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The Independent Bookseller’s 

Spring Reading Guide 

‘The Queen’, from Robert Thornton, The Temple of Flora, London, 1799–1807, State Library of NSW – featured on cover of Planting Dreams by Richard Aitken (NewSouth Books) 

Reviews, Specials & Gift Ideas

Welcome to Our Reading Guide 

We are excited to share with you this 

fantastic hand-picked selection of 

fiction, non-fiction, children’s and gift 

titles coming out this Spring. 

As an independent bookseller, we 

are motivated by a love of books and 

reading and we are proud of our great 

range, personalised service and loyal 

customers. If you don’t find what you 

are looking for on the pages of this 

guide, we’d be happy to help you find 

an alternative or place a special order. 

Happy Reading! 

The Writer's Room 

Charlotte Wood 

Paperback RRP $32.99 

A brilliant resource for 

established and beginning 

writers and for passionate 

readers everywhere from 

a range of acclaimed and 

much-loved writers, lovingly 

compiled by the brilliant and 

insightful Charlotte Wood. 

Charlotte's subjects are frank about the failures and 

successes, the struggles and triumphs of the writing 

life, and extremely generous in their revelations. 

Faith 

Tim Costello 

Hardback RRP $29.99 

September release, 

advance orders welcome 

In a world that is so often 

challenging, with events that 

cause us all to wonder what 

is going on, Tim Costello 

takes us on a journey 

through the notion of faith 

and how we all need to believe in something greater 

than ourselves, no matter what religious background 

we are from. 

Ghost Empire 

Richard Fidler 


In 2014, Richard Fidler 

and his son Joe made a 

journey to Istanbul. Fired by 

Richard's passion for the 

rich history of the dazzling 

Byzantine Empire - centred 

around the legendary 

Constantinople - we are swept into some of the 

most extraordinary tales in history. The clash 

of civilizations, the fall of empires, the rise of 

Christianity, revenge, lust, murder. Ghost Empire is 

a rare treasure: a beautifully written ode to a lost 

civilization, and a warmly observed fatherson 

adventure far from home. 

Coming Soon 

The Boy Behind 

The Curtain 

Tim Winton 


3 October release, advance orders 

welcome 

The remarkable true stories of The 

Boy Behind the Curtain reveal an 

intimate and rare view of Tim Winton's imagination at 

work and play. 

The Good People 

Hannah Kent 


27 September release, advance 

orders welcome 

The long awaited new book from 

award-winning Australian novelist 

Hannah Kent. The Good People is 

the follow up to her bestselling debut Burial Rites. 

The Best Of Adam Sharp 

Graeme Simsion 


19 September release, advance 


A novel about love, music and coming 

to terms with the past, from the 

author of the international bestseller 

The Rosie Project. 

Not Just For 

This Life: 

Gough Whitlam 

Remembered 

Edited by Wendy Guest, 

Gary Gray 


Not Just For This Life 

commemorates and 

celebrates Gough’s life on 

what would have been his 

100th birthday. Includes a foreword by Graham 

Freudenberg and reflections by Laurie Oakes, Anita 

Heiss, Geraldine Doogue, Don Watson, Patricia 

Hewitt, Nick Whitlam and Tim Soutphommasane. 

In The Darkroom 

Susan Faludi 


The project began with a 

grievance, the grievance of 

a daughter whose parent 

had absconded from her 

life. So begins Susan 

Faludi's extraordinary 

inquiry into the meaning of 

identity in the modern world 

and in her own haunted family saga. From Pulitzer 

Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author 

Susan Faludi comes an astonishing confrontation 

with the enigma of her father and the larger riddle 

of identity consuming our age. 

The Girl With 

The Lower Back 

Tattoo 

Amy Schumer 


In just a few short years, 

Amy Schumer has become 

a huge movie star, writing 

and starring in Trainwreck, 

won awards for her comedy 

series Inside Amy Schumer, 

and was named by Time magazine as one of the 

world's 100 most influential people. Here is her 

story. Frank, fearless and so freaking funny. 

The Bad-Ass 

Librarians Of 

Timbuktu 

Joshua Hammer 


September release, advance 


To save precious centuries-old 

Arabic texts from Al Qaeda, a 

band of librarians in Timbuktu 

pulls off a brazen heist worthy 

of Ocean's Eleven and Indiana Jones. An inspiring and 

entertaining account of the victory of art and literature 

over extremism together with heroic and ultimately 

successful effort to outwit Al Qaeda and preserve 

Mali's - and the world's - literary heritage. 

A History Of 

Pictures 

David Hockney and 

Martin Gayford 




The making of pictures 

has a history going back 

perhaps 100,000 years. 

Explored here by David Hockney and Martin 

Gayford, they privilege no medium, period, or style, 

but instead, in 16 chapters, discuss how and why 

pictures have been made, and insistently link ‘art’ 

to human skills and human needs. 

Maticevski: 

The Elegant Rebel 

Mitchell Oakley Smith 


Toni Maticevski is one of 

Australia’s leading fashion 

designers. Maticevski: The 

Elegant Rebel showcases 

the collections and projects, 

featuring more than 200 

images and illustrations, as well as contributions 

from respected editors, actresses, models and 

influencers, fashion lovers and Maticevski fans alike 

will covet this insightful and inspiring book. 

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Nutshell 

Ian McEwan 




Told from a perspective 

unlike any other, Nutshell 

is a classic tale of murder 

and deceit from one of the 

world’s master storytellers. 

The duplicitous Trudy has 

betrayed her husband and plots with her new lover, 

but there is a witness: the inquisitive, nine-monthold 

resident of Trudy's womb. 

Behold The 

Dreamers 

Imbolo Mbue 




New York, 2007: a city where 

the newly-arrived and the 

long-established jostle alike 

for a place on the ladder of 

success. And Jende Jonga, 

who has come from Cameroon, has just set his 

foot on the first rung. A powerful story of marriage, 

class, race and the pursuit of the American Dream. 

Dear Mr M 

Herman Koch 

Paperback 

RRP $29.99 


advance orders 

welcome 

A hair-raising new tour 

de force from Herman 

Koch, Dear Mr M 

tells the dark tale of 

a writer in decline, a 

teenage couple in love, 

a missing teacher, and a single book that entwines 

all of their fates. With racing tension, sardonic 

wit, and a world-renowned sharp eye for human 

failings, Herman Koch once again spares nothing 

and no one in his gripping new novel, a barbed 

thriller suspending readers in the mysterious 

literary grey space between fact and fiction. 

The Muse 

Jessie Burton 


Odelle Bastien has struggled 

to find her place in 1960s 

London since arriving from 

Trinidad five years ago. 

