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THE HATE RACEMaxine Beneba Clarke Paperback RRP $32.99 9th August release, advance orders welcome

Suburban Australia. Sweltering heat. Three bedroom blonde-brick. Family of fi ve. Beat-up

Ford Falcon. Vegemite on toast. Maxine Beneba Clarke’s life is just like all the other Aussie kids on her street. Except for this one, glaring, inescapably obvious thing.

From one of Australia’s most exciting writers, and the author of the multi-award-winning Foreign Soil, comes The Hate Race: a powerful, funny, and at times devastating memoir about growing up black in white middle-class Australia.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Maxine Beneba Clarke is a widely published Australian writer of Afro-Caribbean descent. Her critically acclaimed short fi ction collection Foreign Soil (2014) won the 2015 Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction, and the ABIA for Literary Fiction Book of the Year 2015. A collection of Maxine’s poetry Carrying The World, her memoir The Hate Race and her fi rst children’s picture book The Patchwork Bike will be published in 2016.

HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD - PARTS I & II (SPECIAL REHEARSAL EDITION) J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany & Jack Thorne

Hardback RRP $45.00 Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, comes a new play which revolves around Harry Potter’s life 19 years later as a Ministry of Magic employee and the weight his son, Albus, feels as the child of a legendary wizard.

THE GIRL WITH THE LOWER BACK TATTOO Amy Schumer Hardback RRP $29.99 17th August release, advance orders welcome

In The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, Amy proves to be a fearless, original, and always entertaining storyteller, sharing stories about her family, her relationships, her career, good (and bad) sex, recounting the experiences that have shaped who she is today.

DON’T CALLME BEAR Aaron Blabey Hardback RRP $16.99

G’day my name is Warren, and I’ve got something to share...

Just because I’m furry doesn’t mean that I’m a bear.

Warren the Koala is many things—a marsupial, cute and furry, a bit of a grump—but the one thing he’s not is a bear! Age 3+

BLUE DOG Louis de Bernières Hardback RRP $29.99 In this charming prequel to the much-loved Red Dog, Louis de

Bernières tells the moving story of a young boy and his Granpa, and the charismatic and entertaining dog who so many readers hold close to their hearts. A heart-warming story of a young boy and his dog adventuring through the outback.

GHOST EMPIRE Richard Fidler Hardback RRP $39.99 In 2014, Richard Fidler and his son Joe made a journey to Istanbul.

Fired by Richard’s passion for the rich history of the dazzling Byzantine Empire - centred around the legendary Constantinople - we are swept into some of the most extraordinary tales in history. The clash of civilizations, the fall of empires, the rise of Christianity, revenge, lust, murder.

TRULY MADLY GUILTY Liane Moriarty Paperback RRP $32.99 Clementine is haunted by regret. It was just

a barbeque. They didn’t even know their hosts that well, they were friends of friends. They could so easily have said no. But she and her husband Sam said yes, and now they can never change what they did and didn’t do that Sunday afternoon.

LES PARISIENNES Anne Sebba Paperback RRP $32.99 How Parisian women loved, lived and died in the 1940s - under Occupation and

then after Liberation, exploring the aftershock of the Second World War and the choices demanded. Les Parisiennes is a fascinating account of the lives of people of the city and, specifi cally, its women and young girls.

MARGE IN CHARGE Isla Fisher Paperback RRP $14.99 An eccentric babysitter called Marge is left in charge of two

children called Jemima and Jake. Marge breaks all the ‘rules’ by feeding them chocolate soup and playing dress-up in Mum’s closet. By days end it is Jemima and Jake who have to put the babysitter to bed, not the other way round. Age 7+

KIDS PICKTHE 78-STOREY TREEHOUSE Andy Griffi ths & Terry Denton (Illus) Paperback RRP $14.99 9th August release, advance orders welcome

The latest instalment in the hugely successful, award-winning Treehouse

series! Join Andy and Terry in their spectacular new 78-storey treehouse. They’ve added 13 new levels including a drive-thru car wash, a combining machine, a scribbletorium, an ALL-BALL sports stadium, Andyland, Terrytown, a high-security potato chip storage facility and an open-air movie theatre. Well, what are you waiting for? Come on up! Age 6+

ALL MY TREASURES:A BOOK OF JOY Jo Witek & Christine Roussey (Illus) Hardback RRP $21.99

