Here’s a preview of some of the most exciting local releases for the second half of 2018.

FICTION

• The Peacock Summer by Hannah Richell (July)
• The Coves by David Whish-Wilson (July)
• A Month of Sundays by Liz Byrski (July)
• The Far-Back Country by Kate Lyons (July)
• We See the Stars by Kate Van Hooft (July)
• When Elephants Fight by Majok Tulba (July)
• Under Your Wings by Tiffany Tsao (July)
• Captain Cook’s Apprentice by Anthony Hill (July)
• Return to Roseglen by Helene Young (July)
• Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko (August)
• The Botanists Daughter by Kayte Nunn (August)
• Inappropriation by Lexi Freiman (August)
• Hey Brother by Jarrah Dundler (August)
• The Biographer’s Lover by Ruby J Murray (August)
• Beautiful Revolutionary by Laura Elizabeth Woollett (August)
• A Superior Spectre by Angela Meyer (August)
• The True Colour of the Sea by Robert Drewe (August)
• The Summer of Secrets by Barbara Hannay (August)
• The Hunter and other stories of men by David Cohen (August)
• The Book of Ordinary People by Claire Varley (August)
• The Botanist’s Daughter by Kayte Nunn (August)
• Man Out of Time by Stephanie Bishop (September)
• The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton (September)
• 2028 by Ken Saunders (September)
• When I Saw the Animal by Bernard Cohen (September)
• Wintering by Krissy Kneen (September)
• The Helpline by Katherine Collette (September)
• The Good Son by Greg Fleet (September)
• The Word by William Lane (September)
• How to be Perfect by Holly Wainwright (September)
• The Wolf Hour by Sarah Myles (September)
• Bridge Of Clay by Markus Zusak (October)
• Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty (October)
• The Girl On The Page by John Purcell (October)
• The Year of the Farmer by Rosalie Ham (October)
• Imperial Harvest by Bruce Pascoe (October)
• Shell by Kristina Olsson (October)
• Songwoman by Ilka Tampke (October)
• Cedar Valley by Holly Throsby (October)
• The Butcherbird Stories by A.S. Patrić (November)
• Preservation by Jock Serong (November)
• The Three Secret Cities by Matthew Reilly (November)
• The Fragments by Toni Jordan (November)

DEBUT FICTION

• The Nowhere Child by Christian White (July)
• Prize Fighter by Future D. Fidel (July)
• Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton (July)
• The Fireflies of Autumn by Moreno Giovannoni (July)
• Coach Fitz by Tom Lee (August)
• The Wounded Sinner by Gus Henderson (August)
• Scrublands by Chris Hammer (August)
• The Apology by Ross Watkins (August)
• Beneath the Mother Tree by D.M. Cameron (August)
• City of Lies by Sam Hawke (August)
• Inappropriation by Lexi Freiman (August)
• Hey Brother by Jarrah Dundler (August)
• The Second Cure by Margaret Morgan (August)
• The Last Summer of Ada Bloom by Martine Murray (September)
• The Valley by Steve Hawke (October)
• Act of Grace by Anna Krien (October)
• In My Skull by Joshua Pomare (October)

CRIME FICTION

• Second Sight by Aoife Clifford (July)
• The Other Wife by Michael Robotham (July)
• Dead Heat by Peter Cotton (July)
• Retribution by Richard Anderson (July)
• Trace: Who Killed Maria James by Rachael Brown (August)
• Liar Liar by James Patterson and Candice Fox (August)
• Deal with the Devil by Grace Tobin (August)
• Loose Units by Paul Verhoeven (August)
• The Scoop by Terence J. Quinn (August)
• Greenlight by Benjamin Stevenson (September)
• The Boy at the Keyhole by Stephen Giles (September)
• The Lost Man by Jane Harper (October)
• Heaven Sent by Alan Carter (November)
• Kill Shot (A Wyatt thriller) by Garry Disher (November)
• Scent of Fear by Tony Park (December)

