There are plenty of writers out there who have made their living from detailing stories of the connection between dogs and their owners, but few – if any – possess…

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Hannah and her friends thought they were playing a game when they snuck into their school’s attic to try to contact spirits, but soon realise that they might have bitten…

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I grew up in Canberra, only a few hours drive from Belanglo State Forest and Berrima. I might be too young to remember the backpacker murders as they were reported…

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When aspiring reporter Bitsy’s dad is kidnapped by a woman wielding a giant hamster-rhinoceros hybrid, she and her sports-obsessed best friend Kosh discover an underground secret society of magical conjurers…

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Jenny Ackland’s new book unfolds in a world that has already lived through a series of endings; a near-future version of Australia where climate-stricken shanty towns litter the earth and…

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It hasn’t been Yael Silver’s year. She’s just found out (the hard way) that a suicide attempt is surprisingly awkward, and that recovery is confusing, and arduous. Nevertheless, armed with…

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When we first meet Luna, she’s Luna Lewis, a Western-Australian-Maltese teen growing up in the suburbs of Perth in a school ruled by the ‘Blondes’. She’s soon reinvented: dropping the…

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John Morrissey’s debut collection of short stories is a beguiling, evocative delight. In it, he presents a series of visions that meld the absurd and mundane: a mysterious commonwealth celebrating…

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K Patrick’s debut novel Mrs S is a meticulously crafted triumph of queer romance shimmering with tension and sensuality. Reminiscent in some ways of a modern cross between The Getting…

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