We are halfway through 2023 and it is shaping up to be a great year for Australian fiction. Library staff have chosen these fabulous reads from new Aussie voices and established favourites for you to explore.
Settle in with a good book and don't forget to track your reading progress with The Warm Winter Read to win some prizes! You can learn more about this event on our Join the Warm Winter Read page.
New Australian Fiction Winter 2023
The anniversary by Stephanie Bishop
Dark mode* by Ashley Kalagian Blunt
The collected regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer
Headlands by John Byrnes
Wake by Shelley Burr
The fire and the rose by Robyn Cadwallader
Fed to red birds by Rijn Collins
The dangers of female provocation by Zoe Coyle
An exciting and vivid inner life* by Paul Dalla Rosa
Anam* by André Dao
Hovering by Rhett Davis
The bell of the world* by Gregory Day
The house of now and then by Jo Dixon
Life after Ted by R.D. Feneley
Fire with fire* by Candice Fox
Becoming Mrs. Mulberry* by Jackie French
The gifted son by Genvieve Gannon
After the smoke clears by Kylie Kaden
Cell night by John Kinsella
Funny ethics* by Shirley Le
The money club* by Fiona Lowe
All the unloved by Susan McCreery
Higher education by Kira McPherson
Homecoming* by Kate Morton
Crows nest* by Nikki Mottram
Girl in a pink dress by Kylie Needham
Crushing by Genevieve Novak
Home before night by J. P. Pomare
The rush* by Michelle Prak
The heart is a star by Megan Rogers
Echo Lake* by Joan Sauers
Compulsion by Kate Scott
Search history* by Amy Taylor
How to be remembered by Michael Thompson
The fall between* by Darcy Tindale
No trace* by Michael Trant
The bookbinder of Jericho* by Pip Williams
That Bligh girl* by Sue Williams
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