BOOKSELLERS’ CHOICE YOUR MONTHLY HIGHLIGHTS The best books for OCTOBER as chosen by Australia’s leading booksellers

ADULT FICTION

All Our Honeybee The Living Sea of Shimmering Skies Craig Silvey Waking Dreams Trent Dalton ALLEN & UNWIN Richard Flanagan HARPER COLLINS TPB $32.99 KNOPF AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA HB $32.99 TPB $32.99 Sam and Vic meet late one night on an On her way to visit her dying mother, Trent Dalton has, at the overpass. What is Anna loses a finger. It isn’t an accident, request of his young supposed to be an end, the finger simply vanishes, much as daughters, placed two girls as the leads marks the beginning of animal species are declining around in his glorious new novel. It’s the story of an unconventional friendship between the the world. Bushfires rage out of control Molly the gravedigger girl as she sets out troubled teenager and the lonely widower. as Anna and her brothers convene to on a quest to find the man who put a curse Sam has been let down by just about decide their mother’s fate, but their on her family. Set in Darwin in 1942 as the everyone in his young life, but for every personal neediness and shame lead to Japanese bombers arrive, it has a touch of heartbreaking moment, Silvey has beautifully a grotesque intervention in a declining magical realism, vibrant characters and vivid crafted passages with resolution and hope. life. A stunning novel of love and loss descriptions of the Australian landscape. The long wait for his new novel is worth every from one of Australia’s finest writers. moment.

Trust The Survivors Our Shadows Chris Hammer Jane Harper Gail Jones ALLEN & UNWIN MACMILLAN TEXT PUBLISHING TPB $32.99 AUSTRALIA TPB $32.99 HB $39.99 Troubled journalist Martin An evocative and Scarsden’s life seems to Kieran Elliot’s life enthralling story be back on track until his changed forever the day following the lives of partner Mandalay Blonde his brother died and a three generations of is kidnapped. Set in , we uncover young girl went missing during a devastating Irishman Paddy Hannan’s family after he Mandy’s past in a world of corruption, secret storm that hit the small coastal town of Evenly discovers gold in 1893 Kalgoorlie. His societies and the mafia, as Martin desperately Bay in Tasmania. Returning to his home town sisters Nell and Frances struggled with the tries to find her. He discovers a world where twelve years later, Kieran must face the guilt loss of their parents and the shadows of people will kill to keep their secrets. Fast- that has haunted him ever since when the the past. Frances returns to the goldfields paced from the very start and frenetic right body of a young woman washes up on the to uncover the secrets of their history in this until the very end. beach. Harper has produced another utterly mesmerising and poetic novel. compelling and atmospheric mystery

NON FICTION Lowitja Max Mantel Pieces Stuart Rintoul Alex Miller Hilary Mantel ALLEN & UNWIN ALLEN & UNWIN WILLIAM COLLINS HB $45.00 PB $29.99 HB $39.99

Lowitja O’Donoghue Australian literary giant A stunning collection has fought tirelessly Alex Miller brings us of essays and memoir throughout her life for an incredibly personal from twice Booker Prize the rights of Aboriginal and poignant tribute to winner. Her subjects and Torres Strait Islander his friend and Nazi- range far and wide: people. A member of the , resistance fighter, Max Blatt. Piecing together Robespierre and Danton, the Hite report, to the first Aboriginal trainee nurse at the the faint traces of Blatt’s early life takes Saudi Arabia where she lived for four years in Royal Adelaide Hospital, and later a public Miller across the globe and into the lives of the 1980s. There are essays about Jane Boleyn, administrator of great acclaim, Lowitja charts many others who knew and loved Max. What Charles Brandon, Christopher Marlowe and the life of one of Australia’s most respected emerges is a moving meditation on memory, Margaret Pole, which display the astonishing and recognisable Indigenous leaders. More friendship and humanity. insight into the Tudor mind we are familiar with than 20 years in the making, this biography is from the bestselling Wolf Hall Trilogy. a must-read for all Australians.. NON FICTION

To Asia, With A Life on Our The Time of Our Love Planet Lives Hetty McKinnon David Attenborough Robert Dessaix EBURY PRESS PLUM BRIO HB $39.99 PB $39.99 HB $32.99 At 93, David Hetty McKinnon Attenborough has seen As our population ages and we find is beloved for her and experienced things we are living longer and longer lives, previous cookbooks, including Community people can only dream questions around what the point of this and Neighbourhood. Her food is always about and shared them with the world. A Life longevity is become all the more acute. fresh, modern and delicious, and To Asia on Our Planet is Attenborough’s reflections Robert Dessaix delves into how we might With Love is no exception. Here McKinnon on his life’s work, the dramatic changes to make the most of our extended years explores the possibilities of modern Asian the planet he has witnessed, and what we with exquisite prose and deep empathy, food, from traditional favourites like laksa can do to make a better future. A legacy- reflecting on the importance of a rich to more contemporary takes such as defining book from one of one world’s best- inner life in a series of conversations with miso vegemite noodles. Overloaded with known conservationists and natural history friends and acquaintances about the vegetables and packed with flavour, this is filmmakers. possibilities of life as we age. sure to delight the foodie in your life.

CHILDREN’S & YA BOOKS The Illustrated Encyclopaedia Took the Hello Jimmy! of Dangerous Children Animals Anna Walker Awar Sami Bayly PUFFIN HB $24.99 LOTHIAN SIMON & BOOKS A very sweet and SCHUSTER HB $32.99 touching story HB $24.99 about a little boy This breathtakingly beautiful illustrated called Jack and When Archie was encyclopaedia features more than sixty of his relationship two years old, big black government cars came the most deadly and dangerous animals with his father. With her stunning illustrations to his home at Framlingham Aboriginal Mission. from across the world. You will learn and simple text, Anna Walker says it best They forcibly took Archie away from his mother, interesting facts about these fascinating with her dedication “for the child who feels father and family. In this special 30th anniversary species such as how they have adapted lost, may you feel found and know you are edition, Archie’s iconic lyrics sit alongside to survive and whether we should be loved “. evocative illustrations by his beloved soulmate threatened by these animals or appreciate and musical collaborator, Ruby Hunter. Also them for their incredible features. The included are Archie’s recollections of his family perfect way to learn about science and and rare historical photographs. nature.

Hollowpox: The The Grandest The Left-Handed Hunt for Morrigan Bookshop in the Booksellers of Crow: Nevermoor 3 World London Jessica Townsend Amelia Mellor Garth Nix LOTHIAN BOOKS AFFIRM PRESS A&U CHILDREN’S PB $I7.99 PB $19.99 PB $24.99

After passing the test of Step back in time to Think Neil Gamian meets loyalty, Morrigan and her 1893 and the magical Ben Aaronovitch by way of Douglas Adams fellow members of Unit 919 will now begin to days of Cole’s Book Arcade. Can Pearl and with an inkling of Terry Pratchett, and you have learn the art of Containment and Distraction, Vally Cole save their Pa and his beloved a sliver of an idea what you’re in for with this one of the most important roles of the arcade from the sinister Obscurosmith? There astounding gem of a novel. It’s a fun, funny, Wundrous Society. But there is a mysterious are codes to break and puzzles to solve in a fast-paced adventure with Garth Nix’s signature virus that is infecting the Wunimals, removing tense race against time if they are to succeed. incredible world-building. This is a must-read for their soul and leaving them vicious Unimals. If Highly entertaining! book-loving teens. 14+ only Morrigan could control wunder rather than

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