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Welcome Welcome to the new edition of the Harry Hartog Reading Guide! In a year like no other, books have been entertainment, solace and inspiration for many of us. In this Reading Guide we are excited to bring you a selection of the best new Australian and international fiction, inspiring biographies, thought-provoking non-fiction, gorgeous illustrated editions and a superb collection of children’s and young adult books. We have also thoughtfully curated a selection of our gift and lifestyle range, with many more gift ideas in-store. There’s something to suit everyone!
Wild Abandon
Seven and a Half
Allen & Unwin | TPB $32.99
Allen & Unwin | TPB $32.99
Emily Bitto
Six years after her debut novel The Strays won the Stella Prize, Emily Bitto returns with an exuberant road trip into oblivion. A young Australian, Will, travels to New York in 2011 and vows to accede to every experience that comes his way. With Wayne, a Vietnam veteran and exotic animal enthusiast, Will ventures deep into the American heartland toward the haunting conclusion of his journey.
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Love & Virtue Diana Reid
How Decent Folk Behave
Maxine Beneba Clarke Hachette Australia PB $26.99 Maxine Beneba Clarke again demonstrates her talent in melding thought-provoking ideas with lyrical, skillful verse. This poetry collection addresses jarring, striking issues of the moment—Black Lives Matter, pandemic living, hurricanes, bushfires and tsunamis. But even in bearing witness to stark and overwhelming events, the power and beauty of her words still reaches out to kindle hope.
Ultimo Press | TPB $32.99 A powerful story of feminism, friendship and sex that is shockingly current. Michaela is drawn in by the inimitable Eve as she struggles, despite her brilliance, to navigate her first year at university. An outsider to the wealth and moral depravity of her peers, Michaela is forced to confront the realities of privilege and issues of consent and ask, who is really in control of the narrative?
Cold Coast Robyn Mundy
Killernova
Ultimo Press | TPB $32.99
Omar Musa
Penguin Australia TPB $34.99 Writer, rapper, poet and artist. What can’t Omar Musa do? Exploring his Malaysian heritage of wood carving, he has illustrated this book of fierce poetry. Musa charts a journey through the colonial history of South-East Asia, environmental destruction, oceans, bushfires, race in Australia, the isolation and addiction of COVID lockdown, family, lost love and, ultimately, recovery.
Inspired by the real-life story of Wanny Woldstad, Norway’s first female trapper, this evocative novel vividly depicts the harsh beauty of the Norwegian arctic, and the remarkable woman who entered a male dominated world. Proving herself a formidable trapper, Woldstad’s story is a gripping and transportive portrayal of a pioneering woman.
Christos Tsiolkas
A man moves to an isolated coastal house to write a book. He delves into his past and reflects upon the art and craft of writing, telling us stories that may be memories and immersing himself in solitude. As the world outside reaches its own point of rupture, the writer contemplates the act of writing and considers beauty and joy in the creation and consumption of art. Masterful meta-fiction from an Australian master.
The Last Woman in the World Inga Simpson
Hachette Australia TPB $32.99 After the fires, after the virus, they came. Fear has led Rachel to a reclusive life on the land, with only occasional contact with her sister. But one night there is a hammering on her door. There stand a mother, Hannah, and her sick baby. They are running for their lives from a mysterious death sweeping the countryside. Literary horror from the acclaimed author of Mr Wigg and Nest.
The Tea Ladies of St Jude’s Hospital Joanna Nell
Hachette Australia TPB $32.99 ‘Herr Hilary’ runs the St Jude’s Hospital cafeteria alongside the accident-prone Joy and young volunteer Chloe. The mismatched trio are each hiding their own secrets while providing a comforting haven for staff and visitors. When the existence of the cafeteria is threatened by a new organic restaurant, the women band together to save the cafeteria and build a new future for themselves.
WIN YOUR TOP 12 BOOKS FROM THIS GUIDE – 3 PACKS TO BE WON With thanks to participating publishers, we are giving away 3 packs of 12 books of your choice, valued at over $359 each.* For your chance to win, purchase a book from this guide from your local bookshop and answer the following question: Which is your favourite Australian bookshop and why? To enter the competition, select your books and view full terms and conditions, go to the Competitions page at www.booksellerschoice.com.au Competition closes 31 December 2021. *based on average RRP$29.99
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Australian Fiction Scary Monsters
Bodies of Light
Devotion
Allen & Unwin TPB $32.99
Text Publishing TPB $32.99
Picador Australia TPB $32.99
Michelle de Kretser
Jennifer Down
Three scary monsters— racism, misogyny, and ageism—roam through this mesmerizing novel. Its reversible format (you ‘flip’ the novel for the other narratives) enacts the disorientation that migrants experience when changing countries changes the stories of their lives. Suspenseful, funny, and clever, these are the stories of Lili and Lyle, and a future that may not be too far away.
Award winner Jennifer Down brings us this devastating and beautiful book. Maggie has started again, new name, new place, new life. Then a photo goes viral and her past starts emailing. Maggies’ life is filled with tragedy, but she is strong, resilient a person who keeps picking herself up and moving on. You will fall in love with this book and the characters Jennifer Down has brought to life.
Hannah Kent
Six years since her last novel, the author of Burial Rites and The Good People delivers another unforgettable story. In the 1830s a group of Lutherans escape religious oppression by sailing from their small village in Germany to South Australia and form a new settlement. This is a moving story of forbidden love between two young women and their immeasurable bond. Kent’s powerful prose is unsurpassed—a novel that will linger in your mind.
Three Sisters
Plum
Heather Morris
Brendan Cowell
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Bonnier Echo | TPB $32.99
4th Estate Australia TPB $32.99
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Livia, Madga and Cibi are Slovakian sisters who survived imprisonment in the Nazi’s most notorious death camp, Auschwitz. This stunning conclusion to Heather Morris’ trilogy that began with The Tattooist of Auschwitz, tells the story of a family’s courage and resilience in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds, as their bond is tested by one of history’s darkest horrors.
Actor and writer Brendan Cowell’s new novel is about retired rugby league hero, Peter Lum (Plum). He is living a great life with his girlfriend, son and his old teammates and fellow players. Then Plum starts to suffer from fuzzy vision and headaches. What follows is an empathetic take on masculinity, vulnerability and illness, what love is and where it can take you.
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Apples Never Fall
The Younger Wife Sally Hepworth
Permafrost
Macmillan Australia TPB $32.99
Macmillan Australia TPB $32.99
UQP | TPB $29.99
Liane Moriarty
Ted and Joy Delaney have just sold their successful tennis school and are a bit lost. Their four adult children are successful enough, though Joy would like them to return her calls or make the occasional visit. When a young woman, Savannah, knocks on their door one night asking for help, the Delaneys oblige. But from there things turn awry, and their seemingly perfect family is cast in a very different light. Another brilliant page-turner from the author of Big Little Lies.
S J Norman
Tully and Rachel are concerned when their father takes up with a woman half his age while their mother is suffering from dementia. Heather, the new girlfriend, is desperate to fit into her new life, even if it means pretending to be someone she isn’t. Questions of character and secret pasts are all brought to light in this wickedly entertaining story of family dysfunction.
This brilliant collection of short fiction explores the shifting spaces of desire, loss and longing. Inverting and queering the gothic and romantic traditions, each story represents a different take on the concept of a haunting or the haunted, and will stay with you long after you have closed the book. Full of dark wit and swagger, Permafrost unsettles, transports and impresses in equal measure.
2021 Award Winners The Labyrinth
The Bass Rock
Amanda Lohrey
Evie Wyld
Text Publishing TPB $29.99 Winner of the 2021 Miles Franklin Literary Award.
Vintage Australia PB $22.99 Winner of the 2021 Stella Prize.
The Dictionary of Lost Words Pip Williams Affirm Press | PB $19.99 Winner of the ABA Booksellers’ Choice for Fiction Award.
The Night Watchman Louise Erdrich Corsair PB $22.99 Winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Piranesi Susanna Clarke Bloomsbury PB $19.99 Winner of the 2021 Women’s Prize for Fiction.
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International Fiction Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr 4th Estate TPB $32.99 Anthony Doerr’s much anticipated third novel is an expansive journey across time and space. From 15th century Constantinople, before the fall of the Byzantine Empire, to modern day Idaho and into a spacefaring future, Doerr’s characters grapple with their purpose in a world that is crumbling around them. Luminous and deeply human contemporary literature.
The Gardener Salley Vickers
Viking | TPB $32.99 After the death of their father, two sisters buy a ramshackle house together in a small English village. Margot is the pretty, ‘successful’ sister, their mother’s favourite while Hassie is the quieter one who was closer to their father. Village life exposes their differences, but dealing with the village’s bigotry and racism also emphasises their strengths and brings them closer together.
We Are Not Like Them
Christine Pride and Jo Piazza Harlequin TPB $29.99 A powerful novel of a friendship forged in childhood, We Are Not Like Them is told through the alternating perspectives of Riley and Jen. Riley is black, Jen white. Their lifelong bond is suddenly tested by a tragic event that challenges their perceptions of race and of each other. A brilliant character study of friendship, family, and the lived reality of racism in America today.
To Paradise
Case Study
Picador | TPB $32.99
Text Publishing TPB $32.99
Hanya Yanagihara
January 22 release From the author of A Little Life, Hanya Yanagihara’s new novel spans three centuries and three versions of the American experiment—an alternate version of 1893 New York, 1993 Manhattan besieged by the AIDS epidemic, and in 2093, a totalitarian world racked with sickness and disease. An incredible novel of love, loss, and humanity’s endless search for connection.
Graeme Macrae Burnet
An ambitiously genrebending novel that combines several ideas into one book, Case Study is a thrilling examination of sanity and truth. When a woman assumes a cover identity to investigate the radical, possibly lethal work of a psychologist in the 1960s, questions of identity and truth begin to pile up. Both murder mystery and literary experiment, Case Study is sure to challenge and thrill.
Go Tell the Bees That I am Gone
The Lost Apothecary
Century | TPB $32.99
Affirm Press | HB $39.99
Diana Gabaldon
The long-awaited ninth book in the beloved Outlander series. Go Tell the Bees That I am Gone finds Claire and Jamie Fraser in 1779, finally settled together with their family in North Carolina but unable to relax with the imminent danger of the Civil War looming. Go Tell the Bees is unparalleled historical fiction, dense with research and brought alive by the Fraser’s unbreakable bond.
Pure Gold
John Patrick McHugh 4th Estate | HB $32.99 Bitterly funny, profoundly moving and crackling with wild energy, this stunning debut short story collection explores betrayal and longing on an imagined island off the west coast of Ireland. Whether falling in love or turning on one another, the residents are united by a quest for connection in the treacherous waters of smalltown boredom. Pure Gold heralds the arrival of a thrilling new literary voice.
Sarah Penner
December release The Lost Apothecary follows a dual timeline and a forgotten historical mystery. A female apothecary liberates a secret network of women who have been wronged by men, and in present day London a female historian finds an apothecary vial that she cannot resist investigating. This fascinating mystery moves deftly between timelines, where human failings are all too similar.
