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  Emily Paull is a Western Australian librarian, author and book reviewer.  Having formerly worked in bookselling, Emily is an avid reader and a big supporter of the WA writing community who regularly moderates author interviews around Perth.  She is the author of the historical novel, The Distance Between Dreams (Fremantle Press, 2025) and the short story collection, Well-Behaved Women  (Margaret River Press, 2019). The Distance Between Dreams was shortlisted for the 2023 Fogarty Literary Award under the working title 'The Dreamers.' Emily was also highly commended for the 2021 Fogarty Literary Award for her manuscript, 'The Good Daughter.  When she's not writing, Emily can often be found with her nose in a book.  What readers have said about The Distance Between Dreams 'Emily Paull is a talented storyteller who makes 1940s Fremantle come alive in her sparkling debut novel.' - Natasha Lester 'This gem of a novel is a heart-storming and uplifting tale of t...

New book coming in early 2027!

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 It's been a long time between website posts (if you want to stay more up to date, Instagram or Substack are the way to go) but I have some news to share.  I have signed a contract with Fremantle Press to publish another work of Historical Fiction, due to be released in early 2027!  I can't say much, but I will say this... World War One. A bookshop. A woman who wants to write. And a love story or two.  I hope you'll enjoy reading it as much as I have enjoyed writing it.  x Emily 

A few books I am looking forward to reading in 2026... At least the ones that I know about!

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 Every year for the last couple of years I have made one of these lists, but I can't remember ever actually reading my way through it. I read perhaps 50% of the one I made for 2025. Perhaps 2026 will be different - maybe 2026 will be the year that I blitz through all of my ambitious TBR projects... Probably not though, as I am really focussing on reading down my existing TBR instead of adding to it, and I am also exploring the backlists of a lot of women writers from the 20th century, so that's where my attention will be focussed.  That being said, I hope most of these get read!  Great new books are being announced all the time, but as of December 2025, here are the books coming out in the first part of 2026 that I am most excited to get to... (There are probably heaps I have forgotten about or have yet to discover are coming too...) January Meet the Newmans - Jennifer Niven Is This a Cry for Help? - Emily Austin February Brawler - Lauren Groff This Book Made Me Think of ...

Some of the best books I read in 2025

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 * I have to say some of because reading is such a personal thing and I read more than 100 books this year! If I had made this list on another day, I am sure the list might have come out differently! There are also still a TONNE of amazing new releases that came out in 2025 still on my TBR, and after I post this, I will be knuckling down and attempting to get to a few of those... In no particular order: * By Her Hand by Marion Taffe * The Butterfly Women by Madeleine Cleary * What the River Knows by Isabel Ibanez * Consider Yourself Kissed by Jessica Stanley * The Wedding People by Alison Espach * The Cicada House by Ella Ward * Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson (plus the next two books in the series... have yet to read the most recent.) * The Paradise Heights Craft Store Stitch Up by Kate Solly * The Booklover's Library by Madeline Martin * The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center (and I enjoyed The Love Haters too) * Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid * Sil...