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April 2021 READS THIS MONTH new fiction + non-fiction + children’s + YA BOOK OF THE MONTH Car Crash: A Memoir | Lech Blaine| $29.99 What is it like to survive a crash that kills your best friends? How do you move on? A stunning memoir about grief, perseverance and courage.
April 2021
NEW FICTION TOP PICKS
The Ripping Tree Sweet Sweet Revenge
Nikki Gemmell LTD.
$32.99 Jonas Jonasson
Out 7 Apr 2021 $24.99
An intense, sharp shiver Out 16 Apr 2021
of a novel, which The brand-new adven-
brings to mind such ture from the beloved
diverse influences as author of The Hundred
The Turn of the Screw, Year-Old Man Who
Rebecca and the film Climbed Out of the
Get Out as much as Window and Disap-
it evokes The Secret peared, involving a
River. goat, some forged
paintings, four large
boxes of sex toys, and a
kilo of flour…
Cold Boy’s Wood The Fine Art of Invisible
Carol Birch Detection
$32.99 Robert Goddard
Out 7 Mar 2021 $32.99
Two estranged broth- Out 16 Mar 2021
ers, one stolen car An unlikely heroine.
and a road trip from An even more unlikely
Texas to New York. detective. And a cold
What could possibly go case that’s resurfacing
wrong? For fans of Nick with deadly conse-
Hornby, David Nicholls quences. The next
and Jonathan Tropper. book from ‘the world’s
greatest storyteller’
(Guardian).
Civilisations Temporary
Laurent Binet Hilary Leichter
$32.99 $27.99
Out 13 Apr 2021 Out 1 Apr 2021
A strangely believable, 18 boyfriends. 23 jobs.
counter-factual history One ghost who occa-
of the modern world, sionally pops in to give
fizzing with ideas about advice. Welcome to the
colonisation, em- world of the Temporary.
pire-building and the Wild, hopeful, infinitely
eternal human quest sad and infinitely funny,
for domination. Temporary is the smart-
est, most humane story
of what it is to work and
live, here and now.April 2021
First Person Singular How Do You Live?
Haruki Murakami Yoshino Genzaburo
$39.99 $32.99
Out 6 Apr 2021 Out 23 Feb 2021
A brilliant new col- Publishing in English
lection of short stories for the very first time,
from the bestselling Japan’s best loved
author. Philosophical classic tells the story of a
and mysterious, the young boy’s journey to
stories in First Person discovering what really
Singular all touch matters in life with his
beautifully on love and dear uncle as a guide.
solitude, childhood
and memory…all with
a signature Murakami
twist.
Love Objects The Lady with the Gun
Emily Maguire Asks the Questions
$32.99 Kerry Greenwood
Out 27 Mar 2021 $29.99
When Lena travels to Out 27 Mar 2021
her aunt’s house, she Miss Fisher is up to her
gets the shock of her stunning green eyes in
life, and sets in train a intriguing crime in each
series of events that of these, fun and com-
pulsively readable stories.
will prove cataclysmic
With the ever-loyal Dot,
for them both. A the ingenious Mr Butler
heart-wrenching novel and all of Phryne’s friends
about love and family, and household, the action
and the things we do is as fast as Phryne’s wit
to fill our empty spaces. and logic.
Fidelity Hot Stew
Alexandra Andrews Fiona Mozley
$32.99 $32.99
Out 13 Apr 2021 Out 20 Mar 2021
Carlo and Margherita: A riotous novel about
a happily married sex and money set in
couple in their mid-thir- the electric world of
ties. But after eight Soho, featuring a group
years of repressed of sex workers, a billion-
desires and the birth of aire Russian oligarch,
a son, when the past a nearly over-the-hill
resurfaces in the form actor, junkie vaga-
of books sent anon- bonds, a once far-right
ymously, will love be extremist and a very
enough to save them? glamorous borzoi.April 2021
NEW NON-FICTION TOP PICKS
Sex, Lies and Question Australia: The Cookbook
Time Ross Dobson
Kate Ellis $65.00
$32.99 Out 29 Mar 2021
Out 29 Mar 2021 A celebration of Aus-
A former MP explores tralian cuisine like never
the good, the bad before — 350 recipes
and the ugly of life as showcasing the rich
a woman in Australian diversity of its land-
politics. Wry, candid scapes and its people,
and provocative, it an Australian food
is a powerful call to writer, stylist and chef in
demand more of our regular demand.
leaders and our institu-
tions.