When she is offered a job 

as a typist at the Skelton 

Gallery, under the tutelage 

of glamorous and enigmatic 

Marjorie Quick, a lost masterpiece with a secret 

history is delivered to the gallery. 

Dirt Road 

James Kelman 




From Booker Prize-winning 

James Kelman comes a 

major novel exploring the 

brevity of life, the agonising 

demands of love and the 

lure of the open road. It is 

also a beautiful book about the power of music 

and all that it can offer. From the understated 

serenity of Kelman's prose emerges a devastating 

emotional power. 

Truly Madly 

Guilty 

Liane Moriarty 


Clementine is haunted 

by regret. It was just a 

barbeque. They didn’t even 

know their hosts that well, 

and could so easily have 

said no. Now they can never 

change what happened that 

Sunday afternoon. Six responsible adults. Three 

cute kids. One playful dog. It's an ordinary 

weekend in the suburbs. What could 

possibly go wrong? 

The Joyce Girl 

Annabel Abbs 




James Joyce was her 

father. Samuel Beckett 

was her lover. This is her 

story. Set in Paris in the 

1920s and 30s, this is a 

mesmerising fictionalisation 

of Lucia Joyce's life told for the first time. 

Selection Day 

Aravind Adiga 




Manjunath Kumar is fourteen. 

He knows he is good at 

cricket, that he fears and 

resents his domineering, 

cricket-obsessed father, and 

admires his brilliantly talented 

sibling. But there are many things about the world 

that he doesn't know... Sometimes it seems as 

though everyone else knows who Manju should be, 

except Manju himself. 

Here I Am 

Jonathan Safran Foer 




This is the story of a 

fracturing family in a moment 

of crisis. Over the course of 

three weeks in present-day 

Washington DC, three sons 

watch their parents' marriage 

falter and their family home fall apart. From the 

acclaimed author of Everything Is Illuminated and 

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. 

Blue Dog 

Louis de Bernières 

Hardback 

RRP $29.99 

In this charming 

prequel to the muchloved 

Red Dog, Louis 

de Bernières revisits 

the moving story of 

the charismatic and 

entertaining dog who 

so many readers 

hold close to their hearts. Following a family 

tragedy, Mick is sent to the outback to live with 

his Granpa, where he finds a lost puppy covered 

in mud and half-drowned. Mick and his dog 

immediately become inseparable as they take on 

the adventures offered by their unusual home, 

and the business of growing up, together. 

Harry Potter 

And The 

Cursed Child - 

Parts I & II 

(Special 

Rehearsal 

Edition) 

J.K. Rowling, 

John Tiffany & 

Jack Thorne 

Hardback 

RRP $45.00 

The Eighth Story. 

Nineteen Years Later. Based on an original new 

story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John 

Tiffany, comes a new play which revolves around 

Harry Potter's life 19 years later as an overworked 

employee of the Ministry of Magic and the life of 

his youngest son Albus, as he struggles with the 

weight of a family legacy he never wanted. 

Australian author 

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Commonwealth 

Ann Patchett 




A powerful story of two 

families brought together 

by beauty and torn apart 

by tragedy, by the Orange 

Prize-winning author of 

Bel Canto. 

It is 1964: Bert Cousins shows up at Franny 

Keating's christening party uninvited. Before the 

evening is out, Bert kisses Beverly Keating, his 

host's wife, and sets in motion the dissolution of 

their marriages and the joining of two families. 

In 1988, Franny Keating, now twenty-four, meets 

her idol, the famous author Leon Posen, and tells 

him about her family. She unwittingly relinquishes 

control over their story and the consequences 

will extend beyond her own life into those of her 

scattered siblings and parents. 

The Underground 

Railroad 

Colson Whitehead 


The Underground Railroad, 

from prize-winning, 

bestselling author Colson 

Whitehead, is a magnificent, 

wrenching, thrilling tour de 

force chronicling a young 

slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid 

for freedom in the antebellum South. 

Bright, Precious 

Days 

Jay McInerney 




Acutely observed and 

brilliantly told, Bright, Precious 

Days dissects the moral 

complexities of relationships, 

while painting a portrait of New York as Obama 

and Clinton battle for leadership and the collapse of 

Lehman Brothers looms. A moving, deeply humane 

novel about the mistakes we make, persistence in 

struggle and love's ability to adapt and survive. 

To The Bright Edge 

Of The World 

Eowyn Ivey 


From the internationally 

bestselling author of The Snow 

Child comes an extraordinary 

story of discovery and 

adventure. A husband and 

wife are tested by the different 

paths their society expects them to tread at the end 

of the nineteenth century, in the Alaskan landscape 

stunningly brought to life in The Snow Child. 

New Fiction 

The Memory Stones 

Caroline Brothers 


The Memory Stones tells the 

story of the Disappeared, 

thousands of Argentinians who 

fell victim to the violent period of 

1976. Depicting the despair and 

hope of one family as it seeks 

to rebuild after unimaginable 

loss, a sweeping, epic story of a family tragedy whose 

consequences echo throughout generations and the 

long dark shadow it leaves behind. 

The Rules Of 

Backyard Cricket 

Jock Serong 




The Rules of Backyard 

Cricket is a gripping literary 

crime novel about Australian 

masculinity, talent, fame and 

family in the tradition of Peter Temple’s Truth. With 

glorious writing harnessed to a gripping narrative, 

it observes celebrity, masculinity—humanity—with 

clear-eyed lyricism and exhilarating narrative drive. 

Precious And Grace 




The Bertie Project 


Alexander McCall Smith 

Precious and Grace is the story 

about life at Botswana's leading 

No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, 

about being a detective, the 

complexities of human nature, as 

well as lessons about gratitude 

and obligation. Also available, 

The Bertie Project which catches up with 

the delightful goings-on in the fictitious 44 

Scotland Street. 

Closed Casket 

Sophie Hannah 




Lady Athelinda Playford has 

planned a house party at her 

mansion, but it is no ordinary 

gathering. As guests arrive, 

Lady Playford summons her 

lawyer to make an urgent 

change to her will – one she 

intends to announce at dinner 

that night. Hercule Poirot returns in another brilliant 

murder mystery. Special offer: Purchase a copy of 

Closed Casket and receive a FREE copy of Little 

Grey Cells: The Quotable Poirot. *While stocks last. 

Barbed Wire And 

Cherry Blossoms 

Anita Heiss 


A story about a love that 

transcends all boundaries, 

from one of Australia's 

best loved authors. 1944: 

Japanese soldiers break out 

of the POW compound near 

Cowra. Hiroshi escapes and shelters at Erambie 

Aboriginal mission. There, love blossoms with 

Mary, but how long can Hiroshi be hidden safely 

and their bond kept a secret? 

