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Welcome to Our Reading Guide

We are excited to share with you this
fantastic hand-picked selection of

fiction, non-fiction, childrens and gift
titles coming out this Spring.
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Ghost Empire
Richard Fidler
Hardback RRP $ 39.99
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. Ghost Empire is
a rare treasure: a beautifully written ode to a lost
civilization, and a warmly observed fatherson adventure far from home.
Coming Soon
The Boy Behind
The Curtain
Tim Winton
3 October release, advance orders
welcome
The remarkable true stories of The
Boy Behind the Curtain reveal an
intimate and rare view of Tim Winton's imagination at
work and play.
The Good People

Hannah Kent
Paperback RRP $ 32.99
27 September release, advance
orders welcome
The long awaited new book from
award-winning Australian novelist
Hannah Kent. The Good People is
the follow up to her bestselling debut Burial Rites.
The Best Of Adam Sharp

Graeme Simsion
19 September release, advance
orders welcome
A novel about love, music and coming
to terms with the past, from the
author of the international bestseller
The Rosie Project.
The Writer's Room

Charlotte Wood
A brilliant resource for
established and beginning
writers and for passionate
readers everywhere from
a range of acclaimed and
much-loved writers, lovingly
compiled by the brilliant and
insightful Charlotte Wood.
Charlotte's subjects are frank about the failures and
successes, the struggles and triumphs of the writing
life, and extremely generous in their revelations.
Not Just For

This Life:
Gough Whitlam
Remembered
Edited by Wendy Guest,
Gary Gray
Not Just For This Life
commemorates and
celebrates Goughs life on
what would have been his
100th birthday. Includes a foreword by Graham
Freudenberg and reflections by Laurie Oakes, Anita
Heiss, Geraldine Doogue, Don Watson, Patricia
Hewitt, Nick Whitlam and Tim Soutphommasane.
In The Darkroom
Susan Faludi
The project began with a
grievance, the grievance of
a daughter whose parent
had absconded from her
life. So begins Susan
Faludi's extraordinary
inquiry into the meaning of
identity in the modern world
and in her own haunted family saga. From Pulitzer
Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author
Susan Faludi comes an astonishing confrontation
with the enigma of her father and the larger riddle
of identity consuming our age.
The Girl With

The Lower Back
Tattoo
Amy Schumer
In just a few short years,
Amy Schumer has become
a huge movie star, writing
and starring in Trainwreck,
won awards for her comedy
series Inside Amy Schumer,
and was named by Time magazine as one of the
world's 100 most influential people. Here is her
story. Frank, fearless and so freaking funny.
The Independent Booksellers Spring Reading Guide
Faith
Tim Costello
September release,
advance orders welcome
In a world that is so often
challenging, with events that
cause us all to wonder what
is going on, Tim Costello
takes us on a journey
through the notion of faith
and how we all need to believe in something greater
than ourselves, no matter what religious background
we are from.
The Bad-Ass
Librarians Of
Timbuktu
Joshua Hammer
September release, advance
orders welcome
To save precious centuries-old
Arabic texts from Al Qaeda, a
band of librarians in Timbuktu
pulls off a brazen heist worthy
of Ocean's Eleven and Indiana Jones. An inspiring and
entertaining account of the victory of art and literature
over extremism together with heroic and ultimately
successful effort to outwit Al Qaeda and preserve
Mali's - and the world's - literary heritage.
A History Of
Pictures
David Hockney and
Martin Gayford
September release,
The making of pictures
has a history going back
perhaps 100,000 years.
Explored here by David Hockney and Martin
Gayford, they privilege no medium, period, or style,
but instead, in 16 chapters, discuss how and why
pictures have been made, and insistently link art
to human skills and human needs.
Maticevski:
The Elegant Rebel
Mitchell Oakley Smith
Toni Maticevski is one of
Australias leading fashion
designers. Maticevski: The
Elegant Rebel showcases
the collections and projects,
featuring more than 200
images and illustrations, as well as contributions
from respected editors, actresses, models and
influencers, fashion lovers and Maticevski fans alike
will covet this insightful and inspiring book.
Great Gift Ideas

Nutshell
Ian McEwan
orders welcome
Told from a perspective
unlike any other, Nutshell
is a classic tale of murder
and deceit from one of the
worlds master storytellers.
The duplicitous Trudy has
betrayed her husband and plots with her new lover,
but there is a witness: the inquisitive, nine-monthold resident of Trudy's womb.
The Muse
Jessie Burton
Odelle Bastien has struggled
to find her place in 1960s
London since arriving from
Trinidad five years ago.
When she is offered a job
as a typist at the Skelton
Gallery, under the tutelage
of glamorous and enigmatic
Marjorie Quick, a lost masterpiece with a secret
history is delivered to the gallery.
Dirt Road
James Kelman
September release,
From Booker Prize-winning
James Kelman comes a
major novel exploring the
brevity of life, the agonising
demands of love and the
lure of the open road. It is
also a beautiful book about the power of music
and all that it can offer. From the understated
serenity of Kelman's prose emerges a devastating
emotional power.
Truly Madly
Guilty
Liane Moriarty
Clementine is haunted
by regret. It was just a
barbeque. They didnt even
know their hosts that well,
and could so easily have
said no. Now they can never
change what happened that
Sunday afternoon. Six responsible adults. Three
cute kids. One playful dog. It's an ordinary
weekend in the suburbs. What could
possibly go wrong?
Australian author
Behold The
Dreamers
Imbolo Mbue
orders welcome
New York, 2007: a city where
the newly-arrived and the
long-established jostle alike
for a place on the ladder of
success. And Jende Jonga,
who has come from Cameroon, has just set his
foot on the first rung. A powerful story of marriage,
class, race and the pursuit of the American Dream.
Dear Mr M
Herman Koch
Paperback
RRP $ 29.99
September release,
advance orders
welcome
A hair-raising new tour
de force from Herman
Koch, Dear Mr M
tells the dark tale of
a writer in decline, a
teenage couple in love,
a missing teacher, and a single book that entwines
all of their fates. With racing tension, sardonic
wit, and a world-renowned sharp eye for human
failings, Herman Koch once again spares nothing
and no one in his gripping new novel, a barbed
thriller suspending readers in the mysterious
literary grey space between fact and fiction.
The Joyce Girl

