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narrative non-fiction london 2020 2 -FIC- NON NARRATIVE TION rade paperback – 352 pp rade paperback – ights held: World Rights held: World BALLET, LI, SOPHIE AND ME: MY LIFE WITH MAO’S MAO’S WITH LIFE ME: MY AND LI, SOPHIE BALLET, LAST NEXT (W/T) HAPPENED AND WHAT DANCER Mary Li 2020 September Viking Australia T Mary Li, Cunxin’s partner life. in dance and in Mary Li, Cunxin’s (formerly Mary LI (formerly Ballet in 1977MARY McKendry) and was Festival joined the London Dancer, Ballet as Principal Dancer in 1981. She later joined Houston promoted to Principal The Lake, as Swan ballets, such and danced principal roles in all the major classical with legendary. She worked Giselle, Romeo and Juliet and The Nutcracker Sleeping Beauty, Christopher Margot Fonteyn, Glen Tetley, teachers and artists including Rudolf Nureyev, Bruce and Ben Stevenson. After returning to Melbourne when Sophie six, Mary was spent fifteen six years has for the past years as a coach with the Ballet, and Australian Ballet where her husband is artistic with the Queensland director. been Ballet Mistress Mao’s Last Dancer has sold into twenty-one alone copies in Australia Last territories and sold 800,000 Mao’s this story worldwide demand for Dancer, there is existing Last to Mao’s As the ‘sequel’ A remarkable, heartbreaking and ultimately uplifting story of lives we already care deeply about content and promotional materials illustrative of photographs and videos for There is a treasure-trove ex-US are already darlings of the internaional media, and incredibly well connected, with The Li family among their close friends and media moguls Presidents has writtenLi Cunxin will be heavily involved with the promotion of the book, and the foreword Detailed insight into living with a hearing disability • • • • • • • The highly anticipated sequel to Mao’s Last Dancer, one of the world’s most beloved books, this is the memoir of most beloved one of the world’s Last Dancer, sequel to Mao’s The highly anticipated Sales points In this powerful, uplifting story and daughters, dedication and devotion, Mary about mothers reveals the heartaches and triumphs of her extraordinary up on the story relationship with Sophie, and picks – which readers Dancer. Last have been crying all these years – of ‘what Mao’s of out for happened next’ to the beloved family Mary Li gave up her career on the world stage when their daughter Sophie was born profoundly deaf. She sacrificed Mary deaf. profoundly born when their daughter Sophie was Li gave up her career on the world stage and her memoir reveals daughter, her first-born Artist Ballet for position as Principal at the Houston her stellar Mary and her relationships. First, her life how the decision affected in small-town us back to her childhood takes through to her accidental discovery of ballet and the lifelong family, Australia, growing up in a rambunctious and a career that of Nureyev, with the likes dancing in London early success her remarkable that ensued, passion Artist the world- in love with Ballet,soon saw her become Principal where she danced and fell at the Houston their unplanned the couple as they tour the world, and learn of follow Cunxin. We renowned Chinese ballet dancer Li baby Sophie in Houston, who travelled from their village to care for pregnancy and the Chinese grandparents diagnosis. day a partyuntil the dreadful – leading to her devastating flinch ballloon popped and Sophie didn’t Converting health, Mary her daughter’s dancing into a drive for for her drive her career in the hope that relinquished she could one day have a conversation with her daughter. in 2003. That book has since sold into That book has Dancer in 2003. Last Mao’s landmark autobiography published Li Cunxin’s Penguin left Dancer its millions Last twenty-one international film. But Mao’s territories and been made into a blockbuster Li’s did height of their international fame, at the whatever happened to Mary asking one question: of fans Why, Li? twenty almost partner will finally get their answer. years on, fans from public view? seemingly disappear Now, In her official autobiography, Mary tells a remarkable of Li Cunxin, ballerina and wife Li, world-renowned In her official autobiography, Australian and dedication. passion story of family,

memoir london 2020 3 MEMOIR rade paperback – 496 pp rade paperback Rights held: World Kingdom (JohnRights sold: United Blake Books) PURE NARCO PURE Luis Navia Fink and Jesse August 2020 Ebury Australia T is a British-Australian author of four books, best known for his two known for best books, author of four JESSE FINK is a British-Australian Highway: The Untold StoryAC/DC biographies: Bon: The Last of Bon Scott and (2013). The Brothers Who Built AC/DC Back In Black (2017)AC/DC’s and The Youngs: a bestseller have been translated into twelve and Bon was books languages Fink’s in the United States, a bestseller was The Youngs in Australia, the UK and France. Best Radio International’s PRI Public chosen for Denmark, Italy and Germany, Fink . Author photo credit © Jesse in The New Yorker of 2014 and featured Books one of America’s was NAVIA, born 1955, aka ‘El Senador’, Cuban-American LUIS for his ability to work with different and unique cocaine traffickers successful most cartels in Colombia and Mexico. He servedfederal prison in Florida five years in a in as a US Government consultant released in 2005. He now works and was Fink war on drugs and lives in Miami. fighting the Author photo credit © Jesse Careers in the cocaine trafficking business are usually short. are trafficking business Careers in the cocaine Not for Luis Navia. A topic that has garnered worldwide fascination, as demonstrated by the popularity of Netflix’s Narcos by the popularity as demonstrated of Netflix’s A topic that has garnered worldwide fascination, Written with the cooperation of a dozen antinarcotics law-enforcement UK agents in the US and by DEAForeword Special Agent (retired) Eric Kolbinsky A story with global reach and a variety of international settings and figures has sold in fifteen territories base. His book The Youngs Fink already has a big international fan Jesse • • • • • Sales points Today, remarkably, Luis Navia and Robert circle: from being an internationally Luis gone full has Harley are friends. Luis remarkably, Today, Government in the ‘war the US on drugs’. for to now working as a consultant fugitive, wanted begins in 1950s Cuba but spans the globe from the United States to South Narco begins in 1950s Cuba but spans the America, to the Caribbean, Pure career working with the unprecedented It tells the story finally Europe. to Mexico, to Central America and of Luis’s Medellín Escobar’s Pablo who of evil, including cocaine cartelsbiggest in Colombia and Mexico – a veritable who’s he the glitz and glamour, women, but amid beautiful hotels and dated the most Cartel. at the finest stayed Luis his head cut kidnapped and got was An associate brutal violence imaginable. removed from the most not far was criminal, Joey Martino, of cement and dumped in a fellow A good friend and put in a 55-gallon drum full was off. to about to be fed occasion in Mexico where he was kidnapped three times, including one himself was canal. Luis of US Customs came onto the radar phone call. Eventually Luis spared with a last-minute was crocodiles. His life from trafficking on light aircraft and progressed him. Luis a case against who slowly built agent Robert Harley, from twelve Drug agents but so did the risks. and profits got higher, stakes fishing boats to ocean freighters. The Cartel, Mellizos’ of the ‘Los which saw the takedown a historic Journey, nations banded together in Operation Navia. capture of Luis Luis worked in one of the most dangerous professions in the world and handled ‘merchandise’ worth handled ‘merchandise’ in the world and of billions professions dangerous in one of the most worked Luis amassing made him good at his job was never carried a weapon. What dollars as a matter of routine but, incredibly, contacts, losing very of the best. trusted the best a low profile. He was shipments, and maintaining few

narrative non-fiction london 2020 4 -FIC- NON NARRATIVE TION Australia) enguin Random House , a former finance minister of Nigeria and former managing director former managing of Nigeria and finance minister , a former contemporary women leaders. rade paperback – 368 pp rade paperback – Rights held: World P Rights sold: Audio ( WOMEN AND LEADERSHIP: AND WOMEN REAL REAL LIVES, LESSONS Okonjo-Iweala and Ngozi Julia Gillard July 2020 ustralia Vintage A T JULIA GILLARD and served in 2010 of Australia Minister sworn in as the 27th Prime was in that She Prime Minister. serve woman to ever Ms Gillard is the first office until 2013. as Australia’s in the world, the 12th biggest economy, management of Australia’s central to the successful was during the Global Financial Crisis. She currently serves of Beyond Blue, one of as the Chair education for body bodies; is Chair of global funding leading mental health awareness Australia’s Chair of and is the inaugural Education; for in developing countries, the Global Partnership which is addressing at Kings College in London, Leadership Women’s for the Global Institute Brew-Bevan under-representation in leadership. Author photo credit © Peter women’s NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA at Harvard Fellow Kennedy Leaders Bank, is the Angelopoulos Global Public of the World the longest-servingSchool. She was in her native Nigeria and the first finance minister A magna cum foreign minister. female also the first woman to hold that position. She was and earned her doctorate from MIT laude graduate of Harvard Okonjo-Iweala University, 15 honoraryhas been awarded powerful recognized as one of the 100 most degrees. She was and by Time magazine as one years in a row, four magazine for women in the world by Forbes influential people in the world. Author photo credit © Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of the 100 most Gillard and Okonjo-Iweala are extraordinaryGillard and Okonjo-Iweala followings women with high profiles and huge social media smart, to readers with all levels of political knowledge and accessible brutally honest Funny, to access than 10% of national leaders, and behind this lies a pattern of unequal up less make Women women for things different teases out what makes and Leadership Women the corridors of power. as yet not comprehensively explored in the political arena #MeToo, post An extremely timely issue female leaders from all over the world high profile Featuring • • • • • the first consistent, comprehensive approach to this timely issue through the words and experiences of through the words and this timely issue comprehensive approach to the first consistent, charts the impact of gender on political power, offering charts call to arms, Women and Leadership A robust and lively on political power, the impact of gender Sales points This is not just a book for aspiring female politicians. It is for ambitious, driven women everywhere; ambitious, driven women politicians. It is for aspiring female a book for This is not just a celebration of achievements and a call to arms. women’s It will appeal to readers of Sheryl Solnit, Sandberg, Gloria Steinem and Rebecca ambitious women in any field, and contributions is based on ideas explored through and Leadership Women in gender equality. anyone interested powerful women in the world, including Hillaryfrom some of the most and interesting Banda, Clinton, Joyce Ardern, Erna Solberg, Theresa May, Jacinda Christine Lagarde, Michelle Bachelet, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, will also and Leadership leaders, Women . With this broad range of female Dilma Rousseff and Gloria Arroyo along with commentary These stories, political systems. in various examine cultural differences and analysis from perceptions of women as leaders, the trajectories how gender and sexism affect reveal Gillard and Okonjo-Iweala, movement has While the #MeToo in which they come to an end. of their leaderships, and the circumstances largely left experiences in many environments, the political arena itself has been out of in- illuminated women’s have depth gender analysis, as they say, in part it. because these are the women who have made But while they may, picking up the shards. remember that they are still ceiling, we must smashed through the glass progresses from Silicon Valley to Washington in this accessibly written and engaging book. in this accessibly to Washington from Silicon Valley In progresses Lean

