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beautiful changelings (Maxine Beneba Clarke, Ultimo)
Released November 2025
According to myth, a changeling is a human child replaced by a faerie – one that looks similar enough, but is not of this world. In beautiful changelings, Maxine Beneba Clarke... Read more
Not Quite White in the Head (Melissa Lucashenko, UQP)
Released November 2025
Melissa Lucashenko’s Not Quite White in the Head shines a light on the beauty and pain that exist simultaneously in Australia as a colonised nation. Spanning 20 pieces, the book... Read more
Outback Country: A Collection of Short Stories from Cunnamulla (Kids from Cunnamulla, ILF)
Released November 2025
Outback Country by Kids from Cunnamulla is a spirited collection of short stories that capture life in the town through children’s eyes. Produced through the Indigenous Literacy Foundation’s Community Publishing... Read more
Mary Penfold (Grantlee Kieza, HarperCollins)
Released November 2025
Grantlee Kieza’s Mary Penfold is an intriguing biography of the Englishwoman who embraced her husband’s vision, made it her own, and turned their vineyard into one of Australia’s most enduring... Read more
Frances Bloom (Frances Bloom #1) (Katrina Nannestad, illus Marina Zlatanova, HarperCollins)
Released November 2025
Children’s literature powerhouse Katrina Nannestad (All the Beautiful Things) returns with Frances Bloom, a delightful beginning to a new series. Eight-year-old Frances has posted her parents to the South Sandwich... Read more
Chosen Family (Madeleine Gray, Summit Books)
Released November 2025
Warning: Clear your schedule for the all-consuming read that is Madeleine Gray’s second novel, Chosen Family. Set over 18 years, the novel follows Sydney friends Eve and Nell from high... Read more
Stories about Fire, Wind, the Moon and other Dreamings: Warinypa wariny Mangunyjajamuwarr wirlarrapa wangalpa wika (Solomon Cocky, ed Barbara Hale & Inge Kral, UWA Publishing)
Released November 2025
Stories about Fire, Wind, the Moon and other Dreamings: Warinypa wariny Mangunyjaja muwarr wirlarrapa wangalpa wika is a newly edited collection of Nyangumarta narratives by Solomon Cocky and his father.... Read more
Eros: Queer Myths for Lovers (Zoe Terakes, Hachette)
Released November 2025
Zoe Terakes’ debut, Eros: Queer Myths for Lovers, retells five ancient Greek myths, drawing on the richness of their Cretan heritage to celebrate the long lineage of queer storytelling. Some stories... Read more
A Murder is Going Down (Kate Emery, A&U Children’s)
Released November 2025
Kate Emery (My Family and Other Suspects, The Not So Chosen One) returns with a mystery within a mystery in A Murder is Going Down, while remaining true to her... Read more
Last One Out (Jane Harper, Macmillan)
Released October 2025
When 21-year-old Sam Crowley disappears in Carralon Ridge, his footprints are found scattered around three abandoned houses. Five years later, his mother, Ro, returns to town for the annual memorial... Read more
Confetti and the Rainbow Garden (Shane Jenek, illus Dylan Finney, Pantera)
Released November 2025
Confetti and the Rainbow Garden is a heartwarming debut picture book written by drag artist and LGBTQI+ advocate Shane Jenek, also known as Courtney Act, and illustrated by Dylan Finney.... Read more
Eggshell (Olivia De Zilva, Espresso)
Released November 2025
Tender yet unsparing, Olivia De Zilva’s debut young adult novella, Eggshell, is a piercing meditation on adolescence, grief and belonging. Set in Adelaide’s working-class suburbs, Eggshell centres Kira, a mixed-race... Read more
What Have They Done to Liza McLean? (Amy Doak, Penguin)
Released October 2025
Set in an elite private school with dark secrets, What Have They Done to Liza McLean? is a fast-paced murder mystery by Amy Doak (Eleanor Jones Is Not a Murderer).... Read more
Gravity Let Me Go (Trent Dalton, HarperCollins)
Released October 2025
Gravity Let Me Go is Trent Dalton’s fourth work of fiction, and it doesn’t disappoint, once again drawing readers deep into a raw and chaotic world that is both unsettling... Read more
The Rot (Evelyn Araluen, UQP)
Released November 2025
In The Rot, Evelyn Araluen returns with a blistering follow-up to her Stella Prize–winning debut, Dropbear, proving once again her unmatched ability to splice lyrics, theory, memory and critique. This... Read more
The Long Night (Christian White, Affirm)
Released November 2025
Christian White’s The Long Night is a tense psychological thriller driven by a chilling kidnapping premise. Nineteen-year-old Em is abducted in a moment of vulnerability following what should have been... Read more
The Australian Wars (ed by Rachel Perkins, Stephen Gapps, Mina Murray & Henry Reynolds, A&U)
Released November 2025
The Australian Wars is a collection of essays edited by Rachel Perkins, Stephen Gapps, Mina Murray and Henry Reynolds that outlines the horrific frontier wars between 1788 and 1930. The... Read more
Between (Anna Walker, Scribble)
Released October 2025
Between by Anna Walker, CBCA Award–winning creator of Lottie and Walter and Florette, is a beautiful and meditative picture book that invites readers to pause, observe and imagine. Told with... Read more
A Smart Girl’s Guide to Second Chances (Steph Vizard, HarperCollins)
Released October 2025
Steph Vizard’s A Smart Girl’s Guide to Second Chances is a fun, perfectly executed romcom that plays cleverly with the idea of missed connections and what-ifs. When Rebecca is offered... Read more
Silence Is My Habitat: Ecobiographical Essays (Jessica White, Upswell)
Released October 2025
Silence Is My Habitat by Jessica White (A Curious Intimacy) is a collection of ecobiographical essays – stories that trace a life not through chronology alone, but also through a... Read more
