Stella Sparks

Damned Whores and God’s Police

Anne Summers

Sexual harassment, domestic violence and date rape had not been named, although they certainly existed, when Damned Whores and God’s Police was first published in 1975. That was before the…

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The Muddleheaded Wombat

Ruth Park

This paperback edition brings together four stories: The Muddleheaded Wombat; The Muddleheaded Wombat at School; The Muddleheaded Wombat on Holiday; The Muddleheaded Wombat in the Treetops. A delight to rediscover…

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Joe Cinque’s Consolation

Helen Garner

In October 1997, a clever young student at the ANU murdered her boyfriend. She and her best friend were later charged with murder. Garner followed the trial in the ACT…

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Steeplechase

Krissy Kneen

I force myself to take the phone away from my ear and search for the last incoming call. I store the number under one word, ‘sister’. I know I should…

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Hope Farm

Peggy Frew

‘They were inescapable, the tensions of the adult world - the fraught and febrile aura that surrounded Ishtar and those in her orbit, that whined and creaked like a wire…

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Hot Little Hands

Abigail Ulman

This exceptional collection of stories is about young women of different ages, from their early teens to their late twenties, coming to terms with what it means to desire, and…

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Only the Animals

Ceridwen Dovey

Exquisitely written, playful and poignant, Only the Animals is a remarkable literary achievement by the award-winning Ceridwen Dovey, one of our brightest young writers.

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Night Games: Sex, Power and Sport

Anna Krien

‘The Pies beat the Saints and the city of Melbourne was still cloaked in black and white crepe paper when the rumour of a pack rape by celebrating footballers began…

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Feeling Sorry for Celia

Jaclyn Moriarty

Life is pretty complicated for Elizabeth Clarry. Her best friend, Celia, has disappeared; her absent father has reappeared and her communication with her mother depends entirely on fridge notes. But…

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The Well

Elizabeth Jolley

A twentieth-century Australian classic, The Well is a haunting and wryly humorous tale of memory, desire and loneliness.

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The Delinquents

Criena Rohan

Rohan’s 1962 novel of rock ‘n’ roll, youthful rebellion and big dreams is a love story for the ages.

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Gwen Harwood: Selected Poems

Gwen Harwood

This new selection of Gwen Hardwood’s work includes poems from The Present Tense, published shortly before her death in 1995, as well as poems not included in earlier editions of…

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Floundering

Romy Ash

Tom and Jordy have been living with their gran since the day their mother, Loretta, left them on her doorstep and disappeared. Now Loretta’s returned, and she wants her boys…

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What Came Before

Anna George

My name is David James Forrester. I’m a solicitor. Tonight, at 6.10, I killed my wife. This is my statement.‘ In Melbourne’s inner west, David sits in his car, dictaphone…

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In the Quiet

Eliza Henry-Jones,Eliza Henry-Jones

A moving, sweet and uplifting novel of love, grief and the heartache of letting go, from a wonderful new Australian author. Cate Carlton has recently died, yet she is able…

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Obernewtyn Chronicles Volume 1: Popular Penguins

Isobelle Carmody

In a world struggling back from the brink of apocalypse, life is harsh. But for Elspeth Gordie, born with enhanced mental abilities that would see her sterilised or burned if…

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Unpolished Gem

Alice Pung

Offers a vivid and ironic sense of two worlds. Combines the story of Pung’s life growing up in suburban Footscray, with the inherited stories of the women in her family.

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The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island

Chloe Hooper

The story of Palm Island, the tropical paradise where one morning Cameron Doomadgee swore at a policeman and forty minutes later lay dead in a watch-house cell. It is the…

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Heat and Light

Ellen Van Neerven

Ellen van Neerven takes her readers on a journey that is mythical, mystical and still achingly real.

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Stella Sparks

Damned Whores and God’s Police

The Muddleheaded Wombat

Joe Cinque’s Consolation

Steeplechase

Hope Farm

Hot Little Hands

Only the Animals

Night Games: Sex, Power and Sport

Feeling Sorry for Celia

The Well

The Delinquents

Gwen Harwood: Selected Poems

Floundering

What Came Before

In the Quiet

Obernewtyn Chronicles Volume 1: Popular Penguins

Unpolished Gem

The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island

Heat and Light