This Is Where We Say Goodbye (Howard McKenzie-Murray, Fremantle)
Young adult
Released May 2026, reviewed by Karys McEwen.
This Is Where We Say Goodbye follows Maud Tarkington over the course of a single unsettling day in Fremantle: the...
The Farmer’s Pyjamas (Ruth Paul, Walker)
Children’s picture book
Released May 2026, reviewed by Kirsten Barich.
Ruth Paul’s The Farmer’s Pyjamas is a playful, light-hearted rhyming story that puts a humorous spin on daily life in...
The Missing Mother (Mali Cornish, A&U)
Fiction
Released May 2026, reviewed by Michelle Thomson.
In The Missing Mother, Mali Cornish (Judgement Day) crafts a gripping domestic thriller centred on Elspeth, who returns to Geelong...
Phantom Days (Angela O’Keeffe, UQP)
Fiction
Released May 2026, reviewed by Samantha Mylan.
“A book comes into the world knowing it is a saviour, of sorts.” So begins Phantom Days, the 3rd novel...
Running in Circles (Shivaun Plozza, UQP)
Younger readers
Released May 2026, reviewed by Tony Doyle.
In Running in Circles, Shivaun Plozza (The Worst Perfect Moment, The Boy, The Wolf and the Stars) brings climate science...
Cast Away (Francesca de Tores, Bloomsbury)
Fiction
Released May 2026, reviewed by Charlotte Callander.
Award-winning author Francesca de Tores’s Cast Away is a fascinating and exquisitely detailed fictionalisation of sailor and navigator Alexander Selkirk’s...
When Words Fail Us: Truth Beyond Time (Stan Grant, NewSouth)
Nonfiction
Released May 2026, reviewed by Becca Whitehead.
In When Words Fail Us, Stan Grant steps fully into his role as a philosopher and public thinker after walking...
Dove (Georgia Harper, Penguin)
Fiction
Released April 2026, reviewed by Hannah Cartmel.
Georgia Harper’s Dove is a quiet, restrained novel with a philosophical tone and a steady undercurrent of tension. Set in...
My Ball Is Broken (Rob Graves-Morris, Walker)
Children’s picture book
Released April 2026, reviewed by Jess Lomas.
My Ball Is Broken, written and illustrated by Rob Graves-Morris, is a playful picture book with hidden depth for readers...
Gross Things Animals Eat (Claire Stevens, illus Adele K Thomas, HarperCollins)
Younger readers
Released April 2026, reviewed by Merril Darling.
Gross Things Animals Eat is packed with disgusting, bizarre and outrageous descriptions and illustrations that young readers aged 5 and...
Look After Your Feet: Some Keen Observations on the Unexpected Advantages and Indignities of Getting Older (Rosalie Ham, A&U)
Nonfiction
Released May 2026, reviewed by Jess Lomas.
Rosalie Ham (The Dressmaker) turns her sharp wit toward the journey of ageing in her first nonfiction book, Look After...
Tiwi war kwampini: Mwarlapwara kangi tingati (Tiwi War Hero: Footprints in the Sand) (Mavis Kerinaiua, ILF)
Children’s picture book
Released April 2026, reviewed by Merril Darling.
Tiwi war kwampini: Mwarlapwara kangi tingati (Tiwi War Hero: Footprints in the Sand) is written, translated and illustrated by Mavis...
Griefdogg (Michael Winkler, Text)
Fiction
Released April 2026, reviewed by Nikki Taylor.
Miles Franklin–shortlisted author Michael Winkler (Grimmish) returns with his anticipated new novel, Griefdogg. Jeffrey is a hydrologist in Mildura who,...
Fanny and Mina: The Fastest of Friends (Samantha Tidy, illus Hilary Cresp, Windy Hollow)
Children’s picture book
Released April 2026, reviewed by Jess Lomas.
Fanny and Mina: The Fastest of Friends, written by Samantha Tidy and illustrated by Hilary Cresp, is a narrative nonfiction...
The Friendship Paradox (Aśka, A&U Children’s)
Graphic novel
Released April 2026, reviewed by Jing Xuan Teo.
The Friendship Paradox is a heartwarming YA graphic novel by author and artist Aśka (Stars in Their Eyes) about personal...
Crip Stories: An Anthology of Disabled Writers (ed BS Windon, Laura Pettenuzzo, Misbah Wolf & Katie Hansord, NewSouth)
Nonfiction
Released April 2026, reviewed by Samantha Mylan.
Crip Stories: An Anthology of Disabled Writers, edited by BS Windon, Laura Pettenuzzo, Misbah Wolf and Katie Hansord, in partnership...
The Nocturnals (Frances Whiting, HarperCollins)
Fiction
Released April 2026, reviewed by Emily Westmoreland.
Frances Whiting’s third novel, The Nocturnals, follows 5 teenagers in 1997 who promise “to love each other wholly” as they...
The Last Word (Two Hearts) (A L Tait, Scholastic)
Younger readers
Released April 2026, reviewed by Joy Lawn.
Scholastic’s multi-authored Two Hearts series is capturing the Australian middle-grade romance market. It is notable for its appealing, tween-appropriate relationships,...
The Chateau on Sunset (Natasha Lester, Hachette)
Fiction
Released April 2026, reviewed by Eleanor Jackson.
The Chateau on Sunset is the latest historical fiction novel from bestselling author Natasha Lester, set against both the glamour...
Kill Your Boomers (Fiona Wright, Ultimo)
Fiction
Released April 2026, reviewed by Melissa Mantle.
In her first work of fiction, Fiona Wright turns her sharp eye on Australia’s housing crisis. Kill Your Boomers centres...
