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Interlinks HarperCollins Australia (publisher), series - publisher Picture books with rhyming text that are components in a cross-curriculum teaching series.
1 y separately published work icon The Girls Who Changed the World Jackie French , Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 2022- 23515124 2022 series - author children's fiction
1 y separately published work icon Ming and Flo Fight for the Future Jackie French , Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 2022 23515155 2022 single work children's fiction children's

'An empowering and exhilarating look at the girls who went before us, and the way they shaped the world.

'Twelve-year-old Ming Qong is convinced that girls must have changed the world, even if they are rarely mentioned in history books.

'So when Ming gets the chance to go back in time, she imagines herself changing destinies from a glittering palace or an explorer's ship. Instead, she ends up in Australia in 1898, living a tough life as Flo Watson on a drought-stricken farm.

'Luckily, Ming is rescued by Flo's Aunt McTavish, from Sydney. Wealthy Aunt McTavish belongs to Louisa Lawson's Suffragist Society, who are desperately and courageously fighting for women's rights. And Ming is determined to get involved, to make a difference.

'But change is never easy, so how can one girl change the world?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 y separately published work icon The ABC Kids Guide to Loving the Planet Jaclyn Crupi , Cheryl Orsini (illustrator), Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 2022 23426857 2022 single work information book children's

'The long-awaited new title in this much-loved series will empower kids to change their world.

'Our planet is precious.

'It's where we live, learn, work and play.

'This charming picture book is a gentle introduction to caring for the world around us. The simple, engaging text and beautiful illustrations explore ideas like planting veggie gardens and recycling, to show the ways every person, no matter how big or small, can make a difference.

'The perfect book to inspire children to love the planet.' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Burnt Out Victoria Brookman , Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 2022 23426772 2022 single work novel

'How do you start again when your life is a smoking ruin?

'She lost everything in a bushfire and became the celebrity face of climate change. But is fame and living with a billionaire all it's cracked up to be? A warm and witty story for our times.

''Here's to rising from the ashes ...'

'Calida Lyons is having a very bad week. She's long past deadline for her still unwritten second novel; her husband has just left her; and her Blue Mountains community is being threatened by bushfires. Just as she hits rock bottom, she's forced to shelter with neighbours while a fire incinerates everything she owns.

'Devastated and emotional in front of news cameras, Cali delivers a blistering, unfiltered rebuke to the nation's rich to do something.

'Her rant goes viral, and she quickly becomes the latest celebrity face of the climate movement. Soon she's offered a harbourside refuge by handsome tech billionaire Arlo Richard, her publisher is delighted with the new novel she's writing, and she's the darling of high society.

'But things aren't as they seem. It's all built on lies, and Cali's pretty sure that the precarious house of cards she's built is about to come tumbling down.' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon The Torrent Dinuka McKenzie , Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 2022 22939219 2022 single work novel crime

'An atmospheric, compelling new voice in Australian crime fiction.

'In Northern New South Wales, heavily pregnant and a week away from maternity leave, Detective Sergeant Kate Miles is exhausted and counting down the days. But a violent hold-up at a local fast-food restaurant with unsettling connections to her own past, means that her final days will be anything but straightforward.

'When a second case is dumped on her lap, the closed case of man drowned in recent summer floods, what begins as a simple informal review quickly grows into something more complicated. Kate can either write the report that's expected of her or investigate the case properly.

'As secrets and betrayals pile up, and the needs of her own family intervene, how far is Kate prepared to push to discover the truth?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 7 y separately published work icon The Tram to Bondi Beach Libby Hathorn , Julie Vivas (illustrator), Sydney : Methuen Australia , 1981 Z836323 1981 single work picture book children's historical fiction Keiran longs to be a paper boy and sell papers to the passengers on the tram that goes by his flat in a small Australian town.
1 y separately published work icon Best Seat in the House Neil Crompton , Aaron Noonan , Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 2021 23164799 2021 single work autobiography

'Racer and broadcaster Neil Crompton has had the best seat in the house for the last 40 years of Australian motorsport, an amazing lifetime upgrade to a first-hand, front row seat to see the biggest names, machines and events of this high-speed, high-octane sport.

