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Each month, Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

Five first-time nominees are among the six authors competing for $60,000 award for novels that ‘present Australian life in any of its phases’

Each month, Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

For centuries, there has been so little recorded about the lives of queer people. Only a fraction of that is dedicated to queer women, let alone queer women in so-called Australia. She and Her Pretty Friend does a wonderful job of uncovering these stories while conveying the collective frustration of queer women longing to see themselves represented in the narrative of history.’ Hannah McElhinney, Rainbow History Class 

Our reviewers cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction.

11 novelists are longlisted for this year's Miles Franklin Award, presented annually and named after the author of 'My Brilliant Career'.

Bill McDonough of Australian Crawl has written his autobiography ‘Sons of Beaches’ to tell the story of the McDonough brothers.

B-format, small format? Whatever you call them, they’re as good as a doormat! These eyesores line the shelves of bookstores across the country…

Horton is a sociologist, and this modern story of female friendship and desire is suffused with a self-aware,...

Horton is a sociologist, and this modern story of female friendship and desire is suffused with a self-aware,...