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ID: 559917

Title: Withering-by-Sea (Stella Montgomery, #1)

Author: Judith Rossell

Narrator: Fiona Hardingham

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:01:51

Language: English

Release date: 02-02-22

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Kids, Action & Adventure, Health & Family

Summary:

WINNER ABIA BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR YOUNGER READERS

'Fans of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events will eat up Withering-by-Sea'

-- Shelf Awareness

High on a cliff above the gloomy coastal town of Withering-by-Sea stands the Hotel Majestic. Inside the walls of the damp, dull hotel, eleven-year-old orphan Stella Montgomery leads a miserable life with her three dreadful Aunts.

But one night, Stella sees something she shouldn't have ... Something that will set in motion an adventure more terrifying and more wonderful than she could ever have hoped for ...

Discover the gorgeously illustrated series that's loved by tens of thousands of readers!

SERIES AWARDS

Withering-by-Sea (Book 1)

Winner -- 2015 Indie Awards, Book of the Year: Children's & YA

Winner -- 2015 Australian Book Industry Awards, Book of the Year: Older Children

Winner -- 2015 Davitt Awards

Honour Book -- 2015 Children's Book Council of Australia Awards

Shortlisted -- 2015 Prime Minister's Literary Awards

Shortlisted -- 2014 Aurealis Awards

Shortlisted -- 2017 Australian Book Design Awards

Wormwood Mire (Book 2)

Winner -- 2017 Davitt Awards

Shortlisted -- 2017 Indie Awards, Book of the Year: Children's & YA

Shortlisted -- 2017 Australian Book Industry Awards, Book of the Year: Older Children

Shortlisted -- 2017 ABA Booksellers' Choice Award

Shortlisted -- 2017 Australian Book Design Awards

Notable Book -- 2017 Children's Book Council of Australia Awards

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ID: 570850

Title: Love and Other Puzzles

Author: Kimberley Allsopp

Narrator: Myfanwy Hocking

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:37:23

Language: English

Release date: 02-02-22

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Romance, Rom-Com, Contemporary, New Adult

Summary:

Following the clues doesn't always lead you where you might expect ...

A witty, warm-hearted and appealing novel about how stepping out of our comfort zones can sometimes be the best – and worst – thing that can ever happen to us.

Rory's life is perfectly predictable, ordered and on track – just the way she likes it. She walks her 12,000 steps a day, writes her to-do list and each night she prepares her breakfast chia pods and lays out her clothes for the next day. She's doing everything right. So why does everything feel so wrong?

Deep down, she knows her life and career – not to mention her relationship – are going nowhere, and so Rory, in a moment of desperation, takes an uncharacteristic step: letting the clues of The New York Times crossword puzzle dictate all her decisions for a week. Just for a week, she reasons. Just to shake things up a bit. What's the worst that could happen?

A delightfully witty, deliciously original and astringently refreshing rom-com that reads like you're inhaling a zingy citrus cocktail made by Nora Ephron, at a party thrown by Dolly Alderton and Beth O'Leary.

'Warm, witty, charming and romantic, Love and Other Puzzles is a glorious debut. It's so clever and satisfying and I can't wait for the world to get their hands on it.' Jessica Dettmann

'Love and Other Puzzles has more heart than Harry Burns, more zingers than Daniel Cleaver and is hotter than Fitzwilliam Darcy emerging from a lake, partially clothed. If you love rom coms as I do, you will meet cute with this wonderful twist on the genre.' Lauren Sams

Totally charming ... a lovely and witty first novel about finding the gorgeous sweet spot between comfort and spontaneity ... perfect for fans of Marian Keyes, Minnie Darke, Dolly Alderton and Meg Mason.' Booktopia

'A charming, clever and wickedly funny twist on, and homage to, the genre.' Australian Financial Review

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ID: 540225

Title: Rebellion of the Lost (The World Between Blinks, #2)

Author: Amie Kaufman, Ryan Graudin

Narrator: Adriana Santos

Format: Unabridged

Length: 07:59:10

Language: English

Release date: 02-02-22

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Kids, Action & Adventure, Health & Family, Historical

Summary:

Return to the magical world where lost things are found

After Jake and Marisol's last adventure in the World Between Blinks, the cousins are safely back where they belong.

