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From the moment Brooke Blurton appeared on Australian television, she dazzled audiences with her authenticity, self-knowledge, generosity and honesty. As a proud young Noongar-Yamatji woman, Brooke’s connection to her culture and country is deep, and as an openly queer woman, she knows that love is simply love. Most of all Brooke knows the importance of family, and the uplifting power of unconditional connection. Brooke Blurton B I G LOV E

Holly Ringland TH E S E V E N S K I NS OF E S TH E R WI L D I NG Holly Ringland is the author of the international bestseller The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart , which has been translated into thirty-one languages and is being adapted into a seven-part TV series starring Sigourney Weaver, Leah Purcell, Asher Keddie and Alycia Debnam-Carey. Produced by Amazon Studios and Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories, it will launch in over 240 countries and territories via Amazon Prime in early 2023.

Nathan Lyon N I C E GARY !

Tricia Stringer

K E E P I NG UP APPE AR ANC E S

Nathan Lyon is an international cricketer who showed remarkable talent at a very young age and played his junior cricket in country NSW and the ACT. Nathan’s international cricket potential was noticed in 2011 while he was combining his two passions of cricket and being a greenkeeper at Adelaide Oval. Since then, it has been a whirlwind rise to the top. Bowled Over and In a Spin are his first children’s book collaborations.

Tricia Stringer is the award-winning and bestselling author of multiple books including Birds of a Feather , The Family Inheritance, Table for Eight and The Model Wife . Tricia grew up on a farm in country South Australia and has spent most of her life in rural communities. She now lives in the beautiful Copper Coast region, often exploring Australia’s diverse communities and landscapes, and shares this passion for the country and its people through her stories.

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The Seven Skins of Esther Widling HOL LY R I NGL AND

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From the wild imagination of Daniel O’Malley comes the next thrilling novel set in the world of the bestselling The Rook (now a TV series) After a woman discovers she has supernatural powers, a string of murders is committed by someone using those same powers. As she goes on the run, she discovers the roots of the mystery lie in the events of London’s Blitz in WWII. Released: 05/10/22 TPB | 496pp

From international bestselling author of The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart , Holly Ringland, comes a haunting and magical novel about joy, grief, courage, and transformation ‘On the afternoon that Esther Wilding drove homeward along the coast, a year after her sister had walked into the sea and disappeared, the light was painfully golden’ The last time Esther Wilding’s beloved older sister Aura was seen, she was walking along the shore towards the sea. In the wake of Aura’s disappearance, Esther’s family struggles to live with their

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loss. To seek the truth about her sister’s death, Esther reluctantly travels from Tasmania to Copenhagen, and then to the Faroe Islands. On her journey, Esther is guided by the stories Aura left behind: seven fairy tales about selkies, swans and women, alongside cryptic verses Aura wrote and had secretly tattooed on her body. The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding is about the far-reaches of sisterly love, the power of wearing your heart on your skin, and the ways life can transform when we find the courage to feel the fullness of both grief and joy.

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Released: 05/10/22 TPB | 400pp AU $32.99 NZ $34.99 Imprint: 4th Estate

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One Woman’s War CHR I S T I N E WE L L S From the author of Sisters of the Resistance comes the story of WWII British Naval Intelligence officer Victoire Bennett, the real-life inspiration for the James Bond character Miss Moneypenny, whose international covert operation is put in jeopardy when a volatile socialite and Austrian double agent threatens to expose the mission to German High Command. World War II London: When Victoire ‘Paddy’ Bennett first walks into the Admiralty’s Room 39, home to the Intelligence Division, all the bright and lively young woman expects is a secretarial position to the charismatic

Next In Line J E F F R E Y ARCH E R The unputdownable new thriller from the master storyteller London, 1988. Royal fever sweeps the nation as Britain falls in love with the ‘people’s princess’. Which means for Scotland Yard, the focus is on the elite Royalty Protection Command, and its commanding officer. Entrusted with protecting the most famous family on earth, they quite simply have to be the best. A weak link could spell disaster. Detective Chief Inspector William Warwick and his Scotland Yard squad are sent in to investigate

the team. Maverick ex-undercover operative Ross Hogan is charged with a very sensitive – and unique – responsibility. But it soon becomes clear the problems in Royalty Protection are just the beginning. A renegade organization has the security of the country – and the Crown – in its sights. The only question is which target is next in line? Released: 05/10/22 CHB | 400pp jeffreyarcher.com

