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Almost perfect
By Dianne Blacklock. 2005
Mac and Anna appear to have the perfect marriage, but their relationship is cracking under the strain of infertility. Anna…
cannot surrender her dream of having a child, but Mac doesn't know how much longer he can cope with her pain and disappointment. Georgie and her sister-in-law Louise have made The Reading Rooms book shop a success, but Georgie has not been so lucky in her love life. But then Liam walks into The Reading Rooms and Georgie finds herself at a turning point. As do Mac and Anna, when finally the hurt and frustration sets Mac on a path that will have unforeseen consequences for them all.All together now
By Monica McInerney. 2009
A group of friends on an unconventional diet learn some important life lessons, a fashion-challenged grandmother weaves some magic in…
a dusty charity shop, a grieving young mother takes a healing journey, and a shy woman from a family of high-achieves learns to follow her dreams. From one of Australia's most loved authors comes All Together Now, a collection of Monica McInerney's short fiction gathered between two covers for the first time. Exploring themes of family relationships, sibling rivalry, love lost and love found, the collection includes several of her earliest magazine short stories, contributions to recent anthologies, her popular novella, Odd One Out, and two new stories.Alice in la la land
By Sophie Lee. 2007
A series of disasters in her home town causes Australian actress Alice Evans to flee to Hollywood where she finds…
life is not the glittery stuff of dreams. It's the Hollywood nightmare. She is forced to navigate her way round the city in a cheap Japanese rental car lurching from one audition to the next. She has no money in the bank, no friends, and her auditions aren't exactly setting the town on fire. She shares an apartment in the decidedly non-glamorous Miracle Mile district with an out of work swimsuit model and two bellicose cats who have a habit of invading her suitcase when she's not looking. Alice begins to suspect she's come to the worst place on earth to turn her luck around but she's hell bent on her mission to succeed. One day she has a chance meeting with an Irishman called Nick who encourages her to think carefully about holding onto long-held dreams when life could open up many new possibilities.Nimblefoot
By Robert Drewe. 2022
At the age of ten, and just short of four feet tall, a boy from Ballarat named Johnny Day became…
Australia's first international sporting hero. Against adult competition he wooed crowds across continents as the World Champion in pedestrianism, the sporting craze of the day. A few years later, in 1870, he won the Melbourne Cup on a horse aptly called Nimblefoot, this time impressing British royalty and Melbourne's high society. And then, still aged only fourteen, this already-famous athlete and jockey disappeared without a trace. Robert Drewe picks up where history leaves off, re-imagining Johnny's life following his great Cup win. Celebrations that night land him in the company of Prince Alfred himself and some key Melbourne identities. But when Johnny becomes a reluctant witness to two murders in the town's most notorious brothel, he finds himself on the run again—this time from the law itself. In fear of his life he heads west, assuming different identities to outsmart his pursuers. Yet all the while Johnny fears his luck will soon run out.Five bush weddings
By Clare Fletcher. 2022
With her ex soon to be married, her mum back on the dating scene, and her best friend threatening to…
settle down with the Most Boring Man Alive, Stevie is feeling left behind. To top it off, her old uni mate Johnno West, whom she hasn't seen for years, keeps turning up as best man at Stevie's jobs. And he is looking so good. Perhaps their youthful pact - that if they were both still single in their early thirties they'd get together - is not so crazy after all? Then the enigmatic Charlie Jones walks into the frame...Outback Penguin: Richard Lane's Barwell diaries
By Elizabeth Lane, Geoffrey Blainey, Richard Lane, Fiona Kells, Stuart S Kells, Louise Paton. 2021
Richard Lane was one of three brothers who founded Penguin Books in 1935. But like all great stories, his life…
didn't start there. After sailing to Adelaide in 1922, Richard began work as a boy migrant – a farm apprentice living in rural South Australia as part of the 'Barwell Boys' scheme. In Australia, he deepened his appreciation for literature, and understood how important it was to make good writing widely accessible. Richard's diaries – the honest and moving words of a teenager, so very far away from home, capture vividly his life and loves; the characters he met; the land he worked; the families he depended on; and his coming of age in a new land. A remarkable social record and one of the best first-hand accounts of the child migrant experience, the diaries also capture the ideas and the entrepreneurship that led to the founding of the twentieth century's most famous publishing house. Richard Lane's diaries are an important document for the history of rural Australia and global publishing.Bedtime story