NON-FICTION

• Teacher by Gabbie Stroud (July)
• Siege: Inside the Lindt Café by Deborah Snow (July)
• The Missing Man by Peter Rees (July)
• Empire of Enchantment by John Zubrzycki (July)
• A Zero Waste Life by Anita Vandyke (July)
• Sons of Guns by Matt Watson (August)
• Shakespeare’s Library by Stuart Kells (August)
• Best We Forget by Peter Cochrane (August)
• The Football Solution by George Megalogenis (August)
• Winging It by Emma Isaacs (August)
• Always Another Country by Sisonke Msimang (August)
• The Mess We’re In by Bernard Keane (August)
• Hell Ship by Michael Veitch (August)
• The House by Helen Pitt (August)
• Indigenous Transnationalism: Essays on Carpentaria by Lynda Ng (August)
• God is Good for You by Greg Sheridan (August)
• Australia’s First Spies by John Fahey (August)
• The Lost Battalions by Tom Gilling (September)
• After the First Six Weeks by Midwife Cath (September)
• Fathers and Daughters by Madonna King (September)
• What Will Be Worn by Melissa Fagan (September)
• Endeavour by Peter Moore (September)
• Napoleon’s Australia by Terry Smyth (September)
• Embrace Yourself by Taryn Brumfitt (September)
• Stern Justice by Adam Wakeling (September)
• Fly! by Richard de Crespigny (September)
• Home: Drawings by Syrian Children edited by Ben Quilty (September)
• Interval Weight Loss for Life by Dr. Nick Fuller (September)
• No Place Like Home by Peter Mares (September)
• Book and Bust by Royce Kurmelovs (September)
• Blue Lake by David Sornig (September)
• You Daughters of Freedom by Clare Wright (October)
• Roadies: The Secret History of Australian Rock ‘n’ Roll by Stuart Coupe (October)
• Europe: A Natural History by Tim Flannery (October)
• Suburbia: The Familiar and Forgotten by Warren Kirk (October)
• Trigger Warnings by Jeff Sparrow (October)
• Boys Will Be Boys by Clementine Ford (October)
• French Style by Heidi Middleton (November)
• The Nameless Names by Scott Bennett (November)
• (Definitely) The Best Dogs of All Time by Jadan Carroll & Molly Dyson (November)
• The Social Leap by Bill von Hippel (November)
• Best Australian Political Cartoons 2018 edited by Russ Radcliffe (November)
• Books That Saved My Life by Michael McGirr (December)

BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR

• The Power of Hope by Kon Karapanagiotidis (July)
• The Bootle Boy by Les Hinton (July)
• Run for Your Life by Bob Carr (July)
• Happy Never After by Jill Stark (August)
• Fatherhood by William McInnes (August)
• Her Mother’s Daughter by Nadia Wheatley (August)
• The Bulldog Track by Peter Phelps (August)
• No-Country Woman by Zoya Patel (August)
• Relentless by Sam Mitchell (August)
• The Finest Gold by Brad Cooper (August)
• The Rapids by Sam Twyford-Moore (August)
• Leather Soul by Bob Murphy (August)
• Beyond the Break by Darren Longbottom and Tim Rushby-Smith (August)
• Tries, Lies and Meat Pies by Sam Thaiday (August)
• No Friend But the Mountains by Behrouz Boochani & Omid Tofighian (August)
• Too Soon, Too Late by Ralph & Kathy Kelly (August)
• Charles Ulm by Rick Searle (August)
• Sex, Drugs and the Electoral Roll by Fiona Patten (September)
• Unbreakable Threads by Emma Adams (September)
• Don’t Stop Believin’ by Olivia Newton-John (September)
• Vodka and Apple Juice by Jay Martin (September)
• Gorgeous Girl by Mary K. Pershall (September)
• A Letter from Paris by Louisa Deasey (September)
• Rocky Road by Robert Wainwright (September)
• Low Life in the High Desert by David Hirst (September)
• Magic by Jan Golembiewski (October)
• Speaking Up by Gillian Triggs (October)
• On Air by Mike Carlton (October)
• Kathleen O'Connor of Paris by Amanda Curtin (November)
• God, the Devil & Me by Mike Willesee (November)
• John Curtin’s War Volume II: Triumph and Decline by John Edwards (November)
• Tiberius with a Telephone: the Life and Stories of William McMahon by Patrick Mullins (November)

POETRY

• Viva the Real by Jill Jones (July)
• Newcastle Sonnets by Keri Glastonbury (July)
• horse by Ania Walwicz (July)
• Aqua Spinach by Luke Beesley (August)
• Milk Teeth by Rae White (September)
• Blakwork by Alison Whittaker (October)