Commander Ian Fleming. But soon her job is so much more, and when Fleming proposes a daring plot to deceive the Germans about Allied invasion plans, he requests the newlywed Paddy’s help. She jumps at the chance to work as an agent in the field, even after the operation begins to affect her marriage. But could doing her duty for King and country come at too great a cost? Socialite Friedl Stöttinger is a beautiful Austrian double agent determined to survive in wartime England, which means working for MI-5, investigating fifth column activity among the British elite at parties and nightclubs. But Friedl has a secret – some years before, she agreed to work for German Intelligence and spy on the British. When her handler at MI-5 proposes that she work with Serbian agent Duško Popov, Friedl falls hopelessly in love with the dashing spy. And when her intelligence work becomes fraught with danger, she must choose whether to remain loyal to the British and risk torture and execution by the Nazis or betray thousands of men to their deaths. Soon, the lives of these two extraordinarily brave women will collide, as each travels down a road of deception and danger leading to one of the greatest battles of World War II. Released: 05/10/22 TPB | 384pp christine-wells.com

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Cloud Cuckoo Land

ANTHONY DOE RR When everything is lost, it’s our stories that survive How do we weather the end of things? Cloud Cuckoo Land brings together an unforgettable cast of dreamers and outsiders from past, present and future to offer a vision of survival against all odds. Constantinople, 1453: An orphaned seamstress and a cursed boy with a love for animals risk everything on opposite sides of a city wall to protect the people they love. Idaho, 2020: An impoverished, idealistic kid seeks revenge on a world that’s crumbling around him. Can he go through with it when a gentle old man stands between him and his plans? Unknown, sometime in the Future: With her tiny community in peril, Konstance is the last hope for the human race. To find a way forward, she must look to the oldest stories of all for guidance. Bound together by a single ancient text, these tales interweave to form a tapestry of solace and resilience and a celebration of storytelling itself. Like its predecessor All the Light We Cannot See , Anthony Doerr’s new novel is a tale of hope and of profound human connection.

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The Book Eaters Released: 05/10/22 BPB | 592pp AU $22.99 NZ $25.00 Imprint: 4th Estate

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A gorgeous fantasy horror – a book about stories and fairy tales with family and love at its dark heart … Perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman ( Stardust, Coraline ), Susanna Clarke ( Piranesi ) and Let the Right One In Hidden across England and Scotland live six old Book Eater families. The last of their lines, they exist on the fringes of society and subsist on a diet of stories and legends. Children are rare and their numbers have dwindled, so when Devon Fairweather’s second child is born a dreaded Mind Eater – a perversion of her own kind, who consumes not stories but the minds and souls of humans – she flees before he can be turned into a weapon for the family … or worse. Living among humans and finding prey for her son, Devon seeks a cure for his hunger. But time is running out – for her family want her back, and with every soul her son consumes he loses a little more of himself … This is a story of escape, a savage mother’s devotion and a queer love that will electrify readers looking for something beguiling, thrilling, strange and new.

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Released: 05/10/22 TPB | 304pp AU $32.99 NZ $35.00 Imprint: Voyager

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A Mother’s Heart CARME L HARR I NGTON How far would you go to protect your family? Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand: While Rachel Butler likes her life in a pretty Dublin coastal village, her heart lies in Hawke’s Bay, where she grew up. Visiting for the first time since tragedy tore her family apart, she and her stepchildren fall for its beauty and outdoor lifestyle. Malahide, Ireland: As Rachel picks up the threads of her life as a single parent, she can’t shake off the memories of her loving family in New Zealand –

The Complete Guide To Middle-Earth: The Definitive Guide to the World of J.R.R. Tolkien [Illustrated Edition] ROB E R T FOS T E R & T E D NASM I TH A peerless A-Z guide to the names, places and events in the world of J.R.R. Tolkien, fully illustrated in colour throughout by acclaimed Tolkien artist, Ted Nasmith. J.R.R. Tolkien’s works of epic adventure and fantasy, The Hobbit , The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion have delighted many millions of fans since they were first published, and are now more popular than ever before.

