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Into Your Arms: Nick Cave’s songs reimagined (ed by Kirsten Krauth, Fremantle)
Released November 2023
Short story anthology Into Your Arms draws on what editor Kirsten Krauth calls the ‘deep, rich and often dark vein’ of Nick Cave’s musical oeuvre. Twenty-one Australian writers (several of... Read more
The In-Between (Christos Tsiolkas, A&U)
Released November 2023
Christos Tsiolkas’s The In-Between begins with Perry, a man past his youth, preparing to go on a date. He’s nervous about meeting Ivan, the stranger he will have dinner with,... Read more
A Brilliant Life (Rachelle Unreich, Hachette)
Released November 2023
A Holocaust story is never an easy read, but A Brilliant Life has such a harrowing prologue that it throws the reader right into the thick of it, so be prepared.... Read more
Eighteen Summers (Penny Harrison, illus Leila Rudge, Little Hare)
Released November 2023
Picture book author Penny Harrison is known for her warm and tender tales that celebrate the wildness and freedom of childhood. Her latest book, Eighteen Summers, carries on this theme. Opening with... Read more
Fluff: Bullies Beware (Matt Stanton, ABC Books)
Released November 2023
Gilbert Morris lives with his mum and sister in a caravan park. After his dad goes missing in outer space, Gilbert’s mum gives him Fluff, a comfort toy, to squeeze... Read more
Women & Children (Tony Birch, UQP)
Released November 2023
Tony Birch’s latest novel, Women & Children, is a thoughtful and profound story of a working-class family doing their best to resist a system that’s geared against them. In 1965... Read more
Kimmi: Queen of the dingoes (Favel Parrett, illus Astred Hicks, Lothian)
Released November 2023
For young readers who enjoyed Favel Parrett’s alpine dingo tale in Wandi (2021), Kimmi follows a real-life tropical dingo who, like Wandi, now lives at the Dingo Discovery Sanctuary and... Read more
Crow Baby (Helen Milroy, Fremantle)
Released November 2023
Set in a time long ago, when the universe was newly created and things were ‘unpredictable and unique’, a baby is born containing two spirits—one human and one crow. The... Read more
Big Mouth (Matt Preston, Viking)
Released November 2023
Big Mouth is the first memoir from long-time MasterChef host Matt Preston, who has previously published eight bestselling cookbooks. This book details the experiences of a man who has kept his... Read more
The Paris Cooking School (Sophie Beaumont, Ultimo)
Released November 2023
Two middle-class women at a crossroads in life travel to Paris to learn to cook ‘the French Way’ at Sylvie Morel’s Paris Cooking School. Gabi has lost her muse, Kate... Read more
An Unexpected Party (ed by Seth Malacari, Fremantle)
Released November 2023
The queer experience is immensely diverse, too vast and evolving as a space to be summed up by any one representation, but An Unexpected Party—an anthology of queer speculative short stories—aims... Read more
Strangely Enough (ed by Gillian Hagenus, MidnightSun)
Released November 2023
Strangely Enough is a slim collection of very short fiction that leans towards the peculiar and slightly unsettling. It’s also very much on point with the current zeitgeist. Short, twisty... Read more
Spies in the Sky (Beverley McWilliams, illus Martina Heiduczek, Pantera)
Released November 2023
Inspired by the little-known story of the British National Pigeon Service, a volunteer organisation of pigeon breeders who provided their animals for military service during WWII, Spies in the Sky by... Read more
Bedtime Stories for Hard Days (Scott Stuart, Bright Light)
Released November 2023
Scott Stuart is a children’s book creator and speaker whose mission is to empower kids beyond gender stereotypes and toxic masculinity. He first became famous on social media for encouraging... Read more
Artichoke to Zucchini (Alice Oehr, Scribble)
Released November 2023
If you’re looking for an A–Z book with a twist, Alice Oehr’s Artichoke to Zucchini: An alphabet of delicious things from around the world is it. From ubiquitous bananas to... Read more
Mrs Winterbottom Takes a Gap Year (Joanna Nell, Hachette)
Released November 2023
‘Books with heart and humour,’ reads the tagline of author Joanna Nell’s website, and her latest book, Mrs Winterbottom Takes a Gap Year, is no exception. After the bestselling The... Read more
World (Martine Murray, illus Anna Read, Parachute Press)
Released October 2023
World is the third collaboration between author Martine Murray and illustrator Anna Read and is another powerful fable. A man leaves the city and comes to the forest with an axe... Read more
Ask Aunty: Seasons (Aunty Munya Andrews, illus Charmaine Ledden-Lewis, HGE)
Released November 2023
Seasons provide a beautiful and poetic lens through which to begin understanding a culture, and the brief cross-section that Ask Aunty invites us to peer into is brimming with knowledge and ways of... Read more
Epic: Adventures across Aotearoa (Ray Salisbury, Exisle)
Released November 2023
Covering 10 iconic journeys around and across Aotearoa New Zealand, Ray Salisbury retells each adventurer’s inspiring and often harrowing trek, working from first-hand accounts in blogs and books to bring... Read more
A Life Song (Jane Godwin, illus Anna Walker, Puffin)
Released October 2023
The latest masterpiece by dream team Jane Godwin and Anna Walker, A Life Song is a gentle rhyming picture book that ponders growing up and finding your place in the world. ‘When you are... Read more
