Books in the media this weekend, 9–10 July

A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. 

National

The Saturday Paper 

• The Age of Fibs (Beth Spencer, Spineless Wonders) 
• Disorientation (Elaine Hsieh Chou, Picador) 
• Holy Woman (Louise Omer, Scribe)

ACT

The Canberra Times

• Aue (Becky Manawatu, Scribe)
• The Coast (Eleanor Limprecht, A&U)
• Jesustown (Paul Daley, A&U)
• The Widow of Walcha (Emma Partridge, S&S)

• A Killing in November (Simon Mason, Quercus)

NSW

The Sydney Morning Herald/Sun Herald 

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• August & Jones (Pip Harry, Lothian)
• Bad Relations (Cressida Connolly, Viking)
  
• Basin (Scott McCulloch, Black Inc.)
• Daughters of Durga (Manjula Datta O’Connor, MUP)
• The Escape Artist (Jonathan Freedland, John Murray)
• The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School (Sonora Reyes, HarperCollins)
• L Platers (Madonna King, Hachette)
• Marrul: Aboriginal identity and the fight for rights (Inala Cooper, Monash University Publishing)
• Zelensky: A biography (Serhii Rudenko, trans by Michael M Naydan & Alla Perminova, Polity)
• Zelensky: The unlikely Ukrainian hero who defied Putin and united the world (Andrew L Urban & Chris McLeod, Wilkinson)

Sunday

• The Signal Line (Brendan Colley, Transit Lounge)

Qld

Courier Mail, Q Weekend 

• Birdgirl (Myra-Rose Craig, Jonathan Cape) 
• Bone Memories (Sally Piper, UQP) 
• The Eulogy (Jackie Bailey, Hardie Grant) 
• Lapvona (Ottessa Moshfegh, Jonathan Cape) 
• Serendipity (Oscar Farinetti, Black Inc.) 

SA

The Advertiser, SA Weekend 

• Birdgirl (Myra-Rose Craig, Jonathan Cape) 
• Bone Memories (Sally Piper, UQP) 
• The Eulogy (Jackie Bailey, Hardie Grant) 
• Lapvona (Ottessa Moshfegh, Jonathan Cape) 
• Serendipity (Oscar Farinetti, Black Inc.) 

Vic

The Age/Sunday Age

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• The Alert, Grey Twinkling Eyes of C. J. DeGaris (David Nichols, UWAP)
• August & Jones (Pip Harry, Lothian)
• Bad Relations (Cressida Connolly, Viking)
  
• Basin (Scott McCulloch, Black Inc.)
• Daughters of Durga (Manjula Datta O’Connor, MUP)
• The Escape Artist (Jonathan Freedland, John Murray)
• Lapvona (Ottessa Moshfegh, Jonathan Cape)
• The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School (Sonora Reyes, HarperCollins)
• L Platers (Madonna King, Hachette)
• Marrul: Aboriginal identity and the fight for rights (Inala Cooper, Monash University Publishing)
• Zelensky: A biography (Serhii Rudenko, trans by Michael M Naydan & Alla Perminova, Polity)
• Zelensky: The unlikely Ukrainian hero who defied Putin and united the world (Andrew L Urban & Chris McLeod, Wilkinson)

Sunday

• The Signal Line (Brendan Colley, Transit Lounge) 

The Herald Sun 

• Birdgirl (Myra-Rose Craig, Jonathan Cape) 
• Bone Memories (Sally Piper, UQP) 
• The Eulogy (Jackie Bailey, Hardie Grant) 
• Lapvona (Ottessa Moshfegh, Jonathan Cape) 
• Serendipity (Oscar Farinetti, Black Inc.) 

WA

The West Australian/PLAY 

• Death At The Belvedere (Sue Williams, Text)
• I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki (Baek Se-hee, Bloomsbury)
• My Heart Is A Little Wild Thing (Nigel Featherstone, Ultimo)
• The School That Escaped The Nazis (Deborah Cadbury, Two Roads)

With thanks to contributing media outlets. Please note, the mentions compiled above were correct at time of publication but may be subject to change.

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