Sydney author Amal Awad crafts a story about a Palestinian-Australian woman that she hopes all readers will relate to in Bitter & Sweet.
Gemma Nisbet
Finding beauty in the fixing of broken things is a central theme in the new work from local author Marie O’Rourke.
Author of the bestseller What A Fun Age, returns with another page-turner full of pathos and humour.
The height of the COVID pandemic provides rich material for the latest offering from a new literary genre — the lockdown novel.
Despite being written over the course of two decades, the themes explored in the latest collection of short stories from Laura Jean McKay are timely in their concerns.
When Seth Malacari decided Australia’s YA fiction landscape needed more diverse voices, he decided to do something about it. The result is a new anthology of queer speculative fiction for young adult readers.
A confident, compelling and heartfelt novel about grief, family, coming of age, connection and racism that’s written with sensitivity and care.
‘Zelda is more than just the actress’s alter ego — I see her as (Marilyn) Monroe’s literary spirit transported across the Pacific and cavorting through time and space.’
Whether you’re reading on a picnic blanket, a beach towel or curled up on a couch in a holiday home, these books are your perfect summer companions
The best books of the year are more difficult to pin down definitively but here, in no particular order, are five that were notable — at least in the eyes of literary critic Gemma Nisbett.
Left your Christmas shopping to the last minute? There’s still time to head to your local bookshop this weekend to pick up a recently released title for everyone on your list.
From Young Adult fiction to beautiful picture books, here are some new titles to get the children in your life lost in a book this summer.
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