gender and politics london 2020 5 S POLITIC AND GENDER Australian farms. Australian farms. rade paperback – 272 pp rade paperback – Rights held: World FAR FROM HOME: A TRUE STORY OF MURDER, LOSS LOSS OF MURDER, STORY A TRUE HOME: FROM FAR MOTHER’S COURAGE AND A Rosie Ayliffe July 2020 Viking T is the mother of Mia Ayliffe-Chung, who was murdered at Home Hill who was is the mother of Mia Ayliffe-Chung, ROSIE AYLIFFE travel writer and journalist. teacher, She is a former in 2016. Australia in Townsville, Hostel A mother’s storyA mother’s dangers of working conditions on and the appalling hidden of the murder of her daughter Part exposé of the dangers facing backpackers in Australia, part backpackers Home is an inspiring and from Part exposé of the dangers facing call to arms, Far heartfelt a similar tragedy. storysuffering others from her daughter and her fight to protect love for of a mother’s In this memoir, she describes movingly how she has found the strength to come to terms with devastating loss, loss, to come to terms with devastating the strength she describes movingly how she has found In this memoir, shortdrawing on inspiration from her daughter’s force She also explains how she has become the driving life. change to the 88 days system. for to press behind an international campaign Mia was Rosie’s only child and she brought her up as a single parent. Her death was traumatic and life-changing. traumatic and life-changing. up as a single parent. only child and she brought her death was Her Rosie’s Mia was Faced with every parent’s worst nightmare, Rosie travelled to Australia to retrieve Mia’s body. From the moment From body. to retrieve Mia’s travelled to Australia nightmare, Rosie worst every with Faced parent’s of Mia – stories like she startedworkers about the terrible treatment of young to hear stories she landed, however, and rape. harassment exploitation, sexual But Mia wanted to extend her visa, and in order to do that she needed to find 88 days of work on a farm – a needed to find 88 days to extend her visa, and in order to do that she a of work on But Mia wanted short events. Four to days that would lead to catastrophic afterrequirement in Queensland to a hostel Mia moved brutally murdered. she was farm, a job on a sugarcane take British mother Rosie Ayliffe thought her 21-year-old daughter, Mia, would be safe travelling around Australia on a Australia travelling around Mia, would be safe thought her 21-year-oldBritish mother Rosie Ayliffe daughter, gap year.

memoir London 2020 6 MEMOIR Australia) enguin Random House rade paperback – 320 pp rade paperback ights held: World Rights held: World P Rights sold: Audio ( THE FREEDOM CIRCUS CIRCUS FREEDOM THE Sue Smethurst 2020 November Ebury Australia T is an award-winning author and journalist who has spent more than who has spent is an award-winning and journalist author SUE SMETHURST twenty television, radio and magazines. She is currently years working in the media across including and has written Weekly eight books, Women’s a senior writer with the Australian Behind Closed Doors, Spartacus and Me, Blood on the Rosary. and A Diamond in the Dust The Tattooist of Auschwitz readers of The Tattooist For A true story – the author’s husband is the grandson of Mindla and Michael Horowitz and started they came to Australia Michael a new life. Mindla and Michael not only escaped from Poland, knew of his past became a clown on television and none of the cast • • • A circus performer’s death-defying the Nazis and bring them to Australia. act to save his family from Sales points Written by award-winning author and journalist Sue Smethurst, whose husband is Mindla and Michael’s grandson, grandson, whose husband is Mindla and Michael’s Sue Smethurst, Written by award-winning author and journalist survival. and, ultimately, suffering humanity, Circus is an epic tale of courage, love, hope, The Freedom The story Staniewski and her husband Michael Horowitz, a circus performer of how Mindla Brothers, the famous for is nothing short Russia, of on a terrifying with their son and embarked journey across escaped from Poland extraordinary. As death began approaching I became a little more pushy. I knew her storyAs had to be recorded and we were running began approaching I became a little death more pushy. nail polish I could bottle shop in St Kilda, a of the brightest from her favourite bring cake out of time. Each week I’d story‘chat’ her beyond was It unfolded. chat and with each We’d my tape recorder. of old pictures and find, a handful anything I could imagine. ‘What about her?’ she said, pointing a freshly painted purple nail towards the woman having soup opposite. ‘Or her, or ‘What her, about her?’ the woman having soup opposite. ‘Or she said, pointing a freshly painted purple nail towards the same.’ around. ‘All Arms waving her.’ ‘Why do you care?’ she asked. By that time she was in a Melbourne Jewish nursing home with other survivors, in a Melbourne By that time she was asked. she her body ‘Why do you care?’ razor sharp. ageing but mind still When I first sat down with Nanna Mindla and asked how she survived the Holocaust, she shooed me away. survived how she sat down with Nanna Mindla and asked When I first she shooed me away. the Holocaust,

narrative non-fiction London 2020 7 -FIC- NON NARRATIVE TION HAPPYMESS (W/T)HAPPYMESS Earp Sjana Elise 2020 September Ebury Illustrated – 232 pp Hardback Rights held: World asking for, and an inspiring gift for any young woman. and an inspiring gift asking for, is a yoga instructor, blogger, photojournalist and model known and model photojournalist blogger, SJANA ELISE EARP is a yoga instructor, fashion, travel and mental health content. lifestyle, her fitness, and loved for app for hugely popular SWEAT She has been the yoga contributor to Kayla Itsines’ New South Find her:several years. She is 26 and lives in Newcastle, Wales. @sjanaelise and Anthea Paul’s Girlosophy and Anthea Paul’s Yourself Treasure Miranda Kerr’s Kaur, of Rupi fans For in the United States, the United many of them based followers, million Instagram Sjana has over 1.6 followers Facebook and 166,000 followers YouTube Kingdom and Germany; 100,000 and connections Hollowell jewelry, and Logan Sjana has brand partnerships with the LA-based Alo Yoga for Kayla the yoga contributor to other influencers who will help promote her book; she has also been several years app for popular SWEAT hugely Itsines’s • • • 150 uplifting, affirmative instapoems from the Miranda Kerr of the Instagram generation, accompanied by Kerr of the Instagram generation, instapoems from the Miranda 150 uplifting, affirmative gorgeous nature photography. This is the beautiful book that Sjana’s 1.6 million Instagram followers have been Instagram followers have million 1.6 that Sjana’s This is the beautiful book photography. gorgeous nature Sales points Perfect for dipping into in moments when inspiration or comfort is needed, Sjana’s book can also be read cover to dipping into in moments when inspiration or comfort for Perfect Sjana’s is needed, grounded, calm and more connected to the feeling a journey through reflection and emotion, leaving you cover for power within you. unique Illustrated by her beachy, wanderlust-filled photos, Sjana’s debut book contains 150 of her instapoems, divided into contains 150 of her instapoems, debut book Sjana’s photos, wanderlust-filled by her beachy, Illustrated five themed chapters. Sjana Elise Earp has long been a darling of the social media scene, loved by her 1.6M Instagram followers for for followers Instagram of the social media scene, loved by her 1.6M Sjana Elise Earp has long been a darling and recipes. yoga around the world. Her blog covers travel, lifestyle, her elegant yoga poses in exotic locations Accompanying her envy-inducing images are long-form of her love captions tagged #writtenbysjana that express empowerment. Aged of female of self-acceptance;nature, the ocean and yoga; her journey 26, and her messages been through a lot in her short with remarkable but with bullying, anxiety she struggled and depression, life: she’s positivity-filled create a purposeful, willpower has managed to heal and key part And writing has been a life. of a ray of golden sunshine. approach. She is like joyful and maintaining her gratitude and infectiously cultivating For the light seekers, and the love givers. This one is for you. and the love givers. This one is for the light seekers, For you. This one is for ever loved, and lost. anyone who has For you. This is for the time takers. the magic makers, the sensitive souls, For you home to yourself. May this book give light to your shadows, and walk illuminate your path

