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Beejay Silcox

Australian books to look forward to in 2026: from a 278-page sentence to a memoir about a ‘cursed vagina’

Australia Antoinette Lattouf Shaun Micallef Judith Lucy Kate Grenville Siang Lu UQP Bob Hawke Hachette Penguin
Best books of 2026 composite
Australian books 2026 (L-R): A Rising of the Lights by Steve Toltz, When I Am Sixty-Four by Debra Adelaide, De’Ath Takes a Holiday by Shaun Micallef, The Cross Thieves by Alan Fyfe, Women Who Win by Antoinette Lattouf, Songwriters on the Run by Robert Forster, Phantom Days by Angela O’Keeffe, and Going On and On by Lucinda Holdforth. Composite: Penguin Books, Simon and Schuster, Hachette, UQP

Alien abductions, menopausal mermaids, a single-sentence novel and a cursed vagina; Australian literature in 2026 is looking marvellously unhinged. Here’s a sneak peek.

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