The Measure of Success by Ron Clarke
2 February, 2007
Ron Clarke is best remembered for setting 19 world records on the track in the 1960s, but this autobiography reflects upon a whole lifetime of achievement.

War for Gentlemen by Jackie French
2 February, 2007
This is a simple novel about a young Australian man who, with ruling-class idealism about the world of gentlemen and ladies, goes to fight in the American civil war on the side of the South.

The Marriage of the Sea by Jane Alison
2 February, 2007
Jane Alison is an expat Australian author who seems to have a higher profile overseas than here. 

Voyage of the Shadowmoon by Sean McMullen
2 February, 2007
I first ran across the Australian author Sean McMullen years ago when I read his Voices in the Light and Mirrorsun Rising (as the original Australian publisher called the first and second volumes of his Greatwinter Trilogy).

The Man Who Died Twice by Peter Thompson and Robert Macklin
2 February, 2007
Only as a newspaper correspondent can I expect to distinguish myself above the common herd...In spite of all that is said to the contrary, it is the noblest in my opinion of all the professions..as energy, courage, temperance and truthfulness are necessary to its success.

A Voyage by Dhow by Norman Lewis
2 February, 2007
Norman Lewis's travel writing is the good old-fashioned kind. No sensationalism, no smart "look how weird these foreigners are!", no tricky merging of fact and fiction: just a vivid, straightforward, sometimes wry expression of his fascination with the world and its people.

The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes by Mark Urban
2 February, 2007
This book is about a shadow. How could it be otherwise when your General was Wellington and you were only a Captain?

Up There Mike Brady by Noel Delbridge
2 February, 2007
Great biographies need great stories. Surprisingly, perhaps, there are many to be found in Up There Mike Brady. Pigeonholed by the public as the man who wrote the Australian Rules’ football anthem, ‘Up there Cazaly’, Mike Brady’s eventful life is intriguing and bittersweet.

Malicious Intent by Kathryn Fox
2 February, 2007
The first book by Kathryn Fox, a Sydney general practitioner, centres on Anya Crichton, a forensic pathologist and physician.

Malaria Frontline by Tony Sweeney
2 February, 2007
During World War II the hidden killer, malaria, was one of the most powerful enemies of Australian troops in the south-west Pacific.

Undine by Penni Russon
2 February, 2007
First-time novelist Penni Russon has brought together fantasy, friendship, family, contemporary coming-of-age and a touch of romance-a combination that should appeal particularly to female readers. Undine (‘sea nymph’) lives in Hobart with her mother and young brother, and next-door to her best friend, Trout, and his brothers.

Two Summers by John Heffernan & Freya Blackwood
2 February, 2007
Readers of his earlier picture book, My Dog, will know already that award-winning author John Heffeman tells a moving tale with insight and restraint.

Two Centuries of Australian Art by Bernard Smith
2 February, 2007

Tumble Turn by Doug MacLeod
2 February, 2007
Doug MacLeod's new novel is a humdinger. Like The Diary of Adrian Mole, which it resembles, this epistolary novel uses wit and the viewpoint of troubled innocence to comment on unsavoury adult behaviour and the travails of growing up.

Loz and Al by Julia Lawrinson
2 February, 2007
Loz and Al is a sensitive account of life as a 12-year-old and the pressures that family life can place on friendship.

Love and Clutter by Mirka Mora
2 February, 2007
Love and Clutter is Melbourne artist Mirka Mora's love letter to the possessions and memories that narrate her extraordinary life.

Lost in Transmission by Jonathan Harley
2 February, 2007
Is a story worth dying for? How do you harden yourself against suffering? How far would you go in pursuit of a good story? After all, ‘bad news is news’.

Living by the Sword by Tom Frame
2 February, 2007
Dr Tom Frame was a naval officer for 14 years before ordination in 1993 and is now the Anglican Bishop to the Australian Defence Force.

Levin's God by Roger Wells
2 February, 2007
In 1977 Levin is a young Melbourne tram conductor dreaming of starting a band.

Totem by Luke Davis
2 February, 2007
Better known as the author of such successful novels as Candy (1997) and Isabelle the Navigator (2000), Luke Davies is in the fortunate position in these cautious times of having a publisher willing to support his parallel career as a poet.

The Lemon Table by Julian Barnes
2 February, 2007
Life, like this old rhyme, is a nonsense. "So much work, talent, courage, and then everything is over", as Barnes's octogenarian composer puts it.

Too Many Pears by Jackie French & Bruce Whatley
2 February, 2007
Working on the principle followed by chocolate manufacturers, who allow new workers to eat as many sweets as they want, inducing a revulsion of chocolate, young Amy cures Pamela's obsession with pears.

Leaving Year Zero by Richard Lunn
2 February, 2007
As Richard Lunn writes in his introduction, the voice of Australia’s Khmer community is not one that is often heard among the many disparate cultural voices in our country, but it is a community with incredibly powerful stories to tell.

The Last Love Story by Rodney Hall
2 February, 2007
The Last Love Story is a novel that wears its heart on its sleeve.

Toccata and Rain by Philip Salom
2 February, 2007
What if you had a whole other life that you couldn’t remember? In this, Philip Salom’s second novel, a television story about the strange Gaudi-esque towers Simon has built in his suburban Melbourne backyard leads to the discovery of a wife and an alternate life in Perth. This in turn triggers a return to his ‘real’ life where he is Brian Tyrell, husband and property manager.