Annabel Abbs
September release,
James Joyce was her
father. Samuel Beckett
was her lover. This is her
story. Set in Paris in the
1920s and 30s, this is a
mesmerising fictionalisation
of Lucia Joyce's life told for the first time.
Selection Day
Aravind Adiga
orders welcome
Manjunath Kumar is fourteen.
He knows he is good at
cricket, that he fears and
resents his domineering,
cricket-obsessed father, and
admires his brilliantly talented
sibling. But there are many things about the world
that he doesn't know... Sometimes it seems as
though everyone else knows who Manju should be,
except Manju himself.
Here I Am
Jonathan Safran Foer
September release,
This is the story of a
fracturing family in a moment
of crisis. Over the course of
three weeks in present-day
Washington DC, three sons
watch their parents' marriage
falter and their family home fall apart. From the
acclaimed author of Everything Is Illuminated and
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.
Titles marked with this symbol are available in Bolinda audio format
Blue Dog
Louis de Bernires
Hardback
RRP $ 29.99
In this charming
prequel to the muchloved Red Dog, Louis
de Bernires revisits
the moving story of
the charismatic and
entertaining dog who
so many readers
hold close to their hearts. Following a family
tragedy, Mick is sent to the outback to live with
his Granpa, where he finds a lost puppy covered
in mud and half-drowned. Mick and his dog
immediately become inseparable as they take on
the adventures offered by their unusual home,
and the business of growing up, together.
Harry Potter
And The
Cursed Child Parts I & II
(Special
Rehearsal
Edition)
J.K. Rowling,
John Tiffany &
Jack Thorne
Hardback
RRP $ 45.00
The Eighth Story.
Nineteen Years Later. 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 an overworked
employee of the Ministry of Magic and the life of
his youngest son Albus, as he struggles with the
weight of a family legacy he never wanted.
Gifts, Reviews, Specials
New Fiction
Commonwealth
Ann Patchett
September release,
A powerful story of two
families brought together
by beauty and torn apart
by tragedy, by the Orange
Prize-winning author of
Bel Canto.
It is 1964: Bert Cousins shows up at Franny
Keating's christening party uninvited. Before the
evening is out, Bert kisses Beverly Keating, his
host's wife, and sets in motion the dissolution of
their marriages and the joining of two families.
In 1988, Franny Keating, now twenty-four, meets
her idol, the famous author Leon Posen, and tells
him about her family. She unwittingly relinquishes
control over their story and the consequences
will extend beyond her own life into those of her
scattered siblings and parents.
The Underground
Railroad
Colson Whitehead
The Underground Railroad,
from prize-winning,
bestselling author Colson
Whitehead, is a magnificent,
wrenching, thrilling tour de
force chronicling a young
slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid
for freedom in the antebellum South.
Bright, Precious
Days
Jay McInerney
orders welcome
Acutely observed and
brilliantly told, Bright, Precious
Days dissects the moral
complexities of relationships,
while painting a portrait of New York as Obama
and Clinton battle for leadership and the collapse of
Lehman Brothers looms. A moving, deeply humane
novel about the mistakes we make, persistence in
struggle and love's ability to adapt and survive.
To The Bright Edge

Of The World
Eowyn Ivey
From the internationally
bestselling author of The Snow
Child comes an extraordinary
story of discovery and
adventure. A husband and
wife are tested by the different
paths their society expects them to tread at the end
of the nineteenth century, in the Alaskan landscape
stunningly brought to life in The Snow Child.
Closed Casket
Sophie Hannah
Precious And Grace

orders welcome
The Bertie Project

Alexander McCall Smith
Precious and Grace is the story
about life at Botswana's leading
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency,
about being a detective, the
complexities of human nature, as
well as lessons about gratitude
and obligation. Also available,
The Bertie Project which catches up with
the delightful goings-on in the fictitious 44
Scotland Street.

orders welcome
Lady Athelinda Playford has
planned a house party at her
mansion, but it is no ordinary
gathering. As guests arrive,
Lady Playford summons her
lawyer to make an urgent
change to her will one she
intends to announce at dinner
that night. Hercule Poirot returns in another brilliant
murder mystery. Special offer: Purchase a copy of
Closed Casket and receive a FREE copy of Little
Grey Cells: The Quotable Poirot. *While stocks last.
Text is celebrating the publication of their 100th Text Classic,

iconic books from some of Australia and New Zealands best
loved authors.
The Memory Stones

Caroline Brothers
The Memory Stones tells the
story of the Disappeared,
thousands of Argentinians who
fell victim to the violent period of
1976. Depicting the despair and
hope of one family as it seeks
to rebuild after unimaginable
loss, a sweeping, epic story of a family tragedy whose
consequences echo throughout generations and the
long dark shadow it leaves behind.
The Rules Of
Backyard Cricket
Jock Serong
orders welcome
The Rules of Backyard
Cricket is a gripping literary
crime novel about Australian
masculinity, talent, fame and
family in the tradition of Peter Temples Truth. With
glorious writing harnessed to a gripping narrative,
it observes celebrity, masculinityhumanitywith
clear-eyed lyricism and exhilarating narrative drive.
Barbed Wire And

