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PADEY, Sandy

Oct 14, 2026 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, History, Painting & Illustration, Photography, The Arts

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The Art Appreciation Formula

 

An Art Guide’s method for analysing and interpreting Western Historical Paintings

Written by an experienced museum guide, this book transforms Western Art Appreciation from a stuffy chore into an exhilarating, personal experience.

By prioritising insight over exhaustive facts, it provides a practical toolkit to analyse and interpret paintings confidently. Rejecting neutral documentation, the author encourages readers to defy popular opinion and develop unique, personal tastes. It ensures your next museum visit is deeply empowering and fulfilling.

Understand and interpret paintings:

  • Features 100+ high-quality images
  • Historical and religious context
  • Painting characteristics
  • Side-by-side comparisons of similar paintings
  • How to identify painting genres and famous artists
  • How to analyse and interpret paintings in 26 steps

What you will find in this book:

The book is organised into two main parts. The first one explains the various art genres, and the second teaches you to analyse and interpret paintings. Part 1 of the book covers the Western Art Timeline from 850 BCE through to 1885 CE. This involves understanding the various art genres and periods from the Greek Empire through to Impressionism in the 1800s. This includes the historical and political context of the different genres, which influenced their uniquely different styles. It gives you the skills to identify a painting’s genre and the signature styles of the most famous artists. Part 2 of the book features the Art Appreciation Toolkit, modelled on the author’s art tours, and teaches you to analyse and interpret paintings through two perspectives: Visual analysis and Understanding & Interpretation.

What’s different about this book:

It is not a neutral book that passively documents art. The content included and opinions expressed, including the paintings and artists featured, and indeed the relative volume of content of different topics, are based on the author’s own perception and preferences of which art he finds exceptional, sometimes against popular opinion. The reader is encouraged not to necessarily agree with these choices, but to use this “I’ll decide what’s amazing” approach to appreciate art in their own, deeply personal way (and not follow the herd).

CLAESSEN, Rohan

Oct 12, 2026 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Biography, Memoir

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The Memoirs Of A 75-Year-Old Orphan

 

No matter the hardship, hope finds a way forward.

Life can leave scars in ways we never expect.

Across a lifetime, one man has faced experiences that could have broken Rohan-loss, trauma, displacement, illness, grief and profound change. Some wounds were carried silently for decades, while others reshaped the course of his life in ways he never could have anticipated.

Despite the challenges he faced, he built businesses, pursued education, created opportunities, loved deeply and continued moving forward. Somewhere within him was a resilience he did not fully understand-a strength that seemed to insulate him from adversity and help him regenerate after every setback.

Now, looking back on the events that shaped his life, he asks a simple question: how did he survive it all?

Honest, reflective and at times wry, The Memoirs of a 75-Year-Old Orphan is a powerful story of resilience, survival and the remarkable capacity of the human spirit to endure.

SHAH, Saloni

Oct 12, 2026 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Poetry, Poetry by Women

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Listening Silences

 

Somewhere, I am listening

Listening Silences is a collection of poems gathered over many years, shaped by journeys across cities, countries, cultures, seasons of life, and moments of quiet reflection.

Moving between India and Australia, memory and belonging, childhood and motherhood, these poems explore the spaces where identity is formed and stories endure. Ordinary moments become entry points into larger questions of home, migration, family, language, loss, and connection.

With warmth, observation, and gentle honesty, Saloni Shah invites readers to pause and listen to the silences that live between words, across generations, and within ourselves. Here, silence is not emptiness but a place where memories breathe, roots deepen, and belonging finds its voice.

And if you listen closely enough, silence tells us who we have been, and who we are becoming.

About the Author

 

SALONI SHAH is a poet, storyteller, and listener based in Adelaide, Australia. Born and raised in Palanpur, India, she has been writing since childhood, drawn to the quiet stories hidden within everyday life. Shaped by family, migration, education, and a career in technology, her poetry explores silence, memory, belonging, compassion, and becoming.

She is fascinated by the way small, often-overlooked moments linger in the heart and reveal deeper truths, and her work listens closely to the spaces between speech and silence.

Listening Silences is her first poetry collection.

ACCIARITO, Carmella

Oct 8, 2026 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Justice \ Law \ Crime

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A Comprehensive Guide for Family Violence Practitioners

 

Applications, Legal Analysis and Case Studies

This practical textbook examines the significant reforms introduced through the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 (VIC) and the Justice Legislation Amendment (Family Violence, Stalking and Other Matters) Act 2026 (VIC).

Written by leading family violence lawyer Carmella Acciarito, the book provides clear legislative analysis, practical guidance, and 50 case studies exploring key issues including coercive control, systems abuse, stalking, misidentification, and risk-based practice. It demonstrates how the 2026 reforms strengthen victim-survivor safety, accountability, police powers, court processes, evidentiary requirements, and legal practice.

Combining legal expertise with real-world courtroom experience, this essential resource is designed for legal practitioners, judicial officers, law enforcement, academics, students, policymakers, and service providers seeking to navigate Victoria’s family violence system with confidence under the new legislative framework.

