Winner of the 2011 Barbara Jefferis Award
A ship is wrecked in 1887 near the small country town of Colego. The sea throws up one troubled survivor who claims to know only her name.
Glenys Osborne's compelling first novel traces the impact of the loss of the Lucy on the town of Colego and how the tidal pull of this event shapes and disturbs those who come after.
Barbara Jefferis Award Shortlist 2011
Come Inside
$24.95 – Paperback book / Clouds Of Magellan
Winner of the 2011 Barbara Jefferis Award
A ship is wrecked in 1887 near the small country town of Colego. The sea throws up one troubled survivor who claims to know only her name.
Glenys Osborne's compelling first novel... Buy or find out more →
Sustenance
$32.95 – Paperback book / Univ West Aust Pr
In a small hotel on an island renowned for its hospitality and beauty, the Balinese staff and their Western guests are unexpectedly taken hostage. During the overnight siege, the hotel’s cook is compelled by the crisis t... Buy or find out more →
The Good Daughter
$32.95 – Trade paperback / Viking
Rebecca Toyer and Zach Kincaid eachlive on the outskirts of town, but come from very different sides of the tracks. When Zach's wealthy mother goes missing, Rebecca – the truckie's daughter – is implicated in her disappe... Buy or find out more →
Like Being A Wife
$19.95 – Paperback book / Vintage
“She finds more ways to be funny than I could count, yet she can cast a light into a dark corner before you know she's done it.” Nick Earls
Daisy is married to her job, Shirley de Young is engaged to Jack but would a... Buy or find out more →
The Age Book of the Year 2010 Fiction Shortlist
Summertime
$19.95 – Paperback book / Vintage
Completing the majestic trilogy of fictionalised memoir begun with Boyhood and Youth.
A young English biographer is working on a book about the late writer, John Coetzee. He plans to focus on the years from 1972 - 1977 w... 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 →
Come Inside
$24.95 – Paperback book / Clouds Of Magellan
Winner of the 2011 Barbara Jefferis Award
A ship is wrecked in 1887 near the small country town of Colego. The sea throws up one troubled survivor who claims to know only her name.
Glenys Osborne's compelling first novel... Buy or find out more →
Parrot And Olivier In America
$32.95 – Paperback book / Hamish Hamilton
Short listed for the American Book Award
Olivier is a young aristocrat, one of an endangered species born in France just after the Revolution. Parrot, the son of an itinerant English printer, wanted to be an artist but h... 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 →