Yes, we know you’ve barely read your to-do pile for 2024 and all of a sudden there is an avalanche of new titles in the offing. Here are just a few of the new Australian novels and non-fiction (including memoir) titles that caught ArtsHub’s attention and are slated to be published in the first half of the new year. Look out for some upcoming 2025 poetry and YA/children titles in a separate post.
Three Boys Gone, Mark Smith (Pan Macmillan Australia, January)
On a school excursion, three boys slip away into perilous sea conditions. Will their teacher try and save them, and thereby endanger her own life? Mark Smith presents a moral dilemma in this psychological thriller.
The Knowing, Madeleine Ryan (Scribe, February)
This book introduces Camille, a young woman dealing with the chaos of working in a florist on Valentine’s Day, and the usual pressures of modern life and a long commute from her country home.