The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth has been compiled to enhance the reader’s enjoyment of Tolkien’s books by bringing together in an A-Z sequence all the key facts and information about names, places, languages and events from The Hobbit , The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion . Accompanied with numerous genealogical tables and a unique Chronology of the First Age , it will provide an indispensable aid to every reader’s discovery of Tolkien’s world. The first, and definitive, encyclopedia, The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth is now reissued to complement the illustrated hardbacks of The Hobbit , The Lord of the Rings , The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales , and is lavishly illustrated with more than 50 full-colour paintings by acclaimed Tolkien artist, Ted Nasmith, with many appearing exclusively in this edition. Released: 05/10/22 CHB | 512pp AU $75.00 NZ $82.99 Imprint: Tolkien tednasmith.com

and her dream house, the villa on the bay. But it’s time to move forwards with their life in Ireland, close to the children’s grandparents, amid the familiar surroundings they all know well. Until the children’s grandmother, still grieving, starts to interfere, questioning Rachel’s position as stepmother. Until Rachel’s attempts to strengthen the family she loves so dearly backfires, pitting everyone against each other. And until her late husband’s parents mend the rift that has existed as long as she’s been married – bringing with them an explosive secret . . . Released: 05/10/22 TPB | 480pp

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Keeping Up Appearances TR I C I A S TR I NGE R As tensions simmer in a small country town, three women are going to need more than CWA sausage rolls and can-do community spirit to put things right. From a bestselling Australian author comes a delightful novel full of practical wisdom and dry humour that examines female friendship, buried secrets and why honesty is (usually) the best policy. Privacy is hard to maintain in Badara, the kind of small Australian country town where everyone knows everyone else’s business. So discovers single mum Paige when she and her three children arrive from the city seeking

Daughter of the Home Front J E NN I E JON E S A war. The girl she’d been. And the woman she was forced to become. A dazzling, heartbreaking story of friendship and redemption from bestselling author Jennie Jones. Townsville, 1942. Young women aged sixteen and over are obliged by law to join the war effort, and Emma Hatton’s world is at last about to change. Longing to escape the humdrum poverty of oceanside Blueholm Bay and the demands of her domineering mother, Emma reaches the bustling wartime mayhem of Townsville where the city streets are filled with glamorous GIs and red lipstick is the colour of the day. Befriending

refuge. Paige’s only respite from child care and loneliness is the Tuesday gym club, where she had feared the judgement of the town matriarchs, but she is met only with generosity and a plethora of baked goods. Besides, both the brusque Marion and her polished sister-in-law Briony are too busy dealing with their own dramas to examine hers. Well-to-do farmer’s wife and proud mother Briony is in full denial of her family’s troubles. Even with her eldest daughter’s marriage in ruins and her son Blake’s recent bombshell. Suddenly Briony and husband Vince have a full house again - and the piles of laundry aren’t the only dirty linen that’s about to be aired. For Marion, the unearthing of a time capsule - its contents to be read at the Celebrate Badara weekend - is a disaster. She was only a teenager when she wrote down those poisonous words, but that doesn’t mean she won’t lose friends and family if they hear what she really thinks of them - especially as the letter reveals their darkest secrets to the world. When the truth comes out for Badara, keeping up appearances may no longer be an option for anyone ...

charismatic Cassie O’Byrne, Emma believes her adult life has finally begun. Private Frank Kendrick’s kisses make her heart beat faster and with all the talk of his family in California, surely a proposal is imminent. But after a hasty seduction, Frank disappears and Emma finds herself in trouble. Her family’s solution is the Holy Refuge of Saint Philomena in Brisbane, a prison-like ‘home’ where unmarried, pregnant young women are sent to repent and wait out their term before their babies are forcibly adopted. Longing to keep her child, Emma befriends other girls struggling in this cruel environment while her dearest friend of all seeks a way to help. The courageous choices Emma must make will lead her to true adulthood, forever friendships ... and a home and family she could never have anticipated . Released: 05/10/22 TPB | 400pp AU $29.99 NZ $32.99 Imprint: HQ Fiction jenniejonesauthor.com

