Autumn Reading Guide 2016

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AUTUMN RE ADING GUIDE

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Welcome to our reading Guide We are excited to share with you

this fantastic hand-picked selection of fiction, non-fiction, children’s and gift titles coming out this Autumn.

As an independent bookseller, we are motivated by a love of books and reading and we are proud of our great range, personalised service and loyal customers. If you don’t find what you are looking for on the pages of this guide, we’d be happy to help you find an alternative or place a special order.

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COMING SOON The City Of Mirrors Justin Cronin

June release, advance orders welcome The publishing phenomenon that began with the astonishing worldwide bestseller The Passage now comes to its epic conclusion in The City of Mirrors.

BARKSKINS

Annie Proulx June release, advance orders welcome In this feat of astonishing imagination, Proulx tells the stories of the descendants of two lineages, the Sels and Duquets. With inimitable genius she creates characters who are so vivid—in their greed, lust, vengefulness, sorrow, compassion and hope—that we follow them with fierce attention.

The Dry

Jane Harper June release, advance orders welcome A brutal crime rocks a town suffering the worst drought in a century. The small farming community is facing life and death choices daily. If one of their own broke under the strain, well...

Rosetta

Alexandra Joel

Paperback RRP $ 34.99 The scandalous true story of an Australian woman who enchanted British society.

While Rosetta revelled in a life few women of her time would have dared to embrace, she hid her secret shame: the daughter she had abandoned. This is the compelling tale of Alexandra Joel’s quest to uncover the truth about her great-grandmother.

Everywhere I Look Helen Garner

Paperback RRP $ 29.99 Everywhere I Look includes Garner's famous and controversial essay on the insults of age, her deeply moving tribute to her mother and extracts from her diaries, which have been part of her working life for as long as she has been a writer. Everywhere I Look glows with insight. It is filled with the wisdom of life.

Georgiana Molly: The Mind That Shines Bernice Barry

Paperback RRP $ 39.99 A richly detailed biography of pioneering Australian botanist, Georgiana Molloy. Entirely self-taught, she becomes the first internationally successful female botanist in Western Australia. In times of personal tragedy and privation, botany is Georgiana salvation. A beautiful tale of love, adventure and flora.

All My Januaries: Pleasures of Life and Other Essays Barbara Blackman

Paperback RRP $ 29.95 Barbara Blackman has been a muse and an iconic Australian arts identity throughout her long life.

All My Januaries, is both insightful and memorable. Ranging from her Brisbane childhood to her marriage to renowned artist Charles Blackman, her time in London and Paris, and her life beyond, these essays capture her love of language and her acerbic wit.

Beyond Belief

Surrender

Paperback RRP $ 32.99

Paperback RRP $ 49.99

May release, advance orders welcome Hugely respected social commentator Hugh Mackay takes on one of the biggest topics of our time- how do we make sense of our lives and find purpose in an age without God? This is the first major book on the decline of religion written by an Australian and for Australians.

In this journal for his daughter Indigo, Joshua Yeldham charts his life from growing up on the Hawkesbury River to becoming one of the most astonishing artists Australia has produced in decades.

Surrender is a stunning creation that mirrors the complexity of his artistic practice, layering painting, photography, drawing and prose.

Hugh Mackay

Joshua Yeldham

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CHASING ASYLUM Eva Orner

Paperback RRP $ 29.99 May release, advance orders welcome This memoir documents Australian filmmaker Eva Orner's behind-thescenes journey of making her Chasing Asylum documentary on Australia's treatment of asylum seekers. It is a very personal story and also an insightful, provocative, challenging look at an issue which should outrage us all.

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Heartlines: The Year I met my other mother Susannah McFarlane & Robin Leuba

Paperback RRP $ 34.99 May release, advance orders welcome After nearly fifty years apart, a mother and daughter are reunited. But the path to a relationship is not smooth, a feeling of connection isn't enough. You have to fight for it. Heartlines is a piercingly honest and often hilarious story of what it takes to reconnect after a lifetime apart.

Great Gift Ideas

Where The Trees Were Inga Simpson

Britt-Marie Was Here

Fredrik Backman

Paperback RRP $ 29.99 May release, advance orders welcome From the critically acclaimed author of the international phenomenon A Man Called Ove. A funny, poignant and uplifting tale of love, community, and second chances. Britt-Marie learns that life may have more to offer her than she's ever realised, and love might be found in the most unexpected of places.

HITMAN ANDERS AND THE MEANING OF IT ALL Jonas Jonasson

Paperback RRP $ 29.99 May release, advance orders welcome A gangster, a vicar and a receptionist walk into a bar… Hitman Anders is fresh out of prison when he meets a female vicar and a hotel receptionist.

Together they cook up an idea for a very unusual business – but then to everyone’s surprise, Anders finds Jesus…

Paperback RRP $ 29.99 Finding sacred carved trees forged a bond between four childhood friends. But their attempt to protect the grove ends in disaster, changing their lives forever. Seventeen years later, they have a chance to make amends. But at what cost?

A beautiful new novel about the innocence of childhood and the scars that stay with you, from the award-winning author of Mr Wigg and Nest. Exclusive Offer: Purchase a copy of Where The Trees Were and receive a FREE tote bag! *While stocks last.

AT THE EDGE OF THE ORCHARD

Under the Visible Life

Paperback RRP $ 29.99

Paperback RRP $ 27.99

Tracy Chevalier

Ohio, 1838. James and Sadie Goodenough have settled in the harsh Black Swamp, planting apple trees. As fever picks off their children, husband and wife take solace in separate comforts. Fifteen years later their youngest son, Robert, is drifting through Goldrush California, haunted by the broken family he fled years earlier.