COOKBOOKS

• The Nourishing Cook Leah Itsines (July)
• Smart Carbs by Luke Hines (August)
• Family: New Vegetable Classics to Comfort and Nourish by Hetty McKinnon (August)
• Slow Down and Grow Something by Byron Smith & Tess Robinson (August)
• Brew a Batch by Christopher Sidwa (August)
• CSIRO Healthy Gut (October)
• Mirka and Georges: A Culinary Affair by Lesley Harding & Kendrah Morgan (October)
• Love, Laugh, Bake! by Silvia Colloca (October)
• The Cook’s Apprentice by Stephanie Alexander (October)

PICTURE BOOKS

• Cicada by Shaun Tan (July)
• Wren by Katrina Lehman & Sophie Beer (July)
• Are You My Bottom? by Kate and Jol Temple (July)
• Chalk Boy by Margaret Wild and Mandy Ord (July)
• Charlie by Ronojoy Ghosh (July)
• A Day at the Show by Gwyn Perkins (August)
• Kung-fu Kangaroo by Merv Lamington and Allison Langton (August)
• The Cat Wants Kittens by P. Crumble and Lucinda Gifford (August)
• How Did I Get Here? by Philip Bunting (August)
• Watch This! by Jane Godwin, Beci Orpin & Hilary Walker (September)
• Pig the Grub by Aaron Blabey (September)
• Morris the Mole by Nicki Greenberg (September)

JUNIOR & MIDDLE FICTION

• The 104-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton (July)
• The Mulberry Tree by Allison Rushby (July)
• A Song Only I Can Hear by Barry Jonsberg (July)
• Swallow’s Dance by Wendy Orr (July)
• Leave Taking by Lorraine Marwood (July)
• The Dog with Seven Names by Dianne Wolfer (July)
• How I Didn’t Straighten My Hair (and other life lessons) by Angela May George (August)
• Off the Track by Cristy Burne (August)
• Jane Doe and the Cradle of All Worlds (Jane Doe Book 1) by Jeremy Lachlan (August)
• The Mystery of the Squashed Cockroach (The Peski Kids Book 1) by R.A Spratt (August)
• Lintang and the Brightest Star (Lintang Book 3) by Tamara Moss (August)
• The Genie Rings (The Witching Hours Book 3) by Jack Henseleit (August)
• Natural Born Loser by Oliver Phommavanh (August)
• His Name Was Walter by Emily Rodda (August)
• The Lost Treasure (The Mysterious World of Cosentino Book 3) by Paul Cosentino and James Hart (August)
• The Happiness Quest by Richard Yaxley (August)
• High Five to the Boys: A Celebration of Ace Australian Men (August)
• Inheritance by Carole Wilkinson (August)
• The Relic of the Blue Dragon (Children of the Dragon Book 1) by Rebecca Lim (August)
• Splashy Weird! (WeirDo Book 11) by Anh Do (September)
• Girltopia by Hilary Rogers (September)
• Brimstone (Fire Watcher Book 1) by Kelly Gardiner (September)
• Fairytales for Feisty Girls by Susannah McFarlane (September)
• Lemonade Jones (Lemonade Jones Book 1) by Davina Bell & Karen Blair (September)
• Gastronauts by James Foley (October)
• Elizabella Meets Her Match by Zoe Norton-Lodge & Georgia Norton-Lodge (October)
• The Adventures of Catvinkle by Elliot Perlman (October)
• The Unbelievably Scary Thing That Happened In Huggabie Falls (The Huggabie Falls Book 2) by Adam Cece & Andrew Weldon (October)
• Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor Book 2) by Jessica Townsend (November)
• Lenny’s Book of Everything by Karen Foxlee (November)

YOUNG ADULT

• Black Cockatoo by Carl Merrison & Hakea Hustler (July)
• The Art of Taxidermy by Sharon Kernot (July)
• Mercy Point by Anna Snoekstra (July)
• The Path of the Lost by Beau Kondos (July)
• Hive by A.J. Betts (July)
• Found by Fleur Ferris (July)
• Wraith by Alexandra & Shane Smithers (July)
• Just Flesh and Blood by Jane Caro (August)
• The Finder by Kate Hendrick (August)
• After the Lights Go Out by Lili Wilkinson (August)
• I Am Out With Lanterns by Emily Gale (August)
• Meet Me at the Intersection edited by Rebecca Lim & Ambelin Kwaymullina (September)
• I Had Such Friends by Meg Gatland-Veness (August)
• Catching Teller Crow by Ambelin & Ezekiel Kwaymullina (September)
• The Girl Who Fell (The Chess Raven Chronicles Book 1) by Violet Grace (September)
• The Things That Will Not Stand by Michael Gerard Bauer (September)