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INHERITANCE OF SECRETS THE LOST SUMMERS OF SONYA BATES DRIFTWOOD VANESSA MCCAUSLAND No matter how far you run, the past will always find you. A gripping, page-turning mystery for all fans of Is it more dangerous to forget ... or to Kate Furnivall and Hannah Richell. remember? A compelling drama about broken dreams, first love and the mystery of a lost sister, Manuscript Available for all fans of Hannah Richell and Kate Morton. May 2020 | 400pp | 234x153mm Manuscript Available October 2019 Paperback | ISBN 9781460757857 January 2020 | 352pp | 234x153mm Paperback | ISBN 9781460757680

A brutal murder. A wartime promise. A granddaughter’s quest for the truth. The sunlight flickering through branches was like looking through a kaleidoscope. How could that be so Juliet’s elderly grandparents are killed in their Adelaide home. Who would commit such a heinous long ago? How could so much have gone wrong? crime - and why? The only clue is her grandfather Karl’s missing signet ring. Phoebe’s life has fallen apart and there’s only one place left to go. Alone and adrift after a failed When Juliet’s estranged sister, Lily, returns in fear for her life, Juliet suspects something far more marriage proposal, she flees Sydney to her family’s abandoned holiday cottage. sinister than a simple break-in gone wrong. Before Juliet can get any answers, Lily vanishes once On the slow-moving river Phoebe is confronted with the legacy of her older sister’s suicide, a year more. before. Why did Karin leave a note written in flowers and walk into the water? What secrets did Karl Weiss have that could have led to his murder? A German soldier who Phoebe’s childhood love, Jez, has moved back to the beautiful old house, Driftwood, one jetty migrated to Adelaide, Juliet knew Karl as a loving grandfather. Is it possible he was a war criminal? down. He’s married now and the home has become a refuge for an unlikely little community. While attempting to find out, Juliet uncovers some disturbing secrets from WWII Germany that As the river begins to give up its secrets, Phoebe finds herself caught up in old feelings and new will put both her and her sister’s lives in danger ... mysteries. Gripping. Tense. Mysterious. Inheritance of Secrets links the crimes of the present to the secrets The Lost Summers of Driftwood is a story of lost loves, rekindled passions, tragedy and betrayal of the past and asks how far would you go to keep a promise? set against the backdrop of an idyllic south coast town.

PRAISE ‘A compelling mystery’ – Josephine Moon ‘Pure reading pleasure! Evocatively written and with beautifully realised characters’ – Cassie Hamer, author of After the Party ‘A tender and evocative story of the power of love, grief and memories’ – Sophie Green, author of The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club Sonya Bates is a writer and speech pathologist living in South Australia. She writes for children and adults, and has been published in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Her most recent published works are three titles in the Orca Sports series for young adults published by Orca Book Publishers in Canada (Topspin, 2013, Off the Rim, 2015, Running on Empty, 2018). She has also Vanessa McCausland has worked as an entertainment and fashion reporter, interviewing many had six chapter books published, four in Canada with Orca Book Publishers and two in Australia Hollywood actors in person, including Hugh Jackman, Ryan Reynolds, Denzel Washington and with Macmillan Education and Limelight Press, as well as short stories published in The School Kate Hudson, as well as a News Limited journalist for the Daily Telegraph and has written articles Magazine, Comet and Challenge. Sonya began writing adult fiction in 2015. Inheritance of Secrets for Mamamia. The Lost Summers of Driftwood is her second novel. Her first, Star Attraction, was is her first novel. published under her previous name, Vanessa Stubbs, in 2013.

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WHITE HORSES TAKING TOM MURRAY RACHAEL TREASURE HOME

A sweeping, powerful story of a young woman TIM SLEE who has to overcome terrible loss and trauma The winner of the inaugural Banjo Prize, in her life to find the courage to live life on her Taking Tom Murray Home is a funny, moving, terms. bittersweet story of fires, families and the restorative power of community. Manuscript Available

Following the disappearance of her mother when she was just a young child, Drift has been raised Bankrupt dairy farmer Tom Murray decides he’d rather sell off his herd and burn down his own by her father, growing up to work alongside him as an itinerant cattle drover along the beautiful house than hand them over to the bank. But something goes tragically wrong, and Tom dies in the coastline of remote Western Australia. It’s a tough life, but nurtured and taught by two wise women blaze. His wife, Dawn, doesn’t want him to have died for nothing and decides to hold a funeral - Wilma, a gentle travelling librarian and straight-talking Charlie, the legendary mobile saddler - procession for Tom as a protest, driving 350 kilometres from Yardley in country Victoria to bury Drift grows up to become a confident, idealistic young woman. him in Melbourne where he was born. To make a bigger impact she agrees with some neighbours But the world Drift lives in can be ugly and brutal. After a horrific sexual assault, Drift meets a to put his coffin on a horse and cart and take it slow - real slow. handsome young stockman, but he is not all that he seems and she is drawn into a baffling world But on the night of their departure, someone burns down the local bank. And as the motley of lies and mysteries, centring on a lushly beautiful property called The Planet, run by a wealthy funeral procession passes through Victoria, there are more mysterious arson attacks. Dawn has five American woman. When Drift’s father is hospitalised following a tragic accident and the young days to get to Melbourne before the police impound the coffin and force her to bury her husband. man she loves disappears, Drift has to find the courage to make her own way in the world. Drawing Five days, five more towns, and a state ready to explode in flames ... upon the deep well of women’s wisdom taught her by Charlie and Wilma, Drift has to overcome Told with a laconic, deadpan wit, Taking Tom Murray Home is a timely, thought-provoking, heartbreak, betrayal, loneliness and pain in order to forge her path, own her truth, and create the heartwarming, quintessentially Australian story like no other. It’s a novel about grief, pain, anger kind of world that she wants to live in. and loss, yes, but it’s also about hope - and how community, friends and love trump pain and Drift is a heroine to cheer for, and White Horses is a novel full of authentic Australian heart and soul, anger, every time. warmth and humour, as big and as generous as those wide-open skies in Western Australia. Offering a vision of a vibrant and thriving rural Australia based on Treasure’s own experience and knowledge of regenerative agriculture, White Horses is both inspiring and captivating; another classic from the PRAISE much-loved author of the iconic and bestselling novels Jillaroo and The Farmer’s Wife. ‘A tinderbox of a book, ready to burst into humour or heartbreak at any moment.’ – Felicity PRAISE McLean ‘Treasure writes with true grit, wit and warmth’ – Australian Women’s Weekly ‘It has all the elements of good storytelling, grounded in a clear-eyed understanding of how and why rural Australia is struggling in the 21st century’ – Sydney Morning Herald ‘This isn’t classic Rachael Treasure. This is even better. Treasure has produced a polished, heart- wrenching and hopeful novel that will thrill old fans and garner many new ones.’ – Better Reading

Rachael Treasure lives in rural Tasmania with her two young children and an extended family of Tim Slee is an Australian journalist with a wanderlust. Born in Papua New Guinea to Australian kelpies, chooks, horses, sheep and a time-share Jack Russell. She is passionate about encouraging parents who sprang from sheep country in the Mid-North and Far North of South Australia, non-readers to read, as well as inspiring both farmers to consider regenerative agricultural practices he has gone on to live in Denmark and Canada – and while he has been around the world 22 and animal handlers to better understand their dogs and livestock. All her novels have been times and visited 54 countries, according to his favourite airline, Australia is still his physical and bestsellers. emotional home base.

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WHEN IT ALL WENT THE INVITATION TO CUSTARD BELINDA ALEXANDRA DANIELLE HAWKINS In Gilded Age New York, money buys everything. Odds of saving marriage – slim. Farming What is your price? expertise – patchy. Chances that it’ll all be okay in the end – actually pretty good … Manuscript Available November 2018 | 488pp | 234x153mm Manuscript Available Paperback | ISBN 9780732296452 May 2019 | 400pp | 234x153mm | Paperback | ISBN 9781775541417

‘I wasn’t enjoying the afternoon of 23 February even before I learnt that my husband was having an Sometimes the ties that bind are the most dangerous of all … affair.’ Paris, 1899. When Emma Lacasse receives a request from her estranged older sister Caroline, to The news of her husband’s infidelity comes as a nasty shock to Jenny Reynolds, part-time building visit her in New York, she is intrigued. control officer and full-time mother - even though, to her surprise and embarrassment, her first Caroline lives a life of unimaginable luxury as one of New York’s Gilded Age millionaires and reaction is relief, not anguish. What really hurts is her children’s unhappiness at the break-up, and the Emma is soon immersed in a world beyond her wildest dreams — a far cry from her bohemian growing realisation that, alone, she may lose the family farm. lifestyle in Montmartre. Emma hopes for an emotional reunion, but instead she finds herself in the This is the story of the year after Jenny’s old life falls apart; of family and farming, pet lambs and vicelike grip of her charismatic and manipulative sister, who revels in the machinations of the ultra geriatric dogs, choko-bearing tenants and Springsteen-esque neighbours. And of just perhaps a second rich. chance at happiness. As Emma begins to question Caroline’s true motives, a disaster strikes, and New York society is stripped bare — beneath the glittering exterior lies a seething nest of deceit, betrayal, moral PRAISE FOR DANIELLE HAWKINS corruption … and perhaps even murder. ‘Author Danielle Hawkins … has a talent for witty and convincing dialogue and this, in particular, From the bestselling author of Tuscan Rose comes a mesmerising tale of two sisters and the gives The Pretty Delicious Cafe verve and humour. She’s also a skilled sculptor of characters’ - Otago dangers and seductions of excess. Perfect for fans of Kate Morton, Kristin Hannah and Kate Daily Times Furnivall. ‘Danielle Hawkins’ quirky humour and easy style make [The Pretty Delicious Cafe] a great summer read’ - Dominion Post PRAISE ‘Utterly delectable with a twist of spice and a touch of zest!’ - Nicola Moriarty, author ‘Reading her novels is like going on holiday for a long time. You don’t want to come back’ – West Australian

Bestselling NZ author Danielle Hawkins lives on a sheep and beef farm near Otorohanga with her Belinda Alexandra has been published to wide acclaim in Australia, New Zealand, the United husband and two children. She works part-time as a large animal vet, and writes when the kids Kingdom, France, Germany, Holland, Poland, Norway and Russia. She is the daughter of a are at school and she’s not required for farming purposes. She is a keen gardener, an intermittently Russian mother and an Australian father and has been an intrepid traveller since her youth. keen cook and an avid reader. Her other talents include memorising poetry, making bread and zapping flies with an electric fly swat. She tends to exaggerate to improve a story, with the result Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages that her husband believes almost nothing she says. Rights Licenced (previous titles): Belinda Alexandra’s fiction has been published in 14 languages, with international sales of over 1 million copies sold. Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages GENERAL FICTION GENERAL FICTION

NOT BAD PEOPLE HOW TO BE SECOND BEST BRANDY SCOTT JESSICA DETTMANN Three friends, thirty years of shared secrets, one impulsive gesture... and a terrible accident. A hilarious and heart-warming debut that When friendship goes bad, someone has to pay. captures the dramas, delights and delirium of For fans of Liane Moriarty and Robyn Harding. modern parenting. This is Marian Keyes meets Allison Pearson, with a dash of Caitlin Moran. Manuscript Available Manuscript Available February 2019 | 320pp | 234x153mm Paperback | ISBN 9781460756171 January 2019 | 325pp | 234x153mm | Paperback | ISBN 9781460755969

It’s New Year’s Eve. Three thirty-something women – Aimee, Melinda and Lou - best friends Going from one child to two is never all that easy for a family, but when Emma’s husband for decades, let off illegal Chinese lanterns filled with resolutions: for meaning, for freedom, for simultaneously fathers a third child three doors up the street, things get very tricky, very fast. money. As the glowing paper bags float away, there’s a bright flare in the distance. It could be a No longer is it enough for Emma to be the best wife and mother – now she’s trying to be the best sign of luck – or the start of a complete nightmare that will upend their friendships, families and ex-wife, and the best part-time parent to her ex’s love child, and that’s before she even thinks about careers. adding a new bloke to the mix. The day after their ceremony, the newspapers report a small plane crash – two victims pulled from Set in an upwardly mobile, ultra-competitive suburb, this is a funny, biting, heartwarming modern the wreckage, one a young boy. Were they responsible? Aimee thinks they are, Melinda won’t comedy that looks at the roles we play, how we compete, and what happens when we dare to strive accept it, and Lou has problems of her own. It’s a toxic recipe for guilt trips, shame, obsession, for second-best. blackmail and power games.

They’re not bad people. But desperate times call for desperate measures. PRAISE ‘Jessica Dettmann is a fine comic writer. She has an eye for the small details, irritations and PRAISE inspirations of life which coupled with a truly original turn of phrase and great way with a gag ‘Blackmail, secrets and shame abound as truths are revealed in this Liane Moriarty-esque debut makes for sparkling and heart-warming reading.’ – Ben Elton about friendship and forgiveness’ –Who Weekly ‘A diverting comic novel that bubbles along, buoyed by the author’s dry, conspiratorial feminist ‘A fabulous portrayal of how female friendships can unravel’ – Jessica Rowe wit.’ – Sydney Morning Herald ‘Full of funny moments, this debut takes a wry look at parenthood, divorce and the messy reality of blended families.’ – Who Weekly ‘An absolutely delightful, funny and touching read.’ – Nicola Moriarty

Brandy Scott is a former senior producer on Radio New Zealand’s Morning Report. Before her Jessica Dettmann is a Sydney-based writer and performer. Her blog, Life With Gusto, turns a radio career she worked as a print journalist, including contributing from the Middle East to the sharp but affectionate eye on modern parenthood. She has performed her work several times at Economist and serving as features editor for a daily national newspaper, Emirates Today. She is Giant Dwarf’s Story Club, and has appeared on their podcast. currently based in Dubai co-hosting a popular breakfast show called The Business Breakfast, on the After a decade working as an editor for Random House Australia and HarperCollins publishers UAE’s only talk radio station, Dubai Eye 103.8. Not Bad People is her first novel. she made the transition to writing after two small children rendered her housebound. She once appeared as the City of Sydney Christmas Angel and sat on top of the Town Hall in a frock that Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages reached the street. Rights Licensed: US (HarperCollins) Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages Rights Licensed: Canada (HarperCollins Canada) GENERAL FICTION HARLEQUIN FICTION

THE LILY IN THE SNOW THE END OF CUTHBERT JACKIE FRENCH CLOSE CASSIE HAMER 1929: Jazz, parties and an endlessly rising stockmarket. But an insignificant politician Cuthbert Close is an oasis of street parties and called Adolf Hitler plans blackmail – and even friendly neighbours, then glamazon Charlie murder – to snare Miss Lily, her espionage Devine moves in. When the guacamole hits the network – and the British royal family. fan, will it be the end of Cuthbert Close? From bestselling author Cassie Hamer, comes another Manuscript Available funny, charming tale of suburbia with a mystery April 2019 | 400pp | 234x153mm at its heart. Paperback | ISBN 9781460753842 Manuscript Available December 2019

April 2020 | 234x153mm Paperback | ISBN 9781489257918 Unimaginable danger creeps ever closer to Miss Lily and her loved ones … Amid the decadence and instability of Berlin in the 1920s, a band of women must unite to save all that is precious to them. You can choose your friends, but you can’t choose your neighbours. With her dangerous past behind her, Australian heiress Sophie Higgs lives in quiet comfort as the Food stylist Cara, corporate lawyer Alex and stay-at-home mum Beth couldn’t be more different. If Countess of Shillings, until Hannelore, Princess of Arneburg, charms the Prince of Wales. He it wasn’t for the fact they live next door to each other in Cuthbert Close, they’d never have met and orders Sophie, Nigel – and Miss Lily – to investigate the mysterious politician Hannelore believes bonded over Bundt cake. The Close is an oasis of calm and kindness. The kind of street where kids is the only man who can save Europe from another devastating war. play cricket together and neighbours pitch in each year for an end of summer party. His name is Adolf Hitler. But no one’s told Charlie Devine, glamorous wife of online lifestyle guru, The Primal Guy. When she roars straight into the party with her huge removal truck and her teenage daughter with no Long-lost love ‘John’ has also returned to Sophie’s life, as well as a young woman determined to care or regard for decades-old tradition, the guacamole really hits the fan. kill the woman she believes betrayed the female war-time resistance fighters of La Dame Blanche: her mother, Miss Lily Shillings. Cara thinks the family just needs time to get used to the village-like atmosphere. Beth wants to give them home cooked meals to help them settle in. Alex, says it’s an act of war. But which one of As unimaginable peril threatens to destroy countries and tear families apart, Sophie must face them is right? Dead guinea pigs, cruelly discarded quiches, missing jewellery, commercial sabotage Goering’s Brownshirt Nazi thugs, blackmail, and the many possible faces of love. and errant husbands are just the beginning of a train of disturbing and rapidly escalating events that lead to a shocking climax. ALSO IN When the truth comes out, will it be the end of Cuthbert Close? THE SERIES:

Cassie Hamer has a professional background in journalism and PR, but now much prefers the world of fiction over fact. In 2015, she completed a Masters in Creative Writing, and has since achieved Jackie French AM is an award-winning writer, wombat negotiator, the 2014-2015 Australian success in numerous short story competitions. Her bestselling debut fiction title After the Party Children’s Laureate and the 2015 Senior Australian of the Year. In 2016 Jackie became a Member of was published in 2019. Cassie lives in Sydney with her terrific husband and three, mostly-terrific the Order of Australia for her contribution to children’s literature and her advocacy for youth literacy. daughters, who still believe pinatas are a fun and effective method of lolly-distribution. Jackie’s books have been translated into many languages, and sold over 4 million copies. Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages HARLEQUIN FICTION HARLEQUIN FICTION

AFTER THE PARTY THE BOUNDARY FENCE CASSIE HAMER ALISSA CALLEN

An unexpected gift left at her daughter’s fifth birthday party in the form of a little girl pitches A warm-hearted and touching story about Lisa Wheeldon into events both hilarious and recovering after trauma, love and community. life-changing. Liane Moriarty meets Marian A new Woodlea rural romance by bestselling Keyes in this hilarious, touching and clever novel Australian author Alissa Callen. that asks, what wouldn’t you do to save a child? Manuscript Available October 2019

Be careful what you wish for … Healing doesn’t just take time, it takes courage... Lisa Wheeldon has a lovely life. Wife to a gorgeous husband, Scott, and a devoted mother to two The scars country vet Ella Quinlivan hides are not solely on the outside. Men are off-limits. She small daughters, the former accountant has everything she wants – except a third child. But the fills her world with her friends, work and the colourful community of small town Woodlea. She universe has a strange way of providing. also becomes custodian of a sandstone cottage of an elderly friend whose teenage daughter went On the surface, Ava’s fifth birthday party seems the ideal opportunity for Lisa to meet her missing two decades ago. daughter’s new kindergarten friends – all 32 of them! But from beginning to end, the day is a With a broken marriage behind him, Saul Armstrong is determined to recapture his dreams by complete nightmare, capped off by the discovery of a little girl hiding in the Wheeldon’s backyard. bringing American bison to the Australian bush. He intends to stick to his side of the high wire At first, Lisa reasons that Ellie’s mum is running late. But when they open a gift from the fence that divides his farm from his distracting new neighbour, Ella. mysterious little girl, it becomes clear her mother has no intention of returning at all... When Saul calls out Ella for a bison emergency she isn’t just thrown out of her comfort zone by What sort of mother abandons her child? And why has she chosen the Wheeldons? dealing with an unfamiliar animal. Slow-smiling and guarded Saul stirs emotions she’d long ago discarded.