poetry/self-help London 2020 8 -HELP /SELF POETRY THE SPACE BETWEEN SPACE THE Zara Andrews and Michelle McDonald 2020 September Viking Australia – 272 pp Special paperback Rights held: World taps into bigger themes that hide beneath’. taps into bigger themes that hide MICHELLE ANDREWS and ZARA MCDONALD are Melbourne-based journalists They met working as writers at Mamamia, and in March aged 26. and broadcasters, to speak directly to Shameless top pop-culture podcast 2018 launched Australia’s them Millennial and Gen Z women about the topics that really interest their fellow smart‘for women covered by traditional media – a podcast sufficiently but aren’t three Media and are the producers of They now run Shameless dumb stuff’. who like Etc. in collaboration with Bumble. including Love other highly popular podcasts has clearly struck a has clearly struck Shameless With over 4 million downloads since launch, and 200k+ weekly listens, Times even caught the attention of the New York chord – it’s in Marie Claire and It has been featured and 2019. of 2018 Podcasts Best one of Apple’s was Shameless Awards at the Australian Podcast Podcast Popular The Age Winner of the Most The Guardian, and was 2019 group, with a whopping 97% Facebook – 34k members in the Shameless Huge online following their three accounts; 13k newsletter subscribers across followers engagement rate; 100k Instagram market . This book will tap into the and earnest friendly , funny voices are warm, Zara and Michelle’s Dunham, Dolly Alderton Lena the slightly voices like and Mindy Kaling, but for young adult female for younger generation • • • • as a ‘great pop culture discussion [that] discussion pop culture as a ‘great Times , hailed by the New York hit podcast Shameless the creators of the Relatable ruminations on the mess, the madness and the magic of life in the limbo of not-quite adulthood, from magic of life in the limbo of not-quite and the madness the on the mess, Relatable ruminations Sales points Brimming with wit and unflinching honesty, here are their stories and puzzles about life as about life and puzzles stories twenty-somethings: their here are honesty, unflinching and with wit Brimming from Whip-smart and heartbreak and letting go of fear. health challenges to overcoming career setbacks and mental debut book will explore the grit and gloryway in the uncertain of finding your deeply relatable, Zara and Michelle’s find tiny pieces of yourself might as they navigate their journeysyears of early adulthood. Join them – and you just in the space between page and the last. the first as ‘the voice of two generations’, Michelle Andrews and Zara McDonald, creators of Described by The Guardian as ‘the voice of two generations’, , are two of the many twenty-something Shameless the award-winning pop culture podcast women trying to make out about that little arrow next to the found Michelle only just have all the answers (hell, sense of it all. They don’t a world is side to fill up on). But they know that mapping out our place in the petrol light in her car showing which care about. to find out what we really matter, space to siftlittle easier when we make bit through what doesn’t It’s a specific limbo we all have the joy of going through between a specific Proper Adult, and a teenager and being a being It’s also a whole lot of daunting, there’s and frequently infuriating sometimes often wildly confusing, lonely, though it’s (and finding our voices, making up our minds, growing into we’re a time when in the chaos. It’s magic to be found out of) relationships and startingbig ambitions (or simply working out what they are). our to fulfil There’s this weird gap in life that’s often fuelled by cheap tacos and even cheaper tequila and doesn’t make any make and doesn’t often by cheap tacos and even cheaper tequila fuelled that’s this weird gap in life There’s your twenties.sense whatsoever – also known as

lifestyle/memoir London 2020 9 STYLELIFE /MEMOIR ustralia enguin A YOU’VE THIS GOT by Inga Campbell) (illustrated Bec Brown 2020 September P – 168 pp Flexi paperback Rights held: World has been working as a professional communicator for 20 years, beginning as for communicator BROWN has been working as a professional BEC the Founder She’s and vocal coach, then re-training to become a PR professional. a vocalist and Managing Director of The Comms Department, communications a PR, corporate of Professional for the ‘PR one of five finalists Bec was and crisis management agency. most Australia and New Zealand’s at the 2019 Mumbrella CommsCon Awards, the Year’ includes half previous communications experience PR industryprestigious Bec’s awards. largest the world’s a decade as Senior Manager for and Promotions National Publicity Universal Music. Author photo credit © The Comms Department record company, of Inkling Design, and the Founder INGA CAMPBELL and designer, is an illustrator art that offers Inga a design studio illustration. branding, and custom direction, job at Girlfriend 17 years, with her first designer for as a professional has worked as Deputy moving on to roles such magazine before Art Director of Cosmopolitan and Art with clients all over the globe. Grazia. She now works Director for A friendly and inspiring career guide that is specifically tailored to young women in the creative industries that is specifically tailored to young A friendly and inspiring career guide easy to of diverse, relatable women and bite-sized advice that’s design, with illustrations Magazine-like absorb and try out and Facebook LinkedIn Twitter, Instagram, across followings online Bec and Inga both have strong Herself a savvy the promotion of game, Bec has a comprehensive plan for at the top of her PR strategist the book out from other self-help, this stand women. The career-oriented make titles for illustrations Beautiful is chic yet approachable, practical, upbeat and stylish aesthetic • • • • • cut what they’ve career guide for young women. in an illustrated of doing business, learned in over 20 years A career hack for clever and creative Gen Zs, Millennials and start-ups. Two successful creative founders short- and start-ups. clever and creative Gen Zs, Millennials A career hack for successful Two Sales points Penned by Bec Brown, self-made PR success and founder of The Comms Department, and founder by by Bec Brown, self-made illustrated and beautifully PR success Penned DeputyInga Campbell, former Art Director of Cosmopolitan and Art Grazia. Director for is a career (and life) guide, for the thousands of young women who want to learn the secrets to to learn the of young women who want the thousands for guide, life) Got This is a career (and You’ve entertainment, like industries flourishing in any career in creative advertising, media, marketing, fashion PR, design, or the arts. of practical advice and savvy Full earn great money and have a job they tips, this book will help women 16–30-year-olds to appeal to designed and formatted who like out of them. It’s the life love, without it sucking pieces. And with a diverse range of women included in the illustrations, in bite-sized to receive their information sizes will see themselves in its pages. women of all ethnicities, shapes and With the practical, achievable steps in this book you can build your dream career in the creative industries. in this book you can build your dream career in the creative industries. steps With the practical, achievable

advice/self-help London 2020 10 -HELP /SELF ADVICE ublishing) aiwan (China ortal P ayinevi); Audio ayınevi); T urkey (Eğitim Y ayinevi); Audio (Bolinda) urkey (Eğitim Y urkey (Eğitim Y Chaos to Calm - T Times); Audio (Bolinda); - T (Bolinda); The Life Plan ights sold previous titles: Shine - T Rights sold previous IGNITE: 20 TOOLS TO FIRE UP YOUR LIFE YOUR FIRE UP TO TOOLS 20 IGNITE: Essentialists The March 2020 Australia Michael Joseph – 240 pp Hardback World Rights held: ( P ussia etherlands (Royal Jongbloed); R Rights sold: The N is the definition of a high achiever, with ten successful years in the successful with ten is the definition of a high achiever, SHANNAH KENNEDY corporate world – two and eight in high-level sports in the money market management. athletes in her management, PR and with more than 100 world-class Shannah worked and relationships with her demanding finances fitness, sponsorship roles. She juggled a Chronic Fatigue of in the form reminder, And then, her body delivered a devastating career. Certified years on, Shannah is an Advanced Ten diagnosis, that she needed time to ‘breathe’. Her ability high achievers has her in to directly empathise with Coach and NLP Practitioner. demand among entrepreneurs, executives, celebrities and athletes. constant expert, is a coach, wellness of the Aurora MITCHELL and founder Spa Group, LYNDALL pioneering, award-winning urban spa. She is a leading coach, speaker Australia’s with over twentyand consultant years of experience and expertise in the health and contributor and a regular advocate wellness is a passionate Lyndall wellbeing industry. the media. Through her spas, coaching and topics for spa and wellness on lifestyle, lives by working and happiest helps clients achieve their biggest, best speaking, Lyndall plan and then shows them how to turn that dream with them to create a ‘big picture’ one puzzle-piece at a time. Author photo credit © The Essentialists into a reality, There is a strong and still-growing appetite for small, well-designed and digestible wellbeing gift small, well-designed and digestible books. appetite for and still-growing There is a strong out from the pack this book stand stylish branding will make The Essentialists’ clean, and Shine are short,Ignite, Restore stylish, contemporary content skills, building on the of life books copies sold) Chaos to Calm (over 12,000 copies sold) and Plan (over 60,000 from The Life or as a self-purchase for new to the area of wellbeing those Day, or Mother’s Christmas for Perfect covers design and foiled with gorgeous A-format hardbacks Irresistible online branding, and are very have strong in promotion through all channels active The Essentialists • • • • • Are you sick of settling for average? Ready to raise the bar? The Essentialists are here to spark you into action. are here to spark Ready to raise the bar? The Essentialists for average? Are you sick of settling Sales points With twenty powerful, practical skills for those in need of zest and inspiration, you’ll learn how to use stress to your With twenty learn how to use stress and inspiration, you’ll powerful, those in need of zest practical skills for challenge your comfortadvantage, zone, set hard-hitting goals, find your purpose and much more. So, if you’re authors Shannah Kennedy bestselling time to IGNITE! From it’s your life, ready to empower yourself and optimise series of gift - Shine, Restore, in their stunning this is the third books aka The Essentialists, Mitchell, and Lyndall , as gifts will sit nicely alongside Shine and Restore designed book that or for and now Ignite! Ignite is a beautifully of practical, engaging and easily full to read. It’s easy to hold and a pleasure personal development and self care, and refresh their life. to lift who wants anyone game, increase productivity, their wisdom, great for digestible is your vital resource if you want to energise your life and upgrade your game. and upgrade your to energise your life Ignite is your vital resource if you want

