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The Sound (Sarah Drummond, Fremantle Press)
Released July 2016
From the first pages of Sarah Drummond’s debut novel—with its descriptively realistic prose—you can tell the author has spent time at sea. In fact, Drummond, who has a PhD in... Read more
Wood Green (Sean Rabin, Giramondo)
Released June 2016
Sean Rabin’s debut novel Wood Green begins as a quiet, small-town Australian drama and ends, spectacularly, as a bizarre metafictional parable on literary influence that a young David Cronenberg would... Read more
Desert Lake: The Story of Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre (Pamela Freeman, illus by Liz Anelli, Walker Books)
Released June 2016
This new standalone picture book in the award-winning ‘Nature Storybook’ series is a fascinating insight into how flora and fauna survive in the hot, dry land of Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre... Read more
The Snow Wombat (Susannah Chambers illus by Mark Jackson, A&U)
Released June 2016
One wouldn’t normally expect the words ‘snow’ and ‘wombat’ to sit snugly together but they do in this picture book, set in the Australian high country in winter, where a... Read more
Introducing Teddy (Jessica Walton, illus by Dougal MacPherson, Bloomsbury)
Released June 2016
Introducing Teddy is a charming picture book about a young boy and his transgender teddy bear. First-time author Jessica Walton has teamed up with illustrator Dougal MacPherson on the book,... Read more
Mrs Whitlam (Bruce Pascoe, Magabala)
Released June 2016
As I child I would devour any book that had a horse in it, no matter the story, and this new book by Bruce Pascoe (Fox a Dog, Sea Horse)... Read more
The New Friend: Ginger Green Playdate Queen: Book One (Kim Kane, illus by Jon Davis, Hardie Grant Egmont)
Released June 2016
The first of four titles launching Kim Kane’s new ‘Ginger Green, Play Date Queen’ series, The New Friend features the eponymous character—a bouncy, enthusiastic young fox—navigating the social challenges of... Read more
The Other Side of Summer (Emily Gale, Random House)
Released June 2016
How does a family recover from a tragedy? For Summer’s dad, it’s packing up and moving to a new country, where they can find themselves free of painful memories. For... Read more
Threader (Rebekah Turner, Harlequin Teen)
Released June 2016
Josie Ryder has been warned by the uncle who raised her to keep her telepathic and telekinetic talents a secret, especially from the powerful corporations who recruit talented people like... Read more
Black British (Hebe de Souza, Ventura Press)
Released June 2016
Hebe de Souza’s debut novel explores identity and belonging in post-colonial India. Lucy has returned to Goa 21 years after her family was forced to leave their home as the... Read more
Gotham: Wisdom Tree Book One (Nick Earls, Inkerman & Blunt)
Released May 2016
What does family mean in the 21st century? Brisbane writer Nick Earls has a few ideas. Five, specifically. Wisdom Tree is a collection of five interlinked novellas that place the... Read more
The Healing Party (Micheline Lee, Black Inc.)
Released June 2016
This debut family drama centres on Natasha Chan, who, having sought exile in Darwin away from her devout Christian family, returns home to nurse her ailing mother, who is dying... Read more
Out of the Ice (Ann Turner, S&S)
Released June 2016
Out of the Ice is the second novel by screenwriter Ann Turner (The Lost Swimmer). Its narrator is a scientist who has just over-wintered in Antarctica, and is sent to do... Read more
Error Australis (Ben Pobjie, Affirm)
Released June 2016
Ben Pobjie sets the tone for his book Error Australis by comparing history to reality TV; both are filled with drama, suspense, love, hatred, loyalty, deception and horses—and we may... Read more
Comfort Food (Ellen van Neerven, UQP)
Released June 2016
Comfort Food is the eagerly anticipated poetry collection from Ellen van Neerven, whose debut 2014 fiction collection Heat and Light marked her as one of our most promising new writers.... Read more
A Long Time Coming: Essays on Old Age (Melanie Joosten, Scribe)
Released June 2016
It can be difficult to admit that we are all products of an ageist society, guilty of stereotyping and discrimination against the elderly, regarding them as a hopeless and expensive... Read more
The Dry (Jane Harper, Macmillan)
Released June 2016
In the tiny town of Kiewarra, a mother and son are found murdered. The likely culprit is the father, also found shot dead in the back of his truck. It... Read more
Circle (Jeannie Baker, Walker Books)
Released June 2016
This extraordinary picture book is yet another masterpiece from the creator of the award-winning Where the Forest Meets the Sea and Mirror. The deceptively simple story is about the migration... Read more
The Last Days of Ava Langdon (Mark O’Flynn, UQP)
Released June 2016
Let us be clear—not all novelists are poets and not all poets are novelists. Mark O’Flynn is that rare writer who can do both well. The Last Days of Ava... Read more
Portable Curiosities (Julie Koh, UQP)
Released June 2016
Armed with an uncanny ability to capture the zeitgeist of the time—whether it be contemporary society’s obsession with foodie culture or institutionalised racism and misogyny—Australian writer Julie Koh’s darkly satirical... Read more
