Helen Garner
Cosmo Cosmolino
$12.95 – Paperback / Text Publishing Co
Janet retreats to her house and labours at forgetting the past; Ray hides from the past in the pages of his gold-edged book, waiting for his brother to reconnect him to life. But Maxine bursts the barricade that separates dream... Buy or find out more→
True Stories: Selected Non-Fiction
$23.95 – Paperback / Text Publishing Co
New format of this collection of personal essays by Helen Garner, which spans 25 years of work, by one of Australia's greatest writers. Readers will be fascinated by some of the events that shaped her life as a writer and as a... Buy or find out more→
Childrens Bach
$24.95 – Paperback / Penguin Books Australia
Athena and Dexter lead an enclosed family life, innocent of fashion and bound towards a disturbed child. Their comfortable rut is disrupted by the arrival of Elizabeth, a tough nut from Dexter's past. With her three charming,... Buy or find out more→
Honour and Other People's Children
$24.95 – Paperback / Penguin Books Australia
Breakdown of friendship between two women, Scotty and Ruth collapses their collective household. Scotty loves Ruth's daughter as only the childless can love other people's children, but the broken friendship leaves Scotty with no... Buy or find out more→
Postcards From Surfers Popular Penguins
$9.95 – Paperback / Penguin Books Australia
From one of Australia's most celebrated writers come 11 stories about the complexities of life and love; of looking back and longing; of what it means to be a stranger, on foreign ground and known, told with the piercing... Buy or find out more→
Monkey Grip Popular Penguins
$9.95 – Paperback / Penguin Books Australia
Nora falls in love with Javo the junkie, and together they try to make sense of their lives and the choices they have made. But caught in an increasingly ambiguous relationship, they are unable to let go - and the harder they pull... Buy or find out more→
The Spare Room
$23.95 – Paperback / Text Publishing Co
Helen prepares her spare room for her friend Nicola, who is flying down from Sydney for a visit. But this is no ordinary visit - Nicola has advanced cancer. She is coming to Melbourne to receive treatment. A story of compassion... Buy or find out more→
Joe Cinque's Consolation: A True Story of Death, Grief and the Law
$24.95 – Paperback / Pan Macmillan Australia
In October 1997, a clever young student at the ANU murdered her boyfriend. She and her best friend were later charged with murder. Garner followed the trial in the ACT Supreme Court. This book is about how and why Joe Cinque died.... Buy or find out more→
First Stone
$22.95 – Paperback
In the autumn of 1992, two young women students at Melbourne University went to the police claiming that they had been indecently assaulted at a party. The man they accused was the head of their co-ed residential college. The... Buy or find out more→
Feel Of Steel
$24.95 – Paperback / Pan Macmillan Australia
Helen Garner's second non-fiction collection moves through loss and desolation into moods of wonder, hilarity and beauty. This weave of working journalism with longer essays has the texture of a memoir, and offers a personal... Buy or find out more→
Postcards From Surfers
$22.95 – Paperback / Penguin Books Australia
These stories are about life and love; of looking back and longing; of what it means to be a stranger, on foreign ground and known, told with the piercing familiarity and resonance we have come to expect. Honest, often very funny... Buy or find out more→
Monkey Grip
$24.95 – Paperback / Penguin Books Ltd
Charts the lives of a generation. The characters are exploring new ways of loving and living - and nothing is harder than learning to love lightly. Nora and Javo are trapped in a desperate relationship. Nora's addiction is... Buy or find out more→
The Spare Room
$23.95 – Hardback / Text Publishing Co
Helen prepares her spare room for her friend Nicola. She is coming to Melbourne to receive cancer treatment she believes will cure her. From the moment Nicola steps off the plane, Helen becomes her nurse, her protector, her... Buy or find out more→