advice/self-help London 2020 11 Australia) enguin Random House ife Australia enguin L rade paperback – 368 pp rade paperback Rights held: World P Rights sold: Audio ( THE PROOF IS IN THE PLANTS THE IS IN PROOF THE Hill Simon 2020 September P T

is the founder of the Plant Proof blog and host of the popular podcast of of the popular podcast blog and host of the Plant Proof SIMON HILL is the founder physiotherapist and is currently completing a Masters the same name. He is a qualified in addition to a specific Plant Based Nutrition Course in Nutrition at Deakin University, education, Simon spends hours and hours On top of this formal at Cornell University. fuel your body to studies so he can break down how to deciphering clinical and scientific promote longevity and reduce the chance of developing disease while at the same time opened just goals you may have. He has being able to achieve whatever health and fitness Author © Zac photo credit called Eden. Heath in Bondi, Sydney, a plant-based restaurant DRAFT Simon has a huge and growing community of followers: 236k Instagram followers and 200k weekly followers Simon has a huge and growing community 236k Instagram of followers: Australian media outlets widely in mainstream He has already been featured listeners. podcast and has interviewed app, Centr, fitness on Chris Hemsworth’s contributor Simon is the plant-based food and many more Rich Roll, Gaz Oakley Dr Michael Greger, about the lack of books there is a distinct available, While there are many plant-based recipe books this diet and lifestyle science that backs and will be donating his author proceeds from the book to about public health Simon is passionate charity An informative and accessible guide to reaping the many benefits of fuelling your body with plants. to reaping the many benefits guide accessible An informative and • • • • Sales points Now, Simon’s goal is to share genuine, agenda-free goal is with people looking to more widely nutritional information Simon’s Now, scientific papers with everything all of his research on the latest Combining improve their health and quality of life. this book presents and sustainability, nutrition, lifestyle about plant-based guests he has learned from his podcast animal the planet, and for for your health, option for the evidence that a whole-food, diet is the best plant-dominant the shift. – and explains how you can make welfare By research articles undertaking to others who talking in nutrition, poring over countless and books, a masters has been able to Simon and tuning into hundreds of hours of podcasts, lifestyle are happily leading a plant-based ability unusual to break down the science in a clear and to Simon’s and more. Thanks answer all of those questions nutrition. have rapidly become leading resources on plant-based blog and podcast the Plant Proof way, digestible After nearly two years of day-to-day that people are engagement with the public, Simon has come to understand than ever when it comes to their dietarymore confused onslaught of conflicting advice and choices. With the from the average person to separate fact for impossible almost it’s to us each day, being marketed misinformation fiction. Before transitioning from animal foods to a plant-based diet, Simon Hill shared many of trained physiotherapist transitioning from animal foods Before and feel Will I gain fat women in the same position: Am I going to lose muscle? among men and the common fears protein? bloated? Will I get enough iron and

health/lifestyle London 2020 12 STYLEH/LIFE HEALT aiwan (China ife enguin L rade paperback – 368 pp rade paperback Rights held: World title (IntervalRights sold previous for Life): T Weight Loss Times) INTERVAL WEIGHT LOSS FOR KEY SIX THE WOMEN: LOSS WEIGHT INTERVAL SUCCESS LOSS WEIGHT TO STEPS Fuller Dr Nick January 2020 P T DR NICK FULLER is a leading obesity researcher in Australia and has Charles been running the clinical research program at the Boden Institute, in the University decade. Centre the past of Sydney for Perkins and lifestyle journeys and He has helped thousands of people on their weight-loss a broad range of topics including dietaryhas investigated and exercise programs, appetite hormones, commercial programs, complementary conventional and his doctorate He completed surgery. medicines, medical devices, and weight-loss treatments, obesity of different weight-loss on the efficacy and cost-effectiveness and has also completed degrees in exercise physiology and nutrition and dietetics. (2017)He has published two Interval previous books, and Interval Loss Weight (2018). Author Photography Life photo credit © Sub Zero for Loss Weight Bestselling author Nick Fuller’s guide to interval for women. weight loss Nick Fuller’s Bestselling author Nick Fuller has a strong media presence in Australia, appearing regularly on television and radio appearing regularly media presence in Australia, has a strong Nick Fuller to women, yet so often programs that are marketed cause weight loss fad Cuts through the ineffective, them to regain weight Specifically tailored to the biological needs of women lays out the science so it is easy to understand written – Fuller Accessibly will be travelling to Germany later this year to present at the Fittech Summit in Munich Dr Fuller • • • • • Sales points There are countless reasons why women gain weight, years of dieting, the contraceptive pill, long hours including There are countless explains the six key Dr Nick Fuller Women for Interval menopause and ageing. In Loss Weight at work, pregnancy, and the hurdles women all the common pitfalls He addresses weight loss. sustainable principles behind successful, Interval Loss Weight similar issues. advice based on his work with women facing and provides simple, effective face, good. the yo-yo dieting for of your body – and to stop back control allows you, week by week, to take Women for Women are constantly bombarded with information about the latest diets – diets that can result, paradoxically, in paradoxically, diets – diets that can result, the latest about bombarded with information are constantly Women fads. time to cut through all those Now it’s in any studies. weight gain, and are not grounded (2017)Nick has written two Interval on interval – the bestselling Interval and other books Loss Weight weight loss on focusing books, builds on the principles from these Women for (2018). Interval Life for Loss Weight Loss Weight face when trying the specific challenges that women to lose weight. Renowned obesity researcher Nick Fuller offers six key steps to weight-loss success that can actually be that can actually success to weight-loss steps six key offers Renowned obesity Nick Fuller researcher fads. maintained, cutting through the ineffective

health/lifestyle London 2020 13 STYLEH/LIFE HEALT . Baby Whispering ew Zealand ew Zealand enguin N – 160 pp aperback TODDLER WHISPERING WHISPERING TODDLER Poole Sharlene March 2020 P P Rights held: World is a known and trusted advisor, in hot demand from exhausted parents. in hot demand from exhausted advisor, SHARLENE POOLE is a known and trusted the years of experience working with babies and young children. For She has over 25 parents or parents with children new for as a consultant 13 years she has worked last and advice regarding routine, sleep and behaviour. under 5 years, giving them guidance calming babies have been showcased on television in New Zealand, and Her talents for contributor to magazines. Now based in Raglan, she is testing she has been a regular advising many parents in need. Her first while still her skills on her own young family, published in 2012.title, Baby Whispering, was Authorcredit © Lottie Hedley photo A practical guide to having a contented and well-adjusted toddler or pre-schooler, from the acclaimed author of from toddler or pre-schooler, to having a contented and well-adjusted A practical guide is purposefully light on text, on routines that with an emphasis Whispering is purposefully on simple methods, Toddler With a focus are age-appropriate. All this is covered in a very easy-to-read of parents will be able to understand. manner that the tiredest covers the following four years, divided into two years, divided four main age groups (1-2 Whispering covers the following ½ and 2 ½ -5), looking Toddler during these times, from parents, plus material on routines, significant changes questions at commonly asked personalities, child different time, behavior management,sleeping, eating, toilet training, screen sibling adjustment, care options and more. , which covered the first year of a baby’s life. life. year of a baby’s Baby Whispering, which covered the first A follow-up to the incredibly successful

