Cirrus@Austlit

'Dina is a skilled kitchen witch and cafe owner, serving magic-infused pastries to her loyal customers. But it's hard not to feel something is missing when you're cursed to hurt anyone who falls for you.

'Scott is a museum curator, recently back in London after a brutal breakup 2 years ago, and looking to make up for all the time he missed. He's determined to be perfect best man at his best friend's upcoming wedding, but his plans take an expected turn when he meets the bewitching maid of honour.

'After a weekend in the countryside full of peculiar hedge mazes, palm readings by candlelight, and a midnight Halloween ritual, there's no denying the chemistry between them. But there's just one problem- the hex still holds, and Dina knows that Scott is in danger.

'Can Dina break the spell before it breaks both their hearts?' (Publication summary)

'HOW MANY LOVES DO YOU GET IN A LIFETIME? AND ARE MAGNOLIA AND BJ EACH OTHER'S?

'It's been nearly a year since everything happened between Magnolia Parks and BJ Ballentine on the steps of the Mandarin Oriental, and it seems like everything since then has changed.

'Magnolia has a life in New York now and BJ appears to have finally let go and moved on.

'But when they both wind up back to London and are thrust together once again, they find themselves asking their age-old question: how many loves do you actually get in a lifetime, and most importantly - are they each other's?' (Publication summary)

'Ernest Cunningham returns in a deliciously witty locked room (train) mystery.

'When the Australian Mystery Writers’ Society invited me to their crime-writing festival aboard the Ghan, the famous train between Darwin and Adelaide, I was hoping for some inspiration for my second book. Fiction, this time: I needed a break from real people killing each other. Obviously, that didn’t pan out.

'The program is a who’s who of crime writing royalty:

the debut writer (me!)
the forensic science writer
the blockbuster writer
the legal thriller writer
the literary writer
the psychological suspense writer.

'But when one of us is murdered, six authors quickly turn into five detectives. Together, we should know how to solve a crime.

'Or commit one.

'How can you find a killer when all the suspects know how to get away with murder?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'The CIRCUS is coming to town, and NELSON and his friends have a chance to be part of the show! Nelson’s AMAZING NINJA SKILLS will be PERFECT! But what will NINJA Nelson do when BIG TROUBLE arrives at the BIG TOP!'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Hannah Gadsby always dreamt of being a cool kid, but she had to accept that, just like her childhood dream of being a dog, 'normal' isn't always possible. In the vein of David Sedaris, Hannah's memoir is a series of interlinked stories that draw together the varied funny and sometimes dark events of her life. The result is a deeply personal, astutely observed, sometimes devastating but frequently hysterically funny book.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.