Cherry Blossoms
Anita Heiss
A story about a love that
transcends all boundaries,
from one of Australia's
best loved authors. 1944:
Japanese soldiers break out
of the POW compound near
Cowra. Hiroshi escapes and shelters at Erambie
Aboriginal mission. There, love blossoms with
Mary, but how long can Hiroshi be hidden safely
and their bond kept a secret?
To celebrate
the publication of
the 100th Text Classic,
one lucky customer will have
a chance to win a complete
set of Text Classics, 100 titles
Rediscover these wonderful books by authors like Elizabeth

Harrower, Madeleine St John, Randolph Stow and many more.
All classically priced at $12.95 each.
valued at $1295
The 100th Classic
is a really wonderful
but long overlooked
novel, The Dyehouse
by Mena Calthorpe.
RRP $12.95
Also available:
Text Classics Postcards
Box Set: 100 collectible
postcards featuring W.H.
Chongs iconic and original
book covers. RRP $12.95
For your chance to win, simply purchase a book from this

catalogue at your local independent bookseller, and
tell us your favourite Australian classic and why.
Go to the competition page at www.indies.com.au
to view full terms & conditions and enter your
details. Competition closes 31/10/16.
Australian Literature
Machines For
Feeling
Mireille Juchau
September release,
The brilliant first novel of
Mireille Juchau, author of
the Miles Franklinlonglisted
The World Without Us.
In Machines for Feeling,
Mireille Juchau displays all the poise and sensitivity
that have brought her so much acclaim. This is a
mesmerising novel about alienation, friendship, and
the power of the imagination to endure.
The Fence
Meredith Jaffe
September release,
Gwen Hill has lived on Green
Valley Avenue all her adult
life. When her best friend
and neighbour Babs dies,
Francesca Desmarchelliers
and her brood from inner-city
Sydney move in next door. When Frankie proposes
a fence between their properties, through Gwen's
lovingly cultivated front garden, this as an act of war.
The Museum Of
Modern Love
Heather Rose
September release,
A mesmerising literary novel
about a lost man, New York
film composer, Arky Swann,
in search of connection - a
meditation on love, art and
commitment, set against the backdrop of one of
the greatest art events in modern history, Marina
Abramovic's The Artist is Present.
Skylarking
Kate Mildenhall
Kate and Harriet are best
friends, growing up on an
isolated Australian cape in
the 1880s. The two girls
share everything until one
moment in a fishermans
hut changes their lives
forever. Inspired by a true
story, Skylarking is a stunning debut novel about
friendship, love and loss.
Wild Island
Jennifer Livett
September release,
A dazzling, modern
recreation of a nineteenth
century novel that
ingeniously entwines Jane
Eyre's iconic love story with
Sir John Franklin's great tale
of exploration and empire. A brilliant and historically
accurate depiction of Van Diemen's Land society in
the 1800s, as well as a vivid portrayal of the human
cost of colonisation.
Lord Of The
Darkwood
Lian Hearn
Paperback
RRP $ 29.99
The rightful emperor
is lost. Shikanoko is
condemned to live as an
outlaw in the Darkwood.
Only Shikanoko can
restore the preordained
ruler to the Lotus
Throne, and only one
person can bring him back from the Darkwood.
Against a background of wild forest, elegant castles
and savage battlefields, Lian
Hearn's Tale of Shikanoko series
draws to its thrilling conclusion.
Also available, the first instalment
in the Tale of Shikanoko series,
Emperor of the Eight
Islands.
The Easy Way Out

Steven Amsterdam
September release,
Evan is a nurse, a suicide
assistant. His job is legal
. . . just. In this powerful
novel, award-winning
author Steven Amsterdam
challenges readers to face
the most taboo and heartbreaking of dilemmas.
Would you help someone end their life?
Treading Air
Ariella Van Luyn
In 1920s Queensland,
Lizzie ODea wants to get
away from her dad and
the memories of her mum
that haunt her. She meets
attractive, war-scarred Joe
and sees her chance to
escape. But life with Joe
isnt what she dreamt it would be. Treading Air is
the vivid tale of a young working-class rebel who
clashed with the expectations of her world.
The Windy Season

Sam Carmody
From an impressive new
voice in Australian literature,
a novel where safe harbour
seems always just out of
reach. A young fisherman
is missing from the crayfish
boats in West Australian.
There's no trace of Elliot and
younger brother Paul is the only one who seems to
be active in the search.
Ruins
Rajith Savanadasa
Paperback
RRP $ 27.99
A country picking up
the pieces, a family
among the ruins.
In the restless streets,
crowded waiting rooms
and glittering nightclubs
of Colombo, five family
members find their
bonds stretched to
breaking point in the aftermath of the Sri Lankan
civil war. A stunning debut novel from a fresh voice
in Australian fiction, for fans of Zadie Smith and
Rohinton Mistry.
Music And
Freedom
Zo Morrison
Paperback
RRP $ 32.99
I have no use for
forgiveness, not
yet. But other ideas
like that, kindness,
for example, I think
that is fundamental.
Resurrection; I like
that too. And love, of
course, love, love, love.
A gripping and beautifully written love story of a
woman who must embrace life again if she is to
survive. Inspiring and compelling, it explores the
dark terrain of violence and the transformative
powers of music and love.
Tell The Truth,

