Gerald Murnane: Collected Short Fiction by Gerald Murnane
$34.95 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction
Definitive collection of the short fiction of an Australian master-storyteller who is in a league of his own. Released simultaneously with Farrar Straus Giroux's editions of Border Districts and Collected Short Fiction in New York, an event which is likely to get international media attention. This volu ...Show more
The Sisters' Song by Louise Allan
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction | Reading Level: Adult
As children, Ida loves looking after her younger sister, Nora, but when their beloved father dies in 1926, everything changes. The two young girls move in with their grandmother who is particularly encouraging of Nora's musical talent. Nora eventually follows her dream of a brilliant musical career, whi ...Show more
The Unexpected Education of Emily Dean by Mira Robertson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction
In 1944 Emily Dean is dispatched from Melbourne to stay with relatives in rural Victoria. At the family property, Mount Prospect, she finds that Grandmother is determined to keep up standards despite the effects of the war, while Della, the bible-quoting cook, rules the kitchen with religious fervour. I ...Show more
Dead Europe by Christos Tsiolkas
$22.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction
An unsettling, brilliant novel about the truths and lies of mythology and history from the acclaimed author of The Slap. Isaac is a photographer in his mid-30, travelling through Europe. It is the post-Cold War Europe of a united currency, illegal immigration and of a globalised homogenous culture. In h ...Show more
The Power Game (The Monsarrat Series #3) by Meg Keneally
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction | Series: monsarrat series
Being the skipper of the cutter that carries all supplies and communications between Tasmania and Maria Island is a powerful position, and a deadly one. When a boatman is murdered on a remote island off Van Dieman's Land, the authorities want to blame a famous, and very inconvenient, political prisoner. ...Show more
The Peacock Summer by Hannah Richell
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Two summers, decades apart.Two women whose lives are forever entwined.And a house that holds the secrets that could free them both.At twenty-six, Lillian feels ancient and exhausted. Her marriage to Charles Oberon has not turned out the way she thought it would. To her it seems she is just another beaut ...Show more
The Biographer's Lover by Ruby Murray
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction
Why has no-one heard of Edna Cranmer? When a young woman is hired to write the life of an unknown artist from Geelong, she thinks it will be just another quick commission paid for by a rich, grieving family obsessed with their own history. But Edna Cranmer was not a privileged housewife with a paintbr ...Show more
Arcadia (HB) by Di Morrissey
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction | Reading Level: 1 Fiction
A breathtaking Tasmanian tale of ancient forests; of art and science; of love and, above all, of friendship.In the 1930s, in an isolated and beautiful corner of southern Tasmania, a new young wife arrives at her husband's secluded property - Arcadia. Stella, an artist, falls in love with Arcadia's wild, ...Show more
Songwoman by Ilka Tampke
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction | Series: A\Daughter of Albion Novel Ser.
A thrilling historical novel and the sequel to the critically acclaimed Skin, perfect for fans of Outlander and Game of Thrones. One woman's quest to defend her culture. Haunted by the Roman attack that destroyed her home, Ailia flees to the remote Welsh mountains in search of the charismatic war king ...Show more
Seven Ancient Wonders by Matthew Reilly
$7.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction
It is the biggest treasure hunt in history with contesting nations involved in a headlong race to locate the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. 4500 years ago, a magnificent golden capstone sat at the peak of the Great Pyramid of Giza. It was a source of immense power, reputedly capable of bestowing up ...Show more
Two Old Men Dying by Tom Keneally
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction | Reading Level: 1 Fiction
Pre-read / Used. Very Good condition. Learned Man is the child of humankind as we know it; of those who are thought to have travelled from the Rift Valley in Africa and to ancient Australia. Shelby Apple is an acclaimed documentary-maker. After making films about Learned Man?s discovery, in Vietnam ...Show more
Hell Has Harbour Views by Richard Beasley
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction | Reading Level: 2 crime
'A fearsome satirical blast' Sunday Age Sydney, 2001: Hugh Walker has it all. He's a successful young lawyer with a beautiful girlfriend and a million dollar office view... So why does he identify more with his resident cockroach than Atticus Finch, his childhood hero? Once upon a time he was the defe ...Show more