?One of Australia’s greatest novelists puts together?a crew as sad, funny and perverse as any ever gathered.’?TimeAn assortment of characters gather, at the close of WWII, at a hotel on Lake Geneva. I
Winner of the 2014 Text Prize for Young Adult and Children's Writing?Delivers some devastating truth bombs. Sexuality is hard. Identity is hard. Love is hard. School is hard?This book shines a much-ne
Since a deadly virus and the violence that followed wiped out his parents and most of his community, Finn has lived alone on the rugged coast with only his dog Rowdy for company.He has stayed alive fo
?A wonderful, witty treat of a novel: cutting and clever, and yet so very romantic, as though P.G. Wodehouse had satirized life in the suburbs.’?Liane Moriarty?Laugh-out-loud funny, yet with real emot
Aged only eighteen, Australian soldier Ryan was sent out alone and untrained to conduct intelligence patrols for months on end, deep in the jungles of Japanese-occupied New Guinea. Isolated, and surro
"A compelling coming-of-age story set in a dead-end Queensland town that's imbued with warmth, empathy and real wit. . . . Clancy of the Undertow blends the excruciation, confusion, and hope of being
"A surrealist mystery (what could be more intriguing than that?) and a fantastic journey through life, art and families. Wise, whimsical, delightfully original, and altogether charming."?Cassandra Gol
"Short but powerful, Cook takes the reader on an action-packed, tension-filled ride. . . . A page-turner."?BookMooch"A true dark classic of Australian literature."?J. M. Coetzee on Wake in Fright"A ki
"There are few writers who may have changed my perception of the world, but Darrieussecq is one of them."TimesSolange is thirty-something, a mediocre actress, and not a great mother. In Holl
Set in Berlin and Leningrad between 1938 and 1941, GOOD PEOPLE focuses on the lives of Thomas and Sasha, forced by circumstances to make decisions with far-reaching consequences. Compulsively readable
John Foster's moving yet unsentimental account of the life of his partner, Juan Céspedes. In 1981 the young Cuban dancer Juan is a struggling dancer in NYC. There he meets John, an Australian historia
"A brave and tender book about everything that matters most in life."?Cate Blanchett"A remarkable memoir, that weaves the tragedy of twentieth century history into a personal narrative of coming to te
'The writing is beautiful. The characters' growing affinities, and the complications those relationships brings with them, make for fascinating reading.'?Cecilia Ekback, author of Wolf Winter?[A] stro
These screenplays showcase the range of one of Australia’s greatest writers. The Last Days of Chez Nous was directed by Gillian Armstrong in 1991, and Two Friends by Jane Campion in 1986. These funny,
Throughout their youth Nir Baram’s generation were bombarded with news about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?the injustices, the wrongdoings, the killings. Over the decades, the horror and despair ha
"A writer of astonishing gifts." —Publishers Weekly"Smart, compassionate." —New York TimesText Classics presents four key works from Thea Astley, including two never previously released in the United
"Beautifully written." —Publishers Weekly"Intelligent, fresh, and new." —KirkusFirst published in 1990. Winner of the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction. Young Australian Belle, the daughter of an Amer
In 1930 the superintendent of a mission on a Queensland island, driven mad by his wife’s death, goes on a murderous rampage. Fearing for their lives, the other whites arm a young Indigenous man and or
In the dying town of Drylands, Janet Deakin sells papers to lonely locals. At night, in her flat above the newsagency, she attempts to write a novel for a world in which no one reads—‘full of people,
In Honour, Kathleen and Frank are amicably separated, and share the parenting of their young daughter, Flo. But when Frank finds a new partner and wants a divorce, Kathleen is hurt. And Flo can’t unde
