HarperCollins Australia

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HarperCollins Publishers Australia is the second largest trade publishing company in Australia, publishing both adult and children’s books, from multiaward-winning and best-selling authors, both locally and internationally, to cutting edge debut authors across several Harper Fiction and Non-fiction imprints, ABC Books, and Harlequin Australia. We are the proud home to many of Australia’s biggest names in literature, past and present.

THE BOY AND THE ELEPHANT

Freya Blackwood

The boy lives in the city, where everything is fast and loud. But amidst the bustle and the noise, the boy has a secret … In the overgrown lot next to his apartment, deep within the green, he has a friend. But one day progress arrives, bringing with it plans for something new, and the boy must find a way to save his friend …

• A moving and magical wordless picture book from seven-time CBCA winner Freya Blackwood.

• From multi-award-winning storyteller Freya Blackwood comes a magical and tender wordless picture book about the world we live in and our ability to change it.

RELEASE DATE: 11/2021 ISBN: 9781460759998 RRP (AUD): $24.99 FORMAT: HB, 40pp RIGHTS: World CATEGORY: Picture Book

ELIZA VANDA'S BUTTON BOX

Emily Rodda

Life hasn’t been much fun for Milly Dynes lately. There seem to be problems everywhere she looks. She’s always loved her home in Tidgy Bay, but at the moment she wishes she was somewhere — anywhere — else. Then Eliza Vanda turns up and magic comes with her …

• A sparkling new fantasy adventure from multi-award-winning and best-selling author Emily Rodda.

• From the author of the award-winning His Name Was Walter comes another magical mystery story that will delight Emily Rodda fans.

RELEASE DATE: 05/2021 ISBN: 9781460759608 RRP (AUD): $22.99 FORMAT: HB, 288pp RIGHTS: World CATEGORY: Middle-grade Fiction, Junior Fiction

HOUSE OF KWA

Mimi Kwa

Riveting, colourful and often darkly humorous, House of Kwa is an epic family drama spanning four generations, and an unforgettable story about how one woman finds the courage to stand up for her freedom and independence, squaring off against the ghosts of the past and finally putting them to rest.

• Wild Swans meets Educated in this riveting true story spanning four generations. • ‘Revelatory and remarkable.’ — Trent Dalton.

• ‘Mimi Kwa paints her Chinese heritage and life on the hard-knock streets of Scarborough in rich, kaleidoscopic detail; it is Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club meets Trent Dalton’s Boy Swallows Universe. […] House of Kwa is a rich and riveting read which heralds a new chapter in Kwa’s life as a writer. The spirited tiger, full of life and driven to achieve, has many stories to tell yet.’ — Sue Smethurst, The Australian.

RELEASE DATE: 06/2021 ISBN: 9780733341137 RRP (AUD): $34.99 FORMAT: PB, 320pp RIGHTS: World CATEGORY: Biography, Autobiography

THE TRUTH ABOUT HER

Jacqueline Maley

A tender, absorbing, intelligent and moving exploration of guilt, shame, female anger, and, in particular, mothering, with all its trouble and treasure. The Truth About Her, a striking, stylish and contemporary novel, is also about the nature of stories — who owns them, who gets to tell them, and why we need them. • For fans of Ann Patchett and Anne Tyler.

• ‘Read the first sentence of Jacqueline Maley’s debut novel, and you will be in it until the end. Electrifying, deeply unsettling and so, so satisfying. And, if you’ve ever tried to manage the sharp end of a career with the blunt demands of parenthood, fiercely recognisable.’ — Meg Mason, author of Sorrow and Bliss.

• Jacqueline Maley writes for the Sydney Morning Herald and Age newspapers covering politics, people and social affairs.

RELEASE DATE: 04/2021 ISBN: 9781460759165 RRP (AUD): $32.99 FORMAT: PB, 368pp RIGHTS: World CATEGORY: Fiction

THE OTHER SIDE OF BEAUTIFUL

Kim Lock

Meet Mercy Blain, whose house has just burnt down. Unfortunately for Mercy, this goes beyond the disaster it would be for most people: she hasn’t been outside that house for two years now. After the chance purchase of a cult classic campervan, with the company of her sausage dog, Wasabi, and a mysterious box of cremated remains, Mercy heads north from Adelaide to Darwin.

• Kim Lock is an internationally published author of four novels. Her writing has also appeared in Kill Your Darlings, The Guardian, Daily Life and The Sydney Morning Herald online.

• Exquisite, tender and wry, Lost & Found meets The Rosie Project in this stunning break-out novel where a vulnerable misfit is forced to re-engage with the world, despite her best efforts.

RELEASE DATE: 07/2021 ISBN: 9781867214908 RRP (AUD): $29.99 FORMAT: PB, 400pp RIGHTS: World CATEGORY: Fiction