REBEL GODS

Book 2 in
the Monuments
fantasy duology
from YA superstar,
Will Kostakis

BATTLING
A stunning
THE BLUES debut novel
from the winner of
A raw, honest the 2017 Richell
and inspiring Prize
memoir from
NRL champion,
Darius Boyd
FROM SNOW
TO ASH
Living The incredible
mindfully for
story of a solo
a year with
Shannon
journey across the
Harvey Australian Alps
Walking Track
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REBEL GODS

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CONTENTS
5 Minutes with Will Kostakis 2
Battling the Blues 3
From Snow to Ash 4
Will Kostakis
My Year of Living Mindfully 5 Paperback 9780734419262 | $19.99
Ebook 9780734419279 | $11.99
State Highway One 6
Lothian Children’s Books
Still Life 7
Betty 7 With the Monuments gone, there’s nothing
Just Ignore Him 8 stopping the rebel gods from reducing the

Our stunning Beyond Possible

Troubled Blood
8
9
world to ruin.
Well, newbie gods Connor, Sally and Locky

September
Shadows in Death 9 are supposed to stop them, only they don’t
Hermit 10 know how. While Sally searches for answers
Homeland Elegies 10 and Locky makes plans to change the world,

line-up Wild Thing 11 Connor struggles to keep up appearances as

The Secret Life of the Savoy 11
an ordinary teenager. But when a rebel god
offers them a deal to end the chaos, their lives
The Good Germans 12
are turned upside down and they’re forced to
The Lonely Century 12 reckon with the question: who should decide
Dog’s Best Friend 13 the fate of the world?
Simply 13
PUBLICITY ENQUIRIES Rebel Gods is the is the gripping conclusion
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A Crocodile in the Family 18
resources and more
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5 minutes with ... Darius Boyd
Trade Paperback 9780733645723 | $32.99
Ebook 9780733645785 | $16.99
Hachette Australia

WILL KOSTAKIS Darius Boyd broke into the Brisbane Broncos

NRL team in 2006 straight out of high school.
I started writing because . . . when I was a
He would go on play 15 seasons at the top level
kid, my grandfather would wait outside the
of NRL and win nearly every honour the sport
Newsagency before it opened to buy exercise
can award.
books for me to write in. His education
was interrupted by war, and he wanted his But awards and premierships don’t reveal the
grandchildren to be able to read and write. battles that Darius Boyd has faced off the field.
A teenager with a troubled background, he
Rebel Gods was inspired by . . . my evolving
started his career with innate footy talent but
relationship with my family, particularly my
also emotional baggage. As his talent shone on
mum. Connor is taking his first bold steps
the field, Darius struggled. Realising he needed
into adulthood – being the heir to a god
help for his anxiety, depression and suicidal
complicates things but, at its heart, this is a
thoughts, he turned his back on football,
story about a son redefining his relationship
checked into a mental health facility and began
with a parent as he gets older.
to mend his life and himself.
In three words Rebel Gods is . . . fear versus
Now, as he heads into retirement, Darius Boyd
love.
is sharing his story. Battling the Blues reflects
The book that changed my life was . . . The on excerpts from his private journal which
Whole Business with Kiffo and the Pitbull by charted his journey from the depths of despair
Barry Jonsberg. It introduced me to the world to a life of gratitude.
of Australian YA – the characters spoke like
A raw, honest and inspiring
me, they cared about what I did, and they lived memoir that takes us into the
in places I recognised. heart of an NRL champion DARIUS BOYD is an Australian professional
and his fight to conquer his rugby league footballer who plays as a
Which authors most inspire you?
fullback, five eighth and on the wing for the
Trailblazers like Melina Marchetta, who demons and live a better life. Brisbane Broncos in the NRL and has played
continue to produce relevant and
for Australia at international level and State of
awe-inspiring work; world-builders like Jaclyn
Origin for QLD. Boyd captained the Brisbane
Moriarty and Amie Kaufman, who transport
Broncos from 2017-2019.
me like nobody else; truth-tellers like John
Corey Whaley and Shivaun Plozza, who push
me to be better and more honest.

