Connor – Philanthropy & Partnerships Coordinator
Connor is keeping things varied this spring, starting with Irish literary fiction virtuosos Claire Keegan and Niall Williams tackling themes around found family from inverse perspectives. Switching structures, selected works of famed poet Dylan Thomas including the renowned titular villanelle provide a healthy dose of prose in Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night. Next up is this year’s International Booker Prize winner, Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and translated by Lin King – an exploration of food, love and the lasting impacts of colonisation. Never short of genre fiction, Connor rounds out their list with M.L. Wang’s recent fantasy smash, Blood Over Bright Haven.
Julia, Associate Program Producer
As is her custom, Julia’s genre-defying TBR leaps through decades and forms. We spy two non-fiction heavy-weights in Drusilla Modjeska and Susan Orlean. Hannah Goldstein’s Shakespeare inspired Dream Girls and Olivia De Silva’s abstract poetry collection Sick Note bring a touch of hilarity from Australia. Dipping her toes into the world of fantasy, Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hood tops the stack.
Michelle, Program Producer
Michelle’s kaleidoscopic stack isn’t just a rush of colour, it’s full of propulsive, urgent titles from a host of emerging and established writers at the top of their game. Representing Australia is Miles Franklin Award winner Omar Musa’s new short story collection The Vape Lord of Queanbeyan and Lucianne Tonti’s Good Witch, a scathing exploration of how the insidious legacy of witch hunts linger today. Two of the buzziest books on the year’s literary calendar, Rachel Cusk’s Life of M and Patrick Radden Keefe’s London Falling await Michelle’s acquaintance. Equal parts joyous and harrowing, The Queens of Sarmiento Park by Camila Sosa Villada and Dominion by Addie E. Citchens top Michelle's rich reading horizons.
Tristan, Director of Production and Operations
Tristan’s stack leans on his latest handiwork – a resplendent street library! Sprawling epics teeming with unforgettable characters, Alexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo and Siang Lu’s Ghost Stories bring the melodrama. The fourth book in Richard Osman’s beloved Thursday Murder Club series promises another delightfully cosy mystery. After all that excitement, Hiroko Yoda’s Eight Million Ways to Happiness brings down the pulse with a practical guide to happiness rooted in Japan’s spiritual philosophies.
Sarah, Head of Marketing and Digital
Short, sweet but heavy on vibes, Sarah’s stack starts with Joshua Hortinela’s hyperlocal debut Hate You to Love You, a crowd-pleasing queer romance that rewrites classic romance tropes. The signed and limited edition of What Am I, A Deer?, a feverish debut novel from everyone’s favourite translator Polly Barton is the envy of the office. Deborah Levy’s Hot Milk charts a story of motherhood and desire against a scorching Spanish summer – an apt segue into a new season of reading.
Viv, Digital Marketing Manager
A perhaps overzealous New Year’s goal to read 20 Booker Prize–winning titles means that Viv’s spring stack is a lofty one. With four months left of 2026 and 13 Booker books yet to tackle, she should think about cancelling any other plans now.
Iain – Ticketing & Customer Service Manager
Mick Herron and Michael Connelly are partners in crime among Iain’s TBR pile with their respective puzzle piece thrillers, Reconstruction and The Law of Innocence. A welcome respite from the tension arrives with some of the best non-fiction releases of the 21st century – Michael Lewis’ retelling of the data-driven, penny-pinching Oakland Athletics underdog story in Moneyball and an equally inspiring and stark look at life inside war-torn Ukraine in A Bunker in Kyiv by John Lyons. And for an easier read with all the same big themes, Scott Woodward’s debut novel Poster Boys disassembles the private school system in this YA romp.
Michael – Digital Marketing Coordinator
Different flavours of literary fiction are getting Michael through spring, starting with two of Australia’s best contemporary authors. Human-trees aren’t the only hybrid in Arborescence, as author Rhett Davis skirts the lines between relationship drama, dystopian eco-fiction and magical realism in a uniquely Australian setting. From Victoria to NSW, Charlotte Wood provides a similarly intimate look at womanhood and belonging in her Booker Prize Shortlistee, Stone Yard Devotional. And one of spring’s biggest releases caps things off with Taipei Story by R.F. Kuang, an introspective look at the diasporic illusion of homecoming.