Today A Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket Hilma Wolitzer
Bloomsbury Publishing TPB $29.99
December release From family and love to loss and lockdowns, these delicious and funny stories are about real life and how utterly absurd it all is. Including stories first published in the 1960s and 1970s —alongside new writing from Wolitzer, now in her nineties—Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket will appeal to readers of Alice McDermott, Anne Tyler and Elizabeth Strout.
The Every
April in Spain
Lily
Hamish Hamilton TPB $29.99
Faber | TPB $29.99
Chatto & Windus TPB $32.99
Dave Eggers
In Eggers’ follow up to The Circle, the search engine has merged with the world’s largest e-commerce platform to form The Every. The company’s size dictates consumer choices and its allure of convenience locks them in. Delaney Wells lands an entry level job at The Every with a singular and impossible goal: to take down the company from within, and free humanity from their online stupor. HARRY HARTOG READING GUIDE
John Banville
Reluctantly on holiday in Spain with his psychiatrist wife, Quirke, a pathologist from Dublin, meets a young woman he suspects to be a close friend of his daughter. However, this woman was supposedly murdered some years before although her body was never found. When he asks his daughter to come to Spain to identify her, he sets a tragic chain of events in motion.
Rose Tremain
Abandoned as an infant, Lily is found by young police constable Sam Trench, who saves her life. Fostered out, Lily lives a wonderful life on a farm in Suffolk. But at the age of six she must be returned to the hospital Sam first took her, where child abuse is rampant. Set in Victorian London, Lily is a gripping historic drama and Tremain at her story telling best.
Crossroads
Oh William!
4th Estate | TPB $32.99
Viking | HB $29.99
Jonathan Franzen
It’s December 1971, and the Hildebrandt family are at a crossroads—they all seek something that each of the others threaten to complicate. For one, patriarch Russ is looking to leave his brilliant and unstable wife, Marion (who may get there first...). This highly anticipated, dazzling novel about family, faith and the complicated pursuit of freedom is a tour de force of interwoven perspectives and sustained suspense.
Amor Towles
Returning to the world of Lucy Barton after her second husband has died, this is an exploration of Lucy’s first husband William and his origins. Long divorced but still friends, William reaches out to Lucy about his night terrors and memories of his mother. A masterfully quiet and musing novel of intimacy and familial bonds that ebb and flow over a lifetime.
Bewilderment
The Sentence
William Heinemann TPB $32.99
Corsair | TPB $32.99
Richard Powers
Theo is an astrobiologist working on a complex approach to finding life on other planets. His nineyear-old son Robin struggles with unregulated emotion, and this informs the interplay between father and son. The boy’s idealistic frustration at humanity’s destruction of our planet is at the heart of this moving and deftly intelligent novel. The boy’s idealistic frustration at humanity’s destruction of our planet is at the heart of this moving and deftly intelligent novel, by Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Overstory.
The Lincoln Highway
Elizabeth Strout
Hutchinson | TPB $32.99 Emmett Watson, released from the Salina juvenile work farm, is dropped at his family farm. Reunited with his younger brother Billy, the boys are confronted with a harsh reality—their father is dead, their mother long gone, the farm foreclosed. They hatch a plan to get out, but plans tend to go awry, as Emmett and Billy hit the road and find the company of two escapees from Salina. For the legion of fans who loved A Gentleman in Moscow.
Louise Erdrich
From the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Night Watchman comes a gripping and timely ghost story that asks what we owe to the living, the dead, to the reader and to the book. Over the course of 2020, a small bookshop is haunted by the store’s most annoying customer and it is left to ex-inmate and now bookseller Tookie to solve the mystery and deal with the grief of the ongoing global pandemic.
The Book of Form and Emptiness Ruth Ozeki
Text Publishing | TPB $32.99 After the death of his father reshapes his world, objects begin to speak to Benny. Overwhelmed by this cacophony of voices and the emotionally crippling grief of his mother, Benny turns to books—in more than one sense. Melancholy and tender, Ozeki crafts an ode to love, connection and the fragility of existence.
The Swift and the Harrier
The Book of Magic
The Books of Jacob
Allen & Unwin | TPB $32.99
Simon & Schuster TPB $32.99
Text Publishing | TPB $34.99
Minette Walters
It’s the English Civil War and there is a struggle between the divine right of kings versus a partnership between King and Parliament. Jane Swift is a physician, though as a woman she is not allowed to call herself a doctor. William Harrier is a charismatic soldier and their lives are forever changed after they meet. A terrific read from a master storyteller!
Alice Hoffman
Olga Tokarczuk
The Owens family has been cursed in matters of love for over three-hundred years but all of that is about to change. When beloved aunt Jet Owens hears the sound of the deathwatch beetle, she knows that it is a signal. She has finally discovered the secret to breaking the curse. Alice Hoffman has created a breathtaking conclusion to the Practical Magic series.
Finally translated to English seven years after its original publication, Tokarczuk’s epic historical novel tells the story of controversial figure Jacob Frank, founder of the 18th century Frankist sect. Those that revere and those that betray Frank serve as narrators in this tale of the mysterious individual who gained a following by capitalizing on the hunger for new ideas in an Enlightened Europe.
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Beautiful World, Where Are You Sally Rooney Faber & Faber | TPB $29.99
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Harlem Shuffle
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Colson Whitehead
4th Estate | TPB $32.99
Fleet | TPB $32.99
The Man Who Died Twice Richard Osman
The Magician Colm TÓibÍn Picador | TPB $32.99
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Crime & Thrillers Treasure & Dirt
Wild Place
Allen & Unwin | TPB $32.99
Affirm Press | TPB $32.99
Chris Hammer
A superb standalone thriller from the acclaimed and award-winning author of the international bestsellers Scrublands, Silver and Trust. Sydney homicide detective Ivan Lucic and young police officer Nell Buchanan are sent to investigate the murder of an opal miner found crucified down his own mine in the desolate outback town of Finnigans Gap.
When a local teen goes missing from the idyllic Australian suburb of Camp Hill, schoolteacher Tom Witter becomes convinced he holds the key to the disappearance. When the police won’t listen, he takes matters into his own hands with the help of the missing girl’s father and a local neighbourhood watch group. White has produced another thrilling page-turner.
The Shadow House Affirm Press | TPB $32.99
Text Publishing | TPB $32.99 Set in a beach-shack town an hour from Melbourne, Charlie is living in his family’s holiday house, on forced leave from work. Twenty years earlier his mother went missing in the area, and her body was never found. Until now, when the skeletal remains of a child and adult are found, and Charlie’s past comes crashing in on him.
The Hush Sara Foster
HarperCollins Australia TPB $32.99
Matthew Reilly
Macmillan Australia HB $39.99 The thrilling conclusion to the Jack West Jr saga is here. It all comes down to this, racing against time through one impossible maze with the fate of the world in his hands. Of all Jack’s adventures, this is the most lethal and dangerous challenge he has encountered (and that is really saying something!). Once again, it’s up to Jack to put everything on the line and attempt the impossible.
Canticle Creek
In a post-Covid world, rapid climate change is the main concern—until perfectly healthy babies start being born unable to take a breath. Emma is a midwife becoming increasingly worried about rules and restrictions at the hospital, and her uncommunicative teenage daughter. Then pregnant teens start to go missing—is the government responsible? This is Foster at her most gripping and terrifying best.
The Apollo Murders
Adrian Hyland
Ultimo Press | TPB $32.99
The Stoning
Peter Papathanasiou Transit Lounge | TPB $29.99
Chris Hadfield
Quercus | TPB $32.99
December release Jess Redpath is a cop from an outback town in the Northern Territory, and one of the good guys. So, when one of the young men she put her neck out for turns up in Victoria, dead, in a suspected murder suicide, something seems off. Jess heads to Canticle Creek, a tiny town in the Melbourne Hills. What did happen in this seemingly idyllic town? Gripping crime writing!
Garry Disher
The One Impossible Labyrinth
Anna Downes
Alex has left her past behind—an abusive relationship for a fresh start with her teenage son and her young daughter. She arrives at a beautiful, safe and remote ecovillage. But Anna begins to question how safe she and her children really are, whether they be in more danger than their old life. A haunting and addictive thriller which will have you on edge until the end.
The Way It Is Now
Christian White
Astronaut and bestselling author Hadfield takes us inside the Cold War space race in his debut novel. The claustrophobia of rocket flight and the vacuum of space keep the tension high as Russia and America take espionage into orbit. There is more to the Apollo 18 moon mission than science, as the Russian space station Almaz threatens U.S. national security. A smart thriller for fans of The Martian.
Molly Abbott, a popular teacher at the local school, is found taped to a tree and stoned to death. Suspicion falls on refugees at the new detention centre on Cobb’s outskirts, raising tensions with some of the town’s residents. Detective Sergeant Georgios ‘George’ Manolis is dispatched to his childhood hometown to investigate, and everyone—white skin, black skin, brown skin—is a suspect.
The Survivors
Fromage
Fleet | TPB $32.99
Fremantle Press | TPB $32.99
Alex Schulman
In this tense, chilling and heartbreaking debut three brothers return to their family cottage by a lake in Sweden to scatter their mother’s ashes. Their lives have been spent competing for their father’s favour and their mother’s love, in a household more like a minefield than a home. What really happened on the disputed and disastrous summer day during their childhood that blew everything to pieces?
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Sally Scott
Journalist Alex Grant is enjoying the last days of her summer holiday in Croatia when she is accosted by an old school friend, Marie Puharich, and her brother, Brian, both there to attend the funeral of their grandfather’s two loyal retainers. An incorrigible foodie, Alex is unable to resist Brian’s invitation to visit the family creamery in Australia’s south-west to snoop around for stories and eat her body weight in brie. A cheeseinspired murder mystery for fans of Phryne Fisher.
Australian Stories Seeking Asylum
Larrimah
Black Inc. | HB $39.99
Allen & Unwin | TPB $32.99
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
Growing Up in Australia
Caroline Graham and Kylie Stevenson
Edited by Black Inc. Black Inc. | PB $29.99
December release The ASRC is Australia’s largest independent non-profit organisation supporting refugees and those seeking asylum. Commemorating their twentieth year, this beautiful hardcover book gives a platform for their voices to be heard. Meet the inspirational people who have benefitted and worked for this wonderful organisation. 100% of the proceeds will be reinvested into ASRC projects.
A true crime story that reads like a good old Aussie yarn. The disappearance of Paddy Moriarty and his dog from the tiny outback town of Larrimah, population 12, wait, 11, is a true mystery. Was Paddy liked or disliked, a good bloke or a really annoying neighbour? Larrimah brings us all the stories and theories behind Paddy’s mysterious disappearance, and more.
A Bloody Good Rant
Thomas Keneally has been reflecting on and writing about Australia and the human condition for over fifty years. In this deeply personal collection he draws on a lifetime of engagement with the great issues of our recent history and his own moments of discovery and understanding. A Bloody Good Rant is an invitation to share the deep humanity of a great Australian writer.
A gorgeous and important collection of essays and memoir chapters from Black Inc.’s significant Growing Up series. Growing Up in Australia features one of the most diverse collections of voices in writing today. Every story in the series is touching and gives an appreciation for lives that look different to our own—the beauty of our varied Australian experience.