Kim Echlin

Two very different women, two difficult pasts and a friendship that will change everything... Under the Visible Life is a stunning meditation on how hope can remain alive in the darkest of times, if we have someone with whom to share our burdens.

The Summer Before the War

The MANDIBLES: A FAMILY 2029-2047

Paperback RRP $ 32.99

Paperback RRP $ 29.99

Helen Simonson

Set in the idyllic beauty of a late Edwardian summer in the country, where the passionate pursuit of unexpected love and the village outrage over the arrival of a female Latin teacher will all be swept away by the onset of a war no one could imagine. From the author of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand.

Lionel Shriver

May release, advance orders welcome It is 2029. The Mandibles have been counting on a sizable fortune but the dollar is in meltdown.

This is not science fiction. This is a frightening, scabrously funny glimpse into the decline that may await the US, from the pen of perhaps the most perceptive and topical author of our times.

An Isolated Incident

Emily Maguire

Paperback RRP $ 32.99 When beautiful Bella Michaels is brutally murdered in the small town of Strathdee, the community is stunned and a full investigation gets underway as a media storm descends.

Emily Maguire’s new novel is a stunning tour de force that will leave you reeling. It probes, interrogates and demands better from us as a society when it comes to violence against women.

Our Tiny, Useless Hearts Toni Jordan

Paperback RRP $ 29.99

The Turner House: A Novel

The Secret Recipe for Second Chances

Paperback RRP $ 32.99

Paperback RRP $ 29.99

Angela Flournoy

The Turners have lived on Yarrow Street for over fifty years. When ailing matriarch Viola is forced to leave her home the family discovers that the house is worth just a tenth of its mortgage. The Turner children are called home to decide its fate and to reckon with how their pasts haunt—and shape—their family's future.

Australian author

J.D. Barrett

Lucy Muir is leaving her husband. It’s complicated.

They are joint owners and chefs at one of the best restaurants in town, so making a clean break is tough. But a woman can only take so much cheating, recipe stealing and lack of good grace. A surprising, smart, charming novel that shows every day is a second chance.

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May release, advance orders welcome Henry has ended his marriage to Caroline and headed off to Noosa with Mercedes' grade three teacher, Martha. Caroline, having shredded a wardrobe-full of Henry's suits, has gone after them.

And Janice, Caroline's sister, is staying for the weekend to look after the girls because Janice is the sensible one. Janice can cope with all that. But when Alec knocks on the door things suddenly get complicated. Toni Jordan brings all her wit, wisdom and flair to this brilliant, hilarious novel.

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New Fiction

Everyone Brave is Forgiven Chris Cleave

Paperback RRP $ 29.99 May release, advance orders welcome Moving from Blitz-torn London to the Siege of Malta, this is a story of passion, loss, prejudice and incredible courage.

In a powerful combination of both humour and heartbreak, this dazzling novel weaves little-known history, and a perfect love story through the vast sweep of the Second World War – showing us that it is the intimate losses, the small battles, the daily human triumphs, that change us most. This is the novel Chris Cleave was born to write.

The Maker of Swans

Stork Mountain

Paperback RRP $ 29.99

Paperback RRP $ 29.99

Paraic O'Donnell

Mr Crowe was once the toast of the finest salons, he travelled the world, enthralling all who met him. Now, Mr Crowe has retreated to his sprawling country estate. But his extraordinary gifts have not been entirely forgotten… A gothic literary thriller full of dark magic and mystery from an exciting new talent.

The Life of Elves

The Butcher's Hook

Paperback RRP $ 29.99

Paperback RRP $ 29.99

Muriel Barbery

The Life of Elves tells the story of two 12-year-old girls, one in France and one in Italy, who simultaneously discover a secret world, and who try to prevent a looming calamity. A charming, fablelike story that, at its heart, is about the power of art and storytelling to change the world.

A captivating, slyly brilliant debut by the award-winning author of East Of The West.

Internationally celebrated short-story writer Miroslav Penkov spins the intriguing tale of an American student who returns to Bulgaria, the country he left as a child, where old ghosts come back to life and forgotten conflicts blaze anew.

All These Perfect Strangers

Janet Ellis

A dark and twisted tale, The Butcher's Hook brims with the colour and atmosphere of Georgian London, as seen through the eyes of a strange and memorable young woman who is determined to take her life in her own hands. No matter the cost.

Fellside

Lubetkin Legacy

Paperback RRP $ 29.99

Paperback RRP $ 32.99

M.R. Carey

Miroslav Penkov

Aoife Clifford

Paperback RRP $ 29.99 Within six months of Pen Sheppard starting university, three of her new friends are dead. Only Pen knows the reason why. The darkness of her past clings tight, and when the killings begin and friendships are betrayed, Pen's secrets are revealed. The consequences are deadly.

Return to the Little Coffee Shop of Kabul

Marina Lewycka

Fellside is a maximum security prison on the edge of the Yorkshire moors. It's not the kind of place you'd want to end up. But it's where Jess Moulson could be spending the rest of her life… A haunting and heartbreaking new thriller from the author of The Girl With All the Gifts.

May release, advance orders welcome North London in the twentyfirst century: a place where a son will swiftly adopt an old lady and take her home from hospital to impersonate his dear departed mother, rather than lose the council flat. From the bestselling author of A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian.

Deborah Rodriguez

Paperback RRP $ 32.99 A spellbinding sequel about strength and courage, in which Rodriguez reunites us with many of the compelling characters from her international bestseller. In a world where happily-everafters aren't as simple as they seem, six women on opposite sides of the earth find themselves forever joined by a café in Kabul.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Go Set a Watchman Harper Lee

Paperback RRP $ 22.99 May release, advance orders welcome

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One Life: My Mother's Story Kate Grenville

Paperback RRP $ 23.99

The Rosie Project; The Rosie Effect Graeme Simsion

Paperbacks RRP $ 22.99 each

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All The Light You Cannot See; ABOUT GRACE Anthony Doerr

Paperbacks RRP $19.99 each

MOTHERING SUNDAY

Graham Swift

Hardback RRP $ 29.99

Australian Literature

Emperor of the Eight Islands Lian Hearn

The Soldier's Curse Meg and Tom Keneally

Paperback RRP $ 32.99 Port Macquarie, 1825.

