2023 releases

In this gripping debut, a young Cree woman's dreams lead her on a perilous journey of self-discovery that ultimately forces her to confront the toll of a legacy of violence...

A faded list.Nine favourite stories.For two strangers, friendship is only a page away . . .When Mukesh Patel pops to the local library, forgoing his routine of grocery shopping and...

Lydia is hungry. She's always wanted to try sashimi, ramen, onigiri with sour plum stuffed inside — the food her Japanese father liked to eat. And then there is bubble...

When the ground beneath your feet is always shifting, how can you ever know where you belong? Jamilah has always believed she knows where her home is: in a house...

In a kingdom where flames hold magic and the desert hides secrets, an ancient prophecy comes for an assassin, a princess, and a king. But none are ready to face...

Translated by Emily North A hilarious Japanese debut novel, where a young woman, thoroughly fed up with gendered expectations at work, announces she's pregnant. She's not. Thirty-four-year-old Ms Shibata works...

Sisters, beware the 'Wasteman of Whitewell' . . . As host of radio show Brown Sugar, Kiki Banjo's mission is to protect her listeners from heartbreak. Which puts Whitewell College's...

VAGABONDS! is a tumultuous and unexpectedly joyous novel of oppression and defiance among the people and spirits of Lagos.Lagos is a city for all . . . you share this...

They claim they saw nothing. She knows they’re lying.1996 – Cabramatta, Sydney‘Just let him go.’Those are words Ky Tran will forever regret. The words she spoke when her parents called...

SOON TO BE A MAJOR BBC TV SERIESThree friends. Three 'perfect' lives. Here comes TroubleRonke wants Happily Ever After and 2.2. kids. She's dating Kayode and wants him to be...

A debut novel from a rising literary star that brings the modern queer and Indigenous experience into sharp relief.An unnamed narrator abandons his unfinished thesis and returns to northern Alberta...

From the brilliant mind of the creator and star of I May Destroy You and Chewing Gum comes a passionate declaration against fitting in.Michaela Coel's MacTaggart Lecture touched a lot...

Can Vivian find happiness after what has been done to her?To the outside observer, Vivian is a success story — a dedicated lawyer who advocates for mentally ill patients at...

A wildly imaginative, page-turning collection featuring ghost stories, science fiction and satire, with Aboriginal characters at its heart.An imprisoned man with strange visions writes letters to his sister.A controversial business...

THE BUNKER IS DESIGNED TO KEEP THEM ALL SAFE.In the end, very few people made it to the bunker. Now they wait there for the outside world to heal. Wolfe...

Lakesong is a debut collection of poems by Lakshmi Kanchi (also known as SoulReserve) published in collaboration with Centre for Stories and Red River Press in Delhi. Featuring poems that...

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. Hilarious, honest and heartbreaking, MAAME is the most moving debut - and a heroine you'll never forget. Maame (ma-meh) has many meanings in Twi, but...

Moving, sexy, and archly funny, Gina Apostol's Philippine National Book Award-winning Bibliolepsy is a love letter to the written word and a brilliantly unorthodox look at the rebellion that brought...

Translated by Takami NiedaA Zainichi Korean teen comes of age in Japan in this groundbreaking debut novel about prejudice and diaspora.Seventeen-year-old Ginny Park is about to get expelled from high...

Three women. One life-changing friendship. One chance to stop it all falling apart . . .Jenna, Kees and Malak have been friends for years: the three of them together against...

A mesmerising debut novel of sapphic longing, intense obsession and fierce, defiant becoming — enthralling and visceral, this is an unforgettable vision of adolescence in all its horrific glory.Ren Yu...

A stunning collection of stories that weaves Hawaiian mythology with a vivid fabulism and rich sense of place.In Hawaii, a cast of women reckon with physical and emotional alienation, and...

THERE WILL BE BLOOD.Black Swan meets House of Hollow in this villain origin story.Laure Mesny is a perfectionist with an axe to grind. Despite being constantly overlooked in the elite...

A striking debut novel about racism on elite college campuses. Fans of Dear White People will embrace this activist-centred contemporary novel about a college freshman grappling with the challenges of...

Flow is a debut collection of poems by Luoyang Chen published in collaboration with Centre for Stories and Red River Press in Delhi. Flow was developed and published as a...

