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Now, Conjurers by Freddie Kölsch
It’s 1999. In North Dana, Massachusetts, the partially eaten body of Nesbit Nuñez’s secret boyfriend, Bastion Attia, is found. Bastion was the heart of the North Coven, a band of witches including Dove, Drea, Brandy and, of course, Nesbit. The…
Heartsease by Kate Kruimink
Once upon a time, there were no two sisters whose lives were more closely entwined than Charlotte and Ellen. But everything changed when their mother died when they were teenagers. Years later, the sisters would hardly recognise each other. Charlotte…
What’s Murder Between Friends by Meg Gatland-Veness
Set in a town so small it doesn’t even have a police station, this murder mystery is narrated by self-confessed drama nerd Hallie, with the main characters (and suspects) her close-knit Year 12 drama class — all five of them…
The Desert Knows Her Name by Lia Hills
Towards the end of The Desert Knows Her Name, one of the main characters muses on how people can love and destroy the same thing; over and over, apparently.
In this unusual novel set in the Wimmera desert, the…
Hurdy Gurdy by Jenny Ackland
Jenny Ackland’s new book unfolds in a world that has already lived through a series of endings; a near-future version of Australia where climate-stricken shanty towns litter the earth and ill-fated space missions dart across the sky. Out of the…
All Fours by Miranda July
There are many people out there who don’t need a review to tell them that their next essential book to read is anything Miranda July writes, whenever that happens to be released. To you fellow devotees, I say that All…
The Rainbow Serpent (50th anniversary edition) by Dick Roughsey
It’s the 50th anniversary of The Rainbow Serpent! Well, more accurately, it’s probably a little more than the 65,000th anniversary of the Rainbow Serpent. But for many of us, we were only introduced to and have had the privilege…
The Apprentice Witnesser by Bren MacDibble
Basti lives in a world much smaller than our own, a world of villages and tight-knit communities created after climate collapse and deadly disease wiped out all cities and most modern technology. Together with her adoptive guardian Lodyma, Basti earns…
A Small Collection of Happinesses by Zana Fraillon & Stephen Michael King (illus.)
In A Small Collection of Happinesses, two award-winning artists, author Zana Fraillon and illustrator Stephen Michael King, come together to create a whimsical tale of unexpected cross-generational friendship.
Set in a rundown block of apartments, it starts as a…
Orris and Timble: The Beginning by Kate DiCamillo & Carmen Mok (illus.)
Beloved author Kate DiCamillo has been busy lately! Her new middle fiction book Ferris arrived only a few weeks ago, a follow-up to The Puppets of Spelhorst is due later this year, and this month we have the lovely Orris…
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