Burial Rites (H/B) by Hannah Kent
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction
In northern Iceland, 1829, Agnes Magnusdottir is condemned to death for her part in the brutal murder of two men. Agnes is sent to wait on the farm of District Officer Jon Jonsson and his family, who are horrified and avoid Agnes. Only Toti, the young assistant reverend appointed as Agnes's spiritual gu ...Show more
Merciless Gods by Christos Tsiolkas
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Love, sex, death, family, friendship, betrayal, tenderness, sacrifice and revelation.....This incendiary collection of stories from acclaimed bestselling international writer Christos Tsiolkas takes you deep into worlds both strange and familiar, and characters that will never let you go...'...there is ...Show more
Springtime by Michelle de Kretser
$14.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction
'Picking up her pace, Frances saw a woman in the leaf-hung depths of the garden. She wore a long pink dress and a wide hat, and her skin was a creamy white. There came upon Frances a sensation that sometimes overtook her when she was looking at a painting: space was foreshortened, time stood still.'..W ...Show more
Food, Sex & Money by Liz Byrski
$12.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction
It's almost forty years since the three ex-convent girls left school and went their separate ways, but finally they meet again.Bonnie, rocked by the death of her husband, is back in Australia after decades in Europe, and is discovering that while financial security eliminates worry, it doesn't guarantee ...Show more
Death of a River Guide by Richard Flanagan
$19.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction
Death of a River Guide, Richard Flanagan's debut novel, is widely regarded as a classic in Australian literature. Beneath a waterfall on the Franklin, Aljaz Cosini, river guide, lies drowning. Beset by visions at once horrible and fabulous, he relives not just his own life but that of his family and for ...Show more
This is the Grass by Alan Marshall
$17.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction
This is the Grass is Alan Marshall's moving sequel to the much-loved Australian classic I Can Jump Puddles. First published in 1962, it tells the story of Marshall's adolescence, as he searches for work amid the rough and tumble of 1920s Melbourne. From Wallaby Creek in Donvale Shire where he boards wit ...Show more
Time of Secrets by Deborah Burrows
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction
1943 is a dangerous time to fall in love...In wartime Melbourne loose lips sink ships, so when Australian Women's Army sergeant Stella Aldridge overhears soldiers whispering about a revenge killing, she follows her instincts to investigate, despite finding herself drawn to one of the soldiers, the enigm ...Show more
The Life by Malcolm Knox
$23.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction | Reading Level: very good
"He looked into the Pacific and the Pacific looked back into him." The Life tells the story of former-world-champion Australian surfer, Dennis Keith, from inside the very heart of the fame and madness that is 'The Life'. Now bloated and paranoid, Keith is holed up in his mother's retirement village, shu ...Show more
Seasons of War by Lee Christopher
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction
I was young then. I remember the landing on the beach and the days of my time on the peninsula and returning home from war, the past and the present coming together in my mind over the years. I remember the beauty of the ugly place. Packed into tiny boats, Michael, his brother Dan and their mates think ...Show more
Paper Daisies by Kim Kelly
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction
As 1900 draws to a close, Berylda Jones, having completed her university exams for entry to medicine is heading home to Bathurst for Christmas. Tragically, 'home' is where she and her beloved sister Greta live in terror, under the control of their sadistic Uncle Alec. But this summer Berylda has a plan ...Show more
A Man Made Entirely of Bats by Patrick Lenton
$22.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction
'A Man Made Entirely of Bats' is a collection of short stories and flash fiction by one of Australia's newest voices. Comedic and absurd, these stories are an entertaining exploration of the concept of super heroes and of the super strange in our world. 'Featuring a colourful assortment of superheroes, ...Show more
The Road to Hope by Rachael Johns
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction
Bestselling author Rachael Johns takes you back to Hope Junction and the characters from Jilted. Nurse Lauren Simpson is known in Hope Junction for the wrong reasons -- and she's over it. Watching the man she's always loved marry someone else is the last straw -- she decides to get out of Hope. But her ...Show more