Here is a round-up previewing some of the most exciting local releases for the second half of 2019!
FICTION
The Old Lie by Claire G. Coleman (August)
Pillars by Peter Polites (August)
Mother of Pearl by Angela Savage (August)
The Collaborator by Diane Armstrong (August)
The Returns by Philip Salom (August)
The Burnt Country by Joy Rhoades (August)
Out of Time by Steve Hawke (August)
The Trespassers by Meg Mundell (August)
Wild by Nathan Besser (September)
The Operators by Barry Heard (September)
The Last Voyage of Mrs Henry Parker by Joanna Nell (September)
Lucky Ticket by Joey Bui (September)
Here Until August by Josephine Rowe (September)
The Heart of the Ritz by Luke Devenish (September)
Wolfe Island by Lucy Treloar (September)
The Hollow Earth by John Kinsella (September)
The Writing on the Wall by Juliet Rieden (September)
There Was Still Love by Favel Parrett (October)
Maybe the Horse Will Talk by Elliot Perlman (October)
The Death of Jesus by J. M. Coetzee (October)
The Weekend by Charlotte Wood (October)
Khaki Town by Judy Nunn (October)
Paris Savages by Katherine Johnson (October)
Bruny by Heather Rose (October)
Cilka’s Journey by Heather Morris (October)
The Bee and the Orange Tree by Melissa Ashley (November)
Damascus by Christos Tsiolkas (late 2019)
Red Can Origami by Madelaine Dickie (late 2019)
The Strangers We Know by Pip Drysdale (December)
The Drover’s Wife by Leah Purcell (December)
DEBUT FICTION
Lapse by Sarah Thornton (August)
From Here On, Monsters by Elizabeth Bryer (August)
Taking Tom Murray Home by Tim Slee (August)
Dolores by Lauren Aimee Curtis (August)
Going Under by Sonia Henry (September)
Being Black n Chicken, & Chips by Matt Okine (September)
Act of Grace by Anna Krien (September)
The Breeding Season by Amanda Niehaus (September)
CRIME FICTION
Where the Dead Go by Sarah Bailey (August)
Snake Island by Ben Hobson (August)
See You at the Toxteth: The Best of Cliff Hardy, and Corris on Crime by Peter Corris (August)
The Day the Lies Began by Kylie Kaden (August)
State of Fear by Tim Ayliffe (August)
The Rich Man’s House by Andrew McGahan (September)
Meet Me at Lennon’s by Melanie Myers (September)
The Wife and the Widow by Christian White (October)
You Don’t Know Me by Sara Foster (October)
Silver by Chris Hammer (October)
Peace by Garry Disher (November)
Dead Man Switch by Tara Moss (November)
NON-FICTION
Salt: Selected essays and short stories by Bruce Pascoe (August)
Women, Men and the Whole Damn Thing by David Leser (August)
Songspirals: Sharing women’s wisdom of country through songlines by Laklak Burarrwana, Ritjilili Ganambarr, Merrkiyawuy Ganambarr-Stubbs, Banbapuy Ganambarr and Sarah Wright (August)
The Near and the Far Vol. II by David Carlin and Francesca Rendle-Short (August)
On the Chin: A Boxing Education by Alex McCLintock (August)
James Hardy Vaux’s 1819 Dictionary of Criminal Slang and Other Impolite Terms as Used by the Convicts of the British Colonies of Australia by Simon Barnard (August)
The Art of Growing Up by John Marsden (August)
Banking Bad: How corporate greed and broken governance failed Australia by Adele Ferguson (August)
Church of the Open Sky by Nat Young (August)
The Crow Eaters: A journey through South Australia by Ben Stubbs (August)
The Father Hood: Inspiration for the New Dad Generation by Luke Benedictus, Andrew McUtchena nd Jeremy Macvean (August)
Night Fishing by Vicki Hastrich (September)
Fallen by Lucie Morris-Marr (September)
Fixed It by Jane Gilmore (September)
Sex in the Brain: How your brain controls your sex life by Amee Biard (September)
When You’re Not OK: A Toolkit for Tough Times by Jill Stark (September)
How Powerful We Are by Sally Rugg (September)
On a Wing and a Prayer: The Race That Stopped The World by Di Websdale-Morrisey (September)
Smashed Avocado: How I Cracked the Property Market and You Can Too by Nicole Haddow (September)
Australianama: The South Asian Odyssey in Australia by Samia Khatun (September)
Beyond the Bump by Sally Shepherd (September)
Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tsyon Yunkaporta (September)
Pain and Prejudice by Gabrielle Jackson (September)
Pills, Powder, and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs by Antony Loewenstein (September)