'A kid from Ballarat in country Victoria obsessed by speed with an undying passion to pursue a career in the sport, Neil ended up finding his way to lining up on the grid at the biggest race in Australia, the Bathurst 1000, driving for a team run by his childhood hero, Peter Brock. Since then he's raced wheel-to-wheel with some of the biggest stars the sport has ever seen in this country and experienced first-hand the thrilling success, heartbreaking disappointment and emotional trauma that is a life spent in motorsport and the relentless pursuit of the ultimate success.

'Uniquely, Neil has spent his entire career either driving a race car, a microphone or sometimes both. As the trusted and respected modern-day voice and face of Supercars racing on television in Australia, he's added the audio soundtrack from the commentary box to some of the biggest spine-tingling moments in the sport and is well qualified to offer his account of the who, what and where of Aussie motorsport. From navigating for Dame Edna Everage at the Adelaide Grand Prix to driving some of the fastest race cars in the world and everything in between, he has been there and seen it all.

'Best Seat In The House is Neil's account of an amazing period of the sport from a viewing position like no other.'

Source : publisher's blurb

1 y separately published work icon The Beautiful Words Vanessa McCausland , Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 2021 23161935 2021 single work novel

'Two best friends, one summer night, and twenty years of silence ... what happened at the lighthouse?

'The stunning, haunting new novel from the author of The Lost Summers of Driftwood.

'Sylvie is a lover of words and a collector of stories, only she has lost her own. She has no words for that night at the lighthouse when their lives changed forever. What happened to cleave her apart from her best friend and soulmate, Kase?

'Sylvie yearns to rekindle their deep connection, so when Kase invites her to the wild Tasmanian coast to celebrate her 40th birthday, she accepts - despite the ghosts she must face.

'As Sylvie struggles to find her feet among old friends, she bonds with local taxi boat driver Holden. But he is hiding from the world, too.

'Through an inscription in an old book, Sylvie and Kase discover their mothers have a history, hidden from their daughters. As they unpick what took place before they were born, they're forced to face the cracks in their own friendship, and the question of whether it's ever okay to keep a secret to protect the person you love.

'Vanessa McCausland's enthralling new novel is about betrayal and forgiveness, the stories we tell, and the healing power of words.'

Source : publisher's blurb

1 y separately published work icon No Hearts of Gold Jackie French , Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 2021 23161847 2021 single work novel historical fiction

'SOME GIRLS ARE BORN TO BE LOVED, SOME ARE BORN TO BE USEFUL, AND SOME ARE BORN TO BE BAD ...

'Indulged and wealthy Kat Fitzhubert is sold in an arranged marriage to a colony across the world. Lady Viola Montefiore is the dark-skinned changeling of a ducal family, kept hidden and then shipped away. Titania Boot is as broad as a carthorse, and as useful.

'On the long sea voyage from their homeland of England, these three women are fast bonded in an unlikely friendship. In the turmoil of 1850s Australia - which has reinvented itself from convict colony to a land of gold rushes and illusive riches - one woman forges a business empire, while another turns to illegal brewery, working alongside a bushranger as the valleys around her are destroyed. The third vanishes on her wedding day, in a scandal that will intrigue and mystify Sydney's polite society and beyond.

'In this magnificent and broad-sweeping saga, award-winning author Jackie French defies the myth of colonial women as merely wives, servants, petty thieves or whores. Instead, in this masterful storyteller's hands, these three women will be arbiters of a destiny far richer than the bewitching glitter and lure of gold.'

Source : publisher's blurb

1 y separately published work icon Christmas Always Comes Jackie French , Bruce Whatley (illustrator), Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 2021 22954766 2021 single work picture book children's

''Joy comes in the morning'

'It's Christmas Eve in 1932, and Joey, Ellie and their parents are droving cattle in the drought.

'How will Santa find them on the long and dusty road? And will there be pudding and presents and a tree in the morning?

'But Joey knows that Christmas always comes.' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Rosie the Rhinoceros Jimmy Barnes , Matt Shanks (illustrator), Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 2021 22953974 2021 single work picture book children's

'From the award-winning author and rock legend Jimmy Barnes and critically acclaimed illustrator Matt Shanks comes a book about the joy of being yourself.

