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19 March, 2008 The Sacrifice is set against the backdrop of pre-War II Melbourne. It follows the life of Robert Wells, a principled man, who is trying very hard to maintain the lifestyle he is used to. 
19 March, 2008 In the goldmining town of Wombat Hills in the late 1800s, Jemma Musk is working at establishing herself as an artist. Upon witnessing a young girl’s brush with death, instead of saving her, Jemma sketches her, and is marked for gossip and scandal by the town. 
18 March, 2008 A book to appeal to animal lovers, Stanley and Sophie is about one woman’s journey after the death of her husband and the two dogs that join her along the way. Australian-born Kate Jennings, the author, lives in New York and after her husband dies, she ends up giving a terrier called Stanley a home. 
18 March, 2008 While there are a few high-flyers wheeling and dealing in first editions and ‘the good stuff’, for the most part the second-hand book trade has traditionally been thought of as a world of musty, dusty stock and bored, grumpy people in cardigans. 
17 March, 2008 Counting books, like alphabet books, have always served as showcases for the talents of illustrators. McKenzie has produced The Aussie A to Z and achieved outstanding sales with The Australian Twelve Days of Christmas. 
17 March, 2008 In April, HarperCollins will release Stella Miles Franklin: A Biography, by Jill Roe. Roe, who was recently named an Officer of the Order of Australia 
17 March, 2008 This is an essential reference work for anyone interested in Australian literature and Aboriginal culture. It is an outstanding collection which is a history of Aboriginal writing in English, a cultural record and a reflection on Aboriginal contact with White Australia. 
17 March, 2008 Blood Sunset is the second novel from Melbourne author and criminologist Jarad Henry, and reintroduces Detective Rubens McCauley, the physically and emotionally scarred anti-hero from his first offering, Head Shot. 
16 March, 2008 Jackie French believes that good, historical writing really needs to come from source documents: things written at the time that give the feeling of the world as it was then, not just the facts. 
16 March, 2008 In the weeds by the side of the railway tracks Nobby and Thicky find an old bike. Although both of them already have bikes Thicky seems to think the wreck has potential. He has no idea what they can make out of it but makes it wound convincing enough to get Nobby to drag it back to his house. 
16 March, 2008 The third in a series of accomplished legal thrillers, Alibi brings us the latest adventures of ‘Boston’s most sought after defence attorney’ David Cavanaugh, last seen solving the murder of the US Vice President in Undertow. 
15 March, 2008 The title, Losing the Plot in Opera, sets a good scene for this book. Brian Castles-Onion is one of Australia’s best conductors and pianists. He regularly conducts for the Australian Opera and has also worked at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. 
15 March, 2008 The Accidental Sorcerer is the first book in Mills’ fantasy series ‘Rogue Agent’. Twenty-three-year-old Gerald Dunwoody is a Grade Three Wizard—the bottom of the pecking order, magically speaking. 
15 March, 2008 It’s hard to think of an Australian writer, other than Peter Carey, who has pushed the boundaries of his fiction more emphatically than Tim Winton. It’s now more than 25 years since An Open Swimmer on the Vogel award, and a wonderful outpouring of novels, short stories, and children’s books followed. 
14 March, 2008 There’s not much to say about honey is there? It’s sweet. It’s sticky. Bees like it. If, like me, you thought honey was little more than something to spread on your toast in the morning then Grace Pundyk’s The Honey Spinner will make you think again. 
13 March, 2008 Anzac Day is fast approaching. Anzac: An Illustrated History 1914-1918 by Richard Pelvin will be released in paperback this year to coincide with the day (Hardie Grant). 
12 March, 2008 The Stone Crown by Malcolm Walker makes an intriguing use of Arthurian legends to frame a modern adventure fantasy. Emlyn and Max teal a wooden figure of a mounted knight from an ancient burial site, not only setting in motion their own adventure but also awakening an ancient curse that has dogged both of their lives. 
12 March, 2008 Genius Squad is Catherine Jinks’ second novel featuring Cadel Piggot, the now-reformed title character of Evil Genius. Following the events of that story, Cadel is in foster care in the suburbs, bored, frustrated and bullied, as his complex legal situation is resolved. 
12 March, 2008 The Brain Full of Holes by Martin Chatterton is an enjoyable absurdist adventure. Picking up the story after the events of The Brain Finds A Leg, Sheldon and The Brain are now living in Switzerland and some very unswiss oddities are occurring. 
12 March, 2008 Celeste Walters has built a reputation for writing novels that challenge our perceptions and understanding of teenage life and the effect institutions have on our society. In her new novel At Seventeen we see the world through the eyes of Catherine as she enters boarding school for her final two years while her parents move to Spain. 
12 March, 2008 White Crane is the first book in a new series, ‘Samurai Kids’, by Sandy Fussell. In it, we are introduced to a unique school (ryu) for young samurai. 
12 March, 2008 Nathan Nuttboard, surfer, loyal friend, and likeable lad returns for a third time in his new book Nathan Nuttboard: Upstaged from celebrated author Anthony Eaton. When Sally-Anne Anderson, the most popular girl in Year Seven, dumps Nathan in front of his mates he’s confused. 
12 March, 2008 Escape by Sea is the new historical novel from L S Lawrence, author of Eagle of the East. Sara lives in Carthage, a city of the northern coast of Africa, and an enemy of the newly rising power, Rome. 
12 March, 2008 Audrey lives in the sandy scrubby outback, with her mother, two brothers, and an imaginary friend named Stumpy. Her dad is away most of the time, riding camels and selling dingo scalps to the government. 
12 March, 2008 Henry is an overly methodical boy, preferring sums and order to playing or daydreaming. Luckily, he catches a fortuitous case of ‘Imaginitis’, a condition where silly thoughts invade one’s head in a random manner and beg to be acted on. |
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