The digital life of a neighbourhood bookstore
Monday, 2 June 2025 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing There’s a quiet kind of thrill in stumbling across a new…
PRH acquires Stedman’s ‘A Far-flung Life’
Monday, 2 June 2025 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing Penguin Random House (PRH) Australia fiction publisher Beverley Cousins has acquired…
The best new books to read in June 2025
With summer upon us, so too is summer reading season – and this month’s literary pickings are ripe.…
Fully Booked at ICPL: Books that answer ‘what can I do?’
As a librarian who works with teens, I know the job isn’t just about recommending books. It’s about…
Never Flinch book review: Stephen King tries plotting and comes out plodding
Stephen King doesn’t do plotting. “Plot is,” he decreed in his memoir On Writing, “the good writer’s last…
‘Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man)’ and more mysteries
“The Girl from Greenwich Street,” by Lauren Willig (William Morrow) “The Girl from Greenwich Street,” by Lauren Willig…
Ocean book review: David Attenborough still wants to change the world
Ocean is gripping. It dives into some key habitats, meets intriguing characters, explores the challenges they face and…
A Read With Jenna title and a Denver author’s newest – The Denver Post
THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE COMMON OCTOPUSBy Emma Knight.Pamela Dorman Books. 370 pp. $29. “Tough Luck,” by Sandra…
Best books to read this week and where to buy them
Looking for your next page-turner? Here’s our guide to the best books to read. It’s 1938 and on…
A new top Australian cookbook; and a triply cosy week of bestsellers
Monday, 28 April 2025 Books+Publishing @booksandpublishing Top 10 bestsellers The Let Them Theory (Mel Robbins & Sawyer…