Kipp Kindle, Tobias Treachery and Cymphany Chan live in Huggabie Falls, the weirdest town on Earth, so weirdness is pretty normal for them. But then unbelievably scary things start to happen. Suddenly
On their vast estates, the landowning families of the plains have preserved a rich and distinctive culture. Obsessed with their own habitat and history, they hire artisans, writers and historians to r
First published in 1969, a charming children's classic. Peter lives in a bush hut with Crooked Mick, the greatest horse rider in all the world. One day Peter decides to go out and find a princess and
Don and Rosie are about to face their most important project.Their son, Hudson, is having trouble at school: his teachers say he isn’t fitting in with the other kids, and they'd like Don and Rosie to
It takes a lot to rattle Jack Irish but, as Melbourne descends into a cold, wet winter, his mood is on the same trajectory. The woman in Jack’s life has reconnected with an old flame. He has gambled a
After a year apart, Maryanne returns to her husband, Roy, bringing their eight-year-old son Daniel and his teenage sister Freya with her. The family move from Sydney to Newcastle, where Roy has bought
Lottie, the daughter of German migrants, develops a fascination for death after losing her mother at a young age. When Lottie begins collecting dead animals, her aunt tries to redirect her energies in
After the Great War, Richard Lovat Somers, a writer, and Harriet, his wife, leave disillusioned Europe for Australia. There Somers falls into the company of charismatic fascist ‘Kangaroo’. The young w
The Stolen Bicycle is an intimate portrait of a Taiwanese family, a history of the bicycle industry, and a collage of magical, heart-wrenching stories. The book follows Cheng, a novelist, who once wro
Black Tide is the second of Peter Temple’s Jack Irish thrillers. It was first published in 1999. Jack Irish has no shortage of friends. Jockeys and journos, lawyers and standover men, people in namele
Two mysterious, bedraggled strangers appear in a small country town. They are fleeing trauma of which they are unable, or perhaps unwilling, to speak. The townspeople want answers. Before long, wary h
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
Inner-suburban Melbourne in the 1970s: a world of communal living, drugs, music and love. In her acclaimed debut, first published in 1977, Garner captures the fluid relationships of a community of fri
Jack Irish—gambler, cook and cabinetmaker, finder of people who don’t want to be found—has a new job, hunting for evidence that might save the beautiful sculptor Sarah Longmore from a murder charge. J
"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,
"Wonderfully weird and lots of fun!" —Andy Griffiths, author of the Treehouse booksKipp Kindle always knew his family were weird. In fact they were probably the weirdest family on Earth. It was just a
"A masterful writing style that is not only unique in biology but without equal in the whole of Dutch literature. The Story of Shit shows Dekkers once again to be in possession of a golden pen." —New
"Astute, perceptive and always convincing." —The AustralianA powerful collection of stories from the Sydney Morning Herald Young Novelist of the Year, 2017. In "Coarsegold", a woman conducts an illici
"A celebration of family life in the context of the thousand natural shocks that it is heir to in modern times." —Book WorldAthena and Dexter Fox lead a contended family life. Dexter is gregarious and
"A remarkable tale of Holocaust survival, love and genealogical sleuthing." —Books + Publishing"Lyrical, impassioned and culturally rich." —Saturday Paper"As in Sebald's prose narratives, Presser's n
Everyone knows seventeen-year-old Grace Foley is a bit mad. She's a risk-taker who’s not afraid of anything—except losing. As part of the long-running feud between two local schools in Swanston, Grace
Told in five parts, the novel traces the life story of Liv, from the beginning of her sexual life, to eventual transcendence of her own body. Some time in the near future, university lecturer Caspar r
“A stunning mix of high action, enthralling history and mesmerizing magic.”—Alison Goodman, author of New York Times bestsellers Eon and Eona“Combines history, fantasy, romance and the brutality of th
Winner of the CBCA Book of the Year 1990 and the Human Rights Award for Literature 1989. Seymour is lonely and on the run from a gang of kids when he meets Angie—much older, confident, cool, and allur
“A writer who relishes the drama of everyday life.”—GuardianThe Melling family has moved to the city, leaving Dad behind. Money is tight, finding a place to live is difficult, and the girls are coming
Since Ava lost Kelly, things haven’t been going so well. Even before she gets thrown out of school for shouting at the principal, there’s the simmering rage and all the weird destructive choices. The
These stories—that delve into the complexities of love and longing, of the pain, darkness and joy of life—are all told with her characteristic sharpness of observation, honesty and humour. Each one a
When a mummified Viking corpse is discovered on Greenland ice sheet, journalist Matthew Cave is sent out to report on the finding. The next day, the mummy has disappeared. The body of the police guard
"A fast, twisty read for fans of Paula Hawkins and Gillian Flynn." —Booklist on The Trap"The tables turn and turn again, while the reader's trust in the narrator's credibility is tested to the max." —
Harry Belltree’s obsessive pursuit of justice has cost him everything—his job in homicide, his marriage and his newborn child. He has nothing left to lose, or so he thinks. Then his estranged wife dis
In the nation’s capital, the Minister for Border Integrity is set to announce a hardline policy about offering assistance to asylum-seekers in boats. A group of Australian surf tourists have anchored
Bringing together the essays, stories and diary entries of True Stories, The Feel of Steel and Everywhere I Look, as well as new uncollected pieces, this edition is a kaleidoscope of the work of one o
A writer embarks on an epic quest in search of his missing father’s stolen bicycle and soon finds himself ensnared in the strangely intertwined stories of Lin Wang, the oldest elephant who ever lived,
