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australian fiction

Goodbye

Goodbye, My Love by Yumna Kassab

$35.00 Inc GST

Capture by Amanda Lohrey ISBN:9781923058842

Capture by Amanda Lohrey

$35.00 Inc GST

Phantom Days by Angela O'Keeffe ISBN:9780702271151

Phantom Days by Angela O'Keeffe

$30.00 Inc GST

Kill Your Boomers by Fiona Wright ISBN:9781761154256

Kill Your Boomers by Fiona Wright

$35.00 Inc GST

The Bookshop of Buried Pasts by Sarah Clutton ISBN:9781761471483

The Bookshop of Buried Pasts by Sarah Clutton

$35.00 Inc GST

Cast Away: or

Cast Away by Francesca de Tores

$33.00 Inc GST

The Trap by Fiona Kelly McGregor ISBN:9781760787691

Trap by Fiona Kelly McGregor

$35.00 Inc GST

Every Wild Soul: Winner of the inaugural Australian Fiction Prize

Every Wild Soul by Katherine Johnson

$35.00 Inc GST

The Angry Wives Club by Gabbie Stroud ISBN:9781761473104

Angry Wives Club by Gabbie Stroud

$35.00 Inc GST

Once We Were Wildlife: Stories by Inga Simpson ISBN:9780733651014

Once We Were Wildlife by Inga Simpson

$30.00 Inc GST

Griefdogg by Michael Winkler ISBN:9781923058705

Griefdogg by Michael Winkler

$35.00 Inc GST

A Rising of the Lights by Steve Toltz ISBN:9781761355936

Rising of the Lights by Steve Toltz

$35.00 Inc GST

When I Am Sixty-Four by Debra Adelaide ISBN:9780702271168

When I Am Sixty-Four by Debra Adelaide

$35.00 Inc GST

The Nocturnals: An endearing and witty novel of love and friendship from the bestselling author of The Best Kind of Beautiful by Frances Whiting ISBN:9781460763926

Nocturnals: by Frances Whiting

$35.00 Inc GST

The Minstrels by Eva Hornung ISBN:9781923058781

The Minstrels by Eva Hornung

$35.00 Inc GST

A Far-flung Life: From the author of the global bestseller The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman ISBN:9781761356124

A Far-flung Life by M.L. Stedman

$35.00 Inc GST

The Paradise Pact by Anita Heiss ISBN:9781761428111

The Paradise Pact by Anita Heiss

$35.00 Inc GST

Shellybanks by Louise Milligan ISBN:9781761470356

Shellybanks by Louise Milligan

$35.00 Inc GST

On Not Climbing Mountains by Claire Thomas

On Not Climbing Mountains by Claire Thomas

$33.00 Inc GST

Bugger by Michael Mohammed Ahmad ISBN:9780733651663

Bugger by Michael Mohammed Ahmad

$35.00 Inc GST

more new australian fiction

Yeah the Boys by Holden Sheppard ISBN:9781923390164

Yeah the Boys by Holden Sheppard

$35.00 Inc GST

Mantle by Romy Ash ISBN:9781761154768

Mantle by Romy Ash

$35.00 Inc GST

Henry Goes Bush by Wayne Marshall ISBN:9781761770142

Henry Goes Bush by Wayne Marshall

$35.00 Inc GST

The Ruiners by Ellena Savage ISBN:9781761638817

The Ruiners by Ellena Savage

$35.00 Inc GST

The Thornbacks by Chloe Wilson ISBN:9781761357244

The Thornbacks by Chloe Wilson

$35.00 Inc GST

The Water Takes by Sarah Walker ISBN:9781761633324

Water Takes by Sarah Walker

$35.00 Inc GST

Sororicidal by Edwina Preston ISBN:9781761775550

Sororicidal by Edwina Preston

$35.00 Inc GST

Things I Cannot Say: An important and powerful debut for fans of Graeme Simsion and Anne Buist. by Geraldine Mellet ISBN:9781038953438

Things I Cannot Say by Geraldine Mellet

$35.00 Inc GST

Good Boy by Michelle Wright ISBN:9781761473159

Good Boy by Michelle Wright

$35.00 Inc GST

Life Drawing by Emily Lighezzolo ISBN:9780702270987

Life Drawing by Emily Lighezzolo

$35.00 Inc GST

The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan

The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan

$35.00 Inc GST

crime

DeAth Takes a Holiday by Shaun Micallef ISBN:9781761154812

DeAth Takes a Holiday by Shaun Micallef

$35.00 Inc GST

The Last Mandarin: a gripping and terrifying contemporary political thriller by Louise Penny ISBN:9781399753784

