Emerging Writers' Festival 2023

Sad Girl Novel

Pip Finkemeyer

A young woman tries to figure out if she’s the best (a creative genius) or if she’s maybe just the worst (completely delusional).

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Fat Girl Dancing

Kris Kneen

Fat Girl Dancing is a frank, beautiful and triumphant ode to self-respect from one of Australia's most original and acclaimed writers.

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Nothing to Hide: Voices of Trans and Gender Diverse Australia

Sam Elkin, Alex Gallagher, Yves Rees, Bobuq Sayed (eds)

Nothing to Hide is Australia’s first mainstream anthology of trans and gender diverse writing, a powerful contribution to Australian letters.

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Hip Hop & Hymns

Mawunyo Gbogbo

A memoir of loving hard, falling apart and fighting back, set to an unrivalled playlist.

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Sunbathing: A Novel

Isobel Beech

A powerful debut that explores life, death and the restorative power of friendship under the warm summer sun of Umbria.

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The First Time I Thought I Was Dying

Sarah Walker

A dazzling collection of essays that unpacks our unruly bodies and minds and questions why we are taught to fear and punish them.

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The Lovers

Yumna Kassab

The Lovers is an enchanting fable that explores the light and dark of a relationship - a love distilled down to its barest form.

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Marshmallow

Victoria Hannan

A raw, powerful novel from the prize-winning author of Kokomo that exposes the ripple effect of grief.

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Black and Blue

Veronica Gorrie

The story of an Aboriginal woman who worked as a police officer and fought for justice both within and beyond the Australian police force.

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Gemini Falls

Sean Wilson

An epic tale, breathless with intrigue and soaring with humanity.

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The Matchmaker

Saman Shad

Sparks fly in this glittering romantic comedy about love, marriage and mistaking your own identity.

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Shirley

Ronnie Scott

The daughter of a celebrity must discover who is worthy of her devotion and who is just a fan.

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She Is Haunted

Paige Clark

You do not know of Paige Clark, but you soon will.

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Found, Wanting

Natasha Sholl

Furious and passionate, bracingly honest and beautiful, Found, Wanting is above all, a memoir about living and making sense of the multitude of lives within us.

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In Moonland

Miles Allinson

In present-day Melbourne, a man attempts to piece together the mystery of his father’s apparent suicide, as his young family slowly implodes.

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Collective Movements

Kate ten Buuren

First Nations Collectives, Collaborations and Creative Practices from across Victoria.

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How Decent Folk Behave

Maxine Beneba Clarke

A vibrant, thought-provoking collection from the ABIA and Indie award-winning author of The Hate Race and Carrying the World.

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Tissue

Madison Griffiths

At a time when women around the world are losing their right to access safe abortion, this book is needed more than ever.

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The Fogging

Luke Horton

A compelling tale of the slow disintegration of a relationship and the unravelling of a man.

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NANGAMAY dream MANA gather DJURALI grow

Alison Whittaker, Steven Lindsay Ross (eds)

A ground-breaking collection of First Nations Australia LGBTQIA+ poets, writers and storytellers.

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Little Plum

Laura McPhee-Browne

Bold, dark and sensuous, Little Plum is the stunning follow-up to the award-winning debut Cherry Beach.

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The Shape of Dust

Lamisse Hamouda

The Shape of Dust is a haunting appraisal of the way Australia treats its citizens, both at home and abroad.

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After Australia

Michael Mohammed Ahmad

In this unflinching new anthology, eleven of Australia’s most daring writers of colour provide a glimpse of Australia in the year 2050.

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Hopeless Kingdom

Kgshak Akec

Inspired by the author’s own experience of migration from Africa to Australia, Hopeless Kingdom signals a powerful new voice in Australian writing.

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Astronomy: Sky Country (First Knowledges)

Karlie Noon, Krystal De Napoli

What do you need to know to prosper for 65,000 years or more? The First Knowledges series provides a deeper understanding of the expertise and ingenuity of Indigenous Australians.

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Madukka the River Serpent

Julie Janson

A striking novel about family and resistance from Australian Darug Burruberongal writer and playwright Julie Janson.

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Raised by Wolves: A Memoir with Bite

Jess Ho

Fierce, funny and razor-sharp, Raised by Wolves is a potent coming of age story from a savage new voice.

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You’ll Be a Wonderful Parent

Jasper Peach

A kind and generous book of advice for any new LGBTQIA+ parent.

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Homesickness

Janine Mikosza

An extraordinary memoir that reflects on memory and finding your voice after decades of silence.

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Greatest Hit

Holly Isemonger

Greatest Hit is a stunning and highly anticipated debut by the winner of the Judith Wright Poetry Prize.

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Backyard Beasties

Helen Milroy

Backyard Birds and Backyard Bugs shows us the wonderful warm blooded, cold blooded, feathered and clawed creatures we might finding living with us in a typical Australian home.

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KING: Life, Death and Hip Hop

Hau Latukefu,Christopher Riley

An inspiring memoir about the meaning of family, the art of the grind and what it takes to spark a music revolution.

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Entries

Prithvi Varatharajan

The writing that follows arose from states of joy, anguish, ambivalence and contemplation.

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Leave Me Alone

Harry Reid

Harry Reid takes us through the doors of the office to tour its funny, absurd, and at times terrifying, discontents.

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Chinese Fish

Grace Yee

Chinese Fish is a family saga in miniature, spanning three generations.

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Iris

Fiona Kelly McGregor

Acclaimed and bestselling literary novelist Fiona Kelly McGregor dives into the criminal underground of 1930s Sydney and the life of petty criminal, prostitute and murderer Iris.

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No Longer A Wandering Spirit

Sharon Huebner, Ezzard Flowers

Kia Kia, Noogiting Wirren, Minang Yorga, Minang Boodja.

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Wild Abandon

Emily Bitto

A breathtaking new novel from the Stella Prize-winning author of The Strays. Shortlisted for the 2022 ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year.

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The One Thing We’ve Never Spoken About

Elfy Scott

An investigation into the failings of Australia's mental healthcare system, grounded in a personal story of a mother daughter relationship.

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Root & Branch: Essays on Inheritance

Eda Gunaydin

In Root & Branch Eda Gunaydin’s essays ask: what are the legacies of migration, apart from loss? And how do we find comfort in where we are?

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We Come with This Place

Debra Dank

A deeply personal, profound tribute to family and the Gudanji Country to which Debra Dank belongs.

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She and Her Pretty Friend

Danielle Scrimshaw

A joyous look at the history of lesbian and bisexual women in Australia – from colonisation to convict times, through suffrage and liberation to today.

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