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Jillaroo From Jacaranda MANDY MAGRO Falling in love was never part of her plan ... A captivating contemporary romance about new beginnings and risking it all, from bestselling Australian author Mandy Magro Rose Jones is twenty-two, and has followed in her mother Molly’s footsteps working with horses as a champion barrel racer. Hard on the heels of being dumped by her fiance comes Rose’s determination to chart her own path in life from now on. But meeting handsome bull rider Ty Parker wasn’t part of the plan. After bonding at the Jones’s family Christmas, Rose accepts Ty’s offer of a quaint country cottage on his outback station as a bolthole to focus on her writing work and sorting through her feelings. Here among the beauty of the bush landscape she finds surprising adventure and friendships, but is taking a risk on love worth the gamble of breaking her heart all over again if it all goes wrong? Bestselling Australian author Mandy Magro returns with a standalone rural romance, set in the world of Mandy’s novel Jacaranda .

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Released: 05/10/22 TPB | 400pp AU $22.99 NZ $32.99 Imprint: HQ Fiction

Would You Rather A L L I SON ASH L E Y

The Witches of Moonshyne Manor A coven of modern-day witches. A magical heist gone wrong. A looming threat Funny, tender and uplifting, this novel explores the formidable power that can be discovered in aging, found family and unlikely friendships. Marais’s clever prose offers as much laughter as insight, delving deeply into feminism, identity and power dynamics while stirring up intrigue and drama. Released: 05/10/22 TPB | 374pp AU $29.99 NZ $32.99 Imprint: HQ Fiction B I ANCA MAR A I S

Would you rather play it safe in the friend zone, or risk it all with a modern marriage of convenience? ‘A pitch-perfect mix of all the best romance tropes, Would You Rather is what happens when friends to lovers, fake-dating, and mutual pining are elevated to perfection. Allison Ashley gives me all the feels, and I love every one of them!” - Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis .

Released: 05/10/22 BPB | 374pp AU $19.99 NZ $19.99 Imprint: HQ Fiction authorallisonashley

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J E NNY ASHCROF T Echoes Of Love

Under the Cretan sun, in the summer of 1936, two young people fall in love… Eleni has been coming to Crete her entire life, swapping her English home for cherished sun-baked summers with her grandfather in his idyllic shoreside villa. When she arrives in 1936, she believes the long, hot weeks ahead will be no different to so many that have gone before. But someone else is visiting the island that year too: a young German man called Otto. And so begins a summer of innocence lost, and love discovered; one that is finite, but not the end. When, in 1941, the island falls to a Nazi invasion, Eleni and Otto meet there once more. But this time Eleni has returned to fight for her home, and Otto to occupy it. They are enemies, and their love is not only treacherous, but also dangerous. But will it destroy them, or prove strong enough to overcome the ravages of war? An epic tale of secrets, love, loyalty, family and how far you’d go to keep those you love safe, The Echoes of Love is an exquisite and deeply moving love letter to Crete – one that will move every reader to tears.

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Released: 05/10/22 TPB | 464pp AU $32.99 NZ $32.99 Imprint: HQ Fiction

The Book Haters Book Club

GR E TCH E N ANTHONY All it takes is the right book to turn a Book Hater into a Book Lover...

That was what Elliott – the beloved co-owner of the Over the Rainbow Bookshop – believed before his untimely passing. He always had the perfect book suggestion for the self-proclaimed ‘book hater.’ Now, his grief-ridden business partner, Irma, has agreed to sell the cozy Over the Rainbow to condo developers. But others won’t give up the bookshop without a fight. When Irma breaks the news to her daughters, Bree and Laney, and Elliott’s romantic partner, Thom, they are aghast. Over the Rainbow has been Bree and Laney’s sanctuary since childhood, and Thom would do anything to preserve Elliott’s legacy. Together they conspire to save the bookshop, even if it takes some snooping, gossip and minor sabotage. Filled with humor, family hijinks and actual reading recommendations, The Book Haters’ Book Club is the ideal feel-good read. It’s a love letter to everyday heroes – those booksellers and librarians dedicated to putting the right books in the right hands every day.

