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BRAT: A Ghost Story

Gabriel Smith

From a stunningly original new talent, this is a debut novel unlike anything you have read.

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The Heart in Winter

Kevin Barry

A savagely funny, achingly beautiful tale set in the Wild West, from the award-winning author of Night Boat to Tangier

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Edenhope

Louise Le Nay

The warm, heroic story of a grandmother's determination to save her family from themselves.

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The Friday Afternoon Club

Griffin Dunne

A charming, hilarious account of Griffin Dunne's coming of age among a family of larger-than-life characters in Hollywood and Manhattan.

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Fragile Creatures

Khin Myint

A powerful debut, from an extraordinary voice, gentle in the face of extremity

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Sing Like Fish

Amorina Kingdon

A captivating exploration of how underwater animals tap into sound to survive, and a clarion call for humans to address the ways we invade these critical soundscapes — from an…

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I Hope This Finds You Well

Natalie Sue

For readers who loved The Office US and Really Good, Actually comes the awkward heroine you’re about to fall in love with

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The New Cold War

Robin Niblett

An urgent and essential assessment of the global contest between the US and China, and how looking to history will help us to navigate it, from former Director of Chatham…

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Terra Nova

Harrison Christian

Harrison Christian draws on fresh documents to examine the circumstances of Scott’s death, throwing suspicion on Edward Evans and other officers. Terra Nova delves into the lives of these remarkable…

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Wed by the Wayside

Alana Valentine

Can marriage be an act of rebellion? This is the story of Wayside Chapel, a quiet revolution from a side street of Kings Cross, Sydney. ict.

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Hurdy Gurdy

Jenny Ackland

A powerful and important novel with a crucial and timely feminist message, from the Stella Prize-shortlisted author of Little Gods.

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The Hairdresser’s Son

Gerbrand Bakker, David Colmer (trans.)

Multi-award winning Dutch author Gerbrand Bakker's phenomenal new novel about grief and the unavoidable power of family ties.

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All Fours

Miranda July

The New York Times bestselling author of The First Bad Man returns with an irreverently sexy, tender, hilarious and literary novel about a woman upending her life

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The Son of Man

Jean-Baptiste Del Amo, Frank Wynne (trans.)

From the author of Animalia, winner of the Republic of Consciousness Prize, a blazing new novel exploring nature, family, and violence, set on a hostile and glorious mountainside haunted by…

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The Conscious Style Guide

Karen Yin

An adaptable guide for anyone who wants to communicate with compassion in a rapidly changing environment.

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Tripped

Norman Ohler

A brilliant and original investigation into the medical origins of LSD and how the Nazis and the CIA turned it into a weapon, by the author of Blitzed.

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Everything is Water

Simon Cleary

Four weeks, 344km and one inspiring river journey

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I Fight, You Fight

Alex Noble

The inspiring story of a young man whose wisdom and strength can teach us all how to live life to the fullest, no matter what it throws at us.

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Briefly Very Beautiful

Roz Dineen

A startlingly beautiful story of a family's survival, and an unforgettable dystopian vision of a familiar world in flames

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Gate to Kagoshima

Poppy Kuroki

Japan, 2005. While researching her ancestors, 20-year-old Isla encounters a vicious typhoon who sends her back in time to 1877, the dawn of the Satsuma Rebellion.

Through a combination of…

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Manny and the Baby

Varaidzo

London, 1936. Two sisters are ready to take the city and the world by storm. Bath, 2012. Two young Black men are figuring out who they are, and who they…

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At the Grand Glacier Hotel

Laurence Fearnley

From award-winning novelist Laurence Fearnley comes an intriguing story about recovery, reflection and reconnecting with ourselves and others.

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Finding Your People

Alexandra Hourigan, Sally McMullen

A relatable guide to finding, keeping and saying goodbye to friendships, from the twin-flame hosts of the hit podcast Two Broke Chicks.

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I Want to Die but I Still Want to Eat Tteokbokki

Baek Sehee, Anton Hur (trans.)

The sequel to the Sunday Times and international-bestselling South Korean therapy memoir, translated by International Booker Prize–shortlisted Anton Hur

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The Shortest History of Japan

Lesley Downer

A definitive new history of Japan, where ancient meets cutting-edge in unique and startling ways

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Westport

James Comey

She's the lawyer. But now she's the one on trial.

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The Road to the Country

Chigozie Obioma

The story of a young man seeking redemption in a nation on fire, Chigozie Obioma's novel is an odyssey of brotherhood, love and unimaginable courage set during the Biafran War.

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Heartsease

Kate Kruimink

A sad, sly and darkly comic story about the weight of grief and the ways in which family cleave to us, for better and for worse.