PRAISE When the summer heat parches the landscape and dust obscures the sun, hidden secrets come to light. Not only will Ella and Saul be tested, the connection forged between them will be ‘Hamer’s strength is in the slow, considered revelations that pepper the novel, making it difficult to threatened. Will love be enough to guarantee their freedom or will fear continue to dictate the put down. It has the reader gripped until the end, desperate to know exactly what [happens]. It’s direction their lives will take? perfect for anyone who wants to devour easy-to-read fiction, while also doing some detective work of their own.’ Mamamia ‘Everything I love in a novel - jam-packed with intrigue and humour – After the Party will keep you turning the pages into the early hours.’ – Bestselling author Rachael Johns

Cassie Hamer has a professional background in journalism and PR, but now much prefers the USA Today bestselling author Alissa Callen is a country girl happiest living far from the city fringe. world of fiction over fact. In 2015, she completed a Masters in Creative Writing, and has since She draws inspiration from the countryside around her and from the resilience of local bush achieved success in numerous short story competitions. After the Party is her first novel. Cassie lives communities. Once a teacher and a counsellor, she remains interested in the life journeys that in Sydney with her terrific husband and three, mostly-terrific daughters, who still believe pinatas people take. are a fun and effective method of lolly-distribution. Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages HARLEQUIN FICTION HARLEQUIN FICTION

THE ROUND YARD THE LAWSON SISTERS ALISSA CALLEN JANET GOVER

For only child Neve Fitzpatrick, family is everything. When she loses her mother, she heads to the A fractured family. Guilty secrets. Can the Lawson legacy be saved? bush to rent a farmhouse near her grandmother’s family home. To keep herself busy and her grief For many years Elizabeth Lawson has battled single-handedly to run the family’s historic horse at bay, she offers to look after two little redheaded cowgirls and adopts a sassy pony and shaggy stud in memory of her beloved father. But a devastating loss puts her dreams at risk. With no donkey in need of a refuge. options left, Liz is forced to turn to her estranged sister Kayla for help. Drover and horse trainer Tanner Callahan may have just found his mother, but he’s resolved Kayla has built a new life in the city as a wedding planner, far removed from the stableyard sweat never to let anyone too close. Abandonment has cursed him all his life, and he won’t let it happen and dust of her rural upbringing. She never thought she’d go back. But when Liz calls out of the again. Only two things unnerve him: children and small-town matchmaking. Then he meets blue, Kayla forms a plan that could save their childhood home. occupational therapist Neve. Warm-hearted and unforgettable, she represents all that Tanner feels will forever remain out of reach. Kayla’s return forces Liz to confront her past ... and her future, in the shape of Mitch, her first and only love, who still watches over her from the other side of the creek. But when an old iron key unlocks family secrets from the Second World War, Neve needs help only Tanner can give. As the threads of the past unravel, and locusts threaten to suffocate the land, But Liz still hides a terrible secret. When Kayla learns the truth, will the Lawson sisters find Neve and Tanner must make a choice. Will fear keep them running or is the home each yearns for common ground or will their conflict splinter the family once again? already within grasp?

PRAISE FOR ALISSA CALLEN ‘Alissa brings romance and country together in just the right balance’ – Tricia Stringer, bestselling author of Come Rain or Shine ‘A moving rural romance ... a must-read for fans of the genre, exploring tragedy and perseverance’ – Better Reading

USA Today bestselling author Alissa Callen is a country girl happiest living far from the city fringe. Janet Gover is the author of 13 published books, mostly set in rural Australia. Her stories focus She draws inspiration from the countryside around her and from the resilience of local bush on family and community relationships and strong women taking control over their lives. She communities. Once a teacher and a counsellor, she remains interested in the life journeys that has won or been shortlisted for awards in the Australia, the UK and the US, and speaks at writing people take. events and mentors new writers. Married to an Englishman, Janet divides her time between West London and Australia. Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages Rights Licensed / Publication (previous titles): Germany (Bastei Lubbe/Rural Romance) Rights Held: World English language HARLEQUIN FICTION HARLEQUIN FICTION

THE DAUGHTER OF THE LAST DAYS OF THE VICTORY LIGHTS ROMANOV DANCERS KERRI TURNER KERRI TURNER

Petrograd, 1914. A country on a knife edge. The Inspired by the early burlesque/vaudeville shows, story of two people caught in the middle – with this compelling dual-timeline novel breathes new everything to lose … life into exploring the aftermath of WWII for young women. A stunning debut from a talented new voice in historical fiction. Manuscript Available Manuscript Available February 2020 | 352pp | 234x153mm Paperback | ISBN 9781489256720 February 2019 | 320pp | 234x153mm Paperback | ISBN 9781489256706

‘PART CABARET, PART BURLESQUE, AND LIKE NOTHING YOU’VE EVER SEEN BEFORE! Valentina Yershova’s position in the Romanov’s Imperial Russian Ballet is the only thing that keeps GENTLEMEN, AND LADIES IF YOU’VE DARED TO COME, WELCOME TO ...’ her from the clutches of poverty. With implacable determination, she has clawed her way through There was a pause, and Evelyn sensed those around her leaning forward in anticipation. the ranks to soloist, utilising not only her talent, but her alliances with influential rich men that grants them her body, but never her heart. When Luka Zhirkov – the gifted son of a factory ‘THE VICTORY!’ worker – joins the company, her passion for ballet and love is rekindled, putting at risk everything 1945: After the thrill and danger of volunteering in an all-female searchlight regiment protecting that she has built. Londoners from German bombers overhead, Evelyn Bell is secretly dismayed to be sent back For Luka, being accepted into the company fulfils a lifelong dream. But in the eyes of his her rigid domestic life when the war is over. But then she comes across a secret night-time show, proletariat father, it makes him a traitor. As war tightens its grip and the country starves, Luka is hidden from the law on a boat in the middle of the Thames. Entranced by the risque and lively increasingly burdened with guilt about their lavish lifestyles. While Luka and Valentina’s secret performance, she grabs the opportunity to join the misfit crew and escape her dreary future. connection grows, the country rockets toward a revolution that will decide the fate of every At first the Victory travels from port to port to raucous applause, but as the shows get bigger and dancer. bigger, so too does the risks the performers are driven to take, as well as the growing emotional For the Imperial Russian Ballet has become the ultimate symbol of Romanov indulgence, and complications among the crew. Until one desperate night ... soon the lovers are forced to choose: their country, their art or each other… 1963: Lucy, an unloved and unwanted little girl, is rescued by a mysterious stranger who says he knows her mother. On the Isle of Wight, Lucy is welcomed into an eclectic family of ex- PRAISE performers. She is showered with kindness and love, but gradually it becomes clear that there are secrets they refuse to share. Who is Evelyn Bell? ‘A wonderful debut ... Turner has created figures that literally dance off the page.’ – Caroline Beecham, author of Eleanor’s Secret and Maggie’s Kitchen ‘...beautiful, daring, deceptive and surprising.’ – Australian Women’s Weekly (NZ Edition) ‘A first-class page-turner.’ – Starts at 60

Kerri Turner is a writer and a dance teacher, and has an Associate Degree in Dance and a Diploma Kerri Turner is a writer and a dance teacher, and has an Associate Degree in Dance and a Diploma of Publishing. Some of the highlights from Kerri’s dancing include being cast in a solo role by the of Publishing. Some of the highlights from Kerri’s dancing include being cast in a solo role by the filmmaker and choreographer Rosetta Cook and learning pas de deux with the former Artistic filmmaker and choreographer Rosetta Cook and learning pas de deux with the former Artistic Director of the Queensland Ballet, Harold Collins. Director of the Queensland Ballet, Harold Collins.

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THE LAST BRIDGE BEFORE THE CAFÉ BY THE BRIDGE HOME LILY MALONE LILY MALONE Fresh and down-to-earth in style, Lily Malone returns with a sparkling new romance that With her trademark fresh and funny tone, Lily will appeal to all romance readers, from Malone returns with a captivating new romance contemporary to rural romance. Perfect for set in the heart of the outback. readers who love Nora Roberts.

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For Jaydah Tully, the country town of Chalk Hill has never felt like home. Home is a place to feel Child psychologist Taylor Woods needs a man. Flashy restaurateur Abel Honeychurch to be loved. Home is a place to feel safe. Jaydah’s home life is dark in ways the close-knit community specific. Abe can help her get justice for her brother, Will. Taylor knows Abe, too, was scammed by could never imagine. the same woman who broke her brother’s heart and stole everything in his pockets. Jaydah knows that the man she loves has never understood her need for secrets. Brix is a But bringing a lying, cheating scammer to justice isn’t easy when all Abe wants to do is forget the Honeychurch, she’s a Tully - her family are Chalk Hill’s black sheep. It’s better for everyone if Brix whole sorry saga. He’s returned to his home town of Chalk Hill to lick his wounds and repay his stays away. debts, renovating his nanna’s house and opening the Chalk ‘n’ Cheese cafe. But Brix is a one-woman man, and when he returns to his home town to help his brother, the Taylor’s mission to help her brother seems doomed – how will she gain the trust of a man whose first person he sees is Jaydah. Independent. Private. Proud. When things are good between them every instinct tells him never to trust a woman again? they are really really good but all too soon they’re back in the old patterns, caught in the same argument: Her father. Her family. Her life that doesn’t include him. PRAISE Underneath her tough exterior, Jaydah is drowning. She has one chance to change everything. Is ‘Warm, witty and fun ... Lily Malone creates unforgettable characters. Chalk Hill is a small town she brave enough to take the risk and let Brix in? Or will her father keep them apart forever? you will never want to leave.’ – Alissa Callen ‘A touching, romantic, and thoroughly enjoyable read. Filled with engaging characters, Lily PRAISE FOR LILY MALONE Malone’s refreshing style never fails to satisfy.’ – Jennie Jones ‘Hands down my favourite contemporary romance author … sharp and clever but incredibly warm.’ – Tess Woods, author of Love at First Flight ‘So good it makes me incandescently green with envy.’ – Georgina Penney, author of Fly in Fly Out ‘Just as beautiful as it’s picturesque setting ... simply divine!’ – The Never Ending Bookshelf

Lily Malone trained as a journalist and worked in newspapers before becoming editor of Australia’s Lily Malone trained as a journalist and worked in newspapers before becoming editor of Australia’s largest wine industry trade publisher. After the birth of her two boys, she discovered writing romantic largest wine industry trade publisher. After the birth of her two boys, she discovered writing stories set in Australia’s vineyards was much more fun than writing about diseases of grapevines or the romantic stories set in Australia’s vineyards was much more fun than writing about diseases of latest French clone. grapevines or the latest French clone.

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THE GIRL IN THE PAINTING THE WOMAN IN TEA COOPER THE GREEN DRESS TEA COOPER Mathematical savant Jane Piper is determined to solve the mystery of her benefactress’s breakdown when she For readers who loved Remarkable Creatures, The chances upon The Girl in the Painting. This atmospheric Naturalist’s Daughter and The Birdman’s Wife historical mystery is for readers of The True Story of comes The Woman in the Green Dress… Maddie Bright, The Woman in the Green Dressand Remarkable Creatures. Manuscript Available

Maitland 1913 Miss Elizabeth Quinn is something of an institution in Maitland Town. For 1853 Mogo Creek, NSW Della Atterton, bereft at the loss of her parents, is holed up in the place longer than anyone could remember she and her brother, businessman Michael, have lived in the she loves best: the beautiful Hawkesbury in New South Wales. Happiest following the trade her impressive two-storey stone house next to the church. When she is discovered cowering in the father taught her, taxidermy, Della has no wish to return to Sydney. But the unexpected arrival of corner of the exhibition gallery at the Technical College the entire town knows something strange Captain Stefan von Richter on a quest to retrieve what could be Australia’s first opal, precipitates has come to pass. Della’s return to Sydney and her Curio Shop of Wonders, where she discovers her enigmatic aunt, Was it the prehistoric remains or perhaps the taxidermy exhibition that had reduced the whale- Cordelia, is selling more than curiosities to collectors. Strange things are afoot and Della, a fly in a boned encased pillar of society to a quivering mess? Or is there something odd about a striking spider’s web, is caught up in events with unimaginable consequences … painting on loan from the National Gallery? 1919 Sydney, NSW When London teashop waitress Fleur Richards inherits land and wealth in Mathematical savant Jane Piper is determined to find out. Deposited on the doorstep of the local Australia from her husband, Hugh, killed in the war, she wants nothing to do with it. After all, orphanage as a baby, she owes her life and education to the Quinns’ philanthropic ventures and accepting it will mean Hugh really is dead. But Hugh’s lawyer is insistent, and so she finds herself Elizabeth has no one else to turn to. ensconced in the Berkeley Hotel on Hunter St, Sydney, the reluctant owner of a Hawkesbury property and an old curio shop, now desolate and boarded up. As the past and the present converge, Elizabeth’s grip on reality loosens. Can Jane, with her logical brain and penchant for puzzles, unravel Elizabeth’s story before it is too late? As the real story of her inheritance unravels, Fleur finds herself in the company of a damaged returned soldier Kip, holding a thread that takes her deep into the past, a thread that could unravel Ranging from the gritty reality of the Australian goldfields to the grand institutions of Sydney, the a mystery surrounding an opal and a woman in a green dress; a green that is the colour of envy, the bucolic English countryside to the charm of Maitland Town, this compelling historical mystery in colour buried deep within an opal, the colour of poison … the company of an eccentric and original heroine is rich with atmosphere and detail. PRAISE PRAISE FOR TEA COOPER ‘Boasts strong female protagonists, an infectious fascination with the past, and the narrative skill ‘Cooper is a welcome inclusion to the rising ranks of female-centred historical Australian novels.’ – to weave multiple timelines into a satisfying whole … fast paced and involving storytelling … The Herald Sun smartly edited, cleanly written … easy to devour.’ — Sydney Morning Herald ‘An engrossing narrative...fabulous.’ – Peter FitzSimons, journalist and author ‘Weaves a seductive narrative of secrets, memories, lost love and mystery...a freshly drawn ‘The stories of two bold, inspirational women...an exciting, moving and satisfying read.’ – bittersweet saga that draws nuggets of “truth” with timeless magic and might-have-beens.’ – North Australian Books + Publishing & South Magazine NZ

Tea Cooper is an established Australian author of contemporary and historical fiction. In a past Tea Cooper is an established Australian author of contemporary and historical fiction. In a past life she was a teacher, a journalist and a farmer. These days she haunts museums and indulges her life she was a teacher, a journalist and a farmer. These days she haunts museums and indulges her passion for storytelling. She is the bestselling author of The Horse Thief, The Cedar Cutter, The passion for storytelling. She is the bestselling author of The Horse Thief, The Cedar Cutter, The Currency Lass, The Naturalist’s Daughter and The Woman in the Green Dress. Currency Lass and The Naturalist’s Daughter.

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UP ON HORSESHOE HILL THE GOOD WOMAN OF PENELOPE JANU RENMARK DARRY FRASER A sharp, funny twist on rural romance from a rising star whose characters are sometimes Adventure, romance and history combine in this difficult, sometimes unpredictable, but always thrilling 19th century journey through the South interesting. Australian bush and along the mighty Murray River in the company of a determined heroine. Manuscript Available

A kiss can change your life ... Maggie O’Rourke has always had a hard head. No man was going to tie her down to a life of Jemima Kincaid loves her home, her horses and her job as a farrier. Life has not been kind to her, babies and domestic slavery, even if that man was as good (and as annoyingly attractive) as Sam but Jemima is happy in the close-knit rural community of Horseshoe Hill, which rallied around in Taylor. Maggie is happily earning her own way as a maid in a house on the Murray River when her hour of need. Even so, she is fiercely independent and will never rely on anyone again. disaster strikes. Particularly a man like Finn Blackwood. Forced to defend herself and a friend from assault by an evil man, she flees downriver on a paddle steamer. With death at her heels, Maggie begins to realise that a man like Sam might be just who An infuriatingly attractive geneticist and wild animal vet, Finn threatens not only the serenity she wants in her hour of need. As for Sam, well, Maggie has always been what he wants. of Jemima’s present, but that of the future she has so carefully mapped out. But as their paths continue to cross, she finds her attraction to Finn impossible to counter, even as the trauma of her The further Maggie runs, the more she discovers there are some things she cannot escape... past threatens to undo her. Finn is fascinated by Jemima’s solitary nature and unique vulnerabilities but Jemima knows all about loss and how to avoid it. Don’t let anyone get close in the first place ... PRAISE FOR DARRY FRASER As the past begins to cast long shadows, Jemima and Finn discover that a kiss can bring worlds ‘Outstanding prose that flows and ripples through every page.’ – Starts at 60 together-or tear them apart. Will they finally face their fears and find love on Horseshoe Hill? ‘Darry has done a fabulous job with some wonderful storytelling and puts herself right up there with the best.’ – Great Reads and Tea Leaves PRAISE ‘Penelope Janu’s fresh, bright, funny new twist on rural romance is an absolute delight. Her wit is as sharp as a knife. She is one of my absolute must-read authors.’ – Victoria Purman

Penelope Janu writes romances about clever and adventurous women who don’t mean to fall in For Darry Fraser, the Australian landscape is home and hearth - the rural, the coastal, the love, but do. Penelope’s novels, whether coastal or rural, celebrate Australian communities. arid lands and the desert. The history, the hidden stories, the catalysts create the powerful connection between her characters and are the drivers in her stories. Apprenticed on a number of Penelope is a lawyer with an interest in social justice issues and the environment. She, like her contemporary novels and novellas, she returned to writing Australian historical fiction, which is characters, is up for any adventure, even though she has a terrible sense of direction. She has six her favourite genre. She lives and works on the beautiful Kangaroo Island off the coast of South children, big dogs, a distracting husband and never enough time to write. Australia. Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages HARLEQUIN FICTION HARLEQUIN FICTION

CRY OF THE FIREBIRD THE MODEL WIFE T.M. CLARK TRICIA STRINGER

In the badlands of Africa, a resourceful doctor fights to save her patients’ lives. Thriller writer From a bestselling author, this beautifully realised T.M. Clark returns with a vivid, action-packed multi-generational family story looks at what adventure in the tradition of Wilbur Smith. happens when real-life betrayals and struggling relationships clash with outdated ideas of what a Manuscript Available woman should be. Fans of Liz Byrski and Monica McInerney will love this book. December 2019 | 400pp | 234x153mm Paperback | ISBN 9781489260925 Manuscript Available October 2019 | 384pp | 234x153mm Paperback | ISBN 9781489270863

South African-born Doctor Lily Winters, a consultant with the World Health Organization, has Natalie King’s life is full. Some might say too full. With her teaching job, a farm to run, three been in the thick of some of the worst humanitarian disasters across the globe. But when she’s grown daughters who have not quite got a handle on things, a reserved husband and a demanding posted back to South Africa following the suspicious death of an ex-colleague, she faces the biggest mother-in-law, most days she is too busy to think about whether she is happy. But her life has medical mystery she’s ever seen. meaning, doesn’t it? After all, she is the one person everyone depends upon. The resettled Platfontein San People population is exhibiting a higher than average HIV epidemic, But when an odd gift from her mother-in-law - an old book in the form of stern and outdated and their people are dying. The cases Lily takes over are baffling and despite her best efforts the advice for young wives - surfaces again, it brings with it memories she thought she had buried medicine doesn’t seem to be helping. deep. Has this insidious little book exerted some kind of hold over her? Could it be that in her To save this unique community, Lily and a policeman from the Kalahari, Piet Kleinman, join attempts to be a loving wife and mother, she no longer knows who she is? forces to trace the origins of the epidemic and uncover the truth. Their search drags them into the On a day when it seems everyone is taking her for granted, and as the ghost of a past betrayal rises, dangerous world of a corrupt industry driven by profit while the authorities meant to protect their it becomes clear that even this good mother and model wife can be pushed too far ... community turn a blind eye. In a race against time Lily and Piet will put not only their careers but A brillant exploration of women’s contemporary dilemmas, guaranteed to become a touchstone for their lives on the line... any woman who has discovered that ‘having it all’ might just mean ‘doing it all’...

