# New Titles and Recommendations September 2023 Source: https://ballaratmi.org.au/library/new-titles-and-recommendations-september-2023/ ## SEPTEMBER 2023 ## New Releases ## Rosemary recommends more > ##### Mystery *Fear the Silence | Robert Bryndza* [Reserve](https://ballaratmi.org.au/reserve-a-library-book/) ##### Mystery *Kill for Me Kill for You | Steve Cavanagh* ##### Mystery *Her Dying Kiss | Jennifer Chase* ##### Mystery *Fearless | M W Craven* ##### Mystery *To Hunt a Magpie | Jack Gatland* ##### Mystery *The Last Sinner | Lisa Jackson* ##### Mystery *Yellowface | Rebecca F Kuang* ##### Mystery *Clean Kill | Stephen Leather* ##### Mystery *Edge of the Grave | Robbie Morrison* ##### Mystery *The Bone Hacker | Kathy Reichs* ##### Mystery *The Collector | Daniel Silva* ##### Mystery *Mr Smith to You | Kerry Taylor* ##### Australian *Southern Aurora | Mark Brandi* ##### Australian *War of Hearts | Tania Farrelly* ##### Australian *The Benevolent Society of Ill Mannered Ladies | Alison Goodman* ##### Australian *Restless Dolly Maunder | Kate Grenville* ##### Australian *Good as Gold | Justin Smith* ##### Novel *The Book That Wouldn't Burn | Mark Lawrence* ##### Novel *Betrayal | Lesley Pearse* ##### Novel *The Art of Breaking Ice | Rachael Mead* ##### Historical Fiction *House of Longing | Tara Calaby* ##### Historical Fiction *The Moon Gate | Amanda Geard* ##### Historical Fiction *Bloomsbury Girls | Natalie Jenner* ##### Historical Fiction *Wait for Me | Santa Montefiore* ##### Historical Fiction *The Secrets of the Huon Wren | Claire Vanryn* ##### Historical Fiction *The Paris Deception | Bryn Turnbull* ##### Romance *The Memory of You | Samantha Tonge* ##### Literature *Tom Lake | Ann Patchett* ##### Non Fiction *Wifedom: Mrs Orwell's Invisible Life | Anna Funder* ##### Non Fiction *Look for the Red Umbrella | Geoff McArthur* #### Rosemary's Newsletter **Author of the Month | Tania Farrelly** Tania is an award-winning advertising strategist who has spent over twenty-five years working in Australia’s leading advertising agencies, telling stories for the world’s biggest brands. She has more recently built her own successful, brand consultancy iSPY. She has turned her hand from brand stories to human stories with the help of creative writing courses at RMIT and Fiona McIntosh’s Masterclass. *Tania Farrelly* #### Book of the Month ***Good as Gold*** | **Justin Smith** *Good as Gold* follows an escaped orphan, a copper and his prisoner, and a gang of bushrangers as they descent on Melbourne town for the Cup. Each is hoping for something different – a new beginning, a chance to make history or a prize bigger than they could imagine. But only one can get the gold. *Good as Gold | Justin Smith* #### Recommended reads ***Chinese Roots* | Yvonne Horsfield** A biographical account of the well-known Ballarat Tong Way family from 1863 onward. This account is filled with the historical impacts of a family looking to find a home while they deal with the battles of religion and the introduction of the White Australia Policy. Chinese Roots is an honest and at times confronting telling of the challenges that each generation was faced with, lace with real world impacts of Australian and global history from the 1900s to the modern day. Australia has been built on the histories of all the people it has raised on its soil. This is one story that matters also. *Chinese Roots | Yvonne Horsfield* ***Southern Aurora* | Mark Brandi** Jimmy is a kid growing up fast on the poorest street in town. He tries to do everything right and look out for his mum and his younger brother. His older brother is in jail, so it’s up to Jimmy to hold things together. But small-town life is unforgiving when you’re from the other side of the tracks. If only his mum didn’t drink so much. If only he could win the school billy cart race. If only his best friend understood. If only he could stop his mum’s boyfriend from getting angry If only he was there. *Southern Aurora | Mark Brandi* ***Look for the Red Umbrella*** | **Geoff McAthur** *Look for the Red Umbrella* tells the true story of a woman who achieved this and much more, overcoming personal tragedies, family scandals and fierce opposition to make her mark as a business and community leader in a new city dominated by men. With a husband whose hubris brought the family to its knees, this very real tale of deceit, tragedy and courage plays out in the shops and streets of Victorian-era Ballarat. ***War