Here is our literary calendar of books by Australian authors due for release in the first half of 2015!
We’ve included a wide range of books we’re already excited about, but we’ve also overlooked quite a few, so to that end, we’ll be updating the calendar on an ongoing basis.
FEBRUARY
- Before I Sleep: My Life Fighting Crime and Corruption by Ray Whitrod
- Clade by James Bradley
- Earth Dances: Music in Search of the Primitive by Andrew Ford
- Everything You Need To Know About the Referendum To Recognise Indigenous Australians by Megan Davis & George Williams
- The Flywheel by Erin Gough (young adult fiction)
- For the Forest of a Bird by Sue Saliba (young adult fiction)
- Fury: Women Write About Sex, Power and Violence edited by Samantha Trenoweth
- King of the Road by Nigel Bartlett
- Medea’s Curse: Natalie King, Forensic Psychiatrist by Anne Buist
- Open House by David Brooks
- A Small Madness by Dianne Touchell (young adult fiction)
- The Social Diary by Ros Reines
- The Story of A Prime Minister: Paul Keating by David Day
- The Torch by Peter Twohig
- Trio by Geraldine Wooller
- Useful by Debra Oswald
- With Every Step: A Son’s Quest and a Father’s Promise by Neil Cadigan
MARCH
- Anchor Point by Alice Robinson
- The Anchoress by Robyn Cadwallader
- The Ash Burner by Kári Gíslason
- Bad Behaviour by Rebecca Starford
- Cocky’s Joy by Michael Farrell
- The Country Wife by Anne Gorman
- Crime and Punishment: Offenders and Victims in a Broken Justice System by Russell Marks
- Down to the River by SJ Finn
- Every Move by Ellie Marney (young adult fiction)
- The Guardians by Lucy Dougan
- Havoc by Jane Higgins (young adult fiction)
- Hello, Beautiful!: Scenes from a Life by Hannie Rayson
- His Other House by Sarah Armstrong
- Hot Little Hands by Abigail Ulman
- The Hush by Skye Melki-Wegner (young adult fiction)
- A Man Made Entirely of Bats by Patrick Lenton
- The Port Fairy Murders by Robert Gott
- She’s Having Her Baby by Lauren Sams
- A Short History of Richard Kline by Amanda Lohrey
- Skin by Ilka Tampke
APRIL
- The Bird’s Child by Sandra Leigh Price
- Black Rock White City by A.S. Patric
- Daughter of the Territory by Jacqueline Hammar
- The Good Greek Girl by Maria Katsonis
- Goodbye Sweetheart by Marion Halligan
- The Guy, The Girl, The Artist and His Ex by Gabrielle Williams (young adult fiction)
- Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat
- First Things First: Selected Letters of Kate Llewellyn 1977-2004 edited by Ruth Bacchus and Barbara Hill
- The Life of Houses by Lisa Gorton
- Lifespan of Starlight by Thalia Kalkipsakis (young adult fiction)
- Mannix by Brenda Niall
- Morwell Coal Mine Fires: Penguin Special by Tom Doig
- The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas about Living Ethically Peter Singer
- Mothermorphosis by Monica Dux
- Murphy’s Lore: Tales from the West by Bob Murphy
- Once Upon a Distant Journey by Hendrik Gout
- One Life: My Mother’s Story by Kate Grenville
- The Pause by John Larkin (young adult fiction)
- The Profilist: A Novel by Adrian Mitchell
- Ransacking Paris by Patti Miller
- Quicksand by Steve Toltz
- Settling Day by Kate Howarth
- Silver Lies, Golden Truths: Broken Hill, a Gentle German and Two World Wars by Christine Ellis
- Waiting for the Past by Les Murray
- We’re All Going to Die (Especially Me) by Joel Meares
MAY
- The Adventures of Holly White and the Incredible Sex Machine by Krissy Kneen
- Bloodhound: Searching for My Father by Ramona Koval
- Confessions of a Once Fashionable Mum by Georgia Madden
- Crow’s Breath by John Kinsella
- A Descant for Gossips by Thea Astley
- The Dragon’s Voice: How Modern Media Found Bhutan by Bunty Avieson
- The Floating Garden by Emma Ashmere
- Footy Dreaming by Michael Hyde (young adult fiction)
- Just A Queen by Jane Caro (young adult fiction)
- Lion Attack! by Oliver Mol
- Net Needle by Robert Adamson
- One True Thing by Nicole Hayes (young adult fiction)
- Pandora Jones: Reckoning by Barry Jonsberg (young adult fiction)
- A Single Stone by Meg McKinlay (young adult fiction)
- Stay with Me by Maureen McCarthy (young adult fiction)
- Thea Astley: Inventing Her Own Weather by Karen Lamb
- The Wonder Lover by Malcolm Knox
- You’re The Kind Of Girl I Write Songs About by Daniel Herborn (young adult fiction)
JUNE
- The Hazards by Sarah Holland-Batt
- The Mothers by Rod Jones
- No Small Change: The Road to Recognition for Indigenous Australia by Frank Brennan