Janet Evanovich’s Sizzling Sixteen has roared to the top of the bestseller lists this month. Janet’s latest Stephanie Plum adventure is causing even bigger buzz than normal with the recent announcement of actress Katherine Heigl to play Stephanie in One for the Money, the film version of the very first Stephanie Plum novel. The film is scheduled to be released in 2011 so stay tuned!

From the bestselling M.I.L.K. imprint comes this gorgeous book just in time for Father's Day.
Dear Dad: M.I.L.K is an exquisitely produced book filled with beautiful images, a tribute to one of life's most fundamental relationships. These unforgettable images, chosen from the M.I.L.K. collections, celebrate what it is to be part of a family, to share the gift of friendship and, more than anything else, to be loved.

The national tour to promote True Spirit, the incredible story of Jessica Watson’s around the world adventure, begins in Sydney on Thursday 29 July. See here for details. Look out for a major interview with Jess in newspapers around the country on Saturday 24 July and an exclusive extract from her book in their Sunday versions on 25 July, an interview on Nine’s TODAY Show on Wednesday 28 July, a chat with mum Julie Watson in Australian Women’s Weekly, then interviews with Jessica on radio stations around the country throughout the month.

Darren Groth is appearing at this year’s Byron Bay Writer’s Festival (6-8 August) to promote his latest book Kindling, a tale about a single dad raising his young autistic son set against a very Australian backdrop of a small rural town threatened by bushfires.

Bestselling author Jostein Gaarder will be at both the Melbourne Writer’s Festival (27 August – 5 September) and the Brisbane Writer’s Festival (1-5 September) to talk about his new novel The Castle in the Pyrenees.

Also appearing at the Melbourne Writer’s Festival is crime writer R.J Ellory, author of The Saints of New York and space opera supremo Alastair Reynolds.

The Dukan Diet - Credited as the secret slimming plan that helped Jennifer Lopez and Giselle Bundchen lose their baby weight, the international weight loss phenomenon is finally available in Australia.

Available now is The Making of Modern Australia by William McInnes, the book accompanying the four part documentary series airing on ABC1 from 22nd July. The series and the book are a people's history of Australia since World War II and have been described as 'a snapshot of who we were and who we are today...a national scrapbook so to speak’.

Number one bestselling author of the DCI Banks series, Peter Robinson, will be in Melbourne on Tuesday 17th August, Brisbane on Wednesday 18th August and Sydney on 19th and 20th August, where he will have an event at:
Stanton Library - 19th August
Location: 200 Miller Street, North Sydney
Hutley Hall - which adjoins Stanton Library
For tickets contact: Peter Kirby, Constant Reader Bookshop - 02 9438 1763, www.constantreader.com.au

For more details on Peter’s events in Melbourne and Brisbane, please check his website - www.inspectorbanks.com

‘The first novel in Trent Jamieson’s ‘Death Works’ series is a brilliant opening to what promises to be an enthralling series’ according to the Australian Bookseller & Publisher magazine. The book launch for Trent Jamieson’s debut fantasy novel Death Most Definite is on Friday 13th August at Avid Reader bookshop in Brisbane. Details: (07) 3846 3422

The book launch for Soul’s Reckoning, the final book in Sam Bowring’s acclaimed fantasy trilogy, is on Sunday 22 August at Gleebooks in Sydney. Details: (02) 9660 5144

Roland Perry will speak about his new book The Changi Brownlow at Beaumaris Books in Victoria on 25 August. Details: (03) 9589 4638

Shamini Flint, author of the Inspector Singh detective series will be in Australia to promote her latest novel The Singapore School of Villainy. See On Tour page for more details.

Hugo Award winning science fiction author Charles Stross, and bestselling fantasy writer Kate Elliott will be at Galaxy bookstore in Sydney for a signing on 26 August. Details: (02) 9264 3260