Darius Boyd
Location: Brisbane, QLD
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FROM SNOW TO ASH
Hachette Australia | September 2020
Anthony Sharwood
Trade Paperback 9780733645280 | $32.99
Ebook 9780733645297 | $16.99
Hachette Australia
The incredible, inspiring story of a solo
journey through Australia’s toughest and most
beautiful hiking trail – the Australian Alps
Walking Track.
In the hellish, fiery Australian summer of
2019/20, Walkley Award-winning journalist
Anthony Sharwood abandoned his post on
a busy news website to clear his mind, solo-
trekking the Australian Alps Walking Track,
Australia’s most gruelling and breathtakingly
beautiful mainland hiking trail, which traverses
the entirety of the iconic High Country from
the outskirts of Melbourne to Canberra.
The journey started in a blizzard and ended
in a blaze. Along the way, this lifelong lover
of the mountains came to realise that nothing
would ever be the same – either for him or for
the imperilled Australian Alps, a landscape as
fragile and sensitive to the changing climate as
the Great Barrier Reef.
For fans of Into the Wild
by Jon Krakauer or Cheryl ANTHONY SHARWOOD is a Walkley Award-
Strayed’s Wild and anyone winning journalist specialising in sports, the
who dreams of iconic outdoors, weather and climate. A skier, hiker
wilderness walks. and lifelong lover of Australia’s High Country,
Ant’s brain was pretty much fried after a
decade of digital journalism. The Australian
Alps Walking Track was a chance to escape, to
cleanse, to reset. From Snow to Ash documents
that trek.
Anthony Sharwood
Location: Sydney, NSW
From the director of the
internationally acclaimed
documentary of the
same name, My Year of
Living Mindfully is filled
with compelling stories,
groundbreaking science, and
unexpected insights.
MY YEAR OF LIVING
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MINDFULLY
Shannon Harvey
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Ebook 9780733645105 | $15.99
Hachette Australia
In the midst of a global mental health crisis,
millions of people have turned to mindfulness.
But does it actually work? In a world-first
experiment, journalist Shannon Harvey
recruited a team of scientists to put mindful
meditation to the test. But what began as a
year-long self-experiment soon became a life-
changing experience.
Overwhelmed with insomnia and an incurable
autoimmune disease, Shannon Harvey needed
to make a change. Could learning to quiet our
busy minds be the simple solution the world so
desperately needs?
After a 30,000 kilometre journey from Australia
to the bright lights of Manhattan and the dusty
refugee camps of the Middle East – interviewing
the world’s leading mindfulness experts along
the way – what begins as a quest for answers
transforms into a life-changing experience.
SHANNON HARVEY has worked as a
journalist for organisations such as the
ABC and Fairfax. She is the director of the
internationally acclaimed documentary, The
Connection. Her book The Whole Health
Life earned her the National Press Club of
Australia’s Health Journalist of the Year award.
Shannon Harvey
Location: Sydney, NSW
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A stunning debut novel
about what it means to come
home, from the winner of
the 2017 Richell Prize for
Emerging Writers.
STATE HIGHWAY ONE
Sam Coley
Paperback 9781869714260 | $32.99
Ebook 9781869714248 | $14.99
Hachette New Zealand
This is what I want to do. I want to go home. I
want you to come with me.
‘I want to go from here . . .’
Finger on Cape Reinga.
‘. . . to here.’
Finger at the bottom of Stewart Island, right at
the bottom of the map.
It’s been years since Alex was in New Zealand,
and years since he spent any one-on-one time
with his twin sister, Amy. When they lose
their parents in a shock accident it seems like
the perfect time to reconnect as siblings. To
reconnect with this country they call ‘home’.
As they journey the length of State Highway
One, they will scratch at wounds that have
never healed – and Alex will be forced to
reckon with what coming home really means.
SAM COLEY’s two favourite things in the
world are taking photos and dancing. Most
nights, however, he can be found at his desk
with a pen and a legal pad and a bottle of wine.
He has called New Zealand, Australia and the
UK all home at some point, and probably still
would.
Sam Coley
Location: Sydney, NSW
STILL LIFE BETTY
Val McDermid
Trade Paperback 9781408712290 | $32.99
Ebook 9781408712306 | $15.99 | Little Brown
Discover the phenomenal, heart-pounding new
novel from the queen of crime and number one
bestseller, Val McDermid.