The Last Mandarin by Louise Penny

$35.00 Inc GST

Three Reasons for Revenge: A gripping new crime thriller from the internationally bestselling and award-winning author of What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan ISBN:9781460760161

Three Reasons for Revenge by Dervla McTiernan

$35.00 Inc GST

Click by Sarah Bailey ISBN:9781761069185

Click by Sarah Bailey

$35.00 Inc GST

A Deadly Episode by Anthony Horowitz ISBN:9781529904338

Deadly Episode by Anthony Horowitz

$35.00 Inc GST

The Model Murder by Amanda Hampson ISBN:9781761350344

Model Murder by Amanda Hampson

$35.00 Inc GST

The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke ISBN:9780008739270

Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke

$33.00 Inc GST

Two Islands by Ian Kemish ISBN:9780702268991

Two Islands by Ian Kemish

$35.00 Inc GST

The Gambler by J.P. Pomare

The Gambler by J.P. Pomare

$35.00 Inc GST

How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates by Shailee Thompson ISBN:9781761634871

How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates by Shailee Thompson

$35.00 Inc GST

The Cursed Road: A new gripping Scottish crime thriller from the bestselling author of THE WOLF TREE by Laura McCluskey ISBN:9781460765593

The Cursed Road by Laura McCluskey

$35.00 Inc GST

international fiction

The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout ISBN:9780241814307

The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout

$35.00 Inc GST

Sisters in Yellow by Mieko Kawakami ISBN:9781035096138

Sisters in Yellow by Mieko Kawakami

$35.00 Inc GST

The Daffodil Days by Helen Bain ISBN:9781037203824

Daffodil Days by Helen Bain

$33.00 Inc GST

Go Gentle by Maria Semple ISBN:9781399634229

Go Gentle by Maria Semple

$35.00 Inc GST

No Such Thing As Monday by Sian Hughes ISBN:9781761359286

No Such Thing As Monday by Sian Hughes

$35.00 Inc GST

Ruins

Ruins, Child by Giada Scodellaro

$32.95 Inc GST

Dandelion is Dead by Rosie Storey ISBN:9780008738617

Dandelion is Dead by Rosie Storey

$35.00 Inc GST

A Beautiful Loan by Mary Costello ISBN:9781923058286

Beautiful Loan by Mary Costello

$35.00 Inc GST

Body Double by Hanna Johansson ISBN:9781761381942

Body Double by Hanna Johansson

$30.00 Inc GST

Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash ISBN:9781529946130

Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash

$35.00 Inc GST

The Shock of the Light by Lori Inglis Hall ISBN:9780008701321

The Shock of the Light by Lori Inglis Hall

$35.00 Inc GST

Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy ISBN:9780008800994

Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy

$33.00 Inc GST

anticipated releases + short stories by literary masters

The Typing Lady: And Other Fictions by Ruth Ozeki ISBN:9781923058477

The Typing Lady by Ruth Ozeki

$35.00 Inc GST

Whistler by Ann Patchett ISBN:9781037206498

Whistler by Ann Patchett

$35.00 Inc GST

Villa Coco: 'Set to be a staple on sun loungers' - BBC Culture

Villa Coco by Andrew Sean Greer

$35.00 Inc GST

John of John by Douglas Stuart ISBN:9781035086962

John of John by Douglas Stuart

$35.00 Inc GST

Land: From the no. 1 bestselling author of Hamnet

Land by Maggie O'Farrell

$35.00 Inc GST

The Midnight Train by Matt Haig ISBN:9781837262823

The Midnight Train by Matt Haig

$35.00 Inc GST

The News From Dublin by Colm Toibin ISBN:9781761775710

News From Dublin by Colm Toibin

$35.00 Inc GST

My Year in Paris with Gertrude Stein: A Fiction by Deborah Levy ISBN:9780241457801

My Year in Paris with Gertrude Stein by Deborah Levy

$43.00 Inc GST

Son of Nobody by Yann Martel ISBN:9781923058811

Son of Nobody by Yann Martel

$35.00 Inc GST

Brawler by Lauren Groff ISBN:9781529152890

Brawler by Lauren Groff

$35.00 Inc GST

Look What You Made Me Do: From the bestselling author of Capital by John Lanchester ISBN:9780571298679

