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Michelle See-Tho
A fierce and deeply felt novel about the joys and pains of growing up, of accepting who you are and where you come from.
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Joel Deane
A stylish blend of gothic mystery and modern crime noir. Evoking the spirit of Joseph Conrad and Edgar Allan Poe, Joel Deane creates a violent and lyrical vision of contemporary…
Anna Johnston
The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife is a warm, life-affirming debut about a bizarre case of mistaken identity that allows a lonely old man one last chance to be part…
Jessie Tu
A wildly inventive follow up to the acclaimed bestseller A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing, winner of the ABIA for Literary Fiction Book of the Year.
Dylin Hardcastle
The first love of a teenage girl is a powerful thing, particularly when the object of that desire is her best friend, also a girl. It's the kind of power…
Jordan Prosser
The most electrifying debut novel of 2024 - Almost Famous meets Slaughterhouse-Five.
Patrick Holland
Evocative and sparely written, in the tradition of The Mary Smokes Boys, this is a novel where the journey becomes the story, filled with acute observation, desire and dreams.
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Alice Robinson
The eagerly anticipated, breakout novel from the 2019 Winner of the Readings Prize for New Writing.
Finegan Kruckemeyer
A debut novel from one of Australia's most internationally celebrated playwrights, The End and Everything Before It is a kaleidoscopic story about the way love and loss shape a community.
Sophie Matthiesson
A stunning debut novel from a bright new voice in Australian fiction in this deeply affecting portrait of a dysfunctional family.
Mark Wales
Jack Dunne will do anything to save his son.
Daniel Tamone
In the heart of western Sydney, three generations of men in a family of champion boxers are trapped in a cycle of violence.
Kristina Ross
For readers of Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney, Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler and Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors, First Year is a deeply intelligent and insightful exploration of…
Bruce Pascoe
Imperial Harvest is a timely book that speaks to the universal lessons of war. It addresses pertinent themes of dispossession by tracing imperialist tactics all the way back to the…
Shirley Barrett
A witty and poignant final novel from acclaimed author and filmmaker Shirley Barrett about what destroys us, what sustains us, and what we carry from one world into the next.
Louise Le Nay
The warm, heroic story of a grandmother's determination to save her family from themselves.
Jenny Ackland
A powerful and important novel with a crucial and timely feminist message, from the Stella Prize-shortlisted author of Little Gods.
Lia Hills
In this stunning, lyrical novel of nature and history, a girl walks out of the desert and shakes a community to its core.
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Kate Kruimink
A sad, sly and darkly comic story about the weight of grief and the ways in which family cleave to us, for better and for worse.
Nicola Moriarty
Who killed Harriet? The unputdownable new thriller from the bestselling author of You Need to Know.
Pitaya Chin
The Director and the Daemon follows the director of a big budget Australian sci-fi TV show grappling with the dilemma of corporate sponsorship, and their infatuation with their beautiful but…
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Beverley Farmer
A new edition of Beverley Farmer's classic 1980 debut, out of print for many years. Alone captures the emergence of one of Australia's most powerful and distinctive writers.
Deborah Callaghan
When you are heading towards 40 and people start to notice you a little bit less, what do you do with your new powers of invisibility?
Mark Lamprell
A brilliantly observed novel about families and secrets, from acclaimed writer and film director Mark Lamprell
Katherine Allum
Full of simmering tensions, Katherine Allum's award-winning debut novel, The Skeleton House, pulls back the layers on a seemingly perfect family, exposing the complexities of marriage and motherhood when…
Francesca de Tores
Breathing life into the Golden Age of Piracy, Saltblood is a wild adventure, a treasure trove, weaving an intoxicating tale of gender and survival, passion and loss, journeys and transformation…
Ceridwen Dovey
A transformative new collection from the award-winning author of Only the Animals.
Melissa Goode
In this powerful and complex debut, Melissa Goode interrogates what makes a life worthwhile, and has created a vivid, intricate portrait of the relationships that shape and connect us, and…
Sara Haddad
Nabila Yasmeen is in her eighties. She lives alone with over a hundred plants that she keeps in pots because she can't bear to put them in the ground.
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Susannah Begbie
A perceptive and unforgettable debut novel, The Deed explores the messy, sometimes volatile, complications that only the best and worst of family can bring. Sometimes greed can be good.
Cameron Stewart
A lyrical and profound debut novel that celebrates the kindness of strangers and those living in pain who recognise that in others.
Shankari Chandran
The new novel from the Miles Franklin award-winning author of Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens.
Jonathan Seidler
All the Beautiful Things You Love is a vivid and vibrant exploration of the things that bring us together and tear us apart, and those keepsakes that populate the wide-open…
Catherine McKinnon
From the author of the Miles Franklin Award shortlisted Storyland, comes a rich, layered and thrilling novel of love, war and friendship, To Sing of War.
Meg Keneally
From horse thief to the merchant queen of Sydney Cove - how did one woman rise so far?
Mark McAvaney
For everything there is an appointed time, even a time for every affair under the heavens.
Kirsty Iltners
Told through alternating perspectives, Kirsty Iltners’ debut novel examines the lives of two isolated individuals to reveal the fragility of life and the fallibility of our memories.
Belinda Cranston
As a young girl in Sydney, Rachel pays more attention than she perhaps should to a cartoon character who accesses different personas on separate adventures each time he goes into…
Siang Lu
Perfect for fans of Haruki Murakami, Ghost Cities is a profound and highly imaginative novel that cleverly draws on Chinese history to explore the absurdity of modern life and work.
Ruby Todd
A young woman grapples with the arrival of a once-in-a-lifetime comet and its tumultuous consequences in a debut novel that blends mystery, astronomy and romance, perfect for fans of Tracey…
Brooke Dunnell
With its honest portrayal of the complexity of human relationships and the difficult choices we face, Last Best Chance is a compelling and thoughtprovoking read.
Stephen Orr
Wilf Healy lives in a wheatbelt town, works in an Irish pub, delivers letters, holds the place together. But he's had enough, wants to retire - to forget his nephew…
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Victoria Purman
From the bestselling author of The Nurses' War comes this charming, funny, pointed look at the golden years of radio broadcasting in post-war Australia, celebrating the extraordinary unseen women who…
Alan Attwood
It is 1910. Halley's Comet is coming. Harry Houdini is in Australia for the first time. The most celebrated escape artist in the world has sold-out seasons in both Melbourne…
Kyra Geddes
Her family's story made Henry Lawson famous. But was it his story to tell? Fact and fiction meld into one in this stirring family saga set against shifting landscapes and…
Diane Armstrong
From a bestselling Australian author comes a gripping novel of espionage, passion and sacrifice set in the Middle East during World War I. Based on an astonishing true story, it…
Bri Lee
The intersections between art, life, power and privilege are explored in this first work of fiction from the bestselling author of Eggshell Skull.
Steven Carroll
Who killed Martin Friedrich? From award-winning writer Steven Carroll comes the first book in a series of post-war literary crime novels featuring Detective Sergeant Stephen Minter, with shades of The…