Shame The Devil
Melina Marchetta
Paperback
RRP $ 32.99
September release,
Tell the Truth, Shame
the Devil is an irresistible
novel about human
identity, lost children
and the nature of real
love. With a cast of unforgettable characters and
Melina Marchettas trademark social insight and
wry wit, its a cracking fusion of suspense and
heart-rending drama.
Part family saga, part crime fiction, and wholly
unputdownable, Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil
is a novel not to be missed, from one of
Australias best-loved storytellers.
Blood Wedding
Pierre Lemaitre
A gripping standalone
psychological thriller about
marriage, manipulation and
murder by the internationally
bestselling author of Alex.
Sophie is haunted by things
she can't remember, and
visions from the past shell
never forget. Her only hiding place is in a new identity,
but Sophie is not the only one keeping secrets
44 Days
Michael Veitch
In March and April 1942,
RAAF 75 Squadron bravely
defended Port Moresby
for 44 days when Australia
truly stood alone against the
Japanese. This group of raw
young recruits scrambled
ceaselessly in their Kittyhawk
fighters to an extraordinary and heroic battle, the
story of which has been left largely untold until
now. Michael Veitch, actor, presenter and critically
acclaimed author, brings to life the incredible exploits
and tragic sacrifices of this courageous
squadron of Australian heroes.
Denny Day
Terry Smyth
Australia was once a
dangerous and unforgiving
place where outlaws ruled
the roads and killers were
hailed as heroes. It was here,
in 1838, that one mans
uncompromising sense of
justice changed history and
shocked the world. Captain Edward Denny Day was
Australias greatest lawman, yet few have
heard of him. This is his story.
Thrilling Reads
Black Water
Louise Doughty
Moving between Europe
during the cold war, California
and the Civil Rights struggle,
and Indonesia during the
massacres of 1965 and
the decades of military
dictatorship that follow, Black
Water is an epic novel that
explores some of the darkest events of recent world
history through the story of one troubled man.
Razor Girl
Carl Hiaasen
September release,
Key West is a small place,
but there are criminal
secrets buried everywhere
The latest novel from comic
crime genius and New York
Times bestselling author,
Carl Hiaasen. Outrageously funny, fast-paced and
uniquely addictive, Razor Girl will keep you utterly
gripped until the final page.
Nomad
James Swallow
The most explosive
thriller you'll read all year.
Someone has betrayed
your country and murdered
your friends. You're the only
suspect. And the only one
who can stop them striking
again A pulse-racing
terrorist thriller - perfect for fans of I Am Pilgrim,
Bourne, 24 and Homeland.
The Black Widow

Daniel Silva
Gabriel Allon, art restorer,
spy, and assassin, is about
to become the chief of
Israel's secret intelligence
service. But on the eve
of his promotion, ISIS
detonates a massive bomb in
the Marais district of Paris,
and a desperate French government wants Gabriel
to eliminate the man responsible before he can
strike again.
History & Military

Les Parisiennes
Anne Sebba
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.
Hamilton Hume
Robert Macklin
While English-born soldiers,
sailors and surveyors have
claimed pride of place
among the explorers of the
young New South Wales
colony, the real pathfinder
was a native-born Australian.
Hamilton Hume uncovers his
achievements and paints an intriguing and at times
shocking portrait of colonial life, by the author of the
bestselling SAS Sniper.
Flagship
Mike Carlton
With his inimitable panache
and flawless research, awardwinning Mike Carlton has
created another engrossing
exploration of a pivotal part
of Australian naval history.
The riveting Flagship tells the
story of the cruiser HMAS Australia II, the Pacific
War on Japan, and of Australia, encompassing the
era's fascinating naval and social history.
Convict Tattoos
Simon Barnard
September release,
Convict Tattoos is an
utterly original work
of Australian history,
examining and illustrating
the tattoos of convict men and women. Each
convict's details, including their tattoos, were
recorded when they disembarked, providing an
extensive physical account. Simon Barnard has
meticulously combed through those records to
reveal a rich pictorial history.
True Stories
No Man Is An
Island
Adele Dumont
No Man Is An Island is
a unique personal story
that takes a humanitarian
stance on immigration
detention. It makes the issue
of immigration detention
accessible to far more
interested Australians than newspaper articles. It is
a vividly told story full of characters and humanity.
It is the story about immigration detention all
Australians need to read.
The May Beetles:

My First Twenty
Years
Baba Schwartz
As a spirited girl in a
loving Jewish family, Baba
Schwartz lived a normal
life in Hungary. But then,
unspeakable horror. She
lost her father to the gas
chambers, yet she survived. Full of love amid
hatred, hope amid despair, The May Beetles is sure
to touch your heart.
Albanese
Karen Middleton
The moving personal story
behind the very public
political face of Labors
Anthony Albanese, written
with his cooperation. This is
a moving story of a politician
who really believes. It is the
story not only of the tough
game of politics from an insider who lives it, but
also of family secrets and a mothers sacrifices for
her son.
Two Sisters:
A True Story
Ngarta Jinny Bent, Jukuna
Mona Chuguna, Pat
Lowe, Eirlys Richards
The gripping true story of
young Walmajarri sisters,
Ngarta and Jukuna,
pursued by two brothers
on a murderous rampage during their exodus
from the Great Sandy Desert. Set in a period of
extraordinary change, this riveting tale includes an
autobiography written in one of the worlds oldest
living languages.
The Story Of
Beatrix Potter
Sarah Gristwood
September release,
Beatrix Potter was a
woman of contradictions.
A sheltered Victorian
daughter who grew into an astute modern
businesswoman, a pioneering conservationist, a
talented artist and famous author. Special features
throughout the book trace the creation of her
most famous characters - including naughty Peter
Rabbit, Jemima Puddle-Duck and Squirrel Nutkin.
Saltwater
Cathy McLennan
A gripping memoir meets
crime, Saltwater tells the
compelling story of one
lawyers fight for justice
amongst the beauty and
violence of the tropical
paradise of Townsville. When
a major murder case lands
on the desk of young graduate Cathy McLennan,
she realises the truth is far more complex than she
first thought.
Hack In A Flak
Jacket
Peter Stefanovic
A startlingly honest account
of war and terrorism from
the frontline by Peter
Stefanovic, one of Australia's
leading journalists and
foreign correspondents.
From flak jackets to tuxedos.
From funerals of world leaders and icons, to war
zones and natural disasters. A life lived on camera,
delivering the news wherever it happens, whatever
the risk.
All This In 60
Minutes
Nicholas Lee
For more than thirty
years Nicholas Lee was a
cameraman on 60 Minutes,
Australia's most respected
and watched current affairs
program. Often hilarious
and revealing is this inside
story of life on the road in IRA, Idi Amin's torture
cells, refugee camps, war zones and into palaces
and mud huts. A compelling, funny and utterly
eye-opening read.
The Hate Race

Maxine Beneba Clarke
Paperback
RRP $ 32.99
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.
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.
Also available Carrying the World
a collection of the best of Maxine
Beneba Clarkes poetry.
Brett Whiteley:
Art, Life And The
Other Thing
Ashleigh Wilson
Hardback
RRP $ 49.99
The first authorised and
definitive biography of one
of Australia's most famous
and infamous artists,
this is a gloriously bright,
readable, and revelatory
work. When he died in 1992 Brett Whiteley left
behind decades of ceaseless activitysome
works bound to a particular place or time, others
that are masterpieces of light and line. Written
with unprecedented behind-the-scenes access,
and handsomely illustrated with classic Whiteley
artworks, rare notebook sketches and candid family
photos, this dazzling biography reveals for the first
time the full portrait of a mercurial artist.
Freeing Peter
Andrew Greste, Juris
Greste, Lois Greste,
Michael Greste & Peter
Greste
Paperback
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September release,
Immediately following
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Peter, the Grestes speak frankly about the daily
struggles they encountered.
Freeing Peter is an inspirational story about
fortitude, resilience, and a highly functional family
whose unity proved to be the saving of them.
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A Child Of
Books
Oliver Jeffers &
Sam Winston
Hardback
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Pandamonia
Chris Nixon &
Chris Owen
When visiting the zoo
whatever you do, DONT
WAKE THE PANDA! One
grumpy panda sets off a frenzy of wild partying:
Theres grunting and growling and prancing and
prowling, skipping and scowling and squealing and
yowling, squeaking and squawking, snarling and
snorting, hysterical howling and chaotic cavorting,
all because of one grumpy panda. Age: 3+
Crusts
Danny Parker &
Matt Ottley (Illus)
Jacob is just one of millions
who wont eat their crusts.
But he is one in a million
when it comes to bright
ideas. When tiny creatures
from a distant crumbling planet seek Jacobs help,
he sets out to do what he can with his big box of
uneaten crusts. Age: 3+
Armstrong:
The Adventurous
Journey Of A
Mouse To The
Moon
Torben Kuhlmann
September release,
One small step for a mouse; one giant leap for
aviation! In Torben Kuhlmann's exquisitely illustrated
new book we meet Armstrong the mouse a furry
aviator genius with eyes on the skies and passion
to go where no one has gone before. Includes nonfiction history of human space travel. Ages 4+
City block
Christopher
Franceschelli
Hardback
RRP $ 21.99
September release,
Cityblock explores city life
in an exciting and unique
way. Divided into three
sectionsthings that go, things to see, and things
to eatit features 24 different aspects of city living.
Age: 3+
Steve Goes To
Carnival
Joshua Button &
Robyn Wells
Hardback
RRP $ 24.95
Steve is a gorilla who
lives at a zoo in Rio. In
the evenings, he listens to jazz on the radio until
he lifts the latch of his cage door and decides to
join the carnival. A beautifully drawn, designed and
dreamt story for all ages. Age: 3+
The Cat Wants

Custard
P Crumble
Hardback
RRP $16.99
Meet Kevin, the
opinionated feline who is
full of cat-titude. Kevin
has a craving. He wants
custard, and he wants it NOW! Follow the hilarious
antics of a cat trying to get its human companion
to give him what he wants, including the extreme
length of using his own body to spell the word
CUSTARD! Will he succeed? Age: 4+
Feelings
Libby Walden
Hardback RRP $19.99
September release,
Explore a world of emotions
with this stunning peepthrough picture book.
Richard Jones enchanting
illustrations and the lyrical text make each and every
feeling come to life to help children understand the
emotions they experience. Each page focusses on a
new emotion, from happiness to sadness, jealousy
to embarrassment. Age: 5+
The Nose Pixies

David Hunt & Lucia
Masciullo (Illus)
Oliver has a bad habit.
A very bad habit. He just
can't keep his fingers out
of his nose, which is a big
problem for the tiny pixies who mine his 'nose gold'
to keep their cities running. This is a book with a
grossness that kids will love, and with a message
that parents will adore. Age: 4+
Don't Call Me Bear

