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June 2021
READS THIS MONTH
new fiction + non-fiction + children’s + YA
JUNE
TOP
PICK
Who Gets to Be
Smart
Bri Lee
$29.99
The best-selling
and award-
winning author
of Eggshell Skull
asks ‘who gets to
be smart?’ in this
forensic and hard-
hitting exploration
of knowledge,
power and
privilege.
June 2021
NEW FICTION TOP PICKS
Animal Should We Stay Or
Lisa Taddeo Should We Go
$32.99 Lionel Shriver
Out 8 June 2021 $29.99
In a haunting, visceral Out 2 June 2021
novel of women surviv- By turns hilarious and
ing men, Lisa Taddeo touching, playful and
has produced one of grave, Shriver’s latest
the most compelling novel is a a rollicking
anti-heroines in fiction. page-turner that por-
‘A fever dream of a trays twelve parallel
read’ (Stylist). universes, each explor-
ing a possible future for
an ageing couple.
Heaven One Hundred Days
Mieko Kawakami Alice Pung
$32.99 $32.99
Out 25 May 2021 Out 1 June 2021
A dazzling testament A fractured fairytale
to Kawakami’s literary exploring the faultlines
talent, she asks us to between love and
question the fate of control between a
the meek in a society mother and daughter.
that favours the strong, At times tense and
and the lengths that claustrophobic, it brims
even children go in with humour, warmth
their learned cruelty. and character.
Still Life Still
Sarah Winman Matt Nable
$32.99 $32.99
Out 2 June 2021 Out 26 May 2021
From the author of An evocative,
When God was a page-turning thriller
Rabbit and Tin Man, that begins with a body
Still Life is a big-heart- being dragged out of a
ed story of people Darwin river. If you loved
brought together by The Dry and Scrublands,
love, war, art and the you will love this book.
ghost of E.M. Forster.June 2021
The Other Half of You Palace of the Drowned
Michael Mohammed Christine Mangan
Ahmad $32.99
$32.99 Out 8 June 2021
Out 26 May 2021 Set in the days before
In this moving and timely and after Venice’s
novel, Ahmad balances devastating 1966 flood,
the complexities of this is an electrifying
modern love with the and enticing new novel
demands of family, from the author of the
tradition and faith. A bestselling Tangerine.
powerful, insightful and
unforgettable new novel
from the Miles Franklin
shortlisted author of The
Lebs.
Voyeur The Other Black Girl
Francesca Reece Gabriela Garcia
$32.99 $29.99
Out 8 June 2021 Out 1 June 2021
A propulsive, vivid Editorial assistant Nella
and witty debut set Rogers is tired of being
over a French summer the only Black employ-
that tackles the pull ee at Wagner Books.
between desire and She’s thrilled when
power, introducing a Hazel starts working
brilliant new voice in next to her…until things
fiction. For readers of change. A whip-smart
Anna Hope and Naoise and dynamic thriller
Dolan. and sly social commen-
tary,
Hard Like Water The Union of
Yan Lianke Synchronised Swimmers
$32.99 Cristina Sandu
Out 16 June 2021 $34.99
An irresistible tale about Out 4 May 2021
sex and revolution, and It’s summer behind the
a compelling drama Iron Curtain, and six girls
about the nature of are about to swim their
political power—by way to the Olympics —
one of China’s greatest and a new life. A book
contemporary writers. in translation from the
Translated by Carlos Helsinki author, and
Rojas. winner of the Toisinkoin-
en Literary Prize.June 2021
NEW NON-FICTION TOP PICKS
The Heartbeat of Trees Welcome To Consent
Peter Wohlleben Yumi Stynes
$29.99 $15.99
Out 1 June 2021 Out 1 May 2021
Bestselling author and An inclusive, frank
forester Peter Wohlle- and funny guide to
ben reveals the hidden navigating consent for
interactions between tweens and teens of
humans and trees, and all genders, from the
how reconnecting with award-winning authors
the natural world is the of Welcome To Your
key to our survival. Period.
Care Languages of Truth
Brooke McAlary Salman Rushdie
$32.99 $35.00
Out 1 June 2021 Out 1 June 2021
With unwavering Gathering writing
compassion and between 2003 and
understanding, Brooke 2020, this book presents
McAlary takes us on a Rushdie’s most piercing
journey to rediscover views on the evolution
the small pleasures that of literature and culture
create large ripples, even as he takes us
reminding us that no deep into his own
one needs to do it all exuberant and fearless
by themselves. imagination.
Rememberings Acknowledgments
Sinead O’Connor Becky Lucas
$45.00 $29.99
Out 28 Apr 2021 Out 2 June 2021
From renowned social From critically ac-
research experts Mark claimed comedian
McCrindle and Ashley Becky Lucas comes a
Fell come the insights funny, consoling and
and answers we need very candid collection
to help our switched- of stories and essays
on, 21st-century kids about friends, enemies
thrive. and figuring it out.June 2021
Alexandria Fully Human
Edmund Richardson Steve Biddulph
$29.99 $34.99
Out 1 June 2021 Out 25 May 2021
A wild journey through Steve Biddulph draws
19thc India and Af- on deeply personal
ghanistan, with im- stories from his own
peccably researched life, as well as those of
storytelling that shows his clients, and from
us a world of espio- the frontiers of thinking
nage and dreamers, about how the brain
ne’er-do-wells and works with the body
opportunists, extreme and the wisdom of the
violence, and bound- ‘wild creature’ inside all
less hope. of us.
