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VATE regularly receives review copies of new texts from writers and publishers. This is a great way to trial new textbooks and novels with your class and gain feedback from your colleagues. You then get to share your review with all VATE members who often rely on the text reviews to help them select items for their own and professional use. If you would like to receive and review one of the books listed below, please email Josephine Smith, Publications and Communications Officer, publications@vate.org.au for further information. Please note: All review books are only available to current VATE members (both individual and organisational). Members with close links to institutions or companies should avoid reviewing titles published by these bodies.

Writers and publishers who are interested in having their books reviewed by VATE members are invited to email Josephine Smith, Publications and Communications Officer, publications@vate.org.au for further information.

Available titles for review

Fantasy

Fyrebirds, Kate J. Armstrong, Allen & Unwin (2024). Read more...

Shadows of Truth, Astrid Scholte, Allen & Unwin (2024). Read more...

The Extraordinary Disappointments of Leopold Berry, Ransom Riggs, Allen & Unwin (2024). Read more...

The Heart of the World, Amie Kaufman, Allen & Unwin (2024). Read more...

The Grimmelings, Rachael King, Allen & Unwin (2024). Read more...

NEW We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlord, Garth Nix, Allen & Unwin (2024). Read more...

Fiction

NEW Aisle Nine, Ian X. Cho, HarperCollins (2024). Read more...

Andromache Between Worlds, Gabriel Bergsmoser, HarperCollins (2024). Read more...

Catch Your Death, Ravena Guron, Usborne Publishing (2024). Read more...

NEW Comes the Night, Isobelle Carmody, Allen & Unwin (2024). Read more...

EchoStar: is always listening, Melinda Salisbury, HarperCollins (2024). Read more...

Finding Bear, Hannah Gold, HarperCollins (2024). Read more...

I'll Be Waiting For You, Mariko Turk, Allen & Unwin (2024). Read more...

NEW Into the Ice: Reflections on Antarctica, Alison Lester & Coral Tulloch, Allen & Unwin (2024). Read more...

Liar's Nest, Ambelin Kwaymullina, Text Publishing (2024). Read more...

Max: Through My Eyes - Australian Disaster Zones, Prue Mason, Allen & Unwin (2024). Read more...

NEW My Family and Other Suspects, Kate Emery, Allen & Unwin (2024). Read more...

Outlaw Girls, Emily Gale and Nova Weetman, Text Publishing (2024). Read more...

Read At Your Own Risk, Remy Lai, Allen & Unwin (2024). Read more...

Red, White and Whole, Rajani LaRocca, HarperCollins (2024). Read more...

The Apprentice Witnesser, Bren MacDibble, Allen & Unwin (2024). Read more...

The Stone Home, Crystal Hana Kim, HarperCollins (2024). Read more...

NEW Thunderhead, Sophie Beer, Allen & Unwin (2024). Read more...

When the World Was Soft, Juluwarlu Group Aboriginal Corporation and Lorraine Coppin, Allen & Unwin (2024). Read more...

Where Sleeping Girls Lie, Faridah Abike-Iyimide, Usborne Publishing (2024). Read more...

Graphic novels

Ghost Roast, Shawneé Gibbs, Harper Collins (2024). Read more...

NEW The Sweetness Between Us, Sarah Winifried Searle, Allen & Unwin (2024). Read more...

UnOrdinary, uru-chan, Harper Collins (2024). Read more...

Picture books

NEW My Dad's Gone Away, Andrew Krakouer, Jacqueline Dinan & Paul Seden, Magabala Books (2024). Read more...

Walking the Rock Country in Kakadu, Diane Lucas, Ben Tyler & Emma Long, Allen & Unwin (2024). Read more...