Brian Castro

Brian Castro is the author of eleven published novels.


  • Birds of Passage, (ASIN ‏: ‎B09N1FSR9C Untapped, Ligature Edition, 2022, e-book ISBN: 9781922730480. Print ISBN: 9781761280764)
  • Pomeroy, (ISBN-10 ‏: ‎186373015X ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1863730150)
  • Double Wolf, (ISBN-10 ‏: ‎0044423470 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0044423478)
  • After China, (ASIN : ‎B0062F6TTS)
  • Drift,
  • Stepper, (ASIN ‏: ‎B0062F6VX2)
  • Shanghai Dancing, (ASIN ‏: ‎B0062F6SVC US edition, Kaya Press, 2008, ISBN 978-1-885030-42-9)
  • The Garden Book, (ASIN ‏: ‎B008U1UUO2 US edition, Kaya Press, 2017, ISBN 978-1-885030-07-8)
  • The Bath Fugues, (ASIN ‏: ‎B079GDCQGR)
  • Street To Street, (ASIN ‏: ‎B009N83K66)
  • Blindness and Rage, (ISBN-10 ‏: ‎1925336220 ISBN-13 ‏: ‎978-1925336221)
  • Macau Days (Poetry with painter John Young)
  • Looking for Estrellita – Essays (ASIN ‏: ‎B0062F6STY)

  • He has won the Australian/Vogel Literary Award (1982), the Age Fiction Prize (1991), the National Book Council ‘Banjo’ Prize (1997), the Victorian Premier’s Award for Innovative Writing (1992), the Victorian Premier’s Award for fiction (1992, 1993 and 2003), the NSW Premier’s Award for fiction (2004), the NSW Book of the Year (2004), the Queensland Premier’s Award for fiction (2006), the Patrick White Award For Literature (2014) and The Prime Minister’s Award for Poetry (2018).


    His latest novel, The Chinese Postman will be published by Giramondo in 2024.