Spring Fling reading list

Running from October 3–31, Spring Fling brings together a lineup of change-makers, rule-breakers and singular storytellers to challenge your preconceptions and foster new ways of thinking. Explore some of this year's programmed voices below and book your tickets via The Wheeler Centre website.

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Woo Woo

Ella Baxter

A darkly funny, pyrotechnic and deeply unsettling novel from the internationally acclaimed author of New Animal.

$32.99

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Theory & Practice

Michelle de Kretser

One of the most anticipated literary releases of the year, this gripping novel changes the game on what fiction can be and do.

$32.99

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Juice

Tim Winton

An epic novel of determination, survival, and the limits of the human spirit. This is Tim Winton as you’ve never read him before.

$49.99 $39.99

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Black Duck: A Year at Yumburra

Bruce Pascoe, Lyn Harwood

'Sometimes you need to repeat something a hundred times before a bell rings in the colony.'

From the bestselling author Bruce Pascoe comes a deeply personal story about the consequences…

$34.99

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Squat: A Week Squatting at Kanye’s Mansion

John Safran

Australia's most intrepid Jew finds out just how precarious identity can be.

$36.99

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Long Yarn Short

Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts

A blockbuster memoir from one of Australia's most powerful voices, Long Yarn Short is the incredible story of a young woman's journey - from being stolen from her family as…

$34.99

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Uses for Obsession: A (Chef’s) Memoir

Ben Shewry

An intimate, searing and hopeful memoir meets manifesto that reframes the way we think about restaurants, cooking, hospitality, leadership and humanity from one of the most respected chefs in the…

$34.99

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The Girl with No Reflection

Keshe Chow

A young woman chosen as the crown prince's bride must travel to the royal palace to meet her new husband-but her world is shaken when she discovers the dark truth…

$27.99

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Together We Fall Apart

Sophie Matthiesson

A stunning debut novel from a bright new voice in Australian fiction in this deeply affecting portrait of a dysfunctional family.

$32.99

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All I Ever Wanted Was to Be Hot

Lucinda Froomes Price

A hilarious, insightful deep dive into self image, desirability, pop-culture and power.

$34.99

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The Lasting Harm

Lucia Osborne-Crowley

The explosive, behind-the-scenes account of the criminal trial of Ghislaine Maxwell.

$34.99

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A Language of Limbs

Dylin Hardcastle

The first love of a teenage girl is a powerful thing, particularly when the object of that desire is her best friend, also a girl. It's the kind of power…

$34.99

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if this is the end

Bebe Oliver

A fearless and honest exploration of queer First Nations identity, and a vibrant celebration of imperfection and personal growth, if this is the end is a stunning exploration of what…

$27.99

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Kinky History

Esme Louise James

Irreverent and provocative, this is a history of sex, from TikTok sensation Esme Louise James.

$34.99

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Diving, Falling

Kylie Mirmohamadi

It's never too late to rewrite your own story.

$32.99

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Slivers, Shards and Skerricks

Shaun Micallef

A superb anthology of funny writing from Australia's pre-eminent comedy mind.

$34.99

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A Bit on the Side

Virginia Trioli

A Bit on the Side is an ode to joy, filled with wisdom, stories, memories and recipes, all told with Virginia's renowned insight and wicked sense of humour. This is…

$36.99

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Dropping the Mask

Noni Hazlehurst

An icon. A household name. One of our best-loved actors. Noni Hazlehurst is finally telling a story of her own.

$39.99 $34.99

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Just Don’t Be a D**khead

Kasey Chambers

A book of inspirational stories drawn from Kasey Chambers' life and remarkable music career.

$34.99 $29.99

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The Garden Against Time

Olivia Laing

From one of our most original contemporary voices, The Garden Against Time is an inventive and deeply felt exploration of the long dream of a shared Eden, a common paradise.

$44.99

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mark the dawn

Jazz Money

A dazzling and impressive follow-up to Money's highly acclaimed debut, how to make a basket.

$24.99

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The Belburd

Nardi Simpson

From the award-winning author of Song of the Crocodile comes a lyrical and masterfully woven novel about women, creation, belonging and the precious fragility of a life.

$32.99 $29.99

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We Are the Stars

Gina Chick

Gina Chick, the inaugural winner of Alone Australia, tells the story of her extraordinary, indomitable life in one of the most powerful, moving memoirs you will ever read.

$36.99 $29.99

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The Land of Lost Things (Adventures Unlimited, Book 1)

Andy Griffiths, Bill Hope (illus.)

The funniest, most thrills and spills new adventure series from legendary Andy Griffiths, the author of the bestselling, sales-smashing Treehouse series

$16.99

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George the Wizard

Tony Armstrong, Emma Sjaan Beukers (illus.)

An uplifting story about friendship and the rewards that come from being the real you, from beloved TV personality Tony Armstrong

$24.99

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rock flight

Hasib Hourani

A moving testament to the displacement and dispossession of the Palestinian people.

$27.00

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