Media Bites October 2023_

OCTOBER 2022 – NON-FICTION OCTOBER 2023

Gum Tree Gully MANDY MAGRO Bestselling Australian romance author Mandy Magro tells a heartwarming story of homecoming and love against all the odds ... Would you give up everything for love? Samantha Evans may have been born and bred in the country, but over the years she has adapted to, and loves, her big city life in London. She’s reached heights of success in her business that she’d never dreamed of achieving back in Australia. When her best friend’s wedding forces her to return to her beautiful Queensland hometown of Gum Tree Gully, fate reminds Sammie about everything, and everyone, she left behind, including her childhood sweetheart, Connor Stone. Now a handsome and kind cattle farmer, he harbours a tragic secret he can’t share with anyone. That is, until Sammie comes back to town. Samantha soon learns her country blood runs much deeper than she allowed herself to believe, so too does the intense feelings she’s carried for Connor all these years. But her life is overseas now, while his is in Gum Tree Gully. Living on opposite sides of the world, with oceans and long-held secrets standing between them, is there any hope for their love to prevail? Released: 04/10/23 TPB | 320pp AU $32.99 NZ $34.99 Imprint: HQ mandymagro.com

Best Wishes RICHARD GLOVER Making the world a better, less annoying place one wish at a time. ‘Glover asks life’s big questions and helps us celebrate the simple joys - bin night, tax receipts that don’t fade and the secret thrill of high-pressure hosing’ Lisa Millar, broadcaster ‘There is an eternal hopefulness in all this man does. I only wish more of his wishes were granted’ Tommy Dean, comedian and regular guest on Thank God It’s Friday Do you hate gambling ads, pre-ripped jeans and pedestrians who walk five abreast? Do you also have a problem with plastic-wrapped fruit, climate-change deniers and take-away sandwiches priced at $14.95? And, most of all, do you think the world would be a better place if people got back their sense of humour? Here’s proof you are not alone. Heartfelt and hilarious, serious but sly, Best Wishes is the Encyclopedia of ‘Can Do Better’. It’s a plea for a better world - one wish at a time. Even More Basics to Brilliance Donna Hay, Australia’s most trusted and bestselling cookbook author, returns with a follow up to her much-loved bestselling classic, Basics to Brilliance . When Donna Hay first launched her visually-stunning hardcover book Basics to Brilliance in 2016, she had no idea its pages would become home to some of her (and the country’s!) most cherished cult recipes, including that failproof fall-apart slow cooked beef brisket and the most addictive molten choc-chunk brownies. In Even More Basics to Brilliance , you’ll find many more of those much-loved foundation recipes everyone needs in their cooking repertoire, with simple flavour switch-ups and shortcuts to take you from basics to brilliance in the kitchen, including simple and nourishing base stock for ramen (hello, bowls of umami), the tastiest oven-roasted tomato sauce (say goodbye to stirring at the stove-top!) and the easiest, serve-with-everything yoghurt flatbreads, not to mention the fluffiest foolproof carrot cake and a show-stopping Basque cheesecake. Each recipe is followed by clever variations and flavour shortcuts to make them even easier to master, while giving home cooks the confidence to elevate their cooking to delicious new heights. And in true Donna style, there are plenty of clever change-ups along the way! DONNA HAY Released: 04/10/23 NSH | 272pp AU $55.00 NZ $60.00 Imprint: Fourth Estate www.donnahay.com.au

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Released: 04/10/23 TPB | 288pp AU $34.99 NZ $39.99 Imprint: ABC Books

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