Australia’s universities are in crisis; in Broken Graeme Turner provides a diagnosis and a proposal for reform.

The bestselling author of The Museum of Modern Love turns to historical fiction in her new novel set in convict-era Van ...

Jennette McCurdy was a child star, but behind the scenes her mother’s ambition manifested in control and abuse.

Senior Constable Paul Hirschhausen and his small community are once again put to the test in the fifth of this outstanding rural noir series.

A finalist in the Ngaio Awards for Best First Crime Novel, Paper Cage is the story of a divided community and a string of missing children. There’s not much that happens in Masterton that Lo Henry ...

The new novel from the author of Dyschronia and The Airways is climate fiction focussed on human adaptability. There is plenty going on in Australia at the moment that reflects the impacts of climate ...

Longlisted for the 2025 ARA Historical Novel Prize, Matthew Hooton’s novel traces memories of Henry Ford’s experimental settlement in Brazil. I know my grandson, Nicholas, thinks of my personal ...

The bestselling author of Yellowface returns to dark fantasy with her new novel set amid university life – and Hell. RF Kuang burst into the global literary scene with her satirical work Yellowface.

Tara June Winch’s multi-award-winning novel is told in three voices, one of which takes the form of a dictionary. Yield, bend the feet, tread, as in walking, also long, tall – baayanha. Yield itself ...

Nigel Featherstone’s second novel is a story of masculinity and modern Australia. Throwing a clock at his mother in frustration is, for Patrick in Nigel Featherstone’s latest novel, a realisation and ...

Malcom Turnbull’s expansive autobiography, A Bigger Picture, is as much a rebuttal of critics of his prime ministership as it is a personal memoir. In it, the 29th Prime Minister of Australia defends ...