An experimental personal essay which riffs on Moser’s biography, quantum mechanics and Joan Didion.

Check out Elaine’s hot picks of books from authors in attendance across the Sydney and Melbourne Writers’ Festivals.

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.

Take a ride through Melbourne’s underbelly with Johnny Lock: a self-proclaimed paranoid narrator on his journey to becoming a street poet.

Check out these recent and forthcoming releases in Aussie poetry for 2023.

A ‘chic sad girl’ novel that dives into female suffering and objectification, with a protagonist who cannot feel pain.

Belcourt’s latest work explores the boundaries of his Cree identity from a community perspective.

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.

Statovci explores the wars within and without in this dark, haunting novel of an illicit love affair.

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.

Some hotly anticipated new fiction that has already captured our attention in 2023.

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

An honest exploration of what comes after coming out, and what it means to be out in every aspect of one’s life.

Tender, smart and brutal, Awad’s debut novel is causing a stir with its exploration of societal expectations and stereotypes.