'Who is Rosie?

'Is she a fun-loving rhinoceros who is always up early and ready to greet the day? Or is she a magical unicorn who skips through the savannah on her dainty hooves?

'Either way she's perfect.'(Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Prank Ninjas Matt Stanton , Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 2021 22953884 2021 single work children's fiction children's

'Joke's over, Funny Kid!
'Frenemies go head to head in this brand-new Funny Kid adventure.

'Every kid wants to laugh, but Max is the boy who can make it happen.

'These school holidays Redhill is in chaos as Max and his friends are locked in an epic prank battle ... with each other!

'Max is the funny kid and his pranking powers are being put to the test!

'A movie-theatre ninja, toilet turbulence, shopping-mall disasters, cling-film mazes and an unimaginable Kid-Free Zone are just some of the things in store for Max and his friends in this brand-new Funny Kid adventure.' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Wentworth : The Final Sentence On File Erin McWhirter , Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 2021 22953713 2021 single work information book

'The official inside story from the cast and exclusive untold secrets from one of the most beloved Australian series in television history

'Epic shiv fights. Shocking deaths. Lethal hotshots. Betrayals so brutal they send fans into meltdown. This is Wentworth Correctional Centre, where tough women rule and where even tougher women are made. Where undying love and fierce friendships are forged, and loyalties tested - or burned to the ground.

'Over almost a decade of searing, emotional storylines and spectacular power struggles like the rise of the Top Dog or horrifying twists like a steam press attack, Wentworth has sealed its spot in history as FOXTEL's highest rating and most successful locally produced original drama and one of Australia's all-time favourites.

'To celebrate this gritty, critically acclaimed series, On File brings you never before told stories and in-depth access to the celebrated actors and producers of this favourite, much-loved and enduring television series.

'This official, exclusive collection dives deep into the core of Wentworth's love 'em or hate 'em main characters - from abused housewife and mother Bea Smith, and the cold, calculating and terrifying Joan 'The Freak' Ferguson, to bitterly forsaken undercover cop turned prisoner Rita Conners - unearthing funny and poignant reflections, never released backstories and behind-the-scenes revelations from when the cameras stopped rolling, as told by the high profile stars.

'Wentworth has left an indelible mark on its fans in Australia and those around the world, where it has screened in more than 170 countries and been adapted multiple times, setting it apart from other Australian dramas and earning an impressive catalogue of awards and nominations.' (Publication summary)

1 1 y separately published work icon Home Truths : A Memoir David Williamson , Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 2021 22953618 2021 single work autobiography

'The revealing and candid memoir of Australia's legendary playwright and screenwriter

'The definitive memoir of David Williamson, author of iconic dramas such as The Removalists, The Club, Don's Party, Emerald City and Travelling North, as well as more than fifty other plays, explores the life of the writer and the true stories and real lives that inspired his works. A powerful force in theatre since the 1970s, Williamson's plays have uniquely explored the pulse of our Australianness.

'After five decades of chronicling the blunders, mishaps and messes that he and his fellow Australians got themselves into, Williamson has penned his long-awaited memoir, Home Truths. It reveals the story of the man behind the work: how a childhood defined by marital discord sparked a lifelong fascination with the power of drama to explore emotional conflict; how a mechanical engineering student became our most successful playwright; the anxiety that plagued him as he crafted his plays; the joy of connecting with an audience and the enduring sting of the critics; and the great love story that defined his personal life.

'Fearless, candid and witty, Williamson also writes about the plethora of odd, interesting, caustic and brilliant people - actors, directors, writers, theatre critics, politicians - who have intersected with his life and work: from a young Jacki Weaver and Chris Haywood in the first Sydney production of The Removalists in 1971, to Nicole Kidman on the brink of stardom in the 1988 feature film of Emerald City, and lively dinners with political powerhouse Paul Keating; and from Graham Kennedy in the 1976 film version of Don's Party through eventful overseas travels with Gareth Evans, Peter Carey, and Tim Winton to a West End production of Up for Grabs starring Madonna, and the satisfaction of seeing his sons, Felix and Rory, tread the boards in several of his own plays.' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Lawson Grantlee Kieza , Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 2021 22942003 2021 single work biography

'The extraordinary rise, devastating fall and enduring legacy of an Australian icon

'Henry Lawson captured the heart and soul of Australia and its people with greater clarity and truth than any writer before him. Born on the goldfields in 1867, he became the voice of ordinary Australians, recording the hopes, dreams and struggles of bush battlers and slum dwellers, of fierce independent women, foreign fathers and larrikin mates.