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Released: 05/10/22 TPB | 352pp AU $32.99 NZ $34.99 Imprint: HQ Fiction

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A Merry Little Meet Cute J U L I E MU RPHY & S I E RR A S I MON E When Bee Hobbes takes the lead in a squeaky-clean romantic Christmas movie, there are only three rules: 1. Don’t get involved with anyone on set 2. Don’t tell anyone what you do for a living 3. Definitely don’t get involved with anyone on set 3b. Seriously Now, she’s filming in Christmas Notch, a small town with Christmas trees and festive tunes all year round. But Bee’s got a secret identity to hide, and it’s not family-friendly. And her co-star, Nolan Shaw, an ex-boyband member infamous for his own x-rated antics, not only knows it, but is secretly her biggest fan. When things start to heat up on set, Bee and Nolan must keep this steamy affair under wraps, or risk ruining everything . . . Released: 05/10/22 BPB | 432pp AU $22.99 NZ $25 Imprint: HarperCollins imjuliemurphy.com thesierrasimone.com

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The Book of Roads and Kingdoms R I CHARD F I D L E R A lost imperial city, full of wonder and marvels. An empire that was the largest the world had ever seen, established with astonishing speed. A people obsessed with travel, knowledge and adventure When Richard Fidler came across the account of Ibn Fadlan – a tenth-century Arab diplomat who travelled all the way from Baghdad to the cold riverlands of modern-day Russia – he was struck by how modern his voice was, like that of a twenty-first century time-traveller dropped into a medieval wilderness. On further investigation, Fidler discovered this was just one of countless reports from Arab and Persian travellers of their adventures in medieval China, India, Africa and Byzantium. Put together, he saw these stories formed a crazy quilt picture of a lost world. The Book of Roads & Kingdoms is the story of the medieval wanderers who travelled out to the edges of the known world during Islam’s fabled Golden Age; an era when the caliphs of Baghdad presided over a dominion greater than the Roman Empire at its peak, stretching from North Africa to India. Imperial Baghdad, founded as the ‘City of Peace’, quickly became the biggest and richest metropolis in the world. Standing atop one of the city’s four gates, its founder proclaimed: Here is the Tigris River, and nothing stands between it and China. Fidler expertly weaves together these beautiful and thrilling pictures of a dazzling lost world with the story of an empire’s rise and utterly devastating fall. Released: 19/10/2022 NSH | 480pp But through it all, Brooke didn’t just survive, she found her voice and thrived, and in this raw, heartbreaking, often funny and ultimately life-affirming memoir, Brooke lays her journey bare about how she refused to allow the past to define her and reclaimed her own identity – and realised the power of love, for herself, for her family, and her community. Released: 05/10/22 TPB | 256pp AU $34.99 NZ $37.99 Imprint: HarperCollins Big Love: Reclaiming myself, my people, my country BROOK E B LU R TON A raw, moving and uplifting memoir about courage, resilience and the transformative power of love, from one of Australia’s most captivating personalities From the moment Brooke Blurton appeared on Australian television, she dazzled audiences with her authenticity, self-knowledge, generosity and honesty. As a proud young Noongar-Yamatji woman, Brooke’s connection to her culture and country is deep, and as an openly queer woman, she knows that love is simply love. Most of all, Brooke knows the importance of family, and the uplifting power of unconditional connection. But behind the public persona, Brooke presents to the world a story of epic proportions and awe-inspiring resilience – she had to grow up fast from a very young age, surviving an extremely challenging childhood and youth, and overcoming the shocking legacy of intergenerational trauma, abuse and homelessness. She’s also had to defy labels and perceptions about who she is, and her worth, all her life.

