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Larrikin House, May 2026, 32 pp., $24.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781923345348
Real experience underpins Archie Can’t Sit Still. Written by Dani Vee and James Layton, they have both been diagnosed with ADHD which makes you feel it is authentic. The double page where Archie keeps fidgeting, twi...
Harper Fire, June 2026, 336 pp., $19.99 (pbk), ISBN 9780008757816
Mirrorwoven is a young adult fantasy romance about Del, a runaway princess who has magically disguised her face. Determined to build a new life as a musician in a foreign city, Del follows two rules: stay away from royalty and don’t fall in love. What follows is a sapphic l...
Scribble, June 2026, 32 pp., $27.99 (hbk), ISBN 9781761381881
When two pint-sized aliens Zimothy and Meep explore the galaxy, they accidentally discover in a schoolroom a mysterious Earth artefact called a ‘crayon’. They’re amazed at its magical powers. What is the magic? It is the crayon of course. It can express your ideas, thoughts, dreams....
Lothian Children’s Books, July 2026, 267 pp., $16.99 (pbk), ISBN 9780733654596
I’ve spent a lifetime exploring unanswered questions—small wonder that I ended up with a PhD in philosophy. Many of the questions were born from curiosity; others from fear, including both a fascination and foreboding about death. So, I recognised myself immediate...
Angus & Robertson, April 2026, 256 pp., $17.99 (pbk), ISBN 9781460767443
A retirement village might not be the first place you would expect to find the perfect setting for a middle grade mystery, but The Clueless Guide to Solving a Mystery by Samera Kamaleddine makes it work. When Claud...