World Travel: An Turns Out, I’m Fine
Irreverent Guide Judith Lucy
Anthony Bourdain, $32.99
Laurie Woolever Out 7 Apr 2021
$29.99 In her most candid book
Out 20 Apr 2021 yet, Judith figures out
A celebration of the what went wrong, then
life and legacy of one turns her attention to
of the most important finding out what her life
food writers of all time. might look like if it went
An entertaining, prac- right – trying everything
tical, fun and frank from dating a tree to
travel guide to some getting a portrait of her
of his favourite places – vulva done to swimming
in his own words. with a whale shark.
With the Falling of the My Rock ‘n’ Roll Friend
Dusk Tracey Thorn
Stan Grant $29.99
$34.99 Out 30 March 2021
Out 29 Mar 2021 Iconic inger-songwriter
A deeply powerful, and author Thorn takes
poetic and compelling stock of 37 years of
book on the challeng- friendship with Go-Be-
es facing our world, tweens drummer Lindy
from one of Australia’s Morrison. This book asks
most experienced what people see, who
journalists and interna- does the looking, and
tional commentators, ultimately who writes
Stan Grant. women out of - and
back into - history.April 2021
Lines to the Horizon The Secret Life of the
Misc Modern House
$32.99 Dominic Bradbury
Out 30 Mar 2021 $45.00
From Gold Coast surf Out 30 Mar 2021
culture, to the life and A ground-breaking and
death relationships of engaging explanation
humans to the sea, of the evolution of the
to from surf travel in homes we live in today
Mexico, this collection - told through the stories
features six authors of 90 iconic houses
writing about surf, and and the designers and
the ocean, in six very architects who created
different ways. them.
Red Zone Old Seems to be Other
Peter Hartcher People
$32.99 Lily Brett
Out 26 Apr 2021 $24.99
In this gripping book, Out 13 Apr 2021
Peter Hartcher shows In this disarming,
how Australia woke up intimate and self-dep-
to China’s challenge recating collection of
and explores what vignettes about aging,
comes next. Will we Lily Brett gives us snap-
see a further deterio- shots of her life in New
ration in relations, or is York. Her take is simulta-
there a smarter way to neously hilarious, serious
deal with an authori- and utterly irresistible.
tarian superpower?
A Swim in a Pond in Ombra
the Rain Carlo Grossi
George Saunders $39.99
$34.99 Out 30 Mar 2021
Out 30 Mar 2021* Timeless Italian bar
From the New York culture gets a modern
Times-bestselling, Melbourne twist at
Booker Prize-winning Carlo Grossi’s Ombra.
author of Lincoln in This cookbook brings
the Bardo and Tenth together the very best
of December comes of Carlo’s food, from
a literary master class lovingly aged meats, to
*Reprint due instore on what makes great homemade sausages to
April 30 stories work and what mouth-watering pizzas,
they can tell us about to all sorts of irresistible
ourselves - and our bar snacks.
world today.April 2021
NEW CHILDREN’S TOP PICKS
PICTURE BOOK PICTURE BOOK
Weirdo The Rock from the Sky
Zadie Smith, Nick Laird Jon Klassen
$27.99 $27.99
Out 13 Apr 2021 Out 21 Apr 2021
An endearing story From the creator of the
about the quiet power Hat trilogy comes a new
of being different by deadpan gem. Merging
two veteran writers, broad visual suspense
featuring a guinea pig with wry wit and existen-
who inexplicably wears tial silliness, celebrated
a judo suit - and not picture-book creator
everyone understands Jon Klassen gives us a
or approves. wholly original comedy
for the ages.
