The Butcherbird Stories by A. S. Patric
$29.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies) | Reading Level: 1 Fiction
'One of the most interesting and valuable writers working in Australia today.' The Australian Twelve stories. Each like a matchstick struck to illuminate the darkness. Evocations of place ranging from Belgrade to Dhaka to New York to Melbourne excite and seduce. But what truly draws the reader in are th ...Show more
In the Time of Foxes by Lennan, Jo
$29.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
A fox could be a shape-shifter, a spirit being. It could appear in human form if this suited its purposes; it could come and go as it pleased, play tricks, lead men astray.' An escapee from the Family in Japan; an animal activist with something to hide; a café-owner in Sydney reconnecting with her est ...Show more
Foreign Soil by Maxine Beneba Clarke
$24.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
Winner: Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist 2015 Literary Fiction Of The Year, Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) 2015 Debut Fiction, Indie Book Awards 2015 Victorian Premier's Unpublished Manuscript Award 2013 Shorlisted: ABIA Matt Richell Award for New Writers 2015 UTS Glenda Adams Debut Fic ...Show more
Rowing to Eden: Collected Stories by Amy Bloom
$22.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
Amy Bloom has long been regarded as a master of the short story form. Here, her brilliance shines across two decades and more than twenty-five stories. From the bereaved widow who finds unexpected comfort in 'Sleepwalking', to the matchmaking shrink in 'Psychoanalysis Changed My Life'; from the teenage ...Show more
Do You Love Me or What? by Sue Woolfe
$29.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
A brilliant, critically acclaimed collection of short stories about love and what it means to be loved, by the bestselling, award-winning author of Leaning Towards Infinity, Painted Woman and The Secret Cure 'Elegant and satisfying, and so percipient of human yearning and loss.' Tom Keneally Written i ...Show more
Best Summer Stories by Aviva Tuffield
$29.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies) | Reading Level: 1 Fiction
Brilliant short fiction from some of Australia's most talented storytellers A woman suspects her partner of murder. A father seeks to save his son from a looming disaster. A boy finds love in the heat of summer as a dust storm transforms his city and his fortunes. A guard in a detention centre causes t ...Show more
Zebra and other stories by Debra Adelaide
$29.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies) | Reading Level: 1 Fiction
The PM stretched out a hand. The black and white head extended, and as the zebra walked down the ramp and into the morning, her first in her new land, and a particularly bright morning as well, the PM realised that Mr Beamish was a marvel, a genius. A stranger, half a world, a continent, away, and yet h ...Show more
A Prayer for the Living by Ben Okri
$32.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
Topical and timely, Booker Prize-winning author Ben Okri's new collection of short stories blur parallel realities and walk the line between darkness and magic. Is what you see all there is? Look again. Playful, frightening, even shocking- the stories in this collection blur the lines between illusion ...Show more
Daddy by Emma Cline
$27.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies) | Reading Level: very good
The eagerly-awaited new book by Emma Cline, author of the global phenomenon The Girls The stories in Emma Cline's stunning first collection consider the dark corners of human experience, exploring the fault lines of power between men and women, parents and children, past and present. A man travels to hi ...Show more
Collisions: Fictions Of The Future:An Anthology Of Australian Writers OfColour by Leah Jing McIntosh
$29.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
This collection of short stories showcases some of the best work that Australian literature has to offer in this new decade. Featuring work from both emerging and established writers of colour, the stories in Collisions transcend genre and experiment with style. They are necessary reading for everybody ...Show more
Freeman's: The Future of New Writing by John Freeman
$32.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
This special fourth installment of the acclaimed literary anthology from leading editor and critic John Freeman introduces a list - to be announced just before publication - of more than twenty-five poets, essayists, novelists, and short-story writers from around the world who are shaping the literary c ...Show more
The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth by William Boyd
$32.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
A philandering art dealer tries to give up casual love affairs - seeking only passionate kisses as a substitute. A man recounts his personal history through the things he has stolen from others throughout his life. A couple chart the journey of their five year relationship backwards, from awkward reunio ...Show more