Text is celebrating the publication of their 100th Text Classic, 

iconic books from some of Australia and New Zealand’s best 

loved authors. 

Rediscover these wonderful books by authors like Elizabeth 

Harrower, Madeleine St John, Randolph Stow and many more. 

All classically priced at $12.95 each. 

The 100th Classic 

is a really wonderful 

but long overlooked 

novel, The Dyehouse 

by Mena Calthorpe. 

RRP $12.95 

Also available: 

Text Classics Postcards 

Box Set: 100 collectible 

postcards featuring W.H. 

Chong’s iconic and original 

book covers. RRP $12.95 

To celebrate 

the publication of 

the 100 th Text Classic, 

one lucky customer will have 

a chance to win a complete 

set of Text Classics, 100 titles 

valued at $1295 

For your chance to win, simply purchase a book from this 

catalogue at your local independent bookseller, and 

tell us your favourite Australian classic and why. 

Go to the competition page at www.indies.com.au 

to view full terms & conditions and enter your 

details. Competition closes 31/10/16.

Australian Literature 

Machines For 

Feeling 

Mireille Juchau 




The brilliant first novel of 

Mireille Juchau, author of 

the Miles Franklin–longlisted 

The World Without Us. 

In Machines for Feeling, 

Mireille Juchau displays all the poise and sensitivity 

that have brought her so much acclaim. This is a 

mesmerising novel about alienation, friendship, and 

the power of the imagination to endure. 

The Fence 

Meredith Jaffe 




Gwen Hill has lived on Green 

Valley Avenue all her adult 

life. When her best friend 

and neighbour Babs dies, 

Francesca Desmarchelliers’ 

and her brood from inner-city 

Sydney move in next door. When Frankie proposes 

a fence between their properties, through Gwen's 

lovingly cultivated front garden, this as an act of war. 

The Museum Of 

Modern Love 

Heather Rose 




A mesmerising literary novel 

about a lost man, New York 

film composer, Arky Swann, 

in search of connection - a 

meditation on love, art and 

commitment, set against the backdrop of one of 

the greatest art events in modern history, Marina 

Abramovic's The Artist is Present. 

Skylarking 

Kate Mildenhall 


Kate and Harriet are best 

friends, growing up on an 

isolated Australian cape in 

the 1880s. The two girls 

share everything until one 

moment in a fisherman’s 

hut changes their lives 

forever. Inspired by a true 

story, Skylarking is a stunning debut novel about 

friendship, love and loss. 

Wild Island 

Jennifer Livett 




A dazzling, modern 

recreation of a nineteenth 

century novel that 

ingeniously entwines Jane 

Eyre's iconic love story with 

Sir John Franklin's great tale 

of exploration and empire. A brilliant and historically 

accurate depiction of Van Diemen's Land society in 

the 1800s, as well as a vivid portrayal of the human 

cost of colonisation. 

The Easy Way Out 

Steven Amsterdam 




Evan is a nurse, a suicide 

assistant. His job is legal 

. . . just. In this powerful 

novel, award-winning 

author Steven Amsterdam 

challenges readers to face 

the most taboo and heartbreaking of dilemmas. 

Would you help someone end their life? 

Treading Air 

Ariella Van Luyn 


In 1920s Queensland, 

Lizzie O’Dea wants to get 

away from her dad and 

the memories of her mum 

that haunt her. She meets 

attractive, war-scarred Joe 

and sees her chance to 

escape. But life with Joe 

isn’t what she dreamt it would be. Treading Air is 

the vivid tale of a young working-class rebel who 

clashed with the expectations of her world. 

The Windy Season 

Sam Carmody 


From an impressive new 

voice in Australian literature, 

a novel where safe harbour 

seems always just out of 

reach. A young fisherman 

is missing from the crayfish 

boats in West Australian. 

There's no trace of Elliot and 

younger brother Paul is the only one who seems to 

be active in the search. 

Lord Of The 

Darkwood 

Lian Hearn 

Paperback 

RRP $29.99 

The rightful emperor 

is lost. Shikanoko is 

condemned to live as an 

outlaw in the Darkwood. 

Only Shikanoko can 

restore the preordained 

ruler to the Lotus 

Throne, and only one 

person can bring him back from the Darkwood. 

Against a background of wild forest, elegant castles 

and savage battlefields, Lian 

Hearn's Tale of Shikanoko series 

draws to its thrilling conclusion. 

Also available, the first instalment 

in the Tale of Shikanoko series, 

Emperor of the Eight 

Islands. 

Ruins 

Rajith Savanadasa 

Paperback 

RRP $27.99 

A country picking up 

the pieces, a family 

among the ruins. 

In the restless streets, 

crowded waiting rooms 

and glittering nightclubs 

of Colombo, five family 

members find their 

bonds stretched to 

breaking point in the aftermath of the Sri Lankan 

civil war. A stunning debut novel from a fresh voice 

in Australian fiction, for fans of Zadie Smith and 

Rohinton Mistry. 

Music And 

Freedom 

Zoë Morrison 

Paperback 

RRP $32.99 

I have no use for 

forgiveness, not 

yet. But other ideas 

like that, kindness, 

for example, I think 

that is fundamental. 

Resurrection; I like 

that too. And love, of 

course, love, love, love. 

A gripping and beautifully written love story of a 

woman who must embrace life again if she is to 

survive. Inspiring and compelling, it explores the 

dark terrain of violence and the transformative 

powers of music and love. 


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Tell The Truth, 

Shame The Devil 

Melina Marchetta 

Paperback 

RRP $32.99 



Tell the Truth, Shame 

the Devil is an irresistible 

novel about human 

identity, lost children 

and the nature of real 

love. With a cast of unforgettable characters and 

Melina Marchetta’s trademark social insight and 

wry wit, it’s a cracking fusion of suspense and 

heart-rending drama. 

Part family saga, part crime fiction, and wholly 

unputdownable, Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil 

is a novel not to be missed, from one of 

Australia’s best-loved storytellers. 

Thrilling Reads 

Black Water 

Louise Doughty 


Moving between Europe 

during the cold war, California 

and the Civil Rights struggle, 

and Indonesia during the 

massacres of 1965 and 

the decades of military 

dictatorship that follow, Black 

Water is an epic novel that 

explores some of the darkest events of recent world 

history through the story of one troubled man. 

Nomad 

James Swallow 


The most explosive 

thriller you'll read all year. 

Someone has betrayed 

your country and murdered 

your friends. You're the only 

suspect. And the only one 

who can stop them striking 

again… A pulse-racing 

terrorist thriller - perfect for fans of I Am Pilgrim, 

Bourne, 24 and Homeland. 

