Now That I See You by Emma Batchelor
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian author
In those first moments, that admission felt precious to me: it was something that I alone had been deemed worthy enough to carry and I was grateful. I was grateful to finally know, but I still couldn't speak. Something was wrong, she knew it, but she was entirely unprepared for what he would tell her. ...Show more
True Country by Kim Scott
$27.99 AUD
Category: Australian author
Examining ideas of belonging and being an outsider, this story follows Billy, a young school teacher and drifter who arrives in Australia's remote far north in search of his past, his Aboriginal roots, and his future. Through masterful language and metaphor, as well as a sophisticated tone that is both ...Show more
The Other Side of Beautiful by Kim Lock
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian author
Lost & Found meets The Rosie Project in a stunning break-out novel where a vulnerable misfit is forced to re-engage with the world, despite her best efforts. Meet Mercy Blain, whose house has just burnt down. Unfortunately for Mercy, this goes beyond the disaster it would be for most people: she has ...Show more
A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing by Jessie Tu
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian author
Growing up is always hard, but especially when so many think you're a washed-up has-been at twenty-two. Jena Lin plays the violin. She was once a child prodigy and now uses sex to fill the void left by fame. She's struggling a little. Her professional life comprises rehearsals, concerts, auditions and r ...Show more
Smart Ovens for Lonely People by Elizabeth Tan
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian author
Conspiracies, memes, and therapies of various efficacy underpin this beguiling short-story collection from Elizabeth Tan.In the titular story, a cat-shaped oven tells a depressed woman she doesn't have to be sorry anymore. A Yourtopia Bespoke Terraria employee becomes paranoid about the mounting coincid ...Show more
The Hollow Bones by Leah Kaminsky
$19.99 AUD
Category: Australian author
'I remember you once told me about mockingbirds and their special talents for mimicry. They steal the songs from others, you said. I want to ask you this: how were our own songs stolen from us, the notes dispersed, while our faces were turned away?'Berlin, 1936. Ernst Schäfer, a young, ambitious zoologi ...Show more
Modern Marriage by Filip Vukasin
$32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Everything in Klara's life is perfect, from her boutique cosmetic clinic to her svelte physique, her modern home in Melbourne's coveted inner east to Dante, her adoring husband with movie-star good looks. If all goes to plan, she and Dante will soon have a perfect baby too.Then one phone call shatters i ...Show more
The Roving Party by Rohan Wilson
$19.99 AUD
Category: Australian author
1829, Tasmania. John Batman, ruthless, singleminded; four convicts, the youngest still only a stripling; Gould, a downtrodden farmhand; two free black trackers; and powerful, educated Black Bill, brought up from childhood as a white man. This is the roving party and their purpose is massacre. With promi ...Show more
Minotaur by Peter Goldsworthy
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian author | Reading Level: 2 Crime
Peter Goldsworthy's new novel features a blind detective determined to deliver justice to the man who shot him, even though his failed assassin has broken out of jail and is equally determined to finish the job. Cleverly structured around the five senses, and with the action confined to one week, it's ...Show more
You Need to Know by Nicola Moriarty
$19.99 AUD
Category: Australian author
From the bestselling author of The Ex and Those Other Women comes a thrilling family drama about the secrets we keep, the lies we tell and the truths that won't stay hidden. Everybody's hiding something ... Jill, her three sons, their wives and children are driving in convoy on Christmas Eve. But some ...Show more
A Brief Affair by Alex Miller
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian author | Reading Level: very good
A moving novel about storytelling, about truths, and love, from twice Miles Franklin Award winner Alex Miller. 'More than one ghost haunts this tender novel about love in its many guises, condoned and illicit. In his deceptively simple, lucid prose, Alex Miller examines the emotional contradictions inhe ...Show more
The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian author
'Endlessly mysterious. Sally Hepworth is a born storyteller' - Trent DaltonGabe is alone at the cliff's edge. His arms are outstretched, palms facing the empty air.He said she jumped. He wouldn't lie.Before the woman went over the cliff, Pippa and Gabe were happy. They had the kind of marriage that ever ...Show more