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Man of Water ebook
by Chris McLeod
Watt, a self absorbed writer in middle-aged decline, has settled into his friends’ house to work on a new novel. But days and weeks go by and he achieves little more than a self-serving relationship with a local woman. His talent for procrastination and passivity reaching a terrible climax as he stands by and watches, frozen, as an old man drowns…Read more »
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Rhubarb ebook
by Craig Silvey
‘… the novel has the charm of early work such as Gustave Flaubert’s Novembre and Jack Kerouac’s The Subterraneans.’ — The Weekend Australian.
‘ … both sad and hilarious … a daring and moving work.’ — The West Australian.
‘Written with wry humour and great depth of perception, this moving and often hilarious novel is…Read more »
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We'll be Married in Fremantle ebook
by Julie Goyder
When an old man with Alzheimer’s Disease fell in love with a nurse who he seemed to confuse with his fiancee of long ago, sharing of stories enriched both their lives. The relationship enlivened ‘Joe’ and challenged the nurse, author Julie Goyder, to rethink her understanding of ‘people like Joe’. Their ‘storying’ moved well beyond protocol…Read more »
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Broken Circles ebook
by Anna Haebich
There was no single Stolen Generation, there were many and Broken Circles is their story. This major work reveals the dark heart of this history. It shows that, from the earliest times of European colonisation, Aboriginal Australians experienced the trauma of loss and separation, as their children were abducted, enslaved, institutionalised and culturally…Read more »
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The Children's House of Belsen ebook
by Hetty Verolme
Hetty’s family was torn apart following the German invasion of the Netherlands. Rounded up by the Nazis and then separated from their parents, Hetty and her brothers were sent to the Children’s House, within Belsen concentration camp. As one of the eldest, Hetty became the ‘Little Mother’, helping to care for not only her siblings, but the other…Read more »
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Benang - From the Heart ebook
by Kim Scott
Oceanic in its rhythms and understanding, brilliant in its use of language and image, moving in its largeness of spirit, compelling in its narrative scope and style, Benang is a novel of celebration and lament, of beginning and return, of obliteration and recovery, of silencing and of powerful utteranceRead more »
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Surfing Antarctica ebook
by Liane Shavian
A hot and happening chick’s gotta be ready for action. And, boy, is Zan ready. First she’s busted in flagrante delicto with Darwin, the legendary Greenie filmmaker, sending Sheehan, her arrogant schmuck of an ex, wild with jealousy. Then she gets involved in some crazy save the whales ecotage, trashing a glitzy Japanese weddingRead more »
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Border Line ebook
by Dianne Wolfer
The Nullarbor? How could her parents do this to her? When Cassie’s dad is retrenched, her whole world is turned upside down. Their move means leaving all she knows behind — her home, her friends, her schoolRead more »
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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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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 »
From the Catalogue
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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