Australian publishing has plenty of gems to await your reading pleasures this coming year. Here are some key titles to whet your literary appetites.
Son of Sin, Omar Sakr (Affirm, February) A queer, coming-of-age story set in Western Sydney by a writer better known for his award-winning poems, this is Omar Sakr’s debut novel. Expect poetry to be interwoven into his prose.
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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