Over to You (Georgie Tunny, A&U)
Fiction
Released June 2026, reviewed by Lisandra Linde.
In her emotionally turbulent debut, Over to You, Georgie Tunny captures the highs and lows of working in television news....
Deprivation (Roy V Marshan, New Dawn)
Fiction
Released June 2026, reviewed by Stefen Brazulaitis.
In Deprivation, Roy V Marshan explores cannibalism as a feature of late-stage capitalism. In the 1973 film Soylent Green, cannibalism...
Geigi the Stubborn Boy (Elliot Passi & Michael Passi, illus Elliot Passi, ILF)
Children’s picture book
Released June 2026, reviewed by Thuy On.
In Geigi the Stubborn Boy, Torres Strait Islander authors Elliot and Michael Passi (with illustrations by Elliot Passi) draw on...
Kid (Peter Carnavas, UQP)
Younger readers
Released June 2026, reviewed by Lian Hingee.
Award-winning author Peter Carnavas is something of a master of timeless children’s novels full of heart and gentle lessons about...
Possible Springs (Samantha Ross, Penguin)
Fiction
Released June 2026, reviewed by Tara Lee.
In Possible Springs, Samantha Ross blends magical realism with rural noir in Australia across the late 1980s and 1990s. The...
How to Raise Rich Kids: Build Lasting Wealth for Your Children (Sarah Megginson, Pantera)
Nonfiction
Released June 2026, reviewed by Andrea Kress.
Sarah Megginson’s How to Raise Rich Kids is a practical and reassuring guide for parents who want to give their...
The Wild Unknown (Emily Gale, Text)
Younger readers
Released May 2026, reviewed by Erin Wamala.
In The Wild Unknown by Emily Gale (Outlaw Girls), the year is 2045, and Eddie’s world is completely run by...
A Single Witness (Christine Balint, Spinifex)
Fiction
Released May 2026, reviewed by Katy Briggs.
Christine Balint's gripping historical fiction, A Single Witness, is based on the true story of Anna Maria Bonon, a girl...
The Clueless Guide to Solving a Mystery (Clueless #1) (Samera Kamaleddine, illus Hykie Breeze, HarperCollins)
Younger readers
Released May 2026, reviewed by M H Alessandrino.
In The Clueless Guide to Solving a Mystery, the first instalment in the Clueless series, Samera Kamaleddine (The Sideways Orbit...
The Secrets of Strangers (Jess Kitching, S&S)
Fiction
Released May 2026, reviewed by Kate Frawley.
Despite brimming with suspects, lies and a cast of clichéd small-town characters, The Secrets of Strangers by Jess Kitching (The...
The Attention Recovery Plan: How to Win the Battle for Focus in a World Built to Break It (David Gillespie, Macmillan)
Nonfiction
Released May 2026, reviewed by Jess Lomas.
David Gillespie (Sweet Poison, Toxic at Work) has built a reputation for distilling complex research into clear, useful guidance. His latest...
You’re Welcome!: A Baking Celebration with a Southeast Asian Twist (Raymond Tan & Audrey Payne, Murdoch)
Nonfiction
Released May 2026, reviewed by Jess Lomas.
Raymond Tan and Audrey Payne’s You’re Welcome!: A Baking Celebration with a Southeast Asian Twist is a joyful, generous cookbook...
My Wonderful Disgrace (Angourie Rice & Kate Rice, Walker)
Young adult
Released May 2026, reviewed by Abbey Taylor.
My Wonderful Disgrace by Angourie Rice and Kate Rice (Stuck Up & Stupid) is a darkly comic tale of misjudgements...
Every Wild Soul (Katherine Johnson, HarperCollins)
Fiction
Released May 2026, reviewed by Heidi Maier.
Eco-literature has been booming in recent years, thanks largely to writers including James Bradley, Richard Flanagan, Tim Winton, Charlotte Wood...
No Hiding from the Woman in the Moon (Bruce Pascoe, Magabala)
Poetry
Released May 2026, reviewed by Ananya Thirumalai.
Bruce Pascoe’s No Hiding from the Woman in the Moon is a quiet, contemplative collection that looks upward to the...
Periodic Bitch (Emma Hardy, A&U)
Nonfiction
Released May 2026, reviewed by Jess Lomas.
In Periodic Bitch, Emma Hardy delivers a memoir that is both intellectually rigorous and literary in style, interrogating the cultural construction...
The Fast Lane (Pip Harry, illus Katrin Dreiling, Larrikin)
Children’s picture book
Released May 2026, reviewed by Bohdi Byles.
The Fast Lane by Pip Harry (August & Jones, Because of You) is a lively and funny story about Daisy,...
Tearing Myself Together (Anna Whateley, A&U Children’s)
Young adult
Released May 2026, reviewed by Ilona Urquhart.
Anna Whateley’s raw, authentic representations of neurodivergent young women in Tearing Myself Together offer the kind of windows and mirrors...
The Enigmatic Echidna: Secrets of the World’s Most Curious Creature (Danielle Clode, Black Inc.)
Nonfiction
Released May 2026, reviewed by Ellie Pope.
In The Enigmatic Echidna: Secrets of the World’s Most Curious Creature, biologist and award-winning author Danielle Clode (Koala: A Life...
Capture (Amanda Lohrey, Text)
Fiction
Released May 2026, reviewed by Anica Boulanger-Mashberg.
In Amanda Lohrey’s Capture, ageing psychiatrist James Mather is commissioned to research psychological explanations for alien capture experiences. His interviews...