'Lawson wrote from the heart, documenting what he saw from his earliest days as a poor, lonely, handicapped boy with warring parents on a worthless farm, to his years as a literary lion, then as a hopeless addict cadging for drinks on the streets, and eventually as a prison inmate, locked up in a tiny cell beside murderers. A controversial figure today, he was one of the first writers to shine a light on the hardships faced by Australia's hard-toiling wives and mothers, and among the first to portray, with sympathy, the despair of Indigenous Australians at the ever-encroaching European tide. His heroic figures such as The Drover's Wife and the fearless unionists striking out for a better deal helped define Australia's character, and while still a young man, his storytelling drew comparisons on the world stage with Tolstoy, Gorky and Kipling.

'But Henry Lawson's own life may have been the most compelling saga of all, a heart-breaking tale of brilliance, lost love, self-destruction and madness. Grantlee Kieza, the author of critically acclaimed bestselling biographies of such important figures as Banjo Paterson, Joseph Banks, Lachlan Macquarie and John Monash, reveals the extraordinary rise, devastating fall and enduring legacy of an Australian icon.' (Publication summary)

 

1 y separately published work icon Plum Brendan Cowell , Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 2021 22941364 2021 single work novel

'The wildly impressive, raucously funny and deeply moving second novel from award-winning writer, actor and director for television, theatre and film, Brendan Cowell, confirming the talent he showed in his bestselling debut novel from 2010, How It Feels.

'Peter 'The Plum' Lum is a 48-year-old ex-star NRL player, living with his son and girlfriend in Cronulla. He's living a pretty cruisey life until one day he suffers an epileptic fit and discovers that he has a brain disorder as a result of the thousand-odd head knocks he took on the footy field in his twenty-year-career. According to his neurologist, Plum has to make some changes - right now - or it's dementia, or even death.

'Reluctantly, Plum embarks on a journey of self-care and self-discovery, which is not so easy when all you've ever known is to go full tilt at everything. On top of this, he's being haunted by dead poets, and, unable to stop crying, discovers he has a special gift for the spoken word. With spectral visits from Bukowski and Plath, the friendship of local misfits, and the prospect of new love, Plum might just save his own life.

'From award-winning writer, director and actor, Brendan Cowell, Plum is a powerfully moving, authentic, big-hearted, angry and joyous novel of men, their inarticulate pain and what it takes for them to save themselves - from themselves. It's got a roaring energy, a raucous humour, a heart of gold and a poetic soul.' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon There’s a Ghost in this House Oliver Jeffers , Oliver Jeffers (illustrator), Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 2021 22590939 2021 single work picture book children's

'A captivating new picture book with interactive transparent pages, from world-renowned artist Oliver Jeffers. Hello, come in.
Maybe you can help me?

'A young girl lives in a haunted house, but has never seen a ghost. Are they white with holes for eyes? Are they hard to see? She’d love to know! Step inside and turn the transparent pages to help her on an entertaining ghost hunt, from behind the sofa, right up to the attic. With lots of friendly ghost surprises and incredible mixed media illustrations, this unique and funny book will entertain young readers over and over again!' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon The Story of Us Michael Wagner , Sydney : HarperCollins Australia , 2021 22590856 2021 single work prose

'Every family has their stories ...

'An heirloom in the making.

'Remember the time when Mum ...
How about when Dad found the ...
This is just like when Grandma used to ...

'The Story of Us makes it easy and fun to share family stories with your children, to capture them in the book's pages, and to create a keepsake to treasure forever.

'Whether the stories are funny, sad, exciting, scary or even weird, sharing them with your children will give them a stronger sense of their place in the world, and the feeling that they're part of something big and important - their family.

'Stories are the glue that holds us together, and this precious, inspiring book is an heirloom in the making.'(Publication summary)

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