March new releases 2025
This March we’re publishing two novels about love, loneliness, and community, and two vital nonfiction titles.
Time Together by local author Luke Horton is the story of a beach holiday told by four different people — a novel about different kinds of love, different kinds of loneliness, and the way spending time together can bring out the best and worst in each other.
Colony is the debut novel by musician Annika Norlin. Already a bestseller and award winner in Sweden, it is masterful blend of humour, emotion, unforgettable characters, and sharp social commentary — a magnetic and deeply touching story about love.
The End of Capitalism by economics expert and bestselling author Ulrike Herrmann is an urgent look at capitalism’s destruction of our environment. ‘Green growth’ is supposed to be the saviour, but Herrmann disagrees. In this book, she explains in a clear and razor-sharp manner why we need ‘green shrinkage’ instead.
In An Architecture of Hope, Professor Yvonne Jewkes challenges our expectations of what prisons are for, she takes us along their corridors, into cells, communal spaces, visitors’ areas, and staffrooms, to the architects’ studios where they are designed, and even into her own home, to show us the importance of an architecture of hope in the face of despair.
Australia and NZ readers can go into the running to win a new release via Instagram. Entries close Friday 14 March.
Time Together
‘We saw a sign on the freeway. It said, “Once Perilous Now Safe,” something like that, about a bridge or something, and I said — she was looking at Tim — ‘that’s me!’
Trying to avoid the loneliness that’s come in the wake of his mother’s recent passing, Phil has invited a bunch of old friends to stay with him on the coast. Tomorrow, Bella and Tim will arrive with their two kids, one on the brink of puberty; and the next day, Jo and Lucas will come too, with their little one. Then there’s Annie, who will be by herself. Maybe this is a mistake. Maybe it’s just what they all need.
The…
Colony
A mega bestseller in Sweden — and winner of its two biggest literary awards — Colony is a gripping portrayal of contemporary society and its alternatives.
Burnt-out from a demanding job and a bustling life in the city, Emelie has left town to spend a few days in the country. Once there, in the peaceful, verdant hills, down by the river she encounters a mysterious group of seven people, each with personal stories full of pain, alienation, and the longing to live differently. They are misfits, each in their own way, and all led by the enigmatic and charismatic Sara.
How did they end up there? Are they…
The End of Capitalism
How do we manage to transition to a more sustainable world without the collapse of the economy?
Capitalism has brought about many positive things. At the same time, however, it is ruining the climate and the environment, so that humanity’s very existence is now at risk. ‘Green growth’ is supposed to be the saviour, but economics expert and bestselling author Ulrike Herrmann disagrees. In this book, she explains in a clear and razor-sharp manner why we need ‘green shrinkage’ instead.
Greenhouse gases are increasing dramatically and unchecked. This failure is no coincidence, because the climate…
An Architecture of Hope
Should architecture be used for punishment? How might the spaces we inhabit nurture or damage us? How can we begin to start over after the worst has happened?
Criminologist Yvonne Jewkes grapples with these questions every day as the world’s leading expert on rehabilitative prison design; she also faces them in her personal life when her partner of 25 years leaves her in the middle of a nightmare renovation project and then lockdown sees her trapped there.
Used to fighting the punitive prison system to create spaces that encourage reflection, healing, even hope for those incarcerated, she must learn to…