https://www.emilymaguire.com.au/novels daily 0.75 2025-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/1564905055293-Q76RACXZACLOE99MC1TS/Isolated.jpg Novels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/1564999417020-CME1W4R2NIWDJYOJP8V5/Tigers.jpg Novels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/1565000742894-Q4YA8221DRE7RUWTMC3H/Smoke.jpg Novels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/1565000905071-HMN06QYZW26IYHKOYHS4/GospelAus.jpg Novels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/1565001152963-6UMEU1WCFMC6TQF8FJVO/Beast.jpg Novels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/1564906573860-2Y8TEMOMKYSC1NTUC48J/AII.jpg Novels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/1611812485274-VQEQVB6UYG4WJ2S1B448/LoveObjectsCover.jpg Novels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/1718342847352-3B5A9LRM13LOGES019N8/9781761470899.jpg Novels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/1611810803320-HIV6TKUX1B3B7QY1GK1U/LoveObjectsCover.jpg Novels Nic is a middle-aged, lifelong-and-proud checkout chick, an amateur nail artist and fairy godmother to the neighbourhood's stray cats. She's also the owner of a decade's worth of daily newspapers, enough clothes and shoes to fill Big W three times over and a pen collection which, if laid end-to-end, would probably circle her house twice. The person she's closest to in the world is her beloved niece Lena, who she meets for lunch every Sunday. One day Nic fails to show up. When Lena travels to her aunt's house to see if Nic's all right, she gets the shock of her life, and sets in train a series of events that will prove cataclysmic for them both. By the acclaimed author of An Isolated Incident, Love Objects is a clear-eyed, heart-wrenching and deeply compassionate novel about love and family, betrayal and forgiveness, and the things we do to fill our empty spaces. SHORTLISTED: Literary Fiction Book of the Year, Australian Book Industry Awards 2022 SHORTLISTED: Margaret & Colin Roderick Literary Award, Foundation for Australian Literary Studies, 2022 LONGLISTED: Fiction Book of the Year, Indie Book Awards 2022 HIGHLY COMMENDED: Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/1564999470886-1RF1GYLHB7XJYJOPZMSG/Tigers.jpg Novels Six years ago, Mischa Reese left her abusive husband and suffocating life in California and reinvented herself in steamy, chaotic Hanoi. In Vietnam, she finds satisfying work and enjoys a life of relative luxury and personal freedom. Thirty-five and single, Mischa believes that romance and passion are for teenagers; a view with which her cynical, promiscuous expat friends agree. But then a friend introduces Mischa to his visiting eighteen-year-old son. Cal is a strikingly attractive Vietnamese-Australian boy, but he’s resentful of his father, and of the nation which has stolen him away. His beauty and righteous idealism awaken something in Mischa and the two launch into an affair that threatens Mischa’s friendships and reputation and challenges her sense of herself as unselfish and good. Set among the louche world of Hanoi’s expatriate community, Fishing for Tigers is about a woman struggling with the morality of finding peace in a war-haunted city, personal fulfilment in the midst of poverty and sexual joy with a vulnerable youth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/1564999571543-H63Z76RW030NGNUMS8NN/FfT.jpg Novels “In Fishing for Tigers Emily Maguire presents an accomplished narrative voice, fascinating characters, and a developed cultural backdrop to a nuanced emotional and sexual drama.” Bookseller & Publisher "At the heart of ... Emily Maguire's work lies an urgent need to pull away at the interconnecting threads of morality, society and human relationships." Sydney Morning Herald https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/1565000188978-ZHK0ITXHUF77IYZJC8ER/Smoke.jpg Novels Summer, Sydney, and holed up in a tiny flat off Broadway are idealistic American Adam, weary activist Graeme, and wild, misunderstood Katie. Each is searching for answers to life’s biggest questions – why are we here? what is love? what constitutes betrayal? – and thrust together, over an intense two-week period, they begin to form answers. In doing so, they must first confront their darkest demons, both within and without… Provocative, honest, brimming with sexual tension and crackling with intelligence, Emily Maguire’s sensational novel cements her place as one of Australia’s hottest talents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/1565000284917-NTGUVW0O7Z00S4GSX0D2/Smoke.jpg Novels ‘The understatement of its writing and its tenderness and unsentimentally give Smoke in the Room a compelling and convincing energy that holds the reader absorbed, then gently lets her go.’ Australian Book Review ‘At breakneck speed and in an unadorned style, Maguire examines problems that most of us would like to ignore ... Her power is that she can dress these ideas up as a thrill of a read while slyly forcing us to ask the big questions about how to live, how we help and who we hurt.’ The Weekend Australian https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/1565000958099-YXXACA2XW6AUFIRLPCDP/Gospel.jpg Novels Aggie Grey is a jaded sexual health counsellor who finds herself having to defend her business against the attacks of a radical new fundamentalist sect. Pastor Luke Butler is young, idealistic and out to capture the hearts and minds of Sydney’s disaffected youth; his first order of business is to shut down Aggie’s clinic. Caught in the crossfire is 16-year-old Honey – pregnant, battered and ready to cling to whatever hope is offered. As Aggie and Luke fight over the fate of Honey’s unborn child, they discover a deep and surprising connection. But as the war between the secular and religious intensifies, Aggie, Luke and Honey find themselves in moral and physical danger. Against a backdrop of religious terrorism and social decay, The Gospel According to Luke is a contemporary love story about belief, family, grief and hope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/1565000997517-N9IIDULTFU3SG79ZC8RY/GospelAus.jpg Novels “I read The Gospel According to Luke in one sitting, not because it's short (it isn't), but because I simply could not put it down… Unlike most writers who take on overtly political subjects, she can dramatise ideological difference with realism and sympathy for all of the characters concerned.” Kerryn Goldsworthy, The Sydney Morning Herald “Maguire is a master of her craft; her prose is sharp and full of imagery and her dialogue rings true. Ultimately, she sets a pace slow enough for us to get lost in the characters, and fast enough for us to get caught up in the plot.” Louise Swinn, The Australian Book Review “There’s an edginess to Maguire’s prose, never forced, just right.” The Canberra Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/1565001184505-EJJLNH9ZO7N4BFFF8IGU/Beast.jpg Novels Sarah Clark's life is irrevocably changed at the age of 14 when her English teacher, Mr Carr, seduces her after class. Their affair is illegal, erotic, passionate and dangerous - a vicious meeting of minds and bodies. But when Mr Carr's wife discovers the affair, he has to choose between them and moves to another city with his family. Sarah is devastated and from that day on her life is defined by a series of meaningless, self-abasing sexual encounters, hoping with each man that she will experience the same delicious feelings she had with Mr Carr. Seven years later Daniel Carr walks back into Sarah's life and she is drawn once again into the destructive relationship. Is Sarah strong enough to "tame the beast"? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/1565001236395-Z2MMNFR3T0NVKPCAXAWC/TtB.jpg Novels “The author confronts us with our prejudices about what are acceptable sexual boundaries, and questions who gets to decide them… Taming the Beast is a thought-provoking and often searing first novel.” The Age “Sections of the book pulse with sexual energy…Maguire keeps the prose crackling and the dialogue lively from the first page to the last.” Publishers Weekly “The Australian novelist eschews the obvious child abuse narrative for a more complex look at the nature of violence and sex in this emotional rollercoaster.” Glasgow Herald “Wuthering Heights ripples under the narrative. The words take on a life of their own and slither around the mind like Medusa’s snakes… By the end of Taming the Beast – through which I forgot to eat – I felt terrified, feverish and green at the gills. And utterly awed.” The Big Issue (UK) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/1564905435423-U7RMAMF4VB7Z8Y75F7ZL/AII.png Novels SHORTLISTED: Miles Franklin Literary Award SHORTLISTED: Stella Prize SHORTLISTED: Ned Kelly Prize SHORTLISTED: Australian Book Industry Awards When 25-year-old Bella Michaels is brutally murdered in the small town of Strathdee, the community is stunned and a media storm ensues. Unwillingly thrust into the eye of that storm are Bella’s beloved older sister, Chris, a barmaid at the local pub, whose apparently easy-going nature conceals hard-won wisdom and the kind of street-smarts that only experience can bring, and May