Recent literary prize winners

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Chinese Fish

Grace Yee

Chinese Fish is a family saga in miniature, spanning three generations.

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Blackouts

Justin Torres

An intimate, emotionally rich novel, in which two men - young and old - reckon with queer histories and their place within them, from the critically acclaimed author of We…

$34.99

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Ladies Rest and Writing Room

Kim Kelly

Two young women, brought up to expect conventional lives, are thrown together in unexpected circumstances. Each has suffered a devastating loss that challenges their belief in life and themselves.

$24.00

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Ravenous Girls

Rebecca Burton

Stories of family dysfunction often expose us to relentless failure. And while Ravenous Girls is about the tensions and growing distance between two sisters it is distinguished by its lithe…

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Cuddy

Benjamin Myers

Winner of the Goldsmiths Prize 2023

Travelling through the wilderness, a young woman has visions of a cathedral on a hill.

The downtrodden wife of an archer seeks the truth…

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Time Shelter

Georgi Gospodinov, Angela Roder (trans.)

A brilliant, satirical skewering of our obsession with nostalgia and the past, written by a master of European literature.

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All That’s Left Unsaid

Tracey Lien

All That's Left Unsaid is both a study of the effects of inherited trauma and social discrimination, and a compulsively readable literary thriller that expertly holds the reader in its…

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Salonika Burning

Gail Jones

Four historical figures cross paths amidst the chaos of war in this immersive and beautifully written novel by award-winning Australian author Gail Jones, now available in paperback

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Septology

Jon Fosse, Damion Searls (trans.)

The celebrated Norwegian novelist’s magnum opus, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, published in one volume for the first time.

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Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

Shankari Chandran

Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens is about family and memory, community and race, but is ultimately a love letter to storytelling and how our stories shape who we are.

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Horse

Geraldine Brooks

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of March and People of the Book comes a vivid and unique new novel for lovers of sweeping historical fiction and books about iconic racehorses…

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My Tongue Is My Own: A Life of Gwen Harwood

Ann-Marie Priest

The first biography of Gwen Harwood (1920-1995), one of Australia’s most significant and distinctive poets.

$37.99

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Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

Inspired by the unflinching truth-telling of David Copperfield, Kingsolver enlists Dickens’ anger and compassion, and above all, his faith in the transformative powers of a good story.

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Cold Enough for Snow

Jessica Au

Winner of the inaugural Novel Prize, an elegant and subtle exploration of the mysteries of our relationships to others.

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Wandering with Intent

Kim Mahood

To essay means to try, to endeavour, to attempt - and to risk failure. For Kim Mahood, it is both a form of writing and an approach to life.

$35.00

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Limberlost

Robbie Arnott

The much-anticipated third novel by award-winning Australian author Robbie Arnott, Limberlost is a story of family and land, loss and hope, fate and the unknown, and love and kindness

$32.99

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The Jaguar

Sarah Holland-Batt

A stunning new collection from one of Australia’s finest poets - her most impressive work yet.

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God’s Children Are Little Broken Things

Arinze Ifeakandu

In nine exhilarating stories of queer love in contemporary Nigeria, God’s Children Are Little Broken Things announces the arrival of a daring new voice in fiction.

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Diego Garcia: A Novel

Natasha Soobramanien,Luke Williams

A collaborative fiction about grief, friendship, and how to tell stories that are not yours to tell.

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No One Is Talking About This

Patricia Lockwood

Irreverent and sincere, poignant and delightfully profane, No One Is Talking About This is at once a love letter to the infinite scroll and a meditation on love, language and…

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Bodies of Light

Jennifer Down

Jennifer Down cements her status as a leading light of Australian literary fiction in this heart-rending and intimate saga of one woman’s turbulent life

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A Master of Djinn

P. Djeli Clark

Set in an alternate Cairo in the early 20th century, this fun, fresh and exciting fantasy novel combines all the tricky twists you want from a police procedural with djinn…

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