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HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD - PARTS I & II (SPECIAL REHEARSAL EDITION) J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany & Jack Thorne Hardback RRP $ 45.00 Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, comes a new play which revolves around Harry Potter’s life 19 years later as a Ministry of Magic employee and the weight his son, Albus, feels as the child of a legendary wizard.
FICTION BLUE DOG Louis de Bernières Hardback RRP $ 29.99 In this charming prequel to the much-loved Red Dog, Louis de Bernières tells the moving story of a young boy and his Granpa, and the charismatic and entertaining dog who so many readers hold close to their hearts. A heart-warming story of a young boy and his dog adventuring through the outback.
TRULY MADLY GUILTY Liane Moriarty Paperback RRP $ 32.99 Clementine is haunted by regret. It was just a barbeque. They didn’t even know their hosts that well, they were friends of friends. They could so easily have said no. But she and her husband Sam said yes, and now they can never change what they did and didn’t do that Sunday afternoon.
Amy Schumer Hardback RRP $ 29.99 17th August release, advance orders welcome
In The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, Amy proves to be a fearless, original, and always entertaining storyteller, sharing stories about her family, her relationships, her career, good (and bad) sex, recounting the experiences that have shaped who she is today.
GHOST EMPIRE
LES PARISIENNES
Richard Fidler Hardback RRP $ 39.99
Anne Sebba Paperback RRP $ 32.99
In 2014, Richard Fidler and his son Joe made a journey to Istanbul. Fired by Richard’s passion for the rich history of the dazzling Byzantine Empire - centred around the legendary Constantinople - we are swept into some of the most extraordinary tales in history. The clash of civilizations, the fall of empires, the rise of Christianity, revenge, lust, murder.
How Parisian women loved, lived and died in the 1940s - under Occupation and then after Liberation, exploring the aftershock of the Second World War and the choices demanded. Les Parisiennes is a fascinating account of the lives of people of the city and, specifically, its women and young girls.
Aaron Blabey Hardback RRP $16.99 G’day my name is Warren, and I’ve got something to share... Just because I’m furry doesn’t mean that I’m a bear. Warren the Koala is many things—a marsupial, cute and furry, a bit of a grump—but the one thing he’s not is a bear! Age 3+
ALL MY TREASURES: A BOOK OF JOY Jo Witek & Christine Roussey (Illus)
Hardback RRP $ 21.99 When a girl receives a beautiful porcelain box from her grandmother, she immediately wants something special to put inside it. But what could it be? What does she love best? With a gentle message about the immateriality of happiness, this story reminds us to take pleasure in everyday moments. Age 3+
Maxine Beneba Clarke Paperback RRP $ 32.99 9th August release, advance orders welcome
Suburban Australia. Sweltering heat. Three bedroom blonde-brick. Family of five. Beat-up Ford Falcon. Vegemite on toast. Maxine Beneba Clarke’s life is just like all the other Aussie kids on her street. Except for this one, glaring, inescapably obvious thing.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Maxine Beneba Clarke is a widely published Australian writer of Afro-Caribbean descent. Her critically acclaimed short fiction collection Foreign Soil (2014) won the 2015 Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction, and the ABIA for Literary Fiction Book of the Year 2015. A collection of Maxine’s poetry Carrying The World, her memoir The Hate Race and her first children’s picture book The Patchwork Bike will be published in 2016.
KIDS PICK
CHILDREN’S DON’T CALL ME BEAR
THE HATE RACE
From one of Australia’s most exciting writers, and the author of the multi-award-winning Foreign Soil, comes The Hate Race: a powerful, funny, and at times devastating memoir about growing up black in white middle-class Australia.
