'Stephen Downes’ debut The Hands of Pianists was shortlisted for the PM’s Literary Awards. His second ranges across art, violence, folklore and mental illness.'
'In Claire Sutherland’s debut crime novel, a body is found on an isolated track on the Wimmera Plains, where Mount Arapiles towers over all.' (Introduction)
Comedian Steph Tisdell’s first novel tackles serious issues in this story of growing up in a First Nations family.
'One of the most memorable opening lines in fiction is Ford Maddox Ford’s ‘This is the saddest story I have ever heard.’ The Good Soldier is subtitled ‘A Tale of Passion’ – ‘tale’ implying a discursive telling and an unreliable narrator.But a new, tiny Australian book of short, amusing, even rollickingly funny stories told by a reliable though idiosyncratic narrator, tells a far sadder story.' (Introduction)
'Spies, magic, intrigue, and the human cost of an expanding empire all feature in Australian author Alina Bellchambers’ debut fantasy.'