Queer Icons from Gay to Z: Activists, Artists & Trailblazers by Patrick Boyle, illustrated by Antoine Corbineau (October)
The Innocent Reader by Debra Adelaide (October)
This is What a Feminist Looks Like by Emily Maguire (October)
Kitty Flanagan’s 488 Rules For Life by Kitty Flanagan (October)
We Are Here: Stories of home, place and belonging, edited by Meg Mundell (November)
Beauty by Bri Lee (late 2019)
BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR
On Drugs by Chris Fleming (August)
Paris and Other Disappointments by Adam Rozenbachs (August)
The Wooleen Way by David Pollock (August)
Lot With a Little by Tim Costello (August)
Tough Customer: Chasing a Better Deal for Battlers by Allan Fels (August)
Growing Up Queer in Australia edited by Benjamin Law (August)
Poster Boy: A Memoir of Art and Politics by Peter Drew (August)
The Joy of High Places by Patti Miller (August)
Storytime by Jane Sullivan (August)
Arab, Australian, Other: Stories on Race and Identity, edited by Randa Abdel-Fattah and Sara Saleh (August)
Valerie Taylor: An Adventurous Life by Valerie Taylor (September)
The Girls by Chloe Higgins (September)
About a Girl: A Mother’s Powerful Story of Raising her Transgender Child by Rebekah Roberston (September)
White Tears/Brown Scars by Ruby Hamad (September)
Gulpilil by Derek Rielly (October)
Penny Wong: Passion and Principle by Margaret Simons (October)
The Woman Who Cracked the Anxiety Code: The Extraordinary Life of Dr Claire Weekes by Judith Hoare (October)
James Cook by Peter Fitzsimons (October)
On Shirley Hazzard: Writers on Writers by Michelle de Kretser (October)
Ian Fairweather: A Life in Letters, edited by Claire Roberts and John Thompson (October)
The Accidental Tour Guide by Mary Moody (October)
Beneath the Surface by Libby Trickett (October)
Heart and Soul: My Story by Paul Gallen and David Riccio (October)
Olive Cotton by Helen Enniss (November)
Tell Me Why: The Story of My Life and My Music by Archie Roach (November)
Against All Odds by Craig Challen, Richard Harris and Ellis Henican (November)
Yellow Notebook: Diaries Volume 1 1978–1986 by Helen Garner (November)
Life: Selected Writings by Tim Flannery (November)
Your Own Kind of Girl by Clare Bowditch (late 2019)
Frank Moorhouse: A Discontinuous Life by Matthew Lamb (late 2019)
Untitled by Neale Daniher (late 2019)
TRUE CRIME
Life Sentence: My Last Eighteen Months by Carl Williams (August)
The Pretty Girl Killer by Andrew Byrne (August)
Devil’s Grip by Neal Drinnan (September)
HISTORY & POLITICS
The Enchantment of the Long-Haired Rat by Tim Bonyhady (August)
Inside the Greens: The true story of the party, the politics and the people by Paddy Manning (August)
Don Dunstan by Angela Woollacott (August)
The Golden Country: Australia’s Changing Identity by Tim Watts (September)
Quarterly Essay 75: Annabel Crabb on Politics, Work and Gender by Annabel Crabb (September)
Project Rainfall by Tom Gilling (September)
Secret: The Making of Australia’s Security State by Brian Toohey (September)
Untitled by Scott Ludlam (September)
Buckley’s Chance by Garry Linnell (October)
Politics Now by David Rowe (October)
Best Australian Political Cartoons 2019 by Russ Radcliffe (November)
1956: The Year Australia Welcomed the World by Nick Richardson (November)
Person X and the Fascists Among Us by Jeff Sparrow (November)
Reprehensible: Polite histories of bad behaviour by Mikey Robins (November)
Nothing New: A history of second-hand by Robyn Annear (November)
Bob Hawke: The complete biography by Blanche d'Alpuget (November)
COOKBOOKS
The Halliday Wine Companion 2020 by James Halliday (August)
Marriage of Flavours by Scott Pickett (August)
The Whole Fish Cookbook by Josh Niland (September)
The Shared Table: Vegetarian and vegan feasts to cook for your crowd by Clare Scrine (September)
Just George: Recipes, stories and a whole lot of love by George Calombaris (September)
Week Light: Super-Fast Meals to Make You Feel Good by Donna Hay (October)
The Atlas Cookbook: A Food Adventure by Charlie Carrington (November)
Just Desserts by Charlotte Ree (November)
Don Tillman’s Standardised Meal System by Graeme Simsion (December)
POETRY
Heide by Pi. O (August)
Amnesia Findings by Anna Jacobson (September)
Love is Strong as Death by Paul Kelly (November)