
Congratulations to all the authors, illustrators and publishers longlisted for the Indie Book Awards 2019!
Each year, independent booksellers from around the nation get together and vote for their favourite titles in six different categories, as well as their favourite book overall. Here are the longlistees for each category.
Fiction The White Girl by Tony Birch The Rip by Mark Brandi Silver …30 great reads from First Nations writers & Australian writers of colour
Books to read to Baby Yoda
Sometimes your foster dad won’t take off his helmet, and you’re just going to have to be okay with that.
Leap Frog by Jane Clarke & Britta TeckentrupWe kno…
Comfort reading & book recommendations from our Teen Advisory Board
‘I read books that will make me even sadder so that I can truly fall into a pit of despair. Then I read a romance book to pull me out of it’ - Sasha Copic
‘I rer…
The best books for keeping the kids busy during the holidays
It’s Mine! - Who is hiding in the jungle? Find out by lifting the flaps to spot the animals. You’re sure to enjoy the surprise…
The Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards shortlists 2020
The Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards shortlists for 2020 have now been announced.
Here are the shortlistees for this year…
PRIZE FOR FICTION The House of Youssef by Yumna Kassab Act of Grace by Anna KrienSimpson Returns by Wayne Macauley Damascus by Christos Tsiolkas The Yield by Tara June Winch PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION Songspirals: Sharing Women’s Wisdom of Country through Songlines…
Our children’s & YA top 10 bestsellers of the week
Our top 10 bestsellers of the week
Our customers' favourite books, music, film & TV of 2019
Best fiction books
A Constant Hum by Alice Bishop The Nancys by R.W.R. McDonald The Testaments by Margaret AtwoodBest non-fiction books
Unlike the Heart: A Memoir of Brain and Mind by Nicola Redhouse Three Women by Lis…What we’re reading: Chang, Bray & Hurley
I’m exactly halfway through the second book in the Diviners series by Libba Bray, Lair of Dreams, and it’s so wonderful I’m in no rush to get through the second half. T…