A Dry White Season by André Brink
$19.99 AUD
Category: Literature
"Ben du Toit is an ordinary, decent, harmless man, unremarkable in every way - until his sense of justice is outraged by the death of a man he has known. His friend died at the hands of the police. In the beginning it appears a straightforward matter, an unfortunate error that can be explained and put r ...Show more
Magnificence by Howard Brenton
$23.99 AUD
Category: Literature | Series: Modern Plays Ser.
I loathe us, I loathe our stupid puerile view of the world ... That we have only to do it, that we have only to go puff, and the monster buildings will go splat ...London, the early 70s. Poverty, homelessness, rising inequality, unemployment, industrial disputes. Five young activists squat a disused bui ...Show more
Field of Poppies by Carmel Bird
$29.99 AUD
Category: Literature
Keen to escape the pressures of city life, Marsali Swift and her husband William are drawn to Listowel, a glorious historic mansion in the seemingly tranquil small town of Muckleton. There is time to read, garden, decorate, play chess and befriend the locals. Yet one night Listowel is robbed, and soon a ...Show more
The Memory Pool: Stories from Australian Childhoods at the Pool by Therese Spruhan
$29.99 AUD
Category: Literature
Smell the chlorine, taste the hot chips and feel the burning concrete underfoot as you read these stories of Australian childhoods at the pool. Swimming is a central part of most Australian childhoods. We idealise beaches and surf, but for many kids the local pool – whether it’s an ocean, tidal or a chl ...Show more
A Watermelon, a Fish and a Bible: A heartwarming tale of love amid war by Christy Lefteri, Quercus
$22.99 AUD
Category: Literature
A moving novel of love and war by the author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo It is July 1974 and on a bright, sunny morning, the Turkish army has invaded the town of Kyrenia in Cyprus. For many people, this means an end to life as they know it. But for some, it is a chance to begin living again. Everyone h ...Show more
Paradise Lodge by Nina Stibbe
$19.99 AUD
Category: Literature
This is the story of Lizzie Vogel, a 15 year old girl who finds herself working in an old people's home in Leicestershire in the 1970s. The place is in chaos and it's not really a suitable job for a schoolgirl: she'd only gone for the job because she wanted a new phase and it seemed too exhausting to co ...Show more
Kingdomtide by Rye Curtis
$32.99 AUD
Category: Literature
The lives of two women--the sole survivor of an airplane crash and the troubled park ranger who leads the rescue mission to find her --intersect in a gripping debut novel of hope and resilience, second thoughts and second chances I no longer pass judgment on any man nor woman. People are people, and I d ...Show more
The Binding by Bridget Collins
$19.99 AUD
Category: Literature
Imagine you could erase grief. Imagine you could remove pain. Imagine you could hide the darkest, most horrifying secret. Forever. Young Emmett Farmer is working in the fields when a strange letter arrives summoning him away from his family. He is to begin an apprenticeship as a Bookbinder -- a vocation ...Show more
Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao
$22.99 AUD
Category: Literature
'A treat for Ferrante fans, exploring the bonds of friendship and how female ambition beats against the strictures of poverty and patriarchal societies' Huffington Post An electrifying debut novel - the story of the unbreakable bond between two girls driven apart, and their journeys across continents t ...Show more
There There by Tommy Orange
$19.99 AUD
Category: Literature
RUNNER UP PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2019 THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NYTBR TOP 10 BEST BOOK 2018 AN OPRAH MAGAZINE TOP 15 BEST BOOK 2018 WINNER OF THE WRITER'S CENTER FIRST NOVEL 2018 AWARD 'THERE THERE drops on us like a thunderclap; the big, booming, explosive sound of 21st century literature f ...Show more
The Secret Life of Books by Tom Mole
$32.99 AUD
Category: Literature
We love books. We take them to bed with us. They weigh down our suitcases when we go on holiday. We display them on our bookshelves or store them in our attics. We give them as gifts. We write our names in them. We take them for granted. And all the time, our books are leading a double life. Books are f ...Show more
Damascus by Christos Tsiolkas
$29.99 AUD
$32.99 (9% off)
Category: Literature
Winner of the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Fiction 2020. The stunningly powerful new novel from the author of The Slap. 'They kill us, they crucify us, they throw us to beasts in the arena, they sew our lips together and watch us starve. They bugger children in front of their mothers and ...Show more