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FICTION

ALEX HAMMOND

THE UNBROKEN LINE

Melbourne defence lawyer Will Harris's fledgling law firm is struggling to get off the ground when he is the target of a vicious, anonymous attack. It's a clear message to back off, but from whom? Meanwhile, he's under siege at work: his links to the grey world of judicial back channels are being closely examined. With bills mounting and against his better instincts, Will agrees to defend the troubled teenage son of a family friend. Before long he's risking his own ethical code, playing off both sides of the law in the search for the truth.

It's not until he stumbles upon a mysterious document known as Hawk's Covenant that Will begins to understand the powerful grip of history over current-day Melbourne. The violence of the past casts a long shadow: one that lives and breathes and is prepared to kill to keep its secrets.

In razor-sharp prose Alex Hammond creates a gripping portrait of power, revenge and the tyranny of family legacy, seen through the eyes of the enormously compelling Will Harris.

9781921901508 320 pages Fiction, Thriller PUBLICATION DATE:

JULY 2015 Rights Available: UK

SONYA HARTNETT

GOLDEN BOYS

Longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award 2015.

Colt Jenson and his younger brother Bastian live in a world of shiny, new things - skateboards, slot cars, train sets and even the latest BMX. Their affluent father, Rex, has made sure that they'll be the envy of the new, working-class suburb where they've moved. But underneath the surface of the perfect family, is there something unsettling about the Jensons? To the local kids, Rex becomes a kind of hero, but Colt senses there's something in his father that could destroy their fragile new lives.

Sonya Hartnett's third novel for adults is perfectly formed and utterly compelling, an unflinching and disquieting work from one of Australia's finest writers.

9781926428543 360 pages Fiction PUBLICATION DATE:

SEPTEMBER 2014 Rights Available: UK, CAN, Translation, Film Rights Sold: US – Candlewick, Italian – Bompiani

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RICHARD McHUGH

CHARLIE ANDERSON'S GENERAL THEORY OF LYING

Charlie Anderson is sure of himself. He’s sure he’s the best consultant in town. He’s completely sure his clever wife Anna, in line to be the first female CEO in the Bank’s history, is the love of his life and his three smart, happy daughters are the centre of his world. And there’s no question he’s a first-class liar and seducer. In all things, Charlie knows the rules of the game. But what happens when he meets someone who can outplay him? Or when Anna’s rising star threatens to outshine his own? Or when his daughters begin to draw the attention of men – maybe even men like him?

Ranging from the politics of the bedroom to the post GFC economy, Charlie Anderson’s General Theory of Lying is a wildly entertaining portrait of coming unstuck. Funny, Provoking and confronting, it is a remarkable debut novel that shows us afresh the world we live in now.

9781926428543 360 pages Fiction PUBLICATION DATE: JUNE 2015

Rights Available: UK, US, CAN, Translation, Film

FIONA McINTOSH

THE LAST DANCE

It all started with just one dance . . . Stella Myles is impoverished by a family crisis and forced to make ends meet by selling herself as a dance partner in a Piccadilly ballroom. Here she meets the enigmatic Montgomery, who orchestrates a job for her as governess with the wealthy Ainsworth family at Harp's End, Sussex. But at Harp's End nothing is as straightforward as it first seems. Stella encounters a family with more secrets than most, and struggles to fit in about or below stairs - although nothing proves so challenging as restraining her emotions for the mysterious Douglas Ainsworth.

From the rolling green hills of the Kentish Weald to the colourful alleys and bazaars of Morocco, this is a heart-stopping novel of romance, intrigue and danger - and a passion to risk dying for.

9781921901973 432 pages Fiction PUBLICATION DATE: APRIL 2015


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FIONA McINTOSH

THE PERFUMER'S SECRET

On the eve of the First World War, Fleurette, the only daughter of the wealthy Delacroix perfume house, is being forced to marry a man she loathes, Aimery De Lasset, head of the pre-eminent perfume manufacturer in France. It is only the cathedral bells tolling the rally to the frontlines on her wedding night that save her from sharing his bed.

When she receives a letter from Aimery's estranged brother warning against their union, Fleurette is left with the burden of a terrible secret. It is one that has the power to shatter the two families and their perfume empires once and for all.

The highly anticipated new blockbuster from the bestselling author of The Lavender Keeper and The Last Dance.