By Chloe Hooper. 2022
Let me tell you a story...When Chloe Hooper's partner is diagnosed with a rare and aggressive illness, she has to…
find a way to tell their two young sons.By instinct, she turns to the bookshelf. Can the news be broken as a bedtime tale? Is there a perfect book to prepare children for loss? Hooper embarks on a quest to find what practical lessons children's literature-with its innocent orphans and evil adults, magic, monsters and anthropomorphic animals-can teach about grief and resilience in real life.As she discovers, 'the right words are an incantation, a spell of hope for the future.' From the Brothers Grimm to Frances Hodgson Burnett and Tolkien and Dahl-all of whom suffered childhood bereavements-she follows the breadcrumbs of the world's favourite authors, searching for the deep wisdom in their books and lives. Both memoir and manual in an age of worldwide uncertainty, here is a profound and moving exploration of the dark and light of storytelling.Living legends: true tales of extraordinary old-timers
By Sandy Thorne. 2014
Meet fifteen remarkable Australian (and one Kiwi!) jacks and jills of all trades with a wealth of experiences from the…
good old days to modern times. Hailing from all walks of life, they share their memories with renowned yarn spinner Sandy Thorne in a collection of stories full of wisdom and wit. There's Danny, the champion jockey who refuses to ever truly hang up the saddle; 'Dusty', the WW II rear gunner who survived thirty raids over Germany; and Dot, the seemingly dainty 97-year-old who was once a bullocky's offsider. Then there's Bob, who's been a truckie, fighter, croc-wrestler and lotto winner; Doris, the once hard-toiling dairy farmer who's as chirpy as a willy-wagtail; and Roy, the Vietnam vet turned world-class waterskier. Between them, the characters in this book have survived the Depression, seen world wars come and go and witnessed monumental changes in everyday life. There's comedy and courage in their adventures, as well as tales of triumph over adversity. Through their stories, Sandy finds the elements that make up the classic Australian character: a no-nonsense, never-give-up approach that means these people are still firing on all cylinders in their eighties and nineties, and truly embody what it means to be a living legend.Design: building on Country (First Knowledges #2)
By Paul Memmott, Alison Page. 2021
Aboriginal design is of a distinctly cultural nature, based in the Dreaming and in ancient practices grounded in Country. It…
is visible in the aerodynamic boomerang, the ingenious design of fish traps and the precise layouts of community settlements that strengthen social cohesion. Alison Page and Paul Memmott show how these design principles of sophisticated function, sustainability and storytelling, refined over many millennia, are now being applied to contemporary practices. Design: Building on Country issues a challenge for a new Australian design ethos, one that truly responds to the essence of Country and its people.The shape of sound: a memoir
By Fiona Murphy. 2021
Fiona Murphy's memoir about being deaf is a revelation. Secrets are heavy, burdensome things. Imagine carrying a secret that if…
exposed could jeopardise your chances of securing a job and make you a social outcast. Fiona Murphy kept her deafness a secret for over twenty-five years. But then, desperate to hold onto a career she'd worked hard to pursue, she tried hearing aids. Shocked by how the world sounded, she vowed never to wear them again. After an accident to her hand, she discovered that sign language could change her life, and that Deaf culture could be part of her identity. Just as Fiona thought she was beginning to truly accept her body, she was diagnosed with a rare condition that causes the bones of the ears to harden. She was steadily losing her residual hearing. The news left her reeling. Blending memoir with observations on the healthcare industry, The Shape of Sound is a story about the corrosive power of secrets, stigma and shame, and how deaf experiences and disability are shaped by economics, social policy, medicine and societal expectations. This is the story of how Fiona learns to listen to her body.Indigenous Australia for dummies (For Dummies)
By Larissa Behrendt, Malcolm Fraser. 2021
A comprehensive, relevant, and accessible look at all aspects of Indigenous Australian history and culture What is The Dreaming? How…
many different Indigenous tribes and languages once existed in Australia? What is the purpose of a corroboree? What effect do the events of the past have on Indigenous peoples today? Indigenous Australia For Dummies answers these questions and countless others about the oldest race on Earth. It explores Indigenous life in Australia before 1770, the impact of white settlement, the ongoing struggle by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to secure their human rights and equal treatment under the law, and much more. Celebrating the contributions of Indigenous people to contemporary Australian culture, the book explores Indigenous art, music, dance, literature, film, sport, and spirituality.Between two worlds: 30 powerful voices, SBS Ermerging Writers' Competition