Blood Wedding 

Pierre Lemaitre 


A gripping standalone 

psychological thriller about 

marriage, manipulation and 

murder by the internationally 

bestselling author of Alex. 

Sophie is haunted by things 

she can't remember, and 

visions from the past she’ll 

never forget. Her only hiding place is in a new identity, 

but Sophie is not the only one keeping secrets… 

Razor Girl 

Carl Hiaasen 




Key West is a small place, 

but there are criminal 

secrets buried everywhere… 

The latest novel from comic 

crime genius and New York 

Times bestselling author, 

Carl Hiaasen. Outrageously funny, fast-paced and 

uniquely addictive, Razor Girl will keep you utterly 

gripped until the final page. 

The Black Widow 

Daniel Silva 


Gabriel Allon, art restorer, 

spy, and assassin, is about 

to become the chief of 

Israel's secret intelligence 

service. But on the eve 

of his promotion, ISIS 

detonates a massive bomb in 

the Marais district of Paris, 

and a desperate French government wants Gabriel 

to eliminate the man responsible before he can 

strike again. 

44 Days 

Michael Veitch 


In March and April 1942, 

RAAF 75 Squadron bravely 

defended Port Moresby 

for 44 days when Australia 

truly stood alone against the 

Japanese. This group of raw 

young recruits scrambled 

ceaselessly in their Kittyhawk 

fighters to an extraordinary and heroic battle, the 

story of which has been left largely untold until 

now. Michael Veitch, actor, presenter and critically 

acclaimed author, brings to life the incredible exploits 

and tragic sacrifices of this courageous 

squadron of Australian heroes. 

History & Military 

Les Parisiennes 

Anne Sebba 


How Parisian women 

loved, lived and died in the 

1940s - under Occupation 

and then after Liberation, 

exploring the aftershock of 

the Second World War and 

the choices demanded. Les 

Parisiennes is a fascinating 

account of the lives of people of the city and, 

specifically, its women and young girls. 

Flagship 

Mike Carlton 


With his inimitable panache 

and flawless research, awardwinning 

Mike Carlton has 

created another engrossing 

exploration of a pivotal part 

of Australian naval history. 

The riveting Flagship tells the 

story of the cruiser HMAS Australia II, the Pacific 

War on Japan, and of Australia, encompassing the 

era's fascinating naval and social history. 

Denny Day 

Terry Smyth 


Australia was once a 

dangerous and unforgiving 

place where outlaws ruled 

the roads and killers were 

hailed as heroes. It was here, 

in 1838, that one man’s 

uncompromising sense of 

justice changed history and 

shocked the world. Captain Edward Denny Day was 

Australia’s greatest lawman, yet few have 

heard of him. This is his story. 

Hamilton Hume 

Robert Macklin 


While English-born soldiers, 

sailors and surveyors have 

claimed pride of place 

among the explorers of the 

young New South Wales 

colony, the real pathfinder 

was a native-born Australian. 

Hamilton Hume uncovers his 

achievements and paints an intriguing and at times 

shocking portrait of colonial life, by the author of the 

bestselling SAS Sniper. 

Convict Tattoos 

Simon Barnard 




Convict Tattoos is an 

utterly original work 

of Australian history, 

examining and illustrating 

the tattoos of convict men and women. Each 

convict's details, including their tattoos, were 

recorded when they disembarked, providing an 

extensive physical account. Simon Barnard has 

meticulously combed through those records to 

reveal a rich pictorial history. 

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True Stories 

No Man Is An 

Island 

Adele Dumont 


No Man Is An Island is 

a unique personal story 

that takes a humanitarian 

stance on immigration 

detention. It makes the issue 

of immigration detention 

accessible to far more 

interested Australians than newspaper articles. It is 

a vividly told story full of characters and humanity. 

It is the story about immigration detention all 

Australians need to read. 

The May Beetles: 

My First Twenty 

Years 

Baba Schwartz 


As a spirited girl in a 

loving Jewish family, Baba 

Schwartz lived a normal 

life in Hungary. But then, 

unspeakable horror. She 

lost her father to the gas 

chambers, yet she survived. Full of love amid 

hatred, hope amid despair, The May Beetles is sure 

to touch your heart. 

Albanese 

Karen Middleton 


The moving personal story 

behind the very public 

political face of Labor’s 

Anthony Albanese, written 

with his cooperation. This is 

a moving story of a politician 

who really believes. It is the 

story not only of the tough 

game of politics from an insider who lives it, but 

also of family secrets and a mother’s sacrifices for 

her son. 

Two Sisters: 

A True Story 

Ngarta Jinny Bent, Jukuna 

Mona Chuguna, Pat 

Lowe, Eirlys Richards 


The gripping true story of 

young Walmajarri sisters, 

Ngarta and Jukuna, 

pursued by two brothers 

on a murderous rampage during their exodus 

from the Great Sandy Desert. Set in a period of 

extraordinary change, this riveting tale includes an 

autobiography written in one of the world’s oldest 

living languages. 

The Story Of 

Beatrix Potter 

Sarah Gristwood 




Beatrix Potter was a 

woman of contradictions. 

A sheltered Victorian 

daughter who grew into an astute modern 

businesswoman, a pioneering conservationist, a 

talented artist and famous author. Special features 

throughout the book trace the creation of her 

most famous characters - including naughty Peter 

Rabbit, Jemima Puddle-Duck and Squirrel Nutkin. 

Saltwater 

Cathy McLennan 


A gripping memoir meets 

crime, Saltwater tells the 

compelling story of one 

lawyer’s fight for justice 

amongst the beauty and 

violence of the tropical 

paradise of Townsville. When 

a major murder case lands 

on the desk of young graduate Cathy McLennan, 

she realises the truth is far more complex than she 

first thought. 

Hack In A Flak 

Jacket 

Peter Stefanovic 


A startlingly honest account 

of war and terrorism from 

the frontline by Peter 

Stefanovic, one of Australia's 

leading journalists and 

foreign correspondents. 

From flak jackets to tuxedos. 

From funerals of world leaders and icons, to war 

zones and natural disasters. A life lived on camera, 

delivering the news wherever it happens, whatever 

the risk. 

All This In 60 

Minutes 

Nicholas Lee 


For more than thirty 

years Nicholas Lee was a 

cameraman on 60 Minutes, 

Australia's most respected 

and watched current affairs 

program. Often hilarious 

and revealing is this inside 

story of life on the road in IRA, Idi Amin's torture 

cells, refugee camps, war zones and into palaces 

and mud huts. A compelling, funny and utterly 

eye-opening read. 

The Hate Race 

Maxine Beneba Clarke 

Paperback 

RRP $32.99 

Suburban Australia. 

