New Release: October 2018

Independent Australian titles for your readers New Releases: October 2018 Books for all ages

Available this Month Filthy Fergal The Adventures of Kenzie-Moo What Mouse Knew Chronicles of Klarin Ollie and the Starchaser Iron Lights Columbine’s Tale Girl Running, Boy Falling The Way Home Broad plain Darkening Grasping at Water Dark Justice Destination Romance The Wish Giver Mr Ordinary Dons a Disguise Intention Journal

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Harlequin’s Riddle Heart of Brass Silver and Stone

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Filthy Fergal ISBN: 978-0994557056 Author: Sigi Cohen (WA) Illustrator: Sona Babajanyan (QLD) Published: 1 October 2018 Publisher: Yellow Brick Books Audience:+5 years Genre: Picture Book RRP: $24.99

DESCRIPTION: Fergal is a happy lad, not bothered at all by the effect of his putrid stench on everyone around him. When even the rats and cockroaches are driven out of town by his ‘aroma’, Fergal sets out to find somewhere he belongs, and discovers that even a boy like him can find a place to call home … Another hilarious tale from the author of My Dead Bunny, shortlisted in the CBCA Picture Book of the Year Awards 2016.

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The Adventures of Kenzie-Moo ISBN: 978-1925842005 Author: Tanya Savva (NSW) Illustrator: Emma Stuart (VIC) Published: 1 October 2018 Publisher: Little Wings Books Audience: Children Genre: Picture Book RRP: $26.99 DESCRIPTION: Imagine seeing a dolphin without your eyes. What’s it like to walk through a rainforest, fly in a helicopter or swim in the ocean if you cannot see? Join Kenzie-Moo and her mum as they journey around Australia in a caravan where she meets a seal, sails on a boat, flies through sky, using her cane and her big brave heart to navigate. As she delights in the sounds and sensations around her, Kenzie-Moo invites you to explore the world in ways you’ve never experienced before.

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October 2018

Chronicles of Klarin

With my Knife, Dragonfox & the Red Dragon ISBN: 978-1925563580 Author: Andrew Lansdown (WA) Published: 1 October 2018 Publisher: Wombat Books Audience: Middle Fiction Genre: Fantasy, Adventure

What Mouse Knew

RRP: $19.99

ISBN: 978-1925842036 Author/Illustrator: Jess Zlotnick (NSW) Published: 1 October 2018 Publisher: Little Wings Books Audience: Children Genre: Picture Book RRP: $14.99 DESCRIPTION: What happens when you are sad and don’t know how not to be sad? Rat confides in his friend Mouse who sends him on a voyage of self-discovery. What Rat finds is that sad come sin all shapes. And that when you ask for help, a friend can sometimes un-sadden you.

DESCRIPTION: The Chronicles of Klarin is a re-release of Andrew Lansdown’s books With My Knife, Dragonfox and The Red Dragon in an omnibus collection. The trilogy follows Colyn as he discovers a fantasy world and has adventures and battles as the Dragon Slayer!

With My Knife: The discovery of a magic knife leads Colin into the mysterious otherworld of the Middle Plains where a brave warrior people do battle with fatal dragon enemies. Dragonfox: They circled above his house, searching for him. They found him by the river, where the dragonfox had disappeared. They hemmed him in, glaring at him through the black slits in their monstrous yellow eyes. … He was at the mercy of creatures who knew no mercy … The Red Dragon: Colyn has been forbidden to return to the otherworld of Klarin, where the dragons and the Kinroan live.

But, as if in response to his longing, a dragonette comes to him from Klarin. It slips into his world and into his heart, preparing him to receive an even more astonishing visitor from the otherworld.