of Hearts*** | **Tania Farrelly** In 1917 America’s declaration of war against Germany gives Grace Winter a keen-eyed New York Times investigative reporter, a much sought-after opportunity to make her mark on the Western Front. But by 1918 the gruesome reality of trench warfare has set in, and the Spanish flu is killing Allied soldiers in their droves. Father Jude is no ordinary priest, He’s proven himself as fearless on the battlefield as any soldier, and as compassionate as any man of the cloth. But things get complicated when he is asked to rendezvous with Grace in occupied France. As their mission to filter secrets back through enemy lines becomes increasingly perilous, so too does their attraction. When Grace catches the priest taking an obsessive interest in a tiny silver music box gifted to her by an unknon soldier, she suspects the good Father may be keeping a devastating secret, and she is forced to make an impossible choice… *War of Hearts | Tania Farrelly* **More of Rosemary’s new releases & recommendations.** [August 2023](https://ballaratmi.org.au/library/new-titles-and-recommendations-august-2023/) ## Library events ![BMI Library book sale promotional image with gift-wrapped book](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/square-promo-christmas-26-300x300.jpg) ##### [Book Sale | Reward yourself with some excellent Christmas reading](https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/book-sale-reward-yourself-with-some-excellent-christmas-reading/) December 12 @ 10:00 am - December 13 @ 2:00... ![BMI Library book sale with vinyl records and autumn leaves](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/square-promo-autumn-26-300x300.jpg) ##### [Book Sale | Reward yourself with some excellent Autumn reading](https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/book-sale-reward-yourself-with-some-excellent-autumn-reading/) 01/05/2027 @ 10:00 am - 02/05/2027 @ 2:00 pm Free... ![Ross McMullin author of The Light on the Hill book](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/square-promo-tt-ross-mcmullin-300x300.jpg) ##### [Twilight Talks: Season 2, The Light on the Hill: An Updated History of the Australian Labor Party.](https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/twilight-talks-season-2-the-light-on-the-hill-an-updated-history-of-the-australian-labor-party/) October 28 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm $9 –... ![Kerri Rogan author event promoting Witchy Sister book](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/sp-promo-talks-kerri-rogan-v2-1-300x300.webp) ##### [In Conversation with Kerri Rogan](https://ballaratmi.org.au/event/in-conversation-with-kerri-rogan-november/) November 4 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm $11.00 Humffray... ## Library news ![Monica McInerney author photo with When Sullivan Met Lola book cover](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/libary-bow-monica-mcinerney-when-sullivan-met-lola-240x300.jpg) ##### [Rosemary’s Book of the Week | When Sullivan Met Lola by Monica McInerney](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-of-the-week-when-sullivan-met-lola-by-monica-mcinerney/) When Sullivan Met Lola Monica McInerney Don’t miss Monica who... ![Michael Robotham Tell Me Something True book cover BMI Library](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/libary-bow-michael-robotham-tell-me-something-true-240x300.jpg) ##### [Rosemary’s Book of the Week | Tell Me Something True by Michael Robotham](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-of-the-week-tell-me-something-true-by-michael-robotham/) Tell Me Something True Michael Robotham Don’t miss Michael who... ![Sally Mackinnon promotes her fashion book Styled](https://ballaratmi.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/libary-bow-sally-mackinnon-styled-240x300.jpg) ##### [Rosemary’s Book of the Week | Styled by Sally Mackinnon](https://ballaratmi.org.au/rosemarys-book-of-the-week-styled-by-sally-mackinnon/) Styled Sally Mackinnon Don’t miss Sally who will be talking... **Stay informed of our new releases** Subscribe to our Newsletter [subscribe newsletter >](https://ballaratmi.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=dd70ef083716c1e78fa7f77de&id=e81f7ed3c4#) ## Library Back to our Library homepage [Library](https://ballaratmi.org.au/library/) ## Tours The BMI can provide public tours of the building. 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