Fiction
Time Rider review: Blink-182's Tom Delonge serves up sci-fi thriller packed with lore
If Twelve Monkeys and The Terminator could merge with the world’s coolest motorbike, the end result might resemble the novel…
The Transformations review: Andrew Pippos crafts a rich and realistic mid-life awakening
In The Transformations, Andrew Pippos deftly explores a journalist's personal metamorphosis.
The Underworld review: Sophie Laguna goes deep
Sophie Laguna's latest novel The Underworld is a deft exploration of identity, fear and mythology.
Prime Minister’s Literary Awards 2025 winners announced
The six winning authors receive $80,000 each, which like the $5000 received by all the shortlisted writers, is tax free.
Best new fiction books October 2025
Your guide to the best new fiction published in October 2025.
The Island of Last Things review: Emma Sloley's book is about the last zoo in the world
The Island of Last Things asks what you would be prepared to risk for a better world.
A Catalogue of Love review: Erin Hortle's novel is a coming-of-age story set in Tasmania
A Catalogue of Love invites readers to think about the social and biological burdens on women.
U Want it Darker review: Murray Middleton's quietly heroic stories
Murray Middleton’s ‘artists in despair’ are not simply failures in U Want it Darker.
The Wolf Who Cried Boy review: Mark Mupotsa-Russell’s heart-wrenching second novel
A six-year-old child’s reality blurs with fantasy in The Wolf Who Cried Boy.
The Farm review: Jessica Mansour-Nahra’s page-turning gothic thriller
Jessica Mansour-Nahra's The Farm poses troubling questions about the cycle of domestic violence, motherhood, and female bodily autonomy.