About the Author

 

Ms Carmella (Acciarito) is a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court and High Court of Australia. As a Vifctorian registered legal practitioner she is the Founder, Director and Principal Lawyer of DFV Lawyers – Domestic and Family Violence Law Firm, Victoria and Australia’s first trauma informed Domestic and Family Violence Law Firm with extensive experience in domestic and family violence matters and their related criminal law matters. She practises across Metropolitan and Regional Magistrates Courts of Victoria, with a particular focus on Family Violence Intervention Order Applications, contest proceedings, family violence related assault, stalking prosecutions, acting on behalf of Applicants, Protected Persons and Respondents including representations concerning vulnerable Applicants and Respondents including children and persons with cognitive impairments.

Ms Carmella has worked with community legal centres, specialist family violence services, Victoria Police- Police Prosecutions and private clients on domestic and family violence matters arising under the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 (Vic), the Justice Legislation Amendment (Family Violence, Stalking and other Matters) Act (Vic) 2026, The most recent strangulation-specific reform in Victoria is Crimes Amendment( Non-Fatal Strangulation) Act 2024, Crimes Act 1958, and the Multi-Agency Risk Assessment and Management Framework. Her work is informed by a sustained commitment to access to the principles of justice, fairness and equity and the safety and protection of victim-survivors of family violence, experiencing coercive control and to victim rights arising from misidentification and systems abuse.

This guide reflects Ms Carmella’s direct client and courtroom experiences, the challenges all family violence practitioners face when navigating complex, multi-jurisdictional family violence matters, and her commitment to providing clear, practical, and principled guidance to the profession.

This comprehensive guide is an essential resource for professionals across the criminal justice system, legal practitioners, family violence practitioners, law enforcement, family violence practitioners, system services, and the broader education and community sectors who work with, or respond to, domestic and family violence. It provides the legal, procedural, and practical foundations required to understand the existing legislation and its 2026 reforms, apply them confidently in practice, and strengthen safety outcomes for victim survivors.

MCNAMARA, Rosalind

Oct 6, 2026 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Animals \ Pets Fiction, Australian, Children's Books

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Dog O’Clock

 

A Rhyming Adventure at the Park

Where little paws share big wisdom.

Each afternoon at Dog O’Clock, the neighbourhood dogs gather at the park to swap stories, spark ideas, and gently train their humans. Between ancient wisdom, belly rubs and the occasional pooping emergency, they remind us that curiosity and kindness make every day better.

Told in playful rhyme and brought to life by Moon Holdsworth’s luminous, character-driven illustrations, Dog O’Clock invites readers to see the world from new perspectives — and to find magic everywhere.

Perfect for readers aged 6–10 (and the humans who love them).

About the Author

Rosalind McNamara is a former journalist, a mother to three humans and one cavoodle, and a Master’s-qualified clinical counsellor in training. She loves reading, writing, theatre and travel-but most of all, she loves curiosity and kindness, practised daily. Dog O’Clock reflects her belief in the deep, therapeutic connection between dogs and humans, and in the quiet joy of noticing different perspectives and seeing the world through curious eyes.

About the Illustrator

Moon Holdsworth is an artist who treasures daily coastal walks with her flat-coated retriever and raising her two humans. For Dog O’Clock, she created whimsical, story-led illustrations using soft digital watercolour textures, expressive characters, and gentle surrealism to bring each dog’s personality to life.

GLOVER, Liam

Oct 1, 2026 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Christian

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Senses of the Kingdom

 

Experiencing the Tangible Richness of our Relational World

The Kingdom of God is not just something we know – it’s something we experience.

In a distracted and disconnected world, many Christians have learned about God while becoming increasingly numb to His presence. Faith can become intellectual rather than embodied, leaving people spiritually informed yet relationally distant from the life of the Kingdom. Senses of the Kingdom invites readers to rediscover a faith that engages the whole person through their senses and discern the presence of God in everyday life.

Drawing from Scripture, contemporary research, embodied spirituality, and missional practice, this book explores how the human senses shape worship, relationships, discipleship and spiritual formation. Through practical insights and reflective teaching, readers will discover how God often speaks and forms us through the ordinary experiences of the body and the world around us.

Written from years of pastoral ministry, relational leadership, integrative life practices, theological reflection, and a deep passion for incarnational Christianity, Liam Glover offers a fresh and compelling vision for those longing to experience a more present, relational, and transformative faith – through Senses of the Kingdom

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About the Author

 

Liam Glover lives in Queensland, Australia, and has spent more than two decades helping people and organisations flourish through leadership, spiritual formation and innovation. Liam has worked with churches, ministries and denominations in roles including church planter, pastor, coach, consultant and CEO.

Drawing from studies in commerce, law, divinity, and a doctorate focused on missional leadership, Liam is passionate about helping people experience the Kingdom of God in everyday life through deeper awareness, embodied faith, and meaningful relationships.

A proud First Nations man, Liam brings a relational and holistic perspective to faith and leadership. He loves exceptional coffee, live sport, learning, and spending time with his wife, family, and friends.