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The Snow Laundry (Mette Jakobsen, HarperCollins)
Released July 2022
Ally, her boyfriend Bon, and hundreds of other homeless young people live together in a former hotel converted into a state-run laundry and kitchen. The new home is courtesy of... Read more
My Spare Heart (Jared Thomas, A&U)
Released June 2022
There’s a lot to unpack in this YA novel, which covers issues including alcoholism, climate change, divorce and racism. At the centre of it all is 17-year-old Phoebe. She is... Read more
The Museum of Broken Things (Lauren Draper, Text)
Released June 2022
The concise opening of Lauren Draper’s debut YA novel immediately had me hooked: a new town, a mysterious statue and a curse all make for intriguing storylines. In The Museum... Read more
When Only One (Meg Gatland-Veness, Pantera)
Released June 2022
Everything changes when Sam’s one-time best friend Emily appears outside his window for the first time in five years. He knows why she’s back and it isn’t good. The story... Read more
The Comedienne’s Guide To Pride (Hayli Thomson, HarperCollins)
Released June 2022
The only phrase you’ll need to get this debut into the hands of avid YA readers will be ‘Sapphic rom-com’—but there’s a lot more to this novel that will capture... Read more
The Greatest Thing (Sarah Winifred Searle, A&U Children’s)
Released May 2022
The Greatest Thing is a graphic novel about friendship and self-actualisation, with a dash of queer romance. Semi-autobiographical in nature, it’s set in America in 2002 where Winifred (Searle) meets... Read more
Libby Lawrence is Good at Pretending (Jodi McAlister, Wakefield)
Released May 2022
Jodi McAlister, author of the young adult urban fantasy trilogy ‘Valentine’, draws on her academic study of romance fiction in her new YA novel Libby Lawrence is Good at Pretending.... Read more
Unlimited Futures (ed by Rafeif Ismail & Ellen van Neerven, Fremantle Press)
Released March 2022
Unlimited Futures is a YA anthology of sci-fi and speculative fiction edited by Rafeif Ismail and Ellen van Neerven. What makes it so different from other collections like it is... Read more
Growing Up in Flames (Zach Jones, Text)
Released March 2022
Zach Jones’s debut novel Growing Up in Flames is as gritty as bushfire ash. Written for a doctorate in creative writing at the University of the Sunshine Coast, the novel’s... Read more
Only a Monster (Vanessa Len, A&U)
Released February 2022
Joan is enjoying her summer in London with her eccentric family and dream job at the historic Holland House. After unexpectedly losing several hours out of her day after a... Read more
