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The Most Interesting People You’ve Never Heard Of – Riley Knight
A Half-arsed History Book Allen & Unwin September 2026 ISBN:9781761472596 RRP: $34.99 I’m not particularly a podcast person but I’m certainly going to be seeking out Riley Knight’s Half-arsed History offering from now on. Not only because he’s a Sunshine Coast creator but also because this book was just a joy to read. Veering wildly…
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How Not to be a Pirate: The Trouble with Curses- Jenny Pearson
Harper Collins Australia September 2026 Imprint: Usborne GB ISBN: 9781835400968 RRP: $17.99 It certainly was pretty apt that I would be reading this at exactly the right time for Talk Like a Pirate Day – and what fun it was [given my penchant for pirates in general –after all, there was the pirate wedding at…
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Tiki and Jill and the Great Camel Race – Kate Simpson and Dr Jill Colwell. Illustrated by Craig Smith.
ISBN:9781761182334 Publisher:A&U Children’s Imprint:A & U Children June 2026 RRP: $24.99 This one took a long time to get to me – even longer than an actual camel race across the wide open interior really – and then it’s had to sit waiting its turn patiently after it arrived but it’s such a great book.…
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Spud and Snowball and Chattercat: Spud and Snowball #2 – Judith Rossell
Harper Collins Australia Imprint: ABC Books AU ISBN: 9780733343872 September 2026 Series: Spud and Snowball RRP: $15.99 They’re back! And just as funny as the first episode as these two felines of dubious talents find themselves faced with a mechanical nemesis in the shape of Chattercat. I don’t know about you but our resident mini-panther disdains any kind…
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Witless Protection: Mega Rich Guinea Pigs #2 – Kate and Jol Temple
Harper Collins Australia June 2026 Imprint: HarperCollins AU ISBN: 9781460767214 RRP: $16.99 Series: Mega Rich Guinea Pigs They’re back! and it’s another hilarious ride with the loaded GPs as they find themselves, once again, in the throes of a dastardly plot to steal their fortune. Of course, we all know it’s going to be the ‘other’ side of…
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2026 Father’s Day Special: My Dad Makes the World Go Around and Around – Maddy Mara. Illustrated by Andrew Joyner.
Harper Collins Australia June 2026 Imprint: HarperCollins AU ISBN: 9781460767146 RRP: $24.99 What a wonderfully exuberant rhyming romp this one is! Filled with Andrew Joyner’s unmistakable art with some whacky inventions and gadgets and just one of many fathers doing extraordinary yet ordinary stuff with their kiddos. This one just happens to be rather a Caractacus Potts…
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Myths Meet Mayhem: Ludicrous Legends #2 – Jol Temple. David Conley.
Harper Collins Australia July 2026 Imprint: HarperCollins AU ISBN: 9781460767726 $16.99 Why yes, I was excited to see #2 in this wacky series come in because the first was such a fun romp through mythology, told only as Jol Temple could twist it really. Hector, and his good friend Hylo, the centaur, are back and once again,…
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Harry the Fifth – David Greagg
Clan Destine Press Imprint: Ebook Alchemy Pty Ltd August 2026 ISBN: 9780645316735 ISBN-10: 0645316733t RRP: $39.99 So I admit that in all the years I’ve been reading the late, great Kerry Greenwood’s books and following her socials, with their many references to the Wizard, I had absolutely no idea that said wizard, David Greagg, is also a…
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