Until, suddenly, they're not.

When they return unexpectedly to the World once more, Jake and Marisol find that nothing is as they left it. The Administrator is on an unstoppable mission, ordering his Curators to catalogue absolutely everyone and everything, as if they're exhibits in a museum.

With rebels like Amelia Earhart and Queen Nefertiti facing the threat of their hourglasses of memories being flipped, Jake and Marisol, along with Marisol's big brother, Victor, must locate a mysterious item known as The Rocket. This unknown object is their only chance to defeat the Administrator - before everything that makes the World wonderful is lost, in a whole new way ...

In this thrilling sequel to The World Between Blinks, readers will find another fantastical adventure full of twists and turns from bestselling and award-winning authors Amie Kaufman and Ryan Graudin.

PRAISE FOR THE WORLD BETWEEN BLINKS

'An inventive, heartwarming first book in a new middle-grade series.'

- Kirkus

'A brilliant, heartwarming blend of history, mystery, and adventure. I raced through every page, afraid to blink and miss part of the wonder.'

- Shannon Messenger, bestselling author of Keeper of the Lost Cities Series

'A fast-paced fantasy adventure that will appeal to genre fans and reluctant middle grade readers alike.'

- School Library Journal, starred review

'[an] incredibly inventive story, chock-full of delightful descriptions and fascinating tidbits ... [and] a charming crash course in a host of historical mysteries and figures. Readers will have enormous fun ... all while learning lessons on the power of love, the value of memories, and the wonders that the world holds.'

- Booklist, starred review

'What a rollicking fun adventure! Ryan Graudin and Amie Kaufman's The World Between Blinks is both a suspenseful mystery with a surprise twist, and a treasure hunt for people, places, and things that vanished from history.'

- Margaret Peterson Haddix, New York Times bestselling author

'A tale drenched in whimsy and laughter, Kaufman and Graudin's story is bursting at the seams with imagination. A treat for readers young and old.'

- Roshani Chokshi, New York Times bestselling author

'A clever, imaginative tale that grew more magical with every turn of the page.'

- J.C. Cervantes, New York Times bestselling author

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ID: 559919

Title: Wormwood Mire (Stella Montgomery, #2)

Author: Judith Rossell

Narrator: Fiona Hardingham

Format: Unabridged

Length: 05:44:17

Language: English

Release date: 02-02-22

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Kids, Fairy Tales & Folklore

Summary:

THE MUCH-AWAITED SEQUEL TO THE RUNAWAY BESTSELLER WITHERING-BY-SEA

'you won't be disappointed. Wormwood Mire is another page-turner.'

-- Kids' Book Review

When Stella Montgomery returned to the Hotel Majestic cold and wet but exhilarated by adventure, the Aunts were furious.

Now they are sending Stella away to the old family home at Wormwood Mire, where she must live with two strange cousins and their governess.

But within the overgrown grounds of the mouldering house, dark secrets slither and skulk, and soon Stella must be brave once more if she's to find out who -- or what -- she really is ...

From bestselling writer-illustrator Judith Rossell comes the thrilling and magical sequel to her multi-award-winning novel, Withering-by-Sea.