Funkytown
Nellie
Affirm Press | TPB $32.99
Allen & Unwin | TPB $32.99
Paul Kennedy
Thomas Keneally
Allen & Unwin | HB $39.99
December release
In 1993, ABC journalist Paul Kennedy was in his final year of high school in the Melbourne suburb of Frankston. While Paul was focused on finishing school and getting drafted into the AFL, a serial killer was on the loose bringing the national media and the state’s police force to his stomping ground. Told with poignancy and humour, and evoking the atmosphere of a late Australian summer, Funkytown is a love letter to adolescence, football, family and outer suburbia.
Robert Wainwright
Robert Wainwright turns the spotlight onto the tumultuous life of one of Australia’s most iconic performers, Dame Nellie Melba. In her time, the opera singer was one of the most famous people in the world, but it wasn’t all furs and riches. As always, Wainwright finds the person behind the persona, detailing Melba’s abusive marriage and her scandalous affair with the would-be King of France.
Indigenous Voices Welcome to Country, 2nd edition Marcia Langton
Hardie Grant Explore HB $50.00 In this extensively updated edition, Marcia Langton offers a full range of Indigenous-owned or -operated tourism experiences across Australia, including an expanded directory with 250 new listings, illustrated maps, and photography. Welcome to Country, 2nd Ed highlights myriad ways to engage and deepen our knowledge and appreciation of First Nations people through travel.
Mission
William Cooper
Black Inc. | HB $49.99
Miegunyah Press HB $34.99
Noel Pearson
Selecting the best of his work to date, Mission traces a life of politics, ideas and inspiring words from lawyer and activist, Noel Pearson. Whether he is recalling his boyhood in Hope Vale, making the case for Indigenous recognition, or evoking a reconciled, multicultural Australia, Pearson confirms he is one of Australia’s most powerful and influential thinkers and an extraordinary writer.
Bain Attwood
Aboriginal activist William Cooper’s long life informed his groundbreaking political advocacy in the 1930s. Cooper famously petitioned King George VI for Aboriginal representation in the Australian Parliament, and called for a day of mourning on the celebration of 150 years of colonisation, two of his many pivotal contributions to the struggles of First Nations people.
Nomad Girl
Another Day in the Colony
Aboriginal Studies Press | TPB $39.95
UQP | TPB $29.99
Kanakiya Myra Ah Chee
Kanakiya Myra Ah Chee was born at Oodnadatta in remote South Australia in 1932 and after her mother’s death spent years as a nomad with her father in central Australia learning about the bush, and their culture. Myra’s life is changed forever when her father decides education is the future for his children. A remarkable story of how it is possible to be successful in life by bringing together the strengths of bush life and education.
Chelsea Watego
Another Day in the Colony is a powerful, unapologetic dissection of some of the pervasive myths Australian society has accepted about First Nations people. Watego is often funny, sometimes incendiary, and always thought provoking—these essays aim to stoke conversation, promote truth-telling and bring more Black voices to the forefront of any discussions on life in the colony. HARRY HARTOG READING GUIDE
Biographies & Memoirs Windswept and Interesting
It Wasn’t Meant to Be Like This
A Carnival of Snackery
Two Roads | HB $49.99
HarperCollins | HB $45.00
Little, Brown | TPB $34.99
Billy Connolly
In his first full-length autobiography, comedy legend Billy Connolly reveals the truth behind his windswept and interesting life. As a young comedian Connolly was fearless and outspoken—willing to call out hypocrisy wherever he saw it. But his stand-up was full of warmth, humility, and silliness too. This is Connolly’s story in his own words—joyfully funny—stuffed full of hard-earned wisdom as well as countless digressions on fishing, farting and the joys of dancing naked.
The Woman They Could Not Silence Kate Moore
Scribe | TPB $35.00 In the mid-1800s, Elizabeth Packard, housewife and mother of six, began voicing her opinions on politics and religion, opinions that her husband did not share. Deeply threatened by her growing independence, he had her declared ‘slightly insane’ and committed to an asylum. This is Elizabeth’s fight against this injustice for herself and other women who were incarcerated for daring to have a voice.
Lisa Wilkinson
The highly anticipated autobiography from one of Australia’s most loved media personalities is finally here. Lisa explains how she grew from a magazine obsessed kid in Sydney’s southwestern suburbs to a powerful force in Australian cultural life, and a fierce campaigner for women and gender equality. Honest, warm, engaging and powerfully inspirational.
Inseparable Elements Patsy Millett
Fremantle Press TPB $34.99 A biography of Dame Mary Durack, national literary treasure, from one of WA’s pioneering families. Written by her daughter Patsy, it reveals her great admiration for her brilliant mother, her derision for her father, aviator Horrie Miller, and the total self-absorption of her aunt, artist Elizabeth Durack. Lots of family drama, literary gossip, and colourful details of life and the development of WA during the 20th century.
Miss Dior
Ciao Bella!
Faber | HB $39.99
Simon & Schuster TPB $32.99
Justine Picardie
One woman informed Dior’s idea of femininity and grace more than any other: his sister, Catherine. Resistance fighter, concentration camp survivor, and cultivator of rose gardens, the story of Catherine’s remarkable life—so different from her famous brother’s—is finally being told. Beautifully packaged, Miss Dior contains exclusive images from the Dior archives along with facsimiles of letters and sketches.
Kate Langbroek
Taking their four children to live in Italy for a year seemed like a great idea to Kate and her husband, but little did they know that a pandemic was about to hit and change their plans for a carefree Italian adventure. Written in a relaxed and conversational style, it reveals Kate’s great love for Italy and Italians (and gelato), plus the pain and unexpected pleasures of extended lockdown.
David Sedaris
There’s no right way to keep a diary, but if there’s an entertaining way, Sedaris has mastered it. If it’s navel-gazing or self-examination you’re after, you’ve come to the wrong place. Rather, his observations turn outward, taking us from hotel dining rooms and odd Japanese inns, to book tours and beyond, providing us with a sampler of the bitter, the sweet and the wickedly funny.
The Happiest Man on Earth, Illustrated Ed. Eddie Jaku
Macmillan Australia HB $44.99 As a Holocaust survivor who lost everything, Eddie Jaku made a vow to smile every day. At the age of 100 he believed he was the ‘happiest man on earth,’ and this powerful, heartbreaking and ultimately hopeful memoir shows how happiness can be found in the darkest of times. Now available in a beautiful, limited edition, illustrated format. Also available in a standard hardback at $32.99.
Renegades: Born in the USA Barack Obama & Bruce Springsteen
Viking | HB $75.00 Springsteen and Obama are long-time friends and share an intimate conversation about life, music and their enduring love of America in this stunningly produced expansion of their Higher Ground podcast. The book features more than 350 photographs, including rare and exclusive photographs from the authors’ personal archives, Obama’s never-before-seen annotated speeches and Springsteen’s handwritten lyrics.
Taste
Bourdain: In Stories
Fig Tree | HB $45.00
Bloomsbury Publishing | TPB $29.99
Stanley Tucci
Taste is an intimate reflection on the intersection of food and life, filled with stories about growing up in an ItalianAmerican family, filming foodie films Big Night and Julie & Julia, falling in love over dinner, and teaming up with his wife to create conversation-starting meals for their children. This heart-warming read is for anyone who knows the power of a home-cooked meal (or the perfect Negroni).
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Bourdain: In Stories brings together stories and recollections of Anthony Bourdain’s closest friends and colleagues to commemorate his life and legacy. With contributions from over a hundred of the people who shared Bourdain’s orbit—from members of his kitchen crews to his writing, publishing, and television partners, to his daughter and his closest friend— this collection pieces together a remarkably full, vivid, and nuanced vision of the late travel writer and chef’s life and work.
Creative Lives Whole Notes Ed Ayres
ABC Books | TPB $34.99 Written with warmth, intimacy and a finely tuned sense for storytelling, Whole Notes focuses on music as the guiding thread through Ed Ayres’s life. Tenderness reverberates in every description— for Ayres, music is the lighthouse of his life, and the passion on the page will leave you reaching for an instrument when you’ve finished reading.
How to End a Story: Diaries 1995–1998
Manifesto
Bernardine Evaristo Hamish Hamilton HB $35.00
Helen Garner
Text Publishing HB $29.99 The third volume of Helen Garner’s diaries spanning her life from 1982 to 2009, How to End a Story is a page turner! Helens’ marriage slowly failing, her beautiful daughter marrying, controversy surrounding a book, friends, sadness and happiness. There is so much in these pages written with this beloved author’s particular genius.
This is author Bernadine Evaristo’s intimate and inspirational, no-holdsbarred account of how she became the first Black woman to win the Booker prize, refusing to let any barriers stand in her way. She charts her creative rebellion against the mainstream and her life-long commitment to the imaginative explorations of untold stories. It is her manifesto for never giving up.
Home Truths: A Memoir
Leaping into Waterfalls
Caught in the Act
HarperCollins | HB $49.99
Allen & Unwin | TPB $34.99
Pantera | TPB $32.99
David Williamson
Since the 1970s, Williamson has been dramatising the stories of everyday Australians for the stage. With over 50 awardwinning plays under his belt, he turns the focus onto his own story. Fearless, candid and witty, Williamson also writes about the plethora of odd, interesting, caustic and brilliant people—actors, directors, writers, theatre critics, politicians—who have intersected with his life and work.
Baggage
Alan Cumming A&U Canongate TPB $29.99 In this joyous and poignant follow up to Not My Father’s Son, Alan Cumming reflects on the durability of trauma and constructive ways to live with your past. Baggage chronicles his life in Hollywood, his failed marriages and encounters with legends of the stage and screen, and how to be a happy, flawed, vulnerable and fearless middle-aged man, with a lot of baggage. An honest and lifeaffirming memoir.
Bernadette Brennan
Shane Jenek
Leaping into Waterfalls explores the rich, tumultuous life of Gillian Mears, one of Australia’s most significant writers of the last forty years. Mears wrote fearlessly of the dark undercurrents of country and family life, always probing the depths and complexity of human desire. This meticulous and moving biography reads Mears’ life and work within that broader cultural community to celebrate her truly extraordinary achievements.
Dancing, singing and performing was what Shane Jenek loved most growing up, but he also knew he was different to his peers. Caught in the Act tells the story of Jenek’s struggle with gender and the journey to understanding his sexuality, the birth of Courtney Act, and why this understanding of identity could be used to help others.
1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows
Will
Will Smith and Mark Manson
Ai Weiwei
Century | TPB $35.00
Bodley Head | HB $49.99 Ai Weiwei explores the origins of his creativity and political beliefs through his life story and the legacy of his exiled father, who was once China’s most celebrated poet. From family exile to art school in the US, to his return to China and his rise to art superstar and activist, Weiwei shows how art can shape and be shaped by politics, and the urgent need to protect freedom of expression.
Will Smith’s inspirational memoir traces his career and the emotional toll that stardom can exact. This memoir is the product of a profound journey of self-knowledge, and a reckoning with all that your will can get you and all that it can leave behind. Written with Mark Manson, author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, Will is the story of how one man mastered his own emotions.
