Spring Fling 2023

Trust

Hernan Diaz

From Hernan Diaz, Pulitzer finalist and author of In the Distance, Trust is a novel of extraordinary ambition and scope, told in four parts that slowly reveal the real…

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The Rachel Incident

Caroline O'Donoghue

A sharp, poignant and beautifully told story of losing yourself, finding yourself and the lengths we will go to for those we love from the critically acclaimed author of Promising…

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I’ll Let Myself In

Hannah Diviney

A defiant coming of age story about a young woman coming to terms with all that she is, the good, the bad and the ugly.

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I Have Some Questions for You

Rebecca Makkai

The new novel from the author of The Great Believers, winner of the Carnegie Medal and a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist.

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Lola in the Mirror

Trent Dalton

Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, Lola in the Mirror is the irresistible new novel from international bestselling author of Boy Swallows Universe and All Our Shimmering Skies, Trent Dalton…

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The Isles of the Gods

Amie Kaufman

Magic, romance, and slumbering gods clash in the start of a riveting fantasy series spanning gangsters' dens, forgotten temples, and the high seas.

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Ben Quilty

Ben Quilty has worked across a range of media including drawing, photography, sculpture, installation and film. His works often respond to social and political events, from the current global refugee…

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Edenglassie

Melissa Lucashenko

In this epic novel set in Brisbane when First Nations people still outnumber the colonists, award-winning Goorie author Melissa Lucashenko tells two extraordinary stories set five generations apart.

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Fearless: Finding the Power to Thrive

Jelena Dokic

Finding your power to survive and thrive.

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Storytellers

Leigh Sales

Highly respected ABC anchor, bestselling author and hit podcaster Leigh Sales interviews the cream of Australian journalists about their craft - how (and why) they bring us the stories that…

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The Decline and Fall of Republican Afghanistan

Ahmad Shuja Jamal, William Maley

A searing indictment of how Afghan elites and the Western powers pulled the rug on the Afghan people, abandoning them to their fate.

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August in Kabul: America’s Last Days in Afghanistan

Andrew Quilty

Told through the eyes of witnesses to the fall of Kabul, Walkley award-winning journalist Andrew Quilty’s debut publication offers a remarkable record of this historic moment

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Mullumbimby

Melissa Lucashenko

A sharply humorous tale of romantic love and cultural warfare.

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Your Own Kind of Girl

Clare Bowditch

ARIA Award-winning singer and actress Clare Bowditch confronts her inner critic in this no-holds-barred memoir.

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Dropbear

Evelyn Araluen

This fierce debut from award-winning writer Evelyn Araluen confronts the tropes and iconography of an unreconciled nation with biting satire and lyrical fury.

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Finding My Bella Vita

Pia Miranda

From one of our most-loved actors comes a charming, honest and uplifting memoir full of heart and humour that reminds us all of the two things that matter most -…

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All Our Shimmering Skies

Trent Dalton

The bestselling author of Boy Swallows Universe, Trent Dalton, returns with All Our Shimmering Skies - a glorious novel destined to become another Australian classic.

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No Bull

Vika and Linda

With charming honesty and infectious humour, Vika and Linda recount the highs and lows, twists and turns they’ve navigated on the long road to centre stage

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The Visitors

Jane Harrison

The most exciting debut in 2023, The Visitors is an audacious, earthy, funny, gritty and powerful re-imaging of a crucial moment in Australia's history - an unputdownable work of fiction.

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Any Ordinary Day

Leigh Sales

As a journalist, Leigh Sales often encounters people experiencing the worst moments of their lives in the full glare of the media. But one particular string of bad news stories…

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Promising Young Women

Caroline O'Donoghue

A darkly funny, surprising, smart novel about sex, power, work and being a young woman in a man’s world.

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Too Much Lip

Melissa Lucashenko

Too much lip, her old problem from way back. And the older she got, the harder it seemed to get to swallow her opinions. The avalanche of bullshit in the…

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Boy Swallows Universe

Trent Dalton

An utterly wonderful novel of love, crime, magic, fate and coming of age from one of Australia’s most exciting new writers.

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Finding the Heart of the Nation 2nd edition: The Journey of the Uluru Statement from the Heart Continues

Thomas Mayo

In this updated edition of the bestselling book, Finding the Heart of the Nation, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander author Thomas Mayor gets behind the politics and legal speak…

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Unbreakable

Jelena Dokic, Jess Halloran

This is a story of Jelena Dokic’s survival. How she survived as a refugee, twice. How she survived on the tennis court to become world No. 4. But, most importantly…

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Prima Facie

Suzie Miller

Drawn from the internationally acclaimed play, Prima Facie is a propulsive, raw look at the price victims pay for speaking out and the system that sets them up to fail

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Finding Nevo

Nevo Zisin

Meet Nevo: girl, boy, he, she, him, her, they, them, daughter, son, teacher, student, friend, gay, bi, lesbian, trans, homo, Jew, dyke, masculine, feminine, androgynous, queer.