Sweltering heat. Three 

bedroom blonde-brick. 

Family of five. Beat-up 

Ford Falcon. Vegemite 

on toast. Maxine Beneba 

Clarke's life is just like all 

the other Aussie kids on 

her street. Except for this one, glaring, inescapably 

obvious thing. 

From one of Australia's most exciting writers, and 

the author of the multi-award-winning Foreign Soil, 

comes The Hate Race: a powerful, 

funny, and at times devastating 

memoir about growing up black in 

white middle-class Australia. 

Also available Carrying the World 

a collection of the best of Maxine 

Beneba Clarke’s poetry. 

Brett Whiteley: 

Art, Life And The 

Other Thing 

Ashleigh Wilson 

Hardback 

RRP $49.99 

The first authorised and 

definitive biography of one 

of Australia's most famous 

and infamous artists, 

this is a gloriously bright, 

readable, and revelatory 

work. When he died in 1992 Brett Whiteley left 

behind decades of ceaseless activity—some 

works bound to a particular place or time, others 

that are masterpieces of light and line. Written 

with unprecedented behind-the-scenes access, 

and handsomely illustrated with classic Whiteley 

artworks, rare notebook sketches and candid family 

photos, this dazzling biography reveals for the first 

time the full portrait of a mercurial artist. 

Freeing Peter 

Andrew Greste, Juris 

Greste, Lois Greste, 

Michael Greste & Peter 

Greste 

Paperback 

RRP $35.00 



Immediately following 

the arrest of journalist 

Peter Greste, his family 

went to work on the campaign to free him, with an 

intensity that meant his plight was seldom out of 

the headlines. The process was by no means plain 

sailing, nor was there always agreement. In Freeing 

Peter, the Grestes’ speak frankly about the daily 

struggles they encountered. 

Freeing Peter is an inspirational story about 

fortitude, resilience, and a highly functional family 

whose unity proved to be the saving of them. 

This catalogue is printed on paper which is fully PEFC Certified (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification scheme), a program which promotes the sustainable management of forests. 

In addition, the paper is Australian Made with 92% of the energy used coming from renewable sources providing an environmentally friendly paper with a low carbon footprint. The pulp was bleached 

using totally Chlorine Free (TCF) process. This Catalogue is produced in accordance with the environment ISO 14001 Standard

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A Child Of 

Books 

Oliver Jeffers & 

Sam Winston 

Hardback 

RRP $27.99 



welcome 

I am a Child of Books. I come from a world of 

stories, And upon my imagination, I float. 

In this inspiring, lyrical tale about the rewards of 

reading and sharing stories, a little girl sails her 

raft 'across a sea of words' to arrive at the house 

of a small boy. There she invites him to come away 

with her on an adventure. Elegant illustrations by 

Oliver Jeffers are accompanied by Sam Winston’s 

astonishing typographical landscapes, beautifully 

shaped from excerpts of children’s classics. Age: 5+ 

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Lovely Picture Books 

Pandamonia 

Chris Nixon & 

Chris Owen 


When visiting the zoo 

whatever you do, DON’T 

WAKE THE PANDA! One 

grumpy panda sets off a frenzy of wild partying: 

There’s grunting and growling and prancing and 

prowling, skipping and scowling and squealing and 

yowling, squeaking and squawking, snarling and 

snorting, hysterical howling and chaotic cavorting, 

all because of one grumpy panda. Age: 3+ 

Crusts 

Danny Parker & 

Matt Ottley (Illus) 


Jacob is just one of millions 

who won’t eat their crusts. 

But he is one in a million 

when it comes to bright 

ideas. When tiny creatures 

from a distant crumbling planet seek Jacob’s help, 

he sets out to do what he can with his big box of 

uneaten crusts. Age: 3+ 

Feelings 

Libby Walden 




Explore a world of emotions 

with this stunning peepthrough 

picture book. 

Richard Jones’ enchanting 

illustrations and the lyrical text make each and every 

feeling come to life to help children understand the 

emotions they experience. Each page focusses on a 

new emotion, from happiness to sadness, jealousy 

to embarrassment. Age: 5+ 

The Nose Pixies 

David Hunt & Lucia 

Masciullo (Illus) 


Oliver has a bad habit. 

A very bad habit. He just 

can't keep his fingers out 

of his nose, which is a big 

problem for the tiny pixies who mine his 'nose gold' 

to keep their cities running. This is a book with a 

grossness that kids will love, and with a message 

that parents will adore. Age: 4+ 

Armstrong: 

The Adventurous 

Journey Of A 

Mouse To The 

Moon 

Torben Kuhlmann 




One small step for a mouse; one giant leap for 

aviation! In Torben Kuhlmann's exquisitely illustrated 

new book we meet Armstrong the mouse – a furry 

aviator genius with eyes on the skies and passion 

to go where no one has gone before. Includes nonfiction 

history of human space travel. Ages 4+ 

Steve Goes To 

Carnival 

Joshua Button & 

Robyn Wells 

Hardback 

RRP $24.95 

Steve is a gorilla who 

lives at a zoo in Rio. In 

the evenings, he listens to jazz on the radio until 

he lifts the latch of his cage door and decides to 

join the carnival. A beautifully drawn, designed and 

dreamt story for all ages. Age: 3+ 

Don't Call Me Bear 


Pig The Pug 

Collection 




Aaron Blabey 

G’day my name is Warren, and 

I’ve got something to share… 

Just because I’m furry doesn’t 

mean that I’m a bear. Warren 

the Koala is many things—a marsupial, cute and 

furry, a bit of a grump—but the one thing he’s not is 

a bear! Also by Aaron Blabey and to be released in 

September is the Pig the Pug Collection. Age: 3+ 

City block 

Christopher 

Franceschelli 

Hardback 

RRP $21.99 



Cityblock explores city life 

in an exciting and unique 

way. Divided into three 

sections—things that go, things to see, and things 

to eat—it features 24 different aspects of city living. 