The Storyteller
Writing in the Sand
Simon & Schuster | HB $45.00
ABC Books | HB $45.00
Dave Grohl
Grohl recalls his life with heartfelt humour and gratitude. From a classic Americana suburban upbringing to a young punk living out of a dirty van, finding mainstream success with Nirvana and creative fulfilment with Foo Fighters and Them Crooked Vultures. This is a tale of enthusiastic collaboration and friends in high places; a joyful ride to be taken along on.
Matt Garrick
Showcasing never before published photos of the legendary band Yothu Yindi, Writing in the Sand tells the story of their struggles as musicians and in the world of indigenous rights. 2021 marks the anniversary of their iconic song Treaty and sadly, we still have a long way to go in Australia. The book is both a history of popular culture and a call to keep up the battle for First Nations Australians. HARRY HARTOG READING GUIDE
Non-Fiction You’re Doing It Wrong Kaz Cooke
Viking Australia TPB $34.99 You’re Doing It Wrong examines what we’re told to do as women (change shape, shoosh, do all the housework), and what we’re not supposed to do (frown, have pockets, lead a country). It covers sex and romance, paid work, fashion and beauty, health advice, housework, and a motherlode of mad parenting instructions— from witchcraft to beauty pageants, with a side of aviatrixes. Put the kettle on and settle in.
No, You’re Not Entitled to Your Opinion
Edited by Alexandra Hansen Thames & Hudson Australia PB $29.99 The Conversation was formed ten years ago as a unique collaboration between academics and journalists to publish articles based on academic research made accessible to the general reader. No, You’re Not Entitled to Your Opinion, is a collection of the best essays spanning a broad range of subjects. Contributors include Tim Flannery, Eva Cox, Judith Brett and Raimond Gaita.
Ladies, We Need to Talk
The Sex Ed You Never Had
Yumi Stynes and Claudine Ryan
Chantelle Otten Allen & Unwin TPB $29.99
Hardie Grant Books TPB $32.99 Expanding on their hit podcast of the same name, Yumi Stynes and Claudine Ryan rip open the sealed section and divulge information on all manner of body and relationship issues, myths and hang-ups. With humour and refreshing openness, Ladies, We Need to Talk combines expert knowledge with testimony from ordinary people to empower and inform.
Sexologist Chantelle Otten brings us a richly researched and inclusive guide to our bodies, our relationships, and the still taboo subject of sex. Our embarrassment and shame about sex and our bodies is a psychological minefield, but it is an unnecessary one. Otten brings it all comprehensively to the fore, dispelling myths with facts and helpful illustrations. If we better understand ourselves and respect the consent of others, sex is one of life’s most exhilarating joys.
Ideas to Save Your Life
Books That Made Us
Text Publishing | HB $34.99
ABC Books | TPB $34.99
Michael McGirr’s follow up to Books that Saved My Life, springboards from the works of a diverse group of philosophers and asks: what is the meaning of existence and why is philosophy so important? McGirr’s warmth and personal storytelling style use family stories, travel and humour to help illustrate the need for philosophy in our complex lives.
A companion book to the ABC TV series, Carl Reinecke looks at some great works of Australian fiction and considers their political and historical context. Books range from the Colonial period to the present time, including authors such as Marcus Clarke, Melissa Lucashehko, Patrick White, Henry Handel Richardson, Michelle de Kretser and many more. Perfect for book lovers.
Michael McGirr
Carl Reinecke
Adam Spencer’s Maths 101
My Favourite Movies
Sort Your Money Out
Hardie Grant Books PB $35.00
Allen & Unwin | TPB $29.99
Wiley | PB $32.95
Adam Spencer
December release Adam Spencer is here to save the day once again! In this fun, colourful and interactive book he will help you to guide your child through the world of primary school mathematics. With practical step by step examples, questions and fun facts inside, maths does not seem quite so tricky after all!
David Stratton
These are the movies Australia’s best-loved film critic, David Stratton, has watched again and again. There are dramas, comedies, thrillers, musicals, westerns and arthouse classics from a century of filmmaking. Each movie is reviewed with details of behind-the-scenes stories, including anecdotes and memories you won’t find anywhere else.
The Game Sean Kelly
Black Inc. | TPB $32.99 In The Game, Sean Kelly gives us a portrait of a man, the shallow political culture that allowed him to succeed and the country that crowned him. In ordinary times, Scott Morrison’s ability to play the political game would surely have resulted in his inevitable advancement, but during some of the toughest years in recent memory, his single-minded tactics have left him, and Australia, exposed. Morrison’s game playing has become a liability to us all.
Glen James
Former financial adviser and host of the My Millennial Money podcast, Glen James shares a life-changing approach to the major milestones of your personal finances, such as dealing with debt, embracing a realistic spending plan that works, buying your first home, investing in shares and creating the plan you need for long-term financial success. This new handbook is for all Australians.
Doing Politics: Writing on Public Life Judith Brett
Text Publishing | TPB $34.99 Since the 1980s, Judith Brett has been helping shape Australians’ conversations about politics, bringing a historian’s eye to contemporary issues and probing the psychology of our prime ministers. Brett has interrogated some of our most complex issues: multiculturalism, the politics of rural Australia, the republic, mining and climate change. Doing Politics brings together her finest essays.
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Baby & Toddler Roly Poly Cockatoo Tiger Tribe $30.00
Roly Poly Cockatoo loves being pushed, pulled or knocked over - always bobbing up for more fun. Suitable for 3 months and up.
Mini Sippi Annabel Trends $15.95
Shark Splash Buddy Tiger Tribe $20.00
Perfectly sized for little hands, the Mini Sippi is great for smoothies on the go! Dishwasher safe and made of non-toxic silicone.
A soft terry towelling bath toy perfect for imaginative sensory play. Fast drying and safe for all ages.
Jellycat Soft Toys Jellycat From $26.95
T-Rex Topple Mudpuppy $37.95
Jellycat makes the softest toys you’ve ever hugged, made to be adored for years and years. Irresistibly cuddly, Harry Hartog has a wide selection of fluffy creatures in store.
Stack and balance the colourful sticks on the fearsome T-Rex’s back to win. A classic wooden game that’s stacks of fun.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Spin & Seek ABC Game World of Eric Carle $32.95 Encourage early reading skills and letter recognition with The Very Hungry Caterpillar! Spin the spinner and find matching letters and images from the wonderful world of Eric Carle. Ages 3+
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The Little Black Game Pack Yindi Artz $19.95
This game pack is for all ages, and is a perfect tool to learn about Aboriginal culture and symbols. You can play memory games, Go Fish and Snap with them, all while admiring the vibrant artwork by De Greer-Yindimincarlie.
Kissed by The Moon Trinket Box Robert Gordon Australia $28.95
Robert Gordon is a family owned business that has been making pottery since 1945. This keepsake trinket box has been designed in collaboration with legendary children’s author Alison Lester.
Jellyfish Kite Tiger Tribe $30.00
The perfect first kite, this jolly jellyfish has long streamer tentacles that dance in the breeze. Packs up into a compact travel pouch. Ages 3+
Our World Trivia Cards Petit Collage $11.95 Expand your little globetrotter’s knowledge of this great big world with this set of 50 trivia cards. Ages 5+
Mighty Mega Markers Ooly $17.95 Jumbo-sized and brilliantly coloured, these markers lend themselves to the newest artist on the block! 8 vivid colours in a washable formula perfect for creating your next refrigerator masterpiece!
Grandparent Journal Write To Me $39.95
Use this journal to create a story book of your life to gift to your grandchildren or document special times with grandchildren in writing and photos. A treasure to be loved and passed down, designed with love by the Melbournebased sisters behind Write to Me.
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Punch Needle Kit IS Gift $19.99
Summer Fruits 1000pc Puzzle Bespoke Letterpress $49.95
Punch needling is a new take on embroidery, and this fun and easy kit has everything you need to creature a textured abstract artwork. Ages 8+
Bespoke Letterpress products are designed in the beautiful Southern Highlands of NSW, and this puzzle featuring lush summer fruits is bound to delight.
Create Your Own Solar System Clockwork Soldier $24.95
Tacocat Spelled Backwards Exploding Kittens $29.95
Take a trip into space and learn about planets, comets, satellites, and more with this create your own solar system wall chart, board game and activity kit. Ages 7+
Ready, set, duel! A perfectly balanced game of strategy, luck and instinct, guided by a cat who is also a taco! Silly fun for ages 7 and up.
Buzzed Out Ginger Fox $29.95 A fast-talking, quick-thinking worddescribing game that will really get you buzzing! Pick a card – describe a word to your teammates – guess it right – pass the card to the other team don’t get caught holding the card by the random timer. Fast paced and fun for the whole family!
Disney Villains Selfish Ridley’s $29.95 A card game where only the most ruthless survive! Play as your favourite Disney Villain in your own quest for power. Enact evil deeds and maintain control and you fight your way to victory! Ages 10+
Rush to Recycle Petit Collage $36.95 This eco-minded game makes recycling fun! Race to sort all of your cards before the truck arrives for pickup. Includes two sets of rules, one cooperative and one competitive to suit all players. Perfect for ages 4 to 8.
Codenames: Duet CGE $34.95
Fowl Language Puzzle Ginger Fox $29.95
The Mission: identify hidden agents using clever wordplay. Codenames is one of the rare games that’s just as fun whether you’re winning or losing! In this Duet edition, all players must work cooperatively, but if you’re after a bit more competition we also have the Original and the Pictures edition available.
Complete this 1000-piece puzzle featuring 9 cheeky bird names that will really get you tittering! From a dickcissel to a bearded tit, this collection of seemingly innocent birds all have rather foul names. If you’re a twitcher who will titter over a tufted titmouse, then this is the perfect puzzle for you!
Casino Night Gentlemen’s Hardware $59.95 Take games night to the next level – everything you need to play Roulette, Pontoon and Texas Hold’em Poker all in one box!
Bocce Annabel Trends $59.95 Bocce, petanque, boules – call it what you will – this game is guaranteed fun and can be played by all ages. This set of six patterned stainless steel balls, comes with a timber jack ball and measuring line all in a handy zip up carry bag.
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Hot Sauces Varieties Mabu Mabu $14.95
Australia Linen Tea Towel Burbia $24.95 Play Games Chess Printworks $49.95 A classic game with modern styling – quality wooden pieces that will look great on the coffee table when not in use.
Shelf Love Tote Bag Out of Print $29.95 Out of Print’s mission is to spread the joy of reading by transforming literary classics in bookish accessories. Give yourself some Shelf-Love with this tote, or check out our full range in store and online.
