Emergence by SBS Emerging Writers’ Competition
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The Empty Honour Board by Martin Flanagan
Martin Flanagan grew up in northwest Tasmania and was sent to boarding school at the ridiculously young age of 10. ...
Do Penguins’ Feet Freeze? by Natural History Museum, London
Have you ever wondered how polar bears stay warm? What about why there are dark spots on the moon? How about if ...
Consumed by Greg Buchanan
Seventy-year-old Sophia Bertilak was a famous photographer. Her most famous photograph, the photo that launched ...
Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong
After her breakout YA success with These Violent Delights, Chloe Gong has delivered her first adult urban fantasy ...
The Memory of Trees by Viki Cramer
Australia’s south-west is home to the richest flora diversity on the continent, but it is also one of the world’s ...
The Terrible Event by David Cohen
If tales from left field are your thing, The Terrible Event is a collection of eight short stories made just for ...
Hands of Time: A Watchmaker’s History of Time by Rebecca Struthers
In Hands of Time we get Rebecca Struther’s highly personalised take on the history of time measurement. This is ...
The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman
Alison Goodman is well known for her YA fiction but this is her first novel for a more adult readership. Set in ...
Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby
Samantha Irby is an American blogger, essayist, comedian and television writer. She is famous for her excoriating ...
The House With All The Lights On by Jessica Kirkness
If there’s just one takeaway from this excellent memoir, it should be that we shouldn’t think of the d/Deaf ...
Big Meg by Tim Flannery & Emma Flannery
The famous 1970s novel and film Jaws explored our collective and ancient fear and fascination of giant sharks. Big ...
Serengotti by Eugen Bacon
This intense and unusual novel traces the personal crisis of Ch’anzu (zie/hir, gender neutral pronouns which can ...
Young Rupert: The Making of The Murdoch Empire by Walter Marsh
Like it or not, what Rupert thinks and therefore who he supports politically is pretty important. Donald Trump ...
Dark Corners by Megan Goldin
Terrence Baily has spent six years in prison for breaking and entering. However, the police believe he is also ...
Body Friend by Katherine Brabon
Body Friend is a lyrical and nuanced exploration of a young woman’s rehabilitation following surgery for an ...
Revealing Secrets by John Blaxland & Clare Birgin
This very specialised book on the history of Australian Signals Intelligence might not appeal to every reader. It ...
Vincent & Sien by Silvia Kwon
Most readers would know that Vincent Van Gogh’s life was a tragic one. This novel sheds light on how love came ...
The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng
The House of Doors is based on real events in the lives of William Somerset Maugham and Dr Sun Yat Sen (Sun Wen), ...
The Flavour Thesaurus: More Flavours by Niki Segnit
The Flavour Thesaurus: More Flavours by Niki Segnit is an inventive culinary guide through the world of flavour ...
The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman
Mia Jacob grew up on a commune in Massachusetts with a love of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s writing and The Scarlet ...
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