Age: 3+ 

The Cat Wants 

Custard 

P Crumble 

Hardback 

RRP $16.99 

Meet Kevin, the 

opinionated feline who is 

full of cat-titude. Kevin 

has a craving. He wants 

custard, and he wants it NOW! Follow the hilarious 

antics of a cat trying to get its human companion 

to give him what he wants, including the extreme 

length of using his own body to spell the word 

CUSTARD! Will he succeed? Age: 4+ 

Goodnight 

Everyone 

Chris Haughton 

Hardback 

RRP $24.99 

From the multi awardwinning 

picture book 

maker of A Bit Lost, 

Oh No, George! and 

Shh! We Have a Plan, comes the ultimate bedtime 

book. With sublime, starry night time scenes and 

an infectious yawny 'Good night' refrain, Chris 

Haughton creates a lulling bedtime read, perfect for 

parents and children to share together. Age: 0+ 

8 The Independent Bookseller’s Spring Reading Guide

For Kids of All Ages 

Toad Delight 

Morris Gleitzman 


From Australia’s funniest 

and best-loved children's 

author comes a stirring 

saga of bravery, sacrifice 

and prime-time warts-andall 

adventure. Limpy, our 

favourite slightly-squashed 

cane toad, star of Toad 

Rage, Toad Heaven, Toad Away and Toad Surprise, 

is back in another epic wart-tingling adventure for 

upper primary school readers. Age: 8+ 

Weirdo, Book 7: 

Mega Weird 

Anh Do 




Life for Weir Do is MEGA 

BUSY! He’s planning on 

making MEGA bucks from 

the Street Garage Sale, plus 

he’s helping Bella write a winning song! And is that 

a dusty dino bone in the corner? It won’t be easy... 

but it will be funny! Age: 6+ 

The Super 

Lettering Book 

Samone Boss 

Paperback 

RRP $19.99 

September release, advance orders welcome 

The Super Lettering Book is BURSTING with 

themed alphabets, phrases and words to help you 

create EPIC posters, signs, greeting cards and 

school projects. Inside, super lettering artists share 

their secret tips, teaching you how to draw the best 

lettering styles, EVER. Age: 8+ 

The 78-Storey 

Treehouse 

Andy Griffiths & 

Terry Denton 


Join Andy and Terry in their 

spectacular new 78-storey 

treehouse. They've added 

13 new levels including 

a drive-thru car wash, 

a combining machine, 

a scribbletorium, an ALL-BALL sports stadium, 

Andyland, Terrytown, a high-security potato chip 

storage facility and an open-air movie 

theatre. Well, what are you waiting for? 

Come on up! Age: 7+ 

The Bone Sparrow 

Zana Fraillon 


Subhi's imagination is as 

big as the ocean and wide 

as the sky, but his world is 

much smaller: he's spent his 

whole life in an immigration 

detention centre. The Bone 

Sparrow is a powerful, 

heartbreaking, sometimes 

funny and ultimately uplifting hymn to freedom and 

love. Age: 9+ 

Ella Diaries, 

Book 8: 

Worst Camp Ever! 

Meredith Costain 


Ella’s arrived at school camp 

and she can’t wait for the 

FUN to begin! But then she 

discovers there are spooky 

noises outside every night, hair-raising camp 

activities to do, PLUS she has to share a cabin 

with scheming Peach Parker. How will Ella manage 

to avoid Peach’s pranks AND the petrifying Giant 

Swing for a WHOLE week? This is going to be the 

worst camp EVER! Age: 7+ 

Squishy Taylor In Zero Gravity 


Squishy Taylor And The Tunnel 

Of Doom 


September release, advance orders welcome 

Ailsa Wild & Ben Wood (Illus) 

With 

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Squishy Taylor (real name Sita) is a cheeky 11-yearold 

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twin step-sisters and half-brother, Baby. 

The best thing about living in a huge apartment 

building is that there’s weird stuff galore going 

on! Whether it’s battling cranky Mr Hinkenbushel 

next door, spying on Boring Lady in the building 

opposite, or helping out her very own personal hero, 

Squishy Taylor is all over it! Check out the next two 

books in this blockbuster series! Age: 6+ Special 

Offer: Purchase a copy of one of the Squishy 

Taylor titles featured in the catalogue and 

receive a FREE pencil topper. *While stocks last. 

The Curiositree: 

Natural World 

AJ Wood, Mike Jolley 

& Owen Davey 

Atlas of Animal 

Adventures 

Lucy Letherland, Rachel 

Williams & Emily Hawkins 



Hardbacks 

RRP $35.00 each 

Natural World explores and explains why living 

things look and behave the way they do in a series 

of visually compelling information charts. 

Atlas of Animal Adventures collects together 

nature's most unmissable events from between the 

two poles, including epic migrations, extraordinary 

behaviours, and Herculean habits. Age: 5+ 

the Potion Diaries, 

Book 2: Royal Tour 

Book 1: the Potion 

Diaries 

Amy Alward 

Paperbacks 

RRP $16.99 each 



Sam the budding alchemist will 

accompany Princess Evelyn on a 

world tour and keep her safe with 

a power-binding potion. Sam also 

needs to unlock her grandad's 

memories to save him and the family business. His 

stolen memories contain the recipe to a potion which 

many would kill to get hold of. The Potion Diaries, 

Book 1 in the series is available now. Age: 7+ 

Pixel Raiders, 

Book 2: 

Dragon Land 

Bajo&Hex 




Welcome to Level 2: 

Dragon Land—a game 

of quests, magic and epic dragon battles... Rip 

and Mei escaped Level 1, but they’re still trapped 

inside the virtual reality game and it’s only getting 

harder to stay alive! Also available, Pixel Raiders 

Book 1: Dig World. Age: 8+ 

Ada Twist, 

Scientist 

Andrea Beatty 




Determined Ada Twist, with 

her boundless curiosity for 

science and love of the 

question “Why?,” is destined to join her classmates 

Iggy and Rosie. Ada embarks on fact-finding 

missions and conducts scientific experiments, all 

in the name of discovery. When her house fills with 

a horrific, toe-curling smell, Ada knows it’s up to 

her to find the source. Also available Iggy Peck, 

Architect and Rosie 

Revere, Engineer. 

Age: 5+ 

Age guides are approximate. Ask for more personalised advice in-store. 

9

Breathing 

Under Water 

Sophie Hardcastle 

Paperback 

RRP $19.99 

An evocative and 

emotionally powerful 

debut novel of life, 

death and learning to 

breathe in between. 

Ben and Grace Walker 

are twins. Always 

close, they hung out 

more than most brothers and sisters, surfing 

together for hours as the sun melted into the sea. 

Then, one day, the unthinkable. The sun sets at 

noon and suddenly everything that was safe and 

predictable is lost. And everything unravels. 

Age: 15+ 

Words In Deep 

Blue 

Cath Crowley 




Henry Jones and Rachel 

Sweetie were best friends 

once, before Rachel moved 

to the sea. Now, she's back 

and working at the Howling 

Books bookstore, grieving for her brother Cal. She's 

looking for the future in the books people love, and 

the words that they leave behind. Age: 14+ 

The Boundless 

Sublime 

Lili Wilkinson 


Ruby Jane Galbraith is 

an ordinary girl seeking 

peace in the wake of family 

tragedy. Her search leads 

her into a community that 

seems guided by love. And 

it's only after she's drawn 

into its web that she learns its sinister secrets. 