parenting London 2020 14 PARENTING Australia) enguin Random House ife Australia enguin L rade paperback – 208 pp rade paperback Rights held: World P Rights sold: Audio ( RAISING GIRLS WHO LIKE THEMSELVES RAISINGLIKE THEMSELVES WHO GIRLS Scanlon Christopher and Dr Kasey Edwards July 2020 P T KASEY Thirty EDWARDS is the author of the internationally bestselling Something and Over including Thirty It, as well as other books Something and the Clock is Ticking, OMG! . Read by over ten million pepole worldwide, she Not My Husband and Guilt Trip That’s other publications in Australia, the , and for Daily Life Fairfax’s writes a weekly column for Grazia and The Sydney Morning Herald. She Post, as the Huffington UK and the US such Scanlon Violet and Ivy. lives in Melbourne with her husband Christopher and daughters from Monash University and is holds a PhD in Politics SCANLON CHRISTOPHER of Arts, in the College and Learning Social Sciences and Teaching currently Chair, as an editor He has over ten years of experience University. Trobe Commerce at La and freelance writer and his work has been published in The Age, The Australian, Overland and Arena Magazine. Crikey, The Canberra Times, The Monthly, How to enable girls to thrive in a world that tells them they are flawed. to thrive in a world that tells them How to enable girls In Australia alone, nearly one in five girls aged 16-17 years meet the clinical criteria for depression; seventy for depression; In Australia alone, nearly one in five girls aged 16-17 years meet the clinical criteria common they look, and eating disorders are the third most with how per cent of girls are dissatisfied mortality and have the highest young females for rate of all mental illnesses chronic illness for young women and pressures The advent of social media has intensified body image issues work has been published widely and received global attention Kasey’s • • • Sales points details the seven qualities that enable that enable Themselves details the seven qualities to ten years old, Raising Girls Who Like on girls up Focused evidence- with practical, Packed flawed. a world that tells them they are against girls to thrive and arm themselves and grounded in of parental guilt Free herself. to raising a girl who likes guide based advice, it is the indispensable of a mum and dad who are in the and wit is imbued with the warmth Themselves research, Raising Girls Who Like futures. for their daughters’ same parenting trenches as you, fighting When you raise a girl who likes herself, everything excellence because she has faith for She will strive else follows. herself, When you raise a girl who likes in her ability it and the confidence to pick herself up. She will nurture to achieve her physical and mental health on healthy relationships because she believes that which you love. She will insist natural to care for because it’s is capable ally she deserves friend and most greatest and secure, knowing that her be joyful She will nothing less. herself. But it is also a world of unprecedented opportunity. In many ways, in Western societies it’s the best time in history the best it’s societies opportunity.But it is also a world of unprecedented in Western ways, In many to girls stereotypes bound by gender for ways and social conventions but there are are still women to be a girl. Yes, authentic and enriching life. unshackle themselves and live an Girls are being raised in a culture where their self-worthGirls are being raised in a culture where They of beauty. standards by unachievable will be defined resort promote them as a last them and discriminate against that will pay them less, will graduate into a workforce self- depression, is a world characterised by anxiety, many girls and women, this should they become mothers. For harm and disordered eating. The world is toxic for girls. The world is toxic for

parenting London 2020 15 HIAKAI: NEW REIMAGINING ZEALAND CUISINE Fiso Monique 2020 September Godwit New Zealand Random House pp – 288 Hardback Rights held: World (Nga Rauru, Ngati Ruanui) was born and bred in Porirua. MONIQUE FISO (Nga Rauru, Ngati Ruanui) was Starting with an after-school job as a sandwich hand at the tender age of 14 and ending City and Melbourne, Fiso always wanted kitchens of New York up in the Michelin-starred while also working the of Technology Institute She trained at Wellington to be a chef. kitchen at Martin moving on to an array of renowned restaurants eventually Bosley’s, After returned to New Zealand in 2016 and began in Melbourne, she a stint in New York. and the pop-up dining series Hiakai. Using traditional Maori cooking techniques writing the next Maori cuisine to a new level of sophistication, ingredients, Fiso has taken also named Hiakai, opened in Wellington Her own restaurant, story. chapter in its food Random House New Zealand Author photo credit © Penguin at the end of 2018. ’s 100 Greatest Places of 2019 100 Greatest ’s named one of Time Magazine was in Wellington The Hiakai restaurant served was food Harry to Prince when they visited New Zealand and Meghan Markle Fiso’s alongside Gordon Ramsey in National Geographic’s and starred The Final Table Fiso appeared on Netflix’s Uncharted series Times, in a story on ‘The Redefining Chefs in the New York have been featured cooking Hiakai and Fiso’s NZ. as well as Eater USA and The Project Culture’, Polynesian 2018 Awards, Cuisine Good Food at New Zealand’s Award Legend Food Fiso won the Future Monique Fiso is a modern-day food warrior, taking New Zealand and Maori cuisine to the world. taking New Zealand a modern-day food warrior, Monique Fiso is • • • • • Sales points the book will similarly be an unforgettable experience: encompassing a potted history experience: encompassing Hiakai the book will similarly be an unforgettable an of kai Maori, book, or be simply a Maori It won’t and a selection of approximately 40 recipes. ingredient directory, illustrated It will be a book to be read, a physical title, but will be all of these things. a cookbook, or a high-spec illustrated the old very be celebrated, by an author as ambitious as they come. It will bring to a subject production to savour, much into the now with verve worldview. a distinctive and Having spent years overseas in Michelin-star restaurants, Monique returned to Aotearoa and began Hiakai, an returned Monique restaurants, Having spent years overseas in Michelin-star Wellington. It is one of the most of a permanent fixture in the form now taken pop-up venture that’s innovative in the country. exciting restaurants

cookbook London 2020 16 OOK KB COO OMBRA: BAR SALUMI THE FROM RECIPES Carlo Grossi August 2020 Lantern pp paperback – 224 Flexibound Rights held: World is the son of much-loved Melbourne chef Guy Grossi and has GROSSI is the son of much-loved Melbourne chef Guy Grossi CARLO true hospitality. for and instinct Italian food for passion inherited his father’s younger the Since its opening in 2012 he has run Ombra, the salumi bar that’s across but Carlo also works Florentino and Cellar Bar, sibling-next-door to Grossi Arlechin. opened wine bar, including their recently restaurants all of the Grossi and has restaurants Carlo grew up helping out in the kitchens of the family father. written cookbook, in close collaboration with his Ombra, his first of great pizzas, cured meats and Melbourne’s best aperitivo. meats and Melbourne’s of great pizzas, cured Italian food for the younger generation – this is relaxed, fun and sociable the younger generation – this is relaxed, fun for Italian food (cicchetti), its cured meats (salumi) and authentic bar snacks Ombra is especially known and loved for and pizzas topped with all sorts in the book of delights – all included and celebrated of the new generation of young restaurateurs Carlo is one of the stars Design-led, luxe book • • • • Sales points With family heirloom recipes and dishes inspired by Carlo’s travels around Italy, the Italian ideals of preservation the Italian and travels around Italy, heirloom recipes and dishes inspired by Carlo’s With family sharing over lively conversation. made for and tastyquality food are on proud display in this collection of familiar Any time is a good time for a drink at Ombra, and when you step in the door at 76 Bourke Street you’ll always find a always find Street you’ll in the door at 76 Bourke at Ombra, and when you step a drink Any time is a good time for of intimate, energetic place where all walks an eat). something delicious to and hospitable welcome (and warm It’s meats and cheese, bringing with them a great sense can drop by and come together over plates of finely cured life from lovingly aged and hospitality, food The Ombra cookbook brings together the veryof community. of Carlo’s best mouth-wateringmeats and homemade sausages to pizzas, all sorts (cicchetti), hearty bar snacks of irresistible vegetables and fruits, and delectable desserts and pickled to finish off the evening. evening meals, fermented Ombra is named after the measurement of wine from the Veneto: ‘ombra’ means shadow and refers to the wine to the wine means shadow and refers ‘ombra’ Ombra is named after of wine from the Veneto: the measurement their cartsmerchants of old who would move church spire, in the shadow of the to stay around the town square a small name for the Venetian this ‘ombra’, the wine from spoiling. And it’s and stopping out of the sun thus staying right in Italian salumi bar, on an authentic – a modern take restaurant Grossi’s tumbler of wine, that inspired Carlo heartthe bustling Melbourne. of The Italian ideals of preservationThe Italian ideals Ombra, home quality and modern twist produce get a fun and at Carlo Grossi’s a drink?’) (‘Shall we go for often you’ll hear the phrase Andiamo per un ombra? In Venice

cookbook London 2020 17 FEED ME FEED ME FEED ME FEED Mazza Fran March 2020 New Zealand Random House – 272 pp Hardback Rights held: World Auckland, offering highly Instagrammable dishes. highly Instagrammable dishes. Auckland, offering FRAN MAZZA and travelled back and forth grew up in an Italian family to Italy as a child. taught her to cook, and her Australian mother taught her how to Her Italian father But a larger Italian under’. would be popular ‘down and what food manage money, and that sensibility binds the family, has been important – the idea that food to Fran the neighbourhood and the living in the same house. It’s people is more than just family meet your neighbours and places were places to town, cafes In her father’s community. partner your neighbours to meet you. She and her husband and business Aaronfor says that a part ‘Wehave tried to make to they have opened. Fran wanted of each cafe people to feel wanted to our neighbourhood. We good food introduce more than just Author photo credit © Islington Cook Ltd they were part oflike a neighbourhood.’ Mazza runs very around Auckland popular eateries ingredients without being taking in current trends and up-to-the-minute food, Me features me Feed Feed – nothing too hard to find overly fussy crowd to cook at home’ like out but still trendy ‘eating and the younger, market Will appeal to the foodie • • • Delicious and accessible recipes from the team that put together a series of successful and hip cafes around series of successful the team that put together a recipes from Delicious and accessible Sales points Interspersed between the recipes are the stories of each of these cafés - the idea behind them, how their names - the idea behind Interspersed between of each of these cafés the recipes are the stories in which they operate. were chosen, and the communities Together, Fran and her husband Aaron Carson have been the masterminds behind a series of highly popular and her husband Aaron have been the masterminds Carson Fran Together, in to Major Tom in Parnell, and Fang Winona Forever scatteredAuckland around the city cafés, From and suburbs. Martha Like artworks, vibrant fit-outs, original Albany and Just in Three Kings, their eateries feature food that and in itself for as well as a destination within its community, has been a success Each café is fresh, colourful tasty. and great flavour and good atmosphere. people wanting It’s a delight to flick through, and is sure to get people into the kitchen and cooking with fresh, inspired ingredients. people into the kitchen and cooking with fresh, inspired ingredients. sure to get to flick through, and is a delight It’s Mazza is a pastryfor design. She is also a hard-workingFran chef with a flair mother of three children, and knows people who over 100 great recipes for offers modern households. This book most the time limitations that operate in ingredients. easily with readily available that can be cooked enjoy tasty food features mouth-watering photographs of each colourful Me features recipe. Me Feed Feed

