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The Bookshop Detectives 2: Tea, Cake and Death by Gareth and Louise Ward involves another case for the number-one bestselling Bookshop Detectives to solve! In this frolicsome new adventure, Garth, Eloise (and their beloved dog, Stevie), must investigate and, hopefully, flush out a prolific poisoner before their annual fundraising event,… Read more »

Three Juliets by Minnie Darke narrates the story of 1980s designer, Claudie Miller, who has become a household name. Teenage girls are begging their mothers to make them their famous dress, the ‘Juliet’. There is, however, a big hole in Claudie’s life! Sadly, sixteen years ago, she was forced to… Read more »

Montana : 1873. In the moments before his execution, Isaac Broadway gives his estranged son Henry (Brandon Lessard) an impossible task: murder the sheriff of Trinity who framed him for a crime he didn’t commit. Intent on fulfilling his promise, Henry travels to the remote town, only to discover that… Read more »

Ballerina focuses on Eve Macarro (Ana de Armas) who is seeking revenge for the early death of her father. The film takes place during the period of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum. We discover her backstory as an orphan who trains in the ballet and later as an assassin… Read more »

Karate Kid: Legends brings together some young martial arts students with iconic masters from the original show. Li Fong (Ben Wang) and his mother relocates to New York City to start a new life. He befriends a classmate and her father, who owns the local pizza joint. Unable to defend… Read more »

Lilo and Stitch introduce us to Hawaiian culture via a touching story about an unlikely friendship. It is a remake of Disney’s animated film Lilo & Stitch (2002). Lilo (Maia Kealoha) steals the show with her natural expressions, even if her peers think she’s weird. She is struggling with her… Read more »

Tea You At The Altar by Rebecca Thorne – is the third comfy fantasy novel in Rebecca Thorne’s bestselling Tomes & Tea series. Kianthe and Reyna, those wonderful sapphic adventurers must navigate the final maelstrom that is their own wedding!! They are both, finally, happily committed to walk down the… Read more »

The Limestone Road by Nicole Alexander – In the summer of 1944 returning soldiers, Canning Christie, and his father, Michael, return home to South Australia, having fought in the desert sands of North Africa. Canning is suffering from severe trauma caused by war and the painful memory of an horrific… Read more »

The View From The Balcony by Janette Paul – Andie has no memory whatsoever of the man who pushed her out of the way of a speeding car and saved her life! A week before Coral’s biggest career highlight, her mum has a nasty fall! And the last thing Mara… Read more »

Blood and Gold by Michael Trant – Someone is stalking gold hunters. Now a bushman is stalking that someone . . . Terry Drage is by no means the first rookie gold prospector to turn up at the Murchison Hotel, boast about his thrilling discovery, then vanish! Gabe Ahern, however,… Read more »