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Happy Holidays everyone! 🎁✨From all of us here at Allen & Unwin Australia, we hope you have a lovely and safe festive se...
24/12/2025

Happy Holidays everyone! 🎁✨

From all of us here at Allen & Unwin Australia, we hope you have a lovely and safe festive season! 💛

Count down to the BIG day with our 12 Days of Bookmas recs! 📚🎁For our final day of Bookmas, we couldn't not include the ...
24/12/2025

Count down to the BIG day with our 12 Days of Bookmas recs! 📚🎁

For our final day of Bookmas, we couldn't not include the Master of Australian crime fiction himself, Chris Hammer! This is 'Legacy.'

After avoiding multiple attempts on his life, Martin Scarsden flees to the outback, only to find danger follows. As he races to uncover why he’s being hunted, the trail leads to a disgraced ex-wife, a fugitive, and a long-buried mystery.

Find out more here 👉 https://bit.ly/4jMuyB7

Count down to the BIG day with our 12 Days of Bookmas recs! 📚🎁From the bestselling author of 'The Drowning', Bryan Brown...
23/12/2025

Count down to the BIG day with our 12 Days of Bookmas recs! 📚🎁

From the bestselling author of 'The Drowning', Bryan Brown's distinctive storytelling voice returns in 'The Hidden'.

Every town has its secrets - some wilder than others. Drug busts, dead roosters, a suspicious death and a predator on the loose. Can Sergeant William Jarrett get to the bottom of what's really going on beneath the surface of this seemingly quiet town?

Find out more here 👉 https://bit.ly/3Zxzfrw

Count down to the BIG day with our 12 Days of Bookmas recs! 📚🎁The Lincoln Lawyer is back in, 'The Proving Ground' by Mic...
22/12/2025

Count down to the BIG day with our 12 Days of Bookmas recs! 📚🎁

The Lincoln Lawyer is back in, 'The Proving Ground' by Michael Connelly.

Mickey Haller tackles a case against an AI company whose product may have been responsible for the murder of a young girl.

Find out more here 👉 https://bit.ly/46SiyK2

Count down to the BIG day with our 12 Days of Bookmas recs! 📚🎁This is the extraordinary life of Australian scientist Mar...
21/12/2025

Count down to the BIG day with our 12 Days of Bookmas recs! 📚🎁

This is the extraordinary life of Australian scientist Mark Oliphant, the mind behind the atomic bomb, radar and more. Discover 'Oliphant' by bestselling author Roland Perry.

Drawing on interviews with Oliphant, Perry captures his journey from humble beginnings in Adelaide to his pivotal role in radar development and the Manhattan Project.

Find out more here 👉 https://bit.ly/3VJOECD

Count down to the BIG day with our 12 Days of Bookmas recs! 📚🎁From the award-winning author of 'The Museum of Modern Lov...
20/12/2025

Count down to the BIG day with our 12 Days of Bookmas recs! 📚🎁

From the award-winning author of 'The Museum of Modern Love' and 'Bruny' comes an enthralling tale of legacy, love and the making of champagne. This is 'A Great Act of Love' by Heather Rose.

In 1839 Van Diemen’s Land, Caroline fights to rebuild her life while guarding a powerful secret. An immensely beautiful and heartrending saga of a father and daughter, and the enduring power of familial love.

Find out more here 👉 https://bit.ly/4lcG1eA

Count down to the BIG day with our 12 Days of Bookmas recs! 📚🎁Bigger, buffer and even more insecure than before, The Gra...
19/12/2025

Count down to the BIG day with our 12 Days of Bookmas recs! 📚🎁

Bigger, buffer and even more insecure than before, The Grade Cricketer is back!

'Alphas, Champs and Chop Kings' is an induction to grade cricket handed down through generations of cricketers who weren't quite good enough to play professionally.

Find out more here 👉 https://bit.ly/48LFJZb

Count down to the BIG day with our 12 Days of Bookmas recs! 📚🎁This is 'The Australian Wars' edited by Rachel Perkins, St...
18/12/2025

Count down to the BIG day with our 12 Days of Bookmas recs! 📚🎁

This is 'The Australian Wars' edited by Rachel Perkins, Stephen Gapps, Mina Murray and Henry Reynolds.

Bringing what for too long has been considered the historical past into connection with its reverberations in the present, this groundbreaking book tells the stories of many battles across three crucial time periods, and all the states and territories.

Find out more here 👉 https://bit.ly/4nuRreq

Count down to the BIG day with our 12 Days of Bookmas recs! 📚🎁Sequel to the phenomenal bestseller and family favourite, ...
17/12/2025

Count down to the BIG day with our 12 Days of Bookmas recs! 📚🎁

Sequel to the phenomenal bestseller and family favourite, 'Runt', check out 'Runt and the Diabolical Dognapping' by Craig Silvey, and illustrated by Sara Acton.

Six weeks after the Krumpets Dog Show, Annie and Runt face a new challenge: Runt has vanished. With a ransom note demanding Annie win the upcoming Tournament of Champions to get him back, she and her brother Max race to uncover the truth and save their beloved dog.

Find out more here 👉 https://bit.ly/3HHL7ky

16/12/2025

With the third test starting today, we wanted to remind all cricket lovers out there about 'The Grade Cricketer: Alphas, Champs and Chop Kings' by The Grade Cricketer which is out right now!

This is an induction to grade cricket handed down through generations of cricketers who weren't quite good enough to play professionally.

Learn more here 👉 https://bit.ly/48LFJZb

Count down to the BIG day with our 12 Days of Bookmas recs! 📚🎁Looking for a page-turning, thrilling rural romance this h...
16/12/2025

Count down to the BIG day with our 12 Days of Bookmas recs! 📚🎁

Looking for a page-turning, thrilling rural romance this holiday season? Then check out, 'Rumour Has It' by bestselling author Karly Lane.

Aubree’s life is upended by a family scandal and small-town gossip. When her first love returns, past and present clash - and sparks fly again.

Find out more here 👉 https://bit.ly/3KdtgU2

Count down to the BIG day with our 12 Days of Bookmas recs! 📚🎁The indefatigable Miss Phryne Fisher returns to solve what...
15/12/2025

Count down to the BIG day with our 12 Days of Bookmas recs! 📚🎁

The indefatigable Miss Phryne Fisher returns to solve what may be her most puzzling murder. This is 'Murder in the Cathedral' by Kerry Greenwood.

When Phryne Fisher is invited to witness the investiture of her old friend Lionel, her expectations of the solemn and dignified ceremony do not include a murder. Will Phryne be able to bring to light the proof she needs before the murderer strikes again or disappears completely?

Find out more here 👉 https://bit.ly/4n8RVXf

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