PRAISE FOR TRICIA STRINGER ‘A moving feel-good read... this warm uplifting novel is all about second chances and love old and new.’ Sunday Mail Adelaide ‘A delightful, wise and heartwarming novel about second chances that celebrates friendships old and new.’ Rachael Johns, bestselling author.

T.M. Clark grew up in Zimbabwe and South Africa. She now lives on an island in Queensland where Tricia Stringer is a bestselling and multiple award-winning author. Among others, her books include she writes thrillers full time that combine her passion for storytelling with her love for Africa. commercial fiction title Table for Eight, the rural romances A Chance of Stormy Weather and Come Cry of the Firebird is T.M.’s sixth African thriller, following My Brother-But-One (Dec 2013), Shooting Rain or Shine and historical sagas Dust on the Horizon and Jewel in the North, set in the 19th Century Butterflies (Dec 2014), Tears of the Cheetah (Dec 2015), Child of Africa (2017) and Nature of the Lion Flinders Ranges. Tricia grew up on a farm in country South Australia and has spent most of her life (2018) in rural communities. She now lives in the beautiful Copper Coast region, often exploring Australia’s diverse communities and landscapes, and shares this passion for the country and its people through Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages her stories. Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages HARLEQUIN FICTION HARLEQUIN FICTION RE-RELEASE

LONG WAY HOME HEART OF THE CROSS NICOLA MARSH EMILY MADDEN

From USA Today bestselling author Nicola From Ireland to Kings Cross, Sydney a legacy of Marsh comes a warm and wise contemporary loss and hope echoes across the generations … novel about second chances and belonging. A engrossing novel for readers of Fiona Manuscript Available MacIntosh and Kate Furnivall. October 2019 | 352pp | 234x153mm Manuscript Available Paperback | ISBN 9781489281166 September 2019 | 480pp | 234x153mm Paperback | ISBN 9781489251367

A prodigal daughter returns to Brockenridge … Tinahely, Ireland, 1959 Rosie Hart is content leaving her home behind to follow her new husband Eleven years ago Ruby Aston left Brockenridge – and its small-town gossip – for the anonymity to Australia. But she soon discovers there is no room for her or their young son in the life he has of the big city. Now, a grieving Ruby is forced to come home to the place she loathes. But it also built in vibrant Kings Cross. As their marriage crumbles, Rosie will need to fight for the golden means returning to someone she’s always regretted leaving behind … future her son deserves. Rose Bay, 1984 Connor Delaney is determined to prove himself and not get by on his family name alone. To do Haunted by her past, Rosie is determined her daughter Maggie will follow the this he needs to acquire the local roadhouse. He never anticipated the owner would be the same path she has set out for her. But Maggie has plans of her own, and Rosie can only pray the grief ‘bad girl’ who ditched him at the high school ball and was never heard from again. that plagues the Hart name won’t follow her. Sydney, 2017 For Alisha Nathieson, the grief of suddenly losing her dear friend and employer Clara Aston has When her grandmother dies and leaves Brianna Hart a secret apartment in Kings forced her to examine her choice to stay to support her aging parents. As she battles a growing Cross, Brie wonders what else Rosie was keeping from her. As Brie chases the truth of Rosie’s past need to explore her past, temptation wars with duty. And then there are her feelings for handsome she uncovers an incredible story of passion, violence, love and tragedy. Is the Hart family’s legacy chef Harry, who has secrets of his own... of loss inescapable, or has Rosie gifted her granddaughter with a future of hope? In following their hearts, will this unlikely trio lose what they’ve craved all along? PRAISE FOR EMILY MADDEN ‘Expertly woven ... a heartbreaking tale of first love lost, second chances, new beginnings and overwhelming guilt. It captured my heart and my imagination.’ – Beauty and Lace on The Lost Pearl

USA Today bestseller and multi-award winner Nicola Marsh writes feel-good fiction ... with a twist! Emily Madden covets books like some women covet shoes and handbags (although she has a decent She has published 68 novels and sold over 8 million copies worldwide. She currently writes collection of each of those too!). While she reads anything and everything, stories that touch the rural romance for Harper Collins Australia, emotional domestic suspense for Bookouture and heart and uplift the soul are what she loves the most. Emily lives in Sydney with her two girls and contemporary romance for Harlequin Dare. A physiotherapist for thirteen years, she now writes husband. She’s a coffee lover and can often be found writing at her local haunts. full time, raises two dashing young heroes, shares fine food with family and friends, and her Rights Held: World (excl. Germany) English language favourite, curls up with a good book!

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THE COLLABORATOR UNDARA DIANE ARMSTRONG ANNIE SEATON

Based on astonishing true events from the Within the treacherous caves of Undara, a betrayal Holocaust and set in the darkest days of World will test the bonds of friendship and family. A War II in Budapest, this is an enthralling story of page-turning new eco-adventure for readers who heroism, vengeance, passion, and betrayal. It is love Di Morrissey. also the story of three women linked by a secret that threatens to destroy their lives. For readers Manuscript Available of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, All That I Am and Schindler’s Ark (List). August 2019 | 400pp | 234x153mm Paperback | ISBN 9781489261694 Manuscript Available

September 2019 | 320pp | 234x153mm Paperback | ISBN 9781489251664 When entomologist Emlyn Rees arrives at Hidden Valley she wants nothing more than to escape An act of heroism, the taint of collaboration, a doomed love affair, and an Australian woman who her marriage breakdown by burying herself in the research team’s hunt for new species of insects in travels across the world to discover the truth... the depths of the dramatic Undara lava tubes. However, little does she suspect she will be the key It is 1944 in Budapest and the Germans have invaded. Miklos Nagy risks his life to confront the to solving a mystery that’s more than one hundred years old. dreaded Adolf Eichmann to try and save thousands of Hungarian Jews from the death camps. But no one could have foreseen the consequences... Travis Carlyle is initially resistant to letting some city folks tramp over his cattle station, but soon It is 2005 in Sydney, and Annika Barnett sets out on a journey that takes her to Budapest and Tel- the researchers’ findings and a growing friendship with Emlyn bring opportunities to turn around Aviv to discover the truth about the mysterious man who rescued her grandmother in 1944. his struggling farm. With a broken marriage behind him and children to care for, Travis needs to By the time her odyssey is over, history has been turned on its head, past and present collide, and plan for the future and this could be his family’s best chance. the secret that has poisoned the lives of three generations is finally revealed in a shocking climax But when things start going wrong for the farm and around the dig site, Emlyn and Travis are at a that holds the key to their redemption. loss as to understand why. Are they cursed with bad luck, or is there a more sinister force at play? Are the tall tales of enigmatic stockman Bluey turning true? As the unseen saboteur grows bolder, PRAISE FOR DIANE ARMSTRONG Emlyn and Travis are caught in a race against time to save the station … and their lives. ‘...Once started, [it] is hard to put down. It is a compelling family history of extraordinary people out against some of the most frightening events of our century. The depth of emotions evoked is PRAISE FOR ANNIE SEATON stunning. I was thrilled and deeply moved.’ Joseph Heller, Author ‘Crisp, tense and fast-moving storytelling aside, Seaton absolutely raises the bar...’ – Australian ‘Like Geraldine Brooks, Diane Armstrong’s historical research is expertly woven into the fabric of Women’s Weekly a fictional tale, providing an engrossing `faction’ of heroism and resilience which will appeal to both fans of fictional dramatic/romantic sagas, as well as lovers of insightful history.’ Australian Bookseller & Publisher

Diane Armstrong is a child Holocaust survivor who was born in Poland in 1939, and arrived in Annie Seaton lives on the edge of the ocean with her own hero of many years. Since their two Australia in 1948. An award-winning journalist and bestselling author, she has written five previous children fled the nest and three beautiful grandchildren arrived, Toby, the naughtiest dog in the books. Her family memoir Mosaic, a Chronicle of Five Generations (1998) was short-listed for the universe, and two white cats share their home. Each winter, Annie and her husband leave the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction as well as for the National Biography Award. beach to roam the remote areas of Australia for researching her eco-adventure stories. In 2000, The Voyage of Their Life, the Story of the SS Derna and its Passengers, was shortlisted in the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards. Her first novel Winter Journey (2004) was shortlisted Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages for the Commonwealth Writers’ Literary Award. Her second novel Nocturne (2008) won the Women Writers’ Society Fiction Award. Diane lives in Sydney with her son, daughter and three granddaughters.

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THE POSTMISTRESS THE ONE ALISON STEWART KANEANA MAY

A stunning historical tale of loss, desire and A sparkling debut novel where the quest for love courage that is full of the terror and the beauty of will surprise you. the Australian bush. Manuscript Available Manuscript Available July 2019 | 352pp | 234x153mm July 2019 | 352pp | 234x153mm Paperback | ISBN 9781489279491 Paperback | ISBN 9781489256461

To forge a new life she must first deal with her past … Fall in love like nobody’s watching … 1871. Adelaide Greaves and her young son have found sanctuary in the Australian town of On the wrong side of thirty, Bonnie Yates wants a happily ever after. Problem is, she keeps Maiden’s Creek, where she works as a postmistress. The rough Victorian goldmining settlement is a choosing the wrong guys. When an ex returns to town with a fiancée in tow, history and hard place for a woman - especially as the other women in town don’t know what to make of her – temptation collide. Unable to shake her inappropriate feelings Bonnie flees, becoming an unlikely but through force of will and sheer necessity, Adelaide carves out a role. contestant on popular dating show The One. Will she find what she’s looking for? But her past is coming to find her, and the embittered and scarred Confederate soldier Caleb Working behind the scenes, Darcy Reed is a driven young producer, dealing with a tyrant of Hunt, in town in search of gold and not without a dark past of his own, might be the only one a boss. Despite being surrounded by love at work, her own love-life with long-term boyfriend who can help. Can Adelaide trust him? Can she trust anyone? Drew is floundering. Producing a flawless season is her best chance at a promotion. But with the When death and danger threaten – some from her past, some borne of the Australian bush - she unrelenting demands of the show, how will she save their relationship while making that shot? must swallow her pride and turn to Caleb to join her in the fight, a fight she is determined to Penelope Baker has relocated to a small seaside town to hide away with her secrets and nurse a win… broken heart. But with The One beaming across the nation’s televisions, she can’t seem to quite escape the life she left behind …

PRAISE Before cameras roll on the final ceremony, all three women will discover just what they’re willing to do in pursuit of the one … ‘Meticulously researched and brilliantly realised, Alison Stuart’s novel of vengeance, love and the power of a determined woman is hugely enjoyable.’ Tea Cooper, author of The Woman in the Green PRAISE Dress ‘Kaneana May is an author to watch. This is an excellent debut. If you love a Happily Ever After, ‘An unforgettable heroine and a slow-burning, beautiful romance ... The Postmistress is a highly you’ll love this. The One is fun. A highly entertaining read.’ – Better Reading enjoyable read. Do yourself a favour and curl up with a coffee and take a trip back in time to ‘The author’s writing flows beautifully with the stories of the three women, and it kept me turning Victoria’s goldmining era.’ – Better Reading the pages until the very end. She has used her experience as a screenwriter and knowledge of the television industry to craft a very entertaining novel.’ – Beauty & Lace

Alison Stuart began her writing journey halfway up a tree in the school playground with a Kaneana May studied Television Production at University, graduating with First Class Honours in notebook and a dream. Her father’s passion for history and her husband’s love of adventure and Screenwriting. She went on to work in television, including roles as a script assistant on All Saints, a the Australian bush led to a desire to tell stories of Australia’s past. She has travelled extensively and storyliner on Headland, and a script writer on Home and Away. Since becoming a mother, Kaneana lived in Africa and Singapore. Before turning to writing full time, she enjoyed a long and varied has turned her attention to fiction writing. Kaneana now lives on the Mid North Coast with her career as a lawyer, both in private practice and in a range of different organisations, including the husband and three children. military and the emergency services. Alison lives in a historic town in Victoria, Australia. Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages HARLEQUIN FICTION HARLEQUIN FICTION

DEVIL’S LAIR LAND GIRLS SARAH BARRIE VICTORIA PURMAN

It was never just a man’s war ... For readers of The Dark Lake and The Dry, comes this taut psychological suspense set in a A moving Second World War story of love, loss dramatic Tasmanian landscape from bestselling and survival against the odds by bestselling author Sarah Barrie. author of The Last of the Bonegilla Girls.

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Melbourne, 1942: War has engulfed Europe and now the Pacific, and Australia is fighting for its A lonely widow, a sinister act, a remote mansion with a dark past … future. For spinster Flora Thomas, however, nothing much has changed. Tending her dull office After the violent death of her husband, Callie Jones retreats to a cottage in the grounds of an old job and beloved brother and father, as well as knitting socks for the troops, leaves her relatively mansion in Tasmania. The relative remoteness of the place and the wild beauty of the Tasmanian content. Then one day a stranger gives her brother a white feather and Flora’s anger propels her landscape are a balm to her shattered nerves and the locals seem friendly, particularly horseman out of her safe life and into the vineyards of the idyllic Mildura countryside, a member of the Connor Atherton and his siblings at the nearby property, Calico Lodge. Australian Women’s Land Army. But all is not well: the old mansion has a sinister past, one associated with witchcraft and murder. There she meets Betty, a 17-year-old former shopgirl keen to do her bit for the war effort and As Callie is threatened by odd events in the night and strange dreams overtake her sleep, she begins support her beloved, and the unlikely Lilian, a well-to-do Adelaide girl fleeing her overbearing to doubt her own sanity. What’s really going on beneath the surface of this apparently peaceful family and theworld’s expectations for her. As the Land Girls embrace their new world of closeknit town? Are her friends and neighbours really who they seem? As events escalate, Callie starts to community and backbreaking work, they begin to find pride in their roles. More than that, they realise that the mansion may hold the key to unlocking the mystery, but the truth might have as start to find a kind of liberation. For Flora, new friendships and the singular joy derived from much power to destroy as it does to save. working the land offer new meaning to her life, and even the possibility of love. But as the clouds of war darken the horizon, and their fears for loved ones – brothers, husbands, PRAISE lovers - fighting at the front grow, the Land Girls’ hold on their world and their new-found freedoms is fragile. Even if they make it through unscathed, they will not come through ‘A mind-bending thriller full of spine-tingling Gothic overtones. Brilliant and gripping.’ Tea unchanged … Cooper, author of The Woman in the Green Dress PRAISE FOR VICTORIA PURMAN ‘Utterly addictive suspense and riveting storytelling set in a darkly gothic Tasmania.’ – Sarah The Weekly Times Bailey, bestselling author of The Dark Lake ‘A heartwarming novel...’ ‘A compelling story of strong female ties and family.’ Better Reading ‘Written with empathy and understanding,’ Starts At 60 ‘I was left speechless after finishing this book. It is a story that will stay with me from a very long Sarah Barrie is a bestselling author writing suspense in rural settings. Her debut bestselling print time. I highly recommend it.’ Goodreads novel, Secrets of Whitewater Creek, earned her a spot as one of the Top 10 breakthrough authors of 2014, and her next three books, the Hunters Ridge series, also reached bestseller status. Sarah has also worked as a teacher, a vet nurse, a horse trainer and a magazine editor. When she’s not writing, you’ll find her ferrying children to soccer or gymnastics, or trudging through paddocks chasing cattle, Victoria Purman is an award-nominated bestselling author. She is a regular guest and convenor sheep, chickens or the Houdini pig that never stays put very long. Occasionally, she’ll attempt to ride at writers festivals, a mentor and workshop presenter. Victoria has been nominated for a number her favourite horse, who’s quite a bit smarter than she is and not always cooperative. of readers’ choice awards and was a judge in the fiction category for the 2018 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature. Rights Held: World English language Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages HARLEQUIN FICTION HARLEQUIN FICTION

THE CHOCOLATE RIVERSTONE RIDGE MAKER’S WIFE MANDY MAGRO

KAREN BROOKS An authentic and heartfelt story about uncovering who you truly are and where you belong. Set against the backdrop of Restoration London, the plague and the Great Fire, this is a tale of Manuscript Available cruelty, revenge, redemption, love and hope, and the sweet, sinister temptation of chocolate. November 2019 | 368pp | 234x153mm Paperback | ISBN 9781489277497 Manuscript Available

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Damnation has never been so sweet... A voice from her past becomes the key to her future... When Rosamund Tomkins enters the world she is so different, with her darkling eyes and strange After making a mistake that felt like the end of the world to her teenage self, Nina Jones fled the laughter, that the midwives are afraid, believing her a changeling. But Rosamund’s life is set to be small town of Huntingvale. Now sixteen years later her beloved adoptive mother, Bea, has passed anything but enchanted... away, forcing Nina to return and decide whether to sell her family home, Riverstone Ridge. But Born into poverty, brutalised and ignored by her family, it is only when she is married off to a even though Bea can’t be there to help her through it all, she’s left Nina five letters, one sent a nobleman that her life undergoes a wondrous transformation, as he recognises that Rosamund week, to finally share the secrets she’d been unable to reveal in life. infuses magic she does not know she possesses into everything she touches. For Logan Steele, Nina’s return is the catalyst he’s needed to finally move beyond his tragic past Clever, quick and irrepressible, Rosamund soon becomes the darling of the haute ton, and presides and start living again. But only if she stays. When mysterious and increasingly worrisome accidents over her luxurious chocolate house where the rich go to be seen and indulge in their favourite start happening around the homestead, both Logan’s cop instincts and his protective feelings pastime, drinking the sweet and heady drink to which they’ve become oddly addicted. toward Nina spur him to investigate. Will he be able to piece together the puzzle of the past in time? But Rosamund stands on the brink of losing all she has worked so hard to achieve and will be forced to make a choice: walk away from all she knows and has grown to love with her soul intact, And with dark family secrets emerging from Bea’s last words rippling into the present day, how will or make a deal with the devil? Nina find the courage to be truthful to the one man who has always held her heart?