Look What You Made Me Do by John Lanchester

$35.00 Inc GST

Python's Kiss: short stories by Louise Erdrich ISBN:9781472161277

Python's Kiss by Louise Erdrich

$35.00 Inc GST

Hooked by Asako Yuzuki ISBN:9780008802301

Hooked by Asako Yuzuki

$35.00 Inc GST

indigenous voices + australian stories

The First Inventors: How people shaped a continent by Billy Griffiths ISBN:9781761471735

The First Inventors by Billy Griffiths

$37.00 Inc GST

The Stained Man: a crime

Stained Man by Patrick Mullins

$40.00 Inc GST

For Her Love of Birds: The extraordinary untold story of Australian naturalist and taxidermist Jane Ward Tost by Jane Melville ISBN:9781921833779

For Her Love of Birds by Jane Melville

$37.00 Inc GST

No Hiding From the Woman in the Moon by Bruce Pascoe

No Hiding From the Woman in the Moon by Bruce Pascoe

$28.00 Inc GST

Big Sky by Bruce Pascoe

Big Sky by Bruce Pascoe

$35.00 Inc GST

The Titanic Story of Evelyn by Lisa Wilkinson ISBN:9780733653988

Titanic Story of Evelyn by Lisa Wilkinson

$35.00 Inc GST

Leading from the Dreaming: Indigenous Thinking for Authentic Leadership by Paul Callaghan ISBN:9781763550698

Leading from the Dreaming by Paul Callaghan

$37.00 Inc GST

The House of Blue Glass by Alan Atkinson ISBN:9781761170379

The House of Blue Glass by Alan Atkinson

$40.00 Inc GST

Ellen Savage and the Heroes of AHS Centaur: from the bestselling author of SISTER VIV and MARY PENFOLD by Grantlee Kieza ISBN:9780733344107

Ellen Savage and the Heroes of AHS Centaur by Grantlee Kieza

$36.00 Inc GST

biography & memoir

When the World Sleeps: Stories

When the World Sleeps by Francesca Albanese

$33.00 Inc GST

Sirens: Inside the Shadow World of First Responders by Martin McKenzie-Murray ISBN:9781760642877

Sirens by Martin McKenzie-Murray

$35.00 Inc GST

Ghost Stories: A Memoir by Siri Hustvedt ISBN:9781399753852

Ghost Stories by Siri Hustvedt

$35.00 Inc GST

Look After Your Feet: Some keen observations on the unexpected advantages and indignities of getting older by Rosalie Ham ISBN:9781761473647

Look After Your Feet by Rosalie Ham

$35.00 Inc GST

Delicious: Stories of cooking

Delicious by Kate Legge

$35.00 Inc GST

Raven Mother: War

Raven Mother by Jane Messer

$35.00 Inc GST

Famesick by Lena Dunham ISBN:9781460759431

Famesick by Lena Dunham

$35.00 Inc GST

Letter from Provence: Two women

Letter from Provence by Sheryle Bagwell

$35.00 Inc GST

Kids

Kids, Wait Till You Hear This! by Liza Minnelli

$55.00 Inc GST

Run For Your Life: A Yearlong Journey Asking Why We Run by Konrad Marshall ISBN:9781761451058

Run For Your Life by Konrad Marshall

$37.00 Inc GST

A Hymn to Life: Shame has to Change Sides by Gisele Pelicot ISBN:9781847928979

A Hymn to Life Shame Has to Change Sides by Gisele Pelicot

$37.00 Inc GST

Back On My Feet: From doctor to patient

Back On My Feet: From doctor to patient, a moving and inspirational memoir of traumatic injury, faith and hope by Olivia Ong

$35.00 Inc GST

collections & essays + non-fiction

The God We Made: The Threat and Promise of Artificial Intelligence (Quarterly Essay 102) by Anna Goldsworthy

The God We Made: The Threat and Promise of Artificial Intelligence (Quarterly Essay 102) by Anna Goldsworthy

$30.00 Inc GST

The Land and its People by David Sedaris ISBN:9781408714133

The Land and its People by David Sedaris

$33.00 Inc GST

Women Who Win: Celebrating courage

Women Who Win by Antoinette Lattouf

$37.00 Inc GST

Crip Stories: An anthology of disabled writers by Beau Windon ISBN:9781761170478

Crip Stories by Beau Windon

$35.00 Inc GST

London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth by Patrick Radden Keefe ISBN:9781035056293

London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe

$37.00 Inc GST

Journey to the End of Time: Writing and memoir

Journey to the End of Time by Alex Miller

$45.00 Inc GST

The Ruin of Magic: Longing and Belonging in Strange Times by Kate Holden ISBN:9781760644918