‘Brilliant . . . Sensational . . . Unforgettable’
– Guardian
‘Compulsively readable’ – Irish Times
‘One of today’s most accomplished crime
writers’ – Literary Review
VAL MCDERMID is a number one bestseller
whose novels have been translated into more
than thirty languages and have sold over
sixteen million copies. Val has served as a
judge for the Women’s Prize for Fiction and
the Man Booker Prize, and was Chair of the
Wellcome Book Prize in 2017.
Val McDermid
Location: Edinburgh, UK
Hachette Australia | September 2020
Tiffany McDaniel
Trade Paperback 9781474617536 | $32.99
Ebook 9781474617550 | $15.99 | W&N
Born in a bathtub in 1954 to a Cherokee father
and white mother, Betty Carpenter is the sixth
of eight siblings. The world they inhabit is one
of poverty and violence. When her family’s
darkest secrets are brought to light, Betty has
no choice but to reckon with the brutal history
hiding in the hills.
But, in the face of all she bears witness to, Betty
discovers an escape: she begins to write.
A punch-in-the-gut of a novel you won’t be able
to forget.
TIFFANY MCDANIEL is an Ohio native
whose writing is inspired by the rolling hills
and buckeye woods of the land she knows. A
poet and a visual artist, her debut novel, The
Summer That Melted Everything, won The
Guardian’s Not the Booker award.
Tiffany McDaniel
Location: Ohio, US
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JUST IGNORE HIM BEYOND POSSIBLE
Alan Davies
Trade Paperback 9781408713303 | $32.99
Ebook 9781408713297 | $16.99 | Little Brown
In this compelling memoir, comedian and actor
Alan Davies recalls his boyhood with vivid
insight and devastating humour.
From sibling dynamics, to his voiceless,
misunderstood progression through school,
sexuality and humiliating ‘accidents’, Davies
shifts between his 1970s upbringing and his
life today. Here, there are often exquisitely
tender recollections of the mother he lost at
six years old, of a bereaved family struggling
to find its way, and the kicks and confusion of
adolescence.
Just Ignore Him is not only an autobiography,
it is a testament to a survivor’s resilience and
courage.
ALAN DAVIES is a comedian, writer and actor,
best known for starring in the hit BBC series
Jonathan Creek and his regular appearances as
a panellist on QI.
Alan Davies
Location: London, UK
Nims Purja
Trade Paperback 9781529312256 | $32.99
Ebook 9781529312270 | $15.99 | Hodder & Stoughton
As a kid in Nepal, I went barefoot because my
family had nothing. That’s how I developed the
resilience I needed for joining the Gurkhas – one
of the most fearless forces in the British Army.
But elite combat wasn’t enough. I wanted more
of a test. That’s where my next project came in
– to climb all fourteen ‘death zone’ mountains.
The previous standard for conquering the
world’s most dangerous peaks was seven years,
ten months and six days. I smashed through
that achievement in six months. This story is
what happens when ambition meets limitless
imagination.
NIRMAL ‘NIMS’ PURJA was born in the
Dhaulagiri region of Nepal, at an altitude of
1600m. In 2018, Nims was appointed a Member
of the British Empire (MBE) by the Queen
for his outstanding work in high altitude
mountaineering.
Nims Purja
Location: Southhampton, UK
TROUBLED BLOOD SHADOWS IN DEATH
Robert Galbraith
Trade Paperback 9780751579949 | $32.99
Ebook 9780751579963 | $17.99 | Sphere
Troubled Blood is the next thrilling instalment
in the highly acclaimed, international
bestselling series featuring Cormoran Strike
and Robin Ellacott, written by Robert Galbraith,
a pseudonym of J.K. Rowling.
‘The work of a master storyteller’
– Daily Telegraph
‘A blistering piece of crime writing’
– Sunday Times
‘Unputdownable’ – Daily Express
‘Outrageously entertaining’ – Financial Times
ROBERT GALBRAITH is a pseudonym for J.K.
Rowling, bestselling author of the Harry Potter
series and The Casual Vacancy. All four Strike
novels, The Cuckoo’s Calling, The Silkworm,
Career of Evil and Lethal White, topped the
national and international bestseller lists and
been adapted for television.
