New Australian books
Catching Teller Crow – Ambelin and Ezekiel Kwaymullina
Told in two voices, half in prose and half in verse, interweaving themes of grief, colonial history, violence, love and family.
‘A totally addictive ghost story, crime story and thriller’.
‘A ghost story as well as a psychological thriller, it seamlessly weaves together the poetic and the everyday. A magnificent and life-giving novel’ – Justine Larbalestier
Cicada – Shaun Tan. Cicada has toiled in an office for many years and nobody appreciates him.
The shepherd’s hut – Tim Winton. A story of survival, solitude and unlikely friendship.
The Rosie result – Graeme Simsion (Feb 2019). Don and Rosie’s child is now 11. Third and final book in the series.
https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/the-rosie-result
Bridge of Clay – Markus Zusak (Oct 2018). Five orphaned boys live in a house with no rules and discover the secret behind their father’s disappearance.
https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781760559922/
Growing up Aboriginal in Australia – Anita Heiss (ed.) Anthology of diverse voices, experiences and stories. https://www.blackincbooks.com.au/books/growing-aboriginal-australia
Terra nullius – Claire G. Coleman. Historical/speculative fiction with multiple perspectives. In the near future, Australia is about to experience colonisation once more. What has been learned from the past?
Too deadly: our voice, our way, our business – Us Mob Writing. Poetry, prose and memoir anthology written by Aboriginal women in Canberra. Themes include self-worth, identity, racism, dislocation, grief, love for country.
https://verityla.com/2018/07/10/their-words-blaze-too-deadly-our-voice-our-way-our-business/
Dymocks new releases, coming soon etc (adults and students)
Spinning silver – Naomi Novik; Nine perfect strangers – Liane Moriarty; The three secret cities – Matthew Reilly; The President is missing – Bill Clinton & James Patterson; The lost man – Jane Harper; Throne of Glass #8 – Sarah J. Maas; The red fox clan (Ranger’s apprentice) – John Flanagan; The marauder’s map guide to Hogwarts – Erinn Pascal.
Dymocks Top 101 of all time 2018
Voted by readers. 1. Harry Potter – J.K. Rowling 2. All the light we cannot see – A. Doerr 3. Big little lies – L. Moriarty 4. The handmaid’s tale – M. Atwood 5. The dry – J. Harper
https://www.dymocks.com.au/top-101
Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) 2018
Nevermoor: the trials of Morrigan Crow – J. Townsend (Book of the Year); Good night stories for rebel girls – E. Favilli (International Book of the Year); Begin, end, begin: a #LoveOzYA anthology – A. Kaufman (Book of the Year for Older Children).
https://blog.booktopia.com.au/2018/05/04/abia-2018-winners/
Goodreads Best Books of 2017
Annual list voted for by readers. Categories include fiction, mystery and thriller, fantasy, science fiction, horror, memoir, non fiction, graphic novels, young adult. 2018 list due in December.
https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2017
Better Reading Australia’s Top 100 list
https://www.betterreading.com.au/book_list/better-reading-presents-australias-top-100-for-2017/ (2018 list due soon).
Top 50 Kids’ Books 2018: https://www.betterreading.com.au/better-reading-kids-top-50/
Reading suggestions and Weekly Top 10: http://www.betterreading.com.au/
More good reading suggestions: http://www.betterreading.com.au/book_list/
Magabala Books
Australia’s leading Indigenous publisher, based in Broome. Support resources will be produced in 2018 for secondary teachers to accompany books by Indigenous authors and illustrators eg. Dark emu – Bruce Pascoe; Grace beside me – S. McPherson; Jandamarra and the Bunuba Resistance – B. Woorunmurra. Fifteen support resources were produced in 2017 for primary teachers eg. Stolen girl – T. Saffioti; Two mates – M. Prewett; Once there was a boy – D. Leffler.
https://www.magabala.com/latestnews/teacher-resources-reading-australia-2018
https://readingaustralia.com.au/2017/05/indigenous-resources-partnership-magabala-books/
4 Magabala Books CBCA Notables 2018: https://www.magabala.com/latestnews/CBCA-2018-Notables
Books and Publishing: Inside the Aust. Book Industry
News, reviews, book awards.
https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/
Library Reads
Interesting suggestions. The top 10 books monthly, voted for by librarians in the US.
https://mailchi.mp/12958e913745/o7dg41i01d-890285?e=bd3c2b319e
The Big Issue 2018 Fiction Edition
Available 10 Aug 2018. ‘Traversing themes of race, identity, body transformation, forbidden love and coming of age, this year’s fiction edition includes commissioned work by authors Garth Nix, Marija Peričić, Maxine Beneba Clarke, Melanie Cheng and Tony Birch. Eight stories were also chosen through the open submission process, which this year received more than 400 submissions.’
Literary quotes
‘It sounds plausible enough tonight, but wait until tomorrow. Wait for the common sense of the morning.’ – H. G. Wells: The time machine.
https://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/books/the-40-most-powerful-literary-quotes/96712
The life and landscapes of Alison Lester
Podcast – Conversations with Richard Fidler (ABC Radio, 3 Aug 2018).
A hybrid live-action and animated feature film adaption of her book Magic beach is in development, created by 10 leading Australian animators and produced by Robert Connolly and Liz Kearney.
http://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/conversations/conversations-alison-lester-rpt/10045582
IBBY Honor Books exhibition at Woden Library, ACT from Sun 7 Oct 2pm
191 books in 50 different languages from 61 countries plus the Australian IBBY Honour Books from 1962 to 2018.
https://ibbyaustralia.wordpress.com/
Trask St and Ena Noel St, Coombs, ACT – named after 2 librarians 🙂
Cool!