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In the Quiet (Eliza Henry Jones, Fourth Estate)
Released July 2015
Cate Carlton, narrator of In the Quiet, is dead but not ready to move on. She can’t remember how she died and lingers in a dreamlike, in-between place—gone, yet somehow... Read more
The Other Side of the World (Stephanie Bishop, Hachette)
Released July 2015
Set in the 1960s, The Other Side of the World centres on couple Charlotte and Henry as they struggle with their new identities as a married couple, as parents and... Read more
Six Bedrooms (Tegan Bennett Daylight, Vintage)
Released July 2015
Tegan Bennett Daylight’s Six Bedrooms is a gritty short-story collection that explores the mistakes and betrayals of adolescence. The characters aren’t always likeable, and the situations they wind up in... Read more
Blockbuster! Fergus Hume and the Mystery of a Hansom Cab (Lucy Sussex, Text)
Released July 2015
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab was a late Victorian publishing phenomenon. It was a huge bestseller in Australia before going on to big sales on both sides of the... Read more
Dangerous Games (Larry Writer, A&U)
Released July 2015
The 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin are usually remembered for two men: Jesse Owens and Adolf Hitler. But there were Australians there too. A team of 33 Australian athletes competed... Read more
Unlocking Your Child’s Genius (Andrew Fuller, Finch)
Released July 2015
Don’t let the title mislead or deter you: ‘genius’ is perhaps too loaded a term; a better one is ‘potential’. The subtitle in fact is a bit more accurate: ‘How... Read more
On Brunswick Ground (Catherine De Saint Phalle, Transit Lounge)
Released July 2015
Catherine De Saint Phalle’s novel takes Jill Meagher’s rape and murder in 2012 as the basis for a meditation on grief. The story follows five women in the Melbourne suburb... Read more
Certain Admissions (Gideon Haigh, Viking)
Released July 2015
One evening in December 1949, young Beth Williams accepted an invitation to dinner from John Bryan Kerr, a former radio star she originally met in her native Tasmania. Later that... Read more
The Last Will and Testament of Henry Hoffman (John Tesarsch, Affirm Press)
Released July 2015
The Black Saturday bushfires loom ominously over this new novel by John Tesarsch, set in country Victoria over the summer of 2008-2009. Perhaps it was just me, but knowing that... Read more
Double Madness (Caroline de Costa, Margaret River Press)
Released August 2015
Three weeks after Cyclone Yasi swept through Far North Queensland, a woman is found tied to a tree in the Kuranda rainforest, her limbs bound by silk Hermes scarves, her... Read more
The Sex Myth (Rachel Hills, Viking)
Released August 2015
Rachel Hills defines The Sex Myth as a cultural narrative that demands our sexuality be experienced in a narrow way. We are hypersexual and frequently desiring, it dictates. Hills is... Read more
Old Man’s Story (Bill Neidjie & Mark Lang, Aboriginal Studies Press)
Released July 2015
Bill Neidjie was a much respected Aboriginal elder and traditional land-owner in Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory. He was instrumental in the establishment of the park and its... Read more
Skin Deep (Gary Kemble, Echo Publishing)
Released July 2015
Harry Hendrick’s girlfriend has left him and his job as a journalist for the local paper is going nowhere. He awakes with the mother of all hangovers and a tattoo... Read more
The Trivia Man (Deborah O’Brien, Bantam)
Released June 2015
Kevin is a middle-aged accountant who likes facts more than he likes people. While this isn’t a problem for Kevin, it is for others, such as his sister Elizabeth. When... Read more
Freedom Ride (Sue Lawson, Black Dog Books)
Released July 2015
It’s the summer of 1965 in the small town of Walgaree, and Robbie Bower is preparing himself for six long weeks of school holidays in the company of his sour... Read more
The Peony Lantern (Frances Watts, HarperCollins)
Released August 2015
Kasumi is the observant, intelligent youngest daughter of a small-town innkeeper. But this is Japan during the strict Edo period of the mid-19th century, when girls are expected to be... Read more
Fly-in Fly-out Dad (Sally Murphy, illus by Janine Dawson, The Five Mile Press)
Released August 2015
Many little boys worship their dads, but some children don’t get to see much of their fathers as long work hours or commutes prevent them from being more involved in... Read more
Mr Huff (Anna Walker, Viking)
Released July 2015
‘If you have felt the clouds when the sky is blue, this book is for you,’ says Anna Walker in her dedication. It’s an apt introduction to her latest picture... Read more
Empire of the Waves: Voyage of the Moon Child Book One (Christopher Richardson, Puffin)
Released July 2015
This debut has all the elements of a great fantasy adventure—swashbuckling pirates, a friendly giant, wibbens (or dwarves), monsters of the deep, an underwater city and more. The world is... Read more
The Beauty Is in the Walking (James Moloney, HarperCollins)
Released August 2015
Adolescence can be difficult enough without the added burden of unrequited love, racial tension and cerebral palsy. The not-so-sleepy town of Palmerston is also under threat when a disturbing crime... Read more
