The Next Big Thing: Fates and Furies

Join for an electrifying edition of The Next Big Thing as five emerging voices explore stories of power, control and self-discovery.

Ange Crawford presents her Walker Books Manuscript prize-winning novel, How to be Normal, a contemporary YA novel about breaking free of coercive control.

Darcy Green’s After the Siren is a queer romantic comedy about inconvenient attraction, second chances and the joys of sport, set against the backdrop of the AFL.

Sophie Quick’s darkly funny debut Confidence Woman takes on the Melbourne property market in a satirical and exploration of just how far a woman will go to buy her first home.

Maithree Wijesekara’s The Prince Without Sorrow delves into a world of witches, curses and bloody revenge in an epic fantasy novel inspired by the Mauryan dynasty of ancient India.

Frances Newbound’s I Smell a Rat, tells the story of a mother and daughter as they navigate the distance and conflicts that come with growing older and further apart.