Robert Galbraith
Location: Edinburgh, UK
Hachette Australia | September 2020
J.D. Robb
Trade Paperback 9780349422121 | $29.99
Ebook 9780349422145 | $16.99 | Piatkus
The brand new book in the bestselling In
Death series.
When a night out at the theatre is interrupted
by the murder of a young woman in
Washington Square Park, it seems like an
ordinary case for Detective Eve Dallas and her
team. But when Roarke spots a shadow from his
past in the crowd, Eve realises that this case is
far from business as usual.
Eve has two complex cases on her hands – the
shocking murder of this wealthy young mother
and tracking down the shadow before he can
strike again, this time much closer to home.
J.D. ROBB is a pseudonym for bestselling
American romantic suspense writer, Nora
Roberts.
J.D. Robb
Location: Maryland, US
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HERMIT
S. R. White
Trade Paperback 9781472268440 | $32.99
Ebook 9781472268402 | $15.99 | Headline
He disappeared for 15 years . . . she has 12 hours
to find out why.
After the puzzling death of a shopkeeper in
rural Australia, troubled detective Dana Russo
has just 12 hours to interrogate the prime
suspect – a silent, inscrutable man found at
the scene of the crime, who simply vanished 15
years earlier. But over a series of increasingly
intense interviews, Dana is forced to confront
her own past if she wants him to reveal the
shocking truth.
Compulsive, atmospheric and stunningly
accomplished, Hermit introduces a thrilling
new voice in Australian crime fiction.
S.R. WHITE worked for a UK police force for
twelve years, before returning to academic
life and taking an MA in Creative Writing at
Nottingham Trent University.
S. R. White
Location: QLD, Australia
HOMELAND ELEGIES
Ayad Akhtar
Trade Paperback 9781472276872 | $32.99
Ebook 9781472276865 | $15.99 | Tinder Press
An American son and his immigrant father
search for belonging in post-Trump America.
A deeply personal novel of identity and
belonging in a nation coming apart at the
seams, Homeland Elegies blends fact and
fiction to tell an epic story of belonging and
dispossession in the world that 9/11 made. Part
family drama, part satire, part picaresque, at its
heart it is the story of a father and son, and the
country they call home.
AYAD AKHTAR is a playwright, novelist and
winner of the Pulitzer Prize. He is the author
of American Dervish, published in over 20
languages and named a Kirkus Reviews Best
Book of 2012. His plays include Disgraced
(Pulitzer Prize for Drama) and The Invisible
Hand (Obie Award, Outer Critics Circle John
Gassner Award).
Ayad Akhtar
Location: New York, US
WILD THING
Philip Norman
Trade Paperback 9781474611497 | $32.99
Ebook 9781474611510 | $15.99 | W&N
Almost 50 years after his lonely death, Hendrix
is the abiding symbol of musical genius cut
tragically short. Wild Thing will be the first
biography to bring together the splendour
and sadness of his brief life, and to attempt to
unravel the circumstances of his death.
Wild Thing will be a celebration of matchless
artistry but it will also investigate the peculiar
conditions of his death. After all these years
of rumour and speculation, Jimi’s ghost may
finally be laid to rest.
PHILIP NORMAN is an English novelist,
biographer, journalist and playwright. Norman
has also written the definitive lives of John
Lennon, Buddy Holly, The Rolling Stones, Elton
John, Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton.
Philip Norman
Location: England, UK
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THE SECRET LIFE OF THE
SAVOY
Olivia Williams
Trade Paperback 9781472271761 | $32.99
Ebook 9781472269782 | $15.99 | Headline
The story of the Savoy’s founders, through three
generations and a hundred years of luxury.
In 1889, Victorian impresario Richard D’Oyly
Carte opened The Savoy, Britain’s first luxury
hotel. Allowing the rich to live like royalty,
it attracted glamour, scandal and a cast of
eccentric characters, with the D’Oyly Carte
family elevated to a unique vantage point on
high society.
In this, the first biography of the family, Olivia
Williams revives their extraordinary cultural
legacy, told through the prism of their iconic
hotel and its many distinguished guests.
OLIVIA WILLIAMS graduated with a
scholarship in Modern History from St Edmund
Hall, Oxford. She worked as a journalist before
writing her first book Gin Glorious Gin, and now
works as a freelance writer.