By Behrouz Boochani, Tara June Winch, SBS Emerging Writers' Competition. 2022
Between Two Worlds brings us thirty of the best short stories chosen from the thousands of entries in the SBS…
Emerging Writers’ Competition. Offering a snapshot of contemporary Australia, this diverse collection of stories explores sense of place, family, loss, culture, sexual awakening and the abiding connections to people and place that make us who we are. Told with utterly fresh perspectives and a rich vein of literary talent, these stories are an invitation into the unique worlds of everyday Australians. Featuring stories by thirty emerging writers, each with a unique experience of our world.Time will tell (The Button Jar Trilogy #2)
By Fiona McCallum. 2014
Emily Oliphant has made some drastic changes in her life. She's ditched her abusive husband and embarked on her own…
adventure, renovating a dilapidated property and starting up her own business. Against all odds, she's found a sense of place and purpose, but is still too scarred by her past to form any romantic attachments, regardless of who's vying for her attention. Now she's received an offer from the elderly owners of her beloved rented home to buy the property, land and all. Hopeful and tentative, Emily feels she is taking a step in the right direction, although is unsure how she will raise the money. Except Emily holds a button jar - a gift from her recently deceased Granny Mayfair - which, unbeknownst to her, could contain the solution to all her problems. But just when Emily thought things were beginning to go her way, everything takes a turn. Soon, she's involved in a romance she thought she had no time for and dealing with the shock of two unexpected deaths, forcing her to make some difficult decisions. With her finances, her property, her friendships and her budding relationship now hanging in limbo, Emily is once again drawing on her inner strength to overcome a new set of challenges.The cellist of Sarajevo
By Steven Galloway. 2008
Sarajevo: a city under siege. As the mortars fall and the snipers conduct their deadly business, a cellist sits at…
his window, playing Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor. Then a bomb kills twenty-two people waiting in line to buy bread on the street below. For the next twenty-two days he will carry his cello into the cratered street at four each afternoon and play the Adagio in memory of the dead. Those twenty-two days are seen through the eyes of three of the besieged citizens: Kenan who sets out every few days to fetch water for his family; Dragan who longs to be reunited with his wife and son; and Arrow, a crack 'counter-sniper' who is assigned the job of keeping the cellist alive. Exquisite and profoundly moving, The Cellist of Sarajevo gives life to the courage of a broken city. It is a story about survival, about the temptation to hate and the refusal to do so, about the persistence of the human spirit in a time of fear and suffering.Piya
By James Porter. 1991
Piya, a young Aboriginal girl manages to survive the wreckage and desolation wrought by a terrifying cyclone and tidal wave…
and is washed up on a tiny island. She is found and cared for by Len Scott, a lone writer who has made the island his home.A banker all at sea
By F. S Holt. 1983
Retired banker Fred Holt provides a vivid and human account of his service in the Australian Naval Reserve during World…
War Two, from his time as an ordinary seaman on HMS "Panther" to his promotion to Second Lieutenant in 1954.2020 vision stories
By Carindale Writers Group. 2020
Rainbow's end
By Jane Harrison. 2007
A play set in the 1950s on the fringe of a country town. This is a thought-provoking and emotionally powerful…
snapshot of a Koori family that dramatises the struggle for decent housing, meaningful education, jobs and community acceptance.William Wordsworth: poems (Faber Poetry Ser.)
By Seamus Heaney, William Wordsworth. 2016
In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and…
by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to the most important poets in our literature.False claims of colonial thieves
By John Kinsella, Charmaine Papertalk-Green. 2018
From well-known poets John Kinsella and Charmaine Papertalk-Green comes a tete-a-tete that is powerful, thought provoking, and challenges what we…
think we know about our country, colonisation, and how we understand our land. Striking conversations surrounding childhood, life, love, mining, death, respect, and diversity; imbued by silken Yamatji sensibility and sublimely responded to by the son of a foreman from South Champion Mine. This extraordinary publication weaves two differing points of view together as Papertalk-Green and Kinsella's words traverse this land and reflect back to us all, our many identities and quiet voices.