Steve MinOn’s debut novel opens with a startling premise: our main protagonist has died – or has he?

Sterlin’s poetry draws on her passion for swimming to consider displacement, dispossession and home.

An epic meditation on mourning, loss and dispossession by a Lebanese-Palestinian poet.

Screaming, crying, throwing up: this debut poetry is a hilarious and visceral exploration of selfhood, queerness and neurodivergence.

A refreshing and engaging story of a woman rediscovering herself after the death of her domineering husband.

Cinematic in scope, boldly imaginative in delivery, and worryingly close to the bone in its ‘speculative’ aspects, we couldn’t put this one down.

In this debut collection, Mulvey explores the fraught relationships, loves and milestones that define a life.

Ordinary Human Love is a book for those who love quiet novels, with a suble interrogation of grief, regret and finding purpose.

A charming debut that captures the messiness of being in your twenties, and the importance of familial and platonic love.

An effervescent debut about queer love, being seen and how we see others.

In this speculative fiction debut, truth, lies and history collide.

A novel of appetites, where a ravenous club of women come together to indulge their hunger, satisfy their desires and take up space.

Described as a “love story to the queer self”, Dress Rehearsals is a refreshingly confessional, enlightening and bold collection.

In this powerful and humorous debut memoir, Metcalfe shares her story of CF and advocates for more honest conversations about death and dying.

A scintillating debut novel about one woman’s obsession with appearances – and what happens when it all comes crashing down.

Inspired by the author’s family history, this historical novel transports us to Malaya during World War II, where ordinary lives are swept up in espionage, betrayal and the quest for survival.

Through the story of Linda, Stella Miles Franklin’s forgotten sister, Brown explores the choices women face when they decide whether to pursue careers, passions and motherhood.

This debut offers a fresh, insightful and subtly humorous perspective on identity, grief and transformation in rural China.

This debut novel from awarded writer Claire Van Ryn follows the story of two women whose lives become intertwined in ways neither could have imagined.

Scrutinising sexuality, marriage and relationships, Anna Kate Blair’s debut novel is the very portrait of our disenchanted, modern world.