Compulsion is a story about love, yearning and trying to come right in a world that makes it too easy to self-destruct.

The masterful Han Kang continues to captivate readers with her profound exploration of language, connection and loss.

Grief, infatuation, lust and pain coalesce in this voracious novel of appetites by Italian author Viola Di Grado.

This beguiling world of magicians, dolls and sleight of hand mirror tensions in modern-day Hong Kong.

The tragicomic narratives in this short story collection border on fable-like, where much is left unsaid and readers are left to consider their own moral takeaways.

Winner of the 2023 Stella Prize, this powerful and heartbreaking poetry collection explores Holland-Batt’s grief over losing her father to Parkinson’s.

Good mothers are selfless. Artists are selfish. So what does this mean for a mother with artistic ambitions?

A fierce, heartbreaking novel about a devastating toxic relationship and the dangers of obsessive love.

Inspired by real-life art heists, this intricate and compelling novel explores imperialism, diaspora and identity.

A darkly funny debut on growing up in Western Sydney, family and belonging.

A wickedly original debut about a woman on the edge: mysterious, compelling and with lashings of dark humour.

Maggie MacKellar’s third memoir explores the beauty and terror of motherhood, and a year on the land.

Electric, dark and obsessive, Mcphee-Browne’s second novel explores motherhood and psychosis.

An engaging and refreshing debut rom-com that ticks all the boxes.

22 celebrated writers – from Jhumpa Lahiri to Lena Dunham – explore the joys and struggles of loneliness in the 21st century.

A subtle and tender read delving into the limbo of late-twenty-somethings trying to make it all work.

Two poets. One year. 52 poems. This collection is an ode to a sense of survival and the discovery of the things that fuel us when the world goes dark.

A coming of age story for two teenagers over a fateful summer, set against a backdrop of secrecy and a national pop culture moment.

Hamel’s debut poetry collection revels in hilarity, awkwardness and contradictions.

Pacy and thrilling, Hepworth’s new novel leads the reader through the twists and turns of complicated family relationships.