9780143799764 440 pages Fiction PUBLICATION DATE:

NOVEMBER 2015 Rights Available: UK, US, CAN, Translation, Film

OMAR MUSA

HERE COME THE DOGS

Longlisted for the Miles Franklin Award 2015

'This stunning debut novel has such swaggering exuberance that it will make most other fiction you read this year seem criminally dull. You have been warned.' Irvine Welsh

A rare glimpse inside the world of multi-ethnic youth, who bond in hip hop and graffiti crews, pop pills and get pissed, and fill their lives with sex, sport and the dogs. Popular Solomon, a handsome but listless Islander-Australian, his troubled younger brother Jimmy, proud Macedonian-Australian Aleks and New Zealand ex-pat artist Scarlett are each looking for something more than the marginalised lives stretching out before them like the grey suburbs spreading into the bush. As they try to ignore the casual racism that inevitably comes their way - and sometimes violently fail to do so - they each look for a catalyst to break the cycles of hopelessness and thwarted ambition. Eventually, one's dreams of making a mark end with the surrounding hills engulfed in bushfire.

9780670077090 352 pages Fiction PUBLICATION DATE: AUGUST 2014

Rights Available: UK, Translation, Film Rights Sold: US & Canada: The New Press

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DEBRA OSWALD USEFUL

Sullivan Moss is useless. Once a charming underachiever, he's now such a loser that he can't even commit suicide properly. Waking up in hospital after falling the wrong way on a rooftop, he comes to a decision. He shouldn't waste perfectly good organs just because they're attached to his head. After a life of regrets, Sully wants to do one useful thing: he wants to donate a kidney to a stranger.

As he scrambles over the hurdles to become a donor, Sully almost accidentally forges a new life for himself. Sober and employed, he makes new friends, not least radio producer Natalie and her son Louis, and begins to patch things up with old ones, like his ex-best mate Tim. Suddenly, everyone wants a piece of him. But altruism is not as easy as it seems. Just when he thinks he's got himself together, Sully discovers that he's most at risk of falling apart.

From the creator of hit Australian TV series Offspring comes a smart, moving and wry novel about the search for meaning and self-worth.

9780670077823 320 pages Fiction PUBLICATION DATE: FEBRUARY 2015

Rights Available: UK, US, CAN, Translation

HELENE YOUNG

NORTHERN HEAT

In steamy northern Queensland, Conor is living under an assumed name and rebuilding his shattered life. Working at Cooktown's youth centre has given him the chance to make a difference again, and a chance to flirt with Dr Kristy Dark. After tragedy tore her family apart, Kristy fled to Cooktown with her feisty teenage daughter, Abby. She hoped being part of the small community would help them both heal, but Abby's sports coach is turning out to be a compelling distraction. When a severe cyclone menaces the coast, threatening to destroy everything in its path, tensions come to a head - and the weather is not the only danger in Cooktown. Cut off from the world and with her life on the line, Kristy will have to summon her courage and place her trust in Conor, or they'll both lose someone they love.

9780143799740 368 pages Fiction, Romantic Suspense PUBLICATION DATE: JUNE 2015

Rights Available: UK, US, Can, Translation

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NON-FICTION GEOFFREY BLAINEY

THE STORY OF AUSTRALIA'S PEOPLE, VOLUME 1

The vast continent of Australia was settled in two main streams, far apart in time and origin. The first came ashore some 50,000 years ago when the islands of Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea were one. The second began to arrive from Europe at the end of the eighteenth century. Each had to come to terms with the land they found, and each had to make sense of the other.

In this book Professor Geoffrey Blainey returns first to the subject of his celebrated works on Australian history, Triumph of the Nomads (1975) and A Land Half Won (1980), retelling the story of our history up until 1850 in light of the latest research. Compelling, ground-breaking and brilliantly readable, The Story of Australia's People: The Rise and Fall of Ancient Australia is the first instalment of an ambitious two-part work, and the culmination of the lifework of Australia's most prolific and wide-ranging historian.

9780670078714 448 pages Non-Fiction PUBLICATION DATE: MARCH 2015


ANNA BROINOWSKI THE DIRECTOR IS THE COMMANDER

Looking for respite from her crumbling marriage and determined to stop a coal seam gas mine near her Sydney home, filmmaker Anna Broinowski finds wisdom and inspiration in the strangest of places: North Korea. Guided by the late Dear Leader Kim Jong Il's manifesto The Cinema and Directing, Broinowski, in a world first, travels to Pyongyang to collaborate with North Korea's top directors, composers and movie stars to make a powerful anti-fracking propaganda film. The Director is the Commander centres around the bizarre twenty-one day shoot Broinowski did in North Korea to make her documentary, Aim High in Creation! She meets and befriends artists and apparatchiki, defectors and loyalists, and gains a new insight into the world's most secretive regime.

