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Granta 119: Britain
John Freeman (Ed)

$27.99 – Paperback book / Granta

It is a nation defined by tradition and built on expansion. Now it has more languages spoken within its capital than any other city in the world. What are the stories Britain is telling about itself today? Buy or find out more 


What Is Australia For? Griffith Review 36
Julianne Schultz (Ed)

$27.95 – Paperback book / Text Publishing

It is time to revive the debate about national identity. The clichés of old have long exceeded their use-by date.

This is a trying time of global transition and uncertainty, for societies and for individuals. Yet it is ... Buy or find out more 



Kill Your Darlings Issue 9
Rebecca Starford (Ed)

$19.95 – Paperback book /

COMMENTARY Buy or find out more 

  • Greg Foyster The Big Pitch: Selling Advertising to the Public
  • Wayne Macauley Gerald Murnane’s The Plains: An Alternative Australian Literature
  • Annabelle Craft The Big Pineapple: The Revival of an Australian...

Alien Shores: Tales Of Refugees And Asylum Seekers From Australia And The Indian Subcontinent
Sharon Rundle & Meenakshi Bharat (Eds)

$24.95 – Paperback book / Hunter Publishers

It is the writer's act of imagination which is the basis of all good fiction, the kind of fiction that opens new worlds to the reader. The power of literature to move people, allow us to see into one another's hearts, to... Buy or find out more 



Meanjin Volume 71 (1)
Sally Heath (Ed)

$24.99 – Paperback book / Melb Univ Press

As the fourth inquest into Azaria Chamerlain’s death is underway, Meanjin publishes John Bryson’s thoughts as he returns to Uluru last year for the first time since writing Evil Angels. He reflects on the travesty of jus... Buy or find out more 


Overland 206
Jeff Sparrow

$14.99 – Paperback book / Geoff Slattery

Overland 206 has an eye on Occupy. There is a dialogue between Manissa McCleave Maharawal (Occupy Wall Street) and Chris Maisano (Jacobin) on the possible futures of OWS. Jeff Sharlet (Occupy Writers) discusses the novel... Buy or find out more 



Granta 118: Exit Strategies
John Freeman (Ed)

$27.99 – Paperback book / Granta

In this issue John Barth contemplates the end of writing fiction. Alice Munro explores the interior world of an elderly woman losing her memory. Aleksandar Hemon tells the story of his family's escape from the Bosnian Wa... Buy or find out more 


Surviving: Griffith Review 35
Julianne Schultz (Ed)

$27.95 – Paperback book / Text Publishing

Matthew Condon, Sophie Cunningham, David Francis, Michael Gawenda, Tom Griffiths, Ashley Hay, Lloyd Jones, Ian Lowe and Kathy Marks

At times it feels like we are unwilling participants in a never-ending disaster movie, b... Buy or find out more 



Kill Your Darlings Issue 8
Rebecca Starford (Ed)

$18.00 – Paperback book /

COMMENTARY Buy or find out more 

  • Maria Tumarkin: Sublime and Profane: Our Contemporary Obsession with Food
  • Clementine Ford: It’s a Sex Thing, Right?: When Fantasy Becomes Reality
  • Scott Steensma: What the Internet Could Never Teach Me: Figh...

The New Granta Book Of Travel
Liz Jobey

$29.99 – Paperback book / Granta

Granta has long been known for the quality of its travel writing. The 1980s were the culmination of a golden age, when writers including Paul Theroux and Bruce Chatwin, James Hamilton-Paterson and James Fenton set out to... Buy or find out more 



Meanjin Volume 70 Number 4
Sally Heath (Ed)

$24.99 – Paperback book / Melb Univ Press

The literary magazine, Meanjin reflects the breadth of contemporary thinking and writing through essays, interviews, memoir, fiction, poetry and visual art. Buy or find out more 


