How to Make Friends and Go Viral by Accident (YK Willemse, Rhiza Edge)
Younger readers
Released February 2026, reviewed by Brenton Cullen.
The novella How to Make Friends and Go Viral by Accident by YK Willemse (Jerry’s Window) follows 13-year-old Hayden Connor...
How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates (Shailee Thompson, Atria Australia)
Fiction
Released February 2026, reviewed by Kate Cuthbert.
Shailee Thompson’s debut, How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates, is a genre-blending good time that captures the zeitgeist...
Bush Tukka Guide for Kids (Samantha Martin, Hardie Grant Explore)
Nonfiction
Released February 2026, reviewed by Merril Darling.
Bush Tukka Guide for Kids by Samantha Martin, a descendant of the Jaru people, is an exceptional book that is...
Muttonfish Magic (Ruth Simms & Lucy Robertson, illus Jasmine Seymour, Magabala)
Children’s picture book
Released February 2026, reviewed by Joy Lawn.
Muttonfish Magic honours the Kameragyl and Bidjigal people, the traditional custodians of the land around Kamay (Botany Bay) and Guriwal...
My Sister, the Todzilla (Jacinta Froud, illus Matt Shanks, Affirm)
Children’s picture book
Released February 2026, reviewed by Romi Sharp.
Many parents and older siblings of toddlers will relate to the premise of Jacinta Froud’s My Sister, the Todzilla –...
Wurnan: Sharing on Ngarinyin Country (Wilinggin Aboriginal Corporation, Magabala)
Nonfiction
Released February 2026, reviewed by Becca Whitehead.
Wurnan: Sharing on Ngarinyin Country, created by the Wilinggin Aboriginal Corporation, is a powerful cultural record that documents the people,...
The Break Up (It’s a Twin Thing! #1) (Kristin Darell, illus A Yi, Penguin)
Younger readers
Released February 2026, reviewed by Kirsten Barich.
Kristin Darell’s The Break Up, the first in a new series illustrated by A Yi, is a middle-grade novel that...
Plotting the Oceans: Stories of Powerful Maps and Their Makers (Sarah Hamylton, Monash University Publishing)
Nonfiction
Released February 2026, reviewed by Samantha Mylan.
In Plotting the Oceans: Stories of Powerful Maps and Their Makers, Sarah Hamylton reveals how maps chart landscapes and shape...
The Duke’s Secret (Sue Williams, A&U)
Fiction
Released February 2026, reviewed by Katy Briggs.
In The Duke’s Secret, the latest historical fiction by Sue Williams (The Governor, His Wife and His Mistress), journalist Ava...
In a Common Hour (Sita Walker, Ultimo)
Fiction
Released February 2026, reviewed by Jasmine Pirovic .
Dedicated to the Queensland state school teachers she works alongside, Sita Walker’s debut novel, In a Common Hour, offers readers...
The Watchmaker’s War (Danny Ben-Moshe, HarperCollins)
Fiction
Released February 2026, reviewed by Megan Koch.
In Danny Ben-Moshe’s debut novel, The Watchmaker’s War, Yakov Holtzman, a former Lithuanian underground resistance commander, hopes to leave the...
AI for Business: A Guide to AI Adoption (Jon Whittle, CSIRO Publishing)
Nonfiction
Released January 2026, reviewed by Jess Lomas.
As artificial intelligence becomes the latest business buzzword, many people equate it solely with generative tools like ChatGPT. In AI...
The Last Resort (Amanda Hewitt, Echo)
Fiction
Released February 2026, reviewed by Andrea Kress.
Amanda Hewitt’s debut, The Last Resort, opens with Abbey, newly divorced and reeling from the end of her marriage, as...
Yet She Lives: Fierce and Fantastical Women of Norse Mythology (Lisa Hannett, T&H)
Nonfiction
Released January 2026, reviewed by Abe Theobald.
In Yet She Lives: Fierce and Fantastical Women of Norse Mythology, Lisa Hannett brings giantesses, witches and warriors from the...
The Other Child (Susi Fox, Penguin)
Fiction
Released January 2026, reviewed by Fiona Hardy.
Susi Fox’s The Other Child opens with obstetrician Lauren De Vale returning to work after the birth of her second...
A Brain That Breathes: Essential Habits for an Overwhelming World (Jodi Wilson, Murdoch)
Nonfiction
Released January 2026, reviewed by Marissa Kyriakopoulos.
Amid the frantic pace of modern life and the wellness industry’s constant stream of coping strategies, yoga instructor and blogger...
Dreamwives (Claire Novak, HarperCollins)
Fiction
Released January 2026, reviewed by Lisa Schuurman.
Claire Novak’s Dreamwives is a hearty and entertaining contemporary “mum-com” novel that pays tribute to and shines a light on...
How to Get Home (Deborah Frenkel, illus Karen Blair, Affirm)
Children’s picture book
Released January 2026, reviewed by Annie Waters.
How to Get Home is a charming collaboration between author Deborah Frenkel (The Truck Cat) and illustrator Karen Blair (When I’m...
Might Cry Later (Kay Kerr, Macmillan)
Fiction
Released January 2026, reviewed by Lisandra Linde.
In Kay Kerr’s adult fiction debut, Might Cry Later, Nora Byrne is burnt out and struggling to reclaim herself after...
Dark Desert Road (Tim Ayliffe, Echo)
Fiction
Released January 2026, reviewed by Aurelia Orr.
Tim Ayliffe’s Dark Desert Road follows identical twins Kit and Billie, who grew up under their father’s violent rule –...
