The Best Australian Business Writing 2012 (ed by Andrew Cornell, NewSouth)
Good business writing gives you the facts and the figures, the movers and shakers, the inside scoop. And it helps you make sense of all these things. Great business writing,...
Eric Vale, Epic Fail (Michael Gerard Bauer, illus by Joe Bauer, Scholastic)
Eric Vale has a terrible nickname: Epic Fail. And he can't seem to shake it. Every little thing Eric does wrong—from misspelling a word on a spelling test to demolishing...
Bedtime Stories: Tales from My 21 Years at Late Night Live (Phillip Adams, ABC Books)
Phillip Adams has entertained listeners to Radio National’s Late Night Live for more than two decades. In this book of reminiscences he reflects on his early years in commercial radio,...
The Great Race: The Race between the English and the French to Complete the Map of Australia (David Hill, William Heinemann)
Following his successful books 1788 and The Gold Rush, David Hill’s The Great Race traces the little-known story of the competition between Britain and France to chart the last stretches...
Bill the Bastard: The Story of Australia’s Greatest War Horse (Roland Perry, A&U)
Australia didn’t just send its men to fight in the First World War. Tens of thousands of horses went too. The hardy Walers proved their worth time and again in...
Tamam Shud: The Somerton Man Mystery (Kerry Greenwood, NewSouth)
This book is part true crime, part memoir, part biography and part fiction, with touches of gentle humour. All up it is an engaging look at a mystery that has...
Ruby Red Shoes (Kate Knapp, HarperCollins)
Ruby Red Shoes is a white hare, so named after footwear given to her by her grandma when she was a baby. Raised by her gentle babushka to be ‘an...
On Warne (Gideon Haigh, Viking)
This book reveals two of life’s certainties: one, that Gideon Haigh is an outstanding writer, and two, that Shane Warne’s tabloid-fodder life is utterly compelling. Bring the two together and...
Damaged in Transit (Mary Manning, Spineless Wonders)
Damaged in Transit is a collection of short stories from Melbourne writer Mary Manning. It charts familiar territory—journeys on trams, along highways and outback roads—but renders them unfamiliar through unusual...