PRAISE ‘A gripping historical thriller that will quite literally steal your breath!’ – Kate Forsyth, author ‘Meticulously researched and historically compelling… this fast-paced novel is a dramatic spy thriller that shines a spotlight on the inner workings of Elizabethan England.’ – Books+Publishing

Karen Brooks is the author of twelve books, an academic of more than twenty years’ experience, a Mandy Magro lives in Cairns, Far North Queensland, with her daughter, Chloe Rose. With newspaper columnist and a social commentator, and has appeared regularly on national TV and radio. pristine aqua-blue coastline in one direction and sweeping rural landscapes in the other, she Before turning to academia she was an army officer for five years, and prior to that dabbled in acting. describes her home as heaven on earth. A passionate woman and a romantic at heart, she loves She lives in Hobart, Tasmania, in a beautiful stone house with its own marvellous history. When writing about soul-deep love, the Australian rural way of life and all the wonderful characters that she’s not writing, she’s helping her husband Stephen in his brewery, or cooking for family and live there. friends, travelling, cuddling and walking her dogs, stroking her cats, or curled up with a great book Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages and dreaming of more stories.

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A compelling romance about love and the cost of A heartfelt rural romance about courage in the keeping secrets. face of adversity.

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Can dark family secrets ever truly be buried? Kirsty Mitchell fled Flame Tree Hill after a tragic accident three years ago. Now, she’s ready to When a horrible twist of fate leaves teenage friends Emma Kensington and Zane Wolfe reeling in return home. But at twenty-five Kirsty isn’t prepared for the terrifying new challenge ahead: breast the wake of a fatal accident, the two are driven apart for decades. cancer. Kirsty’s never been a quitter but can her budding romance with local vet Aden bear the strain? As she battles with chemotherapy and as the past threatens to overwhelm her, Kirsty realises As a professional bull rider in America for the past sixteen years, Zane has stayed a sensible you can never take anything – or anyone – for granted. By drawing strength from her family and distance from the one woman he’s always loved but could never have - Emma, his childhood the beauty of Far North Queensland, can she find the courage within to overcome the biggest friend, and his brother’s wife. But a phone call revealing his stepfather’s sudden death means challenge of her life? keeping half a world between them is no longer an option. Returning to Silvergum, how will he keep his long-held feelings under control? NEW EDITIONS OF CLASSIC MANDY MAGRO For Emma, along with the death of her father-in-law, Peter, is the shadow of the secrets he’d been blackmailing her with. She’s finally free to tell the truth to the man she’s covertly loved from afar First published in 2012 (Jacaranda) & 2013 (Flame Tree Hill) by Penguin, these two titles all this time. But Peter’s hand stretches beyond the grave, and all too soon Emma discovers she’s showcase Mandy’s passionate and lively style of rural romance that continues to make her a fan not the only one who has been keeping secrets. And to make peace with her past, she could very favourite for the past 6 years. likely lose everything she loves most …

PRAISE FOR MANDY MAGRO ‘A little bit of everything to take your emotions on a non-stop ride...’ – Beauty & Lace ‘A powerful blend of love, self-discovery and forgiveness’ – The Mercury

Mandy Magro lives in Cairns, Far North Queensland, with her daughter, Chloe Rose. With Mandy Magro lives in Cairns, Far North Queensland, with her daughter, Chloe Rose. With pristine aqua-blue coastline in one direction and sweeping rural landscapes in the other, she pristine aqua-blue coastline in one direction and sweeping rural landscapes in the other, she describes her home as heaven on earth. A passionate woman and a romantic at heart, she loves describes her home as heaven on earth. A passionate woman and a romantic at heart, she loves writing about soul-deep love, the Australian rural way of life and all the wonderful characters that writing about soul-deep love, the Australian rural way of life and all the wonderful characters that live there. live there.

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Sometimes it’s hard to see what’s right in front of you… Molly’s life is almost perfect. She’s the devoted mother of Rose and a renowned horse trainer. She lives amid the beauty of Jacaranda Farm in the beautiful Far North Queensland countryside, surrounded by family and friends - none closer than hunky stockman Heath. But she’s still looking for the love of her life, and wonders whether that could be Mark, the long-lost father of her daughter. When Mark stumbles back into her world, Molly begins to hope for a future she’d long ago relinquished. But how will Mark react when he learns he’s a father? And could the man of Molly’s dreams be closer to home than she thinks?

PRAISE FOR MANDY MAGRO ‘This one delivers with its tale of love, adventure, mustering, rodeo and all things rural... Love has hurdles, but Sarah’s no quitter.’ – Weekend Gold Coast Bulletin ‘So good I could almost feel the res dust against my skin.’ – Fiona Palmer, bestselling Australian author

Mandy Magro lives in Cairns, Far North Queensland, with her daughter, Chloe Rose. With pristine aqua-blue coastline in one direction and sweeping rural landscapes in the other, she describes her home as heaven on earth. A passionate woman and a romantic at heart, she loves writing about soul-deep love, the Australian rural way of life and all the wonderful characters that live there.

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WE CAN’T SAY WE DIDN’T EVERY WOMAN’S GUIDE KNOW TO SAVING THE PLANET SOPHIE MCNEILL NATALIE ISAACS

When it came to climate change, Natalie Isaacs used to think it was someone else’s issue. After For more than ten years, award-winning investigative journalist Sophie McNeill has reported all, what can one person do to make a difference? Then she cut her electricity bill by 20 per cent from some of the most war-ravaged or besieged places on earth, including Syria, Gaza, Yemen, the and saw how much money and pollution she’d saved. Feeling empowered, she embraced action Uyghur ‘Autonomous’ Region in China and Hong Kong. instead of apathy and changed her life. She has never looked back. In We Can’t Say We Didn’t Know, Sophie tells the human stories of devastation and hope behind In Every Woman’s Guide to Saving the Planet, Natalie shares her journey from climate bystander to the headlines – of children, families, refugees, struggling doctors, soldiers and rescue workers, international campaigner. Now the founder and CEO of the globally recognised climate action imprisoned Uyghurs, Saudi women seeking asylum, and Hong Kong protesters. Sophie also organisation 1 Million Women, Natalie explains: explores how social media and the 24-hour news cycle keeps us constantly informed – to the • why climate change is the biggest issue of our time point of overload. We can’t say we didn’t know, but in an age of impunity, where war crimes go • why women, who make around 85 per cent of household spending decisions, are incredibly unpunished and human rights are optional, what can we do about it? powerful when it comes to taking climate action • how to take action in your own life • how to cut waste of everyday consumables such as energy, food, fashion or single-use plastic • why stuff can’t make us happy and why less truly is more • how to inspire your family, friends and community to take climate action. With handy toolkits packed full of practical how-to’s, Every Woman’s Guide to Saving the Planet will get you started on your own climate action journey. Natalie’s message is simple: never underestimate the power you have to fight the climate crisis. You just need to act. For more information go to 1millionwomen.com.au Sophie McNeill is an investigative reporter for Four Corners. A former video-journalist based in the Middle East for the ABC, she has worked across the region including Afghanistan, Israel, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Yemen, Egypt, Turkey and Gaza. Sophie has twice been awarded Australian Young TV Journalist of the Year and in 2010 won a Walkley award for her investigation into the killing of five children in Natalie Isaacs is the founder and CEO of 1 Million Women, a global movement of women and Afghanistan by Australian Special Forces soldiers. Sophie was nominated for a Walkley in 2015 for her girls who take practical action to fight climate change by changing the way they live. A former coverage of the Syrian refugee crisis. In September 2015, her reporting helped reunite a Syrian refugee cosmetics manufacturer, Natalie realised that individual action is a powerful path to solving the family that had become separated on the European refugee trail. In early 2016, Sophie broke the story climate crisis. She decided to leave behind the overpackaged world of skin and beauty care to of children starving to death in the besieged town of Madaya, Syria. Her coverage in August 2016 in create an organisation that inspires and empowers women to act. Yemen exposed alleged Saudi coalition war crimes, the starvation of children and the recruitment of child soldiers by Houthi rebels. Her reports on doctors working inside Aleppo, Syria gave rare insights Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages into life in the besieged, war-torn city. Rights Licensed: Czech (Alpha) Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages GENERAL NON-FICTION GENERAL NON-FICTION

NO MAN’S LAND: THE LEADING LINES UNTOLD STORY OF LUCINDA HOLDFORTH AUTOMATION ON QF72 How to make speeches that seize the moment, KEVIN SULLIVAN advance your cause and lead the way.

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Instinctively, I release my pressure on the sidestick. Out of my subconscious, a survival technique from a For those who aim to be leaders, mastering the power of speechmaking – the art and craft of persuasion – is previous life emerges: Neutralise! I’m not in control so I must neutralise controls. I never imagined I’d use this more important than ever. If you want to be heard, it’s not enough to have something to say: you must know part of my military experience in a commercial airliner ... how to say it. On routine flight QF72 from Singapore to Perth on 7 October 2008, the primary flight Whether in government, business or civil society, a leader’s speech sets the tone: the wrong words can computers went rogue, causing the plane to pitch down, nose first, towards the Indian Ocean - destroy a company, damage a reputation, or even start a war. But the right speech can build prosperity, twice. The Airbus A330 carrying 315 passengers and crew was out of control, with violent negative drive peaceful solutions and bring people together. G forces propelling anyone and anything untethered through the cabin roof. It took the skill and So what makes a good speech? What should be included, excluded, how do you frame it? How can you discipline of veteran US Navy Top Gun Kevin Sullivan, captain of the ill-fated flight, to wrestle the convincingly apologise? What’s the best way to celebrate success? And why should your audience believe you? plane back under control and perform a high-stakes emergency landing at a RAAF base on the WA This book meets the difficulties of modern speechmaking head-on, taking us through the fascinating coast 1200 kilometres north of Perth. process of eliciting ideas from leaders, and finding the best ways to express them. Using examples from In No Man’s Land, the captain of the flight tells the full story for the first time. It’s a gripping, history, literature and her 25-year career as a speechwriter, Lucinda Holdforth writes a compelling analysis blow-by-blow account of how, along with his co-pilots, Sullivan relied on his elite military training of celebratory, rallying and explanatory speeches, sometimes put together under fraught circumstances. to land the gravely malfunctioning plane and narrowly avert what could have been a horrific air The right words can be transformative. They can shake a heart, or reimagine the world. Leading Lines will disaster. help you find those words, and lead the way. As automation becomes the way of the future, and in the aftermath of Ethiopian Airlines flight ‘This book is for all those who love words and the power they have to change lives. Leading Lines will be 302 and Lion Air flight JT610, the story of QF72 raises important questions about how much an indispensable tool for CEOs and speechwriters of every kind, it is also, quite simply, a cracking read, control we relinquish to computers and whether more checks and balances are needed. attractive to anyone who likes a good story.’ – Tegan Bennett Daylight

Captain Kevin ‘Sully’ Sullivan has made flying his passion and his life for the past 40 years. He Dr Lucinda Holdforth is one of Australia’s leading speechwriters, with a 25-year record of writing graduated in 1977 from the University of Colorado with a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering for corporate chairs and CEOs, entrepreneurs, political leaders and senior government officials. She and earned his FAA Private Pilot Licence there before pursuing a career in the United States Navy. He provides coaching workshops on speechwriting for corporate and government teams and mentoring was deployed to the Indian Ocean onboard USS America and USS Enterprise and was chosen to attend for individuals who want to hone their persuasive power. She wrote her doctoral thesis on rhetoric the Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOP GUN). In 1983 he was selected as the first US Navy Exchange and teaches rhetoric and communications at the University of Sydney. She is the author of True Pilot to the Royal Australian Air Force, in the role of a Fighter Combat Instructor flying the Mirage Pleasures: A Memoir of Women in Paris, and Why Manners Matter: The Case for Civilised Behaviour in 3. He joined QANTAS Airways in 1986 and flew the Boeing 747 and 767 before transitioning to the a Barbarous World. Airbus A330 in 2004. As Captain of Qantas Flight 72 (QF72) between Singapore and Perth, WA, on 7 October 2008, he narrowly averted a horrific air disaster when a fault in the plane’s automation caused Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages the plane to suddenly nosedive, not once but twice. He was medically retired in 2016. Rights Licensed: US, UK and Canada (Harper360) Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages Rights Licensed: US, UK and Canada (Harper360) GENERAL NON-FICTION GENERAL NON-FICTION

SOUTHERN NIGHTS MANY A CLOSE RUN NAOMI ARNOLD THING TOM ENRIGHT Meet the night sky, down under. A New Zealand squadron leader, flying-boat Manuscript Available captain and airliner pilot on a life of aerial November 2019 | 288pp | 255x195mm adventure. Hardback | ISBN 9781775541288 Manuscript Available

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Aotearoa New Zealand was founded on stargazing. It was celestial navigation that brought the Planes were rarely seen above the small Central Otago sheep-farming town of Ranfurly in the first people here, and it was tatai arorangi, Maori astronomy, that helped people survive once they 1940s. Yet as a young boy, Tom Enright had a fascination with the skies that quickly developed arrived. There is no better place on Earth to view the brilliance of other worlds. into a longing to become a pilot. He joined the RNZAF as an engineer in 1951, and was sent to Covering eclipses, aurorae, comets and constellations, backyard observatories, traditional England at just 16 to attend the revered Royal Air Force college in Cranwell. stargazers and world-class astrophotographers, this is the unique story of Te Whanau Marama, our Returning to New Zealand to join the Vampire fighter squadron in Ohakea, Tom became a famed family of light - the night sky that glows above us all. member of the RNZAF aerobatic team. Later he became a flying commander at Wigram air base, before captaining a Sunderland flying boat to isolated communities in the vast South Pacific, often to the upper limits of the plane’s endurance. From the near-catastrophic opening of Wellington airport to flying Boeing 747s into the world’s biggest airports, this is Tom Enright’s story of the mishaps, misadventures and high-altitude drama of a 45-year flying career.

Naomi Arnold is an award-winning journalist and natural history writer. She writes about Tom Enright is a veteran New Zealand pilot from Central Otago. He joined the Air Training everything, but particularly loves stories about people, science, the environment, travel, and Corps of the Royal New Zealand Air Force when he was in secondary school, and on graduation outdoor adventure. She spent three months reporting on science from Antarctica, a month was recommended for a cadetship with the Royal Air Force College at Cranwell, England. His covering the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, and in 2013 traveled the United States for six first 20 years flying was in a variety of military aircraft, mainly in New Zealand and the Pacific weeks, investigating the digital delivery of long form feature writing as part of the University of theatre. He then spent the next 25 years as an airline pilot. Canterbury’s Robert Bell Scholarship. Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages GENERAL NON-FICTION GENERAL NON-FICTION

BANKING BAD: VENOM: VENDETTAS, WHISTLEBLOWERS. BETRAYALS AND THE CORPORATE COVER-UPS. PRICE OF POWER ONE JOURNALIST’S FIGHT DAVID CROWE FOR THE TRUTH They plotted. They schemed. They unleashed ADELE FERGUSON chaos.

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Against all the odds, Australia held a royal commission into the banking and financial services Australia lost two prime ministers in three years in a period of political bloodshed that took the industries. Its revelations rocked the nation and reverberated around the world. nation’s government to the brink of collapse - until an extraordinary election changed everything. Few people were more instrumental in bringing about the commission than journalist Adele Venom is the secret history of the brutal power play to lead the government. It sheds new light Ferguson. on the fall of Australian prime minister Tony Abbott, the rise of Malcolm Turnbull and the Now in Banking Bad, Ferguson tells the full story of the power imbalance, toxic culture and electrifying leadership spill that brought parliament to a halt in August 2018. In a day-by-day cover-ups. She describes the long fight for justice by whistleblowers, victims and political account, it reveals the strategy Scott Morrison used to defeat his opponents and claim ultimate mavericks, and she looks at the outcomes of the royal commission - the falls from grace, the authority. damaging hubris, the scathing assessment of the regulators, and the colossal compensation bill - David Crowe reported these events for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age as they unfolded. an estimated $10 billion. Using more than one hundred interviews with the participants, he tells an epic story of revenge, hatred and the ruthless pursuit of power. And he asks whether the future holds any peace when the PRAISE past is so full of poison. ‘Ferguson’s pacey writing style gives the book the air of a corporate thriller.’ – Michael Rowland, PRAISE ABC News Breakfast ‘David Crowe is both wise guide and sage interpreter in this gripping journey through the angry ‘[Adele] recounts a colourful cast of bullies, thieves and crooks being rewarded extraordinary sums years of Australian politics.’ – Chris Uhlmann to rip off customers.’ – Money Magazine ‘Venom identifies David as the standout successor to Paul Kelly as Australia’s contemporary political historian.’ – Paul Matthewson

Adele Ferguson is a multi-award-winning senior business writer and columnist for The Age, the David Crowe is the chief political correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, Sydney Morning Herald and the Australian Financial Review. She is a regular guest reporter on ABC’s and a regular commentator on national affairs on the ABC’s Insiders program, the Nine Network, Four Corners and 7.30, and is the author of the bestselling unauthorised biography Gina Rinehart: ABC’s Radio National and Sky News. In a career spanning 25 years, he has covered federal The untold story of the richest woman in the world. politics as the national affairs editor of The Australian and the chief political correspondent of The With more than 20 years’ experience, Adele is one of Australia’s most awarded journalists. She Australian Financial Review, as well as reporting on business as a correspondent in the United has received eight Walkley awards, including a Gold Walkley for her joint Fairfax Media and Four States. Corners program ‘Banking Bad’; two Gold Quill Awards, including one for her exposé of CBA’s Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages CommInsure; two Gold Kennedy Awards; a Logie; and the Graham Perkin Journalist of the Year award. Her series of investigations into the banks over the past five years helped bring about the royal commission into the sector. She was recognised for services to journalism with an AM in 2019.

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GREAT AUSTRALIAN THE LAST BUSHRANGERS OUTBACK TRUCKING MIKE MUNRO STORIES The story of Australia’s last bushranging gang - BILL MARSH the murderous Kenniffs.

