Families: Modern Australian Short Stories

Memorable short stories by Cate Kennedy, Tim Winton, David Maloof and many more of Australia’s best contemporary writers. Bonding, battling, breaking - the stories in this engrossing collection shed high and lowlights on families from every angle. Heroic mothers, stranged fathers, resentful siblings, children losing their innocence - even a family ghost or two.

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Modern Australian Short Stories

Encounters
Barry Oakley ed.

$24.95 – Paperback book / The Five Mile Press

Compelling short stories by Tim Winton, Sophie Cunningham, David Malouf, Pete Goldsworthy, Margo Lanagan, Anthony Lynch and many more of Australia's finest modern writers.

Esteemed author Barry Oakley's selection of Aust... Buy or find out more →

On The Edge
Barry Oakley ed.

$24.95 – Paperback book / The Five Mile Press

30 enthralling short stories by Lily Brett, Peter Goldsworthy, Cate Kennedy, David Malouf, Margo Lanagan, Peter Corris and many more.

Every one of these brilliant narratives focuses upon people living on life's edge in s... Buy or find out more →

Behind The Front Fence
Barry Oakley ed.

$0.00 – Paperback book / The Five Mile Press

30 compelling stories by David Malouf, Lily Brett, Peter Goldsworthy, Elizabeth Jolley, Tim Winton, Cate Kennedy and many more of Australia's finest modern writers.

These brilliant and absorbing stories are set in the su... Buy or find out more →