9780670077830 320 pages Non-Fiction PUBLICATION DATE:

MAY 2015 Rights Available: UK

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CHRISTINE BRYDEN

BEFORE I FORGET: A BIOGRAPHY OF MY BRAIN

When she was just 46, Christine Bryden - a brilliant biochemist, science advisor to the prime minister and single mother of three daughters - was diagnosed with early-onset dementia. Doctors told her to get her affairs in order, as she would soon be incapable of doing so. Twenty years later, she is still thriving, still working hard to rewire her brain even as it loses its function.

The unusually slow progress of her condition puts Christine in a unique position to describe the lived-experience of dementia. She shares what it's like to start grasping for words that used to come so easily. To suddenly realise you don't remember how to drive. To be exhausted from the effort of thinking, smiling, talking; of trying to appear 'normal'.

In this moving, inspiring memoir, Christine looks back on her life, in an effort to understand how her brain - once her greatest asset, now her greatest challenge - works now. This is Christine's legacy for people with dementia and those who care for them.

9780670078745 272 pages Non-Fiction PUBLICATION DATE: SEPTEMBER 2015


MICHAEL COONEY

THE GILLARD PROJECT

Julia Gillard was prime minister for three tumultuous years. Here, Michael Cooney, her speechwriter and a long time Labor staffer, tells us in extraordinarily frank and vivid terms exactly what went on in the backrooms of power. From insights into Gillard's character to the leadership tussle, her successes (and failures) in policy and the stories behind her speeches - the good, the bad and the brilliant - this is life in the prime minister's office as never told before.

Michael Cooney has served as speechwriter to Prime Minister Julia Gillard, policy director to Federal Labor leaders Kim Beazley and Mark Latham, and was the founding policy director of the progressive think tank Per Capita, where he has remained a fellow. Since 2013 he has held a senior adviser position in the ANU Crawford School of Public Policy. He is now executive director of the Chifley Research Centre.

9780670078141 320 pages Non-Fiction PUBLICATION DATE: MAY 2015


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GIDEON HAIGH

CERTAIN ADMISSIONS: A BEACH, A BODY, AND A LIFETIME OF SECRETS

On a warm evening in December 1949, two young people met by chance under the clocks at Flinders Street railway station. They decided to have a night on the town. The next morning, one of them, twenty-year-old typist Beth Williams, was found dead on Middle Park Beach. When police arrested the other, Australians were transfixed: twenty-four-year-old John Bryan Kerr was a son of the establishment, a suave and handsome commercial radio star educated at Scotch College, Harold Holt's next-door neighbour in Toorak.

Police said he had confessed. Kerr denied it steadfastly. There were three dramatic trials attended by enormous crowds, a relentless public campaign proclaiming his innocence involving the first editorials against capital punishment in Australia. For a decade and more, Kerr was a Pentridge celebrity, a poster boy for rehabilitation - a fame that burdened him the rest of his life. Then, shortly after his death, another man confessed to having murdered Williams. But could he be believed?


JULY 2015 Rights Available: UK, US, CAN, Translation

MARIEKE HARDY & MICHAELA McGUIRE

AIRMAIL: WOMEN OF LETTERS

Women of Letters have conquered the world with their passion for correspondence. Taking their literary salons on a global tour, they've collected an astounding and sweeping array of contributions from some of the world's brightest talents. From Ubud, award-winning author Lionel Shriver writes with unexpected nostalgia about her days as an unknown novelist. Musician Moby pays tribute from Los Angeles to his favourite David Bowie song, even while acknowledging the frustration of feeling like he'll never live up to it. Writer, actor and Rookie Magazine founder Tavi Gevinson sends a dispatch from Chicago about the importance of getting stuff done instead of waiting for inspiration to hit. Containing two years of missives from live events held in Indonesia, the USA, the UK and Ireland, Airmail is the first international anthology in the Women of Letters series.


APRIL 2015


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KOOSHYAR KARIMI

LEILA'S SECRET

In fundamentalist Iran, new life sometimes means certain death. When Leila comes to see Doctor Karimi, both are in danger. Born in a slum to a Muslim father and a Jewish mother, Kooshyar Karimi has transformed himself into a successful doctor, an award-winning writer, and an adoring father. His could be a comfortable life but his conscience won't permit it: he is incapable of turning away the unmarried women who beg him to save their lives by ending the pregnancies that, if discovered, would see them stoned to death.