When the Governor’s young wife is cruelly murdered and her housekeeper Mrs Mulrooney arrested, gentleman convict Hugh Monsarrat knows he must find the real killer to save his friend from hanging. A gripping beginning to The Monsarrat Series, the new historical crime series from Tom Keneally and his daughter Meg.

Sing Fox to Me Sarah Kanake

Paperback RRP $ 24.99 Sing Fox to Me is a story built from lost and stolen children, Tasmanian tigers, missing animals, Down syndrome and parents who run away. It is the symphony of three howling male voices, each hoping to find their right pack. One of the debuts of the year from a writer to watch.

The Light on the Water Olga Lorenzo

Paperback RRP $ 29.99 Two years ago, Anne took her daughter Aida on an overnight bushwalk when Aida disappeared. While Anne frantically searched, the world was already beginning to doubt her story.

Now, on bail and awaiting trial for the murder of her daughter, Anne is reconstructing those last hours she shared with Aida.

A Kiss from Mr Fitzgerald

Lian Hearn has captivated readers worldwide with her Tales of the Otori. Now she brilliantly brings to life the world that existed 300 years earlier.

Seething with intrigue, adventure and love, two rival clans struggle over who will be crowned Emperor of the Eight Islands, in a medieval Japan inhabited by warriors, assassins, ghosts and guardian spirits. Exclusive Offer: Purchase a copy of Emperor of the Eight Islands and receive a beautiful wooden bookmark! *While stocks last.

Natasha Lester

Paperback RRP $ 29.99 May release, advance orders welcome Captivating, romantic and tragic, A Kiss From Mr Fitzgerald follows a young woman ahead of her time amid the fragile hearts and glamour of 1920s New York. If you loved The Paris Wife and Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, you will devour this deliciously evocative love story of a small-town girl with big ambitions.

One

PRECIOUS THINGS

Paperback RRP $ 29.95

Paperback RRP $ 29.99

From the award-winning author of The Mary Smokes Boys, One is a novel of minimalist lyrical beauty that traverses the intersections between violence and love.

It asks what right one man has to impose his will on another, and whether the written law can ever answer the law of the heart?

Precious Things tells the story of a collar and its journey through the decades. It's also the story of Maggie, an auctioneer living in modern-day London, who comes across the crumpled, neglected collar in a box of old junk, and sets out on an unexpected mission to discover more about its secret and elusive past.

Patrick Holland

Paperback RRP $ 29.99

Kelly Doust

The Last Painting of Sara De Vos Dominic Smith

Paperback RRP $ 32.99 May release, advance orders welcome In this dazzling and mesmerising novel, The Last Painting of Sara de Vos, US-based Australian writer Dominic Smith brilliantly bridges the historical and the contemporary, tracking a collision course between a rare landscape by a female Dutch painter of the Golden Age, an inheritor of the work in 1950s Manhattan, and a celebrated Australian art historian who painted a forgery of it in her youth. A literary novel of breathtaking scope, ambition and achievement.

The Midnight Watch David Dyer

Paperback RRP $ 32.99

Wildlight

Robyn Mundy

Paperback RRP $ 32.99 Sixteen-year-old Stephanie West has been dragged from Sydney to a remote Island off the coast of Tasmania by her parents after the death of her twin brother. Cut off from friends and the comforts of home, the months ahead look to be filled with ghosts of the past. Special Offer: Purchase a copy of Wildlight and receive a FREE copy of The Vale Girl. *While stocks last.

Between a Wolf and a Dog; Special Georgia Blain

Paperbacks RRP $ 29.99/ $19.99 Between a Wolf and a Dog is a celebration of the best in all of us — our capacity to live in the face of ordinary sorrows, and to draw strength from the transformative power of art.

Also available by Georgia Blain, Special, is a novel for Young Adults that takes an alarming glimpse into our future.

As the Titanic was sinking slowly in the wretchedly cold North Atlantic, she could see the lights of another ship on the horizon.

The other ship, the Californian, saw the distress rockets but didn’t come. Based on true events, The Midnight Watch is at once a heart-stopping mystery and a deeply knowing novel – about the frailty of men, the strength of women, the capriciousness of fate and the price of loyalty. Purchase a copy of The Midnight Watch for your chance to WIN a prize pack of contemporary Australian literature. Go to the competition page at www.indies.com.au for details and to enter.

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Maestra

L.S. Hilton

Paperback RRP $ 29.99 Meet Judith Rashleigh, an assistant at a prestigious London auction house and also hostess of a salubrious West End bar, whose dreams of breaking into the art world are slipping away. When Judith stumbles across a conspiracy at her auction house, she is fired before she can expose the fraud.

Desperate, she accepts a unique offer and soon finds herself fleeing for her life. Set in the exotic palaces and yachts of Europe's elite, Maestra is a shockingly original thriller.

Hidden Bodies

Caroline Kepnes

Paperback RRP $ 29.99 May release, advance orders welcome A chilling account of unrelenting, terrifying deceit, this is a thriller more perversely clever and dangerously twisted than any you have ever read. When bookseller Joe follows the woman he wants to marry to the West Coast, he never imagines that his obsession will lead to such tragedy.