Master storyteller Bill ‘Swampy’ Marsh has travelled the width and breadth of Australia to bring Easter Sunday, 1902, deep in the Carnarvon Ranges a police constable and station manager together yet another memorable collection of stories. This time he has met with many of our are slain then later incinerated, their remains stuffed into saddlebags. Accused of the ghoulish outback truckies that criss-cross our nation - across deserts, rivers, and the Great Dividing Range - crime are two members of the bushranging Kenniff gang, fast gaining notoriety as Queensland’s to share their extraordinary yarns and tales. equivalent of the Kelly gang. Yet the murders are a bold escalation from the petty fraud, horse stealing and cattle duffing the gang is known for. Starving and exhausted after three long months on the run, the brothers are finally captured, and the wheels of justice start to turn. The story of the Kenniffs has fascinated Mike Munro for decades - ever since he found out these last bushrangers were his family. If not for Mike’s grandfather illegally changing his name in shame from Kenniff to Munro, this major figure in Australian television would be known to us as Mike Kenniff. But who were Mike’s relatives? What drove them to their life of crime? And were the brothers really responsible for such terrible murders?

PRAISE ‘All families have a secret ... but Mike’s is a doozy! This touching, TRUE story is a terrific read!’ – Di Morrissey

Bill ‘Swampy’ Marsh is an award-winning writer/performer of stories, songs and plays. Based Mike Munro started his career as a 17-year-old copy boy on the Daily Mirror, then in television in Adelaide, he is best known for his successful Great Australian series of books published with news. He went on to become a household name for his crusading and investigative journalism, ABC Books: More Great Australian Flying Doctor Stories (2007), Great Australian Railway Stories with stints as a reporter on Willesee and 60 Minutes, before becoming host of A Current Affair and (2005), Great Australian Droving Stories (2003), Great Australian Shearing Stories (2001), and Great Sunday Night. For thirteen years he presented the much-loved show This Is Your Life, paying tribute Australian Flying Doctor Stories (1999). to over 200 Australians. In recent years he has been working on documentaries, hosting the four- part series Lawless – the Real Bushrangers and Mateship – a Century of the Australian-US Alliance for Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages Foxtel’s History Channel. In 2014 Munro was made a member of the Order of Australia for his Rights Licensed: US, UK and Canada (Harper360) charity work and contribution to journalism. Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages TRUE CRIME TRUE CRIME

THE LOST GIRLS ANGEL OF DEATH AVA BENNY-MORRISON LEIGH STRAW

The chilling true story of the heinous murder The newspapers called her ‘Australia’s most of Karlie Pearce-Stevenson and daughter beautiful bad woman’ and she was deadly to Khandalyce and how the case was cracked. know …

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A YOUNG WOMAN KEEN TO SEE THE WORLD. A LOVING FAMILY DESPERATE This is the story of ‘Pretty’ Dulcie Markham, a key figure in the underworld of Sydney, Melbourne FOR ANSWERS. A VICIOUS KILLER WHO SPINS A WEB OF LIES ... and Brisbane, who, according to one crime reporter, ‘saw more violence and death than any other In August 2010, the bones of a young woman were found in Belanglo State Forest, where, years woman in Australia’s history’. Nicknamed the ‘Black Widow’ and ‘Angel of Death’ by the crooks, earlier, Ivan Milat had tortured and slain seven young backpackers. Dubbed Angel, her remains lay reporters and police who knew her best, Dulcie’s lovers were stabbed and gunned down in the unidentified for years. Who was she, how did she die, and at whose hand? most violent years of Australian crime, the 1920s to the 1950s. Not always by her … Then, in July 2015, the bones of a child were found in a suitcase by a highway in South Australia. Months later, a call to Crime Stoppers led to an identification. Two-year-old Khandalyce Pearce PRAISE had left Alice Springs in 2008 with her mother and hadn’t been seen since. Through DNA, Angel ‘For readers new to the history of this appalling yet enthralling era of organised crime, the book was quickly identified as Khandalyce’s mother, Karlie Pearce-Stevenson. In the grimmest of will simply astonish.’ – Catie Gilchrist, author of Murder, Misadventure and Miserable Ends, Tales scenarios, mother and daughter were reunited at last. from a Colonial Coroner’s Court The Lost Girls is the chilling true story of this heinous double murder and how police tracked down the perpetrator, who not only killed the girls but stole the young mother’s identity to defraud authorities and her family. Gripping and authentic, The Lost Girls celebrates the short lives of a young woman and her daughter, and the investigators determined to bring them home.

Ava Benny-Morrison is a crime reporter with The Sunday Telegraph. She joined the team in Leigh Straw is a historian and author. She’s passionate about Australian history and enjoys sharing September 2017 after covering crime and courts for several years in NSW and Queensland. compelling Australian stories with up to 500 students every year. Her interest in Australian crime history developed from when she lived in the Darlinghurst and Surry Hills areas of Sydney. Over Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages the last ten years she’s written both fiction and popular non-fiction work. The Worst Woman in Rights Licensed: US, UK and Canada (Harper360) Sydney, about Kate Leigh, was published in 2016 by NewSouth. It was shortlisted for an ABIA. Lillian Armfield: Australia’s First Woman Detectivewas published by Hachette in 2018.

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MANDATORY MURDER WEEK LIGHT DONNA HAY STEVEN SCHUBERT Super-Fast Meals to Make You Feel Good. A compelling true story of outback murder and injustice in the tradition of Making a Murderer. Manuscript Available

There are endless arguments out there for bringing more vegetables to your table - your own wellbeing, your budget, our environment, the list goes on. Whatever your personal reason, there’s At first it looked like a swag, but flies were buzzing around, said the grader driver who found the one that I think is universal - FLAVOUR. Gone are the days where a sad salad or soft steamed body just off the road outside the outback town of Katherine. Police identify the dead man as Ray carrots were our only options. These recipes use vegetables in a whole new way, adding so much Nicefero, a local resident who’d recently appeared in court for breaching a domestic violence order life to your weekly routine. Who knew broccoli (in my mind the superfood of all vegetables) could and aggravated assault. make such a delicious pizza base, flat-bread or tart shell? Often for lunch, or even a snack, I’ll bake Three days later, the constabulary rounds up three young local suspects: Christopher Malyschko, my super-green falafels in the oven and my studio team love them. As for my boys? Their current 24, Darren ‘Spider’ Halfpenny, 22, and 19-year-old Zak Grieve, who happens to be Indigenous. weeknight request is my crunchy raw pad thai - so yum. A month later, Bronwyn Buttery, Ray’s former partner and Christopher’s mother, is arrested. Inside Week Light, you’ll find all these ideas and so much more. It’s essentially my week in food, in Eventually Darren Halfpenny, who has suffered a brain injury and is addicted to alcohol and weed, a book - super-quick, family-friendly, fuss-free meals made REAL. Vegetables are at the forefront agrees to testify against his co-accused. But when the accused face court in the rough justice system of nearly every recipe, with a few meat options thrown in, and there are lots of my all-time classics of the Northern Territory, it soon becomes apparent there are few certain, provable facts to be had. re-worked to include more goodness. This book is about using food to refuel and re-energise, while Depending on who’s talking, a loving friend can become an abusive monster, a battered wife a nurturing ourselves with flavour. Happy cooking! conniving temptress. And a joke between mates about the best way to dispose of a body becomes a conspiracy to murder. Mandatory Murder is the compelling true story of a murder in an outback town in 21st century Australia and the extraordinary aftermath. Author Steven Schubert was living in Katherine when the murder took place, and his account is rich with the kind of detail only an eye-witness can provide.

Steven Schubert has spent most of his career as a reporter working in northern Australia. Starting Donna Hay is Australia’s favourite and most trusted home cook, and an international food- out in Mount Isa, he was the only journalist to cover Bob Katter’s election party when he won a publishingphenomenon. Donna’s 27 books have sold more than 6 million copies worldwide, been share of the balance of power in 2010. As a rural reporter with the ABC in Katherine he was living translated into 10 different languages, and her television cooking shows have brought her signature in the town when local man Ray Niceforo was murdered, a case that resulted in the controversial style to life for viewers in more than 14 countries. imprisonment of young local man Zac Grieve. While based in Darwin, Steven reported and presented the 7 pm news. He is now a senior reporter in Alice Springs, where he has interviewed Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages everyone from federal Cabinet ministers to Albert Namatjira’s granddaughter. Rights Licensed: German (AT Verlag), Dutch (Unieboek Spectrum), US, UK and Canada Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages (Harper360) COOKERY & LIFESTYLE COOKERY & LIFESTYLE

CHRISTMAS FEASTS NOW FOR SOMETHING AND TREATS SWEET DONNA HAY MONDAY MORNING COOKING CLUB Donna Hay makes Christmas cooking and entertaining so easy, with this must-have There’s something about the Jewish community collection of over 200 easy, delicious, reliable and cake... The irrepressible, unstoppable and totally fabulous Christmas recipes to make, women of the Monday Morning Cooking enjoy and give over the festive season. Club are back, with the very best, much-loved and most delicious sweet recipes curated and Manuscript Available perfected from Jewish homes across the world.

December 2018 | 240pp| 250x220mm Manuscript Available November 2019 Paperback | ISBN 9781460757802 March 2020 | 304pp | 240x210mm Hardback | ISBN 9781460751671 ‘I’ve had a hand in cooking Christmas feasts for as long as I can remember, but because it comes around only once a year, I know it can be a little bit daunting - especially if you’re attempting a new glazed ham or you’re asked to bring something different for dessert. This book is full of recipes I love The unstoppable women of the Monday Morning Cooking Club have been on a mission to uncover, and trust for exactly those times. With step-by-step images and plan-ahead tips, you can change-up curate, honour and celebrate the very best, treasured, and most delicious sweet recipes from the your menu with confidence. And, while I admit I never stray too far from the classics at Christmas Jewish community in Australia and from around the world. Alongside these precious recipes, they (call me nostalgic!), you’ll find plenty of modern styling ideas and timesaving tricks inside.’ tell heartwarming and poignant stories of survival, loss, love, family and community.

PRAISE FOR THE MONDAY MORNING COOKING CLUB ‘Having this book at home is pure cosy joy.’ – Nigella Lawson ‘The Monday Morning Cooking Club is a remarkable excursion into the realm of comfort food. You just want to eat everything.’ – Yotam Ottolenghi ‘Food from the home is my ultimate, especially when it has been tried, tested and loved by the Monday Morning Cooking Club.’ – Bill Granger

Donna Hay is Australia’s favourite and most trusted home cook, and an international Merelyn Frank Chambers, Natanya Eskin, Lisa Goldberg and Jacqui Israel from Sydney’s Jewish foodpublishing phenomenon. Donna’s 27 books have sold more than 6 million copies worldwide, community started coming together as friends every Monday morning to cook their favourite been translated into 10 different languages, and her television cooking shows have brought her recipes and talk about food. Three words became their mantra: they wanted to SHARE the stories signature style to life for viewers in more than 14 countries. and recipes of their community, INSPIRE people to preserve their recipes, and GIVE all the profits to charity. They published their first book, The Monday Morning Cooking Club in April Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages 2011, and have never looked back. Rights Licensed: German (AT Verlag), Dutch (Unieboek Spectrum), US, UK and Canada Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages (Harper360) Rights Licensed: UK (Harper360) COOKERY & LIFESTYLE COOKERY & LIFESTYLE

SUMMER FRESH THE YOGIC KITCHEN TASTE.COM.AU JODY VASSALLO

Festive fare, easy dinners, epic salads, desserts The Yogic Kitchen offers a quiet argument for a and more. food-as-medicine approach to health, based on the ancient Indian practice of Ayurveda. Manuscript Available Manuscript Available December 2019 | 256pp | 254x203mm Paperback | ISBN 9781460758809 March 2019 | 250pp | Paperback ISBN 9781489261670

Your tastiest-ever summer and festive season starts here. With 100 ingenious recipes, this stunning Yoga is good for your body and so too is its sister philosophy, Ayurveda. Tried and tested over collection has you covered, from easy dinners to brilliant brunches, from super salads to heavenly thousands of years, this ancient Indian food-as-medicine practice can heal and restore you, desserts. You’ll also discover new ideas for fabulous food to share, including wow festive recipes that bringing balance to your system. In The Yogic Kitchen, leading Ayurvedic practitioner, skilled cook are guaranteed to impress every guest. and passionate yoga teacher Jody Vassallo, offers you a 100 recipes as well as a wholistic guide to What’s inside: Ayurveda that shows you how to identify which of the three main constitutions (or doshas) you are and how you can support your dosha with the right food medicine. • Full prep and cooking times Packed full of diagnostic charts, eating plans and advice on the Ayurvedic way, The Yogic Kitchen • Complete nutritional information panels translates Jody’s passion for good food and good health (as well as stylish living), into recipes that do • At-a-glance icons: * Vegetarian * Vegan * Low calorie * Gluten-free * No cook * Make ahead * all the work for you. This book illustrates the power of the right ingredients to bring balance to the Freezable * Easy swaps digestive system as well as joy to the tastebuds. • 5-star recipe ratings, as well as reviews from home cooks ‘Jody really knows her stuff – this is an incredibly beautiful book, full of recipes from the heart’ – Jamie Oliver. • Ultra-fast recipe ideas and shortcuts

Jody Vassallo is a food guru and yoga teacher who has submerged herself in Ayurvedic practice for many years. She was a consultant to Jamie Oliver’s Ministry of Food in Australia, and had a regular special diets column on his website. Jody’s career began working with Donna Hay, writing recipes, styling and testing, and was Food Director at Murdoch Books in the late nineties. Since then she has authored seven of Marie Claire’s best-selling cookbooks, and won a slew of awards for 18 additional books she authored and styled. From 2004 she authored 15 highly acclaimed regional food books which were published internationally in 17 languages, and more awards followed. Jody taste.com.au is Australia’s No 1 food and lifestyle site, reaching over 5 million Australians each lives in Central Tilba and works as a stylist, cook and recipe writer for a range of clients. month. Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages Rights Licensed (previous titles): Jody’s books have been translated into 17 languages Rights Licensed: UK (HarperCollins) COOKERY & LIFESTYLE COOKERY & LIFESTYLE

SLOW COOKER CENTRAL MY SMOKO BREAK FAMILY FAVOURITES HAYLEY MAUDSLEY PAULENE CHRISTIE Over 200 recipes and 100 household tips from Real food without the fuss – every time. the popular Facebook page ‘My Smoko Break’ by Rural Weekly columnist and country mum Manuscript Available April 2019 Hayley Maudsley.

When Paulene Christie started Slow Cooker Central in 2012, she wanted to share her passion for Hayley Maudsley is a rural mum, living and working on an isolated Queensland wheat property slow-cooking with like-minded people online. Fast forward 7 years, and she has more than half a with her husband and three kids. While having a cuppa and a homemade slice during her million followers, four bestselling cookbooks, and thirty slow cookers! ‘smoko break’ one day, thinking about what to cook for dinner, she turned to Facebook for In Slow Cooker Central Family Favourites, Paulene has brought together 200 of her most-loved some inspiration. Instead, what Hayley found was picture perfect, beautifully styled dishes using recipes - the new classics - that are guaranteed to please the whole family. ingredients she had no access to. That day she decided to start her own Facebook page- sharing her favourite family recipes, ideas for ONLINE PRAISE FOR THE SLOW COOKER CENTRAL BOOKS feeding the kids, and plenty of useful tips for around the house. Now more than 120,000 people ‘Amazing books. They get used at least five times a week, sometimes more!’ follow Hayley online, and what they love most about her recipes is that they are incredibly simple to make, using ingredients that are easy to get your hands on, and every dish turns out just the way ‘I was hooked from the first book. Slow cooking has changed my life.’ you’d hoped – delicious! Featuring more than 200 recipes that everyone in the family will love, My Smoko Break has you covered with everyday inspiration for breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as dishes for special ALSO BY occasions, the school lunchbox, treats, desserts and more! PAULENE CHRISTIE:

Slow-cooking internet sensation Paulene Christie is a busy working mum with a passion for sharing Hayley Maudsley lives and works on a wheat property in south-west Queensland with her new and exciting recipes for the slow cooker. She now has more than half a million members in husband John and their three young children, Heidi, Gus and Charlie. She writes a weekly column her Facebook group Slow Cooker Recipes 4 Families, and a hugely successful website, Slow Cooker for the Rural Weekly, and runs her popular Facebook page My Smoko Break, which has 123,000 Central. enthusiastic followers.

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ITS GONNA GET LOUD OLIVE COTTON TANA DOUGLAS HELEN ENNIS

A life in rock n roll by the world’s first female A landmark biography of a singular and roadie. important Australian photographer, Olive Cotton, by an award-winning writer – Manuscript Available November 2019 beautifully written and deeply moving. May 2020 | 320pp | 234x153mm Manuscript Available Paperback | ISBN 9780733340901 November 2019 | 544pp | 234x153mm Hardback | ISBN 9781460758342

Olive Cotton was one of Australia’s pioneering modernist photographers, whose significant talent At 16, Australian Tana Douglas ran away to the circus that was rock n roll in the 1970s. Starting was recognised as equal to her first husband, the famous photographer Max Dupain. Together, with ACDC, she’s roadied for most of the greats around the world since. This is rock n roll like Olive and Max were an Australian version of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera or Ray and Charles you’ve never seen it before, by the woman recognised as the first female roadie in the world. Eames, and the photographic work they produced in the 1930s and early 1940s was bold, distinctive and quintessentially Australian. But in the mid-1940s Olive divorced Max, leaving Sydney to live with her second husband, Ross McInerney, and raise their two children in a tent on a farm near Cowra - later moving to a cottage that had no running water, electricity or telephone for many years. Famously quiet, yet stubbornly determined, Olive continued her photography despite these challenges and the lack of a dark room. But away from the public eye, her work was almost forgotten until a landmark exhibition in Sydney in 1985 shot her back to fame, followed by a major retrospective at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 2000, ensuring her reputation as one of the country’s greatest photographers. Intriguing, moving and powerful, this is Olive’s story, but it is also a compelling story of women and creativity - and about what it means for an artist to try to balance the competing demands of their art, work, marriage, children and family.

Recognised as the world’s first female roadie, Tana Douglas worked alongside some of rock ’n’ Helen Ennis was formerly Curator of Photography at the National Gallery of Australia (1985- roll’s biggest names in a career spanning three continents and more than 30 years. Tana was just 1992), going on to become Director of the Centre for Art History and Art Theory and Sir William 16 when, in 1974, she took a job with a young and upcoming band called AC/DC. While still a Dobell Chair of Art History at ANU School of Art & Design (2014-18). She is currently Emeritus teenager she went on to work for Santana, Neil Diamond and Suzi Quatro, before heading to the Professor. UK then the US, working for a who’s who of bands and artists, including Status Quo, Iggy Pop, Helen has worked extensively as a photography curator and writer. Since 2000 she has curated Patti Smith, Elton John, Ozzy Osbourne, The Police, INXS, The Who, The Runaways, Lenny eight major exhibitions for the National Portrait Gallery, National Gallery of Australia, National Kravitz, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Pearl Jam, Ice-T and Ice Cube, eventually moving from lighting Library of Australia and other cultural institutions. Her many books include Photography and and stage production into tour management and logistics. Tana currently resides in Los Angeles, Australia (Reaktion), Reveries: Photography and Mortality (National Portrait Gallery). Her California. It’s Gonna Get Loud is her first book. biography, Margaret Michaelis: Love, loss and photography (National Gallery), won the Victorian Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages Premier’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction and was judged Best Book by the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand, both in 2006.

