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Bright Objects (Ruby Todd, A&U)

Released May 2024

Sylvia Knight works at a funeral home—the same one that buried her husband after an unsolved hit-and-run. Two years on, she has given herself ‘permission to finally leave this planet’... Read more

The Lost Letters of Rose Carey (Julie Bennett, S&S)

Released May 2024

Inspired by the life of the Australian swimmer and film icon Annette Kellerman, The Lost Letters of Rose Carey follows two heroines: Emma Quinn, in the present time, and Rose Carey, in... Read more

Love & Rome (Jenna Lo Bianco, Macmillan)

Released June 2024

Stella Chiaro is an Australian-Italian artist trying to find her place in the eternal city. With a one-way ticket back to Australia and dwindling funds, Stella has six months left... Read more

Psykhe (Kate Forsyth, Vintage)

Released May 2024

Kate Forsyth’s latest historical fiction, Psykhe, adds to her substantial body of work (The Crimson Thread, Bitter Greens) as it reimagines the Greek myth of Eros and Psyche. In the novel, Psykhe’s act... Read more

Ghost Cities (Siang Lu, UQP)

Released May 2024

Recently fired from his translating job at the Chinese Consulate in Sydney for lying about his translation skills and using Google Translate to do his job, Xiang Lu is a... Read more

All the Beautiful Things You Love (Jonathan Seidler, Macmillan)

Released May 2024

A romantic comedy told in reverse, All the Beautiful Things You Love charts Elly and Enzo's relationship over 10 years, leading up to their divorce. But what happens to their... Read more

Safe Haven (Shankari Chandran, Ultimo)

Released May 2024

Miles Franklin–winning author Shankari Chandran turns her focus to Australia’s inhumane practice of mandatory detention in her fourth novel, Safe Haven. As in Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens, a focal... Read more

To Sing of War (Catherine McKinnon, HarperCollins)

Released May 2024

From Miles Franklin–shortlisted author Catherine McKinnon (Storyland), To Sing of War confronts the interconnectedness that binds humanity. Against the backdrop of WWII, we find ourselves immersed in the jungles of... Read more

Saltblood (Francesca de Tores, Bloomsbury)

Released May 2024

Saltblood is an engrossing, deeply felt historical novel by Melbourne poet, author and academic Francesca de Tores (with previous works published as Francesca Haig), fictionalising the life of pirate Mary... Read more

The Mistress of Dara Island (Averil Kenny, Echo)

Released April 2024

Traversing the 1950s to 1960s, Averil Kenny’s The Mistress of Dara Island follows Tally Ramsey, who spent her childhood on a paradisiacal tropical island. Despite its setting in the real-world... Read more

The Deed (Susannah Begbie, Hachette)

Released May 2024

Small-town cattle farmer Tom Edwards knows he is going to die—before he does, he pays a visit to the local solicitor to change the terms of his will. Upon his... Read more

Thunderhead (Miranda Darling, Scribe)

Released April 2024

Set over one fever-pitched day of errand-running, child-rearing, appointment-hopping and dinner-party prep in the suburbs, Thunderhead is about Winona Dalloway’s desperate desire to be free of her domestic shackles and... Read more

The Work (Bri Lee, A&U)

Released April 2024

Having tackled power, privilege and sexual politics in her nonfiction books, Eggshell Skull, Beauty and Who Gets to Be Smart, Bri Lee brings the same shrewd scrutiny to her debut novel,... Read more

Sanctuary (Garry Disher, Text)

Released April 2024

Grace has been stealing her whole life. She is an expert thief, taught by pros and specialising in small, high-value items, such as stamps and watches. However, a life of... Read more

The Glass House (Anne Buist & Graeme Simsion, Hachette)

Released April 2024

Graeme Simsion is well-known for The Rosie Project, and Anne Buist for her crime novels. Partners in real life, their new collaboration, The Glass House, showcases their talent and fields of interest where... Read more

It Takes a Town (Aoife Clifford, Ultimo)

Released April 2024

Aoife Clifford’s latest crime novel, It Takes a Town, is set in the fictional town of Welcome. This small town produced a superstar talent, Vanessa ‘Baby Vee’ Walton, who tap-danced... Read more

The Most Famous Boy in Town (Bel Schenk, Espresso)

Released April 2024

Bel Schenk’s latest work and her fourth publication, The Most Famous Boy in Town, delves into the intricate relationship dynamics in Charlotte Bay, a coastal community that unravels in the... Read more

Black Silk & Sympathy (Deborah Challinor, HarperCollins)

Released April 2024

Deborah Challinor’s latest offering, Black Silk & Sympathy, sweeps readers away to the intriguing world of Victorian funeral customs in 1860s Sydney. In this expertly crafted novel, Challinor delivers a... Read more

No Church in the Wild (Murray Middleton, Picador)

Released April 2024

Stereotypes and bad press about the commission towers of Melbourne’s inner west are easy to come by, but Vogel winner Murray Middleton’s deeply researched and complex portrayal of this community... Read more

The Gorgon Flower (John Richards, UQP)

Released April 2024

John Richards’s The Gorgon Flower is a collection of six short stories (and the title novella), for fans of the macabre and peculiar. This is a collection both classic and... Read more