The Waters of Eternal Youth Donna Leon

Paperback RRP $ 29.99 The twenty-fifth instalment of the bestselling Brunetti series is awash with the rhythms and concerns of contemporary Venetian life, all circling the haunting cold case of a brain-damaged woman trapped in a perpetual childhood. The more Brunetti uncovers of the murky past, the darker the story at its heart becomes.

The ICE CHILD

Ten Days

Far From True

Paperback RRP $ 29.99

Paperback RRP $ 29.99

Paperback RRP $ 29.99

Camilla Lackberg A semi-naked girl wanders through the woods in freezing cold weather. When she finally reaches the road, a car comes out of nowhere.

By the time Detective Patrik Hedström receives word of the accident, the girl has already been identified. Four months ago she disappeared and no one has seen her since.

Unnecessary Wars

Henry Reynolds

Paperback RRP $ 29.99 ‘Australian governments find it easy to go to war.

Their leaders seem to be able to withdraw with a calm conscience, answerable neither to God nor humanity.’

This is Henry Reynolds at his searing best, as he shows how the Boer War left a dark and dangerous legacy, demonstrating how those beliefs have propelled us into too many unnecessary wars – without ever counting the cost.

Gillian Slovo Cathy Mason, Home Secretary Peter Whiteley and new police chief, Joshua Yares, are each having a normal morning until their lives collide in a way they can't forget. Ten Days takes an unflinching look at how lives are ruined, careers are made and at small misjudgements that have profound effects.

Linwood Barclay delivers another masterclass in suspense set in the troubled town of Promise Falls. Evil deeds long thought buried are about to haunt the residents of this town - as the sins of the past and present collide with terrifying results.

Lure Of The Thylacine The Myths And Legends Of The Tasmanian Tiger

High Seas and High Teas: Voyaging to Australia

Paperback RRP $ 32.95

Paperback RRP $ 44.99

Bailey Col

May release, advance orders welcome Covering a century and a half during which the thylacine’s status has changed from being a despised sheep killer to a magnificent survivor, these enthralling stories are for both the curious and the enthusiast.

A fascinating collection of actual accounts and anecdotal yarns.

TED Talks

Paperback RRP $ 27.99

Paperback RRP $ 32.99

What happened to the European mind in the 1600s?

From alchemy to astronomy, Aristotle to Francis Bacon, and with Newton’s laws of motion, Descartes’ dualism and deepseated religious traditions – by the end of this tumultuous century 'the greatest ever change in the mental outlook of humanity' had irrevocably taken place.

Linwood Barclay

Non-Fiction & History

The Age of Genius A. C. Grayling

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Thrilling Reads

Chris Anderson May release, advance orders welcome Chris Anderson, head of TED, reveals the inside secrets and his five key techniques of how to give a first-class presentation, with tips from previous notable TED speakers. This is a lively, fun read with great practical application from the man who knows what goes into a truly memorable speech.

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Roslyn Russell foreward

by Kerry O'Brien

On journeys lasting more than 100 days, non-stop, our forebears endured raging seas, dazzling heat and freezing temperatures as ships journeyed far into the southerly latitudes. Using emigrant diaries and shipboard newspapers, Roslyn Russell gives a vivid sense of what it was like to leave one life for another and sail across the world into the unknown.

Damned Whores and God's Police Anne Summers

Paperback RRP $ 39.99 This new edition of the bestselling classic is as insightful and relevant as ever in its analysis of what continues to prevent Australian women from achieving full equality. Anne Summers identifies violence against women as one major factor and argues that our inability to deal with women holding power, especially in politics, is another. This book will energise and inspire a new generation.

True Stories

TALKING TO MY COUNTRY Stan Grant

Lab Girl

In Other Words

Paperback RRP $ 32.99

Hardback RRP $ 29.99

Hope Jahren A frank, illuminating and incandescent memoir by a trailblazing scientist, Hope Jahren. Lab Girl is a moving portrait of a longtime collaboration in work and life; and a book that will make you look at the natural world in a whole new light.

Our Man Elsewhere: In Search of Alan Moorehead Thornton McCamish

Hardback RRP $ 39.99 A world-famous Australian writer, an inspiration to Robert Hughes and Clive James, a legendary war correspondent who also wrote bestselling histories of exploration and conservation... and yet forgotten? In this dazzling book, Thornton McCamish delves into the past to reclaim a remarkable figure, Alan Moorehead.

The Fighter Arnold Zable

Paperback RRP $ 27.99 May release, advance orders welcome Henry Nissen was a champion boxer, the boy from working-class Carlton who fought his way up to beat some of the world's best in the 1970s. But his real work is on the streets, working to give the disaffected another chance. And all the while, in the background is the memory of his mother—and her devastating decline into madness.

Break Through Marina Go

Paperback RRP $ 32.99 May release, advance orders welcome From editor of Dolly at the age of 23 to General Manager of Harper's Bazaar, ELLE and Cosmopolitan and the first female chair of Wests Tigers NRL Club, Marina shares in-depth analysis of the 12 leadership traits that make a successful woman - providing the tools to turn your personal vision of success into a reality.

Hardback RRP $ 29.99

Jhumpa Lahiri

From the bestselling Pulitzer Prize winner, In Other Words is a memoir about her encounters living , speaking and writing in a language not her own. At heart it is a love story – of a long and sometimes difficult courtship, and a passion that verges on obsession: that of a writer for another language.

In July 2015, as the debate over Adam Goodes being booed at AFL games raged, Stan Grant wrote a short but powerful piece for The Guardian. Talking To My Country is the follow up book that talks to every Australian about their country - what it is, and what it could be. It is not just about race, or about indigenous people but all of us, our shared identity. Direct, honest and forthright, Stan is talking to us all.

The Wicked Boy

Kate Summerscale

Paperback RRP $ 27.99 May release, advance orders welcome In The Wicked Boy, multi award-winning author Kate Summerscale uncovers a fascinating true story of murder and morality – it is not just a meticulous examination of a shocking Victorian case, but also a compelling account of its aftermath, and of man's capacity to overcome the past.

