Shadowboxing is a collection of ten linked stories in the life of a boy growing up in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy in the 1960s. A beautifully rendered time capsule, it captures a period of decay, turmoil and change...

Outstanding new fiction from the Miles Franklin - shortlisted author of Blood. In this breathtaking new work, Tony Birch affirms his position as one of Australia's finest writers of short - form fiction. Using his unflinching...

Ranging from the country's colonial beginnings to its more globally oriented present, the 19 essays present a multifaceted view of the land down under. A central theme is the relation of cultural products to nature and history....