One of those women is 22-year-old Leila. Beautiful, intelligent, passionate, she yearns to go to university but her strictly traditional family forbids it. Returning home from the library one day - among the few trips she's allowed out of the house - she meets a handsome shopkeeper, and her fate is sealed. Kooshyar has rescued countless women, but Leila seeks his help for a different reason, one that will haunt him for years afterwards and inspire an impossible quest from faraway Australia.

9780670078165 304 pages Non-Fiction

PUBLICATION DATE:

MARCH 2015

Rights Available: UK, US, CAN, Translation Rights sold: Italian - Giunti

MALCOLM KNOX

THE KEEPERS

Wicketkeepers are a unique breed, and something of a club. Always at the heart of the action, they know the game better than almost anyone else on the pitch. They can pick the bowlers better than most (what it's like keeping to Warnie or Lillee) and in modern times they've had to hold their place amongst the top six batsmen.

Some of our greatest players, and certainly our most beloved, have been wicketkeepers. But what's not often noted is how often they represent the spirit of the team, from Marsh's gruff resilience to Healy's combative chippiness to Gilchrist's overabundance of talent to Haddin's plucky, aging determination.

From award-winning journalist and author Malcolm Knox comes a new inside history of Australia's favourite game.

9780670078523 352 pages Non-Fiction, Sport PUBLICATION DATE:

NOVEMBER 2015


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KATHY WALKER

FUTURE-PROOFING YOUR CHILD

By the time children are 15, 16, 18, 21, it's too late to start disciplining them and trying to shape them into the human beings you want them to be. And you can't always be at their side helping them make the right decisions. This book tells parents, in very practical terms, what they need to do from birth to 12 to ensure their children are equipped to deal with the future.

Kathy Walker has a thriving private practice and sees parents making the same mistakes over and over again. Her concern is that we are so intensely involved in keeping our children happy in the present that we are not considering what this means for our children's emotional states in the future. Her argument is that children need boundaries, discipline and good role models so that they in turn can develop the necessary qualities to deal with life - especially the challenges of life as a young adult: drugs, drink driving, relationships . . .

9780670076277 256 pages Non-Fiction, Parenting PUBLICATION DATE:

JULY 2015 Rights Available: UK, US, CAN, Translation

ILLUSTRATED BAKER IDI

BAKER IDI HEALTHY CHOLESTEROL DIET AND LIFESTYLE PLAN

Here, the internationally renowned Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute tells you everything you need to know about cholesterol - including what causes it, complications, medication and strategies for reducing it. This is accompanied by more than 80 simple, flavourful recipes to set you on the right track for reducing your LDL blood cholesterol levels. The Baker IDI Healthy Cholesterol Diet and Lifestyle Plan will help you manage your cholesterol and improve your health.

9780143571926 256 pages Illustrated, Health PUBLICATION DATE: AUGUST 2015


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AMANDA BROCKET

THE RAW FOOD KITCHEN BOOK

Amanda Brocket is a passionate advocate of eating raw. After a five-year battle with systemic candida, she discovered raw food and quickly lost weight, stopped craving sugar, regained her energy and cured herself of her health condition. She now spends her life teaching and inspiring others to heal their bodies. In this book Amanda explains what raw food is and how to start incorporating more raw food into your life to experience its life-changing benefits. There are more than 80 delicious nourishing recipes to get you started, as well as expert advice on ingredients, preparation, techniques and equipment. With this book Amanda aims to help you discover a way of eating that leaves you feeling energised, healthy and revitalised.

9781921384301 240 pages Illustrated, Health/Cooking PUBLICATION DATE: SEPTEMBER 2015

Rights Available: US, CAN, Translation

GEORGE CALOMBARIS

GREEK

Away from his restaurant kitchens what George Calombaris really loves to cook is the food he grew up with, food that is made with love and designed to be shared. In his exciting new cookbook, George shares his enthusiasm for all things Greek, adding modern tweaks to stamp his adventurous culinary spirit on traditional recipes. You could start with a baklava cocktail, moving on to dishes such as taramosalata popcorn, ouzo-soaked cucumbers, slow-cooked lamb and miso eggplant souvlaki and prawn saganaki tortellini with tomato and mustard seed vinaigrette. And to finish? Hellenic mess!

George Calombaris was voted one of the 'Top 40 chefs of Influence in the World' in 2004 by The Global Food and Wine Magazine.

