Indie Awards Shortlisted Books 2012
The Street Sweeper
$32.95 – Paperback book / Random House
Read our Q&A with Elliot Perlman on The Street Sweeper.
How breathtakingly close we are to lives that at first seem so far away.
From the civil rights struggle in the United States to the Nazi crimes against humanit... Buy or find out more →
Caleb's Crossing
$32.99 – Trade paperback / Fourth Estate
Once again, Pulitzer-prize winning novelist Geraldine Brooks takes an unlikely shard of little-known history and brings it to vivid life. In 1665, a young Indian named Caleb from the island of Martha′s Vineyard became th... Buy or find out more →
Foal's Bread
$32.99 – Trade paperback / Allen & Unwin
Read our Q&A with Gillian Mears about Foal's Bread.
The sound of horses' hooves turns hollow on the farms west of Wirri. If a man can still ride, if he hasn't totally lost the use of his legs, if he hasn't died to t... Buy or find out more →
Five Bells
$19.95 – Paperback book / Vintage
An exquisite and moving new novel from this master storyteller.
On a radiant day in Sydney, four adults converge on Circular Quay, site of the iconic Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Crowds of tourists mix with... Buy or find out more →
Worse Things Happen At Sea
$35.00 – Hardcover book / Hachette
WORSE THINGS HAPPEN AT SEA is about families, suburbs and homes, friends, love and day to day life written by bestselling author William McInnes and award winning filmmaker, photographer and animator Sarah Watt.
In Willi... Buy or find out more →
A Private Life
$35.00 – Hardcover book / Allen & Unwin
A collection of reminiscences that reaveal the private Michael Kirby. Speaking in his own voice, he opens up as never before in a beautifully written, reflective and generous memoir - one that Michael Kirby's many admire... Buy or find out more →
After Words: Post-Prime Ministerial Speeches
$59.99$49.95 – Hardcover book / Allen & Unwin
A unique volume of speeches and occasional pieces written entirely by former Prime Minister Paul Keating.
Books of speeches are rarely published as a compendium of work by one person. After Words is unique in Australian ... Buy or find out more →
Betty Churcher's Notebooks
$45.00$44.99 – Paperback book / Melb Univ Press
'My Notebooks' is an intimate guide through some of the great art galleries of Europe and the United States. From Goya to Gauguin and Rembrandt to Manet she reveals the secrets behind the artworks that have been passions... Buy or find out more →
The Little Refugee
$24.99 – Hardcover book / Allen & Unwin
"Giant waves crashed down on our little boat. I was terrified but my mum hugged me tight and told me, 'Everything will be okay. Don't worry, it will be okay.' "
Younger readers can now follow the bestselling story told i... Buy or find out more →
The Coming Of The Whirlpool: Ship Kings Book One
$22.99 – Hard back / Allen & Unwin
Read Andrew McGahan's guest blog post about writing the first Ship Kings book.
'If you go to sea, you will come to the attention of the Ship Kings. And if they discover who you are, they will kill you.' Young Dow Amber ... Buy or find out more →
The 13-Storey Treehouse
$9.99 – Paperback book / Pan Macmillan
Who wouldn't want to live in a treehouse? Especially a 13-storey treehouse that has a bowling alley, a see-through swimming pool, a tank full of sharks, a library full of comics, a secret underground laboratory, a games ... Buy or find out more →
The Jewel Fish Of Karnak
$29.95 – Hardcover book / Penguin Books
Far, far away in Ancient Egypt, Jackal and Ibis are brought before the Cat Pharaoh to be punished for stealing from the town market. In a merciful moment, the cat Pharaoh decides to give the friends one last chance. She ... Buy or find out more →
Past The Shallows
$26.99 – Paperback book / Hachette
Hauntingly beautiful and told with an elegant simplicity, this is the story of two brothers growing up in a fractured family on the wild Tasmanian coast. The consequences of their parents' choices shape their lives and u... Buy or find out more →
All That I Am
$29.95 – Trade paperback / Hamish Hamilton
ABIA Book of the Year 2012
Winner of the Barbara Jefferis Award 2012
Shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award 2012
Read our Q&A with Anna Funder about All That I Am.
'When Hitler came to power I was in the bath. The... Buy or find out more →
Watercolours
$29.99 – Trade paperback / Fourth Estate
Eleven year old Novi just wants to blend in - not easy when you′re named after a silkworm and have the most eccentric family in town. A descendent of the first Italian silk growers in northern New South Wales, he is an o... Buy or find out more →
The Roving Party
$27.99 – Paperback book / Allen & Unwin
An unforgettable new novel from the 2011 winner of The Australian/Vogel Literary Award. 'I really, really am in awe of the amount of work that's gone into this...' Margo Lanagan.
'I'm still talking about this story to pe... Buy or find out more →