Hardback RRP $16.99
Pig The Pug
Collection
September release,
Aaron Blabey
Gday my name is Warren, and
Ive got something to share
Just because Im furry doesnt
mean that Im a bear. Warren
the Koala is many thingsa marsupial, cute and
furry, a bit of a grumpbut the one thing hes not is
a bear! Also by Aaron Blabey and to be released in
September is the Pig the Pug Collection. Age: 3+
Goodnight
Everyone
Chris Haughton
Hardback
RRP $ 24.99
From the multi awardwinning picture book
maker of A Bit Lost,
Oh No, George! and
Shh! We Have a Plan, comes the ultimate bedtime
book. With sublime, starry night time scenes and
an infectious yawny 'Good night' refrain, Chris
Haughton creates a lulling bedtime read, perfect for
parents and children to share together. Age: 0+
For Kids of All Ages

With
Toad Delight
Morris Gleitzman
Paperback RRP $16.99
From Australias funniest
and best-loved children's
author comes a stirring
saga of bravery, sacrifice
and prime-time warts-andall adventure. Limpy, our
favourite slightly-squashed
cane toad, star of Toad
Rage, Toad Heaven, Toad Away and Toad Surprise,
is back in another epic wart-tingling adventure for
upper primary school readers. Age: 8+
Weirdo, Book 7:
Mega Weird
Anh Do
September release,
Life for Weir Do is MEGA
BUSY! Hes planning on
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hes helping Bella write a winning song! And is that
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Come on up! Age: 7+
The Bone Sparrow

Zana Fraillon
Subhi's imagination is as
big as the ocean and wide
as the sky, but his world is
much smaller: he's spent his
whole life in an immigration
detention centre. The Bone
Sparrow is a powerful,
heartbreaking, sometimes
funny and ultimately uplifting hymn to freedom and
love. Age: 9+
The Super
Lettering Book
Samone Boss
Paperback
RRP $19.99
September release, advance orders welcome
The Super Lettering Book is BURSTING with

themed alphabets, phrases and words to help you
create EPIC posters, signs, greeting cards and
school projects. Inside, super lettering artists share
their secret tips, teaching you how to draw the best
lettering styles, EVER. Age: 8+

orders welcome
Sam the budding alchemist will
accompany Princess Evelyn on a
world tour and keep her safe with
a power-binding potion. Sam also
needs to unlock her grandad's
memories to save him and the family business. His
stolen memories contain the recipe to a potion which
many would kill to get hold of. The Potion Diaries,
Book 1 in the series is available now. Age: 7+
Squishy Taylor In Zero Gravity

Squishy Taylor And The Tunnel
Of Doom
September release, advance orders welcome
Ailsa Wild & Ben Wood (Illus)

Squishy Taylor (real name Sita) is a cheeky 11-yearold who lives in an apartment with her dad, stepmum, twin step-sisters and half-brother, Baby.
The best thing about living in a huge apartment
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The Curiositree:
Natural World
AJ Wood, Mike Jolley
& Owen Davey
Atlas of Animal
Adventures
Lucy Letherland, Rachel
Williams & Emily Hawkins
Ella Diaries,
Book 8:
Worst Camp Ever!
Meredith Costain
Ellas arrived at school camp
and she cant wait for the
FUN to begin! But then she
discovers there are spooky
noises outside every night, hair-raising camp
activities to do, PLUS she has to share a cabin
with scheming Peach Parker. How will Ella manage
to avoid Peachs pranks AND the petrifying Giant
Swing for a WHOLE week? This is going to be the
worst camp EVER! Age: 7+
the Potion Diaries,

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Amy Alward
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Andy Griffiths &
Terry Denton
Pixel Raiders,
Book 2:
Dragon Land
Bajo&Hex
September release,
Welcome to Level 2:
Dragon Landa game
of quests, magic and epic dragon battles... Rip
and Mei escaped Level 1, but theyre still trapped
inside the virtual reality game and its only getting
harder to stay alive! Also available, Pixel Raiders
Book 1: Dig World. Age: 8+
Age guides are approximate. Ask for more personalised advice in-store.
September release,
Hardbacks
RRP $ 35.00 each
Natural World explores and explains why living
things look and behave the way they do in a series
of visually compelling information charts.
Atlas of Animal Adventures collects together
nature's most unmissable events from between the
two poles, including epic migrations, extraordinary
behaviours, and Herculean habits. Age: 5+
Ada Twist,
Scientist
Andrea Beatty
September release,
Determined Ada Twist, with
her boundless curiosity for
science and love of the
question Why?, is destined to join her classmates
Iggy and Rosie. Ada embarks on fact-finding
missions and conducts scientific experiments, all
in the name of discovery. When her house fills with
a horrific, toe-curling smell, Ada knows its up to
her to find the source. Also available Iggy Peck,
Architect and Rosie
Revere, Engineer.
Age: 5+
Breathing
Under Water
Sophie Hardcastle
Paperback
RRP $19.99
An evocative and
emotionally powerful
debut novel of life,
death and learning to
breathe in between.
Ben and Grace Walker
are twins. Always
close, they hung out
more than most brothers and sisters, surfing
together for hours as the sun melted into the sea.
Then, one day, the unthinkable. The sun sets at
noon and suddenly everything that was safe and
predictable is lost. And everything unravels.
Age: 15+
Teen & YA
The Diary
Of William
Shakespeare,
Gentleman
Jackie French
The world knows the name
of William Shakespeare.
This book reveals the man lover, son and poet.
Based on new documentary
evidence, as well as textual examination of his
plays, this fascinating book gives a tantalising
glimpse at what might have been: the other hands
that helped craft those plays, the secrets that must
ever be hidden but - just possibly - may now be told.
Age: 12+
Words In Deep
Blue
Cath Crowley
September release,
Henry Jones and Rachel
Sweetie were best friends
once, before Rachel moved
to the sea. Now, she's back
and working at the Howling
Books bookstore, grieving for her brother Cal. She's
looking for the future in the books people love, and
the words that they leave behind. Age: 14+
September release,
A collection of 32 personal
stories. The Book That
Made Me is a celebration of
the books that influenced
some of the most acclaimed
authors from Australia and the world. Inspirational.
Affecting. A book for book lovers! Age: 12+
The Boundless
Sublime
Lili Wilkinson
The Road To
Winter
Mark Smith
Ruby Jane Galbraith is

