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Magabala Books, May 2026, 32 pp., $27.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781922613943
This superb and touching book has been created by a writer who understands how effective it can be to say very little, and an illustrator who brings a thoughtfully light emotional tenor to illustrations that are dealing with the always diffic...
Lothian Children’s Book, February 2025, 275 pp., $16.99 (pbk), ISBN 9780734420756
Since Washpool was first reviewed by Reading Time in 2025, it has earned a well-deserved shortlisting for the Wilderness Society’s 2026 Karajia Award for Ch...
Penguin, June 2026, 336 pp., $19.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781761357305
This fourth instalment in the multi-award-winning Eleanor Jones murder mystery series by Amy Doak, doesn’t disappoint. After solving three mysteries, it’s no suprise that Eleanor has gained a reputation in the tiny town of Cooinda. And, in the tradition of great fictional detectives befo...
New Frontier Publishing, May 2026, 28 pp., $26.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781923145979
The Story House is a beautiful, heartwarming ode to stories and their power and place in the lives of children. It is dedicated to the children of Somalia, who had never seen a book until Conley placed one into their han...
Penguin, March 2026, 160 pp., $14.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781761352911
With an introduction that promises swear words (although blacked out) the reader is invited into the ‘book your parents probably don’t want you to read’. We meet Luna, who is new in town and wants to make friends with the cool girls by auditioning for the school play, Bite Me, ...