Olivia Williams
Location: London, UK
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THE GOOD GERMANS
Catrine Clay
Trade Paperback 9781474607889 | $32.99
Ebook 9781474607902 | $15.99 | W&N
After 1933, as the brutal terror regime took
hold, most of the two-thirds of Germans
who had never voted for the Nazis – some
40 million people – tried to keep their heads
down and protect their families. They lived in
fear. Might they lose their jobs? Their homes?
Their freedom? Many ordinary Germans found
the courage to resist, in the full knowledge
that they could be sentenced to indefinite
incarceration, torture or outright execution.
Award-winning historian Catrine Clay tells the
gripping stories of six ordinary Germans who
witnessed the rise of Nazism in Germany from
within, and dared to resist it.
CATRINE CLAY worked for the BBC for
twenty years, directing and producing
documentaries. She has written two previous
books in connection with her films: Princess to
Queen and Master Race.
Catrine Clay
Location: London, UK
THE LONELY CENTURY
Noreena Hertz
Trade Paperback 9781529329261 | $32.99
Ebook 9781529329285 | $11.99 | Sceptre
Professor Noreena Hertz has travelled the
world to explore the loneliness epidemic
first-hand: ‘renting a friend’ in Japan, visiting
co-habitation spaces in Israel and trying a
week experienced entirely online. From the
spread of social media and the rise of AI to
the architecture of our cities and the growing
elderly population, loneliness is a global
issue that is affecting our health and financial
security.
The Lonely Century is a bold, game-changing
book that has the power to transform how we
behave.
NOREENA HERTZ graduated from university
aged just nineteen and went on to complete a
PhD from Cambridge University and an MBA
from the Wharton School of the University
of Pennsylvania. Her best-selling books, The
Silent Takeover, IOU: The Debt Threat and Eyes
Wide Open are published in 23 countries.
Noreena Hertz
Location: London, UK
DOG’S BEST FRIEND
Simon Garfield
Trade Paperback 9781474610742 | $32.99
Ebook 9781474610766 | $15.99 | W&N
Dogs and humans: in the last 200 years no
inter-species relationship has developed so fast
nor come so far. Dogs accompany us in every
walk of life, usually three times a day. How and
why did this relationship begin? How has it
changed over the centuries? And who’s getting
the upper hand?
A wise, witty, alternative history of humanity,
Dog’s Best Friend reflects on how our
relationship with dogs has changed over the
centuries and explores the universal desire for
non-human companionship.
SIMON GARFIELD’s previous titles include
the international bestsellers Just My Type,
On the Map and Mauve. His study of AIDS
in Britain, The End of Innocence, won the
Somerset Maugham prize.
Simon Garfield
Location: London, UK
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SIMPLY
Sabrina Ghayour
Hardback 9781784725167 | $39.99
Ebook 9781784727222 | $16.99 | Mitchell Beazley
Sabrina Ghayour’s new collection of
unmissable dishes in her signature style,
influenced by her love of fabulous flavours, is
full of delicious food that can be enjoyed with a
minimum of fuss. With sections ranging from
Effortless Eating to Traditions With a Twist,
Simply provides over 100 bold and exciting
recipes that can be enjoyed every day of the
week.
SABRINA GHAYOUR is an Iranian-born, self-
taught home cook turned chef and food writer.
She made her name hosting the hugely popular
‘Sabrina’s Kitchen’, specializing in Persian and
Middle Eastern flavours. Her award-winning
debut, Persiana, is a worldwide bestseller, and
her follow-ups Sirocco, Feasts and Bazaar were
Sunday Times bestsellers.
Sabrina Ghayour
Location: North Yorkshire, UK
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THE TROUBLE WITH PEACE
Joe Abercrombie
Trade Paperback 9780575095939 | $32.99
Ebook 9780575095953 | $15.99 | Gollancz
The second instalment in the ‘Age of Madness’
trilogy that is revolutionising fantasy . . .
Savine dan Glokta, once Adua’s most powerful
investor, finds her judgement, fortune and
reputation in tatters.
Unrest worms into every layer of society. The
Breakers still lurk in the shadows, plotting to
free the common man from his shackles, while
noblemen bicker for their own advantage. Orso
struggles to find a safe path through the maze
of knives that is politics, only for his enemies,
and his debts, to multiply.