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The Great Aussie Road Trip - New Back Roads book from the host of the popular ABC TV series

Heather Ewart

A compendium of Heather's favourite road trips around Australia, revealing towns and communities outside the mainstream - and the colourful inhabitants whose grit and humour will uplift and inspire you.

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Strange Little Girl

Jessica Knight

Maybe you don't need heaven, maybe you just need to find yourself.

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A Refiner’s Fire

Donna Leon

Brunetti returns with a gripping and powerful case about the murkiness of power and a test of loyalties

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Allow Me to Introduce Myself

Onyi Nwabineli

Put away your phone and get ready to rethink your 'harmless' social media habit, in this darkly hilarious page-turner from an exciting new voice.

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The Desert Knows Her Name

Lia Hills

In this stunning, lyrical novel of nature and history, a girl walks out of the desert and shakes a community to its core.

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Shadows of Winter Robins

Louise Wolhuter

Sometimes you must shine a light on the dark places to see what was always there.

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Quarterly Essay 94: Highway to Hell – Climate Change and Australia’s Future

Joëlle Gergis

What will the climate crisis mean for Australia? What is the price of our inertia?

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Because I’m Not Myself, You See

Ariane Beeston

A frank, hopeful and darkly funny memoir of postpartum psychosis and recovery

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Night Watch

Jayne Anne Phillips

From one of our most accomplished novelists, a mesmerizing story about a mother and daughter seeking refuge in a mental asylum in the chaotic aftermath of the Civil War.

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Max

Avi Duckor-Jones

A beautifully written coming-of-age novel from an exciting new voice in antipodean fiction

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Mrs Gulliver

Valerie Martin

A short, lush novel about sex, second chances and taking control in a man's world

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Three Burials

Anders Lustgarten

An electrifying wild ride of a debut novel from award-winning playwright Anders Lustgarten

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Kairos

Jenny Erpenbeck, Michael Hofmann (trans.)

From an internationally acclaimed, multi award-winning author: this is a story of love and betrayal set in Berlin during the years before and after the fall of the Wall.

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Long Island

Colm Tóibín

A novel of enormous wit and profound emotional resonance from one of the world's finest writers.

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Smoke

Michael Brissenden

After a brutal wildfire tears through the town of Jasper in the Californian sierras, a body is discovered in a shed.

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The Forever War

Nick Bryant

The Forever War tells the story of how America's political polarisation is 250 years in the making, and argues that the roots of its modern-day malaise are to be found…

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A Cage Went in Search of a Bird

Ali Smith, Tommy Orange, Naomi Alderman, Helen Oyeyemi, Keith Ridgway, Yiyun Li, Charlie Kaufman, Elif Batuman, Leone Ross

A collection of brand-new short stories written by prize-winning, bestselling writers and inspired by Kafka - published to commemorate the centenary of his death.

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Exhibit

R.O. Kwon

From the bestselling author R.O. Kwon, a powerful, blazing-hot novel about a woman caught between her desires and her life.

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Personal Politics

Leigh Boucher, Barbara Baird, Michelle Arrow, Robert Reynolds

Personal Politics brings together, for the first time, the voices and campaigns of a diverse set of activists who employed ideas about gender and sexuality to remake modern Australia.

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In Hot Water

Dr Paul E. Hardisty

A searing, candid and personal account from inside the battle to save the Great Barrier Reef from the recent CEO of Australia's leading coral research institute (who also happens to…

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New releases

BRAT: A Ghost Story

The Heart in Winter

Edenhope

The Friday Afternoon Club

Fragile Creatures

Sing Like Fish

I Hope This Finds You Well

The New Cold War

Terra Nova

Wed by the Wayside

Hurdy Gurdy

The Hairdresser’s Son

All Fours

The Son of Man

The Conscious Style Guide

Tripped

Everything is Water

I Fight, You Fight

Briefly Very Beautiful

Gate to Kagoshima

Manny and the Baby

At the Grand Glacier Hotel

Finding Your People

I Want to Die but I Still Want to Eat Tteokbokki

The Shortest History of Japan

Westport

The Road to the Country

Heartsease

The Great Aussie Road Trip - New Back Roads book from the host of the popular ABC TV series

Strange Little Girl

A Refiner’s Fire

Allow Me to Introduce Myself

The Desert Knows Her Name

Shadows of Winter Robins

Quarterly Essay 94: Highway to Hell – Climate Change and Australia’s Future

Because I’m Not Myself, You See

Night Watch

Max

Mrs Gulliver

Three Burials

Kairos

Long Island

Smoke

The Forever War

A Cage Went in Search of a Bird

Exhibit

Personal Politics

In Hot Water