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COPENHAGEN CULT RECIPES by Christine Rudolph & Susie Theodorou, Murdoch Books

The Danish concept of “hygge” – that cosy untranslatable notion of shared, simple comforts – is at the heart of this stunning hardback curation of home-cooked recipes and dishes from Copenhagen’s most influential restaurants. Fresh ingredients abound and beautiful photogrphy sums up the philosophy.

ELLIS ROWAN: A LIFE IN PICTURES By Christine Morton-Evans, NLA

Extraordinary Aussie Ellis Rowan was fascinated by the beauty of nature. The elfin explorer in Victorian corsets was considered odd by some and brilliant by others, and in an era when women were expected to remain at home Ellis flouted convention and went in search of rare plants. Here her stories are told alongside her artwork.

MELBOURNE REMEMBER WHEN by Bob Byrne, NewSouth Books

Step back to Melbourne in the 1950s, ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, in this nostalgic melée of photographs. “The photographs of our youth are compelling, elusive and cunningly tricky” writes Steve Vizard in the foreword. “Each photograph powerfully evokes halfremembered truths, half-faded yearnings.”