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February new releases 2025

This February we’re publishing plenty of big books: novels from acclaimed young writers, a groundbreaking look at attention in the smartphone age, a guide to wellness and ADHD, and a new edition of an invesitagtive journalism classic, now the inspiration for a new Netflix series.

From local author Madeleine Ryan, the author of A Room Called Earth, The Knowing s a day in the life of a woman who goes to work as usual while dreaming of more. ‘An astonishing, one-of-a-kind literary bouquet. Timely. Unflinching. Life-affirming. Brilliant.’ —Matthew Quick, author of The Silver Linings Playbook

Fire Exit by Morgan Talty has already been published to great accliam in the US and UK, an unforgettable story of family, legacy, culture, and inheritance, it ‘reminds us of why we still look to fiction for something beyond diversion and entertainment … I loved this book.’ —Tim Winton

The Woman Who Fooled The World is a new edition of journalists Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano’s original investigation into Belle Gibson’s global cancer con — now an inspiration for the new Netflix series Apple Cider Vinegar, starring Kaitlyn Dever and shot on location in Melbourne, out on 6 February.

The Sirens’ Call by bestelling author, tv, and podcast host Chris Hayes is a groundbreaking look the commodification of one of our most precious resources: our attention. Hayes shows how big tech has brought on an epoch-defining transation, and what we can do to take back control of our lives, our politics, and our future.

Healthy Happy ADHD is the ultimate wellness guide for neurodivergent women, written by health and fitness coach Lisa Dee, who experienced firsthand the symptoms of ADHD wreaking havoc on her physical and mental health, until she finally received a diagnosis at 31. The book shares how she transformed her life to build new habits and maintain a healthier lifestyle.

The Knowing

From the author of A Room Called Earth, a brilliant new novel about the mess that comes before salvation.

Camille lives in the country.

She’s forgotten her phone.

She’s taking the train to work.

She’s got period pain.

She can’t escape herself … or her toxic boss, Holly. And it’s Valentine’s Day.

The Knowing is a day in the life of a woman who goes to work as usual while dreaming of more.

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The Woman Who Fooled The World

The jaw-dropping story of Instagram influencer and wellness scammer Belle Gibson, whose cancer diagnosis and cure was all a lie.

NOW A NETFLIX LIMITED SERIES STARRING KAITLYN DEVER

Entrepreneur. Inspiration. Guru. Australian wellness influencer Belle Gibson shot to fame after she convinced the world she had cured her terminal brain cancer with just a healthy diet. But there was one problem: she lied — she'd never had cancer.

Gibson, a high school dropout and teenage mother, built a global business in less than eighteen months that vaulted her to fame and fortune. She had 200,000 Instagram followers from…

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Fire Exit

From the award-winning author of Night of the Living Rez, Morgan Talty’s debut novel, Fire Exit, is a masterful and unforgettable story of family, legacy, bloodlines, culture, and inheritance, and what, if anything, we owe one another.

From the porch of his home, Charles Lamosway has watched the life he might have had unfold across the river on Maine’s Penobscot Reservation. He caught brief moments of his neighbour Elizabeth’s life — from the day she came home from the hospital to her early twenties. But there’s something deeper and more dangerous than the river that divides him from her and the…

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The Sirens’ Call

From the New York Times bestselling author and television and podcast host, a powerful, wide-angle reckoning with how the assault from attention capitalism on our minds and our hearts has reordered our politics and the very fabric of our society.

We all feel it — the distraction, the loss of focus, the addictive focus on the wrong things for too long. We bump into the zombies on their phones in the street, and sometimes they’re us. We stare in pity at the four people at the table in the restaurant, all on their phones, and then we feel the buzz in our pocket. Something has changed utterly: for most of…

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Healthy Happy ADHD

A health coach with ADHD offers the ultimate wellness guide for neurodivergent women, full of easy-to-implement and adaptable advice to help you thrive.

ADHD makes it hard to maintain a healthy lifestyle, but an unhealthy lifestyle can make ADHD more difficult to live with. Health and fitness coach Lisa Dee experienced this firsthand when symptoms of her undiagnosed ADHD began wreaking havoc on her physical and mental health.

After finally receiving an ADHD diagnosis at the age of 31, Lisa realised she needed to consider the unique ways her brain and body operated if she wanted to feel her best. In Healthy…

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