cookbook London 2020 18 enguin aperback – 160 pp MAN OF CONTRADICTIONS:MAN THE AND WIDODO JOKO INDONESIA TO REMAKE STRUGGLE Ben Bland 2020 September P P Rights held: World BEN BLAND is director of the Southeast Asia project at the Lowy Institute. the joining the Lowy an award-winning correspondent for Before foreign Ben was Institute, in Hanoi, Hong Kong and JakartaFinancial Times, with postings and experience reporting book, Generation Southeast Asia China and over the previous decade. His first across examining the growing published in 2017, , was Shadow HK: Seeking Identity in China’s Goliath tale’ tensions between described as a ‘David versus Hong Kong and Beijing. It was by the Sydney Morning Herald and commended by the Times Literary its for Supplement Author comparisons. photo credit © The Lowy and ‘illuminating’ ‘lively prose’ Institute collaboration with the Lowy Institute th The first English-language political biography of Joko Widodo, from the Lowy political biography of The first English-language Institute. The Lowy Institute is an independent international policy think tank, located in Sydney. It provides high- The Lowy located in Sydney. is an independent international policy think tank, Institute perspectives on the international trends shaping the world quality research and distinctive This is our 14 Joko Widodo will be president of Indonesia until October 2024 Widodo will be president of Indonesia until October 2024 Joko • • • Sales points , the first English-language political biography of Jokowi, will examine how he became so will examine biography of Jokowi, political English-language Man of Contradictions, the first lies Jokowi to understanding The key Indonesia. to remake why he will struggle him tick, and what makes popular, convictions but in embracing his contradictions. He rose from obscuritynot in uncovering some core inner thanks As an outsider he promised of democracy. been a poor guardian elections, but he has fair free and to Indonesia’s As transactional politician. a elite, but he has become a consummate up the corrupt and nepotistic to shake a campaign but he has pursued investors, he pledged to open up the economy to foreign factoryformer owner, reflect the the conflicts within Jokowi companies. Ultimately, of nationalisation and prioritised state-owned trying tensions in a young democracy that is still and domestic profound to escape a legacy of colonial oppression in the world. its own way dictatorship, and make Jokowi has vowed to turn the world’s fourth economy nation into an Asian populous powerhouse with a strong most has vowed to turn the world’s Jokowi has been slow, Progress renewed US-China rivalry. at a time of and the heft its international interests to defend is increasing, at home and abroad. As And the scale of the challenge second and he gets to work in his however. fall short Or will Indonesia once more of expectations? his grand ambitions? deliver on final term, will Jokowi He has consistently defied both his sternest critics and his strongest supporters. politician, strongest A brilliant instinctive critics and his sternest his defied both He has consistently at the ballot to turn success he has struggled However, resoundingly re-elected in 2019. as he is known, was Jokowi, needs. change that Indonesia desperately box into the transformational Although he has dominated Indonesian politics for years, President Joko Widodo remains a beguiling figure. figure. Widodo remains a beguiling Joko years, President politics for Although he has dominated Indonesian

political biography London 2020 19 POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY anniversary of th Australia) enguin Random House rade paperback – 336 pp – 336 rade paperback ights held: World excluding NorthRights held: World America P Rights sold: Audio ( CAPTAIN COOK’S EPIC VOYAGE VOYAGE EPIC COOK’S CAPTAIN Blainey Geoffrey March 2020 Viking T anniversary of Cook’s voyage to Australia (2020), with commemorative events to Australia anniversary voyage of Cook’s th that voyage, and Cook’s claim to sovereignty. Cook’s that voyage, and is one of Australia’s most prolific and popular historians. prolific and popular historians. most BLAINEYPROFESSOR GEOFFREY is one of Australia’s of the Triumph He has written of Distance, more than forty including The Tyranny books, Nomads, A Shorter History The Rush That Never Ended, and the international of Australia, A Shortbestseller History published in a score of lands as , which was of the World apartfar as Brazil, India, Spain and China. He has served government as the federal chairman of the Commonwealth Literary the Arts, the Australia Council for Fund, the the CentenaryNational Council for Council. and the Australia–China of Federation, Blainey received the celebrated Professor in 1988, At the United Nations in New York, the benefit of knowledge for in the dissemination excellence ‘for Britannica Prize Companion in the Order of honour, highest A recipient of Australia’s of mankind’. as a Trust Australia (AC),for he has been officially listed two decades by the National well-known biographer Ann Blainey. He is married to the ‘National Living Treasure’. Geoffrey Blainey has been published in Brazil, India, Spain and China Geoffrey Blainey has been published in Brazil, India, Spain and China 1768-1771 account of the A gripping and accessible a of Captain James Cook in the Endeavour, voyage of interest perennial subject and this new edition of the book considers Blainey acknowledges that Cook is a polarising national figure him, placing the ‘discovery’ of Australia in the context of Indigenous historythe controversy surrounding Will coincide with the 250 and activities taking place over the next two years • • • • The story of the astonishing voyage of Captain James Cook and the Endeavour, to mark the 250 The story James Cook and the Endeavour, of the astonishing voyage of Captain Sales points Captain Cook’s Epic Voyage reveals the hardships, adventure Voyage anniversary Epic On this 250th Captain Cook’s of his major discovery, important most Reshaping his previous book, Sea, Professor voyage. of Dangers and achievements of Cook’s accepted views challenging and the intersection of myth, science and journey, us on a vivid Geoffrey Blainey takes exploration. He was ordered to establish an observatory at Tahiti in order to record the 1769 transit of Venus, and – with the an observatory transit of Venus, ordered to establish in order to record the 1769 He was at Tahiti and his team – to collect natural history Joseph Banks partskills of naturalist in this far of the world. But Cook’s Incognita, an unknown Australis Admiralty: from the British brief also included a secret mission to discover Terra and the not alone in this quest, Cook was be larger and richer than Australia. southern land that might prove to merchant ship commanded by Zealand with an armed French New Endeavour shared the Coral Sea and coastal of New Sea and reached the southern coast Jean de Surville. the Tasman crossed ship Eventually in 1770 Cook’s the most It was Great Britain. and claimed it for coastline eastern South Sailing north, Wales. he charted Australia’s Pacific Ocean Europeans viewed the South way the world map and the transforming voyages, significant of Cook’s and its lands and peoples. In 1768 Captain James Cook and his crew set sail on a small British naval vessel, the boldly named Endeavour, the boldly named Endeavour, vessel, crew set sail on a small British naval In 1768 Captain James Cook and his Ocean. the Pacific bound for

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London 2020 20 TORY HIS Australia) enguin Random House rade paperback – 448 pp rade paperback – ights held: World Rights held: World P Rights sold: Audio ( CONVICT-ERA PORT ARTHUR: MISERY OF THE THE OF CONVICT-ERA MISERY ARTHUR: PORT DYE DEEPEST Cameron David W. July 2020 Viking T DAVID W. CAMERON received his PhD in biological anthropology in 1995 at the W. DAVID Australian National University Research Council QEII Australian and is a former University of Sydney. at the DepartmentFellow & Histology, of Anatomy and Europe, the Middle East Asia. He is He has conducted fieldwork in Australia, on Australian militarythe author of several books history and primate evolutionary biology and has published over 60 papers in internationally peer-reviewed Cameron journals. He lives in Canberra. Author photo credit © David W. one of the most remote and feared convict locations in Australia. and feared convict locations one of the most remote Port Arthur sites in Australia is one of the most-visited tourist Wonderful picture section and vivid storytelling whose prolific research has been published worldwide historian Cameron is a renowned David W. • • • An evocative narrative of the many tragedies that fell upon those who were forced to serve fell upon those who were forced of the many tragedies that An evocative narrative time in Port Arthur, Sales points Sourced from the detailed records held in archives at Hobart, Convict-Era Port Arthur time provide the first will for a comprehensive historyover a fifty-year its horrors and its changing role of Port Arthur, period. In gripping detail, time there, David W. who spent the convicts, soldiers and administrators using the experiences and words of miserable days. these deeply Cameron brings to life Charles O’Hara Booth, a significant commandant of Port Booth, a significant commandant of Arthur; the grave a convict who became Charles O’Hara Mark Jeffrey, started as the new probation system and William Thompson, who arrived just digger on the Island of the Dead; and in the treacherous coal mines. worked Detailing the development of this prison and its outlying stations, including its dreaded coal mines, and providing including its dreaded coal mines, and providing prison and its outlying stations, Detailing the development of this an account of the changing views on convict rehabilitation, Convict-Era Port Arthur on a number of focuses individuals, telling the story their eyes. through

