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A Little Spark (Barry Jonsberg, A&U)
Released August 2022
A Little Spark is the latest middle-grade novel from author Barry Jonsberg. Known for his novels My Life as an Alphabet and A Song Only I Can Hear, Jonsberg again... Read more
This Devastating Fever (Sophie Cunningham, Ultimo)
Released September 2022
Alice Fox has been struggling for years with her novel. Her agent, Sarah, has misgivings. Does anyone really want to read about Virginia Woolf’s husband, Leonard Woolf? Alice claims that... Read more
Our Dreaming (Kirli Saunders, illus by Dub Leffler, Scholastic)
Released August 2022
This isn’t the first time that Gunai writer, poet and activist Kirli Saunders and Bigambul illustrator Dub Leffler have created something incredible together. It’s no surprise after the success of... Read more
The Cast Aways of Harewood Hall (Karen Herbert, Fremantle Press)
Released September 2022
On the picturesque grounds of Harewood Hall, a retirement village in Perth’s western suburbs, something is afoot. Actually, a variety of things are afoot, and the residents of Harewood Hall... Read more
The Book of Wondrous Possibilities (Deborah Abela, Puffin)
Released August 2022
The Book of Wondrous Possibilities starts with a bang and doesn’t let up. Arlo lives a quiet life with his uncle and pet mouse Herbert above their bookshop, until the... Read more
Growing in to Autism (Sandra Thom-Jones, MUP)
Released September 2022
Sandra Thom-Jones had a successful life before she knew she had autism. Or, more specifically, before she had a diagnosis of autism. A well-respected researcher in her 50s, Thom-Jones knew... Read more
Nimblefoot (Robert Drewe, Hamish Hamilton)
Released August 2022
In Nimblefoot, Robert Drewe imagines the second act in the life of Australian historical figure Johnny Day, an international star in the 19th-century sport of pedestrianism at age 10 and... Read more
Mr Carver’s Whale (Lyn Hughes, Fourth Estate)
Released August 2022
On the volcanic island of Pico in the Azores, a young and crippled Antonio Mateus João Carvalho Cabral is delivered a sea chest of books. Among the many books he... Read more
Ninni Yabini (Cheryl Kickett-Tucker, illus by Tyrown Waigana, Fremantle Press)
Released August 2022
Ninni Yabini is a new picture book collaboration between author, research academic and community development practitioner Cheryl Kickett-Tucker and multidisciplinary artist and graphic designer Tyrown Waigana. A celebration of family... Read more
Her Fidelity (Katharine Pollock, Vintage)
Released August 2022
Cathy works at a revered Brisbane record store full of indie snobs and turntable pedants. But now their days of rock royalty are gone as streaming services and online retailers... Read more
A Recipe for Family (Tori Haschka, S&S)
Released August 2022
A Recipe For Family is food writer Tori Haschka’s second novel. It brims with beautiful descriptions of food and the role that it plays in our lives. Each chapter heading,... Read more
The Hidden Girl (Louise Bassett, Walker)
Released August 2022
In Louise Bassett’s debut novel The Hidden Girl Melati Nelson has precariously performed the 'good girl' act for a year at her new school, trying to overcome the misdoings of... Read more
Ella and the Useless Day (Meg McKinlay, illus by Karen Blair, Walker)
Released August 2022
Turning trash into treasure and cleaning into fun! The joys of sorting through useless household hoarding combined with the value of re-using, recycling and upcycling make this picture book a... Read more
Electric and Mad and Brave (Tom Pitts, Picador)
Released August 2022
In Tom Pitts’ debut novel, 28-year-old Matt slogs through painful memories while living in a mental health facility. The story of why he is unwell unfolds through diary entries, which... Read more
The Brothers (S D Hinton, HarperCollins)
Released August 2022
S D Hinton’s debut novel The Brothers is a masterclass in menacing tension. Set on the Victorian south coast, it starts with an isolated house and a series of threatening,... Read more
The Brink (Holden Sheppard, Text)
Released August 2022
In The Brink, schoolies week goes horribly wrong when a group of school leavers find themselves isolated on a remote island along the Western Australian coast. Everyone is trying to... Read more
Everything Feels Like the End of the World (Else Fitzgerald, A&U)
Released August 2022
In Everything Feels Like the End of the World, Else Fitzgerald lays bare our simmering anxieties around an uncertain future. The reader is walked through a speculative Australia transformed by... Read more
Faithless (Alice Nelson, Vintage)
Released August 2022
Alice Nelson’s Faithless is an astonishing novel that unfolds as a love letter from protagonist Cressida to her all-consuming love, Max. In the beginning, Cressida is looking after a young... Read more
Life Lessons for Little Ones: You Are Enough (Jess Sanders, illus by Ocean Hughes, Affirm)
Released August 2022
You are Enough is the first title in a new series, 'Life Lessons for Little Ones', that pairs the award-winning author of Love Your Body and Be Your Own Man,... Read more
The Deadly Daylight (Ash Harrier, Pantera)
Released August 2022
In Ash Harrier’s debut middle-grade novel, The Deadly Daylight, 12-year-old Alice England helps her father dress corpses in the family funeral home. She finds that certain personal objects are ‘resonant’:... Read more