an ordinary girl seeking
peace in the wake of family
tragedy. Her search leads
her into a community that
seems guided by love. And
it's only after she's drawn
into its web that she learns its sinister secrets.
A gripping YA novel about an ordinary girl who is
seduced into a modern-day cult. Age: 14+
Twenty years ago, John

Marsden's Tomorrow series
captivated a generation
of readers. Now, Mark
Smith's The Road to Winter
tells a thrilling, primal,
twenty-first century story of
courage in the Australian wilderness. Announcing
an extraordinary new talent, The Road to Winter
is an unforgettable novel about survival, honour,
friendship and love. Age: 14+
Demon Road,
Book 3: American
Monsters
Derek Landy
September release,
Bigger, meaner, stronger,
Amber closes in on her
murderous parents as they
make one last desperate
play for power. Her own last hopes of salvation,
however, rest beyond vengeance, beyond the
abominable killers living and dead that she and
Milo will have to face. This is the epic conclusion to
the mind-blowing Demon Road series. Age: 14+
10
The Book That

Made Me
Various
The Seven Signs,

Book 1: Skyfire
Michael Adams
Paperback RRP $7.99
September release,
The seven winners of the
inaugural DARE Awards are
thrust together on a lifechanging journey, to cross
seven continents in seven
days. But on the eve of their adventure, they receive
The First Sign. Soon, all seven are battling an epic
countdown to destruction. Can they stand together
and solve The Seven Signs before their time is up?
Age: 10+
Cook Up
Neighbourhood
Hetty McKinnon
Paperback
RRP $ 39.99
September release,
After uprooting her
beloved Arthur Street
Kitchen from Sydneys
Surry Hills and relocating
to Brooklyn, NYC, Hetty
McKinnon is back, with a second cookbook that is
equally sure to delight and inspire. Neighbourhood
takes its cues from Community and ventures a
little bit further. These salad and sweets recipes
are inspired by many different places, journeying
from Brooklyn to the greater Americas, the
Mediterranean, Asia, France, Australia and many
other places around the world for inspiration.
The Forest Feast

Gatherings
Erin Gleeson
September release,
Lushly illustrated with
hundreds of watercolor
drawings and photographs,
The Forest Feast
Gatherings is the perfect
companion to the original and an inspiring reference
for anyone who wants to share good food with good
friends in Erin Gleesons irresistible style.
Simplissime
Jean-Franois Mallet
September release,
Learn to cook classic
French cuisine the
easy way with this
French bestseller from
professionally trained chef
Jean-Franois Mallet. Each of the 160 recipes
in this book is made up of only 2-6 ingredients,
and can be made in a short amount of time. It's
no surprise that this book has been selling a copy
every ten seconds in France.
Nordic Light
Simon Bajada
In this new Nordic style,
vegetables and their
method of preparation
are paramount - though,
of course, meat does still
feature - and recipes are
more about light, clever,
clean, simple, modern and delicious food. Simon's
stunning photography and styling is a standout
feature, with landscape shots featuring the seasons.
a Feast
Non-Fiction
Alimentari
Linda Malcolm
Softcover RRP $ 39.99
Life
John Brockman
Full of cafe and deli

favourites, Alimentari
recipes are perfect for
sharing and entertaining
with friends and family.
Its where Mediterranean
meets Middle Eastern,
and where delicious, wholesome ingredients and
accessible techniques combine to create the perfect
book for home cooking. Think incredible salads,
beautiful breakfasts and dinners for entertaining.
Sciences understanding
of life is progressing more
rapidly than at any point
in human history. Ranging
from the origin of life to
the surprising science of
superorganisms, from the
promise of biotechnology
to the rising threat of lethal viruses, Life, edited by
John Brockman and Edge.org (the worlds smartest
website The Guardian), presents original ideas
from the horizons of biology, genetics, evolutionary
theory, and beyond.
The Field Guide

to Australian
Produce
Ewan McEoin
September release,
Thoroughly researched and
beautifully designed, The
Field Guide to Australian
Produce showcases the most progressive and
respected producers at the heart of Australias
vibrant food industry. This guide will tell the stories
of the people growing and producing the most
interesting and unique food products with integrity
and sustainability in mind.
The Palomar
Cookbook
The Palomar
Skeleton School:
Dissecting The
Gift Of Body
Donation
Andrew McMillen
September release,
Would you donate your body
to science? Award-winning
journalist Andrew McMillen
gains unprecedented access into one of Australias
leading medical schools and follows medical
students as they dissect their fellow humans
to learn anatomy. His investigation challenges
readers to think again about death and about the
remarkable gift of body donation.
The Memory Code