history London 2020 21 Australia) enguin Random House refugee in Australia. rade paperback – 320 pp rade paperback ights held: World Rights held: P Rights sold: Audio ( THE LOST BOY: TALES OF A CHILD SOLDIER SOLDIER A CHILD OF TALES BOY: LOST THE Chut Deng Ayik March 2020 ustralia Vintage A T was a boy soldier in South Sudan who eventually made CHUT DENG was AYIK He lives in Brisbane where he does acting to Australia as a refugee. his way and and volunteers at the local Police afterwork, looks his baby daughter, Club. Author photo credit © Ayik Chut Deng Community Youth An incredibly honest, challenging memoir of selling drugs, driving cars too fast and too drunk, behaving of selling drugs, driving cars too fast challenging memoir An incredibly honest, and learning to do better badly, Songs Boy. Ayik Chut went off the rails when he was of a War child solder storyA different to Deng Adut’s back and has slowly clawed his way a young man in Australia, suddenly to how youth, and the slow inexorable awakening the details of a misspent Explores the horrors of war, and that of those around you you are risking your life Ayik Chut had the opportunity to confront as a boy soldier, years about his mistreatment After for stewing on national television in an acclaimed remembered, Anyang, clearly the training camp tormentor he most Me In The Eye Look episode of SBS’s • • • • After life as a boy soldier in South Sudan, fighting battles in Ethiopia and Sudan, Ayik Chut found himself a battles in Ethiopia and Sudan, soldier in South Sudan, fighting After life as a boy Sales points is an honest and revealing account of the complexities of trauma, and one man’s story of how he got and one man’s and revealing account of the complexities of trauma, Boy is an honest The Lost to where he is today. As an adult now living in Brisbane, Ayik is a father, working as an actor and volunteering at his local youth centre. working as an actor and volunteering As now living in Brisbane, Ayik is a father, an adult challenges that learning, choices and of lifelong Overcoming a childhood filled with torturewas a process war and on national television. and an appearance from his past, with a figure included a remarkable chance encounter During his time as a child soldier, he witnessed unspeakable violence and was regularly tortured regularly unspeakable violence and was by older boys. At he witnessed During his time as a child soldier, the conflict in Sudan and resettled escaped But adjusting in small-town age nineteen, he and his family Australia. disorder that stress struggling with post-traumatic was more difficult than he anticipated. He was to this new life behaviour on the wrong medication. He struggled misdiagnosed as schizophrenia, leading to years of erratic was he came to the himself in trouble with the law before and found with his family with drugs and alcohol, fought lives of his loved ones, at risk. as well as the putting his life, realisation that his behaviour was painful As country living in a tribe in what is now South a boy Sudan, the youngest a in the world, Ayik Chut Deng was Liberation Army (SPLA). member of the Sudanese People’s

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London 2020 22 MEMOIR Hemisphere’s night sky. Hemisphere’s rade paperback – 256 pp rade paperback Rights held: World IS THE MOON UPSIDE DOWN? UPSIDE MOON IS THE Greg Quicke 2020 September Ebury T

grew up in Southern Western Australia. Australia. QUICKE grew up in Southern GREG Western Amateur astronomer After he became fascinated and sleeping outside in a swag, working on cattle stations his then saved up for and the planets. Greg bought a book on astronomy, with the stars tours from Broome and goes by the second-hand telescope. Now he runs astronomy first was Stargazing Live and year he appeared on the ABC’s Last nickname ‘Space Gandalf’. in which he took viewers in A Stargazer’s Guide to the Cosmos a big hit. He also starred revealing unseen connections between tour of the southern sky, on the ultimate guided the everyday above. Author Quicke world around us and the stars photo credit © Greg Why does Australia have a unique view of the Milky have a unique Why does Australia Way? alert (Spoiler been Indigenous – they may have Australians) astronomers? first Who were the world’s Why is the moon bigger in Australia? in the sky? star What is the brightest south? to find How can you use the stars • • • • •

Australia’s ‘Space Gandalf’ wanted to ask about the Southern questions you never knew you answers all the Australia’s will explore questions including: Is the Moon Upside Down will explore questions He is a fascinating, own story of how he became an outback astronomer. through the book will be Greg’s Woven find out more about space, and desperate to a real eccentric. Readers will go away exceptionally intelligent man and in awe of the world around them. reported joined the that ‘when and the HuffPost star from the BBC, an astro-rock based on a format The show was won the hearts greg Quicke and guide astro-tour born. Dubbed “Space Gandalf”, was to say a new star safe it’s show, to all things science’. minds of viewers with his approach Greg Quicke – aka Space Gandalf – became a celebrity overnight when he appeared on the ABC’s Stargazing Live, – aka Space Gandalf – became a celebrity overnight when he appeared on the ABC’s Greg Quicke Brian Cox and Julia Zemiro. by Professor hosted

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London 2020 23 SCIENCE Eksmo); Spain ( oksal); Russia oland (Wydawnicza F rade paperback – 320 pp rade paperback Rights held: World epublic (Grada); titles: The Rescuers – Czech R Rights sold previous Hungary ( – United KingdomOrion); Hungary (Gabo Kiado); Dogs With Jobs (Gabo Kiado); P (Planeta) EXTRAORDINARY OLD DOGS: UPLIFTINGOLD DOGS: EXTRAORDINARY TALES TRUE REMARKABLEOF SENIORS Laura Greaves 2020 November Viking T is a multi-award-winning journalist, author and proud ‘crazy dog lady’. LAURA dog lady’. GREAVES is a multi-award-winning journalist, author and proud ‘crazy She has spent nearly twenty newspapers in Australia and years writing for and magazines magazine. Now a freelance writer, editor of Dogs Life around the world and is the former pet-specific print and web publications. dog and has written countless Laura extensively for She is the author of the collections Incredible Dog Journeys, and The Dogs with Jobs , and three romantic comedy book Amazing Dogs with Amazing Jobs Rescuers, the children’s ‘Til an Weeks , all of which feature Christmas and Two The Ex-Factor novels, Be My Baby, Dowd extensive supporting of cheeky cast canines. Author photo credit © Amelia J. – Sidney Jeanne Seward. – Sidney Jeanne has earned the love of an old dog is the person who Blessed Laura’s heartwarming have been an international hit, selling in the United Kingdom, Czech dog books Laura’s and Spain Russia Poland, Republic, Hungary, and New Zealand alone of thousands of copies sold in Australia Tens anyone who loves dogs as gift and great for Perfect books • • • Sales points , meet the geriatric tail-waggers proving there’s plentyIn Extraordinary in the old dog yet. of life Old Dogs, meet the geriatric tail-waggers proving there’s But every day, all over the world, elderly dogs are doing incredible things. From saving lives and breaking records saving lives and breaking all over the world, elderly dogs are doing incredible things. From But every day, survivingto leading online movements and seniors are wringing every the odds, stately against of joy and ounce adventure from their lives. It’s the grey muzzle and salt-and-pepper eyebrows; the face that says ‘been there, sniffed that.’ It’s the plodding gait, It’s that.’ that says grey muzzle and salt-and-pepper eyebrows; the there, sniffed ‘been the face It’s undiminished wonderment at the beauty the the long naps in the sunshine, of the world. And more than anything, friends could live forever, dog lovers wish their four-legged Most and licks. of love, laughter the lifetime of course, it’s to shelters and rescue groups in heartbreakingly some and yet senior canines are surrendered high numbers. For rather than an achievement to be celebrated. people, it seems ageing is an inconvenience Puppies are wonderful, but there is something truly special about an old dog. Puppies

