June
- Audsley, Carmel McMurdo. Conviction (Theatricks Publishing)
- Bailey, Sarah. The Dark Lake (Allen & Unwin) – debut fiction
- Fonseca, Conchita. Where the Light Plays (Ylva Publishing) – diversity fiction
- Dowse, Sara. As the Lonely Fly (For Pity Sake) – Historical fiction set in Palestine/Israel, Russia and the USA in the first decades of the 20th century
- Joosten, Melanie. Gravity Well (Scribe)
- Nightingale, Rachel/Rachel Le Rossigno. Harlequin’s Riddle (Odyssey Books) – Adult speculative fiction. This is the first novel by award-winning playwright Rachel Le Rossignol. Fantasy fiction with a historical twist, it follows the journey of a young woman who joins the Commedia dell’Arte (travelling players) and discovers that their theatrical performances hide a dark secret which may well be connected to the disappearance of her brother years before.
- Munro, Donna. The Zanzibar Moon (self-published via Warm Witty Publishing) – general adult contemporary commercial fiction set in Zanzibar and East Africa, and Gold Coast (Australia).
- Mulligan, Monique. Fergus the Farting Dragon (Serenity Press) – children’s fiction
- Saftich, Michelle. Wanderers No More (Odyssey Books) – historical fiction
- Spargo-Ryan, Anna. The Gulf (Picador/Pan Macmillan)
- Trope, Nicole. Forgotten (Allen & Unwin)
- Verity, Bree. The Hidden Duchess (self-published) – historical fiction set in provincial France 1792-3.
- Walker-Smith, G. J. Stone Roses – #8 of Wishes series
- Winter, Lee. Shattered (Ylva) – adult speculative fiction set in “Socotra” aka “the most alien place on Earth”. Shattered is about a black, lesbian superhero who refuses to “hero” because she decides humanity is not worth saving. It is part of Ylva’s Superheroines Collection. Lee Winter’s debut novel, The Red Files, won a Golden Crown Literary Award and was a finalist for a LAMBDA.
“Mid year”
- Buckle, Sttephanie. Silent (Finlay Lloyd) – short story collection debut
- Carlesss, Victoria. The Dream Walker (provisional title) – Debut YA novel that will be published by Hachette in Jun/Jul. It was selected in the 2015 QWC Hachette Aus Manuscript Development Program.
- Down, Jennifer. Pulse Points (Text) – possibly August, general fiction
- Hamstead, Katie. New South Wales (REUTS Publications)
