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Shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2019 The art historian Noah Glass, having just returned from a trip to Sicily, is discovered floating face down in the swimming pool at his Sydney apartment block. His adult children, Martin and Evie, must come to terms with the shock of their...

In its original French, Tom Est Mort was nominated for the Prix Femina and the Prix Goncourt. This edition is translated by Lia Hills. Tom died when he was four. To stop herself from forgetting him, his mother tries to write Tom's story, the story of his death. She strives to describe...

It is estimated that Australia's population will reach 36 million by 2050, stressing our cities, social cohesion and fragile ecosystems. Even for a country built on immigration, the continuing high rates of population growth are testing the consensus of national identity and demand a visionary approach...

‘With precise and beautiful prose, the short stories in Jennifer Down’s Pulse Points carry an emotional clarity and intensity that is truly impressive.’ Books+Publishing The characters in Jennifer Down’s Pulse Points live in small dusty towns, glittering exotic cities and slow droll...

Shortlisted, 2010 Commonwealth Writers' Prize (South East Asia and Pacific) for Best First Book. A brilliant new take on the road novel from an exciting Australian debut author. A teenage girl hitches a ride with an older man travelling through middle America. Their relationship is not...

Revered New Zealand author James McNeish has written the most extraordinary novel of his distinguished career. The Crime of Huey Dunstan combines courtroom drama with psychological mystery in a compelling exploration of justice, the law and humanity. A young man stands in the dock accused of...

A jittery digital whistleblower has only to survive a long-haul plane journey before the full extent of his explosive revelations can take effect. Can he make it? Tony Davis is based in Sydney. His books include The Big Dry (HarperCollins, 2013), a novel shortlisted in the 2014 NSW Premier’s...

It’s compulsory to vote in Australia. We are one of a handful of countries in the world that enforce this rule at election time, and the only English-speaking country that makes its citizens vote. Not only that, we embrace it. We celebrate compulsory voting with barbeques and cake...

Marko surfaces from a drug-induced haze to find himself hidden from the world in a psychiatric ward. He is certain the 'Doctor' means to kill him, and he in turn has vengeful plans of his own. But how is it he came to stop taking his medication? Who can Marko trust and how much time does he...

Part thriller, part love story, August is a compelling novel about will, freedom and what it means to live. Trapped in a car wreck, upside down, bleeding and in pain, Tristan and Grace are staring at death. When dawn breaks they might be seen from the road and rescued, or not. They wait,...

The sparkling debut from an exciting new voice in Australian fiction, Claire Aman. Bird Country is a collection of spare and affecting portraits of ordinary people in rural Australia. A boat trip in a squall to scatter the ashes of an old man, who was not loved. A young father, driving his...

Ruby tells Mark she wants a divorce. It’ll be a fake separation, a protest against marriage inequality. As soon as her sister Peta can marry her girlfriend, BJ, they’ll get married again. ‘Will we still be able to see each other?’ asks Mark. ‘Only in secret,’ Ruby says. And...

‘A thrilling read that will have you on the edge of your seat.’ Buzzfeed Natalie King is back: back from a stay on the psych ward. Her reluctance to live a quiet life has contributed to a severe depressive episode, and now it’s time for a retreat to the country. A borrowed house on the...

I have questions I’ve never asked. Worries I’ve never shared. Thoughts that circle and collide and die screaming because they never make it outside my head. Stuff like that, if you let it go—it’s a survival risk. Sixteen-year-old Nate McKee is doing his best to be invisible. He’s...