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1 September, 2008 Simply illustrated, the purpose of this little book is a little difficult to define. 
1 September, 2008 This book is a curious mix. It is generously produced, landscape-shaped and filled with high-quality photographs. 
1 September, 2008 Rolf Harris is an Australian icon. Earlier this year he was inducted into the Aria Hall of Fame, an accolade which honours those whose musical achievements have had a significant impact in Australia and around the world. 
1 September, 2008 Janey has just lost her mother and thinks she’s all alone in the world; that is until she finds a letter that leads her to discover her extended family-who are of course wealthy, attached to the Australian embassy and live in the dreamy and exotic city of Rome. 
1 September, 2008 Three years ago Tom’s best friend Jonty was arrested for killing a woman: Alice’s mother. Jonty was a wild 18-year-old, and he doesn’t remember what happened. 
1 September, 2008 Anna Pignataro brings us another shimmering lookand- find book, this time in festive red. 
1 September, 2008 For the over-fours this title is the much-awaited sequel to bestselling children’s tale The Pocket Dogs. 
1 September, 2008 The language is as colourful as the illustrations, filled with wonderful ‘ridgey-didge’ Australian expressions and there is much fun and laughter to be had in sharing this book. 
1 September, 2008 There’s almost an embarrassment of riches in Aussie Christmas books this year and here’s another one. 
1 September, 2008 In this fourth book of the series about two horse-mad girls, Bonnie and Sam leave their small town to help out at the Royal Show with Cheryl, owner of the smart dressage horse Chocolate Charme. 
1 September, 2008 A barrage of information comes at the reader who chooses to tackle Mr Darwin’s Incredible Shrinking World. 
1 September, 2008 Conceived through rape and adopted out, the tomboyish, small-statured champion surfer Layne Beachley had, from the outset, a deep-seated motivation for succeeding: ‘When Dad told me I was adopted, that was when I decided I was going to be the best in the world at something, anything... because that would earn me the love and respect of someone.’ 
1 September, 2008 The Last Whale is a lively account of the protest action that brought an end to whaling in Australia in the 1970s. 
1 September, 2008 Greg Growden’s Jack Fingleton: The Man Who Stood Up To Bradman examines Australian cricketer-turnedcommentator Jack Fingleton OBE, a stubborn but talented opening batsman who represented Australia during the infamous Bodyline series. 
1 September, 2008 A cricket fan’s dream and a learner’s manual rolled into one, Inside Out brings together Gideon Haigh’s colourful, poignant and suitably smart-mouthed despatches from the crease. 
1 September, 2008 Susan Duncan won the 2007 Nielsen Bookdata Booksellers Choice Award for Salvation Creek: An Unexpected Life. 
1 September, 2008 Hope Endures is the story of Collette Livermore, a woman who joins the Missionaries of Charity (begun by Mother Teresa) in 1973 and leaves the order in 1984. 
1 September, 2008 Carolin Dahlman is Swedish-born, but lives and works in Australia. 
1 September, 2008 Each year an increasing number of people join the tens of thousands of pilgrims who walk the spiritual road of the Camino de Santiago across the north of Spain. 
1 September, 2008 What do Nick Cave, kelpies, and Lake Mungo have in common? According to Peter Cochrane, winner of the 2007 Age Book of the Year award and general editor of this fascinating volume, all three are idiosyncratic elements of our national identity. 
1 September, 2008 With the novella Vertigo, award-winning author Amanda Lohrey (The Philosopher’s Doll, Camille’s Bread) once more taps into the Australian zeitgeist. 
1 September, 2008 The Slap’s action hinges around a Melbourne suburban BBQ. 
1 September, 2008 Lots of words have more than one meaning and in Ice Louis Nowra explores the many meanings of this three letter word to construct an entertaining and thoroughly engaging historical novel set mostly in Australia in the late 19th century. 
1 September, 2008 Deception is Michael Meehan’s third novel, following on from the award-winners |
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