Round off the first month of 2021 with two exciting YA online events! We’re so pleased to be presenting US authors Angie Thomas and Brigid Kemmerer in conversation, talking about their new novels.

Angie Thomas in conversation

Join us at 11am on Sunday 24 January to hear YA superstar Angie Thomas discuss her writing career and brand-new novel with fellow author Leanne Hall.

Concrete Rose s…

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Western fiction has a long and rich history – one ripe for reinvention and subversion. Here are six of our best recommendations for novels that do exactly this.

Outlawed by Anna North

Ada feels lucky – she loves her broad-shouldered husband and her job as an apprentice midwife. But after a year of marriage with no pregnancy, in a town where barren women are hanged as witches, Ada has to fl…

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Kids are naturally curious about the world and, given half a chance, love to have deep conversations about important issues and events. Here are some books to help spark interesting discussions with kids. For discussing the bushfire season… The Bushfire Book by Chris Nixon & Polly Marsden

Australia is a big country with all sorts of weather – and sometimes extreme weather that causes bushf…

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The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr. The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart Phosphorescence by Julia Baird The Midnight Library by Matt Haig Honeybee by Craig Silvey All Our Shimmering Skies by Trent Dalton Loving Country: A Guide to Sacred Australia by Bruce Pascoe & Vicky Shukuroglou The Survivors by Jane Harper Mayflies by Andrew O'Hagan

It seems everyone is…

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The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor Day Break by Amy McQuire & Matt Chun The Deep End (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 15) by Jeff Kinney Young Dark Emu: A Truer History by Bruce Pascoe Sister Heart by Sally Morgan Sing Me the Summer by Alison Lester & Jane Godwin The Cousins by Karen M. McManus The Lost Soul Atlas by Zana Fraillon The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Dangerous Animals 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. Mark Rubbo is reading Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

I took last week off and greedily devoured a number of books. The one I enjoyed most was last year’s Booker Prize winner, Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart. Set in Glasgow in Thatchers era, th…

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It’s a new year and this means it’s time to make a whole lot of resolutions that you may or may not keep. It’s also often an excuse for a big clean out and if you’re anything like us, we are certain that your bookshelf may be in need of some attention. Here is a handy quiz we’ve provided to help you decide whether you should keep a book – or whether it’s time to pass it on to a new reader. Q1…

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What better way to spend your summer holidays than getting some giggles and belly laughs? Here are our picks of funny books for kids aged 7-12. The Odds by Matt Stanton

Kip is a quiet and shy kid who struggles to fit in at school. She’s easy to miss and that’s the way she likes it. But when ten characters from her favourite comics, picture books, TV shows and video games – and her nightmare…

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Here are our 100 bestselling books from the past year.

Of the 100 books listed below…

43 are fiction 19 are non-fiction 11 are children’s books (6 picture books, 4 middle grade books and 1 non-fiction) 10 are cookbooks 8 are biographies or memoirs 5 are collected works (2 anthology, 3 single-authored collection) 4 are crime reads

Of the 102 authors (as well as editors, illustrators, transl…

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The Cousins by Karen M. McManus Bluey: The Pool The Grandest Bookshop in the World by Amelia Mellor The Deep End (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 15) by Jeff Kinney Day Break by Amy McQuire & Matt Chun What We’ll Build by Oliver Jeffers The 130-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton When We Say Black Lives Matter by Maxine Beneba Clarke Real Pigeons Fight Crime (Real Pigeons, Book 1) by An…

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