A gripping YA novel about an ordinary girl who is 

seduced into a modern-day cult. Age: 14+ 

Teen & YA 

The Diary 

Of William 

Shakespeare, 

Gentleman 

Jackie French 


The world knows the name 

of William Shakespeare. 

This book reveals the man - 

lover, son and poet. 

Based on new documentary 

evidence, as well as textual examination of his 

plays, this fascinating book gives a tantalising 

glimpse at what might have been: the other hands 

that helped craft those plays, the secrets that must 

ever be hidden but - just possibly - may now be told. 

Age: 12+ 

The Book That 

Made Me 

Various 




A collection of 32 personal 

stories. The Book That 

Made Me is a celebration of 

the books that influenced 

some of the most acclaimed 

authors from Australia and the world. Inspirational. 

Affecting. A book for book lovers! Age: 12+ 

The Road To 

Winter 

Mark Smith 


Twenty years ago, John 

Marsden's Tomorrow series 

captivated a generation 

of readers. Now, Mark 

Smith's The Road to Winter 

tells a thrilling, primal, 

twenty-first century story of 

courage in the Australian wilderness. Announcing 

an extraordinary new talent, The Road to Winter 

is an unforgettable novel about survival, honour, 

friendship and love. Age: 14+ 

Cook Up 

Neighbourhood 

Hetty McKinnon 

Paperback 

RRP $39.99 



After uprooting her 

beloved Arthur Street 

Kitchen from Sydney’s 

Surry Hills and relocating 

to Brooklyn, NYC, Hetty 

McKinnon is back, with a second cookbook that is 

equally sure to delight and inspire. Neighbourhood 

takes its cues from Community and ventures a 

little bit further. These salad and sweets recipes 

are inspired by many different places, journeying 

from Brooklyn to the greater Americas, the 

Mediterranean, Asia, France, Australia and many 

other places around the world for inspiration. 

The Forest Feast 

Gatherings 

Erin Gleeson 




Lushly illustrated with 

hundreds of watercolor 

drawings and photographs, 

The Forest Feast 

Gatherings is the perfect 

companion to the original and an inspiring reference 

for anyone who wants to share good food with good 

friends in Erin Gleeson’s irresistible style. 

Simplissime 

Jean-François Mallet 




Learn to cook classic 

French cuisine the 

easy way with this 

French bestseller from 

professionally trained chef 

Jean-François Mallet. Each of the 160 recipes 

in this book is made up of only 2-6 ingredients, 

and can be made in a short amount of time. It's 

no surprise that this book has been selling a copy 

every ten seconds in France. 

Demon Road, 

Book 3: American 

Monsters 

Derek Landy 




Bigger, meaner, stronger, 

Amber closes in on her 

murderous parents as they 

make one last desperate 

play for power. Her own last hopes of salvation, 

however, rest beyond vengeance, beyond the 

abominable killers – living and dead – that she and 

Milo will have to face. This is the epic conclusion to 

the mind-blowing Demon Road series. Age: 14+ 

The Seven Signs, 

Book 1: Skyfire 

Michael Adams 




The seven winners of the 

inaugural DARE Awards are 

thrust together on a lifechanging 

journey, to cross 

seven continents in seven 

days. But on the eve of their adventure, they receive 

The First Sign. Soon, all seven are battling an epic 

countdown to destruction. Can they stand together 

and solve The Seven Signs before their time is up? 

Age: 10+ 

Nordic Light 

Simon Bajada 


In this new Nordic style, 

vegetables and their 

method of preparation 

are paramount - though, 

of course, meat does still 

feature - and recipes are 

more about light, clever, 

clean, simple, modern and delicious food. Simon's 

stunning photography and styling is a standout 

feature, with landscape shots featuring the seasons. 

10 The Independent Bookseller’s Spring Reading Guide

a Feast 

Alimentari 

Linda Malcolm 

Softcover RRP $39.99 

Full of cafe and deli 

favourites, Alimentari 

recipes are perfect for 

sharing and entertaining 

with friends and family. 

It’s where Mediterranean 

meets Middle Eastern, 

and where delicious, wholesome ingredients and 

accessible techniques combine to create the perfect 

book for home cooking. Think incredible salads, 

beautiful breakfasts and dinners for entertaining. 

Non-Fiction 

Life 

John Brockman 


Science’s understanding 

of life is progressing more 

rapidly than at any point 

in human history. Ranging 

from the origin of life to 

the surprising science of 

superorganisms, from the 

promise of biotechnology 

to the rising threat of lethal viruses, Life, edited by 

John Brockman and Edge.org (“the world’s smartest 

website” —The Guardian), presents original ideas 

from the horizons of biology, genetics, evolutionary 

theory, and beyond. 

The Hidden Life 

Of Trees 

Peter Wohlleben 

Paperback 

RRP $29.99 



welcome 

In this international 

bestseller forester 

and author Peter 

Wohlleben draws on 

groundbreaking scientific discoveries to reveal the 

ways in which trees are like human families and 

communities: tree parents nurture their children, 

communicate with them, support them as they 

grow, share nutrients with the sick, and even warn 

each other of impending dangers. 

With their newfound understanding of the complex 

life of trees, readers will never be able to look at a 

walk in the woods the same way again. 

The Field Guide 

to Australian 

Produce 

Ewan McEoin 




Thoroughly researched and 

beautifully designed, The 

Field Guide to Australian 

Produce showcases the most progressive and 

respected producers at the heart of Australia’s 

vibrant food industry. This guide will tell the stories 

of the people growing and producing the most 

interesting and unique food products with integrity 

and sustainability in mind. 

Skeleton School: 

Dissecting The 

Gift Of Body 

Donation 

Andrew McMillen 




Would you donate your body 

to science? Award-winning 

journalist Andrew McMillen 

gains unprecedented access into one of Australia’s 

leading medical schools and follows medical 

students as they dissect their fellow humans 

to learn anatomy. His investigation challenges 

readers to think again about death and about the 

remarkable gift of body donation. 

Atlas of 

Improbable 

Places 

Travis Elborough 




A journey into the world's lost 

cities, remote corners and 

extraordinary environments. 

Accompanied by stunning, unique illustrations, this 

is the world and its obscurities, displayed like never 

before. From deserted cities and strange settlements 

to remote islands and underground labyrinths, An 

Atlas of Improbable Places uncovers our planet's 

most unique, intriguing and often unknown places. 

The Palomar 

Cookbook 

The Palomar 




The debut cookbook from 

award-winning restaurant 

The Palomar brings 

together more than 100 

delicious recipes influenced by the rich cultures 

of Southern Spain, North Africa and the Levant. 