NON-FICTION THE GIRL WITH THE LOWER BACK TATTOO
BOOK OF THE MONTH
MARGE IN CHARGE Isla Fisher Paperback RRP $14.99 An eccentric babysitter called Marge is left in charge of two children called Jemima and Jake. Marge breaks all the ‘rules’ by feeding them chocolate soup and playing dress-up in Mum’s closet. By days end it is Jemima and Jake who have to put the babysitter to bed, not the other way round. Age 7+
THE 78-STOREY TREEHOUSE Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton (Illus) Paperback RRP $14.99 9th August release, advance orders welcome
The latest instalment in the hugely successful, award-winning Treehouse series! Join Andy and Terry in their spectacular new 78-storey treehouse. They’ve added 13 new levels including a drive-thru car wash, a combining machine, a scribbletorium, an ALL-BALL sports stadium, Andyland, Terrytown, a high-security potato chip storage facility and an open-air movie theatre. Well, what are you waiting for? Come on up! Age 6+
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HOMESPACE
Darren Palmer Hardback RRP $ 39.99
THE NATURAL COOK
Matt Stone Hardback RRP $ 39.99 How do you cook irresistible food without harming the planet? Matt Stone, one of Australia’s brightest young chefs, is a passionate advocate of zerowaste cooking and ethical food, and an even bigger fan of a cracking meal. Whether it’s a nourishing breakfast, a quick weeknight meal or a feast for friends, Matt shows how creating sustainable food that’s full of flavour is easier than you think.
Discover how interior design can respond to the individual needs of different types of families to make their experience of their living spaces as comfortable and efficient as possible. Through a selection of family homes, Darren Palmer gives us an insight into their occupants’ relationship to their living spaces, providing information as well as solutions to questions we may have about what some of our own design challenges may currently be, or may be in the future. In HomeSpace, we’ll find out what makes people happy and fulfilled through the homes they have created, homes that work to support the family in their lives.
The Children’s Book Council of Australia SHORTLIST 2016 Winner and Honour Books to be announced Friday August 19
EARLY CHILDHOOD
OLDER READERS
YOUNGER READERS
Mr Huff
Cloudwish
(Anna Walker, Viking)
(Fiona Wood, Macmillan)
Molly and Pim and the Millions of Stars
My Dog Bigsy
Freedom Ride
(Martine Murray, Text)
(Alison Lester, Viking)
(Sue Lawson, Black Dog Books)
Run, Pip, Run
Ollie and the Wind
Inbetween Days
(J C Jones, A&U)
(Ghosh Ronojoy, Random House)
(Vikki Wakefield, Text)
Shadows of the Master
Perfect
The Flywheel
(Emily Rodda, Omnibus)
(Danny Parker, illus by Freya Blackwood, Little Hare)
(Erin Gough, Hardie Grant Egmont)
Sister Heart (Sally Morgan, Fremantle Press)
Piranhas Don’t Eat Bananas
The Pause (John Larkin, Random House)
Soon
A Single Stone
(Morris Gleitzman, Viking)
(Aaron Blabey, Scholastic)
The Cow Tripped over the Moon
(Meg McKinlay, Walker Books)
(Tony Wilson, illus by Laura Wood, Scholastic)
The Cleo Stories: A Friend and a Pet (Libby Gleeson & Freya Blackwood, A&U)
EVE POWNALL AWARD FOR INFORMATION BOOKS
PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR
Ancestry: Stories of Multicultural Anzacs
And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda
(Robyn Siers & Carlie Walker, Department of Veterans’ Affairs)
(Eric Bogle, illus by Bruce Whatley, A&U)
Lennie the Legend: Solo to Sydney by Pony
Flight
(Stephanie Owen Reeder, NLA Publishing)
(Nadia Wheatley, illus by Armin Greder, Windy Hollow)
Phasmid: Saving the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect
My Dead Bunny
(Rohan Cleave, illus by Coral Tulloch, CSIRO Publishing)
(Sigi Cohen, illus by James Foley, Walker Books)
The Amazing True Story of How Babies Are Made
One Step at a Time
(Fiona Katauskas, ABC Books)
(Jane Jolly, illus by Sally Heinrich, MidnightSun)
The White Mouse: The Story of Nancy Wake
Ride, Ricardo, Ride!
(Peter Gouldthorpe, Omnibus)
(Phil Cummings, illus by Shane Devries, Omnibus)
We Are the Rebels: The Men and Women Who Made Eureka
Suri’s Wall
(Clare Wright, Text)
(Lucy Estela, illus by Matt Ottley, Viking)
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