9781921383335 250 pages Illustrated, Cooking PUBLICATION DATE: NOVEMBER 2015


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SHANNAH KENNEDY

THE LIFE PLAN

Ten successful years in the corporate world - two in the Money Market and eight in high-level sports management and sponsorship - made Shannah Kennedy the very definition of a high achiever. And then, her body delivered a devastating reminder that she needed time to 'breathe' - that she was not a machine...

Shannah Kennedy is dedicated to helping people make their lives bigger, better, more meaningful and whole. In The Life Plan, she shares the tools that will help you achieve your life goals, from recognising your values and identifying your purpose to improving your time management and devising strategies for living your best life. Shannah's advice is clear, concise and realistic, and it is offset by beautiful photography of exquisite still-life arrangements.

9780670078301 172 pages Illustrated, Lifestyle PUBLICATION DATE: AUGUST 2015


IRENA MACRI

EAT DRINK PALEO COOKBOOK

From the creator of the hugely popular foodie blog Eat Drink Paleo comes this stunning cookbook, filled with delectable, paleo-inspired recipes.

Passionate paleo-enthusiast Irena Macri draws on her love of world cuisines and all-natural ingredients to produce gourmet recipes that were created, taste-tested and photographed by the cook herself. From hearty feasts to healthy snacks, Eat Drink Paleo Cookbook will inspire seasoned paleo followers and curious connoisseurs alike.

All recipes are free from grains, gluten, processed sugar and other no-nos of the paleo and primal philosophy. Far from being restrictive, they showcase the rich flavours, varied ingredients and fun, inventive cooking that can be enjoyed as part of any healthy lifestyle.

9780670078783 224 pages Illustrated, Health/Cooking PUBLICATION DATE:

FEBRUARY 2015 Rights Available: US, CAN, Translation Rights Sold: UK – Michael Joseph; German – AT Verlag

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IRENA MACRI

HAPPY GO PALEO: FUN, HEALTHY MEALS FOR EVERYDAY

'Happy Go Paleo is exactly what the name suggests: an easy-going, relaxed approach to the paleo diet. I love paleo as a lifestyle, a diet focused on whole foods, a simpler way of living, spending more time outdoors and getting fit through functional movement. I want other people to discover my 80/20 paleo philosophy and how fantastic it can make you feel.'

In this book, internationally renowned blogger Irena Macri creates complete paleo meals to show how accessible healthy eating can be. Here are over 100 of Irena's favourite recipes of whole foods, good-quality protein, nuts and seeds. Fun to make, delicious to eat and using everyday ingredients, all recipes are gluten free and refined sugar free to help you craft your own paleo and healthy eating journey!

9780670078820 232 pages Illustrated, Health/Cooking PUBLICATION DATE: OCTOBER 2015


ALESSANDRO PAVONI & ROBERTA MUIR

A LOMBARDIAN COOKBOOK

Renowned Lombardian chef Alessandro Pavoni believes that cooking and eating are social events, and he celebrates this each day in his three Sydney restaurants. In this beautifully illustrated cookbook, Alessandro shares the treasured family recipes of his homeland and youth. Located in the north of Italy, Lombardy boasts a diverse landscape, from snow-covered Italian Alps and lakes, to the plains of the River Po, from where risotto rice hails. This geographic diversity is reflected in the food - cave-aged cheeses and cured meats, polenta, tender meat cooked over a wood-fired spit and, of course, risotto. Lombardy is home to some of Italy's most famous dishes, including osso bucco, bollito misto with salsa verde and mustard fruits and panettone, and Alessandro parts with his versions of these classics here, along with over 100 more of his treasured recipes, including Ricotta and Spinach Gnocchi, Buckwheat Polenta with Sausage and Gorgonzola, Risotto Milanese and Pappardelle with Elsa's Wild Boar Ragu.

9781921383380 224 pages Illustrated, Cooking PUBLICATION DATE: SEPTEMBER 2015


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NEIL PERRY

SPICE TEMPLE

Neil's knowledge and love of Chinese cuisine is celebrated in his stable of Spice Temple restaurants, which showcase regional Chinese food in a dark, intimate atmosphere where the spotlight is literally on the food. Devotees of Perry and Spice Temple will be delighted by this collection of more than 130 Spice Temple recipes. The stylish, harmonious and balanced dishes draw inspiration from the provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangxi and Xingjiang, and the book includes information on Asian ingredients and specialist techniques. This is exciting, masterful food created by one of Australia's most influential chefs and will be an essential addition to the library of anyone who loves to cook and eat modern Asian food.

9781921384097 304 pages Illustrated, Cooking PUBLICATION DATE: FEBRUARY 2015


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