How (Not) to Start an Orphanage Tara Winkler

Paperback RRP $ 32.99 May release, advance orders welcome The remarkable story of Tara Winkler, who established the Cambodian Children's Trust to provide children with emotional security and the opportunities they need to break the cycle of poverty. In this compelling, poignant and funny memoir, Tara shares the many joys and the terrible lows of her journey thus far with honesty and passion.

The Amazing Mrs Livesey

Freda Marnie Nicholls

Paperback RRP $ 29.99 An attractive young woman from a respectable family in Manchester, Ethel Livesey had over forty aliases, eight official marriages, four children and five divorces.

But what was fact and what was fiction? With a prologue written by her granddaughter, this extraordinary story is told for the first time in rich detail.

The Long Goodbye PJ. Parker

Paperback RRP $ 29.99 ‘On 13th October my father killed my mother’. And so begins this extraordinarily, moving and powerful memoir of an Australian family.

Spanning three generations of a rural Queensland farming family, The Long Goodbye illustrates the devastation of dementia and its terrible consequences for an entire family, as well as her father's controversial and unspeakable solution in euthanasia. This is an unforgettable story of love and loss by an outstanding new writer of originality and remarkable skill

Yassmin's Story

Yassmin Abdel-Magied

Paperback RRP $ 34.99 Frank, fearless, funny and inspiring, Yassmin AbdelMagied is a young Muslim dynamo offering a bracing breath of fresh air and hope. At 21, Yassmin found herself working as an engineer on a remote Australian oil and gas rig. She was the only woman and certainly the only Sudanese-EgyptianAustralian background Muslim woman. This is the story of how she got there, where she is going, and how she wants the world to change.

This catalogue is printed on paper which is fully PEFC Certified (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification scheme), a program which promotes the sustainable management of forests.

In addition, the paper is Australian Made with 92% of the energy used coming from renewable sources providing an environmentally friendly paper with a low carbon footprint. The pulp was bleached using totally Chlorine Free (TCF) process. This Catalogue is produced in accordance with the environment ISO 14001 Standard

Lovely Picture Books

Hattie Helps Out Jane Godwin & Davina Bell, Freya Blackwood (Illus)

GRANDMA WOMBAT

Hardback RRP $ 24.99 It's a busy day at Hattie's house. There's a lot to do before Dad's birthday party. Hattie is being very helpful, until it's time for her afternoon nap. Hattie's not even sleepy!

But Mama looks tired. Very tired... A delightfully funny story about a little girl with big ideas, from a winning combination of creators. An endearing picture book that any child – and parent – can relate to. Age: 3+

Something Wonderful

Jackie French & Bruce Whatley (Illus)

Hardback RRP $ 24.99 She eats. She sleeps. She scratches. And like all grandmas, she thinks her grandson is the bestbehaved baby ever. But this baby wombat has other ideas... Created by author Jackie French and illustrator Bruce Whatley, this delightfully funny book celebrates the love and joy of being a grandma. Age: 3+

Raewyn Caisley & Karen Blair (Illus)

Hardback RRP $ 24.99 Sam likes to pull things apart and put them back together, and think about how things work. But he is sometimes so busy doing this, he forgets his chores on the family farm. Then one day he creates something truly wonderful... An story about discovery, invention and the importance of dreams.

Age: 2+

Let's Play!

Rockhopping

Hardback RRP $ 22.99

Hardback RRP $ 24.99

Herve Tullet

Pig the Winner Aaron Blabey

Hardback RRP $16.99 Pig was a pug and I'm sorry to say if he didn't come first it would ruin his day. Won't he ever learn?! Pig, the world's greediest Pug, won't play fair. He'll do anything to win! Another laugh-out-loud book from the best-selling creator of Pig the Pug and Pig the Fibber. Age: 3+

William Bligh: A Stormy Story of Tempestuous Times Michael Sedunary & Bern Emmerichs (Illus)

Hardback RRP $ 29.95 William Bligh: a Stormy Story of Tempestuous Times peels back the layers of some of the most incredible circumstances in Australia’s colonial history. Some people may have heard of the famous Mutiny on the Bounty; others may have heard of the Rum Rebellion coup; but the details in and around these events are largely unknown and truly extraordinary.

Beautifully written by Michael Sedunary and complemented by the stunning artwork of ceramic artist, Bern Emmerichs, this is an exceptional book.

Age: 9+

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Hi there, do you want to play? Join the yellow dot on an adventure of colour and movement, surprise and imagination. A wonderful new dot-play adventure from the much-loved internationally bestselling creator of Press Here and Mix it Up!

Trace Balla

Join Clancy and Uncle Egg on a rambling, rockhopping adventure in Gariwerd (the Grampians), to find the source of the Glenelg River. A story about following your flow, and the unexpected places you may go. From the creator of the multi-award-winning Rivertime. Age: 8+

Age: 2+

HORTON AND THE KWUGGERBUG AND MOre Lost Stories

CLARRIE'S PIG DAY OUT

Dr Seuss

Hardback RRP $ 24.99

Hardback RRP $19.99

Truly Tan: Hoodwinked!