The Palomar Cookbook is your guide to recreating 

the intense and evocative flavours of an exotic 

elsewhere in your own kitchen. 

The Memory Code 

Lynne Kelly 


Lynne Kelly has discovered 

that a powerful memory 

technique used by the 

ancients can unlock the 

secrets of the Neolithic 

stone circles of Britain and 

Europe, the ancient Pueblo 

buildings in New Mexico 

and other prehistoric stone monuments across the 

world. We can still use the memory code today to 

train our own memories. 

A Brief History 

Of Everyone Who 

Ever Lived 

Adam Rutherford 




In this captivating journey 

through the expanding 

landscape of genetics, Adam 

Rutherford reveals what our 

genes now tell us about history, and what history 

tells us about our genes. This is a demystifying and 

illuminating new portrait of who we are and how we 

came to be. 

Milk Made 

Nick Haddow 


Milk. Made. is an elegant 

and comprehensive tour of 

the art of cheese-making 

and eating - from selecting 

cultures, to the practises 

of production that cross 

continents and right 

through to the best recipes to enjoy them. Includes 

60 recipes such as croque monsieur, beetroot and 

feta tart, sour cream scones, and many more. 

A Brain For Life 

Nicola Gates, PHD 


Neuropsychologist Nicola 

Gates draws on cuttingedge 

research to explain 

the amazing roles our health 

and fitness, as well as 

mental activity, play in brain 

health. By making simple 

lifestyle changes we can 

keep our brains strong as we age and reduce our 

risk of dementia. 

Forces Of Nature 

Brian Cox & Andrew 

Cohen 


‘What is motion?’ ‘Why is 

every snowflake different?’ 

‘Why is life symmetrical?’ 

Professor Brian Cox 

uncovers some of the most 

extraordinary natural events on Earth and in the 

Universe and beyond. A breathtaking and beautiful 

exploration of our planet, this groundbreaking book 

accompanies the new BBC One TV series, providing 

the deepest answers to the simplest questions. 


11

Planting 

Dreams: 

Shaping 

Australian 

Gardens 

Richard Aitken 

Hardback 

RRP $49.99 



Waratah or wattle? Chrysanthemum or rose? 

Planting Dreams celebrates the artistry and 

imagination that have shaped Australian gardens. 

Respected garden historian Richard Aitken explores 

the environmental and social influences that have 

helped produce our unique gardening culture – from 

Indigenous land management and the earliest 

European garden at Farm Cove, to the potted plants 

and besser-block screens of modernist design and 

beyond. Showcasing a stunning and intriguing mix of 

paintings, sketches, photographs and prints. 

The Chaser'S 

Australia 

The Chaser 


You’ll never look at this country 

the same way after you’re done 

with The Chaser’s Australia. 

As densely filled with jokes as 

Australia is with flies, this is a 

book with bite, deftly skewering every element of 

Australian life, whether it’s our increasingly mediocre 

politicians, scandal-prone sports stars or our 

unparalleled drinking culture. Nothing is sacred — 

not even the nation’s love of chicken salt. 

Gifts & more 

Bruce Postle: 

At The Track 

Bruce Postle: 

Entertainers 

Bruce Postle 

Softcovers RRP $29.99 each 

Entertainers presents around 150 

of Bruce Postle’s greatest images 

capturing the local and international 

acts that have lit up Australian 

showbiz for half a century. At the 

Track showcases 155 images from 

events at racetracks across the 

country, displaying all the colour and 

character of horseracing in Australia. Special Offer: 

Purchase a copy of Bruce Postle: Entertainers 

and receive a FREE Hallmark Card. *While stocks last. 

The Bee Friendly 

Garden 

Doug Purdie 




Bees are our most important 

pollinators and they are in decline 

the world over. They love to live 

in urban environments but conventional gardens are 

scaring the good bugs away. The Bee Friendly Garden is 

a guide for all gardeners great and small to encouraging 

bees and other good bugs to your green space. 

Halliday Wine 

Companion 2017 

James Halliday 


Completely revised to bring you 

up-to-the-minute information. 

In his inimitable style, Halliday 

shares his extensive knowledge 

of wine through detailed tasting 

notes, each with vintage-specific ratings and advice 

on optimal drinking as well as each wine’s closure, 

alcohol content and price. 

The Best Things In 

Life Are Free 

Lonely Planet 


Lonely Planet’s The Best 

Things in Life are Free 

is packed full of moneysaving 

tips, tricks and 

recommendations for the 

best-value sights and experiences around the world. 

Featuring over 60 major cities it promises to help any 

traveller on a budget make the most of their trip. 

Recent Indie Bestsellers 

Fiction Non-Fiction Children’s & YA 

1 The Dry by Jane Harper 

2 The Last Painting of Sara De Vos by Dominic Smith 

3 All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 

4 Barkskins by Annie Proulx 

5 The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 

6 My Brilliant Friend: Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante 

7 The Course of Love by Alain de Botton 

8 LaRose by Louise Erdrich 

9 The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood 

10 A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara 

Source: Nielsen BookScan 

1 Notes on an Exodus by Richard Flanagan 

2 Everywhere I Look by Helen Garner 

3 Dying: A Memoir by Cory Taylor 

4 The Memory Code by Lynne Kelly 

5 The Road to Ruin by Niki Savva 

6 Talking to My Country by Stan Grant 

7 Penguin Bloom by Cameron Bloom & Bradley Trevor Greive 

8 The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet by Michael Mosley 

9 The Shepherd's Life by James Rebanks 

10 The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare by Giles Milton 

1 The World's Worst Children by David Walliams 

2 Charlie and the War Against the Grannies by Alan Brough 

3 Super Good Skills (Almost): Tom Gates, Book 10 

by Liz Pichon 

4 Kicking Goals with Goodesy and Magic by Anita Heiss 

& Adam Goodes & Michale O'Loughlin 

5 The BFG (Film Tie-in) by Roald Dahl 

6 The Treehouse Fun Book by Jill Griffiths & Andy Griffiths 

& Terry Denton 

7 The Hidden Oracle: The Trials of Apollo by Rick Riordan 

8 Clementine Rose and the Paris Puzzle by Jacqueline Harvey 

9 The Bad Guys Episode 1 by Aaron Blabey 

10 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling 

Prices listed in this catalogue as RRP refer to the publisher’s recommended retail prices. While every attempt has been made to ensure the accuracy of price and availability, these may be 

subject to change without notice by publishers. In most cases, any title not currently in stock can easily be ordered in at your request. All special prices and offers are valid from 10/8/16 

to 31/10/16 unless otherwise stated or stock has sold out.

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