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The Vitals (Tracy Sorensen, Picador)
Released August 2023
The Vitals is unlike any other book you will ever read about cancer. The book straddles the line between fiction and nonfiction and is based on Tracy Sorensen’s own cancer... Read more
Thaw (Dennis Glover, Black Inc)
Released August 2023
Among the breathtaking and perilous wilds of Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf, a dozen men prepare to be the first to reach the South Pole. When tragedy strikes the men on... Read more
Two Sides to Every Story (Beck & Robin Feiner, ABC Books)
Released August 2023
This vibrantly illustrated story by the team that brought us If I was Prime Minister is about weighing up the various options when decision making–a process that can be very... Read more
Tamarra: A story of termites on Gurindji Country (Violet Wadrill, Topsy Dodd Ngarnjal & Leah Leaman, Hardie Grant Explore)
Released July 2023
Tamarra is a nonfiction picture book that explains the relationship between the Gurindji people and termites. With gorgeous illustrations, the text not only provides information about termites—explaining their life cycles... Read more
Timefire (Nean McKenzie, MidnightSun)
Released July 2023
Nean McKenzie is the author of two previous middle-grade novels. Her latest, Timefire, interweaves a story about bushfires in Australia with supernatural and time-travel elements. Gilbert Black is drawn to... Read more
Cast Mates: Australian Actors in Hollywood and at Home (Sam Twyford-Moore, NewSouth)
Released July 2023
Sam Twyford-Moore set out to write a cultural history of Australian cinema in Cast Mates: Stories of Australians in film, but covering 127 years of boom and bust was always... Read more
Mistakes and Other Lovers (Amy Lovat, Macmillan)
Released July 2023
In Amy Lovat’s Mistakes and Other Lovers, El O’Reilly finds herself involved in a circle of Christian friends and their complex, tense social dynamics as she navigates the aftermath of... Read more
One Song (A J Betts, Pan Australia)
Released July 2023
A J Betts’s latest book One Song is a delightful and emotionally intelligent YA novel. Our protagonist Eva is in Year Twelve and is desperate to win Triple J Unearthed... Read more
Young Rupert: The making of the Murdoch empire (Walter Marsh, Scribe)
Released August 2023
Rupert Murdoch’s influence is ubiquitous, yet the man himself remains oddly opaque. Contradictions abound. During his university days, he toyed with left-wing politics but soon moved to the right. He... Read more
Lowbridge (Lucy Campbell, Ultimo)
Released July 2023
In Lowbridge, Lucy Campbell’s debut crime thriller, the people in the sleepy small town of Lowbridge seem to have moved on with their lives after the tragic events of the... Read more
That Bird Has Arms (Kate Temple & Jol Temple, illus Ronojoy Ghosh & Niharika Hukku, Little Hare)
Released July 2023
That Bird Has Arms comes from the creative team behind the successful Bin Chicken books and brings the same brightly coloured joy and hilarious avian humour. Writers Kate and Jol... Read more
The House With All The Lights On (Jessica Kirkness, A&U)
Released July 2023
Jessica Kirkness weaves each page of her memoir The House With All The Lights On with care, offering a deeply personal glimpse into growing up as a hearing child with... Read more
Roseghetto (Kirsty Jagger, UQP)
Released July 2023
Kirsty Jagger’s debut novel Roseghetto is a raw coming-of-age story set in 1990s suburban Sydney. We follow the protagonist Shayla through childhood and adolescence and hold her hand through sexual... Read more
Get Your Act Together, Doris Kozlowski (Jo Dabrowski, Affirm)
Released July 2023
Life doesn’t feel easy for Doris Kozlowski. Her family is Polish, and they’re not like almost all the other families nearby. Her babcia makes all kinds of foods that smell... Read more
Blind Spot (Robyn Dennison, Text)
Released July 2023
Robyn Dennison’s debut novel Blind Spot is a sophisticated, challenging novel that explores themes of personal responsibility alongside a duty of care for others. Dale is a ‘nice’ guy who’s... Read more
Why We Are Here (Briohny Doyle, Vintage)
Released July 2023
In a life-altering turn of events, BB loses both her father and the love of her life during the global pandemic. When grief and strict lockdown orders push her to... Read more
Lioness (Emily Perkins, Bloomsbury)
Released July 2023
Thirty years ago, Therese married Trevor Thorne, a wealthy businessman twice her age. Now middle-aged, she continues to enjoy a life of privilege, running a successful luxury homewares business and... Read more
Captain Thunderbolt’s Recital (Jane Jolly, illus Liz Duthie, NLA)
Released July 2023
Captain Thunderbolt’s Recital tells the unlikely but true story of Fred Ward, the ‘gentleman bushranger’ known as Captain Thunderbolt in the 1860s. Writer Jane Jolly and illustrator Liz Duthie bring... Read more
The Shape of Dust (Lamisse Hamouda & Hazem Hamouda, Pantera)
Released July 2023
Father-daughter duo Lamisse and Hazem Hamouda’s debut memoir The Shape of Dust is an impactful picture of one ordinary Australian-Egyptian family’s experience as victims of a human rights violation. The... Read more
Picasso and the Greatest Show on Earth (Anna Fienberg, A&U Children’s)
Released July 2023
Anna Fienberg has had a long and illustrious career in children’s writing, with over 40 books and a swag of awards under her belt. Her latest, Picasso and the Greatest... Read more