Norman, a young reporter with high ideals sent to cover the story. An Isolated Incident is a humane and beautifully observed tale of everyday violence, the media’s obsession with the murders of pretty young women and the absence left in the world when someone dies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/1564905547031-UC792U1NNO75VT0JXGHU/AII.jpg Novels ‘Utterly engrossing ... skilfully constructed narrative ... Rather than creating a simple case of goodies and baddies, Maguire subtly examines the complexity of the human personality and what leads somebody to feel destructive. This hugely chilling and evocative story, mixing lyrical language and brutal events, is told with great psychological acuity.’ Sydney Morning Herald https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/46cd9edb-8ca8-4cf4-a00e-b2ceda8972ef/BUCH_S_Einzelfall_160.jpeg Novels ‘This is a harrowing, fascinating, compelling work from an accomplished and thoughtful Australian writer who uses the vehicle of a young woman’s death to question and explore society’s treatment of women, the everyday violence it condones and its intrusive fascination with the murder of pretty young women’ The Australian https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/1718342877014-OQI6XS3C0KNOZXQ2FQ81/9781761470899.jpg Novels Rapture is astonishing – a scorching vision of a book. Drawing on history, legend, speculation and gossip, Maguire's medieval girl-Pope story is made of many things: flesh and earth and blood; ambition and abnegation; rage and transcendence, all pouring into this pagan, biblical, strange and mighty work from an imagination in soaring flight - Charlotte Wood, author of STONE YARD DEVOTIONAL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/c23de818-04f4-4a7b-b0a7-70b3fbe2cc76/image001.png Novels A spectacular story of shape-shifting, love and faith, as a singular woman journeys into the depth of her soul. A feat to bring such early history to new life, so rich in desire, and so spare in self-pity. It enthralled me - Jessie Burton, author of THE HOUSE OF FORTUNE https://www.emilymaguire.com.au/new-events daily 0.75 2025-12-09 https://www.emilymaguire.com.au/emily-maguire daily 1.0 2026-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/1718342513989-42GAY31JQD6M9G89TC9V/9781761470899.jpg Emily Maguire https://www.emilymaguire.com.au/about daily 0.75 2025-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/2a729278-ef52-42d6-8205-c7fd5c2d22bd/IMG_7718.jpeg About - about Emily Maguire is the author of seven novels and three non-fiction books. Her novel An Isolated Incident was shortlisted for the Stella Prize and the Miles Franklin Literary Award, and her 2022 book Love Objects was shortlisted for the ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year. She was the 2018/2019 Writer-in-Residence at the Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney and the 2023 HC Coombs Creative Arts Fellow at the Australian National University. Emily has an MA in literature and works as a mentor to young and emerging writers. Her latest book is the novel, Rapture. https://www.emilymaguire.com.au/other-writing-1 daily 0.75 2026-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/1565434031807-2DGBS5VCWCAFQXPUMO1K/monthly_right_col.jpg Other Writing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/1766462079753-J97OBP7TZO57JG4LQ4XZ/Screenshot+2025-12-23+at+2.54.23%E2%80%AFpm.png Other Writing - AUDIO: Promiscuous Curiosity & Creativity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/1729037791315-V2VU1MQCHMENDQ4GN3XP/Screenshot+2024-10-16+at+11.15.45%E2%80%AFam.png Other Writing - These women were extraordinary. So how did we forget about them? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/1565425737656-M7S3V6AVNO6GLFXAGGKA/Body_politic_resize.jpg Other Writing - BODY POLITIC: Sex work & feminism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/1565425738885-W1BRLFFFZ85PBP4SH4N1/monthly_right_col.jpg Other Writing - LIKE A VIRGIN: On the fetishisation of virginity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/1565425741241-AISRXK4Q8X85DWWT2DCW/Issue-4-KYD-cover_right_col.jpg Other Writing - INVISIBLE WOMEN: Carers in Australian families https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/1565433399692-T68DN8L0K6MBBEITWH8Y/SarahB-1000x440.png Other Writing - IN SMALL PLACES: what we know about domestic violence and how we stop it https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/1565433597378-DQNIS6MXESTJAZJ6G0FN/jimmorrison_t607_right_col.jpeg Other Writing - RIDERS ON THE STORM: Jim Morrison & Me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/1565433925682-HVKFK47N1BGTD8B20R0K/5705.jpg Other Writing - NO SHAME IN READING WHATEVER YOU WANT https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/1569561059434-R99VR6SRQXGLMRD5ZKG9/ThisIsWhatAFeministLooksLike_HR.jpg Other Writing In this passionate and timely account, Emily Maguire charts a course through the history of Australian feminism—from the First Wave to the Fourth, from suffragists to Riot Grrrls, from equal pay to #metoo. Along the way, she pays tribute to those who’ve spoken up and taken action in the face of ridicule, dismissal and violence. This Is What a Feminist Looks Like shows us how we got to where we are today—and reminds us that some battles must be fought over and over again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/1564903264387-6TC5WV1HEU509TZESJHP/YSTS.jpeg Other Writing After many waves of feminism, where are we? Are young women really either massive sluts or helpless dolls? And anyway, what’s the definition of a slut? Young women have a lot of questions. In Your Skirt’s Too Short: Sex, Power, Choice, a revised young adult edition of her book Princesses and Pornstars, Emily Maguire ignites discussion on issues relevant to teenagers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/1564903006233-ED3C3EDJBEDD2CDCDKQU/Princesses.jpg Other Writing This sharp, funny and insightful book reveals how the treatment of young women as fragile or in need of male assistance can be as objectifying and damaging to women as pornography and raunch culture. A mix of personal story, reportage, analysis and polemic, written in a bold, intimate style, containing interviews with porn aficionados, young brides and 'homemakers' Princesses and Pornstars is a gripping and essential snapshot of where female sexuality is today. https://www.emilymaguire.com.au/new-page-1 daily 0.75 2024-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/ff0d9b8d-7790-4a6b-82ed-d357526d7569/D1D00993-903D-44CC-807B-34DF0F1AC825_1_105_c.jpg Support for Writers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/a9a1ebca-4f73-4fc5-939f-076a102efd47/09943698-89E9-47CE-9486-C85F0EFF9E41_1_105_c.jpeg Support for Writers Emily’s Year of the Novel course at Writing NSW is currently full. Get in touch here to find out when next year’s course enrolments open and to add your name to the waiting list. https://www.emilymaguire.com.au/this-is-what-a-feminist-looks-like-copy daily 0.75 2026-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/1565345226856-8PVY3Z15LP9KIEL5QO9D/ThisIsWhatAFeministLooksLike_HR.jpg This is What a Feminist Looks Like (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/1565345226856-8PVY3Z15LP9KIEL5QO9D/ThisIsWhatAFeministLooksLike_HR.jpg This is What a Feminist Looks Like (Copy) In this passionate and timely account, Emily Maguire charts a course through the history of Australian feminism—from the First Wave to the Fourth, from suffragists to Riot Grrrls, from equal pay to #metoo. Along the way, she pays tribute to those who’ve spoken up and taken action in the face of ridicule, dismissal and violence. This Is What a Feminist Looks Like shows us how we got to where we are today—and reminds us that some battles must be fought over and over again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/1565345581822-31492JY75XRQ4SPRZTNA/YSTS.jpeg This is What a Feminist Looks Like (Copy) After many waves of feminism, where are we? Are young women really either massive sluts or helpless dolls? And anyway, what’s the definition of a slut? Young women have a lot of questions. In Your Skirt’s Too Short: Sex, Power, Choice, a revised young adult edition of her book Princesses and Pornstars, Emily Maguire ignites discussion on issues relevant to teenagers. Drawing on her adolescence and the experiences faced by teens today, Maguire looks for answers and a way forward. This personal and illuminating book is a bridge to enable young women and men to understand the issues behind them and those ahead of them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d42cec4c7c2e80001b33e74/1565350585179-0HK7YPKO5V4LZC7XM6A1/P%26P.jpg This is What a Feminist Looks Like (Copy) This sharp, funny and insightful book reveals how the treatment of young women as fragile or in need of male assistance can be as objectifying and damaging to women as pornography and raunch culture. A mix of personal story, reportage, analysis and polemic, written in a bold, intimate style, containing interviews with porn aficionados, young brides and 'homemakers' Princesses and Pornstars is a gripping and essential snapshot of where female sexuality is today.