The new novel from the author of Dyschronia and The Airways is climate fiction focussed on human adaptability.

His first novel has just won a prestigious Nebula Award; now John Wiswell puts his humorous and humanist spin on the labours of Heracles.

British historian Anne Sebba’s account of the Nazi death camp describes the dissonance of beautiful music in a place of ...

The French Open may be over for another year, but Roland-Garros will always belong to Rafael Nadal, its all-time champion.

Jo Harkin’s novel is a fresh and rollicking take on the mystery of fifteenth-century pretender to the English throne, Lambert Simnel. Perhaps the best part of John’s life (and the funniest) is when he ...

Francesca de Tores’ novel is swashbuckling historical fiction, featuring unconventional women, war, and piracy on the high seas. Francesca de Tores makes it clear from the start: Mary Read and Anne ...

Melbourne author Fiona Hardy has broken very different ground with her crime fiction debut Unbury the Dead. Hardy is well-known in crime fiction circles as a Melbourne bookseller, crime fiction ...

This diverse anthology challenges stereotypes by bringing together Autistic women and gender-diverse writers to share their experiences. In their introduction to Someone Like Me, editors Clem Bastow ...

Helen Garner’s account of a single season of her grandson’s AFL team is about more than football. Helen Garner may have begun her career as a novelist, but she has long been admired for her ...

Mark Smith’s first novel for adults is both a psychological thriller and an exploration of a shocking moral dilemma. Mark Smith, a Victoria-based educator, is best known as the author of the ...

Argentinian writer Marina Yuszczuk puts her twist on the vampire novel in Thirst, set amid Buenos Aires’ oldest cemetery. There’s something defiant about how she doesn’t look away when I fix my eyes ...

Tim Winton’s new novel dives into a post-climate-change world where violence seems the only solution. The opening of Tim Winton’s new novel Juice cannot help but put readers in mind of Cormac McCarthy ...