JOE ABERCROMBIE is the author of the First
Law Trilogy. His novels have been shortlisted
for the World Fantasy Awards, British Fantasy
Awards, John W. Campbell Award and the
David Gemmell Legend Awards.
Joe Abercrombie
Location: Bath, UK
WHAT ARE YOU GOING
THROUGH
Sigrid Nunez
Trade Paperback 9780349013671 | $29.99
Ebook 9780349014067 | $15.99 | Virago
A woman visits a friend with terminal cancer.
Brilliant, strong-willed and alone, the friend,
facing death, makes a momentous request. Will
she accompany her on a holiday where she will,
without warning one day, take a lethal pill to
end her life on her own terms?
Shaken and grieving, she finds the strength
to agree. What follows is an extraordinary
story – profound, surprising and often funny
– of a lifelong friendship given the ultimate
challenge; to witness its end.
SIGRID NUNEZ has published seven novels,
including A Feather on the Breath of God, The
Last of Her Kind, Salvation City, and, most
recently, The Friend, which won the National
Book Award 2018. She has contributed to The
New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The
Paris Review, and newyorker.com.
Sigrid Nunez
Location: New York City, USA
THE 2084 REPORT
James Powell
Trade Paperback 9781529311822 | $32.99
Ebook 9781529311846 | $15.99
Hodder & Stoughton
The terrifying future of our world after climate
change – as predicted by a leading geochemist.
As his health begins to fail, a historian in the
year 2084 sets out to document the irreparable
damage climate change has wrought on the
planet over the course of his life. In a series of
short chapters, we learn that much of New York
has been abandoned, 50 million Bangladeshis
are refugees and half of the Netherlands is
under water.
This is all fiction. But it is rooted in scientific
fact..
JAMES POWELL is a professor of
geochemistry who has written five other books
about earth science and climate change and
has several honorary degrees. Asteroid 1987
SH7 is named for him.
James Powell
Location: Ohio, USA
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A GIRL MADE OF AIR
Nydia Hetherington
Trade Paperback 9781529408881 | $32.99
Ebook 9781529408898 | $15.99 | Quercuso
This is the story of The Greatest Funambulist
Who Ever Lived . . .
Born into a post-war circus family, our
nameless star was unwanted and forgotten,
abandoned in the shadows of the big top. Until
the bright light of Serendipity Wilson threw her
into focus.
Now an adult, haunted by an incident in
which a child was lost from the circus, our
narrator, a tightrope artiste, weaves together
her spellbinding tales of circus legends, earthy
magic and folklore, all in the hope of finding
the child . . ..
NYDIA HETHERINGTON studied at the
Jacques Lecoq theatre school before creating
her own theatre company. She later returned to
London to complete a creative writing degree
at Birkbeck.
Nydia Hetherington
Location: London, UK
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BURNING THE BOOKS: A
HISTORY OF KNOWLEDGE
UNDER ATTACK
Richard Ovenden
Hardback 9781529378764 | $32.99
Ebook 9781529378757 | $49.99 | John Murray
Richard Ovenden, director of Oxford’s Bodleian
Library, reveals the vital importance of libraries
to civilisations in this rich and timely history of
the destruction of knowledge, and the heroic
stories of its rescue and preservation.
Opening with the notorious bonfires of ‘un-
German’ and Jewish literature in 1933 that
offered such a clear signal of Nazi intentions,
Burning the Books takes us on a 3000-year
journey through the destruction of knowledge
and the fight against all the odds to preserve it.
RICHARD OVENDEN OBE is the Bodley’s
Librarian at the Bodelian Library in Oxford.
Since 1987 he has worked in a number of
important archives and libraries, including the
House of Lords Library, the National Library of
Scotland and in the University of Edinburgh,
Richard Ovenden
Location: England, UK
METEORITE: THE STONES
FROM OUTER SPACE THAT
MADE OUR WORLD
Tim Gregory
Trade Paperback 9781529327656 | $34.99
Ebook 9781529327670 | $15.99 | John Murray
Every rock has a story tell, and none more
so than those which have fallen from the
sky: meteorites. Originating in the Asteroid
Belt between Mars and Jupiter, these rocky
fragments offer clues not just to the earliest
origins of the Solar System but also to Earth’s
very survival into the future.
