We don't know about you, but cosying up to read in the cold, wet winter months is one of our favourite things to do. As bookworms, we love any excuse to curl up by the fire with our favourite reads.
Whether you're feeling introspective, adventurous, or simply craving a cosy escape, we've got you covered with a selection of recommendations tailored to match your vibe this winter.
Drawn to historical mysteries?
Check out Cassandra Pybus's A Very Secret Trade for a fascinating journey through the past.
About A Very Secret Trade
'Exhaustively researched and arrestingly told' Mark McKenna
In the nineteenth century, collectors and museum curators in Europe were fascinated by the antipodean colony of Tasmania.
Cassandra Pybus has uncovered one of the darkest and most carefully hidden secrets in Australia's colonial history.
Curious about the benefits and disturbing risks of the new weight loss drug revolution?
Johann Hair's ‘Magic Pill’ dives deep into all things diet pill, offering some extremely interesting insights.
About Magic Pill
'Magic Pill will help you think more clearly about eating, dieting, health and mental health, even if you never touch Ozempic' Jonathan Haidt
Can these drugs really be as good as they sound? Are they a magic solution or a magical illusion? Magic Pill is an essential guide to the revolution that has already begun.
Want to eavesdrop on two great writers as they talk books, people and the world for forty years?
Hazzard and Harrower, edited by Brigitta Olubas and Susan Wyndham, serves up a fascinating peek into their correspondence.
About Hazzard and Harrower
Shirley Hazzard and Elizabeth Harrower exchanged letters, cards and telegrams, and made occasional phone calls between Harrower's home in Sydney and Hazzard's apartments in New York, Naples and Capri. The two women wrote to each other of their daily lives, of impediments to writing, their reading, politics and world affairs, and in Hazzard's case, her travels.
Feeling like diving into a personal memoir exploring family, relationships, and resilience in urban Aboriginal communities?
Ashlee Donohue's Because I Love Him delivers a heartfelt narrative of her life.
About Because I Love Him
A memoir of privileged insight into strong family ties, the intricacies of relationships and the unspoken expectations within urban Aboriginal communities. This is a very personal account of love, loss, addiction, motherhood and domestic violence. Ashlee chronicles the profound impact of life on the margins on herself, her family and her community.
Want to get warm with a book about an adrenaline-fueled adventure into the Australian outback?
Join solo traveller Katy on the Coral Coast of Western Australia in Red River Road by Anna Downes.
About Red River Road
In this nerve-shredding outback thriller, our obsessions with freedom and beauty collide with our fear of what lies in the wilderness, and the truth behind Phoebe's disappearance proves stranger and darker than Katy could ever have guessed...
'Utterly addictive and deliciously dark' Sally Hepworth
Curious about speculative fiction and pondering the future?
Becky Chambers's A Psalm for the Wild-Built offers a mind-bending ride into uncharted territories.
About A Psalm for the Wild-Built
In A Psalm for the Wild-Built, Hugo Award-winner Becky Chambers's delightful new Monk & Robot series gives us hope for the future. It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en masse, into the wilderness, never to be seen again; centuries since they faded into myth and urban legend.
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