- Power to the People: Sunlight to electricity using solar cells by Martin Green, University of New South Wales Press
- Reefscape by Rosaleen Love, Allen & Unwin
- Astronomy 2001 East Australia Edition by Glen Dawes, Gary Allen
- Running Down by Mary E. White, Kangaroo Press
- Feral Future by Tim Low, Viking
- The Wollemi Pine by James Woodford, Text Publishing
- Why the Watermelon Won’t Ripen In Your Armpit by Ben Selinger, Allen & Unwin
- Winds of Change by John Garratt, CSIRO
- Mind Wars by Ian McFadyen, Allen & Unwin
- Altered Genes edited by Richard Hindmarsh, Allen & Unwin
New Scientist is reading . . . poetry.…
