As the year’s end draws near, there are some new Australian books you might have missed. Image: Sincerely Media at Unsplash.
Every year thousands of Australian books are published so it’s easy for many worthy titles to be left in the shade when they are released alongside blazing blockbuster authors. Here then, are some handpicked new books you may have missed across the literary spectrum that deserve a longer time to bask in the sun.
Thuy On is the Reviews and Literary Editor of ArtsHub and an arts journalist, critic and poet who’s written for a range of publications including The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, Sydney Review of Books, The Australian, The Age/SMH and Australian Book Review. She was the Books Editor of The Big Issue for 8 years and a former Melbourne theatre critic correspondent for The Australian.
She has three collections of poetry published by the University of Western Australian Press (UWAP): Turbulence (2020), Decadence (2022) and Essence (2025).
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