Phantom Days by Angela O’Keeffe

From the award-winning author of The Sitter and Night Blue comes another mesmerising novel – told, in part, by a book.

Before Isabel has even cracked the spine of a novel she bought on a whim ahead of an overseas trip, she senses something beginning within her. From Sydney to London and back again, the book is a quiet observer. When it’s left in an airport taxi and Isabel’s boyfriend takes it home, the book begins to learn about him – about his family and his past. Soon, it begins to understand- Isabel is not safe.

Angela O’Keeffe is the master of voice, and Phantom Days is a marvel- eerie, elegant and unforgettable. With O’Keeffe’s signature emotional depth and narrative quirkiness, this novel explores the unknowability of other people, the mysteries of the body and the strange ways stories shape, complicate and safeguard our lives.

About the Author: Angela O’Keeffe completed a Master of Arts in Writing at UTS, and her first novel, Night Blue, was shortlisted for the UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing and the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. She was awarded the 2023 Varuna Eleanor Dark Fellowship. Her second novel, The Sitter, won the 2024 Christina Stead Prize for Fiction and was longlisted for the 2024 Miles Franklin Literary Award. She lives and works on unceded Gadigal land.

28 Apr 2026
 

Phantom Days by Angela O’Keeffe ISBN 9780702271151