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The Season

Helen Garner

Garner's first new work in a decade is a tender portrayal of the relationship between grandmother and grandson, and of that moment on the cusp of adulthood when a boy…

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Murriyang

Stan Grant

Stan Grant is talking to his country in a new way. In his most poetic and inspiring work yet, the Wiradjuri writer offers us a means of moving beyond the…

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Tomorrow There Will Be Sun: A Hope Prize Anthology

Various authors, Dame Quentin Bryce (foreword)

Prize-winning and highly commended stories from the 2024 Hope Prize, with judges including Dame Quentin Bryce, Dr Tony Birch and Julia Gillard.

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We Do Not Part

Han Kang, e. yaewon (trans.), Paige Aniyah Morris (trans.)

Like a long winter's dream, this new novel by Han Kang takes us on a journey from contemporary South Korea into its painful history

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Signs of Damage

Diana Reid

A gripping tale of unravelling memories and moral ambiguities, Signs of Damage wrestles with the difference between understanding other people, and trying to explain them.

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Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, Book 3)

Rebecca Yarros

The storm is coming...

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Unbury the Dead

Fiona Hardy

A fresh, unique and tense Aussie story of two best female friends who aren't afraid to get their hands dirty for pay day.

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The Sunbird

Sara Haddad

Nabila Yasmeen is in her eighties. She lives alone with over a hundred plants that she keeps in pots because she can’t bear to put them in the ground. In…

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Letters

Oliver Sacks, Kate Edgar (ed.)

Sensitively selected and introduced by Kate Edgar, Sacks’s longtime editor, the letters trace the arc of a remarkable life and reveal an often surprising portrait of Sacks as he wrestles…

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Stag Dance

Torrey Peters

Trans life past, present and future is explored in this kaleidoscopic follow-up to the Women's Prize-nominated Detransition, Baby

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The Unquiet Grave

Dervla McTiernan

Every grave has a story ... The much-anticipated new novel in the Cormac Reilly series, from the no.1 bestselling author of The Ruin and What Happened to Nina.

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Nightshade

Michael Connelly

#1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly introduces a new cop relentlessly following his mission in the seemingly idyllic setting of Catalina island.

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Show Don’t Tell

Curtis Sittenfeld

Dazzling new story collection from the prize-nominated Sunday Times bestselling author of Romantic Comedy, American Wife and You Think It, I'll Say It

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Atmosphere

Taylor Jenkins Reid

The new novel by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six

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Memorial Days

Geraldine Brooks

A heartrending and beautiful memoir of sudden loss and a journey toward peace, from the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Horse

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The Violet Hour

James Cahill

A thrilling story of power, money and the struggle to live an authentic life in the international art world.
From the acclaimed author of Tiepolo Blue.

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The City Changes Its Face

Eimear McBride

An intense story of passion, jealousy and family from the trailblazing, award-winning Eimear McBride.

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The Rainfall Market

You Yeong-Gwang, Slin Jung (trans.)

In The Rainfall Market, you can trade a misfortune for a happiness. Dive into a magical and uplifting world in this Korean bestselling sensation . . .

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The Cortisol Reset Plan

Marina Wright

Simple solutions to overcome the impact of chronic stress on your body and mind

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Humans in Melbourne Vol. 2

Chris Cincotta

Chris Cincotta has returned with volume 2 of his bestselling book Humans in Melbourne. In this book Chris has photographed more people and captured more stories to get at…

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Plantology: The Essential Guide to Better Gardens

Teena Crawford, Lisa Ellis

Plantology is an invaluable guide to enable gardeners everywhere to create truly unique and successful gardens. Prepared by two professional plantswomen who share more than sixty years experience as garden…

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The Buried Life

Andrea Goldsmith

In The Buried Life Andrea Goldsmith brilliantly dissects the conflicts and complexities of contemporary life in a story of love and friendship, faith and fundamentalism, subtly underscored by the power…

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Dream Count

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

A publishing event ten years in the making — a searing, exquisite new novel by the best-selling and award-winning author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists — the…

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The Dream

Iain Ryan

In a city gripped by recession and shattered by violent bank robberies, three lives collide in a web of corruption, ambition, and revenge.

