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Since opening in 1969, Readings has grown to become one of the most renowned and beloved bookshops in Melbourne and a landmark on the local literary scene. From the first...

From the ancient Nile to the sacred Ganges to the mighty Mississippi-the rivers of the world wind through this glorious anthology from the world's great writers. Rivers and streams play...

Misplaced Memories in Moments of Being is a haunting tapestry of linked short stories tracing the rise and unravelling of the suburban dream in the search for a modern paradise....

From the author and translator of the National Book Award finalist and Booker Prize shortlisted Cursed Bunny, comes a new novel-in-ghost-stories, set in a mysterious research centre that houses cursed...

By the internationally acclaimed author of Cursed Bunny, in another thrilling translation from the Korean by Anton Hur, Your Utopia is full of tales of loss and discovery, idealism and...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE AND WINNER OF A PEN/HEIM TRANSLATION GRANT. A woman is haunted by her own bodily waste. A pregnant woman is told she must...

Seen through a prism of gay men, the act of love is refracted into three diverse experiences by acclaimed writer John Lonie. Mesmerising and thoroughly absorbing these brilliant short fictions...

A collection of short stories from one of the most satisfying prose stylists of contemporary British fiction. Some have a Christmas theme, others are fables, many of them carry a...

Lady Be Good is the latest anthology to come from Naiad featuring their top authors, such as Karin Kallmaker, Dorothy Tell, Jackie Calhoun and Diana Simmonds. Each writer has contributed...

Here are stories from the lives of lesbian couple Renee and Celia and their extended family -- stories about gay-baiting, about the closet, about choices and life's sheer unpredictability. From...

For every woman, there is that one sexual experience that stays on their mind, and fuels their fantasies. In this collection of blistering true stories, women from around the world...

A therapist is jolted to find her lover having an affair with one of her patients. An older Jewish lesbian recounts the story of her first and only love to...

Compiled again by the editor of the bestselling collection of lesbian erotica - 'Pillow Talk' - comes this new anthology of tales of lesbian love and lust. Outrageous, poignant, funny,...

Lesbian Stories Between the Covers A collection of erotic lesbian short stories that simmer with intrigue and lusty encounters, and lots of hot sex between the sheets as well as...

Carol Shields "has a knack for turning the ordinary into the extraordinary" (New York Daily News). And nowhere more than in Dressing Up for the Carnival, which distills all her...

This second volume of short stories contains more diverse and lively writing from the Spanish-speaking world. Again much of it is from Latin America, Carlos Fuentes being Mexican, Norberto Fuentes...

Now available with a contemporary look, a must-have collection of riveting short stories from the New York Times bestselling author of Mystic River and Shutter Island . "Locations are vivid...

A wonderful new collection on topical themes from the controversial 'product-placement' author of The Bulgari Connection. A superb new collection of stories: shrewd, sharp, insightful, with a cheerfully dark view...

In Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, we last see Dr Frankenstein's Creature shunned by human society and crossing the Arctic wasteland. What if he were rescued by an eccentric English expedition...

When Stick Out Your Tongue was published in Chinese in 1997, a blanket ban was placed on Ma Jian's future work. With its publication in English, readers get a rare...

Michel Faber is not only a master storyteller but a daring innovator as well. Here are the pitch-perfect prose, indelible characterizations, and deep empathy for which he has been highly...

The words murder and romance seldom appear together. If given a choice, most of us would prefer them to be as far apart as possible. But there is no denying...

This selection of 42 stories written between 1829 and 1981 presents the full range of the English tradition of literary ghost fiction by demonstrating its historical development as well as...

This is a collection of short stories set in the goldfields of central Victoria in the 1870s. They are pioneering tales of Aboriginal Yurgama Jacobs and his dingo pet Marakorpa....

The fashion industry is killing the planet but I really need that new designer handbag...Her daughter is divorcing and she's going to die because of it... The mother must be...

A care worker's unwise interest in a dementia client leads him into a dark labyrinth. A man intent on suicide happens on his doppelganger. An abandoned woman wonders whether her...

Jack and Mark's latest batch of wisdom, love and inspiration will warm your hearts and nourish your souls, whether you're "tasting" Chicken Soup for the first time, or have dipped...

The men in Bullfighting are each concerned with loss in different ways of their place in their world, of power, virility, love of the boom days and the Celtic Tiger....

In rich, ironic and revaeling prose Ginu Kamani depicts the lives of Indian women ranging accross class, age and attitude. JUNGLEE GIRL is a compelling and stimulating collection by a...

New York Times bestseller and Hugo, British Fantasy, Romantic Times, and Eisner award-winning author of the graphic novel Monstress , Marjorie Liu leads you deep into the heart of the...

A collection of inspirational and heartwarming stories about friendship, community and finding family in the unlikeliest of places... FAMILIES COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES. In these six captivating short...

From the Number One bestselling author of Shrines of Gaiety and Life After Life, a gemlike collection of unforgettable short stories in which nothing is quite what it seems... The...

By The Award-Winning Author Of "The Last Crossing "And "The Englishman's Boy" Deftly layered, humane, these stories brilliantly capture the pathos and comedy of the human condition. Following the death...

Over the years, Ian Rankin has amassed an incredible portfolio of short stories. Published in crime magazines, composed for events, broadcast on radio, they all share the best qualities of...

The unwashed man woken by kookaburras at first light and his unlikely friendship with Benny, whose life on the street started when he was ten years old; the young woman...

A collection of von Kleist's haunting, unsettling stories In The Marquise of O-, a virtuous widow finds herself unaccountably pregnant. And although the baffled Marquise has no idea when this...

A brand new collection of short stories featuring the Queen of Crime's legendary detective Jane Marple, penned by twelve remarkable bestselling and acclaimed authors. This collection of twelve original short...