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MACQUARIE BANJO GRANTLEE KIEZA GRANTLEE KIEZA

Lover, fighter, egalitarian, autocrat. Balladeer, bushman, soldier, foreign correspondent – the remarkable life of Australia’s Manuscript Available greatest storyteller. November 2019 | 576pp | 234x153mm Manuscript Available Hardback | ISBN 9780733335907 November 2018 | 592pp | 234x153mm Hardback | ISBN 9780733335891

A.B. ‘Banjo’ Paterson is rightly recognised as Australia’s greatest storyteller and most celebrated Lachlan Macquarie is credited with shaping Australia’s destiny, transforming a harsh, foreboding poet, the boy from the bush who became the voice of a generation. He gave the nation its penal colony into an agricultural powerhouse and ultimately a prosperous society. unofficial national anthem ‘Waltzing Matilda’ and treasured ballads such as ‘The Man from Snowy He also helped shape Australia’s national character. An egalitarian at heart, Macquarie saw boundless River’ and ‘Clancy of the Overflow’, vivid creations that helped to define Australia’s national potential in Britain’s refuse, and under his rule many former convicts went on to become successful identity. administrators, land owners and business people. But there is more, much more to Banjo’s story, and in this landmark biography, award-winning However, the governor’s ambitions for the colony (which he lobbied to have renamed ‘Australia’) writer Grantlee Kieza chronicles a rich and varied life, one that straddled two centuries and saw brought him into conflict with the continent’s original landowners, and he was responsible for the Australia transform from a far-flung colony to a fully fledged nation. deaths of Aboriginal men, women and children, brutally killed in a military operation intended to Born in the bush, as a boy Banjo rode his pony to a one-room school along a trail frequented create terror among local Indigenous people. by outlaw Ben Hall. As a young man he befriended Breaker Morant, and covered the second So, was Macquarie the man who sowed the seeds of a great nation, or a tyrant who destroyed Boer War as a reporter. He fudged his age to enlist during World War I, ultimately driving an Aboriginal resistance? ambulance before commanding a horse training unit during that conflict. Newspaper editor, In this, the most comprehensive biography yet of this fascinating colonial governor, acclaimed columnist, foreign correspondent and ABC broadcaster, he knew countless luminaries of his time, biographer Grantlee Kieza draws on Macquarie’s rich and detailed journals. He chronicles the life including Rudyard Kipling, Winston Churchill, Field Marshal Haig and Henry Lawson. The and times of a poor Scottish farm boy who joined the British army to make his fortune, saw wars on tennis ace, notorious ladies’ man, brilliant jockey and celebrated polo player was an eye-witness to five continents and clawed his way to the top. Ultimately, Macquarie laid the foundations for a new countless key moments in Australian history, and saw Carbine and Phar Lap race. nation, but, in the process, he played a part in the dispossession of the continent’s original people. Extensively researched and written with Kieza’s trademark verve, Banjo is a lively and captivating portrait of this truly great Australian.

Award-winning journalist Grantlee Kieza has held senior editorial positions at The Daily Telegraph, Award-winning journalist Grantlee Kieza has held senior editorial positions at The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph and The Courier-Mail. He is a Walkley Award finalist and the author of The Sunday Telegraph and The Courier-Mail. He is a Walkley Award finalist and the author of twelve acclaimed books, including the recent bestsellers Banjo, Mrs Kelly, Monash, Sons of the twelve acclaimed books, including the recent bestsellers Mrs Kelly, Monash, Sons of the Southern Southern Cross and Bert Hinkler. Cross and Bert Hinkler.

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HOW TO ESCAPE GET THE GIRLS OUT FROM PRISON LUCY BLOOM PAUL WOOD A rousing, funny, straight-talking, inspirational A powerful lesson in personal change. and generally awesome book from social entrepreneur Lucy Bloom, part memoir, part Manuscript Available life-lessons, which urges us all to find our courage, take joy in life and celebrate our July 2019 | 320pp | 234x153mm extraordinary ordinariness... Paperback | ISBN 9781775541196 Manuscript Available

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At 18, Paul Wood thought he had lost everything. He had committed an act he knew would send Stirring, straight-talking, incredibly inspiring, funny and full-on - Lucy Bloom is one of a kind, and him to prison for many years. To a young man like Paul, it might as well have been for the rest of so is her memoir. his life. Lucy’s openhearted interest in the world has taken her from jillarooing on a cattle farm to maternity Plunged into a nightmarish world of extreme violence, solitary confinement, gang allegiances, hospitals in Ethiopia, from marshalling a cross-country carnival in northern Uganda to CEO drugs, vindictive wardens and regular stabbings, Paul spent the next 11 years confined in some of briefings in the back of a tuk-tuk in Cambodia. Hers has been a life of fighting for the underdog New Zealand’s toughest jails. only to find out that, sometimes, the underdog is actually her. Taking all dramatic life-turns, side- Based on an account of his experiences he wrote while still inside, How to Escape from Prison steps and face-plants in her stride, Lucy has rebuilt her life every time, with love and adventure at chronicles Paul’s road to redemption and a new life as a doctor of psychology, helping others strive its heart, plus a side order of mischief. Rollicking, rude, brimful with joy, and written with a take- to fulfil their potential and develop the resilience to flourish, even in adversity. This is a gripping no-prisoners, bare-all honesty, this book is a call to arms - a book to make you laugh out loud, nod read about a man who sank to the depths of despair, before scaling the heights of true freedom. your head in recognition, re-charge your life and let loose. ‘Paul’s transformation is unbelievable. We are sometimes brought up to think a zebra can’t change ‘My deepest wish is that reading this book makes you want to do cool stuff, make plans, launch that its stripes. Paul Wood’s story is proof that anyone can change. It gives you great courage that you business, pack your bags, shave your head, ride that horse, date that hottie, apply for that job, chuck that can do anything.’ – Sir John Kirwan party - and, most of all, get your girls out, whatever that means for you.’ ‘This memoir is so full of life and its ups and downs, you will start reading it again as soon as you finish. We are all richer for knowing Lucy.’ – Wendy Whiteley OAM ‘Lucy tells powerful stories of human tenacity and love; she inspires all with her insight into the human spirit.’ – Bernard Salt AM

Lucy is a change maker, exceptional communicator and business fixer. She created and led an advertising agency working across a diverse range of industries for 20 years before she stepped Paul Wood is a doctor of psychology, motivational speaker, leadership and development specialist, into the role of CEO of a brand new women’s health organisation. In two and half years she led media personality, husband and father. His area of expertise is in helping people pursue their a small team to raise $7M for a network of hospitals in Ethiopia. She then went on to transform potential while developing the mental toughness and resilience necessary to flourish through a Cambodian children’s charity as its first CEO. She is the creator of the world’s first childbirth adversity. At 18 Paul was in prison and his life was completely off the rails. Paul uses his journey education program for men run in local pubs which she franchised nationally. Lucy consults as a from delinquent to doctor to illustrate the process of transformational change and how we can business fixer, strategy machine and governance gun. You will find her challenging and entertaining strive to be the best version of ourselves possible. Paul is a regular contributor to the Huffington in equal measure. Lucy Bloom is a rule breaker, idea maker and momentum creator. Lucy is the first Post and other media outlets. How to Escape from Prison is his first book. He lives in Wellington, and only Australian to be listed in the world’s top 30 #socialceos. She is a recipient of a Kindness New Zealand. Award from the Wake Up Project and winner of the 2015 Women’s Agenda Emerging Leader in Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages the not-for-profit Sector Award. Lucy has been nominated many times and shortlisted twice in the Telstra Business Women of the Year Awards. She is also a member of the Fundraising Institute of Australia.

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VAN CAT MEOW LOFTY: MY LIFE IN SHORT RICHARD EAST LOFTY FULTON

Richard East once lived in a suburban house in Hobart, Tasmania, with a career and a mortgage Australian voice-over Artist, Lofty Fulton knows what it’s like to have the odds stacked against him: completing the picture. But despite the certainty in his life, he felt lost. Realising he was at a Born with achondroplasia, which is a form of dwarfism, his grandmother thought he should be crossroads, Richard was faced with a decision: follow the herd or pursue his own path? locked away from the world. At school, he suffered years of relentless bullying; believing the lie he The rest, as they say, is history. Selling his house and throwing in his career, Richard took to the would never be loved or good enough. road in a big white van. His sole companion? Willow, the small black rescue cat he’d promised At 15, Lofty’s voice broke, giving him a unique gift that paved the way for his future. never to leave behind. Lofty: My Life in Short is a deeply personal memoir – of vulnerability and courage and humour as Now Richard and Willow travel Australia in their ‘kittied’-out home on wheels. While Richard Lofty unpacks the events of his traumatic childhood, public bigotry; a failed marriage, the highs may appear to be in charge, Willow has her own lessons to share, of appreciating the little things and lows of a successful radio career and his struggles with crippling general anxiety disorder, and living in the moment, whether it’s lingering to enjoy a desert sunset or taking an unmapped clinical depression and a serious gambling addiction. track into the forest on a whim. Lofty’s story is a collusion of light and shade; a reflection on what it means to be human; to search Full of adorable photos featuring one little black adventure cat, Van Cat Meow tells the charming for meaning and purpose. From brokenness to breakthrough, Lofty has slayed many of his inner and inspiring story of the trip of a lifetime that became a whole new way of life. demons; rising to become one of Australia’s most sought after and recognisable voices.

Richard East was an IT professional with a top career. He now calls the road his home and has been Ian “Lofty” Fulton is an Australian voiceover artist, known for his local and international work on travelling full-time with his cat in their campervan abode since May 2015. He shares his adventures movie trailers, advertisements and on television programs such as MasterChef and the Logies. He and stories through his social media channels which have more than 100,000 followers. has been the voice of numerous radio stations throughout Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland and is currently signed with EM Voices in Australia and Vox Inc. in the USA. www. Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages loftyfulton.com Rights Licensed: Germany (Verlagsgruppe Random House) Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages SPORT SPORT

PERSPECTIVE FOR CAP AND COUNTRY ELLYSE PERRY JESSE HOGAN AND SIMON AUTERI A point of view, a state of mind - perspective is everything. The personal stories behind one of Australia’s most beloved sporting icons - the baggy green. Manuscript Available Manuscript Available November 2019 | 240pp | 234x153mm Hardback | ISBN 9781460758083 December 2019 | 252pp | 234x153mm Paperback | ISBN 9781460752517

A book of shared insights from one of Australia’s most exceptional athletes. A collection of charming stories around the baggy green, featuring Test players past and present. Ellyse Perry is among the all-time cricket greats - she’s the only player, female or male, to represent Contents: Stuart Law; Colin Miller; Simon Katich; Justin Langer; Marcus North; Ellyse Perry; Jason Australia in both cricket and soccer World Cups, with her international debuts in both sports at Gillespie; Bryce McGain; Nathan Lyon; Shaun Tait; Rob Quiney; Ed Cowan; Trent Copeland; age 16, and was the youngest ever Test debut at the age of 17 ... and she is just getting started. Glenn McGrath; Brendon Julian; Michael Kasprowicz; Nathan Hauritz; Lisa Sthalekar; Brett Lee; From the lessons of a high-performance athlete’s career to appreciating the small things in life - Tom Moody; Mike Hussey; Steve Waugh. this inspiring illustrated book, for fans of Ellyse Perry, features stories and reflections from her childhood and career on the themes of dreaming, belief, work, resilience, acceptance, opportunity, THE SPIRIT OF THE BAGGY GREEN balance and perseverance - and their importance in everything we do. ‘For me, it was more the symbol than actually the baggy green cap. It’s more than a piece of cloth. Perspective is an empowering book with a unique view of what it is to be an elite athlete from It’s about what it means. I remember once Steve Waugh going to toss the coin in Sydney and the one of Australia’s most admired sports stars. commentators were criticising him for how tatty and torn [his cap] was. But I thought it was like a masterpiece, because it tells his story, from the time of a kid wanting to get that baggy green cap to the blood and beer and dust from all parts of the world. I just love the symbol of the baggy green cap. When I was a kid I wanted to have a baggy green cap, because it meant I could play cricket for Australia.’ – Justin Langer

Currently the world’s top ranked women’s all-rounder, Perry has solidified herself into the national Jesse Hogan became a reporter at The Age in 2004, and was part of its sports department from cricket team across all formats, as well as the NSW Breakers and the Sydney Sixers in the Women’s 2008. He reported on AFL and soccer, but his primary focus was on cricket and he covered a Big Bash League. In a career dominated by firsts and milestones - Ellyse has been the leading number of the Australian team’s overseas tours, including the 2011 World Cup. run-scorer for the Sixers, and she became the first player in Big Bash history, male or female, to Andrew Faulkner has been a journalist since 1992. Specialising in AFL and cricket, he has worked reach 2000 runs. In the 2017 Women’s Ashes series, Ellyse scored 213 runs not out, the highest for The Australian since 2007. He has written two books, the National Biography Award-shortlisted individual score by any Australian in a Women’s Test match. During the 2018 ICC Women’s Arthur Blackburn VC, and Stone Cold, the biography of Major Len Opie. World T20, Perry became the first cricketer for Australia, male or female, to play in 100 Twenty20 International matches. In the final of the same tournament, she became the first cricketer for Simon Auteri is an Australian sports agent based in the UK. Australia, male or female, to take 100 wickets in Twenty20 International matches. She was also the Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages inaugural ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year in 2017, and was Australia’s prestigious Women’s International Cricketer of the Year (Belinda Clark Award) in both 2016 and 2018. Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages SPORT SPORT

THE SYDNEY HOBART RELENTLESS YACHT RACE SCOTT DONALDSON ROB MUNDLE A Story of Grit and Endurance from the First The Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is the story of one Person to Kayak the Tasman Solo. of the world’s greatest sporting challenges. Manuscript Available

In its 75th year, the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race has become an icon of Australia’s summer Unpredictable and unforgiving, the Tasman Sea is one of the most hostile stretches of water in the sport, ranking in public interest with such national events as the Melbourne Cup, the Australian world. An Australian adventurer attempted to kayak across in 2007, disappearing without a trace. Open tennis and the Boxing Day cricket test. No regular annual yachting event in the world In 2018 Kiwi adventurer Scott Donaldson spent two months alone at sea to achieve a world first. It attracts such huge media coverage as does the start on Sydney Harbour. was his third attempt, having fallen a heartbreaking 80 kilometres short in 2014. The Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: A biography of a sporting icon is the story of one of the world’s Donaldson’s world first is an inspirational story of dogged perseverance, true Kiwi grit and relentless greatest sporting challenges, an event where men and women from all walks of life are inspired endurance. and challenged by the beauty and power of nature. The 628-nautical mile course is often described as the most gruelling long ocean race in the world, a challenge to everyone who takes part. A team effort as much as a personal challenge where one mistake can lead to defeat, while success can deliver national and international acclaim. Bestselling author Rob Mundle has competed in the race on three occasions and reported on it for both newspapers and television for more than fifty years. The pinnacle of his many writing achievements is the international bestselling book Fatal Storm, the powerful story of the tragic 1998 Sydney Hobart race.

Rob Mundle established his international identity as an author in 1999 with his gripping factual Scott Donaldson is a former triathlete, Coast-to-Coast competitor, Ironman coach, mentor and account of one of the world’s most dramatic sporting tragedies, the 54th Sydney Hobart Yacht competitor in a myriad of sports. He began as a swimmer to strengthen his lungs, after having life- Race. His book Fatal Storm became an international bestseller. It is published in six languages threatening asthma as a child. Scott’s son also has asthma, and his father died aged 42 from a heart and has sold well over 200,000 copies – a remarkable achievement for this category in publishing. attack, and so Scott has made fitness a life priority. Formerly from Rotorua, Donaldson moved to His most recent books dealing with Australian maritime history – Bligh, Flinders, Cook, The First Coffs Harbour in Australia to organise the campaign to cross the Tasman solo in a kayak. Fleet, Great South Land and Under Full Sail are perennial bestsellers in the history category. In Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages 2013, Rob Mundle was awarded an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for his services to sailing and journalism. Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages SPORT SPORT

BRABHAM: THE UNTOLD MAKYBE DIVA STORY OF FORMULA ONE TREVOR MARSHALLSEA

TONY DAVIS & The story of a once-in-a-lifetime horse who would AKOS ARMONT surpass all the rest.

Sir Jack Brabham was unique in the world of motor racing. He was the boy from Sydney who took Before Winx, before Black Caviar, there was an incredible, mould-breaking mare who won the on the elite of motor racing and won three F1 world championships, the last one in a car not only hearts of the nation and added the most fantastic chapter of all to the story of its greatest race. built by his own Brabham company, but with an Australian engine he’d helped develop. Makybe Diva didn’t just win one Melbourne Cup. She won three, in successive years, seizing To those who saw him on the podium, Jack Brabham might have seemed glorious and Australia’s attention during a wild spring of 2005 by completing a hat-trick deeply etched in the triumphant. But he was also a man of secrets. He shunned the media, rarely using ‘two words nation’s folklore. when none would do’. He kept vital information from his competitors, his team mates - and his This is her story, with all the colour and excitement the most extraordinary racing story can deliver. family. It led to unrivalled success. It led to wealth too, much of it hidden around the world. But it also left a trail of hurt and bewilderment ... In this first ever book-length biography of Jack Brabham, his extraordinary accomplishments are laid out with new commentary from his rivals, colleagues, employees and long-time engineering partner Ron Tauranac. And, with the help of his sons Geoffrey and David, it represents the first major attempt to unravel the enigma who became known as ‘Black Jack’.

Trevor Marshallsea is a much-travelled author, journalist and racing lover. He is fortunate enough Tony Davis has worked as a book author, publisher, magazine editor and newspaper writer. He to be able to recall the precise moment he was captivated by the turf as a boy, when a horse has written about cars, on and off, for nearly thirty years. He has driven some of the fastest, most with the wonderful name of Wotta Krakka sprouted wings in the straight and won. It sparked a expensive and most impressive vehicles ever built, yet retains a bizarre fascination with those at the fascination that led to his first job as a racing writer, before becoming AAP’s foreign correspondent other end of the spectrum, those created by designers and engineers who, as he puts it, ‘think a in Beijing and London, along with stints in Canada and Hobart. After six years as chief cricket tour de force is a bicycle race’. writer for the Sydney Morning Herald, and several years as a freelance writer, humorist, screenwriter, Ákos Armont, is a writer, director and co-producer of the major international feature documentary and frustrated punter, he returned to his first love, co-authoring the autobiography of Black Caviar Brabham. He is the director of Aurora Films, an independent Australian production company, and trainer Peter Moody, A Long Way from Wyandra. His second book, Winx: Biography of a Champion, founder of Summon, curating bespoke sport, entertainment and lifestyle experiences. was published in 2018. He lives with his wife and two daughters in Sydney.

