Friendship:
The Road to Winter
Mark Smith
A compelling and intelligent story of survival in a bleak but beautiful Australian coastal setting.
Wimmera
Mark Brandi
Top-notch Aussie rural literary noir. A deeply unsettling exploration of boyhood and the rippling damage of child sexual assault.
The Everlasting Sunday
Robert Lukins
A tensely atmospheric debut set in a deep English winter. Explores the edge of adolescence, survival and friendship.