Jen Storer

This collection contains four stories, originally published in magazines in the 1950s, and up till now, largely forgotten. Now collected together and with freshly-coloured artwork, and with characters from Horton the elephant to a Grinch, this really is a book to read again and again and to treasure forever. Age: 4+

Jen Storer & Sue de Gennaro (Illus)

Paperback RRP $16.99 May release, advance orders welcome Two new books from the talented Jen Storer. In Clarrie’s Pig Day Out, young children will love seeing how Clarrie mixes up his words in this gorgeous picture book. Age: 3+ Also available is the next adventure in the best-selling Truly Tan series, Truly Tan: Hoodwinked! Age:8+

A Soldier, A Dog and A Boy

A Tale of Two Beasts

Hardback RRP $ 24.99

Paperback RRP $14.99

Libby Hathorn

Walking through the fields away from the front, a young Australian soldier finds what he thinks is a stray dog, and decides to adopt it as a mascot for his company. Then he meets Jacques, the homeless orphan boy who owns the dog. The soldier realises that Jacques needs the dog more and perhaps needs his help as well. Age: 4+

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Fiona Roberton

When a little girl rescues a strange beast from the woods, she takes him home. But for some reason, the little beast is not happy! There are two sides to every story, and this funny and charming tale is no exception. A story that makes you look at things from a different perspective. Age: 4+

for kids of all ages OLIVE OF GROVES and THE GREAT SLURP OF TIME

The Bad Guys: Episode Three Aaron Blabey

Paperback RRP $12.99

Katrina Nannestad & Lucia Masciullo (Illus)

Hardback RRP $19.99 May release, advance orders welcome When last we met Olive, she had defeated school bully Pig McKenzie and proved her acrobatic skills, earning herself a place at Groves. But when a twelve-year-old time traveller lands on the doorstep, trouble is just a minute away, and soon Olive is off on an adventure as big as time itself... Age: 9+

May release, advance orders welcome The Bad Guys are about to have a VERY BAD DAY! Mr Wolf and his bad, bad buddies have messed with the wrong guinea pig. And this nasty little furball wants revenge! Will they survive? Will they be heroes? And will they just stop trying to eat each other? Age: 7+

Raymie Nightingale

Kate DiCamillo

Hardback RRP $19.99 12th April release, advance orders welcome In her seventh novel, bestselling author Kate DiCamillo tells a masterful story that blends pathos and humour. If Raymie can win the Little Miss Central Florida Tire competition against Louisiana and Beverly, her father will see Raymie’s picture in the paper and (maybe) come home. As the competition approaches, loneliness, loss and unanswerable questions draw Raymie and her fellow competitors into an unlikely friendship – and challenge them to come to each other’s rescue in unexpected ways.

Age: 10+

Ollie's Odyssey

Magrit

Hardback RRP $ 27.99

Hardback RRP $19.99

William Joyce

May release, advance orders welcome Ollie is a favourite. Of all the toys in Billy's home, the stuffed rabbit takes top rank until he is kidnapped and faced with the momentous task of saving not only himself, but all the other stuffies who are "lost" as well. Superb illustrations and storytelling by the bestselling William Joyce. Age: 7+

Lee Battersby

Magrit lives in an abandoned cemetery.

One night a passing stork drops a strange bundle into the graveyard.

Master Puppet, her friend and advisor, tells her it is an awful, ugly, terrible thing and that she should get rid of it. But Magrit has other ideas. Age: 9+

Forward March

WeirDo 6: Crazy Weird!

Christobel Mattingly & David Kennett

Ahn Do

Hardback RRP $ 24.99 On ANZAC Day, people of all ages and nationalities gather at war memorials for the dawn service and line the streets for the march. On this national day of mourning and commemoration, they honour the men and women who returned from war and the sons, fathers, grandfathers and good mates who did not. Age: 6+

Paperback RRP $14.99 Just when you thought things couldn’t get any weirder, Weir Do’s back from the dentist and HE’S WEARING BRACES! How will he hide them from everyone, especially with a big trip to the Fun Fair coming up?! It won’t be easy… but it will be funny! Age: 6+

The Turners Mick Elliott

Paperback RRP $14.99 May release, advance orders welcome Leo Lennox has an epic problem: it's his thirteenth birthday and he has just grown a tail. You'd think that growing a tail in the middle of the school library would be the worst thing that could happen to you, but Leo is about to discover that things can always get worse - and a whole lot weirder. The first instalment of a trilogy from the funniest new Australian kids' author in years. Age: 9+

Pattern-tastic Treasure Hunt; Technicolour Treasure Hunt Nan Na Hvass & Sofie Hannibal

Megalopolis

Buildings, Bridges and Landmarks: A Complete History

Clea Dieudonne

Hardback RRP $ 35.00 The citizens of Megalopolis are visited by a traveller from outer space come to explore the wonders of their towering town.

Teeming with illustrations and full of funny details, the book unfolds to a length of over three metres.

It also includes a key to some of the sights children can spot, and is sure to provide hours of entertainment! Age: 4+

Tony Chapman

Paperback RRP $ 24.99 Travel through time and across the world visiting iconic buildings, bridges and monuments, from the ancient Greek Parthenon to the modern London Shard. The collector's guide details each landmark's place in architectural history and the detachable model compendium contains press-out pieces to make 25 ultra-stylish 3D models. Age: 10+

Age guides are approximate. Ask for more personalised advice in-store.

Board Books RRP $19.99 each Learn to spot the difference with the nature-inspired Patterntastic Treasure Hunt and learn to count from one to ten with Technicolour Treasure Hunt. Turn the tabs of these chunky board books to discover a world of colour and patterns, each containing 80 first words to see and say.

Age: 2+

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Lady Midnight The Dark Artifices, Book 1

Teen & YA

COOK up

Cassandra Clare

Paperback RRP $ 27.99 Five years ago the events of City of Heavenly Fire brought the Shadowhunters to the brink of oblivion.

Emma Carstairs is no longer a child in mourning, but a young woman bent on discovering what killed her parents and avenging her losses.

Together with her parabatai Julian Blackthorn, Emma must learn to trust her head and her heart whilst investigating a demonic plot that stretches across Los Angeles. If only her heart didn't lead her in treacherous directions... Glitz, glamours, and Shadowhunters abound in this heartrending tale.