Full Moon Colour Changing Light IPS $29.99
Mabu Mabu’s range of pantry items is called ‘Kara Meta.’ In the language of the Meriam People of Mer Island in the Torres Strait, this means ‘my home.’ Our products with Indigenous and tropical flavours are all made by hand and sourced from suppliers who are passionate about Australia’s Indigenous food industry. Nornie Bero is the head chef and business owner of Mabu Mabu. Originally from Mer Island in the Torres Strait, Nornie has been a professional chef for over 20 years and her style of cooking is all about generosity and flavour. Bero says “I grew up on the Islands with chillis in our backyard, so hot sauces are a real favourite of mine and give flavour to any dish.” She has been creating products using native ingredients for much of her career, and is currently on a mission to make Indigenous herbs, spices, vegetables and fruits part of everyone’s kitchen pantry.
Burbia’s Australian-made tea towels are 100% linen and designed so that you can show your suburb some love. Check your local store to see if they have a design tailor-made for your area!
Kronos Cup Kinto $24.95 The Kronos range make your drinks appear like they are floating on air, and the double walled glass keeps drinks hot while your hands stay cool. Made by Japanese design studio Kinto.
Australian Spice Rub Gift Pack Saltbush Kitchen $24.95 Get excited for ’s Nornie Bero ok, first cookbo out February 2022!
These carefully blended spice rubs are inspired by the epic landscapes of Australia. All three are made with native ingredients like Geraldton waxflower, lemon myrtle and pepperberry, and come with a bunch of ideas to start you experimenting in the kitchen.
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Fill your room with the soft glow of this full moon light. Give it a tap to change the colour of the light – comes with a stylish wooden stand, fully wireless and rechargeable.
This 2022 planner is more than just an appointment calendar, it’s a tool for inviting inspiration, mindfulness and kindness. Full colour artwork by Indigenous artist Natalie Jade features throughout, and every aspect of the diary is designed to tread lightly on the earth. Made of 100% post consumer paper and biodegradable cotton.
Rude Plants Mug Ginger Fox $19.95
Tech Accessories Collection Harry Hartog $24.95 - $74.95
This collection of seemingly innocent plants all have ridiculously rude names. So if you’re a gardener who will guffaw over a sticky willy then this is the perfect mug for you.
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Our new collection from Harry Hartog is designed to keep all of your technology organised and looking handsome. Made from charcoal recycled canvas, these durable pieces are all embossed with our signature Harry Hartog giraffe. Complete your collection with a versatile pouch, compact tech organiser and slim laptop sleeve.
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Umbrellas Alperstein Designs $39.95
The inside of these umbrellas feature beautiful artwork to enjoy even on the rainiest days. The umbrellas fold in reverse so you can continue enjoying the print as well as keeping dry! Royalties from Alperstein products directly benefit the artist and their community.
Kind Bag Backpack Until $140.00 Made of recycled materials, these spacious, lightweight bags are a stylish way to fight plastic pollution. Expandable capacity with loads of clever pockets. Various colours available.
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HOME Bird House Annabel Trends $29.95 Connect with nature and offer our birds a sanctuary with these compact bird houses, made from biodegradable bamboo fibre. Available in multiple colours.
Fairywren Candles Fairywren Candles $25.00
Fairywren Candles are hand poured in Sydney using natural soy wax, with scents inspired by childhood gardens, cherished memories and Australian bushwalks. 10% of profits go to Birdlife Australia to protect our unique feathered friends.
Vegan Harvest Baskets Robert Gordon $39.95 - $44.95
Haze Incense Paddywax $19.95 Each of these kits comes with 100 incense sticks and a gorgeous candy-coloured glass incense burner in one tidy package. Multiple modern scents available.
Timeless market bags made of natural Water Hyacinth fibre. Strong and spacious, they’ll come in handy no matter where you’re going.
Organic Cotton Gift Wrap - Set of two blush & teal Milligram $24.95
Wabi Sabi Candles Paddywax $14.95 - $39.95
Influenced by the Japanese wrapping style furoshiki and made from 100% organic cotton these gorgeous and sustainable wraps can be elegantly knotted around your gifts. Infinitely reusable, they’re sure to bring joy to friends and family.
Wabi Sabi candles come in matte ceramic bowls that are food safe and designed with upcycling in mind. Multiple scents available, all inspired by nature and beautifully blended.
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Peggy and Finn is a Melbourne brand that collaborates with Australian artists to make unique accessories. These socks are designed by Rachel Sarra, a contemporary Aboriginal artist from Goreng Goreng Country. 20% of profits from this collection go to indigenous carbon farming projects.
Moe Moe earrings are inspired by nature, colour, architecture and the amazing local artists they collaborate with. Each pair is lovingly handmade by a small team of makers in their Currumbin studio. These earrings are a choose your own adventure – each element can be flipped, swapped and stacked to create endless possibilities! Customise the way you wear them to suit your mood - they’re a small canvas of wearable art.
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Aromapure Hand Cream Empire $9.95
A lush formulation rich in shea butter showcasing Australian essential oils, Empire’s hand creams range from warm and woody to fresh and summery. Something for everybody!
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Sa.Ra Socks Peggy & Finn $24.95
Odesse Solid Perfume Odesse $69.95
Odesse are solid, pocket-sized fragrances housed in a luxurious metal case. Refillable and recyclable, these six planet-friendly scents are blended using the highest quality Australian native ingredients.
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Rejuvenation Trio Salus $45.00
Create a tranquil oasis with this spa treatment trio to reset and renew. Made in Australia with natural plant extracts, powerful botanicals and 100% essential oils.
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Better Living The Luminous Solution
Hugh van Cuylenburg Penguin Life Australia TPB $34.99
Charlotte Wood
Allen & Unwin | TPB $32.99 Award-winning author Charlotte Wood shares stories and insights into the creative lives of artists in this new collection of writing. Wood believes that creativity and creation—making anything that wasn’t there before—is available to all who live with curiosity and intention. Creative thinking need not be a bastion solely for artists but may be the door for us all to a rich inner life and help in finding courage during difficult times.
These Precious Days
Let Go
In this follow-up to the bestselling The Resilience Project, Hugh van Cuylenburg uses his personal experience and insights gained through years of research to help us navigate through a world in crisis. Shame and the toxic environment of life online can get us down. Allow this book to remind you that letting go of the things holding you back can lead to a more connected, safer and happier life.
Ann Patchett
Bloomsbury Publishing TPB $29.99
December release These Precious Days is a collection of essays from beloved author Ann Patchett based on her reflections over the past eighteen months. Patchett meditates upon friendship and what it means to be seen, and turns her writer’s eye to her own experiences, transforming the private into the universal. From much loved children’s books to the delights of Paris, this is a book that provides us all with ways of looking at the world anew.
How We Love
Love Stories
Dog Days
Allen & Unwin TPB $29.99
4th Estate Australia HB $32.99
Text Publishing TPB $32.99
Clementine Ford
Filled with compassion, honesty and revelation, Ford’s new memoir explores her personal journey in love, but also the many ways we are all affected by and capable of love. Love has many directions, and we love many things, but its greatest power is that it reveals to us who we truly are. Ford writes about the loss of her mother, the confusion of young love, and the platonic and romantic. Ultimately love is a vessel for both unique truths and exceptional joys.
Trent Dalton
The brilliant Trent Dalton, bestselling author of Boy Swallows Universe, took a table and chair, a typewriter that had belonged to a dear friend, set up in the heart of Brisbane and asked people for their love stories. The outcome is this beautiful book filled with all types of people and all types of love. Daltons’ love and acceptance of people and the stories they have to tell shines through and contains many beautiful lessons for us all.
Rationality
Take Risks
Allen Lane TPB $35.00
Macmillan Australia TPB $34.99
Steven Pinker
There is a social aspect to rationality, as it is nurtured in a community of thinkers who call out each other’s errors. Today, though armed with the intelligence to solve our most difficult challenges, it is harder then ever to convince people when answers are found. Steven Pinker takes us on a tour of rational thought, as distinct from logic, highlighting our many shortcomings. A vital book for our maddening times.
Andrew Cotter
In Dog Days: A Year with Olive & Mabel, join Andrew Cotter as he takes you behind the scenes and into the pages of his diary to reveal just how extraordinary the year has been, and what really happened after his lockdown superstar Labradors chewed up the internet and found it was quite tasty. If you’re a fan of Olive, Mabel and Andrew, this funny, touching and extraordinary account of a year like no other is an unmissable treat.
Destination Simple
John Marsden
John Marsden has spent his life inspiring children—as a beloved voice in children’s literature, as well as the founder of the innovative Candlebark School. Take Risks is both a compelling memoir, and a priceless contribution to the discussion of education and parenting, and a deeply enjoyable read for anyone—but especially fascinating for any of us with the privilege or ambition to guide young minds.
Brooke McAlary
Nero | PB $14.99
December release Brooke McAlary knows first-hand the power of simplifying and living with less. After being diagnosed with postnatal depression, she embraced a slower, more intentional life and rediscovered her health, energy and passion. In Destination Simple, Brooke shows us how to harness the power of daily rituals to create a calmer, happier and fulfilling life.
It’s Time for Me Time
Low Tox Life Food
Five Mile | Slipcase $34.99
Murdoch Books | PB $36.99
Jessica Sanders
This gorgeous set combines Me Time and Me Time Journal, the perfect tools to shine the spotlight on your lovely self and remind you how important it is to be your own best friend. Expanding self-care into a practice nurturing both the mind and the body, these beautiful books will help you build self-awareness and self-kindness into your daily rituals.
Alexx Stuart
Alexx Stuart, the ‘ultimate gentle activist,’ looks at how we can better understand healthy eating and food by stripping away the shame of right and wrong, and providing practical strategies for choosing the best food for your shopping cart. Stuart questions our dependance on an unhealthy food system, providing handy questions to ask about the food we buy, and strategies for keeping to a budget while we shop better. Includes eighty budget friendly recipes. HARRY HARTOG READING GUIDE
History Girt Nation
Lawson
Black Inc. | TPB $34.99
ABC Books | HB $39.99
David Hunt
Buckle up for a tale of Australian history as you’ve never heard it before! The third book in the bestselling Girt series picks up the story from mid-1850s to federation. Reading about these shocking, scandalous and just plain ridiculous historical events and figures, it is hard to believe they could all be true. This is the real, quite mad, always fascinating Australia.
Henry Lawson was a much-loved Australian writer who wrote from the heart and became the voice of everyday Australians. Lawson documented everything he saw, and was fascinated in the details of people’s lives. Award-winning journalist Grantlee Kieza tackles another Australian icon in this biography of Lawson’s extraordinary rise, devastating fall, and his enduring legacy.
Vandemonians Janet McCalman
Miegunyah Press TPB $39.99 Victoria was meant to be the land of the free, untainted by the Convict Stain rampant in other parts of the colony. Unfortunately for some, convicts came from Van Diemen’s Land as either free or escaped convicts and then went on to settle or spent time in Victoria. These convicts were known as the Vandemonians. Some remained convicts while others were lucky to become obscure, but all played an important part in the history of colonial Victoria.
Peter FitzSimons
Hachette Australia HB $49.99 The compelling, must-read story of the brave and bold Hubert Wilkins, Australia’s most adventurous explorer, naturalist, photographer, war hero, aviator, spy and daredevil. With masterful story-telling skills, Peter FitzSimons illuminates the life of Hubert Wilkins with his incredible achievements, thrills and spills and new worlds discovered. This is an unforgettable tale of the most extraordinary life lived by an extraordinary Australian.