Meteorites reveal a story much bigger than
ourselves or our planet. As Sky at Night
presenter, Dr Tim Gregory says, ‘it is an epic
beyond compare’.
TIM GREGORY is a postdoctoral research
scientist at the British Geological Survey
in Nottingham. His research focuses on
measuring the age of meteorites and the
building-blocks of planets. This is his first book.
Tim Gregory
Location: Nottingham, UK
A practical and reassuring
book for children to help them
understand bushfires and what
action they can take to feel less
anxious and more prepared.
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THE BUSHFIRE BOOK:
Hachette Australia | September 2020
HOW TO BE AWARE
AND PREPARE
Polly Marsden & Chris Nixon
Hardback 9780734420077 | $19.99
Ebook 9780734420084 | $11.99
Lothian Children’s Books
An accessible and reassuring picture book
that teaches children what they need to know
about bushfires so they can understand what’s
happening and be smart and prepared, not
scared.
Australia is a big country with all sorts of
weather. And sometimes extreme weather like
bushfires. Bushfires can make a real mess of
things. The air fills with smoke. The skies turn
red. Ash falls. Precious things burn. But we
don’t need to be scared, we just need to know
all about bushfires and prepare for them.
POLLY MARSDEN is the creator behind the
concept for Big Weather (and How to Survive
It), a new ABC documentary TV series. Polly
is a speechwriter and script writer who is
passionate about the power of words to inspire
positive social change.
CHRIS NIXON is a multidisciplinary artist
with an emphasis on the handmade and
crafted, using colour, texture and pattern across
a wide range of media.
Polly Marsden & Chris Nixon
Location: Brisbane, QLD
& Perth, WA
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A beautiful picture book with a
whole lot of heart about family
in all its shapes and sizes. The
perfect bedtime read for kids
aged 3+.
A CROCODILE IN THE
FAMILY
Kitty Black & Daron Parton
Paperback 9780734419507 | $16.99
Ebook 9780734419514 | $12.99
Lothian Children’s Books
A family of birds stumble across an egg in the
bush and take it home with them. The family
are thrilled when a little crocodile hatches
from the egg, but the other animals are a little
confused.
As Croccy gets bigger, the bush animals
become more confused. ‘Is it because he’s
beautiful? Is it because he’s fun? Is it because
he makes a great coat rack? Is that it? Is that
why you keep him?’
Croccy is beautiful, and he is fun, and he does
make a great coat rack. But that’s not why the
family keep him. They keep Croccy because he
belongs with them. And that’s that.
KITTY BLACK has a background in
psychology and education, which taught her
the importance of stories. She lives with her
husband and two children who are excellent at
providing both inspiration and noise, although
rarely in equal amounts.
DARON PARTON is an award-winning
illustrator who was born in the UK, married
a Kiwi, and moved to New Zealand in 1995.
He is also an illustration tutor at Auckland
University of Technology.
Kitty Black & Daron Parton
Location: Perth, WA &
Auckland, NZ
THE WIZARDS OF ONCE:
NEVER AND FOREVER
Cressida Cowell
Trade Paperback 9781444956627 | $19.99
Ebook 9781444956412 | $11.99
Hodder Children’s Books
The final book in The Wizards of Once quartet.
Warriors and Wizards combine forces against
the dreadful power of the Kingwitch, whose
searing evil threatens not only the Wildwoods,
but all its creatures.
CRESSIDA COWELL is currently the
Waterstones Children’s Laureate (2019 –
2021). She is the author and illustrator of the
bestselling The Wizards of Once and How to
Train Your Dragon books series.
The Wizards of Once series has been
translated into 38 languages and has been
signed by DreamWorks Animation. How to
Train Your Dragon has sold over 8 million
books worldwide and is a major DreamWorks
Animation film franchise, as well as being
made into a TV series on Netflix and CBBC.
Cressida Cowell
Location: London, UK
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A CLIMATE IN CHAOS
Neal Layton
Paperback 9781526362315 | $15.99
Ebook 9781526362322 | $10.99 | Wren & Rook
Our world is warming up, and it’s a big
problem. Award-winning author-illustrator Neal
Layton is here to explain what climate change
is, what’s causing it and why it’s dangerous for
animals and humans alike. But he’s also FULL
of ideas for how you can help! From eating
lots more veggies to walking and cycling and
thinking carefully about what we need to buy,
A Climate in Chaos will get young readers
excited about how they can make a difference
to keep Planet Earth happy.
