In 2023, we’re all about hearing exciting new stories from fresh voices. With a focus on new authors, we’ll be platforming some of the biggest up-and-coming names in literature this year.
Though Penguin Random House has always aimed to publish unique stories from new perspectives, we’re making it a key focus of our publishing program in 2023.
With so many debut authors offering up their individual writing styles, plotlines and insight in 2023 – we couldn’t help but celebrate their amazing work.
By shining a spotlight on these fresh voices, we hope to introduce readers to new favourite works from the up-and-coming authors who will shape literature in Australia and beyond over the next few years.
Keep your eyes peeled for Q&As, exclusive interviews, preview extracts, fun activities and more.
Exciting times ahead!
. . a sneak preview of some of the upcoming books
Go as a River Shelley Read
On a cool autumn morning, Victoria Nash heads into her village pulling a rickety wagon filled with late-season peaches. When a stranger stops to ask for directions, a split-second encounter changes the course of her life.
Gathering all the pieces of her small existence and spinning through the eddies of desire, heartbreak and betrayal, she will arrive at a single rocky decision that will change her life forever.
Coming 7 March 2023.
The Collected Regrets of Clover Mikki Brammer
In her work as a 'death doula', Clover Brooks ushers people peacefully through their last days. But Clover spends so much time with the dying, that she's forgotten how to live. Can her clients’ hard-won wisdom – and the inspiring love story of a spirited old woman named Claudia – show Clover the way to a happy ending?
The Collected Regrets of Clover is the burst of hopefulness we need right now, a big-hearted and life-affirming novel that turns the normally taboo subject of death into a reason to celebrate life!
Coming 2 May 2023.
Anam: Winner of the 2024 PM's Literary Award and shortlisted for the 2024 Miles Franklin André Dao
A grandson tries to learn the family story, but what kind of story is it? Moving from 1930s Hanoi through a series of wars and displacements to Saigon, Paris, Melbourne and Cambridge, Anam is a novel about memory and inheritance, colonialism and belonging, home and exile.
Blending fiction and essay, the story follows the grandson as he mines his family and personal stories to ask broader questions about place, home, legacy, expectation and ambition. Diving through his personal history, he begins to question whether a better future can be paved by remembering the past, or if coming home involves a certain amount of forgetting.
Coming 2 May 2023.
The Fresh Voices of 2023 share their advice with fellow writers. Whether you’re aspiring to get your book published or looking for writing tips, these words of wisdom will help.
An author and editor share the unique publication story of Amy Doak's debut novel, Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer.
Anam by André Dao has entered the world to warm reception. With exceptional reviews, it’s clear that this author’s star is rising. Learn more about his book, and see what reviewers are saying.
‘Chain-Gang All-Stars’ is shaping up to be one of the buzziest debuts of 2023. Learn more about it and see some of the rave reviews for Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s first novel.
Taryn Burges waxes lyrical about her love for Chain-Gang All-Stars, one of the buzziest debuts of 2023.
Find out why it’s so important to support authors upon the publication of their first book and meet a few of our 2023 debut authors.
Learn about ‘Lenny Marks Gets Away With Murder’ and check out rave reviews from readers.
We caught up with Jessica Yu to learn more about her writing routine and the shortlist award that helped launch her career.
A satirical, madcap roller-coaster ride through Hollywood to read with your book club.
A life-affirming novel to read with your book club.