Edith Blake’s War
Australia & the Pacific
NewSouth Publishing TPB $34.99
NewSouth Publishing PB $39.99
Krista Vane-Tempest
In the early hours of 26 February 1918, the British hospital ship Glenart Castle steamed into the Bristol Channel, headed for France to pick up wounded men from the killing fields of the Western Front. Onboard was 32-yearold Australian nurse, Edith Blake. After being torpedoed by a German U-boat, of the 182 onboard, 153 perished including all eight nurses. In Edith Blake’s War, her great niece Krista Vane-Tempest traces Edith’s personal story.
No One Left Behind
Ian Hoskins
Whilst many books about Australian history have Europe as the starting point, this new book has a different take on our place in the world. It looks at our past, current and potential future relationships with our near neighbours, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and others, as well as those further afield such as Japan, China and the United States. Timely and fascinating.
Twelve Caesars
Sapiens: The Pillars of Civilization: A Graphic Novel
Mary Beard
Princeton University Press | HB $49.99
Keith Payne
Macmillan Australia HB $49.99 This is the first time Victoria Cross recipient Keith Payne has written about his life. A veteran of fighting in Korea, Malaya, and then Vietnam where his part in rescuing 40 of his soldiers earned him the prestigious military award. Payne has battled his personal demons since his time in service, and he has advocated for fellow veterans who have given and lost so much in the process.
The Incredible Life of Hubert Wilkins
Grantlee Kieza
Yuval Noah Harari
December release Brilliant historian Mary Beard brings us a richly illustrated tour of 2,000 years of art and culture, probing the enduring relevance of autocratic ancient Roman leaders on representations of power ever since. From Titian to Edmonia Lewis’ 19th century sculptures, Twelve Caesars is an unexpected tale of changing identities, clueless or deliberate misidentifications, fakes, and often ambivalent depictions of authority.
Jonathan Cape HB $39.99 The second volume of the graphic adaptation of Yuval Noah Harari’s bestselling history of our species. The Pillars of Civilization explores how the Agricultural Revolution changed society forever and how war, famine, disease and inequality became part of our lives. A witty, radical and jaw-dropping book that will alter your view of humankind.
Australian Music History Freak Out
Harlem Nights
Monash University Publishing | TPB $34.95
Melbourne University Press | TPB $34.99
Tony Wellington
This is a coming-of-age story of how we as a nation were dragged into global culture by the unstoppable momentum of rock and pop music. The sixties was an era of extraordinary change and earth-shattering events. Australians may have been spared the fear of bomb blasts, assassinations and kidnappings; however the music that was generated in that milieu infiltrated Australian culture and transformed society forever. HARRY HARTOG READING GUIDE
Deirdre O’Connell
Australia in the 1920s looked toward a changing America and through its movies, music and dance, its growing spirit of youthful rebellion. African-American jazz and its sophisticated freeing rhythms tantalised cosmopolitan Australians who felt their isolated world shrinking. Harlem Nights is a story of wild jazz clubs, resistance, and the struggle of power and race in our very own Jazz Age.
Nature & Science Living Planet
The Book of Hope
David Attenborough William Collins TPB $34.99
Life can be found in every corner of the globe, in all manner of surprising, beautiful, and creative forms. David Attenborough’s searching eye, unfailing curiosity and infectious enthusiasm explain and illuminate the intricate lives of the extraordinary variety of creatures and plants that fill our world. This new edition of Attenborough’s seminal work features full-colour photography and the most up-to-date scientific information about life on earth.
Jane Goodall
Viking | HB $35.00 It is Jane Goodall’s sincere desire that this book will help readers “find solace in a time of anguish, direction in a time of uncertainty, courage in a time of fear”. In this collection of conversations between Goodall and Doug Abrams (co-author of The Book of Joy with the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu), they discuss the climate crisis, where hope can be found, and ultimately, an understanding and guidance for the way forward.
Crimes Against Nature Scribe | TPB $29.99
Edited by Dyani Lewis NewSouth Publishing TPB $32.99
Open up to the world of science and nature and read a perfect little essay on swimming with whales and sharks and its health benefits. Discover a rare meat allergy. Feel awed by the hydrogen car, perhaps the vehicle of the future. Find out how much of an impact Covid has had on the natural world and biodiversity. Educate yourself with this year’s excellent collection of essays from a wide range of writers and scientists.
Gum
The most recent book in the series of First Knowledges comes from two luminaries of the agricultural history field. In a climate changed world, sustainable farming practices are more important than ever, and we are lucky to have the inherited wisdom of the oldest culture on earth. Gammage and Pascoe present compelling evidence for the reinstatement of First Nations agricultural and land management techniques.
Firestorm Greg Mullins
Viking Australia TPB $34.99 Greg Mullins followed his father into firefighting, rising to become an international expert in fire and natural disaster response. Having faced our most destructive fires, Mullins has accumulated unparalleled wisdom on natural disasters. His experience and investigation into climate science led him to warn the Federal Government in 2019 of a devastating fire event, only to be ignored. His story of firefighting, of climate change, and of political stupidity is both urgent and brave.
Signs and Wonders
Ashley Hay NewSouth Publishing PB $29.99 Ashley Hay has written a love letter to the Eucalypt. There are over 800 species of gum tree in Australia and the gum is an indelible part of our history, part of our now, and the unmistakeable smell of the Australian bush. Gum is a history and a celebration of the mighty tree and its place in our landscape and culture.
Bill Gammage and Bruce Pascoe Thames & Hudson Australia | PB $21.99
The Best Australian Science Writing 2021
Jeff Sparrow
Writer, broadcaster and award-winning journalist Jeff Sparrow uses fresh material to offer a very different take on the familiar narrative about global warming—the one in which we are all to blame—and inverts it, to show how, again and again, pollution and ecological devastation have been imposed on the population without our consent and (often) against our will. From histories of destruction, it distils stories of hope, highlighting the repeated yearning for a more sustainable world.
Country: Future Fire, Future Farming
The Universe Andrew Cohen and Professor Brian Cox
Delia Falconer
HarperCollins HB $39.99
Simon & Schuster TPB $32.99 Climate change is not only changing our environment but also our culture argues Walkley-award winning author Delia Falconer. This collection of beautifully observed essays examines how our relationships with other generations, our emotions and connection with the world has already changed as the climate changes around us. A unique perspective on our relationship with a rapidly changing world.
Extinct: Artistic Impressions of Our Lost Wildlife Benjamin Gray
CSIRO Publishing | HB $59.99 Unlike many wildlife books, you won’t find any photos here. Extinct features a range of Australian artists, from established to newcomers, paying homage to some of our lost native species. The stories accompanying these artworks are fragmentary and poignant—a haunting reminder of the fragility of our extraordinary wildlife and the lengths we should go to in protecting them.
Blanketed above us at night is an expanse, still full of mystery and unexplored, and elicits the biggest of questions. Where did it come from? How did it begin? Exploring stars, galaxies and alien worlds, The Universe will help answer a few of the big questions and to understand the infinite world outside of our own galaxy.
Flight of the Budgerigar Penny Olsen
National Library of Australia | PB $49.99 The fascinating history of Australia’s favourite parrot from the Dreamtime to the colonial live bird trade, the competitive culture of the showroom and today’s thriving wild flocks. The Budgerigar was Australia’s first mass export and beloved by European Queens, Japanese princes and even Stalin. Lavishly illustrated throughout with stunning photography and artwork, this is the authoritative history of the Budgie. HARRY HARTOG READING GUIDE
The Great Outdoors Costa’s World
Homegrown
ABC Books | PB $45.00
Plum | PB $44.99
Costa Georgiadis
From the beloved host of ABC TV’s Gardening Australia, Costa’s World is a generous, joyous, fully illustrated gardening book that brings together all of Costa’s gardening and sustainability knowledge. From the lifechanging joy of chooks; kids in the garden; big ideas for small spaces; growing the right plants for your conditions and much more, this is a book for the whole family that reflects Costa’s philosophy and quirky sense of fun.
Join River Cottage Australia host Paul West in his garden and kitchen as he shows us how to become that little bit more selfsufficient. Homegrown features planting guides for the most popular vegetables and fruit trees to grow yourself using whatever space you have, whether it’s a balcony, backyard or nature strip. It includes garden projects, from raising seedlings to managing rainwater and heat-proofing your garden.
Green Thumb
Richard Unsworth Thames & Hudson Australia | HB $49.99 Sydney based garden designer Richard Unsworth shows that no matter how small an outdoor space a plant paradise is possible with thoughtful and clever design. Showcasing twenty urban gardens, each with detailed plans and planting lists, and accompanied with beautiful photography, The City Gardener will help foster and inspire garden ideas.
Asian Girls Are Going Places
Craig Miller-Randle Plum | PB $44.99
This beautifully presented and passionate ode to plants will have amateurs and plant experts alike jumping for joy. With a large social following on his Instagram (@craigmilran) and 10+ years in the horticultural industry, Craig guides you to select, propagate and maintain your own lush indoor jungle. He leaves no leaf unturned!
The City Gardener
Paul West
Undiscovered Tasmania
Michelle Law
Rochelle Dare and Walter Dare
Hardie Grant Explore HB $29.99
Hardie Grant Explore PB $39.99
January 22 release Asian Girls Are Going Places is a travel book with a difference: it features practical advice (and more) from author Michelle Law and her interviewees that specifically targets the joys, fears and obligations unique to Asian women travelling the world. Told in Michelle’s signature offbeat style, this is a deeply relatable travel companion for Asian women.
The Travel Book, 4th Ed.
December release Undiscovered Tasmania is a fantastic guide to the real Tasmania. It takes you to the places which fly under the radar and make this wonderful part of the world so unique and special. Dare’s stunning photography throughout, together with the useful hints, places to go and fun facts make this book a very unique Tasmanian travel guide.
Best in Travel 2022/ Australia’s Best Trips, 3rd Ed.
Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet | HB $60.00
Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet | HB $27.99 / PB $34.99
Journey through every country in the world with the fully revised and updated 4th edition of Lonely Planet’s The Travel Book. All brand-new photography from portraits of people, to beautiful landscapes and vibrant scenes of street life are all supported by colourful and detailed mapping. It will inspire wanderlust in the armchair traveller and will bring the world to life for a new generation of travellers once we are free to roam the world again.
With the country and the world opening up, there are no better sources of inspiration and practical advice than Lonely Planet’s bestselling annuals. Best in Travel 2022 ranks the top 10 must-visit countries, cities and regions for 2022 with focus on sustainable travel experiences. Australia’s Best Trips features 38 amazing road trips, from 2-day escapes to 2-week adventures. Pick a route, pack the car, and hit the road!