SERIES AWARDS

Withering-by-Sea (Book 1)

Winner -- 2015 Indie Awards, Book of the Year: Children's & YA

Winner -- 2015 Australian Book Industry Awards, Book of the Year: Older Children

Winner -- 2015 Davitt Awards

Honour Book -- 2015 Children's Book Council of Australia Awards

Shortlisted -- 2015 Prime Minister's Literary Awards

Shortlisted -- 2014 Aurealis Awards

Shortlisted -- 2017 Australian Book Design Awards

Wormwood Mire (Book 2)

Winner -- 2017 Davitt Awards

Shortlisted -- 2017 Indie Awards, Book of the Year: Children's & YA

Shortlisted -- 2017 Australian Book Industry Awards, Book of the Year: Older Children

Shortlisted -- 2017 ABA Booksellers' Choice Award

Shortlisted -- 2017 Australian Book Design Awards

Notable Book -- 2017 Children's Book Council of Australia Awards

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ID: 579312

Title: Murder at the National Gallery

Author: Jim Eldridge

Narrator: Peter Wickham

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:17:54

Language: English

Release date: 02-01-22

Publisher: Bookwire

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Historical

Summary:

London, 1897. The capital is shocked to learn that the body of a woman has been found at the National Gallery, eviscerated in a manner that recalls all too strongly the exploits of the infamous Jack the Ripper. Daniel Wilson and Abigail Fenton are contacted by a curator of the National Gallery for their assistance. The dead woman, an artist's model and lady of the night, had links to artist Walter Sickert who was a suspect during the Ripper's spree of killings. Scotland Yard have arrested Sickert on suspicion of this fresh murder but it is not the last. Sickert insists that he is innocent but who would want to frame him?

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ID: 579315

Title: Dying Fall

Author: Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

Narrator: Mark Meadows

Format: Unabridged

Length: 09:36:04

Language: English

Release date: 02-01-22

Publisher: Bookwire

Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Police Stories

Summary:

The woman lies dead at the foot of the stairs. It's obvious what happened: she tripped and fell. But PC D'Arblay, called to the dilapidated West London villa by an anonymous tip-off, can't shake the feeling that's exactly what someone wants him to think. It was the deep head wound that killed her - but her dying fall left no blood trail, so what was it she hit her head on? DCI Slider, of the Shepherd's Bush murder squad, is soon convinced D'Arblay's right. But with no motive, no murder weapon and no idea even who the victim is, Slider faces steep odds to get a result . . . while each painstaking step towards the truth brings him closer to a ruthless, evil killer.

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ID: 559908

Title: Two Shakes of a Lamb's Tail: The Diary of a Country Vet

Author: Danielle Hawkins

Narrator: Kirsty Gillmore

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:13:30

Language: English

Release date: 01-14-22

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Biography & Memoir, Health & Wellness, Marriage & Family

Summary:

Two Shakes of a Lamb's Tail is the funny, illuminating diary of a year in the life of a New Zealand farm vet

With a husband and two children, 1200 sheep and 400 cattle, farm dogs and pet lambs, pigs bent on excavation and a goat bent on escape, country life is never dull. From calving cows to constipated dogs, weddings to weaning lambs, daffodils to ducklings to droughts, each season brings new challenges and delights. Sometimes it's exhausting but it's almost always a lot of fun - anyway, it's all part and parcel of the life of a Kiwi mother, farmer's wife and vet.

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ID: 554563

Title: Nanberry

Author: Jackie French

Narrator: Kris Dyer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:59:23

Language: English

Release date: 01-05-22

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Kids, Biography & Memoir

Summary:

The amazing story of Australia's first surgeon and the boy he adopted.

It's 1789, and as the new colony in Sydney Cove is established, Surgeon John White defies convention and adopts Nanberry, an Aboriginal boy, to raise as his son. Nanberry is clever and uses his unique gifts as an interpreter to bridge the two worlds he lives in.With his white brother, Andrew, he witnesses the struggles of the colonists to keep their precarious grip on a hostile wilderness. And yet he is haunted by the memories of the Cadigal warriors who will one day come to claim him as one of their own.

This true story follows the brothers as they make their way in the world - one as a sailor, serving in the Royal Navy, the other a hero of the Battle of Waterloo. No less incredible is the enduring love between the gentleman surgeon and the convict girl who was saved from the death penalty and became a great lady in her own right.

