$32.99 – Trade paperback / Harper Collins / ISBN:9780007315741
Black Mamba Boy
Aden,1935; a city vibrant, alive, and full of hidden dangers. And home to Jama, a ten year-old boy. But then his mother dies unexpectedly and he finds himself alone in the world.
Jama is forced home to his native Somalia, the land of his nomadic ancestors. War is on the horizon and the fascist Italian forces who control parts of east Africa are preparing for battle. Yet Jama cannot rest until he discovers whether his father, who has been absent from his life since he was a baby, is alive somewhere.
And so begins an epic journey which will take Jama north through Djibouti, war-torn Eritrea and Sudan, to Egypt. And from there, aboard a ship transporting Jewish refugees just released from German concentration camp, across the seas to Britain and freedom.
This story of one boy′s long walk to freedom is also the story of how the Second World War affected Africa and its people; a story of displacement and family.
Dylan Thomas Prize for Young Writers 2010 Shortlist
The Rehearsal
$19.99 – Paperback book / Granta
A dazzlingly assured and bold novel revolving around a school sex scandal ...
A high-school sex scandal jolts a group of teenage girls into a new awareness of their own potency and power. The sudden and total publicity s... Buy or find out more →
Black Mamba Boy
$32.99 – Trade paperback / Harper Collins
Aden,1935; a city vibrant, alive, and full of hidden dangers. And home to Jama, a ten year-old boy. But then his mother dies unexpectedly and he finds himself alone in the world.
Jama is forced home to his native Somalia... Buy or find out more →
And This Is True
$32.95$27.95 – Hardcover book / Hodder Headline
'I kissed my father once, when he was sleeping.'
Nevis Gow is fifteen. For eleven years he has lived in a van with his father Marshall, travelling the country. They don't need people or school or jobs. All they need is e... Buy or find out more →
Clamor
$25.95 – Paperback book /
Winner, 2009 Cleveland State University Poetry Center First Book Prize Selected by D. A. Powell.
Written in part while Fenton’s husband was deployed as a medic in Baghdad, Clamor loosely follows the narrative arc of week... Buy or find out more →
Family Planning
$27.95 – Paperback book / Random House
Mr Ahuja, Delhi's Minister of Urban Development, has too much on his hands: thirteen children and another on the way. All at sea among his sprawling, noisy brood he reaches out to Arjun, his eldest, and seemingly wisest,... Buy or find out more →
Watering Can
$32.95 – Paperback book / Carcanet
Packed with wry comedy, satire, and wordplay, this collection of poems celebrates life as an early 20-something. The extraordinary verve and compassion of the verse reveals the anxiety of new responsibilities and contain... Buy or find out more →
MWF 2010 Keynote: Eight Writers: Eight Ways to Be Human
The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories Of Personal Triumph From The Frontiers Of Brain Science (Revised Edition)
$29.95 – Paperback book / Scribe Publications
A New York Times bestseller; an Amazon US top ten science book of 2008 and one of Amazon Canada's top books of 2008; one of the Globe and Mail's (Canada) top books of 2008; and one of Slate top books of 2008
'This book i... Buy or find out more →
Sophie's World
$17.95 – Paperback book / Phoenix House
Ex-philosophy teacher Jostein Gaarder and Albert Knos stimulate 15 year old Sophieto ask those fundamental questions which have exercised the imaginations of Children Phiolosophers since the dawn of civilisation. Buy or find out more →
Black Mamba Boy
$32.99 – Trade paperback / Harper Collins
Aden,1935; a city vibrant, alive, and full of hidden dangers. And home to Jama, a ten year-old boy. But then his mother dies unexpectedly and he finds himself alone in the world.
Jama is forced home to his native Somalia... Buy or find out more →
Unparalleled Sorrow
$24.95 – Paperback book / Hardie Grant
"I can't remember going to bed the night before my first ECT. Or giving my permission or my wife giving her consent, but she did and for my part I was so confused I would've agreed to be shot at point-blank range by a fi... Buy or find out more →
The World Beneath
$24.95 – Paperback book / Scribe Publications
Winner of the People’s Choice Award for the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2010
• Shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2010 Christina Stead Prize for Fiction • Shortlisted for the Barbara Jefferis Award 2... Buy or find out more →
Lovesong
$39.99$26.95 – Hardcover book / Allen & Unwin
Seeking shelter in a Parisian cafe from a sudden rainstorm, John Patterner meets the exotic Sabiha and his carefully mapped life changes forever. Resonant of the bestselling Conditions of Faith, Alex Miller's keenly awai... Buy or find out more →
