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Top picks for book clubs this month
Australian fiction | Imperial Harvest by Bruce Pascoe
Yen Se has lost everything to the Khan's brutality.
Left with one eye and one leg, he is forced out of his home village to work in the city as a horse handler. Witness to the Khan's violent crusade, their raids sweeping across Eurasia, he travels with the theatre of war, but exists outside of it; stunned every morning to find himself alive.
Yen Se moves randomly across Europe with a loose…
New queer young adult fiction
Although it's officially pride month, we like to celebrate queer literature all year round! So here's a round-up of our favourite new LGBTQIA+ young adult books, plus some to keep an eye out for later in the year! There's stories about pirates, Korean folklore, fairytale retellings, contemporary romances and plenty of romantasy.
Readers be warned, you're going to want to read them all!
A collection of pirate stories, need I say more?
Avast! edited by Alison Evans and Michael Earp
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Top picks for book clubs this month
Australian fiction | Safe Haven by Shankari Chandran
After arriving in Australia seeking asylum, Fina dedicates herself to aiding the refugees held in a detention centre at Port Camden, a remote island outpost. Appalled by the mistreatment of those in custody, Fina speaks out to the media about the poor conditions within the facility, as a result she is arrested, taken from her home in the small country town of Hastings and threatened with deportation.
When a security officer dies…
Picture books with LGBTQIA+ families
Books have always been an important way that young kids start to understand the world around them. Diverse representation in children’s books is particularly important, so that kids can see themselves or begin to understand others in their communities.
So that all families can find books that resonate for them, we’ve curated a range of picture books that represent and celebrate rainbow families. 🌈
Mama and Mummy and Me in the Middle Nina LaCour
A little girl stays home with…
Top picks for book clubs this month
Australian fiction | Dirt Poor Islanders by Winnie Dunn
Meadow Reed used to get confused when explaining that she had grandparents from Australia, Tonga and Great Britain. She'd say she was full-White and full-Tongan, thinking that so many halves made separate wholes. Despite the Anglo-Saxon genetics that gave Meadow a narrow nose and light-brown skin, everybody who raised her was Tongan. Everybody who loved her was Tongan. This was what made her Tongan.
Growing up in the heat-hummed streets of…
Top picks for book clubs this month
Australian fiction | Compassion by Julie Janson
From the acclaimed author of the Miles Franklin longlisted Madukka: The River Serpent and the Barbara Jefferis Award shortlisted Benevolence, Compassion continues Julie Janson’s emotional and intense literary exploration of the complex and dangerous lives of Aboriginal women during the 1800s in colonial New South Wales, which she began in Benevolence as a counter narrative to colonial history in Australian literature.
Compassion is the dramatised life story of one of Julie Janson’s…
Queer book recs from booksellers
Three of our booksellers share some of the LGBTQIA+ books they've read, loved, and highly recommend.
Aurelia recommends Milk Fed by Melissa Broder
Milk Fed is an absolute feast of every delight and pleasure the world has to offer. When Rachel, a non-practicing Jew who has made intensive diets and cardio exercise her religion, meets Miriam, an Orthodox Jewish woman intent upon feeding her, Rachel suddenly experiences a world in which indulging your every desire is nothing to be ashamed…
2022 LGBTQIA+ fiction favourites
It’s been a fantastic year for LGBTQIA+ stories in fiction. Below, you’ll find some of our 2022 fiction favourites that centre and celebrate a multiplicity of LGBTQIA+ experiences within their pages.
The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach
The port city of Hainak is alive: its buildings, its fashion, even its weapons. But, after a devastating war and a sweeping biotech revolution, all its inhabitants want is peace, no one more so than Yat Jyn-Hok a reformed-thief-turned-cop who patrols the streets at…
Six LGBTQIA+ fantasy & sci-fi must-reads
Six fantastic LGBTQIA+ fantasy and sci-fi novels to sink your teeth into.
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction - but assassins are getting closer to her door. Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society…
Five sapphic must-reads for teens
I’m back with another YA post for Pride month. This time, I’m focusing on sapphic books and I have some great ones for you! Be prepared to ‘add to cart’ after reading about these glorious titles.
She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott
If you love romcoms, rollerskating and first kisses in libraries, then this adorable book is for you! Plus just look at that cover!
Alex Blackwood is a little bit headstrong, with a dash of chaos and a…
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