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The Fast Five

DONNA HAY Australia’s most trusted and bestselling cookbook author returns with a book that you’ll want to cook and eat from time and time again – the ultimate bible of fast, delicious recipes for busy families All-time classics and old stand-bys – lasagne, pasta, tacos and more – are reinvented with midweek twists which focus on cutting down time and upgrading flavour. Weekly go-tos are given a new lease on life, as Donna takes tried-and-tested recipes and gives them a fresh new twist. For example, the weekly taco night moves from straight out-of-the-box ready made to fresh and delicious fit-for-a-restaurant, with five flavourful variations made inclusive for all tastes and preferences. With fresh salsas and sides, a fully-fledged feast comes fresh to the table in minutes. Whether you’re looking for ways to improve on your favourites or for a total kitchen refresh, The Fast Five will bring you new fast new fabulous flavour combinations – all done without ever straying from your repertoire of go-tos. The Fast Five is the ultimate bible of fast, delicious recipes you need to know, made in ways you’ve never tried before.

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Released: 05/10/22 NSH | 272pp AU $49.99 NZ $55 Imprint: 4th Estate

Find Fix Finish B E N MCK E LV E Y

The new book from the bestselling author of The Commando and Mosul It was Australia’s longest war, and also our most secretive. In Afghanistan, Australia’s special forces were pushed to the limit of their physical and mental capabilities as brutal engagements killed 20 Australians and more than 10,000 Afghans. Also pushed were the limits of Australian and international law, as Australia’s operators fought against – and with – brutal tribal warlords and narco-barons. Increasingly enmeshed in a US-led targeting program that attempted to kill its way out of the war, the Australian SASR became one of the most feared elements in the craggy mountains, green belts and digital battlefields of Afghanistan.

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Released: 05/10/22 TPB | 352pp AU $34.99 NZ $39.99 Imprint: HarperCollins

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Victory PE T E R VAN ONS E L E N & WAYN E E RR I NGTON The inside story of Labor’s return to power. Anthony Albanese’s 2022 election victory was the most consequential in decades. As well as ending a ‘lost decade’ of conservative rule and bringing Labor into Federal power for the first time since 2013, it ushered in a new force in politics. The victory of the teal independents has changed both the face of the parliament and decimated the Liberal Party. Women candidates and voters had their voices heard across the political spectrum. Victory for Labor has been resounding and sweet, but it comes with caveats. Both

Life in Lashes: The Story of a Drag Superstar K I TA ME AN The hilarious tell-all memoir by the first winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under Hailing from a sleepy eastern suburb of Auckland, Nick Nash grew up feeling like he stood out for all the wrong reasons. It wasn’t until he experimented with the art of drag that he found freedom in his fierce and confident alter-ego, Kita Mean. From wild nights partying like there was no tomorrow, to scrounging together delightfully camp costumes on a shoestring budget, buying an iconic cabaret bar with bestie Anita Wigl’it, and competing on the global stage alongside Kiwi and Aussie drag legends in the first

season of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under , Kita shares behind-the-scenes goss and important life lessons – many learned the hard way – about fighting your demons and being proud of your most authentic self. Bursting with outrageous style and cheek, Life in Lashes is a memoir of a lost boy who found salvation as a drag queen, learned to love herself, and went on to share her fabulousness with the world. Released: 05/10/22 TPB | 288pp kitamean.com

major parties now have to look over their shoulders at the minor parties and independent challengers. Yet the next three years are full of possibility. Victory goes inside the campaigns of all the players in the 2022 election to reveal how Labor orchestrated its remarkable victory. Will Albanese govern as the careful reformer of the campaign or will this socially progressive leader recapture Australia’s lost egalitarianism? Released: 19/10/22 TPB | 320pp

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Black Holes: The key to understanding the universe