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HOOP DREAMS CARN DOWN UNDER ANDREW MUELLER MATT LOGUE There have been histories of Australian football Twenty-five home-grown Aussie superstars who before. There has not been one likeCarn . have taken American basketball by storm. Manuscript Available Manuscript Available May 2019 July 2019 | 384pp | 234x153mm July 2019 | 352pp | 234x153mm Paperback | ISBN 9781460751947 Paperback | ISBN 9781460757284

Ever since Luc Longley lit up the court as the first Australian to play in the NBA in 1991, Carn tells the story of the Victorian Football League and its successor, the Australian Football Australians have made an indelible impact on the world’s best basketball competition. Longley’s League, from 1897 to the present day, by focusing on 50 of the thousands of games which have journey from Melbourne to the NBA alongside Michael Jordan at the Chicago Bulls paved the been played down the decades. Some of these matches have been significant to the game of way for a generation of players to follow in his footsteps. Australian football; others have been significant to Australia as a whole. Carn recognises that while Hoop Dreams Down Under documents the behind-the-scenes stories of twenty Australian men the game is only a game, it has also always been much more than that: anything which consumes and five women who have played on basketball’s greatest stage. From surprise success stories so much of the nation’s attention can’t help but reflect something of the nation’s character. like Matthew Dellavedova to No. 1 Draft picks like Ben Simmons and Andrew Bogut, and Carn is a book replete, as the Australian game is, with great yarns and extraordinary people. It is a indisputable champions like Lauren Jackson, these are compelling success stories. book for fans of Australian football, and fans of Australia Hoop Dreams Down Under is a must-read for all passionate basketball fans, or anyone with an interest in the power of sport to thrill, inspire and reward.

Matt Logue is a sports journalist with The Daily and Sunday Telegraph in Sydney, covering a broad Andrew Mueller was born in Wagga Wagga, and lives in London. He is a contributing editor range of sports. He has published two ebooks, The Glory Years of the Parramatta Eels and the at Monocle, and a regular presenter on its radio arm, Monocle 24 ²including hosting the autobiography of Parramatta cult hero, Fuifui Moimoi. awardwinning ´The Foreign Desk’ His byline has also appeared in titles including The Guardian, The Times, GQ Australia, Smith Journal, New Humanist and Uncut, among many others. Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages SPORT HISTORY & POPULAR SCIENCE HISTORY & POPULAR SCIENCE

FEARLESS THE GOLDEN MAZE CHLOE PHILLIPS-HARRIS RICHARD FIDLER

The real-life adventures of a young woman Beloved broadcaster and bestselling author of pushing the limits, trusting her instincts and Ghost Empire and Saga Land, Richard Fidler living her life off the beaten path. is back with a personally curated history of the magical city that is Prague. Manuscript Available Manuscript Available January 2020 March 2019 | 336pp | 234x153mm Paperback | ISBN 9781775541394 April 2020 | 304pp | 210x135mm Hardback | ISBN 9780733335266

Suffering through searing pain and delirious illness in frigid, makeshift conditions, Chloe In 1989, Richard Fidler was living in London as part of the provocative Australian comedy trio PhillipsHarris, at the age of 25 years, summoned every ounce of determination to brave the world’s The Doug Anthony All Stars when revolution broke out across Europe. Excited by this galvanising most gruelling horse race – the Mongol Derby. This 1000-kilometre endurance race across the wild historic, human, moment, he travelled to Prague, where a decrepit police state was being steppes, desert and mountains of Mongolia – a competition with no marked course, no support overthrown by crowds of ecstatic citizens. His experience of the Velvet Revolution never let go of team, that requires riders to switch horses every 40 km - saw almost half the competitors drop out him. along the way, but Chloe persevered. Thirty years later Fidler returns to Prague to uncover the glorious and grotesque history of Europe’s Fearless recounts Chloe’s childhood growing up on a run-down farm in a remote corner of New most instagrammed and uncanny city: a jumble of gothic towers, baroque palaces and zig-zag lanes Zealand, with the odds stacked against her, and shares her life-long dedication to animals that that has survived plagues, pogroms, Nazi terror and Soviet tanks. has led her to train wild stallions and help save neglected working animals, travelling to some Following the story of Prague from its origins in medieval darkness to its uncertain present, Fidler of the most remote and diverse places on the planet - all of which prepared her to overcome does what he does so well - curates an absolutely engaging and compelling history of a place. unimaginable challenges during a ride like no other. You will learn things you never knew, with a tour guide who is erudite, inquisitive, and the best storyteller you could have as your companion. PRAISE FOR GHOST EMPIRE ‘A brilliant reconstruction of the saga of power, glory, invasion and decay that is the one-thousand- year story of Constantinople. A truly marvellous book.’ – Simon Winchester ‘Fidler displays great charm in the telling of his tale, spicing it with delicious gossip.’ – The New York Times Book Review ‘Fidler’s prose is lively and entertaining; he has a great affection for his subject and often describes it in a way that makes it seem magical. Strongly recommended for anyone interested in traveling to Istanbul and in its history’ – Library Journal (starred) ‘Fidler provides a palpable sense of this glittering city built as “a mirror of heaven.”’ – Kirkus Reviews

Chloe Phillips-Harris is an inspirational leader, intrepid adventurer, and equestrian athlete from Northland, New Zealand. She works full-time breaking in and training horses, as well as leading Richard Fidler presents ‘Conversations’, an in-depth, up-close-and-personal interview program. expeditions to far-flung frontiers. Chloe has trained wild stallions in New Zealand, helped set ‘Conversations’ is broadcast across Australia on ABC Radio and podcast all over the world to up animal welfare organisations to aid working animals in Egypt, India and Fiji, raced across millions of listeners. Mongolia, attended the first World Nomad Games in Kyrgyzstan and spent months living in the mountains of Kazakhstan. Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages

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THE BASIS OF DR KARL’S RANDOM ROAD EVERYTHING TRIP THROUGH SCIENCE ANDREW RAMSEY DR KARL KRUSZELNICKI

Rutherford, Oliphant and the Coming of the Strap in and get ready for a random ride through Atomic Bomb. the Universe. Who knows where you’ll end up!

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Before the Manhattan Project, before nuclear warfare and the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Dr Karl is on a mission to track down Awe and Wonder in the Universe. there was the twentieth century’s great scientific quest to fathom the secrets of the atom. It was Why do wombats poo cubes? through that search for the inner workings of matter that a unique friendship was forged, a partnership that defied academic orthodoxy and altered the course of history. What nearly destroyed humanity on Halloween 2015? Centred on the inter-war years - within the ivy clad walls of Cambridge University’s famed How do you use an incinerating toilet? Cavendish Laboratory, amid the windswept valleys of north Wales, and in the industrial heartland Find out why we’ve sent a spacecraft with Dr Karl’s name on it to kiss the Sun, whether of Birmingham - The Basis of Everythingis the story of the coming of the atomic bomb, and how cannibalism is nutritious, and the answer to the Biggeset Question of All – why does spaghetti the unlikely union of two scientists – Ernest Rutherford, the son of a New Zealand farmer, and always break into three pieces? Plus a whole lot more. Mark Oliphant, a peace-loving vegetarian from a tiny Australian hills village – would change the In this, his 45th book, Dr Karl goes full kolour, with brilliant and funny illustrations to match world. his dress sense. So take a technikolour trip through science with the intrepid Dr Karl, Australia’s It was a heartfelt, enduring partnership, born at the University of Adelaide’s modest physics favourite science guru. department and then flourishing further in the confines of the Cavendish before ultimately driving the famed Manhattan Project, which produced the world’s first nuclear weapons, unleashed to such devastating effect on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Andrew Ramsey is a journalist and author who has written about cricket for more than 20 years. Dr Karl Kruszelnicki AM just loves science to pieces, and has been spreading the word in print, on In addition to having his work published in numerous newspapers around the world including The TV and radio and online for more than thirty years. The author of 45 books, Dr Karl is a lifetime Australian, The Times, The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Hindustan Times and The Hindu, he has been student with degrees in physics and mathematics, biomedical engineering, medicine and surgery. He a contributor to Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack. has worked as a physicist, labourer, roadie for bands, car mechanic, filmmaker, biomedical engineer, taxi driver, TV weatherman, and medical doctor at the Children’s Hospital in Sydney. Dr Karl has Rights Held: World English language test driven four-wheel-drives through the Australian Outback for two decades, covering fifteen of the seventeen deserts. Since 1995, he has been the Julius Sumner Miller Fellow at the University of Sydney.

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THE GHOST AND THE GAMETEK BOUNTY HUNTER GEOFFREY ENGELSTEIN ADAM COURTENAY What games can teach us about life, the universe William Buckley, John Batman and the theft of and ourselves. Bunjil country. Manuscript Available Manuscript Available January 2020 February 2019 | 272pp | 234x153mm | April 2020 | 320pp | 210x135mm Paperback | ISBN 9781460757376 Paperback | ISBN 9780733340390

Just after Christmas 1803, a convict called William Buckley fled an embryonic settlement in the If you shuffle a deck of cards what are the odds that sequence has occurred before? What is the land of the Kulin nation (now the Port Phillip area), to take his chances in the wilderness. A few connection between dice, platonic solids and Newton’s theory of gravity? What is more random: a months later, the local Aboriginal people found the six-foot-five former soldier cold and starving. dice tower or a number generator? Can you actually employ a strategy for a game as basic as Rock- Perhaps thinking he was a lost kinsman returned from the dead, they took him in, and for thirty- Paper-Scissors? two years Buckley lived as a Wadawurrung man, learning his adopted tribe’s language, skills and These are questions that are thrown up in games and life. Games involve chance, choice, methods to survive. Colonists finally caught up with Buckley in 1835, the same year the former competition, innovation, randomness, memory, stand-offs and paradoxes – aspects that designers bounty hunter John Batman arrived in the area, looking to acquire the rolling grasslands around manipulate to make a game interesting, fun and addictive, and players try to master for enjoyment the bay. What happened next saw the Wadawurrung betrayed and Buckley eventually broken. The and winning. But they also provide a fascinating way for us to explore our world; to understand theft of Bunjil country would end in the birth of a city. The frontier wars had begun. how our minds tick, our numbers add up, and our laws of physics work. This is a book that tackles the big questions of life through the little questions of games. With short chapters on subjects from the history of games to the Prisoner’s Dilemma, to Goedel’s theorems, to making better choices, GameTek is fascinating reading anyone for who wants to explore the world from a new perspective – and a must-read book for serious designers and players. PRAISE ‘Math, physics, psychology and all the other stuff you didn’t even realise you were using while playing board games! Dr E has opened the door to the game under the game in fascinating, fun detail. Now you have NO reason to ever lose again! Rock!’ – Tommy Dean, board-gamer and stand-up comic

Adam Courtenay is the son of Australia’s best-loved storyteller, Bryce Courtenay. He is a Sydney- Geoff Engelstein is an adjunct professor of Board Game Design at the NYU Game Center. He has based writer and journalist who has had a long career in the UK and Australia, writing for papers spoken at a variety of venues, including Pax, GDC, Gencon, Rutgers, and USC. He has degrees in such as the Financial Times, the Sunday Times, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Australian Physics and Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and is currently Financial Review. He has written three books on the Amazon and has a love of Australia history and the president of Mars International, a design engineering firm. Australian stories. Since 2007 he has been a contributor to The Dice Tower, the leading table-top game podcast, with Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages GameTek, a series on the math, science, and psychology of games, and since 2011 he has hosted Ludology, a weekly podcast. He is also an award-winning table-top game designer, whose games include The Ares Project, Space Cadets, The Fog of War, and Survive: Space Attack, many of which are co-designed with his children Brian and Sydney.

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DEFEATING THE FIRST MAP MINISTERS OF DEATH TESSA DUDER AND DAVID DAVID ISAACS ELLIOT The story of how James Cook charted Aotearoa The compelling story of vaccination. New Zealand, lavishly produced and richly Manuscript Available illustrated.

We may fear terrorist attacks, but in truth humans have always had far more to fear from Since it was published by the Admiralty in 1816, James Cook’s chart of New Zealand has long infections. In 1919, Spanish flu killed over 50 million people, more than died in both world wars been regarded as one of the most extraordinary achievements in the history of cartography. combined. In 1950, an estimated 50 million people caught smallpox worldwide, of whom 10 First Map: How James Cook Charted Aotearoa New Zealand tells the human story behind the million died. In 1980, before measles vaccine was widely used, an estimated 2.6 million children creation of Cook’s famous chart, following the progress of his six-month circumnavigation of died of measles every year. New Zealand and piecing the map together as the narrative on H.M.B. Endeavour unfolds. It Less than 100 years ago, losing a child to an infection like diphtheria or polio was a dreaded but is a story of courage, dogged perseverance and Cook’s extraordinary skills as both cartographer almost inevitable sorrow faced by all parents, from the richest to the poorest. Today, these killer and seafarer. Scenes from Tessa Duder’s evocative text are beautifully recreated by award-winning diseases are almost never seen in industrialised countries, thanks to the development of vaccines. illustrator David Elliot in this exquisite large format edition. Published to coincide with the Tuia - Immunisation has given modern parents peace of mind their ancestors could not imagine. Encounters 250 commemoration of James Cook’s 1769-70 journey around New Zealand. The history of vaccination is rich with trial, error, sabotage and success. It encompasses the tragedy of lives lost, the drama of competition and discovery, the culpability of botched testing, and the triumph of effective, lifelong immunity. Yet with the eradication in the first world of some of humanity’s deadliest foes, complacency has set in. We forget the power of these diseases at our peril. This is a book for everyone who wants to understand our past - and cares about our future. PRAISE ‘Isaacs explores the understanding of immunity as it develops from the fifth century BC to the present day and thrills us with the progressive successes of each of the 14 vaccines which a child routinely receives today … authoritative, beguiling, amusing, instructive and inspirational, it deserves a wide readership.’ – Sir Gustav Nossal, immunologist

Professor David Isaacs is a consultant paediatrician at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Tessa Duder trained as a journalist and raised four daughters before publishing her first novel in Sydney, and Clinical Professor in Paediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of Sydney. He her late thirties. Some fifty books have followed, for both adult and young readers. has been a member of every Australian national immunisation advisory committee for the last 25 David Elliot is an award-winning illustrator and writer for children. He has provided illustrations years. He is passionate about bioethics, and has published and taught extensively on ethical aspects for authors on the local and international stage and produced ten picture-books of his own. His of immunisation. He is also one of several doctors who have exposed what they say is a culture of ambitious book for older readers, Snark, won two national awards and a White Raven from the violence, abuse, self-harm and cover-up in Australian immigration detention facilities on Nauru, International Youth Library. He was the Inaugural Winner of The Arts Foundation: Mallinson in defiance of laws that could land them in prison. Rendell Illustrators Award.

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THE MEANING OF TREES WHERE SOLDIERS LIE ROBERT VENNELL IAN MCPHEDRAN

The history and use of New Zealand’s native What drives veterans, military experts and plants. forensic investigators to dedicate years to search for and identify the remains of fallen warriors? Manuscript Available What does it mean to the families of the dead to be able to lay them to rest? May 2019 | 256pp | 245x190mm Hardback | ISBN 9781775541301 Manuscript Available

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A guide and gift book in equal measure, this treasure of a book pays homage to New Zealand’s Over thirty five thousand Australian soldiers and airmen are still listed as Missing In Action from native plant species. the wars of the 20th Century. The Meaning of Trees tells the story of plants and people in Aotearoa New Zealand. Beautifully Telling the moving story of the determination and skill of the searchers who apply old-fashioned illustrated with botanical drawings, paintings and photographs, it shows us how a globally detective work and cutting-edge science to solve the mysteries of the missing and bring peace unique flora has been used for food, medicine, shelter, spirituality and science. From Jurassic of mind and solace to their families and to all those who serve, Where Soldiers Lie follows these giants to botanical oddballs - these are our wonderful native and endemic plants, in an exquisite investigators and scientists on their mission to locate and identify unrecovered war casualties and hardback edition. to unlock their secrets. From the jungles of Vietnam, where one man led a decade-long battle to recover and bring home the final six, to Korea, Papua New Guinea and the fields of the Somme, Flanders and Fromelles, Where Soldiers Lie is a deeply human story of perseverance, luck and resolution, a story of incredible determination against difficult odds, of exacting forensic analysis and painstaking detective work, to uncover and identify the remains of Australian soldiers, in battlefield over the decades, and to bring their remains home. Powerful, moving and compelling reading.

Robert Vennell lives, breathes and eats the New Zealand forest. He is the author of The Meaning Ian McPhedran is the award-winning bestselling author of six books. Until 2016, he was the of Trees, a history of New Zealand’s plants and people. He works as a Collection Manager in the national defence writer for News Corp Australia and during his extensive career as a journalist Natural Science department at Auckland Museum – Tamaki Paenga Hira, collecting and preparing he covered conflicts in Burma, Somalia, Cambodia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, East Timor, specimens for the natural science galleries. His background is in ecology and he has spent many Afghanistan and Iraq. In 1993, he won a United Nations Association peace media award and in hours wandering through the bush studying wild pigs and their impact on native flora and fauna. 1999 the Walkley award for best news report for his expose of the navy’s Collins class submarine fiasco. McPhedran is the author of several bestselling books including The Amazing SAS and Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages Too Bold to Die. His most recent book is The Smack Track (2017). He lives in Balmain with his journalist wife Verona Burgess.

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CRICKETERS AT WAR OUR GREAT HEARTED MEN GREG GROWDEN PETER BRUNE

‘That’s nothing. Pressure is having a Messerschmitt up your arse.’ – Keith Miller, when asked if he Battlefields such as Gallipoli, Fromelles, Pozières, Bullecourt and Passchendaele are burnt into the felt under pressure while captaining the NSW cricket team. Australian Great War psyche. Unfortunately the sheer guts, fortitude and sacrifice of the diggers Numerous heroes of Australian cricket have also proved themselves on the battlefield, from in those battles had often been wasted by poor leadership and planning. From an Australian Gallipoli to Vietnam and beyond. Among them are some of Australia’s most illustrious cricketing perspective, such sacrifice engendered bitterness and frustration, which resulted in an emergent names: Donald Bradman, Keith Miller, Keith Carmody, Jack Fingleton and, in more recent years, sense of Australian nationalism. The AIF now sought a unification of its five divisions to fight Doug Walters. In this sport/history page-turner, veteran sports journalist Greg Growden tells their under its own command and administration. extraordinary stories of bravery, hardship, courage and human endeavour. By mid-1918, after the calamitous German March offensive in which 1200 square miles of hardwon territory had been lost, the BEF (British Expeditionary Force) had begun to learn its lessons. In just 100 action-packed days Germany was brought to its knees. And Lieutenant- General Sir John Monash and his Australian Corps played a critical role in that stunning victory. In this authoritative account of the 100 days, Peter Brune traces the painstaking BEF acquisition of its tactical doctrine with regard to its artillery, tanks and its air force. And the consequence of this knowledge was a sophisticated inter-locking all arms approach to war: incorporating coordinated firepower rather than the futile expenditure of manpower. However, it is Brune’s use of participants’ diaries that brings an immediacy to his story. The reader will be taken to the bloody interface of battle, hear the voices of some of the Australians involved, and gain a sense of the cost of ultimate victory.

