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Carmel Bird
Sydney Kent was a longed-for IVF baby, Her mother Avila prayed to the Bambinello, a small carved and jewelled statue of the infant Jesus housed in the church of Santa…
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Carmel Bird, Jace Rogers (illus.)
Arabella was inspired by a true story of a very shy little cat, Arabella, who was coaxed out of her fearful, lonely existence inside a cupboard by a friendly, determined…
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'You clamber up, heading for the exit, the circle of faint light, as the radiance of the pre-dawn leads you on toward freedom. I follow. You spread your darling wings…
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Carmel Bird seizes on an enforced isolation to re-read a rich dispensary of books from her past
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From inside her Toorak mansion, Margaret, matriarch, widow of Edmund Rice O'Day of O'Day Funerals, secretly surveys her family in the garden. Everyone, including Margaret herself, is oblivious to the…
This collection of short stories about everyday life hint at the ominous as they skate a fine line between the mundane and the fantastic and familiar images become startling icons…
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A novel of dangerous obsessions and strange love from a Miles Franklin Award shortlisted author. On the far northwest coast of Tasmania at Cape Grimm lies the isolated and idiosyncratic…
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Petra Penfold-Knight is the leader of a religious cult. Many join because of the persuasive charm of privileged Petra. But not all. Some ‘members’ are babies stolen from their unmarried…
‘It is an intensely emotional experience to read The White Garden; although an intensely aesthetic one as well. Dr. Ambrose Goddard is a psychologist who sadistically abuses his patients. (He…
This book about writing and the imagination is essential reading for any writer, emerging or experienced. Re-released with new material and updated advice for the 21st century writer.
What are the hares getting up to among the sunflowers? Who is paying $6000 for a raincoat? The priest is good, kind, adored, believed - but can the schoolgirl trust…
Published in 1988, this collection of twenty-four stories introduced American readers to a wonderful new writing voice from Australia. Carmel Bird’s stories are funny-sad, frightening-gentle, mysterious-matter of fact.
A new Vintage edition of this surprising and moving novel that deals with the disappearance of 10 year old Lovelygod Mean - and with history, conversation, anorexia and the process…
In 1992, all the inhabitants of the far northwestern Tasmanian town of Cape Grimm entered the church hall, where they were locked in and burnt alive. The only survivors are…
In Writing the Story of Your Life, Carmel Bird, author of the classic writing guide Dear Writer, brings you down-to-earth advice, inspirational quotations and suggestions and practical exercises. Clear and…
In prose that sparkles with wit, shocks with insight, and beguiles with the air of legend, these seven stories take the reader from post-apocalyptic Tasmania to the tragedy of surrogate…
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Based on the Report on the stolen children, published by The Human Rights and Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (HEROC). This book contains extracts from the Report which are mostly comprised…
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Carmel Reilly
It was late afternoon and Gemma sat outside watching her cat, Max. Suddenly, he leapt into the air and pounced on a small bird that had just landed nearby. Oh…
Birds lay their eggs in nests. Nests can be found in trees, on the ground or in burrows. Sometimes, nests can be in gardens, on city buildings or by the…