This brilliant non-fiction picture book,
illustrated in Neal’s trademark collage style, is
perfect for readers aged 5-7 who love nature
and want to help the environment.
NEAL LAYTON is an award-winning illustrator
and author of children’s books, who has won
several prizes including a Gold Award in the
Nestle Children’s Book Prize.
Neal Layton
Location: Portsmouth, UK
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THE GOODY
Lauren Child
Hardback 9781408347584 | $24.99
Ebook 9781408347607 | $21.99 | Orchard Books
Chirton Krauss is a good child – the very
goodest. He does everything he is told, when
he is told. He even does good things without
being told. He eats his broccoli, he goes to bed
on time and he never, ever sticks his finger up
his nose. Meanwhile, Chirton’s sister, Myrtle, is
NOT a good child. She stays up late, she never
cleans out the rabbit’s hutch and she drops her
choco puffs all over the carpet!
But what will happen when Chirton Krauss
decides that being THE GOODY isn’t so good
after all?
A charmingly funny story about the
importance of kindness, and allowing children
the freedom to be themselves.
LAUREN CHILD is the multi-award-winning
creator of Charlie and Lola and is the
Waterstone’s Children’s Laureate (2017-2019).
Lauren Child
Location: London, UK
THE WORRY (LESS) BOOK:
FEEL STRONG, FIND CALM
AND TAME YOUR ANXIETY
Rachel Brian
Hardback 9781526362780 | $16.99
Ebook 9781526362933 | $9.99 | Wren & Rook
We all have a mixture of fun and not-so
fun feelings. And everyone feels worried
sometimes. But too much anxiety can get in
the way.
This fun and practical book is the perfect
teaching tool and empowering guide to dealing
with anxiety for kids and families everywhere.
RACHEL BRIAN is the founder, owner, and
principal animator of Blue Seat Studios. She
is best known for her work on ‘Tea Consent,’
a video that has been translated into over 20
languages and has had more than 150 million
views worldwide across platforms. A long-time
artist, Rachel is a former researcher and an
educator, having taught physiology, biology,
and maths at both the high school and college
level.
Rachel Brian
Location: Rhode Island, US
OI AARDVARK!
Kes Gray & Jim Field
Hardback 9781444955910 | $24.99
Ebook 9781444955934 | $21.99
Hodder Children’s Books
Armadillos sit on pillows, bunnies sit on honey
and cheetahs sit on fajitas...
Let Frog, Dog and Cat guide you through
the alphabet from Aardvark to Zebra in this
hilarious new picture book from the creators of
OI FROG! With a special fold-out surprise!
The laughter never ends with Oi Frog and
Friends!
KES GRAY is a bestselling, multi award-
winning author of more than 70 books for
children. He eats Ideaflakes for breakfast,
spreads silliness on his toast and lives in a
place called Different.
JIM FIELD is a lead-driven, pencil-pushing,
25-frames-per-second Led Zeppelin fan. He has
also illustrated a string of bestselling, multi-
award-winning children’s books.
Kes Gray & Jim Field
Location: Essex, UK &
Paris, France
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DARE TO BE YOU
Matthew Syed
Paperback: 9781526362377 | $19.99
Ebook 9781526362384 | $11.99 | Wren & Rook
From the bestselling, award-winning author
of You Are Awesome comes the much-
anticipated follow-up, Dare to be You.
Drawing examples from sport, science and
even business, Dare to Be You empowers young
readers to follow their own path, love what
makes them different and question the world
around them. This groundbreaking, practical
and positive book will help kids develop the
inner confidence to grow into happy adults
who know – and, more importantly, LIKE –
themselves.
MATTHEW SYED is an acclaimed author and
a former international table tennis champion.
His first book for kids, You Are Awesome,
was a number one bestseller and won Best
Children’s Non-fiction Book 2019. He is also
a trustee of Greenhouse Sports, a charity that
empowers young people from disadvantaged
communities through sport.
Matthew Syed
Location: Richmond, UK