Most Anticipated: 2019

Posted with the full knowledge that this list will grow and I won't get to all of them...


Gingerbread - Helen Oyeyemi 

Invisible Boys - Holden Sheppard (winner of the 2018 TAG Hungerford Award)

Priory of the Orange Tree- Samantha Shannon

Dreamers - Karen Thompson Walker

99% Mine - Sally Thorne

The French Photographer - Natasha Lester

The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern

City of Girls - Elizabeth Gilbert

Sweet Sorrow - David Nicholls

The Last Days of the Romanov Dancers - Kerri Turner

Zebra and Other Stories - Debra Adelaide

Room for a Stranger - Melanie Cheng

Devil's Ballast - Meg Caddy

The Blue Rose- Kate Forsyth

The True Story of Maddie Bright - Mary Rose MacColl

A Thousand Ships - Natalie Haynes

Anna of Kleve: The Princess in the Portrait - Alison Weir




[There's also one other rather exciting book that I'm excited to see released in 2019... my own! It was announced in the most recent edition of the Margaret River Press newsletter that I was one of three WA debut authors who will have a short story collection out in 2019, as part of an emerging writers program. There is still much work to do, and I have no details like release date or title, but as soon as I am able, I will let you all know...]

In other news, I counted how many unread books were in my apartment this morning and... well I don't want to commit it to the forever-ness of the internet but it was less than I expected but more than a normal person. So reducing that number will be one of my main goals of 2019. The plus-side to working in a library is... every day I have access to borrowing books FOR FREE, so I will be taking advantage of that, and only acquiring books occasionally, when I know the author or collect that author's books or, you know, if they have really stunning covers.  I don't know about you all, but the 'due date' for a library book does make me think seriously about whether or not I really want to read something or whether I am just being a hoarder. Downside is, sometimes all the books I have put on hold arrive at the same damn time...

Anyway, 2019 looks like it will be a great year for both reading and writing, and I am looking forward to talking books with you all. If you think I've missed a book that I need to read in 2019, do let me know, as I love me a good list and I'll be making a wish list in my brand new journal, which I am currently setting up. Yay.

Happy new year!


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