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Gunnawah

Ronni Salt

Set deep in the heart of rural Australia during the era of Gough Whitlam, pub brawls and flared jeans, Gunnawah is a compulsive crime thriller of corruption, guns and drugs…

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Once the Deed Is Done

Rachel Seiffert

1945. Dead of night and dead of winter; war brings a stranger to the door; a family is tricked into a act of compassion and danger.

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Unfinished Business

Shankari Chandran

A breathtaking thriller from the Miles Franklin Award-winning author of Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

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Panic

Catherine Jinks

Beloved author Catherine Jinks weaves a thrilling tale involving online stalking, right wing conspiracy theorists and a remote homestead in rural NSW.

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Is a River Alive?

Robert Macfarlane

From the celebrated writer and observer Robert Macfarlane comes this brilliant, perspective-shifting new book - which answers a resounding yes to the question of its title

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Joan Lindsay

Brenda Niall

Joan Lindsay’s Picnic at Hanging Rock has captivated and perplexed generations. But the woman behind the novel is as much an enigma as the disappearance of the fictitious schoolgirls and…

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Pranzo: Sicilian(ish) Recipes & Stories

Guy Mirabella

A jaw-droppingly beautiful documentation of a lifetime of eating, Pranzo is Guy Mirabella’s triumphant return to food writing. Filled with family memories and stories, astounding visuals and Italian food to…

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The Wolf Tree

Laura McCluskey

A gripping and atmospheric debut crime thriller set on an isolated Scottish island ... where outsiders are not welcome.

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Wild Dark Shore

Charlotte McConaghy

From the New York Times bestselling author of Migrations and Once There Were Wolves, a novel about a family living alone on a remote island, when a mysterious woman…

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Black Woods, Blue Sky

Eowyn Ivey

Where there is wonder, there is love - an unforgettable novel of the beauty and terror of the Alaskan wilderness, from the author of the million-copy international bestseller, The Snow…

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Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon

Mizuki Tsujimura, Yuki Tejima (trans.)

Five troubled characters seek the chance of a reunion with a person - now dead - who once changed their lives in this moving Japanese magical realist mystery novel

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After the Great Storm

Ann Dombroski

After the Great Storm is a novel imbued with both darkness and light, sadness and joy; its characters refuse to give up on love regardless of the cost. Ultimately it…

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May You Have Delicious Meals

Junko Takase, Morgan Giles (trans.)

The power dynamics of the office are never more obvious than when it comes to food: mandatory lunches with the boss, the colleague who tries to curry favour with home-baked…

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Half Truth

Nadia Mahjouri

A daughter searches for her father; a mother for her son. From isolated Tasmania to vibrant Morocco, two women seek the truth about what happened to the same man.

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Suggested in the Stars

Yoko Tawada, Margaret Misutani (trans.)

The magical sequel to Scattered All Over the Earth, from the prize-winning Japanese author.

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Memories of Distant Mountains

Orhan Pamuk

The journals of the Nobel Prize-winning author, beautifully illustrated with his own paintings

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The Theory of Everything

Yumna Kassab

Good News: The worst has already happened.
Bad News: Even worse is on the way.

This is a fictional theory, a rant, a manifesto, an engagement or disengagement with the…

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Herscht 07769

Laszlo Krasznahorkai, Ottilie Mulzet (trans.)

A masterpiece of form and fiction as one of our greatest living writers tackles our fears of environmental disaster.

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Three Days in June

Anne Tyler

An imperfect mother of the bride attempts to navigate her daughter's wedding in this funny, touching, hopeful gem of a novel

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Killing Time

Alan Bennett

A wonderful surprise gift from Alan Bennett - a brand new story, set in a home for the elderly; a glorious, darkly comic treat.

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The Deadly Dispute (A Tea Ladies Mystery)

Amanda Hampson

Solving crimes, one cuppa at a time. The highly anticipated new book in the bestselling Australian series The Tea Ladies.

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Unsettled: A Journey Through Time and Place

Kate Grenville

What does it mean to be on land taken from others?

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Alive in the Merciful Country

A.L. Kennedy

From a Costa Book of the Year winner, Booker nominee and double Granta-selected Best Young British novelist comes a searing portrayal of the gradual uncovering of one woman's past psychological…

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Source Code

Bill Gates

The origin story of one of the most influential and transformative business leaders and philanthropists of the modern age.

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