Australian Sport The Fairytale H. G. Nelson
Macmillan Australia TPB $34.99 For more than thirty years, H.G. Nelson has been finding the poetry in the punt and humour during half-time. Now, he turns his keen eye for facts and folly to the illustrious history of our great sporting nation. He reminds us of our leaders’ great sporting triumphs, from Harold Holt’s swimming to John Howard’s bowling and explains why Australia’s reality TV is the best in the world. HARRY HARTOG READING GUIDE
Bradman vs Bodyline Roland Perry
Allen & Unwin | TPB $32.99 Using new material and his previous unparalleled access to Sir Donald Bradman, Roland Perry has written the definitive account of Bradman and the bodyline series. Compelling, extensively researched and full of new insights, Perry has written the complete and captivating story of a sporting outrage that threatened relations between Australia and England more than anything before or since.
Twelve Summers Adam Zwar
Hachette Australia TPB $32.99 Adam Zwar is an Australian actor, voice artist, writer and avid cricket fan. All of the memorable events in Zwar’s life have been related back to cricket. Everybody remembers when significant events happen at different points in their life. Twelve Summers is the recollection of the memories and matches from cricket relayed by one of Australia’s funniest writers.
Food Home
Macmillan Australia HB $59.99 Home is, ostensibly, a collection of recipes. Much more, it’s also filled with earnest storytelling, mischievous asides, and passionate essays that are just as nourishing as any dish. The meals Stephanie Alexander has chosen range from humble classics (like fried tomatoes on toast) to elaborate dishes carefully chosen during her travels. As always, the wide variety on Stephanie’s table ensures there is something for all tastes and occasions.
One Pan Perfect
Where the River Bends
Stephanie Alexander
Donna Hay
4th Estate Australia HB $49.99
Jane Barnes and Jimmy Barnes HarperCollins HB $49.99 Jane and Jimmy invite you to their kitchen table to share heart-warming stories and favourite dishes. Dishes range from nutritious breakfasts and healthy lunches through to classics pastas, Thai curries, Sunday roasts and delectable desserts. Featuring personal recollections, anecdotes and over 70 recipes, Where the River Bends is inspired by the food they love and the feasts they host for family and friends.
Donna Hay returns with her new, gorgeously luxe hardcover One Pan Perfect to make life simple, easy and delicious for her millions of fans. Featuring over 120 recipes for simple, easy, no-fuss deliciousness which only need one pot, pan, tray or bowl, it will take you from the kitchen to the table in no time at all. Gift with Purchase Offer: Purchase a copy of One Pan Perfect from participating bookshops (booksellerschoice.com.au/stockists) and receive a free Donna Hay pot holder. *various designs, one per customer, while stocks last.
Christine Manfield’s Indian Cooking Class Christine Manfield Simon & Schuster HB $59.99 Let Manfield guide you through the deeply fragrant world of Indian home cooking, and understand the varied cooking styles, vibrant flavour combinations and textural medleys that make for such a sense-enlivening food culture. Beautifully designed and featuring step-by-step photography, novice and curious cooks alike will be cooking up everything from a simple dal to an intricate biryani in no time!
Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Shelf Love
Yotam Ottolenghi and Noor Murad Ebury Press | HB $49.99 Ottolenghi’s test kitchen team takes you on a journey through your kitchen cupboards, creating inspired recipes using humble ingredients. In perfect sync with recent times, wondering what to cook with what we’ve got, this book is all about relaxed, flexible home cooking with an ‘Ottolenghi’ twist. It includes a notebook to scribble on and add to, to take its ethos and absolutely make it your own.
Everything I Love to Cook
Bayrut: The Cookbook
Murdoch Books | HB $59.99
Smith Street Books HB $55.00
Tonight’s Dinner Adam Liaw
Hardie Grant Books HB $45.00 Adam Liaw has an easy manner and style, and his food reflects those qualities. No huge list of ingredients or multiple bunches of herbs that will blow the budget here. The recipes are in a variety of styles and they are tasty, achievable dishes that won’t scare off any family members. Home cooking beautiful food has never been easier.
Hisham Assaad
Neil Perry
Perry revisits legendary dishes from his restaurants, modern classics from his Good Weekend column and some new favourites in this substantial new cookbook. With tips and techniques covering everything from basic knife skills to the art of barbecuing, to mastering a roast dinner, this book will boost your kitchen know-how, and has more than 230 recipes that you’ll love to cook too!
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As the cultural heart of Lebanon, Beirut’s ever-changing heritage has produced a vibrant food scene which has a character of its own, blending tradition with the modern. From street food to family feasts, and with stunning food and travel photography, chef and photographer Hisham Assaad shares recipes and stories that will transport you to the delicious world of Lebanese cuisine.
A Year of Sundays Belinda Jeffery
Simon & Schuster HB $45.00 A Year of Sundays is the new cookbook by Belinda Jeffery, one of Australia’s most adored cookery writers and teachers, and is a collection from her Sunday Instagram post where she shares the recipes and memories that inspire her. A Year of Sundays is for everyone, all occasions, and all types of cooks.
Rick Stein at Home
The Dessert Game
BBC Books | HB $55.00
Murdoch Books | PB $36.99
Rick Stein
Rick Stein has taken us on many culinary journeys around the globe but now invites us inside his own kitchen, celebrating home cooking and its comforting rituals. Stories from childhood and memorable food moments accompany delicious recipes from family classics to the favourite dishes Stein loves to share with friends and family. A beautiful presentation of Rick’s life in food.
Reynold Poernomo
Got a sweet tooth or someone to impress? Level up your dessert game with tried-andtested recipes from MasterChef legend Reynold Poernomo. From relatively basic cakes and tarts to signature dishes and secret recipes (including white noise, onyx, and magic mushrooms), Poernomo provides step-by-step instructions on how each element is made so you can be a dessert master yourself. HARRY HARTOG READING GUIDE
Picture Books We hope you enjoy this selection of handpicked titles from the 2021-22 Kids’ Reading Guide. For more great kids books, visit: kidsreadingguide.com.au Tomorrow is a Brand-New Day
The Boy and the Elephant
Scribble | HB $24.99
HarperCollins Australia HB $24.99
Davina Bell and Allison Colpoys (Illus)
This wonderful picture book is a fabulous readaloud, with great rhyme, hilarious illustrations and a theme that is perfectly relatable. We all get cranky sometimes, feel rotten, make mistakes, but that’s okay—it doesn’t change how much you’re loved. Pick yourself up, make amends and wake up to a brand-new day!
James Foley
Fremantle Press HB $24.99
Freya Blackwood
This absolutely incredible wordless picture book is perfect for kids aged 0-99. We follow a lonely young boy whose only friends are the marvellous old trees that grow in a thicket beside his house. When the land is sold and the trees are destined for removal, something magical happens.
Cricket, I Just Love It!
James Foley’s new picture book is jam packed with inspiration and is an absolute delight. We follow Stella the Elephant’s quiet determination to overcome, one by one, all of Space Command’s objections to becoming an astronaut. Stella’s story is as touching as it is funny and makes a gently effective argument for inclusion and diversity. Stellarphant is a must read!
Somebody’s Land
Alister Nicholson and Tom Jellet (Illus)
Sharing
Aunty Fay Muir, Sue Lawson and Leanne Mulgo Watson (Illus)
Adam Goodes, Ellie Laing and David Hardy (Illus)
Allen & Unwin Children’s HB $19.99 This bright and boldly illustrated rhyming story is a celebration of all there is to love about cricket! It’s the perfect inspiration to jump up and head outdoors to hit a six or bowl your mate out because cricket is our ‘favourite part of every single day.’ Howzat!
Stellarphant
Allen & Unwin Children’s | HB $24.99 This is a gentle story of First Nations history and the arrival of the British in Australia. With bright illustrations and repetitive text, this simple but poignant book builds on the Welcome to Country that most preschool aged children are familiar with and introduces them to the term “terra nullius”. A must-have for all families.
Magabala Books HB $24.99 In this gentle book, Aunty Fay guides us through elements of Country, sharing them with care and responsibility. With a beautiful soft palette and well-chosen words, children can grasp the concept of taking what we need and no more, sharing with each other and nature.
Junior Fiction Horrible Harriet and the Terrible Tantrum Leigh Hobbs
Allen & Unwin Children’s | HB $24.99 Harriet is trying ever so hard to be good, she has even been practising her good girl smile. But what happens when the green, three-eyed tantrum that lives in a cage beside her bed breaks free to disrupt her angelic plan? More mischief and mayhem from one of our oldest and wildest friends.
Cranky Chicken Katherine Battersby
Lothian Children’s Books | PB $14.99 Everything about Chicken is cranky. Cranky eyes, cranky eyebrows, super-sharp cranky beak, even cranky scratchy feet. And everything makes Chicken cranky. What Cranky Chicken is not is lonely. Nope, nope, definitely not. But then along comes a very cheerful worm named Speedy, who just wants to be friends. A very funny graphic novel for newly independent readers. HARRY HARTOG READING GUIDE
A Whole Lot of Lemonade Jones Davina Bell and Karen Blair (Illus)
Allen & Unwin Children’s | PB $14.99
December release Lemonade Jones is a feisty girl with a lot of fizz. She is as refreshing as a bubbly glass of lemonade. She loves to ask questions and has trouble following the rules. The three stories in this collection will keep newly independent readers entertained with Lemonade’s antics at school and with her family.
Marcie Gill and the Caravan Park Cat Monica McInerney and Danny Shell (Illus) Puffin | HB $19.99 This engaging story follows ten-year-old Marcie and her Gran’s cat, George, during her summer holidays in her family’s seaside caravan park. Junior readers will enjoy being with Marcie as she navigates changes within family and friendships in the first children’s book from this much-loved Australian author.
Middle Fiction Dragon Skin Karen Foxlee
Allen & Unwin Children’s Demy HB $19.99 Pip finds a very unwell dragon by the waterhole and sneaks it home in her backpack. But home is not a safe place to be either. So many interesting threads weave through this beautifully written tale full of grief, hope, survival and courage. Karen Foxlee is the queen of magic realism and this wonderful book, just like her Lenny’s Book of Everything, will stay with you long after you have read it.
Seven Wherewithal Way Samantha-Ellen Bound
Affirm Press | PB $17.99 Celeste and Esme are stuck at home for the summer and bored to tears, until their eccentric cousin Ferd drops out of the sky–literally!–and carries them off for a fairytale adventure. This is a really fun, first instalment of a new fantasy series featuring characters from European folklore.
Daughter of the Deep
Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief
Rick Riordan
Puffin | TPB $22.99 Rick Riordan is one of the best, as well as most prolific, kids’ authors in recent years. Daughter of the Deep is his homage to Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, an epic underwater adventure that combines fantasy and mythology into modern life. Riordan’s latest offering introduces a new female hero, 14-year-old Ana Dakka, a descendent of Captain Nemo, who must protect her ancestor’s legacy before it falls into the wrong hands.
Katrina Nannestad
ABC Books | HB $19.99 In the spring of 1942, Sasha, a young Russian boy, is found by comrades in the Red Army after his village has been destroyed. He quickly finds his place with the soldiers, telling them funny stories and fetching their water, and they become his family. He fights the war with the only thing he can — love. Katrina Nannestad proves once again that she is an exceptional storyteller.
