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March 2025

 

Haere mai and welcome to our contemporary fiction newsletter.
Have a look at what's new in the world of fiction with the latest picks of the new novels coming to libraries.

 

Staff List

New For You - Contemporary Fiction - March 2025

Explore modern life in all its fictional glory with this selection of new contemporary fiction titles.

 

Video

Unconscious Bias on LinkedIn Learning

In this course, diversity expert Stacey Gordon Stacey explores the most common forms of unconscious bias and its implications.

 

Top picks

Our fiction selector has picked out the best of the newest crop of fiction titles. Give one of these titles a try!

Everything Will Swallow You by Tom Cox

Eric and Carl live in a cottage in Dorset, but Carl’s true nature is a closely guarded secret. An ode to friendship and the joy to be found in accepting the unusual.

 

Frank and Red by Matt Coyne

The heartwarming tale of an unlikely friendship between Frank, a reclusive curmudgeon, and Red, the imaginative six-year-old who moves in next door.

 

Twist by Colum McCann

A propulsive novel of rupture and repair in the digital age, delving into a hidden world deep under the ocean.

 

Universality by Hannah Tunnicliffe

Late one night on a Yorkshire farm, in the midst of an illegal rave, a young man is nearly bludgeoned to death with a solid gold bar. A journalist sets out to uncover the truth surrounding the attack.

 

Staff List

Contemporary LGBTQIA+ Fiction

The latest in LGBTQIA+ fiction - enjoy our handpicked selection of the best contemporary works published within the last three years.

 

Latest fiction titles

"Angel Train" by Smither, Elizabeth, 1941-
"How to Paint A Nude" by Mahon, Sam, 1954-
"Eddie Sparkle's Bridal Taxi" by McMillan, Frankie, 1950-
"The Launch of Rocket Lab" by Griffin, Peter
"Good Things Come and Go" by Shapiro, Josie
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"How to Paint A Nude" by Mahon, Sam, 1954-
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The Dublin Literary Award

The 2026 nominations for this international book prize for a novel written in or translated into English have been announced.

 

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Unconscious Bias on LinkedIn Learning

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