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Winner of the Canberra Critics' Circle Memoir/History Award 2024 As children, we'd sneak into Grandma's bedroom on secret missions. Her cupboard was filled with old fur coats, strange woven folk...

Eclipse weaves reflections on Country with affirmation and cheek, fusing Beyonc with quantum physics. Through free verse, experimental and concrete poems, Kirli Saunders taps into the rhythm of Ancestral wisdom,...

'Lukins' prose is supple and elegant ... his doomed and flailing Gulch family are a stunning comic creation. But even as they writhe and scheme under the law's heel, Lukins...

Leah has a good life. She lives on the Drove, an inner-city cul-de-sac, with her husband, Moses, and their two children. She and her neighbours - the drovers - look...

Bruce Buckham was captain of one of the finest Lancaster crews in World War II. The Australians were famous for their exploits in the air and infamous for their hijinks...

Jenny Hayward cannot believe she's fifty years old, and a grandmother, with adult children! When did that happen? Not that long ago her three daughters were in school and Jenny...

Alice Croydon has the perfect life: she has a loving family and she's about to marry her high school sweetheart Finn. Alice couldn't be happier. Except for the occasional niggle...

'The very best historical fiction ... Williams' novel gives voice in a page-turning narrative to the compelling lives and experiences of two forgotten women of early colonial Australia.' Melissa Ashley,...

'Jodi Picoult is that rare, one-in-a-million writer whose books both squeeze your heart and expand your mind.' EMILY HENRY What if the greatest writer of all time isn't who we...

'Nobody does rural fiction quite like Fleur McDonald.' The Weekly Times Detective Dave Burrows is devastated. After an acrimonious divorce, Dave has no choice but to let his ex-wife and...

'Morton is such a clever writer, crafting a rich, absorbing and complex story.' The Advertiser Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959: At the end of a scorching hot day, beside a...

Forced away from the outback she both loves and loathes, bush pilot Amelia Fraser has lost everything - except her compassion. Running from tragedy, she finds herself in Settlers Bridge,...

LONGLISTED FOR THE STELLA PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE ABIA LITERARY FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR ' Rapture is astonishing - a scorching vision of a book. Drawing on history, legend,...

Nell Buchanan and Ivan Lucic are back - and Nell is thrown into her most emotionally fraught investigation yet. A controversial entrepreneur is murdered in a remote mountain valley, but...

A wonderful introduction to Australian mammals, this guide is packed with information about the behaviour, development, food and habitat of Australia's remarkable mammals. Each entry fully describes the species and...

This comprehensive guide to the rainforest flora of Australia is packed with information on more than 300 commonly observed species from rainforests around the continent. Each plant is beautifully illustrated...

Over 500,000 years ago, a single gene mutated. It spread over time, becoming critical in the journey that transformed our earliest ancestors into fully modern humans, capable of navigating the...

People like Dash didn't die. He was only what? Mid-thirties? Well off. Adored. By some anyway. World at his feet. Well, Myddle at his feet, which was his world. Ruth...

Meet Betty: storyteller, feminist, eternally curious and phenomenally old. On the eve of her hundredth birthday party, Betty tells us her story. Born into poverty in pre-war London, and growing...

Sometimes the end of the road is just the beginning As a kid brought up on a cattle property in the New England Tablelands, Reggie Macleod vowed she would swap...

'More than one ghost haunts this tender novel about love in its many guises, condoned and illicit. In his deceptively simple, lucid prose, Alex Miller examines the emotional contradictions inherent...

A year ago, LAPD detective Rene Ballard quit the force in the face of misogyny and endless red tape, but then took back her badge after being offered her dream...

'What do you want me to do?' Bosch asked. 'I want you to find someone for me,' Vance said. 'Someone who might never have existed'. Harry Bosch is LA's newest...

Harry Bosch is up to his neck in a case that has transfixed all of celebrity-mad Los Angeles: a movie director is charged with murdering an actress during sex, and...

'Roland Perry shows the true picture . . . enjoyable, clearly argued, comprehensive, and highly readable.' - Michael McKernan, Australian Book Review 11 March 1942: The Japanese have stormed the...

WINNER, Best Personal Finance and Investment Book, Australian Business Book Awards Forget what you think about investing. Technology has made the wealth-building power of the stock market more accessible than...

Longlisted for the 2025 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 'Crackling with energy, irony, wit and terror, The First Friend is a timely and cautionary reminder of the stifling, murderous...

Despite living in a world where instant communication is at our fingertips, it sometimes feels harder than ever to make meaningful connections. There's an overwhelming focus on romantic partners, but...

At night their shrieks and growls echo through the Tasmanian bush, and they are famous for their ferocious bite and scavenging habits. In fact the Tasmanian devil is quite shy...

Is it still out there? People claim to keep seeing it still. Once the world's largest marsupial predator, the Tasmanian tiger roamed the Australian mainland. Then confined to Tasmania for...

'Aussies love a good story and entertainer Jim Haynes has been telling them for decades' - Courier-Mail In Heroes, Rebels and Radicals of Convict Australia , our master storyteller Jim...

'A gripping, sinister - yet also wryly funny and realistic - crime thriller.' - Jane Caro 'A rollercoaster ride of peril and nail-biting tension.' - Vikki Petraitis 'Pheasants Nest is...

'[Karnazes'] spirited memoir . . . can help mere mortals who want to push past their perceived limits or simply jump-start their sedentary lives.' - Chicago Tribune In this updated...

A man runs for his life in a forest. A woman plans sabotage. A body is unearthed. Newly-minted homicide detective Nell Buchanan returns to her home town, annoyed at being...

Art is not only about rage and justice and politics. It is also about pleasure and joy; it is also about beauty ... In a time of rage and confusion,...

This is both a field guide for travellers and a reference book for the home library. It covers more than 590 wildflowers from all parts of the continent. Each species...

This authoritative reference work is the essential guide to Australia's unique and fascinating trees. It features more than 325 species from all parts of the continent. Each tree is beautifully...

Fed up with the hypocrisy of the LAPD, Harry Boschhas resigned and is forced to find a new way of life.But retirement doesn't suit him. He has always devotedhimself to...

Harry Bosch is assigned a homicide call in South Los Angeles that takes him to Fortune Liquors, where the Chinese owner has been shot and killed behind the counter in...

In tough times, crime is one of the few things that still pays, but even criminals are having to make cut-backs. So for defence lawyer Mickey Haller, most of his...

Left alone on the vast cattle station with her baby while her husband, Alex, works the farm, Hallie Donaldson is having trouble adjusting to the flies, dust, snakes and isolation...

Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. Yet none of our differences-whether based on ethnicity, politics, religion, cultural tastes and preferences, or gender-are nearly as significant as the...

Prequel to We Were Liars , the #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER and award-winning YA novel that took TikTok by storm and is soon to be an Amazon Prime TV...

Searching for treasure on the high tide line. One step, two steps, what can you find? A walk on the beach becomes a joyous, creative adventure. What has the sea...

'Radio Birdman live brought loyalty as strong and powerful as their music. Yeah hup!' Anthony Albanese, PM and fan 'Radio Birdman are analogous to dark matter: largely unseen yet profoundly...

'A story of faith, courage, strength and future prospects ... a sizzling summer read.' Mrs B's Book Reviews on Once Burnt, Twice Shy When a drought dries up the contents...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIME MINISTER'S LITERARY AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE AGE BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE...

'Karly Lane is without question the queen of rural romances.' Cindy L Spear At twenty-nine years old, single, living in a very small country town, and working in the same...