✨📢 It's here! 📢✨
We are so thrilled to announce The Readers Department, our brand new Australia & New Zealand influencer program, where you have the chance to get early copies of our upcoming books. This is a new and improved program, starting from scratch, so even if you have previously received books from us, you'll need to reapply! 📚
Head on over to the 🔗 in our bio and put through your application!
We can't wait to welcome you to the The Readers Department.
Gus LOVES being an only child. No matter what he does, Mummy, Daddy, Nanna and Grandad think it's cute.
Then Blossom arrives. Gus thinks his little sister is just a dribbly, boring, stinky baby. But everyone else thinks she's so cute! She's ruining EVERYTHING for Gus!
For growing families everywhere, this is an adorable picture book about adjusting to change and learning to love the new baby in your life.
This Baby is NOT Cute by Miranda Birthisel and illustrated by Jedda Robaard is out now.
Look! Here comes The Sleepy Train. It's coming, can you see?
All aboard The Sleepy Train and do the stops with me!
Join The Sleepy Train on its nightly journey from the Bathtime Station to the Bedtime Station and all the important stops in-between!
The Sleepy Train by Sharna Carter and illustrated by Patrick Corrigan is out now.
This book doesn’t just tell you what to see and do in Japan (though it will give you many ideas); it teaches you how to travel, offering priceless insights into Japan’s culture and history to help guide you towards a more authentic connection.
Secret Japan by Jane Lawson is out now.
What an incredible achievement! We’re so thrilled to see The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams and The Butterfly Women by Madeleine Cleary featured in the @dymocksbooks Top 101 📚✨
Massive congratulations to both authors ❤️
The annual Curlew Street scarecrow competition is back, and the residents of Melbourne’s inner north have never seen an entry like it. Shirt bloody, head and arms slumped over a scarecrow crucifix: Victoria’s most conservative Supreme Court Judge, Harry ‘The Pope’ Somerton, is dead.
Priyanka Pal, a former psychologist turned homicide detective, is disturbed when her investigation uncovers corruption close to home. Forced to confront the abuses of powerful men – the very reason she left psychology – Priyanka’s faith in the justice system falters.
Emma Bloom is sophisticated, intelligent, and seems to have it all together. But her prickly, estranged sister, Margot, knows the truth. Their attempts at reconciliation spiral into crisis with the death of Emma’s abusive husband, The Pope.
As secrets unravel and Priyanka’s investigation cuts close to home, the sisters risk losing what fragile family ties they have left, and Priyanka’s career is on the edge. None of them will ever feel the same way about themselves (or their neighbours) again...
Neighbourhood Watch by Lauren Williams is coming in July. You can pre-order now.
P.S. Mind the cat.
When Elizabeth finds a dead body on a park bench – her own – she knows it’s a sign that she needs to make some big changes in her life.
Staff at her retirement home are too busy to listen when she tries to get their attention, but she is persuaded she must leave its suffocating routine without further delay. In opening the door and walking away, Elizabeth makes an audacious decision in search of a better future and a connection to her past.
Simply Beside Herself by Judith Katherine is a warm, charming novel about reclaiming independence at every stage of life, for readers of Amanda Hampson and Joanna Nell.
Buckle up for this wickedly dark police procedural with a hint of the supernatural!
When Detective Sergeant Anastasia Brown is sent to investigate a grizzly murder in a small New South Wales town, she welcomes the chance to run from heartbreak and humiliation. But she quickly discovers that this is no ordinary murder...
Is this a clever killer with a flair for the macabre? Or the work of an elusive Wiccan coven that worships on the mountain? Or, even stranger, are the local murmurs of the mountain being haunted more than just folklore?
Devil Mountain by Inessa Jackson @inessa_jackson_writer is coming May 26. Pre-order now.
From Walkley-winning activist artist Badiucao and Emmy-nominated journalist Melissa Chan comes a near-future dystopian graphic novel about technology, authoritarian government, and the lengths that one will go to in the fight for freedom.
Coming September, you can pre-order You Must Take Part in Revolution now.
Hi, I'm Luna! This diary you're reading? My mum's idea. She said it will help me to focus. You see, my mind is always racing with a million thoughts! I have so much I want to say and do! So, I'm going to use this diary to show you EVERYTHING that's going on in my world…
Luna Merrian is going on a BIG trip, and she could not be more excited! But school camp isn't all toasted marshmallows and fun activities. Being away from home is an adventure in itself, especially when Luna hears some seriously spooky noises at night...
Luna's World: Camp Chaos by Hayley Gannon and illustrated by Michelle Conn is out now.
Travel around Australia with Little Bee on a search for new friends! From a beautiful blue-banded bee in the south to a sweet sugarbag bee in the north, follow Little Bee and friends as they share the wonders of the Australian landscape.
From the bestselling author-illustrator of Down the Road, Little Bee comes this glorious picture-book introduction to the native bees of Australia.
Down the Bush Track, Little Bee by Sarah Jane Lightfoot is out now!
Come and take a wander
down a scrubby, bushy track,
where the soft breeze rustles secrets,
and the wind sings at your back.
But when dusk falls and mist descends over the forest, the real bush magic begins...
Discover the hidden secrets of the Australian bush at night in this enchanting follow-up to the bestselling Fairy Beach. ✨
Fairy Forest by @sheila.knaggs and illustrated by @jennifer_falkner_illustration is out now.