The Astonishing Chronicles of Oscar from Elsewhere Jaclyn Moriarty and Kelly Camby (Illus)
Allen & Unwin Children’s Demy HB $22.99 Oscar is a normal boy who just wants to skip school and skateboard. However, Oscar finds himself on a whimsical quest to find nine separate pieces of a key, held by nine separate people, in order to unlock a gluggy silver spell that had trapped the Elven city of Dun-soreylo-vay-lo-hey. An enchanting novel full of adventure and magic.
Julia and the Shark
Kiran Millwood Hargrave Orion Children’s Books HB $19.99 Set in a lighthouse at the top of the world, Julia’s scientist mother embarks on a mission to find the elusive Greenland shark. A beautiful hardback with black, white and yellow illustrations, this is a lyrical story of love, family, friendship, adventure and mental illness. A gorgeous gift for readers aged 9+
Pony
Kaleidoscope
My Brother Ben
Puffin | HB $26.99
Scholastic HB $29.99
UQP | PB $14.99
R. J. Palacio
Part western and part ghost story, Pony is the tale of one boy’s mission to find his kidnapped father, a dangerous and difficult journey, requiring great courage. The bestselling author of Wonder once again channels that emotional power through her phenomenal storytelling ability in this unique and heart-warming adventure.
Brian Selznick
A new story from the author of The Invention of Hugo Cabret and Wonderstruck, told through a combination of stunning illustrations and text. The story of two people who are connected through space and over time, this is an exciting keepsake that readers will treasure.
Peter Carnavas
Luke enjoys spending time with his big brother Ben. Their days are filled with bird-watching at Cabbage Tree Creek and daydreaming about owning a boat. When their Dad suddenly moves away and Ben starts high school, Luke worries that his brother will grow distant too. A heartwarming and honest story about the wonders of nature and brotherly love.
CBCA Book of the Year Awards 2021 No! Never!
Libby Hathorn and Lisa HathornJarman, Mel Pearce (Illus) Lothian Children’s Books HB $24.99
Aster’s Good, Right Things Kate Gordon
Riveted Press | PB $14.99 Winner: The Book of the Year: Early Childhood
Winner: The Book of the Year: Early Childhood
The End of the World Is Bigger than Love Davina Bell
Text (Juvenile) | TPB $19.99 Winner: The Book of the Year: Older Readers
How to Make a Bird
Dry to Dry
This Small Blue Dot
Walker Books Australia | HB $25.99
Walker Books Australia | HB $26.99
Thames & Hudson Australia HB $24.99
Winner: The Picture Book of the Year
Winner: The Eve Pownall Award
Meg McKinlay
Pamela Freeman
Zeno Sworder
Winner: CBCA Award for New Illustrator HARRY HARTOG READING GUIDE
Young Adult Terciel and Elinor
self/less
The Break
Allen & Unwin Children’s TPB $24.99
Pan Australia | PB $29.99
Penguin PB $19.99
Garth Nix
Garth Nix returns us to the world of Sabriel in this delightful prequel in the Old Kingdom series. We follow Sabriel’s parents, Terciel and Elinor, as they grow up, meet, and inevitably encounter more Dead Hands than you can poke a stick at. Fans of the original series will absolutely love this book.
AViVA
Welcome to Metropolis, where self-expression is banned and the citizens’ lives are carefully planned and controlled by the City Council. A compelling new YA postapocalyptic thriller set in a complex world of elites and outsiders. The first in a series, this is a gripping read, guaranteed to keep you engrossed until the end.
Phillip Gwynne
Growing up in Bali, sixteenyear-old Taj had an idyllic childhood until his father was arrested for smuggling drugs. He’s been on death row in Bali’s infamous Kerobokan Jail for ten years, leaving Taj in an uneasy limbo. When an execution date is set, Taj decides to bust his dad out of jail and try to get back to Australia. What follows is a fast-paced coming of age story with plenty of action and family truths to unravel.
Vespertine
If Not Us
Social Queue
Simon & Schuster PB $19.99
Text Publishing | TPB $19.99
Text Publishing | PB $19.99
Hesse lives in a small coastal town, where a coal mine and power station are a part of the scenery, and a part of the ever-growing problem of climate change. What will happen when he decides to speak up at a protest meeting that has the community divided? Hesse realizes that things are far more complex than he ever thought, but he knows he can make a difference. A story about growing up and standing up for what you believe is right.
Zoe Kelly has left the bullying years of high school behind and works as a part time intern for a media company. When the opinion piece she writes about her non-existent dating life goes viral she is unprepared for the public response. Warm, funny, and enlightening this coming-of-age narrative about an autistic young woman navigating through post school life is delightful. 13+
Margaret Rogerson
Evil spirits, zombie armies and ghost-fighting nuns in a world loosely based on Napoleonic France? Yes, please! This novel has everything. It’s fast-paced and action-packed, with characters you will come to love (even if you don’t want to!). Plus, it’s really, really funny! Garth Nix fans, this one’s for you.
Mark Smith
Kay Kerr
Things to Know and Do Sister Secrets Cate Campbell and Bronte Campbell
Allen & Unwin Children’s PB $24.99 Swimming superstars Cate and Bronte Campbell have an incredible shared history. From learning to swim together as children in Malawi to their 2021 gold medal winning relay at the Tokyo Olympics. Sister Secrets is the first time we gain insight into the lives and motivations of these two incredible athletes in their own words.
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Peculiar Pairs in Nature Sami Bayly
Lothian Children’s Books HB $32.99 Award-winning Sami Bayly has yet again managed to craft another beautiful encyclopedia, this time of animals in peculiar pairs, featuring over 60 of the most unlikely partners that just couldn’t live without each other. A must have for any little nature lover.
Alice’s Food A-Z
A Year in Fleurville
Walker Books Australia PB $24.99
Scribble | HB $27.99
Alice Zaslavsky
Alice Zaslavsky has created an edible adventure packed with delicious facts, clever cooking tips and kid-approved recipes. There is a veritable feast of information covering avocados to zucchini and everything in between. Includes over 30 recipes that will appeal to all skill levels. HARRY HARTOG READING GUIDE
Felicita Sala
Take a walk down Pomegranate Street and discover the gardens, balconies and kitchens. There are simple instructions on how to grow fruit and vegetables in your garden and easy recipes to cook seasonally in this beautiful celebration of food and community. Suitable for those from 3 to 103.
The Book of Curious Birds Jennifer Cossins
Lothian Children’s Books | HB $26.99 A beautifully illustrated guide to some of the world’s most curious birds. There’s dangerous birds, clever birds, fast birds and silly birds. Birds with odd hairdos, amazing hunting skills or those who are masters of disguise like the Tawny Frogmouth that can make themselves look like a broken tree branch when a predator is nearby. For bird lovers big and small.
299 Dogs (and a Cat) Laurence King Publishing
Laurence King Publishing Box set $29.99
A jigsaw with a twist: no two shapes are the same, and each piece is a dog (except for one that’s a cat). Hours of maddening fun. Have you got what it takes to assemble all 299 dogs into a perfect puzzle?
Illustrated Anna Spiro: A Life in Pattern
Balgo: Creating Country
Anna Spiro
This beautiful monograph features images of full colour artworks from communities including Birrundudu, Papunya, Yuendumu and Balgo and covers several language groups. It is deeply grounded in country and has been put together in conjunction with the Warlayirti Arts Centre.
New Rural
Artists’ Homes
Hardie Grant Books HB $60.00
Images Publishing HB $59.99
This stunning book is a photographic guide for those dreaming of moving to the country to enjoy a touch of rural magic in their home. It profiles regional Australian towns that embody the earthiness and romance of authentic and original rural living, including the Hawkesbury Highlands, Sapphire Coast, Coober Pedy, Kyneton, to name a few, and offers guidance on how to find and create it yourself.
Underwater Wild
Images Publishing
This lavishly illustrated book offers a glimpse into the homes of contemporary artists and modern makers from around the world—from Australia, Brazil, Denmark and Ireland to The Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States, and more. Engaging descriptions of each project provide details on the design, functionality, architecture, and interior transformations that help these practitioners in their creative process.
Life at the Edge
Craig Foster and Ross Frylinck
Birds
Tim Flach Thames & Hudson HB $90.00
Edited by Jo Turner Thames & Hudson Australia | HB $59.99
Black Inc. HB $59.99 From the creators of Academy Award-winning documentary My Octopus Teacher, this beautiful book chronicles the experience of diving the South African coast. The marine science gives us a profound insight into the stunning photography of life in the kelp forests, and the book serves a timely reminder of the beauty and danger of the natural world. The author’s narratives are heartfelt, and their experiences in nature truly exhilarating.
How to French Country is an inspirational and practical guide to how to surround yourself with French country style. Capturing the beauty and quietude of the Bearn region of South-west France, interior designer and journalist Sara Silm distils the unique colours, textures and flavours of this distinctive corner of the world, offering a path to gentler living and refocusing on all we hold dear.
Ingrid Weir
Joel Beath
Arising from a popular YouTube channel about small space living, this glorious exploration of deliberately designed micro-spaces is a feast for the eyes. From sustainable considerations to avant-garde pops of colour and hidden spaces, this book explores the designers and their projects of some truly beautiful small homes from Australia to Hong Kong, to Italy and beyond.
Thames & Hudson Australia | HB $59.99
Anna Spiro has long been hailed as Australia’s most original and creative interior designer. In this standout design monograph, Spiro offers up a lifetime of hard-earned wisdom, showing how the very best interiors come from following your own path. From mood boards to fabric suggestions, furniture ideas to room layouts, A Life in Pattern includes more than 250 photographs from 20 different interior design projects.
Never Too Small Smith Street Books HB $60.00
Sara Silm
Thames & Hudson Australia | HB $90.00
John Carty
UWA Publishing HB $89.99
How to French Country
Collaborating with photographers from around the country, Life at the Edge is a stunning collection of expansive panoramas and detailed closeups showcasing all of the textures and tenors of water in Australia: rugged coastlines to ocean pools, mirror-like lakes to micro details of seaweed and shells. This book celebrates all aspects of being in, near and around water.
As an award-winning photographer, Tim Flach focuses his lens on unusual and endangered birds. From the king penguin and the black swan to marvellous rarities, such as the kagu and the Bali myna—over 150 species are featured in this breathtaking collection. These sharp, clear portraits with accompanying text by renowned ornithologist Richard Prum, will astound and inspire.
Where They Purr
Country Dogs on Doorsteps
Thames & Hudson Australia | HB $65.00
Affirm Press | HB $39.99
Paul Barbera
Last year we had The Resident Dog, this year we have Where They Purr. Stylish moggies in their architect designed and interesting abodes. All of the interiors are glamorous, befitting their feline residents. A very elegant book for cat lovers with some gorgeous houses to enjoy.
Suzanne Stevenson
A gorgeous look into the houses and furry friends of the Australian countryside. Welcome to the homes of working dogs, lap dogs, and every pup in between. Featuring famous faces and stunning locations from rustic barns to wineries and art studios, the lush photos and cheeky descriptions of the littlest members of these beautiful country homes are a treat. HARRY HARTOG READING GUIDE
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Harry Hartog Green Hills Shop 2020 Stockland Green Hills 1 Molly Morgan Drive EAST MAITLAND, NSW 2323
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