A Court of Mist and Fury Sarah J Maas

Paperback RRP $17.99 May release, advance orders welcome After rescuing her lover from the wicked Faerie Queen, Feyre returns to the Spring Court immortal and indebted to High Lord Rhysand.

War looms on the horizon and only Feyre can end the encroaching evil. She must confront her past, embrace her powers and discover her heart's true desire. Age: 14+

Age: 14+

The Special Ones

The Way We Roll

Paperback RRP $19.99

Paperback RRP $19.99

Em Bailey

To the outside world, they are simply the Special Ones: four virtuous teenagers whose perfect lives are broadcast online to eager followers. And calm, lovely Esther is the most virtuous of them all. But inside, she is far from calm. She's terrified. Age: 12+

One has a secret. The other has a problem with the neighbour’s goat.

The bromance between private-schoolboy Will and juvenile delinquent Julian in The Way We Roll teaches us a few things about what it means to be a friend and what it means to be family. Age: 14+

Front Lines

Hour of the Bees

Paperback RRP $19.99

Paperback RRP $16.99

Michael Grant 1942. The fate of the world rests on a knife’s edge. And the soldiers who can tip the balance... are girls. Set in an alternate World War II where young women are called up to fight alongside men, this is the story of Rio Richlin and her sisters-in arms. Age: 14+

DESOLATION: Demon roAD, BOOK 2 Derek Landy

Paperback RRP $19.99 Amber and Milo’s only hope lies within Desolation Hill – a small town with a big secret; a town with a darkness to it, where evil seeps through the very floorboards. Until, on one night every year, it spills over onto the streets and all hell breaks loose. The second book in the mindblowing supernatural trilogy. Age: 13+

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Scot Gardner

Lindsay Eagar

This powerful debut novel delicately blurs the line between truth and fiction as Carol unravels the fantastical stories of her mentally ill grandfather. Carol sees glimmers of something special in what her parents dismiss as his madness. A stunning coming-of-age story. Age: 11+

The Hidden Oracle: The Trials of Apollo, Book 1 Rick Riordan

Paperback RRP $ 22.99 May release, advance orders welcome After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus. Weak and disoriented, he lands in New York City as a regular teenage boy. Now, without his godly powers, the four-thousand-yearold deity must learn to survive in the modern world until he can somehow find a way to regain Zeus's favour. Age: 11+

The Independent Bookseller’s Autumn reading Guide

Bake Class: Learn to Bake Brilliantly, Step by Step Anneka Manning

Hardback RRP $ 45.00 Take a personalised master class with baking expert Anneka Manning. Whether you're a beginner or already baking with confidence, this must-have reference features over 90 sweet and savoury fail-safe recipes that will build your know-how and confidence in a progressive and practical way, and help you become the baker you want to be. Purchase a copy of Bake Class for a chance to WIN a KitchenAid appliance set. Go to the competition page at www.indies.com.au for details and to enter.

Patisserie

Melanie Dupuis

Hardback RRP $ 59.99 Patisserie gives readers all the technical knowhow required to become an expert in the art of French patisserie. Beautifully photographed in stunning hardback format, each of the 100 recipes features a full-colour crosssection illustration, step-by-step photography and a beautiful hero image – all helping to inspire and demystify some of France’s most iconic desserts.

Florentine

Emiko Davies

Hardback RRP $ 49.99 Emiko Davies draws on her lived experience of traditional Florentine cuisine to share recipes that transport readers to the piazzas of Florence.

From her torta di mele – a nonna-esque apple cake – to ravioli pera e ricotta – mouthwateringly buttery pear and ricotta ravioloni – allow yourself to be taken on a culinary tour.

The Naked Vegan Maz Valcorza

Paperback RRP $ 39.99 Maz Valcorza is the owner of Sadhana Kitchen, Sydney’s first organic vegan, raw food and wholefood café. In The Naked Vegan she shares 140+ tasty raw vegan recipes for health and wellbeing. Follow her on a journey to organic, plantbased, raw food, one delicious bite at a time.

a feast Spice Journey Shane Delia

Hardback RRP $ 49.99 Delicious, authentic Middle Eastern food from Shane Delia, owner of award-winning restaurant Maha and host of the SBS TV show Shane Delia's Spice Journey.

Featuring 80 recipes distilled for the home cook, accompanied by hundreds of stunning images shot on location. Perfect for anyone who has ever dreamt of taking their own spice journey.

the Middle Eastern Vegetarian Cookbook Salma Hage

Hardback RRP $ 49.95 A collection of vegetarian dishes influenced by Middle Eastern flavours from Salma Hage, author of the bestselling classic, The Lebanese Kitchen. A definitive, fresh and approachable collection of 150 traditional recipes from an authoritative voice on Middle Eastern home cooking. The recipes are so flavourful and satisfying they are suitable for vegetarians and meateaters alike.

Gifts & Travel COUNTRY STYLE GARDENS Country Style

Paperback RRP $ 39.99 May release, advance orders welcome Join us as we visit some of Australia's most thoughtful and inspiring gardens - and meet the passionate people behind them - in this beautifully curated collection from Country Style.

Featuring stunning photography, detailed stories and expert planting guides for every climate and season, this book is a true collectors edition.

Copenhagen: Style Guide Anna Peuckert

Hardback RRP $ 39.99 Copenhagen Style Guide is an indispensable companion for both visitors who prefer to stray from the welltrodden tourist paths and locals looking for that unique insight or special view of their home. Eat. Sleep.

Shop. Love it.