Soon this strange and dangerous friendship leads to a final terrifying battle in the otherworld …

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Ollie and the Starchaser

Iron Lights

Columbine’s Tale

ISBN: 978-1504313261 Author: Tanya Southey Illustrator: Jess Southey Published: 1 October 2018 Publisher: Balboa Press Audience: Early Reader Genre: Sci fi, Adventure

ISBN: 978-1925652444 Author: Felicity Banks (ACT) Published: 1 October 2018 Publisher: Odyssey Books Audience: Young Adult Genre: Steampunk

ISBN: 978-1925652376 Author: Rachel Nightingale (VIC) Published: 1 October 2018 Publisher: Odyssey Books Audience: Young Adult Genre: Fantasy

RRP: $23.95

RRP: $23.95

DESCRIPTION: Emmeline Muchamore was respectable once. Her sweetheart, Matilda Newry, certainly put a stop to that. But when she gains magical insight into a disastrous future battle, she weaponises her wild reputation in order to draw trouble and death away from her adopted home… risking everything and everyone she loves in the process. Iron Lights is a steam-powered tale of honour, love, magic, adventure, and mechanical spiders.

DESCRIPTION: As Mina flees from danger, her story-telling powers are tested by a threat greater than she ever imagined when she uncovers more secrets hidden deep within the city of Aurea.

RRP: $12.95 DESCRIPTION: Nanoo is Ollie’s beloved grandmother and an astronomer who discovered the planet Terenza. When Nanoo disappears on a trip to the Outback, Ollie cannot accept that she is gone.

However, his luck changes when the Starchaser and his Star-fordshire Terrier, Buddy, plot a way to get to Earth from Terenza. The boys and their dogs begin an epic adventure to find Nanoo.

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The Antipodean Queen: Book 3

The Tales of Tarya: Book 2

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Girl Running, Boy Falling ISBN: 978-1925563528 Author: Kate Gordon (TAS) Published: 15 October 2018 Publisher: Rhiza Edge Audience: Young Adult Genre: Contemporary RRP: $17.99

The Way Home

Ashes of Olympus: Book 1 ISBN: 978-1925652352 Author: Julian Barr (QLD) Published: 1 Ocotober 2018 Publisher: Odyssey Books Audience: Young Adult Genre: Historical Fiction

DESCRIPTION: Sixteen-year-old Therese lives in a small town on a small island. Her Aunt Kath calls her Tiger. Her friends call her Resey. The boy she loves calls her Champ. She’s a lot of different things for a lot of different people. Therese has always had her feet on the ground.

She’s running through high school, but someone in her life is about to fall … And when he does, her perfect world falls with him. For the first time in her life, Therese can’t stand being on the ground. Girl Running, Boy Falling is a raw read about a girl and a boy—who are beautifully flawed.

RRP: $23.95 DESCRIPTION: The war of the gods has left Aeneas’s country in flames. Though he is little more than a youth, Aeneas must gather the survivors and lead them to a new homeland across the roaring waves. Confronted by twisted prophecies, Aeneas faces the wrath of the immortals to find his own path. First in a trilogy based on Virgil’s epic poetry, Ashes of Olympus: The Way Home is a tale of love and vengeance in an age of bronze swords and ox-hide shields.

Broad plain Darkening ISBN: 978-1925652451 Author: Clare Rhoden (VIC) Published: 20 October 2018 Publisher: Odyssey Books Audience: Adult Genre: Sci-fi RRP: $23.95

Grasping at Water ISBN: 978-1925652413 Author: Carmel Bendon (NSW) Published: 1 October 2018 Publisher: Odyssey Books Audience: Adult, General Genre: Fiction

DESCRIPTION: The safe world of the Pale is under threat. Inside the policosmos, the new Regent Adaeze strives for dominance over the all-powerful Senior Forecaster, but the Pale’s humachine citizens are unaware that their city is close to collapse. Outside on Broad Plain, the exiled human Hector undertakes a dangerous trek to find a safe haven for the orphaned twins.

How can anyone survive as their world shifts underneath them?

