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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

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...

NEW All the Beautiful Things, Katrina Nannestad, ABC Books (2024). Read more...

NEW Comes the Night, Isobelle Carmody, 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...

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

Graphic novels

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

NEW Thief of the Heights, Son M. & Robin Yao, HarperCollins (2024). Read more...

Picture books

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

Teaching resource

NEW A New Literature Companion for Teachers (3rd edition), Lorraine McDonald, PETAA (2024). Read more...

NEW Coding Animated Narratives, Len Unsworth, PETAA (2024). Read more...