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Going Inland
by Pat Jacobs
… a poetic merging of landscape and psyche,’ — Australian Book Review
It was their first trip. They joined the exodus north, the long procession of caravans and campers and gleaming Land Cruisers, the tight-packed trailers with dinghies strapped on top, spreading up the coastal highway; part of the ritual urge that took hold in middle life to…Read more »
Price $19.95
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Going Inland ebook
by Pat Jacobs
It was their first trip. They joined the exodus north, the long procession of caravans and campers and gleaming Land Cruisers, the tight-packed trailers with dinghies strapped on top, spreading up the coastal highway; part of the ritual urge that took hold in middle life to go around AustraliaRead more »
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Grappling Eros
by John Kinsella
‘A collection of gritty, confrontational, and starkly erotic, sometimes almost pornographic stories, in which there are, too, pieces of real poetry and tenderness…A bold and distinctive book.’ — David Brooks
John Kinsella’s confronting, disturbing, yet stoutly moral stories consider where the erotic tips into pornography and vice versaRead more »
Price $19.95
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Proudflesh ebook
by Deborah Robertson
Proudflesh is a book of stories about bodies — various, human, vulnerable — and the histories they carry with them like suitcases that must eventually arrive, even if ‘last seen in Athens’. In that arrival, anything may happen, including the possibility of love. Stylish, perceptive and highly readable, Proudflesh is a fine introduction to…Read more »
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Sunburnt Country
by B R Coffey
Sunburnt Country is an outstanding selection of autobiographical stories and short fiction about Australia and Australians. From childhood, to adolescence, work and marriage, to old age, these stories provide a lively, at times moving, sometimes funny, glimpse into many aspects of life in Australia. Includes stories by A B Facey, Elizabeth Jolley…Read more »
Price $19.95
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Fetish Lives ebook
by Gail Jones
Saints and dancers, writers and flim stars, Elvis, Madame Tussaud and Mata Hari: just some of the lives explored in these unusual and arresting stories. With imaginative verve, Gail Jones weaves fact and speculation to reveal the ‘fetish’ aspects in the lives of people, both famous and ordinary.
‘… Jones provocatively and sensitively surveys…Read more »
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Genre
by John Kinsella
‘Reading Genre is like looking through the glass wall of a hive buzzing with the exits and entrances of different characters, storylines, trains of though, all bringing home the information from everywhere that puts the terminal frighteners on central planning.’ — Rod Mengham
‘An intelligent book of images, very sophisticated, poetic: a journey…Read more »
Price $24.95
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Vamp
by Tracy Ryan
Tracy has hit rock bottom. She’s alone, there’s no one to turn to and everyone looks like the enemy. Then she meets Sam — hard, smart and beautiful. But slowly she realises nothing is what it seems, especially after bodies start appearing.
Vamp is a powerful and thrilling tale which challenges the stories told about women by mythology, religion…Read more »Price $18.95
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Vamp ebook
by Tracy Ryan
Tracy has hit rock bottom. She’s alone, there’s no one to turn to and everyone looks like the enemy. Then she meets Sam — hard, smart and beautiful. But slowly she realises nothing is what it seems, especially after bodies start appearing. Vamp is a powerful and thrilling tale which challenges the stories told about women by mythology, religion…Read more »
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Jacob's Air
by Bruce Russell
‘Russell does a great job with the character of Deli. She is at once an individual voice and presence in the book, with her battle against booze, her search for love and meaning, and her compassion…there are worse things to do than curling up with Deli for a few hours.’ — The Weekend Australian
A young woman, a decaying house and two brothers…Read more »
Price $19.95
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Ten Tiny Things on Wilderness Society shortlist
Ten Tiny Things author Meg McKinlay was pleasantly surprised to be shortlisted for the Wilderness Society’s 2013 Environment Award for Children’s Literature, just one day after winning a Crystal Kite award.
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