Unmissable, uplifting debut fiction — a richly mythic love story set in the lush landscape of modern TrinidadDarwin is a down-on-his-luck gravedigger, newly arrived in the city to seek his...

A bewitching and immersive Nigerian magic realist novel from an extraordinary literary voice, for fans of Chigozie Obioma, Abi Daré and Deepa AnapparaSoon you will become the thing all other...

Inspired by Korean history and myths, this rich and evocative high-stakes fantasy is perfect for fans of Gallant and Six Crimson Cranes.A crown princess.A monster the gods fear.A destiny no...

Only she can face the Storm . . .Vesper Vale is the daughter of revolutionaries. Failed revolutionaries. Since the Queen sentenced her mother to death by a deadly Storm that...

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022, THE YOUNGEST EVER BOOKER NOMINEE'Mottley attempts to do for Oakland something of what The Wire did for Baltimore' — The TimesWe'll laugh because we...

A searing, sunlit debut about the powerful bonds that make and break an Iranian-American familyThree young brothers leave Los Angeles in the dead of night for Iran, taken by their...

Winner of the 2022 ASA/HQ Fiction Prize. A finely observed debut novel of a young Muslim woman's experience of immigration to Australia from Sri Lankan-Australian writer Ayesha Inoon.Zia secretly longs...

StoriesPraised as “utterly remarkable” and “deeply resonant” by Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Viet Thanh Nguyen and Robert Olen Butler, a bold and brilliant debut collection, in the vein of The Refugees,...

A playful, ambitious and action-packed novel that explores the turbulent story of twentieth-century Korea through the life of one remarkable, charismatic — and unreliable — womanSLAVE. ESCAPE-ARTIST. MURDERER. TERRORIST. SPY....

This Hindu philosophy-inspired debut science fantasy follows a husband and wife racing to save their living city — and their troubled marriage — high above a jungle world besieged by...

A wide-ranging and affecting debut novel about family and identity from an award-winning historian, perfect for fans of Bernardine Evaristo or Zadie Smith.1981. Khalid Quraishi is one of the lucky...

2022's most unforgettable debut soon to be a major Hulu series produced by OprahCrossing continents and juggling lives, Black Cake is a moving and powerful debut which spans sixty years...

A joyously satisfying will-they-won't-they love story about a young woman finding her feet and forging her own destiny, set against the backdrop of the Trinidadian beauty industryBianca Bridge has always...

Yu-jin is gifted.Yu-jin is loved. Yu-jin is flourishing.Yu-jin is dead.Min Ford is searching for his place in the world. The Los Angeles native moves to Seoul to connect with his...

A moving and deeply engaging debut novel about a young Native American man finding strength in his familial identity, from a stellar new voice in fiction. Told in a series...

In her debut poetry collection Christine Shamista reflects on her experiences living in Sri Lanka, England and Australia as part of the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora. Shamista’s poems reveal layers...

Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author S. A. Cosby's debut novel My Darkest Prayer is republished in a new edition, with a new introduction from the author."I handle the bodies."Whether...

VINTAGE CLASSICS' HARLEM RENAISSANCE SERIESCelebrating the finest works of the Harlem Renaissance, one of the most important Black arts movements in modern history.'White peoples maybe mistreats you an' hates you,...

A gripping debut police procedural packed with suspense — and the technicolour energy and wit of Knives Out.The night before. Rupert's 30th is a black tie dinner at the Kentish...

The House Next to the Factory shows a changing India over three decades through the lens of one family and the house that they live in.Life in the house is...

Twin thieves attempt to pull off a daring heist in Stolen City, the sophomore fantasy novel from Dauntless author Elisa A. Bonnin. The city of Leithon is under Imperial occupation and Arian Athensor...

Richly imagined and elegantly told, with plenty of satisfying secrets, heartaches, and twists. A spellbinding romp, the Montrose women will have you clutching your pearls on this rollercoaster of a...

A big-hearted, beautifully written, utterly engaging novel about love, fear, second chances and the hardest shot in golf, from a sparkling new Australian voice.'The albatross is just about the rarest...

Fake-dates, mooncakes and rich people problems. But love wasn't meant to be on the menu . . .Dylan Tang wants to win a Mid-Autumn Festival mooncake-making competition for teen chefs...

Vivian Walker is dying. This is not on her list of things to do. A darkly funny debut that proves even the most imperfect of lives is worth celebrating.Now that...