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RRP: $24.95 DESCRIPTION: Sydney Harbour in 2013, a young woman is pulled alive from a well. Kathryn Brookley discovers that the mystery woman has connections to a similar event forty years earlier. The woman declares that since coming to ‘understanding’, she has lived continuously since the 14th century. She gives vivid accounts of life, love, childbirth, and loss in the Middle Ages. Her accounts seemingly so authentic they test Kathryn’s scientific objectivity to the limit. Faced with a terrible decision as the events of the present and past begin to mirror each other, Kathryn finds the gap between the truth and illusion begin to shrink.

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Dark Justice

Destination Romance

The Wish Giver

ISBN: 978-1925652468 Author: Shelley Nolan (QLD) Published: 1 October 2018 Publisher: Odyssey Books Audience: Adult, General Genre: Sci-fi

ISBN: 978-0648310617 Author: Various Published: 1 October 2018 Publisher: Serenity Press Audience: Adult Genre: Romance, Anthology

ISBN: 978-0648295723 Author: Karen Weaver (WA) Published: 1 October 2018 Publisher: Making Magic Happen Academy Audience: Adult Genre: Fiction

RRP: $24.95

RRP: $29.99

RRP: $28.99

DESCRIPTION: Five hundred years ago, the cure for the common cold went horribly wrong. The infected became freaks forced underground, they return at night, driven by rage and hate to attack the surface dwellers. Scientists created genetically enhanced soldiers, Wardens, trained from birth to protect the weaker humans. The Captain of the Ward, Jackson Kyle, is infected while saving a comrade’s life, but he is not like any other freak. His faculties intact, he escapes and encounters a mysterious young woman. The second he touches her, he is compelled to protect her at all costs. For she will decide the fate of humankind.

DESCRIPTION: Ten travellers with escape on the mind get an unexpected bonus when they stop by J’adore travel boutique in Heart Springs. One by one travelagent Maggie Redmont books them in to a trip of a lifetime… and theyhave no idea that their journey will lead to destination romance. Ten stories by ten Australian romance authors.

DESCRIPTION: Sometimes we may have to sacrifice something to receive something that our hearts desire.

It is time for The Wish Giver to arrive. Her coming may bring unsettling times for those she visits. To receive a wish is a gift. For those who wish from a true heart their journey may be smooth, for those who do not they may find that they have too high a price to pay.

On this journey The Wish Giver not only encounters change she is also made to face the demons of her past. There are many journey’s with many different outcomes. The true magic is when it all comes together.

Mr Ordinary Dons a Disguise ISBN: 978-1925652017 Author: Benjamin Allmon (QLD) Published: 1 October 2018 Publisher: Odyssey Books Audience: Adult, General Genre: Short Story Collection RRP: $22.95

Intention Journal ISBN: 978-0648311690 Author: Karen Mc Dermott (WA) Published: 1 October 2018 Publisher: Making Magic Happen Academy Audience: General Genre: Inspirational

DESCRIPTION: Mr Ordinary Dons a Disguise is a collection of fifteen short stories. From horror to humour, speculative to literary fiction, magic realism to psychological dualism, there’s something for every taste. Each story provides an opportunity to escape into vivid worlds populated by fascinating characters facing unique challenges… these tales will linger in the mind long after the book returns to the shelf.

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RRP: $12.99 DESCRIPTION: A 52 week journal to channel intention and manifest desires. Filled with 52 quotes

by Law of Attraction practicioner KarenMc Dermott.

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Now Distributing Mizzie the Kangaroo Productions At the Beach

Mizzie likes to help Bella-Boo ISBN: 978-0994525604 Author: Sandra Ebbott Illustrator: Goran Vujinovic Available From: 2 August 2016 Publisher: Mizzie The Kangaroo Productions Audience: Children Genre: Educational RRP: $18.95

Be Active

Mizzie likes to help Bella-Boo ISBN: 978-0994525611 Author: Sandra Ebbott Illustrator: Goran Vujinovic Available From: 2 August 2016 Publisher: Mizzie The Kangaroo Productions Audience: Children Genre: Educational RRP: $18.95

DESCRIPTION: At the Beach’ is all about the fun and safety at the beach. The fun and interactive Mizzie Books are designed and written especially for babies and toddlers. Using different materials and textures, Mizzie Books not only help build language awareness and encourage the love of reading, they also help develop the sense of touch. Young children will love turning pages and discovering more. Parents will love the lessons the books will teach!

