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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, by J.K. Rowling.

Top 10 Independents

The magic of J.K. Rowling has kept her at the top of the charts in Australian independent bookshops.

An affair of state

The French president in 1994.

We will never see the like of this book again; leaders no longer have the patience, passion or attention.

Meg McKinlay: Books that changed me

Author Meg McKinlay

Meg McKinlay is a children's writer and poet who lives in Fremantle, Western Australia. Her novel A Single Stone (Walker Books), about a 14-year-old girl who lives in a mountain village where small children work in the mines, won the 2016 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Young Adult Fiction.

To 10 bestsellers

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, by J.K. Rowling.

J.K. Rowling's script for the film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has gone straight to the top of the bestseller list on publication.