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Avery signs four-book deal after Walker Wednesday submission
Via Books+Publishing Walker Books Australia has acquired world rights to two picture books and two graphic novels by Western Australian author Sean E Avery, after he submitted his manuscripts to Walker Wednesday. Two of …
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Jacinta and Danielle for Faber Academy
Jacinta di Mase and Danielle Binks are participating in Allen & Unwin’s Faber Academy again! The Agent Engagement (YA and Middle Grade): A one-on-one meeting with a leading literary agent w/ …
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'Sunburnt Veils' by Sara Haghdoosti
Sunburnt Veils is a smart, funny, character-based exploration of Islamophobia through a heroine who’s the kind of girl who reads at parties, but pushes herself to take a visible stand after a …
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Star of Anise
The hawker’s wagon jingled and jangled as it came down the track … Annie and Arthur have been eagerly awaiting Bhagwan Singh’s next visit. What wondrous things will he have in his …
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All About Fairies
Flit through the fascinating world of fairies and discover everything there is to know about these fabulous creatures. What do fairies really look like? Where can you find them? What do they eat? In the …
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My Bird, Bertie
Riding in the car with my bird, Bertie. Riding in the car, just Bertie and me. The contented couple find that twos company and threes a crowd when giggling Gertie gets on board… then …
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You Were Made for Me - US edition
YA author Jenna Guillaume is back with a fun and modern feminist twist on the 1985 pop cult film Weird Science. Sixteen-year-old Katie Camilleri can’t believe she’s accidentally created a teenage …
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Fire Watcher #3 'Vigil'
August 1944. The war is finally turning against Hitler, but he has one last secret weapon: flying bombs, sent to destroy the City of London. But Christopher only cares about solving the riddle of the …
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Greetings from Trumpland: How an unprecedented Presidency changed everything by Zoe Daniel and Roscoe Whalan
onald Trump, the mercurial US president, has had the world on a string since he declared he would run for office. He’s presided over arguably the most volatile White House in history, with …
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The Bride of Almond Tree
World War II is over and Hiroshima lies in a heap of poisoned rubble when young Quaker Wesley Cunningham returns home to Almond Tree. He served as a stretcher-bearer; he’s seen his fair …
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The Helpline (US edition)
Germaine Johnson doesn’t need friends. She has her work and her Sudoku puzzles. Until, that is, an incident at her insurance company leaves her jobless—and it turns out that there are very few …
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The Girl Remains
On the evening of September 22, 1998, three teenage girls venture out for a night of mischief in the coastal town of Blairgowrie. But only two return . . . For over twenty years the disappearance of fifteen-…
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The Silent Listener
Propelling the reader back and forth between the 1940s, 1960s and 1980s, The Silent Listener is an unforgettable literary suspense novel set in the dark, gothic heart of rural Australia. In the cold, wet summer …
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'Dirt Circus League' by Maree Kimberley
Asa’s running from a troubled past. To a remote outback town, a disappointing father and a fresh start that’s already souring. But then the notorious Dirt Circus League arrives. A troupe of outcast …
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'Wednesday Weeks and the Tower of Shadows' Wednesday Weeks: Book 1 by Cristy Burne and Denis Knight
A seriously smart and funny new series about a reluctant sorcerer’s apprentice who would rather study science than magic, which asks the question: In a world of magic, can science save the day? …
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