DESCRIPTION: Be Active shows the fun in being active, inddors and outdoors. The fun and interactive Mizzie Books are designed and written especially for babies and toddlers. Using different materials and textures, Mizzie Books not only help build language awareness and encourage the love of reading, they also help develop the sense of touch. Young children will love turning pages and discovering more. Parents will love the lessons the books will teach!

Now Distributing Trocadero press Immigrants Who Changed Australia ... Since 1901 The National Identity

ISBN: 978-0864271259 Author: Victoria Macleay Available From: 1 January 2013 Publisher: Trocadero Publishing Audience: General Genre: Society RRP: $19.95

Landscape Degradation How Australia Is Changing

ISBN: 978-0864271587 Author: Simone Bradfied Available From: 1 April 2016 Publisher: Trocadero Publishing Audience: General Genre: Geography RRP: $19.95

DESCRIPTION: These are the many stories of immigrants who changed Australia through hard work, dedication, and talent. Their efforts affected architecture, feminism, transport, government, medicine, industry, the arts, as well as crime, and military strategy.

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DESCRIPTION: Looking at each of the many types of landscape, and what happens when the natural processes are altered or blocked by human action, and what impact this has on us and on the natural world.

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Now Distributing Blooturtle Publishing Ballerina Monkey ISBN: 978-0995410640 Author: Nicole Madigan Illustrator: Joe M. Ruiz Available From:14 November 2017 Publisher: BlooTurtle Publishing Audience: Children Genre: Picture Book RRP: $19.95

Darcy and the Dinosaurs ISBN: 978-0995410633 Author: Nicole Madigan Illustrator: Joe M. Ruiz Available From: 13 May 2017 Publisher: BlooTurtle Publishing Audience: Children Genre: Picture Book RRP: $19.95

DESCRIPTION: Malik is a typical monkey: he loves to loop through the jungle with his friends.

But unlike the other monkeys Malik also wants to dance – if only he knew how! But monkeys aren’t supposed to dance, they’re supposed to swing like acrobats through the trees. So when Malik plucks up the courage to ask the flamingos for dancing lessons, the other monkeys make fun of him. Determined to do what he loves, Malik soon learns the importance of staying true to himself and the joy of following his dreams.

DESCRIPTION: A cookie, a time machine and dinosaurs, let the adventure begin! While sneaking a cookie from the jar he hears a strange noise coming from his mother’s vegetable garden. What he discovers takes him on a wild adventure that involves, flying, feeling like a giant and coming face to face with a Tyrannosaurus Rex! Join Darcy as he learns that curiosity can take you places beyond your wildest dreams.

Ogie Needs A Dentist

Ogie Saves Christmas

Die Wiese (The meadow)

ISBN: 978-0995410619 Author: Tracy Weller-McCormack Illustrator: Nicola Ganaye Available From: 13 May 2017 Publisher: BlooTurtle Publishing Audience: Children Genre: Picture Book

ISBN: 978-0995410602 Author: Tracy Weller-McCormack Illustrator: Nicola Ganaye Available From: 13 May 2017 Publisher: BlooTurtle Publishing Audience: Children Genre: Picture Book

ISBN: 978-3964440006 Author: Susan Bagdach Illustrator: Lea Fehrenback Available From: 20 April 2018 Publisher: BlooTurtle Publishing Audience: Children Genre: Picture Book

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RRP: $14.95

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DESCRIPTION: What would you do to avoid the dentist? Karl Kokanee finds his friend Ogie in bed with a bad toothache and is surprised to learn that Ogie will do anything to not go to the dentist. Ogie is afraid of the dentist and convinces Karl there must be another option. The two friends decide to try all kinds of alternatives in an effort to rid Ogie of his toothache. - Find out how Karl helps his best friend!!

