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Peter Timms
An uncertain and diffident boy, Harry struggles to survive a suburban upbringing in the 1950s - the era of Menzies and the menace of Reds under the bed, the excitement…
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Jo Riccioni
Populated with a cast of charming characters, *The Italians at Cleat’s Corner Store* is a beautifully observed tale of small-town life, exploring love, prejudice, and identity in the wake of…
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Sally Piper
‘A wise and tender novel about food, friendship and marriage.’ Kristina Olsson, author of Boy, Lost Grace has not had twelve people at her table for a long time. Hers…
Suzanne McCourt
In the tradition of the novels of Anne Tyler and Eudora Welty,_ The Lost Child _is a beautifully written story about family and identity and growing up. Sylvie is five…
Silvia Kwon
War ends and the world changes, as it always does. The enemy are no longer the enemy just people living their lives. But hate is hard to extinguish. The scars…
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Brigid Delaney
A controversial novel of power, prestige and pack mentality exposes the dark underbelly of college life at a prominent university. St Anton’s university college is a cradle for privileged young…
Leila Yusaf Chung
In the evening, Abu Fadi peeled oranges and apples and recounted stories of Palestine, orange groves and the house with the large wooden door that awaited their return. He pulled…
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Fiona McFarlane
The hypnotic tale of a psychological battle on unequal terms and a superbly drawn portrait of two very particular women - a beautifully written, unnerving and acutely moving debut.
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Rebecca Jessen
From the winner of the 2013 Queensland Literary Awards - Best Emerging Author category, Gap combines a gripping crime thriller with a style evocative of Dorothy Porter’s cult classic, The…
Nic Low
Data theft, internet memes, advertising, terrorism, indigenous sovereignty, drone warfare, opium addiction, syphilis, the moon landing, mining, oil slicks, climate change, giant octopuses: nothing is spared in this collection. Nic…
Omar Musa
Revelatory and incendiary, Here Come the Dogs is a window into the youth of contemporary multicultural Australia, through the lives of three disaffected, hedonistic, aspirational and sometimes violent young men…
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Ellen Van Neerven
Ellen van Neerven takes her readers on a journey that is mythical, mystical and still achingly real.
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