AWARDS

Honour Book - CBCA 2012 (Younger Reader's Book of the Year)

PRAISE

'[Jackie] is one of few masters who can embed historic characters in rattling good tales, and her meticulous research is seamlessly inserted so that you live the detail rather than learn it. Irresistible for history buffs of any age.' - Good Reading Magazine, five stars

'If every Australian history class in the country could be taught by Jackie French, we'd have an entire generation of kids with an enormous thirst for knowledge about our early European settlement and a whole lot more compassion for those who already called this country home.' - Sunday Tasmanian

'I've been telling all my friends to read this book, and to give it to their kids to read. It's absolutely engrossing.' - Herald Sun

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ID: 544618

Title: Clouds on the Horizon

Author: Penelope Janu

Narrator: Cecelia Ramsdale

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10:38:09

Language: English

Release date: 01-05-22

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Romance, Fiction & Literature, Rom-Com, Contemporary, Family Life

Summary:

'A rural story that has it all ... simmering romance, international intrigue, a complex heroine and a swoon-worthy hero. What's not to love?' Karly Lane, bestselling Australian author

Will a misunderstanding and past trauma stand in the way of profound attraction? Immovable determination meets irresistible charm in this delightful rural romance from an award-winning and much-loved author - for readers of Rachael Johns, Karly Lane and Fleur McDonald.

When Phoebe Cartwright finds Sinn Tørrissen, a naval officer and meteorologist, frozen half to death in the middle of a thunderstorm, she believes she's saved his life. Sinn, unfailingly competent and infuriatingly arrogant, disagrees. In Phoebe's small country town to track down the members of an illegal horse-racing syndicate, the last thing he needs is to become entangled with Phoebe.

A much-loved member of her community, the prickly and independent Phoebe is used to solving other people's problems. So when she learns her younger sister could be implicated in their father's dishonest accounting for the syndicate, she insists on working with Sinn to uncover the truth.

Sinn is both confused and entranced by the passionate Phoebe and in spite of her resistance, Phoebe finds herself drawn to him. But Phoebe is determined to protect her sister above all, and the secrets she cannot tell Sinn threaten to sweep his investigation - and their romance - way off course. With clouds building on the horizon, can Phoebe and Sinn weather the gale and find in each other a shelter from the storm?

'Encapsulates everything I love about the romance genre and so much more. A go-to author for rural romance for the head as well as the heart,' Joanna Nell, Bestselling Australian Author

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ID: 551255

Title: Silk

Author: Shaun Burgoyne

Narrator: Tamblyn Lord

Format: Unabridged

Length: 08:30:04

Language: English

Release date: 01-05-22

Publisher: HarperAudio

Genres: Sports & Recreation, Biography & Memoir, Football

Summary:

Shaun Burgoyne - inspirational footballer, leader of his people, devoted family man - is one of the most respected players in AFL history, on and off the field.

The man they call 'Silk' was the ultimate team player - versatile, highly skilled and hard at the contest, with an enviable reputation for being able to stand up in big moments.

Burgoyne is a proud Indigenous man, with a football pedigree that is a story in itself. Starting with his father's time at the Koonibba Roosters, the oldest surviving Indigenous footy club in Australia, the Burgoyne name is directly linked to Gavin Wanganeen, Eddie Betts, Graham Johncock and many other AFL stars. In his 400-plus games, Burgoyne had only two coaches. He reveals the tough love dished out by Port Adelaide coach Mark 'Choco' Williams, and the left-field techniques of legendary Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson. He shares how he changed from star midfielder to role player, a move that enabled him to overcome injuries and become one of the best impact players the game has seen.

Burgoyne's story isn't just about winning four premierships and becoming the Indigenous games record holder. He experienced the ugliness of racist taunts, from growing up in Port Lincoln to bearing witness to the fallout of Adam Goodes' public stance on racism. The way Burgoyne sees it, we can't change history but we must learn from it, and work towards reconciliation, to a position of mutual respect and understanding. This modest champion shares what he has learnt to show others what is possible when you seize opportunities, are willing to put in the work and surround yourself with the right people - family, friends, teammates, mentors - who will inspire, support and guide you every step of the way.

Contact: [email protected]