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In Her Blood (Nikki Crutchley, HarperCollins)
Released December 2022
It’s been a long time since Jac Morgan was in her New Zealand hometown of Everly. She needed to be far away from her past and all the rumours about... Read more
Waiting for the Storks (Katrina Nannestad, ABC Books)
Released November 2022
Waiting for the Storks is the latest historical fiction title from Katrina Nannestad, transporting the reader to the Second World War and the time of Himmler’s Lebensborn Program, in which... Read more
Tell Me Again (Amy Thunig, UQP)
Released November 2022
Amy Thunig is an academic and social commentator on shows such as ABC’s The Drum. She also grew up in poverty, the child of parents battling drug addictions who provided... Read more
Tiny Uncertain Miracles (Michelle Johnston, Fourth Estate)
Released November 2022
Marick is unsure of his place in the world; he knew he wasn’t quite suited to the church, but he’s apprehensive that a new part-time job as a hospital chaplain... Read more
Bold Types (Patricia Clarke, NLA Publishing)
Released November 2022
Patricia Clarke started her career in journalism in 1951, a time when the industry was very much a man's world but women were making inroads. In Bold Types, Clarke gives... Read more
A Brief Affair (Alex Miller, A&U)
Released November 2022
A Brief Affair is contemporary fiction by multi–award winning author Alex Miller. The novel follows a moment in the life of Frances Egan, a woman who lives in regional Victoria... Read more
Salonika Burning (Gail Jones, Text)
Released November 2022
Award-winning novelist Gail Jones’s new offering adapts the First World War experiences of four very real people: British artists Grace Pailthorpe and Stanley Spencer, and Australians Olive King and Stella... Read more
Men I Trust (Tommi Parrish, Scribe)
Released November 2022
Scribe is proving itself to be at the forefront of local comics publishing with its second graphic release of 2022, Men I Trust by US-based Australian artist Tommi Parrish. The... Read more
Koori Princess (Anita Heiss, Magabala)
Released November 2022
Anita Heiss is an award-winning author who has published across the gamut of Australian writing: from adult fiction and memoir to children’s novels, she’s seemingly done it all. Koori Princess... Read more
A Tiny Light (Alison Lester, UQP)
Released November 2022
It’s always a delight when Alison Lester, one of Australia’s most well loved picture-book creators, releases a new story. A Tiny Light is her latest offering, a charming narrative in... Read more
Willowman (Inga Simpson, Hachette)
Released November 2022
In Inga Simpson’s heartfelt new novel Willowman, a gifted young cricketer and a dedicated batmaker live their lives in parallel to one another, their love of the game binding them... Read more
Berani (Michelle Kadarusman, A&U)
Released November 2022
Berani is a powerful middle-grade story about animal activism set in Indonesia, by the Indonesian-Australian author of Music for Tigers. Weaving in two interconnected stories and three voices, including that... Read more
Diary of a Rescued Wombat (Jackie French, illus by Bruce Whatley, HarperCollins)
Released November 2022
Who says prequels are only for YA epics and fantasy novel franchises? Jackie French and Bruce Whatley have decided it’s time for us to learn the backstory of the protagonist... Read more
Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here (Heather Rose, A&U)
Released November 2022
At the age of six, Heather Rose stood under a eucalyptus tree and pledged herself to a higher power: ‘I’m ready. Tell me what to do.’ Throughout her childhood in... Read more
Art (Charmaine Papertalk Green & John Kinsella, Magabala)
Released November 2022
Art is, on the surface, two skilled poets in dialogue over the artwork of the late Nyoongar artist Shane Pickett. But it is also a political text, asking ‘who is... Read more
The Reindeer and the Submarine (Beverley McWilliams, Pantera)
Released November 2022
Having previously been awarded a notable CBCA commendation for her picture book on aviator Captain Harry Butler, Beverley McWilliams now makes a quirky and charming foray into middle-grade fiction. The... Read more
The Soulmate (Sally Hepworth, Macmillan)
Released November 2022
Sally Hepworth delivers another brilliant, page-turning domestic thriller with her eighth novel The Soulmate. Set in the idyllic coastal town of Portsea, sheltered from the hustle of city life, the... Read more
To Greenland! (Pip Smith, illus by Beau Wylie, Scholastic)
Released November 2022
To Greenland! is the joyous new picture book from Pip Smith and Beau Wylie, who last collaborated on Theodore the Unsure. This new adventure follows Ellie the elephant, who resides... Read more
Hard Labour: Wage theft in the age of inequality (Ben Schneiders, Scribe)
Released October 2022
Income inequality fell in Australia during the postwar period, and by 1979 inequality was at its lowest. Then neoliberal economics took hold, championed by leaders such as Ronald Reagan and... Read more
The Glass House (Brooke Dunnell, Fremantle Press)
Released November 2022
When Julia’s elderly father, Don, finally agrees to move out of the family home and into an aged-care facility, Julia knows she has a lot of work ahead of her.... Read more
