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A week of book drops for this heart pounding, uniquely conceived, brilliantly entertaining speculative thriller 🚂 @walkerbooksaus #partner by @booksontherail

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This week Book Ninjas big and small, furry and snack obsessed have united to celebrate the release of the Collector’s Edition of @nealshusterman’s global smash-hit YA speculative-thriller series, Scythe. Travelling across Australia in the hunt for new readers now. Keep your eyes peeled 👀

Thank you to @walkerbooksaus for making this book drop possible! #partner #booksontherail #bookninjas

⛏️ SYNOPSIS ⛏️

What if death was the only thing left to control?

In the not-too-distant future, humans have cured hunger, disease, war, crime – even death. Now scythes are the only ones who can end a life – and they are commanded to do so to keep the size of the population under control.

Citra and Rowan are both chosen to be apprentices to a scythe – something neither of them wants. Forced together, they must perfect the skill of taking a life, competing against each other for just one scythe position. But then it becomes clear that the winning apprentice’s first task will be to kill the loser...

The first book in the globally bestselling, award-winning series for fans of Suzanne Collins, Pierce Brown and Marie Lu.

Collect all the books in the series:

Scythe
Thunderhead
The Toll
Gleanings by @booksontherail

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WRITING WORKSHOPS

In the lead-up to WPW26, we are delighted to announce two writing workshops on Saturday 19 September. And even more thrilled to welcome presenters Melissa Manning, and Ali Berg & Michelle Kalus.

In The Craft of Short Stories, Melissa Manning explores the art of creating engaging short stories, from story arc to characters, in a 90-minute hands-on workshop.

In Writing Romance, co-authors Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus share their experience of what makes a captivating romance in a practical, interactive workshop that includes writing exercises.

Book a great value Day Pass to attend both sessions. Or purchase tickets to the session that suits you.

🗓️ Saturday 19 September
⏰ 11am to 2pm
📍Hastings Community Hub
1973 Frankston-Flinders Rd Hastings
🔗 Link in bio

#WPW26
#writingworkshops
#emergingwriters
#tellingstories

THE CRAFT OF SHORT STORIES
Presenter: Melissa Manning

There’s an art to creating a compelling short story. Join award-winning writer Melissa Manning to discover the
elements of an engaging story. In this workshop Melissa will focus on building a convincing narrative, a persuasive
story arc, and creating characters with depth – all in short form. The workshop includes writing exercises to help
refine your technique and captivate readers.

Melissa Manning’s debut short story collection, Smokehouse, won the 2022 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Fiction, and was shortlisted for the University of Southern Queensland Steele Rudd Award. Her award-winning stories have been published widely, including in The Best Small Fictions (US), To Carry Her Home (UK), Award Winning Australian Writing and Overland.

@lissmanning
#smokehouse
#frogsong
@uqpbooks

WRITING ROMANCE
Presenters: Ali Berg & Michelle Kalus

Join Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus, co-authors of four romance novels, and
hear their tips on how to craft authentic characters and build chemistry; the impact of a compelling narrative; romance genres and tropes; and the road to publication.
The workshop will include writing exercises and Q&A.

Ali Berg and Michelle Kalus, best friends since primary school, are the co-founders of Australian social initiative Books on the by @booksontherail

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The Hunger Games meets Caraval, The Game of Oaths is a high-stakes dark fantasy YA thriller about magic, sisterhood and revenge. You’re going to want to find a copy on a 🚂 🚃 🚌 near you! On the move across Australia all week 👀 #booksontherail @walkerbooksaus #partner

🌹 SYNOPSIS 🌹

Power, revenge and sisterhood combine in this heart-pounding YA fantasy debut, set in a magical circus in Belle Époque Paris.

Trapeze artist Falan Sunkara is a performer in Paris’s famous magical circus, le Cirque des Ombres. Le Cirque is ruled by Jean-Pierre, ringmaster and Enchanteur, one of the few magicians in the city legally allowed to use magic for entertainment. But the glamour of the circus is just another illusion. Each year, twelve members must compete in the Game of Oaths, a brutal tournament watched by the city’s elite. Only one will survive.

