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The breakout novel called 'a triumph' by Jane Harper, The Mother Fault is the riveting tale of one woman taking on the world to save her own. 'A triumph of a novel. Five stars. I loved it. Thrillin... Read more

Winner of the 2016 Stella PrizeShe hears her own thick voice deep inside her ears when she says, 'I need to know where I am.' The man stands there, tall and narrow, hand still on the doorknob, surp... Read more

Childhood stories of family, country and belonging What is it like to grow up Aboriginal in Australia? This anthology, compiled by award-winning author Anita Heiss, showcases many diverse voices, ... Read more

"Coleman's timely debut is testimony to the power of an old story seen afresh through new eyes." —Adelaide Advertiser"In our politically tumultuous time, the novel's themes of racism, inheren... Read more

The yield in English is the reaping, the things that man can take from the land. In the language of the Wiradjuri yield is the things you give to, the movement, the space between things: baayanha.K... Read more

India, monsoon season. Connor, an Australian expat with a brutal past, spends his time running low-stakes scams on tourists in a sleepy beachside town. Sasha, an American in search of spiritual gui... Read more

How far would your government go?A right-wing US president has withdrawn America from the Middle East and the UN. Daesh has a thoroughfare to the sea and China is Australia's newest ally. When a bo... Read more

The national bestseller, Phosphorescence is a beautiful, intimate and inspiring investigation into how we can find and nurture within ourselves that essential quality of internal happiness – ... Read more

From the bestselling author of Good Girl, Bad Girl and When You Are Mine comes a gripping thriller featuring the brilliant forensic psychologist Cyrus Haven as he becomes embroiled in an explosive ... Read more

Alone in the wilderness, they are picked off one by one ... Gripping, standalone romantic thriller from an author at the top of her game, for readers of The Dark Lake and The Dry. A tragic accident... Read more

SHORTLISTED FOR ABIA ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021Family food is generous, unfussy and demonstrates love and care. No matter what busyness the day brings, the act of setting the table and enjoy... Read more

A compelling tale of the slow disintegration of a relationship and the unravelling of a man. Tom and Clara are two struggling academics in their mid-thirties, who decide to take their first holiday... Read more

'Tense, atmospheric and unsettling, this book will stay with you long after you turn the last page, and long after you turn out the lights.' - Christian WhiteWhen a school group of teenage girls go... Read more

From the international bestselling author of The Dry with new novel Exiles out now.Kieran Elliott's life changed forever on the day a reckless mistake led to devastating consequences.The guilt that... Read more

What is it like to grow up Aboriginal in Australia? This anthology, compiled by award-winning author Anita Heiss, showcases many diverse voices, experiences and stories in order to answer that ques... Read more

One bad decision can tear your world apart . . .December 1974. Abby Campbell and her brother Charlie are driving to their father's farm on a dark country road when they swerve into the path of anot... Read more

The summer of 1966–7. Hal and his little brother have just come to live in Moorabool. They're exploring the creek near their new home when they find the body of a dog. Not just dead, but killed. No... Read more

Eliza Grayling, born in Sydney when the colony itself was still an infant, has lived there all her thirty-two years. Too tall, too stern—too old, now—for marriage, she lives by herself, looking in ... Read more

A thrilling and ambitious new novel from the author of the bestselling and prize-winning Terra Nullius. Shane Daniels and Romany Zetz have been drawn into a war that is not their own. Lives will be... Read more

'Like wrapping yourself in a warm blanket.' RACHAEL JOHNS'Characters to fall in love with.' KARLY LANE'I never miss one of Fiona McArthur's books.' SAM STILL READING_________________A CHALLENGING H... Read more

'The most extraordinary writer – a rare talent' NIKKI GEMMELL, internationally bestselling author 'A lyrical and mesmerising mythic quest story' SUNDAY EXPRESS 'Extravagantly beautiful writing' ADE... Read more

A searing new novel from leading Indigenous storyteller Tony Birch that explores the lengths we will go to in order to save the people we love.Odette Brown has lived her whole life on the fringes o... Read more

In the long, hot summer of 1989, Ben and Fab are best friends. Then a newcomer arrived in the Wimmera; Fab reckoned he was a secret agent and he and Ben staked him out. Neither realised the shadow ... Read more

'Find out who you are, and live that life.'Late in the night, fourteen-year-old Sam Watson steps onto a quiet overpass, climbs over the rail and looks down at the road far below.At the other end of... Read more

She breathes deeply, trying to quell the rising sense of panic. A detective came to her home, drugged her and kidnapped her. She tries to make sense of it, to imagine alternatives, but only one con... Read more