Greg Growden is one of Australia’s leading sports journalists. For more than three decades he was Peter Brune is one of Australia’s leading military historians. He is author of the bestselling and a senior sportswriter with The Sydney Morning Herald. He spent many summers sitting next to highly acclaimed A Bastard of a Place: the Australians in Papua, as well as Those Ragged Bloody Bill O’Reilly, covering Sheffield Shield and Test cricket for the SMH, before becoming in 1986 Heroes: from the Kokoda Trail to Gona Beach 1942, The Spell Broken: exploding the myth of the newspaper’s chief rugby union writer. He was the SMH and Sun-Herald’s chief rugby union Japanese invincibility and We Band of Brothers: a biography of Ralph Honner, soldier and correspondent between 1987 and 2012, but has always retained a strong cricket interest. Between statesman and is co-author with Neil McDonald of 200 Shots: Damien Parer and George Silk 2012 and 2018, he left the SMH to become the Australian rugby correspondent for ESPN. In and the Australians at War in New Guinea. He lives in Adelaide. February, 2019, he returned to the SMH as a sporting columnist. This is his fourth cricket-related book. Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages HISTORY & POPULAR SCIENCE HEALTH & WELLBEING

MURDER, MISADVENTURE ANXIETY AND MISERABLE ENDS DR MARK CROSS CATIE GILCHRIST Expert advice from a neurotic shrink who’s lived Murder, manslaughter, suicide, mishap – the with anxiety all his life. very public business of determining death in colonial Sydney. Manuscript Available December 2019 March 2020 | 288pp | 234x153mm Manuscript Available Paperback | ISBN 9780733339424 February 2019 | 384pp | 234x153mm | Paperback | ISBN 9781460755785

Murder in colonial Sydney was a surprisingly rare occurrence, so when it did happen it caused a Consultant psychiatrist Dr Mark Cross knows a lot about anxiety. Many of his patients are great sensation. People flocked to the scene of the crime, to the coroner’s court and to the criminal sufferers, which is hardly surprising, given anxiety is the most common mental health condition courts to catch a glimpse of the accused. in Australia, affecting up to one in four people at some point in their lives. But Mark also knows Most of us today rarely see a dead body. In nineteenth century Sydney, when health was precarious about anxiety from another perspective, because he too has suffered from anxiety all his life. and workplaces and the busy city streets were often dangerous, witnessing a death was rather In this book, the well-known author of Changing Minds, who featured on the award-winning ABC common. And any death that was sudden or suspicious would be investigated by the coroner. TV series of the same name, demystifies this mental illness in his trademark warm and friendly Henry Shiell was the Sydney City Coroner from 1866 to 1889. In the course of his unusually long style. He looks at causes, treatments, both medical and natural, anxiety in the workplace and more, career he delved into the lives, loves, crimes, homes and workplaces of colonial Sydneysiders. He sharing his own experiences as well as stories from others. learnt of envies, infidelities, passions, and loyalties, and just how short, sad and violent some lives were. But his court was also, at times, instrumental in calling for new laws and regulations to make life safer. Catie Gilchrist brings to life a city of laneways and hotels, morgues and circuses, and hopes and dreams cut short, to tell the story of life and death in colonial Sydney.

Catie Gilchrist is a Research Affiliate in the History Department at the University of Sydney. She While dealing with mental illness and emerging sexuality, Dr Mark Cross completed his medical has an MA in History from the University of Glasgow (1997), an MA in Women’s History from training in his home country of South Africa, where he helped open a 16-bed mental illness the University of London (1998), and a PhD in convict history from the University of Sydney ward, the first of its kind to be open to all races in South Africa. Moving to London in the late (2004). She has worked as a tutor, lecturer and academic research assistant. In 2014, Dr Gilchrist 1990s, he undertook specialist training including setting up a psychiatric consultation service to wrote a new syllabus course for the Department of History at Sydney entitled ‘Sin City? A History a hospital HIV department, another breakthrough. In 2005 he moved to Australia, taking up a of Sydney’. It has proved surprisingly popular with students. position at Liverpool Hospital, initially as Director of Consultation-Liaison, then for nine years as Clinical Director, after which he was the senior psychiatrist at one of Sydney’s few public youth psychiatric wards before moving full-time to the Northside group in May 2016. He has been Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages involved with foundations including Bobby Goldsmith and more recently SANE Australia, for Rights Licensed: UK, US and Canada (Harper360) which he is currently a director. Now in private practice and teaching, Mark specialises in treating young people, complex PTSD, women’s mental health and LGBT people. Mark has created a caring career and helped break down the dangerous public stigma around mental illness, including helping develop and lead the landmark ABC TV series Changing Minds. Along the way he has made a flourishing family in his very own way. Rights Held: World English language HEALTH & WELLBEING HEALTH & WELLBEING

MINDSHIFT TO A BETTER 30 DAYS 30 WAYS TO PLACE OVERCOME DEPRESSION ELIZABETH VENZIN BEV AISBETT

Your guide to creating lasting change, self-worth From bestselling author Bev Aisbett comes a and positive mental health. proven, practical and simple workbook to help people manage their depression, with a month’s Manuscript Available November 2019 worth of daily strategies and exercises for work and for home. February 2020 | 320pp | 234x153mm Paperback | ISBN 9780733340451 Manuscript Available October 2019

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We are a society that no longer takes mental health for granted. We’ve come a long way from the When you’re suffering from depression, sometimes it’s as much as you can do to get out of bed, ‘get over it’ mentality that forced many of us to try to deal with our problems alone. Treatment let alone read a book. But this just isn’t any other book. This is a practical day-by-day workbook, methods have become better and more sophisticated, and we now work actively to prevent mental with clear, simple daily building blocks and exercises designed to help pull you out of the inertia health conditions. At the core of good mental health is self-worth. Someone with healthy self- of depression. It’s a highly approachable, concise and above all practical way to help manage worth is more likely to have better coping skills, greater resilience and the ability to maintain depression. long-term positive mental health. Featuring all-new material from experienced counsellor and bestselling author of the self-help The MindShift Foundation, led by founder and CEO Elizabeth Venzin, is an advocate for classics Living with IT and Taming the Black Dog, Bev Aisbett has based this book on many of the preventative healthcare and healthy self-worth in all people. Prevention and education are the keys exercises she has been teaching and writing about for the past twenty years to help people manage to understanding mental health. In this book you’ll find tools and resources to grow your self- their depression. worth or assist someone you care about with theirs. MindShift to a Better Place helps you identify the signs of low self-worth and guides you on how and where to seek appropriate treatment. ALSO BY There’s no shame in asking for help if the result is a confident, healthy and happy person who is a BEV AISBETT: confident, healthy and happy person with a better outlook on life. MindShift to a Better Place will help you take those steps.

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PERFORM UNDER NO WORRIES: A GUIDE TO PRESSURE RELEASING ANXIETY AND CERI EVANS WORRY USING CBT SARAH EDELMAN Radically change the way you think about pressure. From the bestselling author of Change Manuscript Available Your Thinking comes No Worries - the clear, compassionate and practical guide to August 2019 | 368pp | 234x153mm understanding and managing anxiety and worry Paperback | ISBN 9781775541387 Manuscript Available

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Perform Under Pressure will help you not only survive but thrive in situations that up until Anxiety and worry rob us of the ability to think clearly, enjoy life and function effectively at home, now have been holding you back. Targeting the moments when you are most stressed and at work and in social situations. One in five Australians have an anxiety disorder at some point in uncomfortable, Dr Ceri Evans’ red-blue mind model converts his clinical insights into a simple their lives, and many more have periods of debilitating anxiety. approach that will help you gain emotional control when you need it most. Using proven strategies from a range of psychological approaches, including cognitive behavioural If you want to be better at what you do, pressure is unavoidable. This book will help you feel therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and metacognitive therapy (MCT), comfortable being uncomfortable, overcome mental obstacles and unlock your true potential. No Worriesexplains how worry and anxiety operate, and will equip you with the tools you need to release worry and anxiety. With plenty of real-life examples, exercises and experiments, this book PRAISE will teach you to: ‘Performing under pressure is the platform for a successful career. Ceri helped me clear my mind, • identify and release unhelpful thinking and safety behaviours that perpetuate worry focus on decisive matters and strengthen my vision for the team.’ – Arsene Wenger, manager, • recognise and let go of worry thoughts Arsenal FC, 1996-2018 • effectively deal with the unpleasant physical sensations that can arise from worry and anxiety ‘Whatever it is you want to improve in your own life, this book will help you do it.’ – Richie • learn to manage panic attacks McCaw, former All Blacks captain Take back control of your life with these valuable techniques, and free yourself from debilitating ‘We all feel pressure. Ceri just makes it easy to understand so you can deal with it.’ – Steve worry and anxiety. Hansen, All Blacks coach

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THE NEUROSCIENCE THE FEEL GOOD GUIDE OF MINDFULNESS: THE TO MENOPAUSE ASTONISHING SCIENCE DR NICOLA GATES BEHIND HOW EVERYDAY How understanding the brain–hormone HOBBIES HELP YOU RELAX connection can help women to navigate DR STAN RODSKI menopause.

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Although women know how to run major corporations and can travel in space, there is little understanding of an event that inevitably awaits them – menopause – and a lack of practical Neuroscientific studies are finding that our brain circuits for emotions are just as tangible as knowledge about how to best navigate this natural passage in life. circuits for our other five senses. Advanced imaging techniques can now observe this. Recent Menopause can impact a woman’s health, relationships, daily functioning, career, mood and fascination with colouring – in for adults joins a long list of techniques that have been employed emotions, and can profoundly impair her quality of life. Understanding the connection between by humans to calm the brain and help us with our emotions. Our ways of dealing with this hormonal changes in the female body, the brain and, indeed, the gut provides us with the intuitively have included tasks with some return for our time and effort. Tasks such as knitting and fundamentals for transitioning through what can be a challenging – if not overwhelming – gardening. time for many women. However, we now enter a world where these tasks are redundant for many of us. We employ By breaking the silence that surrounds menopause, The Feel Good Guide to Menopause aims to gardeners and buy scarves. The discoveries of focused activities which take our minds away from reduce the potential for negative impact, build understanding, compassion and reassurance, and the emotions of day to day living are returning again but in new formats such as colouring-in significantly improve the mental and physical well-being of women. books and even Lego building blocks for adults. In this book, Dr Rodski explores the science behind these activities and many others which we PRAISE FOR A BRAIN FOR LIFE humans crave for to help us through our emotional world. The world of mindfulness, the world of our 6th sense. ‘Nicola has cleverly framed the comprehensive information in digestible chunks for consumption via either a linear path from front to back cover, or a dive-in-to-what-I-need approach. She never sounds preachy ... rather she empowers you’ – beingfiftysomething.com

Stan Rodski is a neuroscientist in private practice specializing in brain performance. He has a Dr Nicola Gates is a leading clinical neuro-psychologist and author of the popular guide A Brain bachelor’s degree in psychology and a doctorate of science in biological statistics. Dr Rodski has for Life. She’s a frequent public speaker, writes for popular health magazines such as Prevention and worked as a psychologist for over 30 years and more recently has focused on the neurosciences. He Fitness First, and is a frequent guest expert on The Project and Studio Ten. has helped many people, schools, sporting teams and organisations with improving performance and in particular memory, concentration, agility and resilience. It was through the discovery of Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages the positive neurological effects of colouring-in using Dr Rodski’s designs which has sparked a Rights Licenced: UK (Harper360) worldwide sensation resulting in three of Dr Rodski’s colouring-in brain science books being featured by Oprah Winfrey in her 2016 Christmas Wish List.

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CURVEBALLS BUSY AS F*CK EMMA MARKEZIC KAREN NIMMO

What happens when you step on one of the great Lego pieces of life? When you get blind-sided? In 10 on-the-couch sessions, clinical psychologist Karen Nimmo diagnoses, explains and treats Thrown a curveball? When you get divorced? Or someone dies? You’re going to need something Busy as F*ck syndrome, the condition that’s consuming us all, whether we realise it or not. more than the diarrhoea-like progression of motivational quotes we get fed on Instagram – you’re If we are going to squeeze the most from ourselves and our all-too-short lives, we need to be going to need real-world ways to deal with a big, fat let-down. able to gauge when our Busy as F*ckness is compromising (or drip-feed destroying) our physical Because one will come for you, eventually. And when one came for comedian and journalist and emotional health, when we’re hurting people we love and when we’re becoming that person Emma Markezic in the form of a nasty cancer, despite the fact she found herself bald, broke and others want to hide from. living alone, she felt more alive than ever. So she wanted to know why … Why does trauma affect In these pages you’ll meet people who are facing the problems most commonly reported in our us in such different ways? Why are some people more resilient than others? Why was she handling Busy as F*ck worlds. Some will resonate with you – or you’ll spot traits of people you know. cancer better than other people handle a paper cut and, more importantly, was it a skill she could Whenever you get an ‘aha’ moment, you’ll find tips, tools and tactics to guide your own journey. teach? When she wrote an article about how learning she might die made her the happiest she’d ever been, it became a media sensation and she knew she was onto something. With dozens of expert brain morsels and more than a little humour, Curveballs is a memoir-meets- self-help manual for how to keep it together when life tries to tear you a new one. Because you’ll want to be more resilient than a tartigrade in outer space when it does.

Emma is a Sydney-based writer, columnist and comedian. Her incredibly popular Marky Ponders Karen is a registered clinical psychologist based in Wellington, New Zealand. Karen works column in Cosmopolitan magazine is now 8-years strong and syndicated to several countries around primarily in performance and life coaching. As a clinical psychologist, she assesses, diagnoses and the world, while her humorous Now Try This! column in body&soul magazine has been running treats psychological problems. She is trained in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy but draws on a in seven national weekend newspapers including The Sunday Telegraph and Herald Sun monthly range of models and tools. She is a two-time author, regular media commentator and speaker. since 2015. She has also written columns for Sunday Style, Grazia, OK! and many more. She also regularly writes for many of the country’s biggest titles including Vogue, Marie Claire, Women’s Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages Weekly, Woman’s Day, InStyle, Shop Til You Drop and more, as well as on her own lifestyle blog markyknowsbest.com. Emma is also an accomplished stand-up comedian, having performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Adelaide Fringe Festival and Sydney Comedy Festival.

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THE MINDFUL KIND MISS-CONNECTION: WHY RACHAEL KABLE YOUR TEENAGE DAUGHTER HATES YOU, EXPECTS THE If you’re feeling overwhelmed, pressured, anxious and disconnected, this book will change your WORLD AND NEEDS TO life, one mindful step at a time. TALK

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A guide from a popular podcaster to de-stressing and becoming happier by becoming more There has never been a better time to be a teenage girl than today. But perhaps there has never mindful in your everyday life. been a harder time. We know that connection is at the heart of our teenage daughters’ happiness. • Learn why it’s vital to prioritise self-care, wellbeing and mental health. And we do our best to have strong connections with our girls. But despite this, we often feel a disconnect. Or perhaps, more precisely, a mis-connect. • Discover effective and practical mindfulness and meditation strategies and learn to apply them in all life areas, including work, relationships and self-care. If you’re looking to understand your teen daughter better and deepen your connection with her, this book is your guide. Drawing on cutting-edge psychology research along with interviews and • Learn skills to increase resilience and improve wellbeing throughout their lives. surveys from close to 400 teen girls, Miss-connection will take you into the world your teen girl • Be encouraged and inspired to create an ongoing mindfulness practice. experiences and help you connect with her the way she needs you to. In Miss-connection, girls like yours articulate their challenges – with social media, friends, boys, identity – so you can find solutions. Most importantly, Miss-connection will help you connect with your daughter – even when things don’t go to plan.

Rachael Kable started her successful podcast, The Mindful Kind, in 2016 and it’s already Dr Justin Coulson is the author of three bestselling family and parenting books: 21 Days to a clocked up 1.5M downloads and averages 130,000+ downloads per month. She is a Melbourne- Happier Family, 9 Ways to a Resilient Child and 10 Things Every Parent Needs to Know. He is also based mindfulness mentor. the author of What Your Child Needs from You: Creating a Connected Child and Relationship Rules. A regular contributor to the Today show, the Saturday Telegraph, and occasional contributor to the Rights Held: World English; Translation – all languages New York Times, Justin is a TEDx speaker, a senior associate at the Positive Psychology Institute, and an honorary fellow at the Centre for Positive Psychology at the University of Melbourne. Rights Licensed: US, UK and Canada (Harper360) Justin and his wife, Kylie, are the parents of six daughters, three of whom are teenagers.

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NURTURING YOUR NEW THE TECH DIET FOR YOUR LIFE CHILD AND TEEN HEIDI SZE BRAD MARSHALL

For many first-time mothers expectations about their new life come from idealised images on TV, Are you a parent struggling to set healthy, effective rules around technology in your house? Or in magazines or online. It’s a far cry from what it actually involves: lack of sleep, time and control have you already set clear parameters but find yourself outsmarted by your tech-savvy kids? Are – and total dependency on you by another. Becoming a mother brings extraordinary physical and you sick of hearing technology experts throw statistics and research at you with few practical emotional changes to a woman’s life, but it also taps into deep instincts. Heidi Sze’s message is to parenting strategies on offer? surrender to the changes, reject the guilt and accept the imperfect reality of this new life. Adjusting Brad Marshall, The Unplugged Psychologist, is on the front line helping parents deal with the expectations and being true to your unique needs will bring a comfort, joy and peace that slavishly dominance of gaming and problematic technology use. His clinic, the Internet Addiction Clinic following rules, imposing unreachable standards and accumulating rooms of gadgets are unlikely @ Kidspace, was one of the first in Australia established to help young children, teenagers and to do. families whose lives are totally torn apart by technology. As women go through this profound transition, it is crucial that they identify their support needs The Tech Diet for your Child and Teen provides real-life strategies that any parent can implement to and trust their intuition. This book will help women do just that. Many people know Heidi from create a healthy balance and put your kids’ development first. Based on solid psychological research her blog Apples Under My Bed and Instagram account @heidiapples. Her beautiful words and explaining why screen addiction is so powerful, Brad’s jargon-free advice gives a clear plan for special focus here on nourishment – with special new-life recipes – will help mothers – and fathers parents who have had enough and are serious about changing the way their kids use and interact – nurture with reassurance the new life in their hands. with technology. PRAISE ‘Brad Marshall is an Australian psychologist working at the front line of problematic gaming and technology usage. He shares a common-sense practical approach to helping parents to tame excessive and unhealthy digital habits. His book is easy to read - seriously easy - and his Tech Diet does not require the digital amputation of complete banning, which is good news for everyone. If you are worried with what is happening in your home - this is the book for you!’ – Maggie Dent, Bestselling parenting author, educator and speaker

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