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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…
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Janette Turner Hospital
A brilliant and compulsively readable story of truth, lies and identity from one of Australia’s finest writers. ‘So then, here it is. The unadorned un - self - flattering gospel…
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Danielle Wood
A sly, cheeky and blackly comic novel about mothering, heartache, heartbreak, desire, love and death.
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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…
Justine Larbalestier
Kelpie and Dymphna are accustomed to the mean streets of 1930s Sydney, but this is a day that will test their courage, their loyalty, and their ability to survive both…
Ellen Van Neerven
Ellen van Neerven takes her readers on a journey that is mythical, mystical and still achingly real.
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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…
Linda Jaivin
A witty, playful, intriguing and ultimately very moving novel of identity and loss. ‘Stories are the only thing that defy death. Stories are truth. I hereby give you mine…’ Peking…
Alice Pung
Alice Pung tells an involving, original story that captures the drama and pain of school life today, as well as revealing much about the choices of young women.
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Honey Brown
Four-year-old Nathan Fisher disappears from the bank of a rocky creek. Did he drown or was he taken? The search for the missing boy grips the nation.
Susan Mitchell
This is the compelling story of former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, his wife Margaret and their 70-year relationship - personal and political, private and public. It is a story of…
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Sian Prior
Shy. It’s a shy word, a timid little word that begs to remain unnoticed. Only three letters long, and it begins with an exhortation to silence. Shhh. Reserved is different…
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Lorelei Vashti
A charming coming-of-age memoir in which every dress tells a story. Dress, Memory is about a decade in dresses. Perceptive and poignant, humorous and heartwarming, it’s the story of growing…
Lee Kofman
Lee Kofman, rebellious daughter of ultra-orthodox Jews, has always sought her own way. True to her Bohemian dream where love can coexist with sexual freedom, she decided to experiment with…
Michelle Potter
A wonderful celebration of the life of Dame Maggie Scott, recognizing her contribution to dance over the last 67 years.
Maxine McKew
In Class Act Maxine McKew calls for a ceasefire in the education wars-the largely irrelevant arguments over national curricula and governance issues. - See more at: https://www.mup.com.au/items/149039#sthash.rZolINQj.dpuf
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Clare Atkins
Rosie and Nona are sisters. Yapas. They are also best friends. It doesn’t matter that Rosie is white and Nona is Aboriginal: their family connections tie them together for life…
Annabel Crabb
For decades, feminism has argued the case for getting women into the workplace. Affirmative action, support schemes, paid maternity leave…all valuable devices, and yet still we agonise over why women…
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…
Betty Churcher
In Australian Notebooks, Betty Churcher revisits some of the artworks she most cherishes - a seminal Picasso, early works of the Heidelberg School, a striking portrait by Lucian Freud -…
