Be Brave: The Life of a Pacific Correspondent (Barbara Dreaver, Awa Press)
Nonfiction
Released March 2026, reviewed by Ash Davida Jane.
In Be Brave: The Life of a Pacific Correspondent, Barbara Dreaver takes readers around the Pacific, introducing a wide range...
Life and Breath: Stories (Ursula Dubosarsky, Christmas Press)
Younger readers
Released March 2026, reviewed by Anneliese Gates.
Life and Breath: Stories brings together 13 short stories by Ursula Dubosarsky, offering a delightful showcase of her distinctive ability to...
Aubrey Wants to Die (Pip Knight, HarperCollins)
Fiction
Released March 2026, reviewed by Gabby Spina.
Pip Knight, the pen name of Pip Drysdale, takes her first foray into vampire fiction with Aubrey Wants to Die,...
What Rhymes with Murder? (Penny Tangey, Summit)
Fiction
Released March 2026, reviewed by Emma Nield.
Penny Tangey’s debut cosy crime novel, What Rhymes With Murder?, is set within a charming, close-knit Melbourne community filled with nosy...
Bound (Samantha WL Lee, WestWords)
Fiction
Released March 2026, reviewed by Emma Pei Yin.
In Bound, Samantha WL Lee traces 3 generations of women across a century and 4 countries, bound by tradition, family...
The Belly of a Wolf (Julianne Negri, UWA Publishing)
Young adult
Released March 2026, reviewed by Danielle Bagnato.
The Belly of a Wolf is a powerful young adult verse novel by award-winning writer Julianne Negri. Little Red is...
Life Drawing (Emily Lighezzolo, UQP)
Fiction
Released March 2026, reviewed by Charlotte Callander.
Emily Lighezzolo’s debut novel, Life Drawing, is an intimate literary romance that explores desire, body image, mental health, art and love....
The Mighty Pipsqueak (Poppy & Pipsqueak #1) (Deborah Kelly, illus Amie Sabadin, Wombat)
Younger readers
Released March 2026, reviewed by Jess Lomas.
The Mighty Pipsqueak is the first charming book in the Poppy & Pipsqueak series by Deborah Kelly for readers aged...
The Flower Garden: A Changi Secret (Claire Saxby, illus Lucia Masciullo, Walker)
Children’s picture book
Released March 2026, reviewed by Anica Boulanger-Mashberg.
Complex history becomes accessible to young readers when told through intimate, human stories; The Flower Garden: A Changi Secret uses this...
The Minstrels (Eva Hornung, Text)
Fiction
Released March 2026, reviewed by Alex Durac.
A beautiful yet distressing work of rural fiction, The Minstrels by Eva Hornung (The Last Garden; Dog Boy) draws together...
My Super Uncle (Dannika Patterson, illus Seantelle Walsh, Ford St)
Children’s picture book
Released March 2026, reviewed by George Banach-Salas.
My Super Uncle is a charming picture book about a child and their “everyday superhero” uncle. Written by Dannika Patterson...
Bring Back Yesterday (Bob Carr, A&U)
Nonfiction
Released March 2026, reviewed by Jess Lomas.
In Bring Back Yesterday, journalist and former politician Bob Carr reflects on the sudden death of his wife, Helena, and...
The Ascension of Souls (Broken Cycle #1) (Bronte-Marie Wesson, Penguin)
Fiction
Released March 2026, reviewed by Kathryn Wheaton Grierson.
A recurring prophecy falters as the fate of two countries hangs in the balance in Bronte-Marie Wesson’s fantasy epic, The...
Forever & Ever (Allanah Hunt, Text)
Young adult
Released March 2026, reviewed by Ana Brawls.
Forever & Ever is Barkindji and Malyangapa author Allanah Hunt’s debut novel and a devastating exploration of first love, loss...
A Concise Compendium of Wonder (Ceridwen Dovey, Ursula Dubosarsky & Jennifer Mills, Pink Shorts Press)
Fiction
Released March 2026, reviewed by Megan Cheong.
Developed in collaboration with South Australian theatre company Slingsby, A Concise Compendium of Wonder is a triptych of fairy tales...
She Who Tastes, Knows: A Memoir of Food, Exile and Awakening (Durkhanai Ayubi, Murdoch)
Nonfiction
Released March 2026, reviewed by Joanne Shiells.
Just pages into She Who Tastes, Knows: A Memoir of Food, Exile and Awakening, my taste buds were tingling at...
The Lonely Lunch Club (Your Next Read Silver) (Maddy Mara, illus Laura Stitzel, Affirm)
Younger readers
Released March 2026, reviewed by Sarah Roberts.
The Lonely Lunch Club, written by Maddy Mara and illustrated by Laura Stitzel, is the first title in the Your...
Good Young Men (Gary Lonesborough, A&U Children’s)
Young adult
Released March 2026, reviewed by Angela Crocombe.
Good Young Men is the 4th novel from award-winning Yuin author Gary Lonesborough (I’m Not Really Here), told from the...
Finding the Bones (Natalie Conyer, Echo)
Fiction
Released March 2026, reviewed by Kate Frawley.
Finding the Bones by Ned Kelly Award–winning author Natalie Conyer is a gritty, slow-burn Australian crime thriller that exposes the...
Genie Snail (Bethany Loveridge, illus Chris Kennett, Little Book Press)
Children’s picture book
Released March 2026, reviewed by Nadia Heisler.
In Genie Snail, author Bethany Loveridge (Renegade Timeline Officer) and illustrator Chris Kennett combine forces to deliver a bright, engaging...
