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
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
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
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
The Wakes by Dianne Yarwood
$32.99 AUD
Category: Feel Good Fiction
A heartfelt, funny and uplifting debut about two failing marriages, two strangers falling in love, two friends embarking on a catering business - and the four funerals that connect them all This is a story about Clare, Louisa and Chris. And sometimes Paul, and less often, Beth. It is most certainly not ...Show more
Fed to Red Birds by Rijn Collins
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian author
Prepare to be bewitched by Iceland and the book that has enchanted readers for decades - and imprisoned one of them. Elva loves Iceland for many reasons - the epic landscape of gods and volcanos, the weather that's the polar opposite of her home in Australia, and the fact that it's where her mother m ...Show more
When the Apricots Bloom by Gina Wilkinson
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian author | Reading Level: near fine
What would you do if the secret police demanded you spy on a friend in order to protect your family? Three women confront the complexities of trust, friendship and motherhood under the rule of a dictator in this debut inspired by the author's own experiences in Iraq. At night, in Huda's fragrant garden, ...Show more
Two Steps Onward by Graeme Simsion, Anne Buist
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian author | Series: Two Steps Ser.
Three years after life got in the way of their long-distance relationship, Californian illustrator Zoe and English engineer Martin have an unexpected opportunity to reunite- a second chance to follow in the footsteps of pilgrims in Europe. This time, they won't be walking the famous Camino de Santiago t ...Show more
Catch Us the Foxes by Nicola West
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian author
Some secrets you try to hide. Others you don't dare. Twin Peaks meets The Dry in a deliciously dark and twisted tale that unravels a small town. Ambitious young journalist Marlowe Robertson would do anything to escape the suffocating confines of her small home town. While begrudgingly covering the annu ...Show more
Joan Makes History by Kate Grenville
$19.95 AUD
Category: Australian author | Series: UQP Modern Classics Ser.
This is Australia's past as you won't read it in any history book. Joan pops up in all over famous moments and gives her irreverent female version of them. She remakes history in her own image and asks: who gets written into history, who gets written out, and why?
Illywhacker by Peter Carey
$19.99 AUD
Category: Australian author
Herbert Badgery is vagabond and charlatan, aviator and car salesman, seducer and patriarch. He might very well be the embodiment of Australia's national character, especially in its fondness for tall stories and questionable history. As this charming scoundrel traverses the continent and a century's wor ...Show more