Year’s end is approaching and with it come holiday books, gift books, books for that special someone, and books – let’s face it – just for us. Text’s November titles have something for everyone, with fantastic tales, historical and coming-of-age fiction, a gripping mystery, and a biography that reimagines how our stories are told. Read on for more, including details of how you could win a copy of each.
Day’s End
by Garry Disher
Bestselling and award-winning author Garry Disher returns with a brand-new Hirsch novel that follows the case of a missing tourist. Then a body turns up in a suitcase. Oh, and there’s only one cop in town. Day’s End is the next instalment in Disher’s thrilling Hirsch series.
‘Hirsch is one of my favourite characters. Day’s End is unmissable.’ Hayley Scrivenor, author of Dirt Town
A Year with Wendy Whiteley: Conversations about Art, Life and Gardening
by Ashleigh Wilson
Conversations about art, life and gardening with a legendary figure in Australia’s art world.
‘This astonishing, glorious book reveals Wendy Whiteley as she really is – an artist in her own right, a unique personality.’ Miriam Margolyes
Salonika Burning
by Gail Jones
A gripping portrait of artists on the front line of World War I by one of Australia’s most celebrated writers.
‘Fans of Jones’s gift with words will appreciate this moving, poetic and meditative tribute to war, suffering, fortitude and the human spirit.’ Books+Publishing
Now Is Not the Time to Panic
by Kevin Wilson
Two misfits find each other through making a work of art that becomes bigger than anything they ever expected, in this exuberant new novel by the New York Times bestselling author of Nothing to See Here.
‘Wilson writes that rare kind of fiction: weird, bighearted, sui generis literature that is eagerly awaited by critics and readers alike.’ Publishers Weekly
One Day I’ll Remember This: Diaries Volume II 1987–1995
by Helen Garner
One Day I’ll Remember This is the diary of a woman in love and a great writer at work, asking herself questions about individuality, morality and contentment, and illustrating the inner life of a writer with all its turmoil and joy.
‘In some ways, the diaries are the apotheosis of her entire career, and the most exciting thing she has ever published.’ Literary Hub
How to End a Story: Diaries Volume III 1995–1998
by Helen Garner
The third and final instalment of Helen Garner’s diaries is a portrait of the pain, anger, mess and humour of the end of a marriage.
‘Helen Garner is one of the lords of language in our midst and something more. She has a poet’s ear, a painter’s eye and she understands profoundly and without self-pity the mystery of the tears in things.’ Australian
Book two of beloved New York Times bestselling author Marissa Meyer’s retelling of the Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale.
‘This expertly crafted finale showcases once more that Meyer is a force that cannot be denied.’ Booklist (starred review)
A brilliant, action-packed fantasy about found family, rivals and identity, in which Joan He reimagines Three Kingdoms, a classic from Chinese literature, with new female agency.
‘Strike the Zither is a page-turner, full of unexpected twists, with an expansive, intricate world of sisterhood and subterfuge…A standout work from a remarkable author.’ Olivie Blake, author of The Atlas Six
For your chance to win one of our November new releases, visit our Facebook page and tell us which one you would like and why.
The competition is open to AU/NZ residents only. Entries close 23:59 AEST, Friday 4 November. Winners will be notified via Facebook (one book only per person).