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London 2020 24 S ANIMAL Verlagsgruppe aiwan (Global Group Holdings) andom House ew Zealand andom HouseN enguin R ALL OF THIS IS FOR IS OF THIS ALL YOU Ruby Jones 2019 November P – 104 pp Hardback Rights held: World Rights sold: NorthCollins); Germany ( America (Harper T Italy (Rizzoli); Random House); is an artist and writer whose messages of hope and kindness captured of hope and kindness JONES is an artist and writer whose messages UBY R the zeitgeist and gained worldwide attention the zeitgeist after terrorist the March 2019 Christchurch two featuring embracing, penned with when she shared her illustration women attacks, Ruby days A few later, the words ‘This here’. is your home and you should have been safe Time magazine, and since then her work has been shared a cover for to illustrate asked was and Marie Claire magazine. All Vogue i-D, widely and has appeared online with Buzzfeed, presence, with around strong Instagram book. Ruby has a is her first You Of This Is For base. Author photo credit © Ruby Jones and an actively engaged fan 70k followers Ruby has a huge following, a whopping 70.4K on Instagram and her fan base is actively engaged. Her and her fan on Instagram 70.4K a whopping Ruby has a huge following, attracted 8K+ likes about publishing a book with Penguin post Instagram and is especially popular with a young audience, teens through young recognisable Her work is instantly adults. The artwork adults or anyone navigating modern life children as well as working for for is suitable celebrated young illustrator behind the artworkcelebrated young ‘This here.’ and you should have been safe is your home • • A beautiful, thoughtful gift book for any person needing a little inspiration in today’s world, by Ruby Jones, the world, a little inspiration in today’s gift book for any person needing A beautiful, thoughtful Sales points These simple, heartfelt messages speak to the human condition and transcend race and culture with images that culture with images that speak to the human condition and transcend race and These simple, heartfelt messages in her will resonate with a broad audience, and readers will see themselves Content represent a global diversity. and readily identifyillustrations with the messages. Ruby’s work is instantly recognisable and is suitable for a young audience through to adults – for everyone adults – for a young audience through to for recognisable and is suitable work is instantly Ruby’s body image) anxiety, depression, feelings and emotions (grief, with difficult She deals navigating modern life. the right touch of humour when needed. with just skilfully, In this new book, celebrated artist of luminous, heartfelt, Ruby Jones shares dozens hand-lettered artworks and and colourful can be overwhelming, illustrations Life compassionate witty, messages. particularly Ruby’s in 2020. remind us of how lucky of advice and reassurance to bring a smile of recognition, while her practical words never fail us. be kinder to ourselves, to the people in our lives, and to the world around we are to be here, and how we can

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london 2020 25 USTRATED ILL relationships. , a kindergarten a , charitythe founded training, by teacher AuntiesThe seven rade paperback – 304 pp rade paperback – ights held: World Rights held: World HER SAY: SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE TELL TELL ABUSE DOMESTIC OF SURVIVORS SAY: HER OWN STORIES THEIR Aunties Clark and The Jackie June 2020 New Zealand Random House T JACKIE CLARKJACKIE violence. by domestic years ago with the aim of working with women who are affected Her big or money by fundraising. clothing, food She provides women with material needs like the Supreme and in 2018 she was heart and followers, fans of loyal has won her a league Auckland. She lives in Manurewa, of Influence Awards. Winner at the Women Real and raw accounts of an experience that is often misunderstood, with few neat happy endings but many neat happy endings with few that is oftenReal and raw accounts of an experience misunderstood, over adversityexamples of inspiration and triumph the Supreme Winner at She was role model and rising star. of The Aunties, is a staunch Jackie Clark, founder list Year Honours a QSM in the 2019 New was awarded and of Influence Awards Women the 2018 Westpac will go to The Aunties to supportAll royalties their efforts Told in their own words, the stories of New Zealand women who have lived in – and escaped – abusive Zealand women who have lived in own words, the stories of New in their Told • • • Sales points is spoken from the heart, uncompromising but offering hope, redemption and personal triumph. It’s a book from the heart,Her Say is spoken hope, redemption and personal triumph. It’s but offering uncompromising challenge, gives us the power to write daring new endings. It will all women, showing how owning our stories for not to mention the storytellersilluminate, and empower readers – themselves. She quit her job, turning her back on her comfortable life, to focus on The Aunties full time, becoming Aunty on The Aunties her job, turning her back on her comfortable full to focus She quit life, in support. hundreds of women with material needs and emotional Charge and Assisting Jackie has long dreamed of a number of very a voice. This powerfulof a publication that gives these women the stories new book features chart The collected stories lives and personal histories, their narrators’ New Zealand women, told their way. different – and escaped – an abusive partner. through the lens of having lived with In 2012, Jackie Clark launched The Aunties, a grassroots charityIn 2012, Jackie Clark launched The Aunties, their lives after helping women to rebuild a grassroots a period of trauma.

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london 2020 26 -FICTIONNON ew Zealand ew Zealand N ights held: World ights held: World enguin pril 2020 rade paperback – 272 pp rade paperback STOP SURVIVING START FIGHTING START SURVIVING STOP Jazz Thornton A P T R , a movie about Jazz set for 2020 release, will raise her profile further. The movie further. will raise her profile 2020 release, , a movie about Jazz set for JAZZ is a young New Zealander who is the co-founder Voices of THORNTON with mental of Hope, which provides help and hope to those struggling anxiety and suicidal those with depression, for She advocates illness. thinking all around the world. Authorphoto credit © Maddie Graeme , a web series that follows the 24 hours between a friend, Jess, going hours between the 24 , a web series that follows a friend, Jess, Tree Jessica’s as recently announced as a semi-finalist for the Kiwibank New Zealand Local Hero of the Year Local Hero of the for the Kiwibank New Zealand as recently announced as a semi-finalist provides practical help and inspiration to anyone affected by depression or suicide. affected by depression help and inspiration to anyone provides practical Jessica’s Tree at the making of Jessica’s looks award was viewed more than 230,000 times in the two viewed more than 230,000 was Tree Jessica’s and the discoverymissing, of her body. It immediately received international recognition and its release in March 2019. months following Series, Web and 2019 Best Awards New Zealand Television including the Huawei Mate30 Pro awards, festivals and other film Seoul Cinema I’DEA Webfest, for Italy, nominations/selections The Girl on the Bridge Jazz w Jazz created • • • A hard-hitting, thought-provoking account of survivingA hard-hitting, thought-provoking life, which thoughts and moving on to a better suicidal Sales points Jazz has already touched so many lives around the world and is shining light on an epidemic that crosses lives around the world and is shining light on an epidemic that crosses Jazz has already touched so many boundaries and cultures. Jazz brings a relatable, direct approach to these issues. An internationally sought-after media star, Jazz has An internationally sought-after media star, to these issues. Jazz brings a relatable, direct approach Gaga) to help launch a global mental health Lady (with General Assembly had recent speaking gigs at the UN alongside Global Mental Health and at the Potential and Found Museum of Lost campaign; in the UK to launch the She also met with the Duke in London. Summit with Michelle Obama and Emma Watson Leaders World One Young (Harry of Sussex in 2018. and Meghan) during their visit to New Zealand and Duchess In Stop Surviving Start about how her negative thought patterns Fighting, Jazz tells readers what she learned came The – around. Who and what helped, and what didn’t? – and her life to be, and how she turned those thoughts and those around of those grappling with mental illness, greater understanding insights she gives will help create to help. them who desperately want Jazz Thornton first attempted to take her own life at the age of her own life attempted and she spent followed twelve. Multiple attempts to take Jazz Thornton first and anxiety medical supervision and under time in psychiatric wards of depression as she rode the rollercoaster through her teenage years. The attempts continued. memoir/self-help london 2020 27 ELP ELF -H /S MEMOIR THREE KIWIS ON AN EPIC JOURNEY TO DISCOVER THE WORLD AND THEMSELVES

GENRE THE BIG BIKE TRIP

FREDDIE GILLIES PHOTOGRAPHY BY SEAN WAKELY NON-FICTION

THE SECRET DIARY OF A KNOWN THE BIG BIKE TRIP SOLDIER Freddie Gillies, Arthur Gillies and Sean Ian Trafford Wakely August 2020 August 2020 Penguin New Zealand Random House New Zealand Trade paperback – 304 pp Paperback – 288 pp Rights held: World Rights held: World

World War I (and its aftermath) in the words of a An inspirational account of self-discovery, friend- young soldier fresh off a remote New Zealand farm, ship and turning your dreams into reality. written with immediacy, emotion and clarity. ‘When you’re hurting and coughing on a steep incline, A personal account of WWI from the diaries of a it’s hard to see or even think of the top, but you just Gisborne farm boy, shaped into a gripping narrative by gotta push a pedal at a time and keep pushing.’ the diarist’s grandson 100 years later. At Auckland Airport, three young Kiwis began an Follow Alick as he moves from his last night on audacious — some would say crazy — journey, huddled the farm in early 1916, through enshipment and together and wiping tears from their eyes. training, then off to the battle fields of France and Fourteen months later, they had cycled 23,000 Belgium, occupied Germany and back home. His kilometres, from Bali to Buckingham Palace, across treasured diaries covered the tedium, the mud, the more than 20 countries and adventured through some fear and sorrow, the discomfort, the periods of leave of the most exotic parts of the world. They battled and the letters from those back home. See the war extreme heat, sub-zero temperatures, culture shock unfold through Alick’s eyes and learn about his and and loneliness as they pushed their bodies to their his companions’ attitudes to the army, to female limits. They overcame injury, illness, heartbreak, and, company, to the enemy soldiers, to the hospitality above all, their own fears and self-doubt.It was the provided by people under pressure, to the war itself. time of their lives. And after the drama and tragedy of war, comes the return home and the efforts required to make a Packed with stunning photography by Sean Wakely, living while remaining steadfastly silent about the The Big Bike Trip is an inspirational account of self- traumas of those terrible years – an unseen fight that discovery, friendship and turning your dreams into continued and affected generations to come. reality. LONDON 2020

Ian Trafford is a photographer and writer who lives near Motueka in New Zealand’s South Island.