Appreciation by Liam Pieper
This witty novel exposes the underbelly of the art world and a complex portrait of queer identity.
Ghost Poetry by Robbie Coburn
In this poetry collection, Coburn navigates the intricate dance between the light and shadow of selfhood.
Dress Rehearsals by Madison Godfrey
Described as a “love story to the queer self”, Dress Rehearsals is a refreshingly confessional, enlightening and bold collection.
Others Were Emeralds by Lang Leav
This perceptive coming-of-age novel illuminates the impacts of war, racism and interpersonal conflict.
Tissue by Madison Griffiths
Madison Griffith’s nonfiction debut is an ode to complexity, in a searing analysis of abortion and everything it intertwines with.
The Hummingbird Effect by Kate Mildenhall
The third novel from Aussie literary fave Kate Mildenhall takes us on an epic journey across time through the lives of four different women.
A Real Piece of Work by Erin Riley
This ‘memoir in essays’ explores how we create our identities and how we can transcend them.
Compulsion by Kate Scott
Compulsion is a story about love, yearning and trying to come right in a world that makes it too easy to self-destruct.
The Jaguar by Sarah Holland-Batt
Winner of the 2023 Stella Prize, this powerful and heartbreaking poetry collection explores Holland-Batt’s grief over losing her father to Parkinson’s.
Bad Art Mother by Edwina Preston
Good mothers are selfless. Artists are selfish. So what does this mean for a mother with artistic ambitions?
The Street Poet by Jaidyn Luke Attard
Take a ride through Melbourne’s underbelly with Johnny Lock: a self-proclaimed paranoid narrator on his journey to becoming a street poet.
Hydra by Adriane Howell
A wickedly original debut about a woman on the edge: mysterious, compelling and with lashings of dark humour.
Graft by Maggie MacKellar
Maggie MacKellar’s third memoir explores the beauty and terror of motherhood, and a year on the land.
Little Plum by Laura McPhee-Browne
Electric, dark and obsessive, Mcphee-Browne’s second novel explores motherhood and psychosis.
The Matchmaker by Saman Shad
An engaging and refreshing debut rom-com that ticks all the boxes.
Friends & Dark Shapes by Kavita Bedford
A subtle and tender read delving into the limbo of late-twenty-somethings trying to make it all work.
The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth
Pacy and thrilling, Hepworth’s new novel leads the reader through the twists and turns of complicated family relationships.
This Devastating Fever by Sophie Cunningham
A struggling author is haunted by Leonard and Virginia Woolf as the 20th and 21st centuries collide.
An Ordinary Ecstasy by Luke Carman
Exaltation and banality are at the core of this short story collection, where ‘ordinary’ Australians experience life’s raptures and ruptures.
Limberlost by Robbie Arnott
Arnott’s third novel delves into the small but honest ways in which we fall captive to nature, love and responsibility.