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Off to the Market

Alice Oehr

A celebration of the joy of markets, cooking, and fresh food.

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Finding Our Heart

Thomas Mayo, Blak Douglas (illus.)

A young reader’s edition that follows Thomas Mayor’s bestselling book Finding the Heart of the Nation.

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Act of Grace

Anna Krien

The exhilarating debut novel from the award-winning author of Night Games.

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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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Tracks

Robyn Davidson

A revised, reissued edition of this prize-winning, bestselling account of one woman’s solo journey across 1,700 miles of Australian Outback

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Unfinished Woman

Robyn Davidson

An unforgettable memoir from the author of the sensational international bestseller, Tracks, the story of a mother and daughter, of love, loss and the pursuit of freedom

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Love Stories

Trent Dalton

Trent Dalton, Australia’s best-loved writer, goes out into the world and asks a simple, direct question: ‘Can you please tell me a love story?

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After the Lights Go Out

Lili Wilkinson

What happens when the lights go off after what might truly be an end-of-the-world event? How do you stay alive? Who do you trust? How much do you have to…

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A Hunger of Thorns

Lili Wilkinson

Be swept up in this brilliant witchy tale about forbidden magic and missing girls who don't need handsome princes to rescue them.

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Illuminae

Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

Illuminae is the first book in a heart-stopping, high-octane trilogy about lives interrupted, the price of truth and the courage of everyday heroes.

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No Way! Okay, Fine.

Brodie Lancaster

No Way! Okay, Fine. is a memoir about pop culture, pop music, feminism and feelings from freelance journalist and editor Brodie Lancaster.

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Pasta Love

Jaclyn Crupi

A heart-warming and mouth-watering celebration of everything to do with pasta from the hardest working bookseller/author in Australia.

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An Immense World

Ed Yong

The stunning Sunday Times bestseller that will transform the way you perceive the world - from Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and bestselling author of I Contain Multitudes.

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The Great Believers

Rebecca Makkai

The Carnegie Medal-winning novel of hope and heartbreak amidst the AIDs crisis, for fans of A Little Life and The Lacuna.

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Wear Next

Clare Press

What will you be wearing tomorrow? Will your jacket have been grown in a lab, or your jeans coloured using bacteria? Will we still have shops? What does the future…

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Well Hello

Annabel Crabb, Leigh Sales

From the hit podcast Chat 10 Looks 3 comes a smart, hilarious and heartfelt book about friendship, the vagaries of life and culture, and everything in between.

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I Contain Multitudes

Ed Yong

Your body is teeming with tens of trillions of microbes. I Contain Multitudes is science journalism at its best.

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This is Afghanistan 2014-2021

Andrew Quilty

Exceptionally produced and visually striking, This is Afghanistan captures life in a war-torn nation through the lens of one of Australia's great war reporters, Walkley award-winning photo-journalist Andrew Quilty

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Oh Me Oh My

Lonnie Holley

‘Oh Me Oh My’ is both elegant and ferocious. It is stirring in one moment and a balm the next. It details histories both global and personal. • Lonnie Holley’s…

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Mith

Lonnie Holley

Improvisational genius Lonnie Holley releases his first studio album in five years, available September 21st on Jagjaguwar via Inertia. MITH sees him joined by Laraaji, jazz duo Nelson Patton, the…

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Jen Cloher (Vinyl)

Jen Cloher

Melbourne’s Jen Cloher will release her highly anticipated self-titled fourth album on Milk! Records via Remote Control.

Recorded amidst the rolling greenery of South-Eastern Australia and mixed at Jeff Tweedy’s…

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Spring Fling 2023

Trust

The Rachel Incident

I’ll Let Myself In

I Have Some Questions for You

Lola in the Mirror

The Isles of the Gods

Ben Quilty

Edenglassie

Fearless: Finding the Power to Thrive

Storytellers

The Decline and Fall of Republican Afghanistan

August in Kabul: America’s Last Days in Afghanistan

Mullumbimby

Your Own Kind of Girl

Dropbear

Finding My Bella Vita

All Our Shimmering Skies

No Bull

The Visitors

Any Ordinary Day

Promising Young Women

Too Much Lip

Boy Swallows Universe

Finding the Heart of the Nation 2nd edition: The Journey of the Uluru Statement from the Heart Continues

Unbreakable

Prima Facie

Finding Nevo

Off to the Market

Finding Our Heart

Act of Grace

Hot Little Hands

Tracks

Unfinished Woman

Love Stories

After the Lights Go Out

A Hunger of Thorns

Illuminae

No Way! Okay, Fine.

Pasta Love

An Immense World

The Great Believers

Wear Next

Well Hello

I Contain Multitudes

This is Afghanistan 2014-2021

Oh Me Oh My

Mith

Jen Cloher (Vinyl)