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Kill Your Boomers (Fiona Wright, Ultimo)
Released April 2026
In her first work of fiction, Fiona Wright turns her sharp eye on Australia’s housing crisis. Kill Your Boomers centres on Keira, a 30-something writer who also nannies for the... Read more
The Angry Wives Club (Gabbie Stroud, A&U)
Released April 2026
In The Angry Wives Club, Gabbie Stroud (Teacher, The Things That Matter Most) introduces 3 women who become friends at the gym in the small town of Shellwater Bay. It’s... Read more
High Time: How Australia Changed Its Mind About Illegal Drugs (Desmond Manderson, La Trobe)
Released April 2026
Desmond Manderson’s High Time charts the history of attitudes towards drugs in Australia, from anti-Chinese attacks on opium in the early 20th century to present-day concerns about vaping and pill... Read more
Touching the Sky (Deborah Lawrie, ABC Books)
Released April 2026
In Touching the Sky, aviation pioneer Deborah Lawrie recounts her remarkable life and career, from her landmark fight to become Australia’s first female commercial pilot to decades spent in the... Read more
Redbelly Crossing (Candice Fox, Penguin)
Released April 2026
Candice Fox (Crimson Lake) opens Redbelly Crossing with immediate authority: a rural pub, a blood-smeared doorknob and the uneasy sense that something deeply wrong has slipped quietly into an ordinary... Read more
The Ruin of Magic (Kate Holden, Black Inc.)
Released April 2026
In The Ruin of Magic, Kate Holden (In My Skin, The Romantic) examines enchantment, displacement and homesickness for places both real and imagined through a series of intimate essays. Blending... Read more
The Society of Literary Marauders (Sasha Wasley, Pantera)
Released April 2026
Sasha Wasley's The Society of Literary Marauders follows Annie, a bricklayer’s daughter from Perth, who travels to England in 1928 to pursue a long-held dream of studying at Oxford. She... Read more
The Conscious Traveller Hawai’i: The Definitive Guide to Ethical Travel (Kathleen Wong, Hardie Grant Explore)
Released April 2026
Kathleen Wong’s The Conscious Traveller Hawai‘i is a refreshing departure from conventional guidebooks, offering a thoughtful roadmap for travellers who want to experience Hawai‘i with respect and purpose. Wong invites readers... Read more
De’Ath Takes a Holiday (Shaun Micallef, Ultimo)
Released April 2026
Best known for his steady stream of diverse television series, comedian Shaun Micallef has shown a similar level of variety in his print work. As an author, he has children’s... Read more
The Paradise Pact (Anita Heiss, S&S)
Released April 2026
The Paradise Pact by Anita Heiss (Dirrayawadha) is not a romance novel, but it is a love letter to friendships, self-discovery and life’s capacity to surprise you. The novel centres... Read more
The Endling (Keely Jobe, Scribe)
Released April 2026
Keely Jobe’s debut novel, The Endling, tells an enthralling story of an isolated feminist collective hidden on a mountain in the Australian bush where all the women mysteriously fall pregnant... Read more
A Tale of Two Publishing Houses (Linda Martin, Fremantle)
Released April 2026
Linda Martin’s A Tale of Two Publishing Houses traces her role in shaping Western Australia’s publishing landscape across two distinct eras. The memoir brings together the story of Fremantle Arts... Read more
The Hair of the Pigeon (Mohammed Massoud Morsi, UWA Publishing)
Released April 2026
Egyptian-Danish-Australian writer Mohammed Massoud Morsi’s The Hair of the Pigeon is a continent-spanning saga of survival, devotion and destiny. Yarmouk refugee camp forms the novel’s nexus; a place of struggle-scarred... Read more
Be Brave: The Life of a Pacific Correspondent (Barbara Dreaver, Awa Press)
Released March 2026
In Be Brave: The Life of a Pacific Correspondent, Barbara Dreaver takes readers around the Pacific, introducing a wide range of people, from powerful politicians to impoverished families struggling to... Read more
Aubrey Wants to Die (Pip Knight, HarperCollins)
Released March 2026
Pip Knight, the pen name of Pip Drysdale, takes her first foray into vampire fiction with Aubrey Wants to Die, an angsty and darkly funny look at what makes an... Read more
What Rhymes with Murder? (Penny Tangey, Summit)
Released March 2026
Penny Tangey’s debut cosy crime novel, What Rhymes With Murder?, is set within a charming, close-knit Melbourne community filled with nosy neighbours and a local café. The story follows new mother... Read more
Bound (Samantha WL Lee, WestWords)
Released March 2026
In Bound, Samantha WL Lee traces 3 generations of women across a century and 4 countries, bound by tradition, family and the pursuit of freedom. The novel opens in China... Read more
Life Drawing (Emily Lighezzolo, UQP)
Released March 2026
Emily Lighezzolo’s debut novel, Life Drawing, is an intimate literary romance that explores desire, body image, mental health, art and love. The novel switches between the perspectives of artists Charlie and... Read more
The Minstrels (Eva Hornung, Text)
Released March 2026
A beautiful yet distressing work of rural fiction, The Minstrels by Eva Hornung (The Last Garden; Dog Boy) draws together the epic moral scope of John Steinbeck, the dystopian unease... Read more
Bring Back Yesterday (Bob Carr, A&U)
Released March 2026
In Bring Back Yesterday, journalist and former politician Bob Carr reflects on the sudden death of his wife, Helena, and the life they shared over 5 decades. The memoir records... Read more