PICTURE BOOK PICTURE BOOK
About a Song Chicken Little and the
Guilherme Karsten Big Bad Wolf
$24.99 Sam Wedelich
Out 1 Apr 2021 $17.99
A father and son Out 1 Apr 2021
embark on a journey The irresistible heroine
across the city but as from Chicken Little: The
they get on the train Real and Totally True
and plug in the music, Tale goes toe-to-toe
do they really know with another favorite
where they will end fairy tale character in
up? Where will the this brilliant comedy
music take them? of errors spun with sly
wisdom.
JUNIOR FICTION JUNIOR FICTION
Hat-Trick Teddy A Class Full of Lizards:
Belinda Murrell The Grade Six Survival
$14.99 Guide 2
Out 3 Apr 2021 Alison Hart
A story for every kid $14.99
who dreams big, burst- Out 30 Mar 2021
ing with fun, footy, In this hilarious sequel to
family, friends and School Rules are Op-
Nonna’s meatballs tional, Jesse is back with
from NRL superstar and even more hysterical
Dally M Medal winner, antics as he navigates
James Tedesco. the worst family health
kick ever and the
chaotic end of Grade
Six.April 2021 YOUNG ADULT YOUNG ADULT Rogue Princess Rule of Wolves B.R. Myers Leigh Bardugo $19.99 $22.99 Out 13 Apr 2021 Out 29 Mar 2021 A headstrong princess The wolves are circling and clever thief battle and a young king wits, but everything will face his greatest changes when they challenge in the uncover a rebel explosive finale of the conspiracy that could instant #1 New York destroy their planet Times-bestselling King forever in this gen- of Scars Duology. der-swapped sci-fi YA retelling of Cinderella. YOUNG ADULT YOUNG ADULT The Project House of Hollow Courtney Summers Krystal Sutherland $21.99 $19.99 Out 13 Apr 2021 Out 13 Mar 2021 As Lo delves deeper A dark and twisty into The Project, the modern-day fairytale lives of its members, that expertly melds the and spends more time fantastical with the real with its leader, it upends as the Hollow sisters everything she thought discover just how much she knew about her horror can lie beneath sister, herself, cults, and the surface. the world. YOUNG ADULT YOUNG ADULT The Prison Healer The Outlaws Scarlett Lynette Noni and Browne $24.99 Jonathan Stroud Out 30 Mar 2021 $18.99 17-year-old Kiva has Out 7 Apr 2021 spent the last ten years Set in a broken, future fighting for survival in England, where gun- the notorious death fights and monsters prison, Zalindov, working collide, this is the excit- as the prison healer. A ing first title in a phe- dark, thrilling YA fantasy nomenal fantasy teen perfect for fans of Sarah series by the bestselling J. Maas and Sabaa children’s novelist. Tahir.
April 2021 HIDDEN GEMS TOP FIND The Monocle Book of Italy Tyler Brûlé $100.00 The Monocle team celebrates the endless- ly fascinating and culturally rich country of Italy. Packed with insight and fully illustrat- ed, with specially commissioned photogra- phy to paint a unique portrait of the nation. After The Australian Karachi Vice Ripe Figs Ugliness Samira Shackle Yasmin Khan Misc $32.99 $45.00 $90.00 A fast-paced journey Illustrated with stunning Robin Boyd’s The Aus- around Karachi in the food and location pho- tralian Ugliness was pub- company of those who tography, Ripe Figs is a lished in 1960. Here, eah know the city inside out dazzling collection of author makes Boyd’s - from an electrifying Eastern Mediterranean work live in the now, new voice in narrative recipes and stories that exploring questions non-fiction. celebrate an ever-di- about the, sometimes versifying region and lucky, sometimes ugly imagine a world without character of Australia. borders.
April 2021
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