China Panic Latitude
David Brophy Nick Crane
$32.99 $32.99
Out 1 June 2021 Out 1 June 2021
Australia is in the grip By knowing the shape
of a China Panic. How of our earth we can
did we get here and create maps, survive
what’s the way out? A the oceans, follow
historian and lecturer rivers, navigate the
better way to think skies, and travel the
about foreign influ- globe. This is the story
ence and the nation’s of our world, of how we
future. discovered what no
one thought possible -
the shape of the earth.
Spring Cannot be Rewilding the Urban
Cancelled Soul
Martin Gayford, David Claire Dunn
Hockney $35.00
$50.00 Out 1 June 2021
Out 8 June 2021 We’re a famously na-
David Hockney reflects ture-loving nation, yet
upon life and art as he 86 per cent of Austra-
experiences lockdown lians call the city home.
in rural Normandy. ‘A Amid the concrete and
springboard for ideas the busyness, how can
about art, space, time we also answer the call
and light. It is scholarly, of the wild?
thoughtful and provok-
ing.’ – The TimesJune 2021
NEW CHILDREN’S TOP PICKS
PICTURE BOOK PICTURE BOOK
Ciao, Sandro! Kafka and the Doll
Steven Varni, Luciano Larissa Theule
Lozano $29.99
$17.99 Out 1 June 2021
Out 8 June 2021 Inspired by a true story,
Follow the adventures Kafka and the Doll
of a lovable Venetian recounts a remarkable
dog as he explores gesture of kindness
the streets and canals from one of the world’s
of his beloved city on most bewildering and
a special mission. In- iconic writers.
cludes a glossary of
Italian words and a
pronunciation guide.
PICTURE BOOK PICTURE BOOK
Where is Claris in New Comparrotives
York Janik Coat
Megan Hess $15.99
$19.99 Out 8 June 2021
Out 2 June 2021 In this oversize board
Claris, the chicest book, young readers
mouse in Paris, is will learn about com-
setting off on an excit- parative adjectives
ing adventure through via a very humorous
the Big Apple! Look parrot, features sur-
inside and find her! prising touch-and-feel
novelty elements
throughout.
ILLUSTRATED ILLUSTRATED
NONFICTION NONFICTION
Walking in Gagudju The Book of Australian
Country Trees
Diane Lucas, Ben Tyler Inga Simpson
$29.99 $26.99
Out 1 June 2021 Out 26 May 2021
Walk through one of Trees tell stories about
the Top End’s magnifi- places, and Australia
cent monsoon forests, has some of the tallest,
in Kakadu National oldest, fattest and
Park, learning about most unusual trees
the plants, animals and in the world. Inga
Kundjeyhmi culture Simpson’s first book for
along the way. children.June 2021
ILLUSTRATED ILLUSTRATED
NONFICTION NONFICTION
Survivors of Land, Sea Kunyi
and Sky Kunyi June Anne
Ben Hubbard McInerney
$19.99 $27.99
Out 1 June 2021 Out 1 June 2021
Fifteen amazing stories A collection of tender
of survival against the and honest stories that
odds, focussing on will educate children
positive outcomes of on our nation’s history
natural disasters and and remind adult
accidents from recent readers of the real
history. impact of the Stolen
Generations.
ILLUSTRATED JUNIOR FICTION
NONFICTION The Right Way to Rock
Earth’s Aquarium Nat Amoore
Alexander Kaufman $14.99
$44.99 Out 1 June 2021
Out 2 June 2021 When Principal Keiren
Explore 15 real-life plans to cut all arts
water worlds and meet classes, there’s no way
the wildlife that makes me and my new mate
each one unique. An Flynn are gonna let
oversized gift book that happen. We’re
with iridescent gold foil dragging our secret
cover. Broadway apprecia-
tion society into the
spotlight.
JUNIOR FICTION YOUNG ADULT
Twitch 100 Remarkable Feats
M. G. Leonard of Xander Maze
$18.99 Clayton Zane Comber
Out 2 June 2021 $19.99
The internationally Out 2 June 2021
bestselling author of Xander Maze loves lists,
Beetle Boy writes a and his grandmother is
thrilling mystery adven- #1 on his list of People I
ture about friendship, Love Most in the World.
bravery and the won- But now that Nanna
derful world of birds, has stage 4 cancer,
starring a birdwatching can a new list of 100
detective called Twitch. Remarkable Feats
really save her?June 2021
HIDDEN
GEMS
TOP FIND
Lolita in the Afterlife
Jenny Minton Quigley
$27.99
A vibrant collection of sharp and essen-
tial modern pieces on the perennially
controversial Lolita, by a wide range of
celebrated writers, edited by the daughter
of Lolita’s original publisher.
Checkmate in Berlin Building for Hope Sitting in the Shade
Giles Milton Marwa Al-Sabouni Hugh Johnson
$34.99 $39.99 $39.99
A compulsive The follow-up to Marwa Hugh shares with the
page-turner about the al-Sabouni’s dramatic reader through his
battle for Berlin and memoir, in which the easy, evocative writing
control of the Western Syrian architect explores an eclectic mix of
world in the aftermath how cities and buildings thoughtful, topical and
of the Second World might be rebuilt in the whimsical insights that
War from ‘the master of aftermath of conflict, will delight not only gar-
narrative history’. crisis or financial depres- deners but anyone with
sion. an interest in nature.June 2021
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