Tin House Summer Reading Issue
Rob Spillman

$17.95 – Paperback book / Tin House Books

Twice a year we set sail on a new issue without a theme to guide us. We open ourselves up to the universe. We search the skies and look to the stars and the unknown for inspiration. This summer we present a constellation... Buy or find out more 



Songs Of The Dying Earth
G. Dozios & George R.R. Martin (eds)

$24.99 – Paperback book / Harper Collins

A dim place, ancient beyond knowledge. The sun is feeble and red. A million cities have fallen to dust. Here live a few thousand souls, dying, as the Earth dies beneath them. Just a few short decades remain to the long h... Buy or find out more 


The Sleepers Almanac No. 7
Zoe Dattner and Louise Swinn (Eds)

$24.95 – Paperback book / Sleepers Publishing

Every year, Sleepers assembles a motley crew of new and established (but mostly new – mostly never heard of) writers for their critically acclaimed collection of short fiction (with occasional miscellany): The Sleepers A... Buy or find out more 



Granta 117 Horror
John Freeman (Ed)

$27.99 – Paperback book / Granta

Horror is everywhere - in cinema, in fiction, in real life. In this issue Paul Auster writes about the death of his mother, Will Self on his own rare blood-disease, and Mark Doty on desire, addiction and literature. We h... Buy or find out more 


Griffith Review 34: The Annual Fiction Edition
Julianne Schultz (Ed)

$27.95 – Paperback book / Text Publishing

Griffith REVIEW's highly anticipated third annual new fiction collection explores islands, both geographical and personal.

This assortment of new fiction from the best emerging and established writers from Australia and ... Buy or find out more 



Tin House Issue 47 Volume 12 Number 3
Mccormack Win Spillman Rob

$17.95 – Paperback book / Tin House Books

Albert Einstein, who knew a thing or two about exploring the unknown, said, "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science." Mysteries, be they grand or intima... Buy or find out more 


The Penguin Book Of Australian War Writing
Mark Dapin (Ed)

$39.95 – Hard back / Penguin

From the cliffs of Gallipoli, through the jungles of Vietnam, to the deserts of Afghanistan and Iraq, Australia's short history is a story of war.

The battlefield has shaped the way we define ourselves - the Australian v... Buy or find out more 



Overland 204: Progressive Culture Since 1954
Jeff Sparrow (Ed)

$14.95 – Paperback book / Overland Magazine

Overland, the most radical of Australias long-standing literary and cultural magazines, celebrated its 50th year in 2004. Publishing features, fiction, poetry, reviews, comment, artwork and opinion pieces, Overland is co... Buy or find out more 


The Penguin Book Of Australian Bush Writing
John Ross (Ed)

$32.95 – Paperback book / Penguin

A selection of our finest writing about the mystery and majesty of the Australian bush.

Since settlers and explorers first started recording their experiences of the Australian bush, is has loomed as large in our imagina... Buy or find out more 



Kill Your Darlings Issue 7
Rebecca Starford (ed)

$18.00 – Paperback book / Kill Your Darlings Pty Ltd

  • Ben Eltham on the demise of Australian political journalism
  • Rebecca Howden on Andrej Pejic
  • KYD in conversation with Val McDermid
  • Ben Pobjie on hating Julia Gillard
  • Rochelle Siemienowicz and Krissy Kneen on pornography a...

The Lifted Brow No. 13
The Lifted Brow

$9.00 – Magazine /

Mark Warren Jacques, Lou Sanz, Alice Pung, Rhianna Boyle, Patrick Clelland, Luise Toma, Ben Merriman, a Dominatrix, Vijay Khurana, James Mcculloch, Emma Hewitt, Lucas Smith, Sean Casey, Caren Beilin, Scott Pearse, Eddie ... Buy or find out more 



The Lifted Brow No 12
Ronnie Scott (Ed)

$9.00 – Magazine /

Our 2011 Food Issue. From Hungry Jacks to Noma. Buy or find out more 


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