PROF E S SOR BR I AN COX & PROF E S SOR J E F F FORSHAW At the heart of our galaxy lies a monster so deadly it can bend space, throwing vast jets of radiation millions of light years out into the cosmos. Its kind were the very first inhabitants of the universe, the black holes Today, across the universe, at the heart of every galaxy, and dotted throughout, mature black holes are creating chaos. And in a quiet part of the universe, the Swift satellite has picked up evidence of a gruesome death caused by one of these dark powers. High energy X-ray flares shooting out from deep within the Draco constellation are thought to be the dying cries of a white dwarf star being ripped apart by the intense tides of a supermassive black hole – heating it to millions of degrees as it is shredded at the event horizon. They have the power to wipe out any of the universe’s other inhabitants, but no one has ever seen a black hole itself die. But 1.8 billion light years away, the LIGO instruments have recently detected something that could be the closest a black hole gets to death. Gravitational waves given off as two enormous black holes merge together. And now scientists think that these gravitational waves could be evidence of two black holes connecting to form a wormhole – a link through space and time. It seems outlandish, but today’s physicists are daring to think the unthinkable – that black holes could connect us to another universe. Join Professors Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw in exploring our universe’s most mysterious inhabitants, how they are formed, why they are essential components of every galaxy, including our own, and what secrets they still hold, waiting to be discovered.

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Released: 05/10/22 TPB | 320pp AU $34.99 NZ $37.99 Imprint: ABC Books

The Wall

ANT M I DD L E TON

The No.1 bestselling author reveals life-changing strategies to help you demolish fear, seize control, and reach your full potential The wall. Sooner or later we all hit it. The wall can be anything. It could be your lack of motivation, it could be your fear of leaving your comfort zone, it could be the aimlessness that comes from not having set yourself the right goals, it could be that you spend too much time with people who undermine you. What all these things have in common is that they’re holding you back. They’re the things that are stopping you from reaching your true potential, from getting the most you can out of your life. In this straight-talking inspirational book, Ant Middleton identifies twenty obstacles that are standing in our way, and offers common-sense, practical solutions to each of them. He shows us how we too can break through that wall and start becoming the best version of ourselves.

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Released: 05/10/22 TPB | 336pp AU $34.99 NZ $37.99 Imprint: HarperCollins

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Dying of Politeness

GE E NA DAV I S Academy Award Winner. Humanitarian campaigner. Mensa member. Star of Beetlejuice , The Accidental Tourist and Thelma and Louise . In this stunning memoir, Geena Davis offers a witty, warm, honest account of her life Davis might now be an A-List celebrity with two Academy Awards and a major humanitarian award under her belt, but she began life painfully polite. In this memoir, she tells stories of meeting the supremely independent and sharp-shooting Susan Sarandon, the Louise to her Thelma; of her spontaneous Las Vegas wedding to Jeff Goldblum; of her archery exploits which led her to the Olympic trials; and of how she became a tireless advocate for women and girls, founding her own institute which engages film and TV creators to better represent women. Warm, entertaining, revealing and surprising, this is a book for fans of Nora Ephron, for those interested in life behind the Hollywood facade, and in how a remarkable woman gained the courage to campaign for women worldwide. seejane.org

Released: 19/10/22 TPB | 304pp AU $34.99 NZ $37.99 Imprint: William Collins

It’s Always Spritz O’Clock Somewhere Classic cocktail recipes from where you’d rather be A bellini in Buenos Aires. A mimosa in Barcelona. It’s always spritz o’clock somewhere, right?

This companion guide will take you on a journey to some of the world’s dreamiest locations – places made even more perfect when paired with a spritz. Whether you’re a new convert or a die-hard spritz fan from way back, take inspiration from these recipes and inject some fizzy magic into your life. Go on, get your spritz on.

Released: 05/10/22 NSH | 96pp AU $19.99 NZ $22.99 Imprint: Harper By Design

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OCTOBER 2 022 – CHI LDREN’ S & YA Nice Garry! NATHAN LYON & M I CHA E L WAGN E R , I L LUS TR AT E D BY DAV E WI L L I AMS Inspired by the talent and passion Australian Test cricketing great Nathan Lyon has for the game, this is the story of an ordinary kid with an extraordinary gift.