PENGUIN BLOOM

Cameron Bloom & Bradley Trevor Greive

Sirocco

Sabrina Ghayour

Hardback RRP $ 39.99 May release, advance orders welcome The eagerly awaited follow-up to the bestseller Persiana. Sirocco will bring tastes of the East to Western-style dishes in a collection of 100 delicious and accessible recipes. With an emphasis on simple ingredients and strong flavours, Ghayour will bring her modern inspirational touch to a variety of dishes.

Hardback RRP $ 27.99 Penguin the magpie is a global social media sensation with over 113k followers on Instagram. But there is far more to Penguin's story than meets the eye. It begins with an accident, in which Cameron's wife, Sam, suffers a near fatal fall that leaves her paralysed and deeply depressed. Penguin's rescue and the incredible joy and strength she gives Sam and those around her demonstrates that friendship and support can come from unexpected quarters, ensuring there are always better days ahead.

She Sheds Not Just Jam Matthew Evans

Hardback RRP $ 35.00 Not Just Jam is gourmet farmer Matthew Evans's ode to the surplus of the seasons – a collection of more than 90 modern recipes for old-fashioned preserving methods. Not just for those with their own orchard, but also for those passionate about flavour.

Affirm Press

Paperback RRP $ 29.99 May release, advance orders welcome Whether it’s a renovated old hut, a commandeered garage or a studio on an abandoned veggie patch, more and more spaces are refashioned into sanctuaries of peace, quiet and possibility. Celebrate these beautiful spaces and the women who build them. Purchase a copy of She Sheds for a chance to WIN a $500 Bunnings gift card. Go to the competition page at www.indies.com.au for details and to enter.

the Simple Home Hetzel Rhonda

Hardback RRP $ 45.00 Award-winning blogger Rhonda Hetzel shares the day-to-day practicalities of a simple life and shows you how to rediscover the heart of your home. With a year of monthly projects that make household management easier, Rhonda encourages you to set up good systems, make what you need and appreciate what you have. Learn how to stretch money further, safely clean your home and cook from scratch. Also available by Rhonda Hetzel, Down To Earth, a practical guide to living more sustainably.

Beaches

Gray Malin

Hardback RRP $ 50.00 Beaches is a visual celebration of sunshine and fun from aerial photographer Gray Malin. Combining the spirit of travel, adventure, luxury, and artistry, his awe-inspiring aerial photographs of beaches around the world are shot from doorless helicopters, creating playful and stunning celebrations of light, shape, and perspective.

The World's Best Street Food; The World's Best Drinks Lonely Planet

Paperbacks RRP $ 24.99 each Two fabulous mini-books from Lonely Planet. The World’s Best Drinks: Whether it’s hand-crafted British ale or a refreshing Michelada from Mexico, our bar-hopping experts have scoured the planet for the best tipples and toddies it has to offer. The World’s Best Street Food bring the planet’s freshest flavours direct to your home.

Vogue 100: A Centenary of Style Robin Muir

Hardback RRP $ 80.00 While principally a fashion magazine, Vogue has never been just that. It has assumed a central and vital role on the cultural stage, with a history that spans the most inventive decades in fashion and taste, and in the arts and society.

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Indie BOOK Awards

2016 WINNERs

Australian Independent Bookseller

Australian independent booksellers have announced The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood as the Indie Book Awards 2016 Book of the Year. The Indie Book Awards, now in its Eighth year, are chosen by the country’s independent booksellers who select their favourite Australian books published in the previous calendar year.

The individual category winners, in Fiction, Non-Fiction, Debut Fiction, Children’s and Young Adult, were also announced. From these five category winners the independent booksellers selected the best of the best - the Indie Book Awards 2016 Book of the Year.

Judges’ Comments: Charlotte Wood’s The Natural Way of Things is dark and disturbing! A gripping read where we see young women stolen away from their everyday lives for perceived sexual indiscretions. The writing builds the tension and our sense of fear for the women is palpable as we realise the depth of their predicament.

This is a brave and timely work, gritty and visceral in its telling. The Natural Way of Things is an utterly compelling and potent story of sexism against women and a reflection upon contemporary misogyny. Full of pathos and horror, it is beautifully written and powerfully evoked, showing the assured voice of a writer able to weave a narrative which never wavers from its purpose, nor loses its footing.

CATEGORY WINNERs Category Winner NON-FICTION Reckoning: A Memoir by Magda Szubanski Judges’ Comments: In this generous memoir, Magda describes her journey of self-discovery from a suburban childhood, haunted by the stories of her father’s espionage activities in wartime Poland and by her secret awareness of her sexuality, to the complex dramas of adulthood and her need to find out the truth about herself and her family.

Heartbreakingly honest, joyously poignant, intimate and revelatory.

Category Winner DEBUT FICTION Salt Creek by Lucy Treloar Judges’ Comments: Salt Creek is a story as broad, beautiful and harsh as the landscape in which it is set.

Following the failure of several ventures the Finch family is forced to leave Adelaide for the isolation and hardship of a run on the Coorong. Hester Finch relates the everyday events with perfect clarity and heartfelt emotion. A brilliant blend of fact and fiction. Salt Creek is a classic.

Category Winner CHILDREN’S The Bad Guys: Episode 1 by Aaron Blabey

Category Winner YOUNG ADULT Cloudwish by Fiona Wood

Judges’ Comments: So much fun! This is a great bridging book for children who are looking for something a bit more challenging than a picture book but are not quite up to novellas yet. The illustrations are hilarious and really bring the trials and tribulations of “bad guys” trying to be heroes to life.

Blabey’s sense of the ridiculous is finely tuned. He pushes just far enough to be hilarious, and never quite goes overboard.

Judges’ Comments: I loved the premise of this book are wishes real, can they ever come true? And, importantly, what do you do if they do come true? Vân Uoc is a great character, trying to juggle expectations from her parents and her own dreams. Wood is a great writer, and her characters are beautifully drawn, full of tragedies and heroism.

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