The Performance by Claire Thomas
$22.99 AUD
Category: Australian author
The false cold of the theatre makes it hard to imagine the heavy wind outside in the real world, the ash air pressing onto the city from the nearby hills where bushfires are taking hold.The house lights lower.The auditorium feels hopeful in the darkness.As bushfires rage outside the city, three women wa ...Show more
Sunbathing: A novel by Isobel Beech
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian author
A powerful debut that explores life, death and the restorative power of friendship and the warm summer sun of Umbria. Summertime in Italy, fresh vegetables from the garden, taking turns washing dishes, reading to each other, learning about cherry worms. Strange how badly I could punish myself for aband ...Show more
Jesustown by Paul Daley
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian author
'This is a story-a great story-with all the tragedy and lies that is colonial Australia. Our circle of tragedy.' Thomas Mayor, author of Finding the Heart of the Nation'Poignant and powerful; the best book I've read this year.' Chris Hammer, author of Scrublands 'A challenging statement about the mythol ...Show more
Blue Hour by Sarah Schmidt
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian author
She thinks of blue mountain, her favourite place. 'We're going somewhere where we can be safe. We never have to come back here.' As the rest of the world lies sleeping, Eleanor straps her infant daughter, Amy, into the back of her car. This is the moment she knew must come, when they will walk out on he ...Show more
Unsheltered by Clare Moleta
$22.99 AUD
Category: Australian author
As the resourceful, relentless Li tracks her lost daughter across a disintegrating country, the journey will test the limits of her trust, her hope and her love. Unsheltered will leave you wrung out and gasping.Relentlessly propulsive and profoundly moving, Unsheltered taps into some of our worst fears ...Show more
Salonika Burning by Gail Jones
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian author
Greece, 1917. The great city of Salonika is engulfed by fire as all of Europe is ravaged by war.Amid the destruction, there are those who have come to the frontlines to heal- surgeons, ambulance drivers, nurses, orderlies and other volunteers. Four of these people-Stella, Olive, Grace and Stanley-are at ...Show more
Dinner with the Schnabels by Toni Jordan
$22.99 AUD
Category: Australian author
Things haven't gone well for Simon Larsen lately. He adores his wife and children, but since his business failed and he lost the family home, he can't seem to get off the couch. His larger-than-life in-laws, the Schnabels, won't get off his case. To keep everyone happy, Simon needs to do one little job: ...Show more
Moon Sugar: A Novel by Angela Meyer
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian author
Mila can't shake her grief for the life she thought she'd have. She's broke, childless, and single. But her developing relationship with Josh, a 'sugar baby', opens her eyes to new possibilities.Then Josh goes missing on a trip to Europe - a presumed suicide. Mila, and Josh's best friend Kyle, are devas ...Show more
The Bookshop on Jacaranda Street by Marlish Glorie
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian author
The heart-warming story for bookworms that shows it's never too late to turn the page and start a new chapter.Helen can't sleep. Her husband's hoarding tendencies have taken over not only their house, but their marriage too, and she needs out. In a moment of desperation, Helen burns her bed, and leaves. ...Show more
While You Were Reading by Ali Berg; Michelle Kalus
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australian author | Reading Level: 1 Fiction
Words are messy. Love is messier. A love story for book lovers that celebrates much more than romance. Meet Beatrix Babbage - 29-year-old dog-earer of books and accidental destroyer of weddings. After ruining her best friend's nuptials, Bea relocates to the other side of the country in search of a fr ...Show more
The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton
$19.99 AUD
Category: Australian author | Reading Level: very good
From the bestselling author of The House at Riverton and The Secret Keeper, Kate Morton brings us her trademark mix of secrets, lies, and intricately layered mysteries in her sixth novel, The Clockmaker's Daughter.My real name, no one remembers.The truth about that summer, no one else knows. In the dep ...Show more
Wanting by Richard Flanagan
$22.99 AUD
Category: Australian author
Richard Flanagan's Wanting reminds us that he is one of the most exciting novelists working anywhere, full stop - The AgeFrom the winner of the Man Booker Prize. The bestselling, universally lauded novel of desire and its denial from acclaimed writer Richard Flanagan.Van Diemen's Land, 1841. Mathinna, t ...Show more