Special Delivery
by Leesa Ronald

Moving back to her hometown in country NSW, single and pregnant was never Poppy's plan.

With her best friend living far away and an ex who refuses to pick up the phone, she doesn't know who to turn to for help.

There's no point asking her midwife, James, because he's the worst. Sure, he held her hand through the birth, but that's because it was his job.

However, as Poppy and James keep crossing paths, Poppy realises she may have misjudged him. 

As Poppy stumbles from crisis to crisis, she learns that to build a future, sometimes you need to let go of the past.

Outback Reunion

They spent one magical night together, but when he woke up she was gone ...

Eight years later, Gabriela Jimenez is hoping a couple of weeks in Bunyip Bay will give her and Luna, her daughter, the chance to reconnect after the death of Luna's father.

Gabi was not expecting to run into the man she once knew. Mark Morgan is still as sweet as she remembers, but she is harbouring guilt and dealing grief.

He can't get under her skin again.

After his career in AFL was cut short due to injury, Mark is struggling to readjust to working the family farm.

As if this isn't bad enough, his wife's betrayal means he may never be able to risk his heart again.

Will a chance meeting lead to something more?

The Forest Wars 
by David Lindenmayer

Since colonisation, Australians have been logging our forests as if lives depend on it.

Our lives do depend on the forests-but on keeping them, not destroying them.

World-leading Forest expert Professor David Lindenmayer exposes the unsettling truth about what is happening in our tall eucalypt forests.

Logging makes bushfires worse for decades after the chainsaws stop and kills animals each year in droves, driving many species closer to extinction.

The trees that are logged mostly end up as paper and cardboard. And it's not profitable: taxpayers are funding it.

Lindenmayer reveals an unholy alliance between state forestry, the timber industry and unions.

Mary Christmas by
Mary-Anne O'Connor

It's 1909 and Mary Richards has worked hard to become a teacher in her close-knit village in the Cotswolds, but not everyone approves of her modern ways.

When her sister Emily becomes engaged to David Christmas, fate intervenes in the form of the best man- his brother Johnathon.

Mary finds herself falling for this handsome stranger, only married women have to give up their careers as soon as they're wed and there's no way Mary is going to do that.

In the end she must decide whether to embrace love, and if she can truly have the best of both worlds on the eve of what could be the most magical Christmas of them all.

Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret by Benjamin Stevenson

My name’s Ernest Cunningham. I used to be a fan of reading Golden Age murder mysteries, until I found myself stuck in the middle of real-life ones.

I’d hoped, this Christmas, that any self-respecting murderer would take it easy over the holidays. I was wrong.

So here I am, backstage at the show of world-famous magician Rylan Blaze, whose benefactor has just been murdered.

My suspects are all professional tricksters: masters of the art of misdirection.

The Magician, the Assistant, the Executive, the Hypnotist, the Twin, the Tech.

My clues are even more abstract: A suspect covered in blood; A murder committed without setting foot inside the room; And an advent calendar.
Because, you know, it's Christmas.

Some Of My Best Friends Are Cookies by Emelia Jackson

How devoted are you to your favourite cookie? Meet Emelia Jackson, whose dedication to perfection knows no bounds.

Consider this book an invitation to make a whole group of new best friends, including:

The Basic B*kkies – think choc chip, thumbprints, shortbreads. Perfect for baking with kids, for the unconfident baker and for the simple pleasures in life. 

The Quirky Cookie – boutique flavours a go-go. Think cookimisu, apple crumble in cookie format, skillet action.

The Classy Gal – she's a perfect sandwich, a little bit fancy, and often gluten free.

More than 80 recipes for bakers and people who don't yet think of themselves as bakers..

Unlovable by Darren Hayes

Darren Hayes – former front man of pop duo Savage Garden – takes control of his story in this candid, unfiltered memoir.

As a child in the 1970s, he told himself he was going to be a pop star – and he did it.

Throughout Savage Garden’s success – multiple Australian number 1s, US charts and selling 35 million albums– he told us stories of love and longing, through his vulnerable song lyrics.

But the reality of his life was much more complicated than a pop song.

For the first time, Darren recounts the events that shaped his life: from childhood trauma and his journey with depression, to worldwide fame in Savage Garden.

Unlovable is a dark fairytale that reclaims the terrors of his past to reveal the artist he has become.

You Don't Have to Have a Dream by Tim Minchin

Charlie Mackesy meets Kurt Vonnegut, in the first non-fiction book from Tim Minchin: a beautifully idiosyncratic celebration of life, art, success, kindness, love and thriving in a meaningless universe, drawn from three iconic graduation speeches.

A book for the science-loving reality-romantic in all of us, You Don’t Have to Have a Dream offers Tim Minchin’s inimitable thoughts and advice on life, art, success, kindness, love, and thriving in a meaningless universe. Drawn from three of his iconic commencement addresses, and beautifully designed with specially commissioned illustrations throughout, it’s a rallying cry for creativity, critical thinking, and compassion in our daily lives.

It’s never too late to put something beautiful out into the world.