Born Into This by Adam Thompson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
The stories in Born Into This throw light on a world of unique cultural practice and perspective, from Indigenous rangers trying to instil some pride in wayward urban teens on the harsh islands off the coast of Tasmania, to those scraping by on the margins of white society railroaded into complex and co ...Show more
If You're Happy by Fiona Robertson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
From the 2020 QLA Glendower winner comes a timely and insightful collection of stories about how we pursue happiness in a turbulent world. The stories in this impressive, thoughtful collection explore the human heart and its desire and capacity for joy. A divorced woman discovers a growing sinkhole in ...Show more
Last Stories by William Trevor
$29.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies) | Reading Level: very good
With a career that spanned more than half a century, William Trevor is regarded as one of the best writers of short stories in the English language. Now, in Last Stories, the master storyteller delivers ten exquisitely rendered tales-nine of which have never been published in book form-that illuminate t ...Show more
The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios and other stories by Yann Martel
$23.95 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
Here are four unforgettable stories by the author of Life of Pi. Written earlier in Martel's career, these tales display that startling mix of dazzle and depth that have made Yann Martel an international phenomenon. Inventive in form and timeless in content, each story is moving and thought-provoking. A ...Show more
When There's Nowhere Else to Run by Murray Middleton
$19.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
The winner of the 2015 Australian/Vogel's Literary Award is a vivid and complelling collection of stories about people who find their lives unravelling and discover that no matter how many thousands of kilometres they put between themselves and their transgressions, sometimes there's nowhere else to run ...Show more
Uncommon Type - Some Stories by Tom Hanks
$32.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies) | Reading Level: very good
PRE - LOVED Two-time Oscar] winner Hanks delivers his first collection of 17 surprising, intelligent, and heartwarming short stories that show he is as talented a writer as he is an actor.over.
The Weight of a Human Heart by Ryan O'Neill
$27.95 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
The Weight of a Human Heart turns the rules of storytelling on their head. A series of graphs illustrates the disintegration of a marriage, step by excruciating step. The heartbreaking story of a Rwandan boy is hidden in the pages of his English exam paper. A young girl learns her mother’s disturbing se ...Show more
Crime Scenes Stories by Zane Lovitt
$27.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
Is there really such a thing as an innocent person? Teachers, cops, mothers, wives, everyone has their breaking point; that moment where it could go either way. From the prostitute with no way out, to the bitter author, and a cop who just wants his leave, the characters in this collection will baffle an ...Show more
Cracking the Spine : Ten Australian Stories and How They Were Written by Julie Chevalier
$27.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
Ten Australian stories and how they were written. Stories and essays by ten talented writers, including Maria Takolander, Tony Birch and Jennifer Mills. Introduction by Amanda Lohrey. Cracking The Spine is the most innovative resource in Australian literature I have seen in many years. An anthology of c ...Show more
The Reservoir Tapes by Jon McGregor
$24.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
As broadcast on BBC radio 4: the fifteen 'prequel' stories to Reservoir 13. 'He leaves behind all other writers of his generation' Sarah Hall Midwinter in the early years of this century. A teenage girl on holiday has gone missing in the hills at the heart of England. The villagers are called up to jo ...Show more
Cosmopolitan (Faber Stories) by Akhil Sharma
$7.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies) | Series: Faber Stories Ser.
As he stood up, he suddenly felt aroused by Mrs Shaw's large breasts, boy's haircut, and little-girl sneakers. Even her nostrils suggested a frank sexuality. Gopal wanted to put his hands on her waist and pull her toward him. And then he realized that he had. Gopal Maurya's wife has left him, preferring ...Show more