Maggie MacKellar’s third memoir explores the beauty and terror of motherhood, and a year on the land.

Electric, dark and obsessive, Mcphee-Browne’s second novel explores motherhood and psychosis.

An engaging and refreshing debut rom-com that ticks all the boxes.

Some hotly anticipated new fiction that has already captured our attention in 2023.

22 celebrated writers – from Jhumpa Lahiri to Lena Dunham – explore the joys and struggles of loneliness in the 21st century.

An honest exploration of what comes after coming out, and what it means to be out in every aspect of one’s life.

Tender, smart and brutal, Awad’s debut novel is causing a stir with its exploration of societal expectations and stereotypes.

A subtle and tender read delving into the limbo of late-twenty-somethings trying to make it all work.

Two poets. One year. 52 poems. This collection is an ode to a sense of survival and the discovery of the things that fuel us when the world goes dark.

A coming of age story for two teenagers over a fateful summer, set against a backdrop of secrecy and a national pop culture moment.

Our in-house reviewer Elaine’s top picks of fiction and poetry for 2022.

Hamel’s debut poetry collection revels in hilarity, awkwardness and contradictions.

Pacy and thrilling, Hepworth’s new novel leads the reader through the twists and turns of complicated family relationships.

A struggling author is haunted by Leonard and Virginia Woolf as the 20th and 21st centuries collide.

Ma’s short story collection ventures into the surreal, the unknown and the unexpected.

Exaltation and banality are at the core of this short story collection, where ‘ordinary’ Australians experience life’s raptures and ruptures.

Mascara Literary Review’s first print anthology brings together a collection of rich and varied writing that offers a complex portrait of what it means to be resilient.

With an inherent fearlessness, Duckor-Jones explores existentialism in both its largest and smallest forms.

Telling the story of a ski lodge bombing in upstate New York, Jordan weaves an intricate tale of love, gossip, urban myth and story-telling.

Arnott’s third novel delves into the small but honest ways in which we fall captive to nature, love and responsibility.