Contemporary fiction

An uplifting Australian drama from rural midwife and bestselling author Fiona McArthur.

A story filled with courage, passion and hope to share with your reading group.

A magnificent literary pick for book club.

There is one act that will help lift your mood in just minutes as we prepare to enter the new spring season.

A timely and uplifting story about the importance of community and connection from much-loved author Barbara Hannay.

A pick for book club that's warm, witty and wise.

The Welcome To Nowhere River author on the art of noticing, the importance of community and finding time to write.

A tale of extraordinary friendship and a lifetime of stories to share with your book club pals.

A must-read for book clubs and fans of The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul.

These friends think they know everything about one another, but time has a way of making us strangers to those we love...

2020 marks Monica McInerney’s 20th year as a published author. Here she offers 20 memories and observations on her writing career.

Your reading group will adore this family drama from much-loved author Monica McInerney.

Monica McInerney on the family secrets, overseas trips and strange times that shaped her heartwarming new novel.

Gather your book club and get ready to gossip about the inhabitants of Spinifex.

Explore themes of surrogacy, consequences and the redemptive power of love with your reading group.

Gather your book club and find out why everyone is talking about The Last Migration.

The Sister's Gift author on finding the 'emotional core' of her latest novel. 

Charlotte McConaghy reveals how a quest to write about the natural world ultimately led to a climate change story.

We’re thrilled to share that Wiradjuri author Tara June Winch’s The Yield has won the 2020 Miles Franklin Literary Award.

The Bluffs author takes us deep into the Tasmanian wilderness.

Chew over some of life’s big questions with James Bradley’s timely thriller, Ghost Species.

We sat down with celebrated comic writer Kathy Lette to talk about throwing her knickers at Tom Jones, the time she met the Queen and more.

Tabitha Bird celebrates the magical healing powers of writing.

Leah Kaminsky reflects on researching German scientists and World Ice Theory for her novel, The Hollow Bones.

When we were eight, Dad cut me open from throat to stomach.

Standing on the edge of the cliff, Grace Elliott turned her face to the sky.

Things come from nowhere.

The ominous question came out of the blue.

Inside Laura's head, Deidre spoke. The trouble with you, Laura, she said, is that you make bad choices.