Introducing the March new releases from Scribe — a seductive, Swedish thriller, a gothic tale that tells a Macbeth origin story, the follow-up to the international bestseller The Obesity Code, and the collected and annotated lyrics of John Darnielle.
2 March, 2026
March New Releases 2026
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$29.99 AUD
Body Double
A surreal thriller that blurs the lines between lies and truth, between the selves we conceal and the faces we show the world.
As winter descends and the city fills with the scent of woodsmoke, a young transcriber follows the same routine each day. She collects tapes from a ghostwriter’s office, stops for an espresso and croissant, and returns home to type out the voices of strangers — stories that will become someone else’s novels. Her solitary life is predictable, unremarkable … until the day she hears something different on the tapes: a message meant only for her.
Across the city, two women, Laura and Naomi, accidentally swap coats at a department store cafe. This brief encounter sparks something electric and strange, and soon, Laura has moved in with Naomi. As the days pass, she begins to mirror her more and more closely — her gestures, her habits, her very essence. Slowly, deliberately, Laura starts to take over Naomi’s life.
Meanwhile, the transcriber makes a disturbing discovery: she is beginning to disappear …
$29.99 AUD
Hagtale
A hagtale, a dark fable, a fireside story, known to Shakespeare, but unwritten. Until now.
In eleventh-century Scotland, feral wolf-child Wulva is brought up by witches and then sent to live at a Scottish castle, where she falls under the spell of cruel, ambitious Lord Macbeth.
Three hundred years later, gentle Brother Rowan goes on a strange and perilous journey to a remote and ancient monastery to write a history of the Scottish king-line.
Misfits in their own time, seekers after truth, Wulva and Rowan are mysteriously connected despite the centuries that separate them.
Hagtale explores the power of stories lost and found, their transformative potential, and who gets to be the owner of the tale.
$69.99 AUD
This Year
Collected and annotated lyrics from one of music’s most visionary bards, John Darnielle.
A work of rapturous beauty, This Year: 365 songs annotated celebrates the creative life and the musical genius of John Darnielle through his most meaningful songs.
From his early days recording on a boom box, through the evolution of the Mountain Goats from a solo project to a full band, to his continued influence on indie music, This Year pairs the definitive texts of 365 John Darnielle songs with first-person commentaries on his life and music. These commentaries reveal how the songs came to be and the people who inspired them: his family and friends; his wife, Lalitree Darnielle; his longtime collaborator, Peter Hughes; and even his literary heroes, among many others. Here are the origins of ‘This Year’, ‘No Children’, ‘The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton’, and ‘Up the Wolves’, as well as Darnielle’s literary influences, including Flannery O’Connor, Jorge Luis Borges, and Stephen King.
This Year, spanning decades, becomes the definitive literary record of one of the greatest songwriters and musical creative forces of all time.
$32.99 AUD
The Hunger Code
From the author of the multi-million-copy bestseller The Obesity Code comes The Hunger Code.
For generations, we’ve accepted the story that weight loss never lasts — that as soon as you go off your diet or stop taking your medication you will revert to your old self and regain weight, and the dieting journey will start all over again.
But what if the secret to long-term health isn’t just about what we eat — or even when we eat — but why we eat? With the rise of ultra-processed foods and new drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy, understanding the forces behind why we eat is more important than ever before.
In The Hunger Code, New York Times bestselling author Dr Jason Fung reveals the powerful forces that drive us to eat, and also introduces the concept of the body’s ‘fat thermostat’ — a biological set point that regulates how much fat your body tries to maintain. Guided by hormones and metabolism, this internal system influences hunger and energy use, explaining why lasting weight loss requires more than just willpower.
With three groundbreaking Golden Rules and 45 actionable tips, The Hunger Code empowers you to recognise and respond to hunger appropriately. You will learn earn how to slow digestion, break emotional eating cycles, and overcome social pressures — and maintain a healthy weight, whether from scratch, after fasting, or after using diet drugs.
Hanna Johansson
Hanna Johansson began her writing career as a critic and essayist covering topics like fashion, literature, art, and performance, and currently works as the art editor at the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet. Her debut novel, Antiquity, was awarded the Katapultpriset Prize in 2021.
Sally O’Reilly
Sally O’Reilly grew up in Stoke-on-Trent and now lives in Sheffield. En route, she’s spent time in Brixton, Brighton, and Barcelona. Her short stories have been published in the UK, Australia, and South Africa, and she has been shortlisted for the Cosmopolitan short story prize and the Ian St James Awards. Her historical novel Dark Aemilia (Myriad Editions/Picador US) was nominated for the Kirkus Prize. She has worked as a senior creative writing lecturer at the Open University and her journalism has been published in The Guardian, The Sunday Times, and New Scientist.
Jason Fung
Dr Jason Fung is a medical doctor recognised as one of the world’s leading experts on fasting to lose weight and reverse diabetes, and his work has been featured in The Atlantic, the New York Post, Forbes, and on Fox News. He is the founder of the Intensive Dietary Management program and the author of several books, including The Complete Guide to Fasting (co-authored with Jimmy Moore); The Obesity Code, which is an international bestseller; and The Diabetes Code. He lives in Toronto, Canada.
John Darnielle
John Darnielle is the author of the novels Devil House, Universal Harvester, and Wolf in White Van, all three New York Times bestsellers. Wolf in White Van was a National Book Award nominee and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for first fiction. Universal Harvester was a finalist for the Locus Award. Darnielle lives in Durham, North Carolina, with his wife and sons when he's not on the road touring with his band the Mountain Goats.