The Christmas Bum Book K AT E MAY E S , I L LUS TR AT E D BY ANDR EW JOYN E R

This is a book for anyone who has a bum or anyone who likes Christmas or anyone who has a bum AND likes Christmas! It’s a celebration of Santa’s bum and Rudolph’s bum and tinsel, twinkle and turkey bums. From bestselling pair Kate Mayes and Andrew Joyner comes The Christmas Bum Book , a book you’ll want to deck the halls with - fa, la, la, la, la bum!

Bowled Over (Nice Garry #1) ‘Nice one, Garry!’

Ten-year-old Garry Keenan is about to discover he has a special cricketing ability, which is a dream come true, right? Well, it is, except that sometimes being first rate comes with all sorts of new challenges ...

Released: 05/10/22 NSH | 32pp AU $19.99 NZ $21.99 Imprint: HarperCollins

Released: 05/10/22 BPB | 192 pp AU $14.99 NZ $16.99 Imprint: HarperCollins

Have a Merry Christmas with your favourite friends from Play School . The toys are on their way to Jemima’s caravan park to spend the holidays together. Join them for classic Play School fun as they bring to life the joy of an Australian Christmas. With illustrations by bestselling artist Jedda Robaard, A Very Play School Christmas is a picture book to treasure this holiday season. A Very Play School Christmas JAN S TR AD L I NG, I L LUS TR AT E D BYJ E NNA ROBA ARD

In a Spin (Nice Garry #2) ‘Watch out, Garry!’

Garry Keenan is the most exciting new cricketer to play for the Youngstown under-16s in years. But can a talented ten-year-old off-spinner help his team take on the most feared XI in the competition?

Released: 05/10/22 NSH | 24pp AU $19.99 NZ $21.99 Imprint: ABC

Released: 05/10/22 BPB | 192 pp AU $14.99 NZ $16.99 Imprint: HarperCollins

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Spaceboy DAV I D WA L L I AMS

The Last Kids on Earth and the Forbidden Forest MA X BR A L L I E R , I L LUS TR AT E D BY DOUGL AS HOLGAT E ‘Terrifyingly fun! Max Brallier’s The Last Kids on Earth delivers big thrills and even bigger laughs.’ Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Wimpy Kid meets The Walking Dead in this hilarious series packed with monsters and zombies. The highly-anticipated eighth book in the #1 New York Times , Wall Street Journal , and USA Today bestselling series, with over 10 million copies in print! Picking up after Quint and Dirk’s Hero Quest , the ‘Last Kids’ are happily reunited, but quickly faced with a monstrous new mission. Inside an other-dimensional fortress, the evil Thrull, alongside a vile new villain, is carrying out a sinister plan. Jack, Quint, June and Dirk must make their own plans to infiltrate the stronghold before Thrull gets any closer to completing the mysterious Tower, a structure that could ultimately spell doom for this dimension.

They had come here expecting to find a runaway orphan, but I would show them a goddess. America. The 1960s. Stuck on a remote farm with her awful aunt, twelve-year-old orphan Ruth spends every night gazing at the stars, dreaming of adventure. One night she spots a flying saucer blazing across the sky, before crash-landing in a field. When the spaceship opens and reveals a mysterious alien, all Ruth,s dreams come true. But does this visitor from another planet have a giant secret? Spaceboy is a hilarious and action-packed tale for readers in any solar system. A father takes his two children on a thrilling out-of-this-world adventure into space and invites them to look back at Earth and the conflicts that have taken place since the beginning of time. This becomes a brief history of the world and a whistle-stop guide to the universe, all rolled into one - and told with Oliver Jeffers’ inimitable perspective, wit and exquisite artwork. Meanwhile Back on Earth gives a unique look at like life on Earth with a cosmic perspective - and an enduring message that what binds us together matters more than what sets us apart. A timely story for families everywhere. Meanwhile, Back on Earth OL I V E R J E F F E RS worldofwalliams.co.uk

Released: 05/10/22 BPB | 368pp AU $22.99 NZ $24.99 Imprint: HarperCollins

Released: 05/10/22 NSP | 368pp AU $14.99 NZ $16.99 Imprint: HarperCollins

Released: 05/10/22 NSH | 64 pp AU $27.99 NZ $29.99 Imprint: HarperCollins

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