When a girl receives a beautiful porcelain box from her grandmother, she immediately wants something special to put inside it. But what could it be? What does she love best? With a gentle message about the immateriality of happiness, this story reminds us to take pleasure in everyday moments. Age 3+

THE INDEPENDENT BOOKSELLER'S

MONTHLY HIGHLIGHTS AUGUST

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MONTHLY HIGHLIGHTS AUGUST

Mr Huff (Anna Walker, Viking)

My Dog Bigsy(Alison Lester, Viking)

Ollie and the Wind(Ghosh Ronojoy, Random House)

Perfect(Danny Parker, illus by Freya Blackwood, Little Hare)

Piranhas Don’t Eat Bananas(Aaron Blabey, Scholastic)

The Cow Tripped over the Moon(Tony Wilson, illus by Laura Wood, Scholastic)

EARLY CHILDHOOD Cloudwish(Fiona Wood, Macmillan)

Freedom Ride(Sue Lawson, Black Dog Books)

Inbetween Days(Vikki Wakefi eld, Text)

The Flywheel(Erin Gough, Hardie Grant Egmont)

The Pause(John Larkin, Random House)

A Single Stone(Meg McKinlay, Walker Books)

OLDER READERS Molly and Pim and the Millions of Stars(Martine Murray, Text)

Run, Pip, Run(J C Jones, A&U)

Shadows of the Master(Emily Rodda, Omnibus)

Sister Heart(Sally Morgan, Fremantle Press)

Soon(Morris Gleitzman, Viking)

The Cleo Stories:A Friend and a Pet(Libby Gleeson & Freya Blackwood, A&U)

YOUNGER READERS

Ancestry: Stories of Multicultural Anzacs(Robyn Siers & Carlie Walker, Department of Veterans’ Affairs)

Lennie the Legend: Solo to Sydney by Pony(Stephanie Owen Reeder, NLA Publishing)

Phasmid: Saving the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect(Rohan Cleave, illus by Coral Tulloch, CSIRO Publishing)

The Amazing True Story of How Babies Are Made(Fiona Katauskas, ABC Books)

The White Mouse: The Story of Nancy Wake(Peter Gouldthorpe, Omnibus)

We Are the Rebels: The Men and Women Who Made Eureka(Clare Wright, Text)

EVE POWNALL AWARDFOR INFORMATION BOOKS

And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda(Eric Bogle, illus by Bruce Whatley, A&U)

Flight(Nadia Wheatley, illus by Armin Greder, Windy Hollow)

My Dead Bunny(Sigi Cohen, illus by James Foley, Walker Books)

One Step at a Time(Jane Jolly, illus by Sally Heinrich, MidnightSun)

Ride, Ricardo, Ride!(Phil Cummings, illus by Shane Devries, Omnibus)

Suri’s Wall(Lucy Estela, illus by Matt Ottley, Viking)

PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR

The Children’s Book Council of Australia SHORTLIST 2016 Winner and Honour Books to be announced Friday August 19

(Sigi Cohen, illus by James Foley, Walker Books)

(Jane Jolly, illus by Sally Heinrich, MidnightSun)

(Phil Cummings, illus by Shane Devries, Omnibus)

(Ghosh Ronojoy, Random House)

EARLY CHILDHOOD Molly and Pim and the Millions

Shadows of the Master

(Sally Morgan, Fremantle Press)

EARLY CHILDHOOD

The Children’s Book Council of Australia

(Sally Morgan, Fremantle Press)(Sally Morgan, Fremantle Press)

THE NATURAL COOK Matt Stone Hardback RRP $39.99 How do you cook irresistible food without harming the planet?

Matt Stone, one of Australia’s brightest young chefs, is a passionate advocate of zero-waste cooking and ethical food, and an even bigger fan of a cracking meal. Whether it’s a nourishing breakfast, a quick weeknight meal or a feast for friends, Matt shows how creating sustainable food that’s full of fl avour is easier than you think.

HOMESPACE Darren Palmer Hardback RRP $39.99 Discover how interior design can respond to the individual needs of different types of families to make their experience of their living spaces as comfortable and effi cient as possible.

Through a selection of family homes, Darren Palmer gives us an insight into their occupants’ relationship to their living spaces, providing information as well as solutions to questions we may have about what some of our own design challenges may currently be, or may be in the future. In HomeSpace, we’ll fi nd out what makes people happy and fulfi lled through the homes they have created, homes that work to support the family in their lives.