Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2009 Shortlist
Forbidden Cities
$24.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Nz
This story collection by Paula Morris roams the globe and ranges widely in subject matter. From Sunset Boulevard to the beaches of Auckland, from the Bund in Shanghai to the banks of the Danube, from the Brooklyn Bridge ... Buy or find out more →
Evening Is The Whole Day
$32.99$27.95 – Trade paperback / Harper Collins
Set in Malaysia, this spellbinding first novel introduces us to the prosperous Rajasekharan family as it slowly peels away its closely guarded secrets.
When the family's rubber–plantation servant girl is dismissed for un... Buy or find out more →
The Shallow End
$24.95 – Paperback book / Clouds Of Magellan
‘It was one of the most perfect days, only just warm enough, an ever so slight breeze I could see in the hairs on my arm and in the flutter of the flags across each end of the pool but couldn’t feel. It must have been th... Buy or find out more →
Breath
$45.00 – Hardcover book / Hamish Hamilton
Winner of the 2009 Miles Franklin Literary Award
Breath is a story about the wildness of youth - the lust for excitement and terror, the determination to be extraordinary, the wounds that heal and those that don't - and ... Buy or find out more →
The Good Parents
$32.95 – Trade paperback / Vintage
Maya de Jong, an eighteen-year-old country girl from the West, comes to live in Melbourne and starts an affair with her boss, the enigmatic Maynard Flynn, whose wife is dying of cancer. When Maya's parents, Toni and Jaco... Buy or find out more →
The Spare Room
$35.00 – Hardcover book / Text Publishing
An extraordinary work of fiction from one of Australia's best-selling and most admired writers
Helen prepares her spare room for her friend Nicola, who is flying down from Sydney for a three-week visit. But this is no or... Buy or find out more →