DESCRIPTION: Is Christmas cancelled? When all the reindeer that guide Santa’s sleigh, including Rudolph, come down with the flu it looks like Christmas might be cancelled. After searching the globe to find a solution, one elf called Molly thinks she may have the answer, Ogie - the canadian sea monster from the Okanagan Lake (a canadian version of Nessie). But does Santa believe that Ogie has the power to save Christmas?

DESCRIPTION: The meadow is full of harmony and full of blue flowers. The grass is bright green, the flowers are blue and have approx. the same height.

If once in a while a flower grows with a different color, it will drink ink to be blue as the others. But one day there is a big flower which just can’t turn blue. What happens now? - An extraordinary children’s’ book with wonderful images about the abundance of life, dealing with exclusion and finding the courage to stand up for yourself. Available in German Only.

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Gift Cards $4.99 each ‘May all your dreams come true’ Code: WB-CC01 ‘May your days be filled with adventure!’

Code: WB-CC02 ‘Thinking of you’ Code: WB-LB01

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‘Happy Birthday!’

Code: WB-LB02 ‘Make your own dreams come true’ Code: WB-JS01 ‘Happy Birthday’ Code: WB-JS02 Publisher: Wombat Books DESCRIPTION: Gift cards made with quirky illustrations from book such as: Cloud Conductor, written by Kellie Byrnes and illustrated by Ann-Marie Finn.

Lily’s Balloon, written by Kartina Roe and illustrated by Helene Magisson Jacaranda Snow, written by Catherine Greer and illustrated by Helene Magisson.

Each card is blank inside with an inspirational message on the front.

Related Titles Harlequin’s Riddle The Tales of Tarya: Book 1

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DESCRIPTION: Ten years ago, Mina’s beloved older brother disappeared with a troupe of travelling players and was never heard from again. On the eve of Mina’s own departure with a troupe, her father tells her she has a special gift for storytelling, a gift he silenced years before in fear of her ability to call visions into being with her stories. While trying to solve the mystery of her brother’s disappearance, she discovers a dark secret to the players’ onstage antics. Torn between finding her brother or exposing the truth about the players, could her gifts as a storyteller offer a way to solve Harlequin’s riddle?

RRP: $23.95

DESCRIPTION: Emmeline Muchamore is a well-bred young lady hiding explosive family secrets. When her brass heart malfunctions, she makes a desperate choice to steal the parts she needs to repair it and survive. She is unable to explain her actions without revealing she has a steam-powered heart, so she is arrested for theft and transported to Victoria, Australia - right in the midst of the Gold Rush. Now that she’s escaped the bounds of high society, iron manacles cannot hold her for long. The only metal that really matters is gold.

RRP: $23.95

DESCRIPTION: Getting into prison is easy. Getting out is hard. Emmeline, Matilda, and Patrick are sworn to rescue Patrick’s mother from the infamous Female Factory prison, but when a vengeful police officer tracks down their hideout, things get worse, fast.

Soon they’re framed for a double murder and fighting a magical monster in the island of Tasmania. Patrick’s mother hides crucial papers in a tin under her prison smock, and her best friend Fei Fei is dying in the overcrowded prison. More than one woman’s life hangs in the balance.

978-1922200990 Rachel Nightinggale (VIC) 12/06/2017 Odyssey Books

Heart of Brass

The Antipodean Queen: Book 1 978-1922200587 Felicity Banks (ACT) 29/07/2016 Odyssey Books

Silver and Stone

The antipodean Queen: Book 2 978-1925652208 Felicity Banks (ACT) 10/10/2017 Odyssey Books

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