Lynne Kelly
September release,
The debut cookbook from
award-winning restaurant
The Palomar brings
together more than 100
delicious recipes influenced by the rich cultures
of Southern Spain, North Africa and the Levant.
The Palomar Cookbook is your guide to recreating
the intense and evocative flavours of an exotic
elsewhere in your own kitchen.
Lynne Kelly has discovered

that a powerful memory
technique used by the
ancients can unlock the
secrets of the Neolithic
stone circles of Britain and
Europe, the ancient Pueblo
buildings in New Mexico
and other prehistoric stone monuments across the
world. We can still use the memory code today to
train our own memories.
Milk Made
Nick Haddow
A Brain For Life

Nicola Gates, PHD
Milk. Made. is an elegant

and comprehensive tour of
the art of cheese-making
and eating - from selecting
cultures, to the practises
of production that cross
continents and right
through to the best recipes to enjoy them. Includes
60 recipes such as croque monsieur, beetroot and
feta tart, sour cream scones, and many more.
Neuropsychologist Nicola
Gates draws on cuttingedge research to explain
the amazing roles our health
and fitness, as well as
mental activity, play in brain
health. By making simple
lifestyle changes we can
keep our brains strong as we age and reduce our
risk of dementia.
The Hidden Life

Of Trees
Peter Wohlleben
Paperback
RRP $ 29.99
September release,
advance orders
welcome
In this international
bestseller forester
and author Peter
Wohlleben draws on
groundbreaking scientific discoveries to reveal the
ways in which trees are like human families and
communities: tree parents nurture their children,
communicate with them, support them as they
grow, share nutrients with the sick, and even warn
each other of impending dangers.
With their newfound understanding of the complex
life of trees, readers will never be able to look at a
walk in the woods the same way again.
Atlas of
Improbable
Places
Travis Elborough
September release,
A journey into the world's lost
cities, remote corners and
extraordinary environments.
Accompanied by stunning, unique illustrations, this
is the world and its obscurities, displayed like never
before. From deserted cities and strange settlements
to remote islands and underground labyrinths, An
Atlas of Improbable Places uncovers our planet's
most unique, intriguing and often unknown places.
A Brief History
Of Everyone Who
Ever Lived
Adam Rutherford
September release,
In this captivating journey
through the expanding
landscape of genetics, Adam
Rutherford reveals what our
genes now tell us about history, and what history
tells us about our genes. This is a demystifying and
illuminating new portrait of who we are and how we
came to be.
Forces Of Nature
Brian Cox & Andrew
Cohen
What is motion? Why is
every snowflake different?
Why is life symmetrical?
Professor Brian Cox
uncovers some of the most
extraordinary natural events on Earth and in the
Universe and beyond. A breathtaking and beautiful
exploration of our planet, this groundbreaking book
accompanies the new BBC One TV series, providing
the deepest answers to the simplest questions.
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Planting
Dreams:
Shaping
Australian
Gardens
Richard Aitken
Hardback
RRP $ 49.99
Bruce Postle:
At The Track
Bruce Postle:
Entertainers
Bruce Postle
Softcovers RRP $ 29.99 each
The Chaser'S
Australia
The Chaser
September release,
Waratah or wattle? Chrysanthemum or rose?
Planting Dreams celebrates the artistry and
imagination that have shaped Australian gardens.
Respected garden historian Richard Aitken explores
the environmental and social influences that have
helped produce our unique gardening culture from
Indigenous land management and the earliest
European garden at Farm Cove, to the potted plants
and besser-block screens of modernist design and
beyond. Showcasing a stunning and intriguing mix of
paintings, sketches, photographs and prints.
Youll never look at this country

the same way after youre done
with The Chasers Australia.
As densely filled with jokes as
Australia is with flies, this is a
book with bite, deftly skewering every element of
Australian life, whether its our increasingly mediocre
politicians, scandal-prone sports stars or our
unparalleled drinking culture. Nothing is sacred
not even the nations love of chicken salt.
Entertainers presents around 150

of Bruce Postles greatest images
capturing the local and international
acts that have lit up Australian
showbiz for half a century. At the
Track showcases 155 images from
events at racetracks across the
country, displaying all the colour and
character of horseracing in Australia. Special Offer:
Purchase a copy of Bruce Postle: Entertainers
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Halliday Wine
Companion 2017
James Halliday
The Bee Friendly

Garden
Doug Purdie
orders welcome
Bees are our most important
pollinators and they are in decline
the world over. They love to live
in urban environments but conventional gardens are
scaring the good bugs away. The Bee Friendly Garden is
a guide for all gardeners great and small to encouraging
bees and other good bugs to your green space.
Completely revised to bring you

up-to-the-minute information.
In his inimitable style, Halliday
shares his extensive knowledge
of wine through detailed tasting
notes, each with vintage-specific ratings and advice
on optimal drinking as well as each wines closure,
alcohol content and price.
The Best Things In

Life Are Free
Lonely Planet
Lonely Planets The Best
Things in Life are Free
is packed full of moneysaving tips, tricks and
recommendations for the
best-value sights and experiences around the world.
Featuring over 60 major cities it promises to help any
traveller on a budget make the most of their trip.
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Everywhere I Look by Helen Garner
Charlie and the War Against the Grannies by Alan Brough
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Dying: A Memoir by Cory Taylor
Barkskins by Annie Proulx
The Memory Code by Lynne Kelly
3 Super Good Skills (Almost): Tom Gates, Book 10

by Liz Pichon
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
The Road to Ruin by Niki Savva
4 Kicking Goals with Goodesy and Magic by Anita Heiss

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Talking to My Country by Stan Grant
The Course of Love by Alain de Botton
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