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Zeroes (Scott Westerfeld, Margo Lanagan & Deborah Biancotti, A&U)
Released October 2015
Co-authored books often raise alarm bells for readers, with many examples of great ideas poorly executed. Thankfully Zeroes manages to overcome any scepticism with a well-crafted plot and some pretty... Read more
Ghost River (Tony Birch, UQP)
Released October 2015
In 1960s Collingwood, Melbourne, two boys, Sonny and Ren, forge an unlikely friendship and soon become thick as thieves. They pass their free time swimming in the river near their... Read more
Hope Farm (Peggy Frew, Scribe)
Released October 2015
Writer and musician Peggy Frew continues to explore the darker side of familial responsibility in her second novel, Hope Farm, which follows 2011’s House of Sticks. In the vein of... Read more
Prayers of a Secular World (ed by Jordie Albiston & Kevin Brophy, Inkerman & Blunt)
Released October 2015
Prayers of a Secular World is a collection of poems that explores the idea that modern life demands modern forms of worship; that there is something within the human spirit... Read more
Fair Food (ed by Nick Rose, UQP)
Released September 2015
Fair Food is a collection of autobiographical essays about the development of Australia’s nascent ‘fair food’ movement. It is important and compelling, if occasionally frustrating, reading for anyone interested in... Read more
Interestingly Enough… The Life of Tom Keneally (Stephany Evans Steggall, Nero)
Released October 2015
At school Thomas Keneally had ambitions to become a writer, a composer, an orator and even the pope. When he decided that he would never ‘be able to undertake the... Read more
Small Acts of Disappearance (Fiona Wright, Giramondo)
Released September 2015
In the last of the 10 essays that make up this autobiographical work, Fiona Wright calls out the genre ‘sick lit’ for its tendency to make writers out of people... Read more
Tom Houghton (Todd Alexander, S&S)
Released October 2015
Tom Houghton is a classic first-person coming-of-age novel about a boy with huge dreams. 1986: 12-year-old Tom is a lonely and introverted child. He’s obsessed with Hollywood movie stars, and... Read more
A Guide to Berlin (Gail Jones, Vintage)
Released August 2015
Gail Jones’ sixth novel, A Guide to Berlin, is named after a short story by Vladimir Nabokov and offers more than a nod to his work. During a harsh winter... Read more
Theophilus Grey and the Demon Thief (Catherine Jinks, A&U)
Released October 2015
Twelve-year-old Philo Grey is no ordinary linkboy. He carries out the everyday linkboy duties of holding his high torch to light the way through the twisty streets of 18th-century London... Read more
Olive of Groves (Katrina Nannestad, illus by Lucia Masciullo, ABC Books)
Released November 2015
Olive is thrilled to be attending Mrs Groves’ Boarding School for Naughty Boys, Talking Animals and Circus Performers. But when Olive arrives, she finds that regular little girls are strictly... Read more
Illuminae: The Illuminae Files Book One (Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff, A&U)
Released November 2015
Illuminae is the first book in ‘The Illuminae Files’, told in the format of a secret dossier of audio transcripts, message logs and other electronic documents. It tells the story... Read more
Inbetween Days (Vikki Wakefield, Text)
Released October 2015
The small-town setting of Mobius captures and amplifies the isolation of adolescence. It is the perfect backdrop for Inbetween Days, a story about the bruises left on our hearts by... Read more
Danny Best: Full On: Book One (Jen Storer, illus by Mitch Vane, ABC Books)
Released October 2015
Danny Best, age eight and three quarters, is the kind of kid you wanted as a friend growing up: the kid who was bossy, never wrong and always changing the... Read more
My Dead Bunny (Sigi Cohen, illus by James Foley, Walker Books)
Released October 2015
If you or your little one are tired of reading about cute creatures rendered in pastel hues then this picture book is the very antithesis of such wholesome goodness. The... Read more
Australian Kids through the Years (Tania McCartney, illus by Andrew Joyner, NLA)
Released October 2015
Following the success of An Aussie Year, history-loving author Tania McCartney again portrays our multicultural nation in Australian Kids through the Years. Here, the changes to Australia are explored as... Read more
Penguin and the Lane Brothers: The Untold Story of a Publishing Revolution (Stuart Kells, Black Inc.)
Released September 2015
The many previous histories of the foundation of Penguin have concentrated on Allen Lane and have largely overlooked the important roles played by his younger brothers John and Richard. Penguin... Read more
The Patterson Girls (Rachael Johns, Mira)
Released October 2015
Bestselling rural romance author Rachael Johns sets her latest story in a family-owned motel three hours from Adelaide. As the first Christmas after their beloved mother’s death approaches, sisters Madeline,... Read more
The Women’s Pages (Debra Adelaide, Picador)
Released November 2015
This fourth novel from well-known Australian writer Debra Adelaide pays homage to Wuthering Heights and combines a creative metatextual structure with contemplation about mothers—and the absence thereof—and motherhood. Containing a... Read more
The Natural Way of Things (Charlotte Wood, A&U)
Released October 2015
The latest novel from the author of Animal People and Love and Hunger is a powerful story of misogyny and corporate control taken to disturbing extremes. Yolanda and Verla wake... Read more
