Toni Jordan

One family. Nine momentous days. An unforgettable novel of love, folly, and heartbreak. It is 1939 and although Australia is about to go to war, it doesn't quite realise yet that the situation is serious. Deep in the working-class Melbourne suburb of Richmond, it is business—your own and everyone else's—as usual. And young Kip Westaway, failed scholar and stablehand, is...

Tenderfoot is magnificent. Deeply moving. Beautiful. Powerful. Trent Dalton By the bestselling, award-winning author of Addition, an exhilarating novel about coming of age in 1970s Australia Wait for the boxes to open, wait for the race to begin. Wait, and your greyhound will cease to be the dog you know and become an entirely different kind of animal. Brisbane, 1975:...

Grace Lisa Vandenburg counts. The letters in her name (19). The steps she takes every morning to the local café (920); the number of poppy seeds on her slice of orange cake, which dictates the number of bites she'll take to finish it. Grace counts everything because numbers hold the world together. And she needs to keep an eye on...

Henry has ended his marriage to Caroline and headed off to Noosa with Mercedes' grade three teacher, Martha. Caroline, having shredded a wardrobe-full of Henry's suits, has gone after them. Craig and Lesley have dropped over briefly from next door to catch up on the fallout from Henry and Caroline's all-night row. And Janice, Caroline's sister, is staying for the...

Henry has ended his marriage to Caroline and headed off to Noosa with Mercedes' grade three teacher, Martha. Caroline, having shredded a wardrobe-full of Henry's suits, has gone after them. Craig and Lesley have dropped over briefly from next door to catch up on the fallout from Henry and Caroline's all-night row. And Janice, Caroline's sister, is staying for the...

'I loved every page of this funny, warm, delightful novel!' LIANE MORIARTY 'Told with great humour and pathos. It is a tonic and a delight' PIP WILLIAMS Things haven't gone well for Simon Larsen lately. He adores his wife and children, but since his business failed and he lost the family home, he can't seem to get off the couch....

Jordan is a kind of Australian Marian Keyes, combining pace and humour with a razor intelligence Sydney Morning Herald A funny and smart family drama Weekend Australian Taps into the humour and pathos of ordinary life in a way that has you nodding with recognition... while at the same time laughing out loud PIP WILLIAMS As the eldest child in...

Grace counts everything: the steps she takes, the groceries she buys, the bristles in her toothbrush... You might say she has a thing about numbers. Then she meets Seamus, who has the sexiest hands Grace has ever seen and who thinks she might be better off without the counting. If she could hold down a job, say. Or open her...

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 ABIA LITERARY FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 ABA ADULT FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR Tenderfoot is magnificent. Deeply moving. Beautiful. Powerful. TRENT DALTON This is a writer at the top of her game, telling a...

I loved every page of this funny, warm, delightful novel! LIANE MORIARTY A smart, funny novel about love, marriage, and family. Weekend Australian With sharply observed characters and comic set-pieces to make you laugh out loud, Dinner with the Schnabels is great fun to read and casts a more mature and acerbic eye on modern masculinity. Sydney Morning Herald, Fiction...

Jordan is a kind of Australian Marian Keyes, combining overdrive pace and throwaway humour with a razor intelligence and a deft, illuminating touch on darker subjects and themes... A sharp-eyed, engaging, endearing and ultimately optimistic story Sydney Morning Herald 'Taps into the humour and pathos of ordinary life in a way that has you nodding with recognition... while at the...