Last year, Falan’s sister was one of the unlucky eleven. This year, Falan is out for revenge. by @booksontherail

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✨ @booksontherail Drop | Coming Soon✨

Super super super excited to come home to The Game of Oaths by S.C Bandreddi 😍😍 How good does this look!

Thank you so much @walkerbooksaus and @booksontherail for sending me some copies to spread around Launceston (I have so many ideas for these! So stay tuned!!)

I had a unboxing video but my phone ran out of storage 😩😩

QOTD - Have you found a @booksontherail in the wild before?

#bookcommunity #bookmail #booksontherail #bookninja #bookstagrammer by @booksontherail

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Book drop ASMR with the delightfully dark and funny, My Wonderful Disgrace, by bestselling author duo @angourierice and @katericewriter 🚂 #booksontherail @walkerbooksaus #partner by @booksontherail

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This funny, edgy YA masterpiece from the bestselling author duo of #StuckUpAndStupid is on the move across Australia all week! Find a copy, read it and then return it for somebody else to enjoy 🤩 #booksontherail @walkerbooksaus #partner

👠 SYNOPSIS 👠

Amy Middleton has all her plans in place for the school ball – the perfect designer dress, the perfect dream date, the perfect night.  When Leo Prince finally agrees to go with her, success seems assured, and the night belongs to Amy. But fate, it seems, has other plans, and with the buzz of an unexpected text, her perfect night begins to unravel.  In the second novel from acclaimed Australian mother-daughter duo Angourie Rice and Kate Rice, brutally honest journal entries, texts, interviews and school newsletters slowly reveal a night gone terribly and hilariously wrong.  My Wonderful Disgrace is a deliciously dark comedy of errors about unrequited love, manipulation, misunderstandings and the tragic fate of one innocent goat. by @booksontherail

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✨ @booksontherail ✨

I’m so incredibly excited to announce that I have the opportunity to help spread some bookish love throughout the city of Launceston with My Wonderfull Disgrace by @angourierice and @katericewriter

This YA is a deliciously dark comedy of errors about unrequited love, manipulation, misunderstanding and the tragic fate of one innocent goat 🐐

I can’t wait to share this with Launceston and all of you!

I did have a unboxing video going however I forgot to hit record 😂😂

QOTD - Have you seen any @booksontherail in the wild? 👀 Will you be adding this to your TBR?

#booksontherail #publishermail #bookcommunity #bookmail #books by @booksontherail

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2016!! What a time. by @booksontherail

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Thank you for reading with us this year 🫶 See you in 2026! by @booksontherail

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A powerful, evocative and heart-wrenching read 🧡

@shaedenberryauthor @echo_publishing #partner #booksontherail #crimefiction #mysterybooks #booktokaustralia by @booksontherail

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This provocative, haunting and gripping read has been on the move across Australia! A powerful and heartfelt exploration of grief and victomhood, you won’t be able to put this book down #booksontherail

@shaedenberryauthor @echo_publishing #partner

🍽️ SYNOPSIS 🍽️

What does it mean to be a victim?

Without any warning, Justin Kowalski drives his vehicle across a line of traffic and through the front wall of Cafe 64, killing himself and three other people - and taking the reasons for this shocking act to the grave. Unable to locate any evidence of criminal behaviour or mental illness in Justin’s past, and with no one left to prosecute, the police have no choice but to label it ‘an isolated incident’.

Almost two years later, three women walk into a meeting being held by the ‘Victims of the Cafe 64 Tragedy’ support group.

A fiancée left behind. Maddie, consumed with an all-encompassing rage, on a desperate hunt for the truth.

A sister hiding in the shadows. Emily, wracked by guilt, being eaten from the inside out by the secrets she keeps.

A bystander who refuses to look back. Flo, with her mask of optimism firmly in place, who insists to anyone who will listen that she is fine.

When these three come together, the fallout will rock the foundations of their shaky, precarious lives, forcing them to confront the truths, lies and questions that surround that deadly day at Cafe 64. Can any horrific event truly exist in isolation? How do we cope when the nature of our loss is not so cut and dried? In the aftermath of a tragic event, how do we define a victim - who do we allow to grieve, what are we allowed to grieve, and where do we place blame? by @booksontherail

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