Ruin of Magic by Kate Holden

$37.00 Inc GST

Light and Thread by Han Kang ISBN:9780241817018

Light and Thread by Han Kang

$30.00 Inc GST

Where It All Went Wrong: The case against John Howard by Amy Remeikis ISBN:9781761822117

Where It All Went Wrong by Amy Remeikis

$30.00 Inc GST

How to Die in the 21st Century: A whole new way to talk about death by Hannah Gould ISBN:9781760765309

How to Die in the 21st Century by Hannah Gould

$35.00 Inc GST

nature, science & gardening + history

Organ Speak: What It Really Means to Listen to our Bodies

Organ Speak: What It Really Means to Listen to our Bodies by Giulia Enders

$36.00 Inc GST

The Creatures' Guide to Caring: how animal parents teach us that humans were born to care by Elizabeth Preston ISBN:9781761380792

Creatures' Guide to Caring by Elizabeth Preston

$37.00 Inc GST

Strange New World: Belsen's First Year of Freedom by Nadia Wheatley ISBN:9781923451445

Strange New World by Nadia Wheatley

$40.00 Inc GST

Challenging Anzac: Stories that don't fit the legend by Mia Martin Hobbs ISBN:9781761170706

Challenging Anzac by Mia Martin Hobbs

$40.00 Inc GST

Why We Garden: On the joy and wonder of growing things

Why We Garden by Hannah Moloney

$35.00 Inc GST

The Coastal Garden by Phaidon Editors ISBN:9781837290925

The Coastal Garden by Sorrel Everton

$69.95 Inc GST

Hotel Exile: Paris in the Shadow of War by Jane Rogoyska ISBN:9780241813706

Hotel Exile by Jane Rogoyska

$40.00 Inc GST

A Brief History of the Universe (and our place in it) by Sarah Alam Malik ISBN:9781398539990

Brief History of the Universe (and our place in it) by Sarah Alam Malik

$37.00 Inc GST

Flower Power: Designing gardens for year-round wonder by Jac Semmler ISBN:9781760764548

Flower Power by Jac Semmler

$85.00 Inc GST

A World Appears: A Journey Into Consciousness by Michael Pollan ISBN:9780241813690

World Appears by Michael Pollan

$40.00 Inc GST

Rasputin: And the Downfall of the Romanovs by Antony Beevor ISBN:9781399617628

Rasputin by Antony Beevor

$55.00 Inc GST

picture books

One Last Leaf by Patrick Guest ISBN:9781761214516

One Last Leaf by Patrick Guest

$25.00 Inc GST

We Live on a Boat by Dave Petzold ISBN:9781760765439

We Live on a Boat by Dave Petzold

$27.00 Inc GST

Prickles by Phil Cummings ISBN:9781760266028

Prickles by Phil Cummings

$27.00 Inc GST

Through the Darkening Sea: A gloriously illustrated

Through the Darkening Sea by Claire Saxby

$25.00 Inc GST

Come Home

Come Home, Bigibila by Corey Tutt

$25.00 Inc GST

Spare Kisses by Pip Harry

Spare Kisses by Pip Harry

$25.00 Inc GST

Fearless: A beautiful story about learning to fear less by Kelly Canby ISBN:9781760996611

Fearless by Kelly Canby

$25.00 Inc GST

Campfire Kisses by Sheila Knaggs ISBN:9781923135116

Campfire Kisses by Sheila Knaggs

$25.00 Inc GST

The Future Book by Mac Barnett ISBN:9781761639302

The Future Book by Mac Barnett

$28.00 Inc GST

Nature Knows by Yvette Farmer ISBN:9781760765293

Nature Knows by Yvette Farmer

$27.00 Inc GST

Up, Down, Over, Through by Jane Godwin

Up, Down, Over, Through by Jane Godwin

$25.00 Inc GST

Wanted: The Cutest Baby in the World by Davina Bell ISBN:9781760765323

Wanted: The Cutest Baby in the World by Davina Bell

$25.00 Inc GST

middle and junior fiction

The Apocalypse and Other Mild Inconveniences by Alex Dyson ISBN:9781761210235

The Apocalypse and Other Mild Inconveniences by Alex Dyson

$20.00 Inc GST

The Wild Unknown by Emily Gale ISBN:9781923058835

The Wild Unknown by Emily Gale

$17.00 Inc GST

Running in Circles by Shivaun Plozza ISBN:9780702271045

Running in Circles by Shivaun Plozza

$18.00 Inc GST

Duck (Duck

Duck: Look Who's Talking! (Duck, #1) by Matt Stanton

$17.00 Inc GST

Lamington Left Behind: A graphic novel: Volume 1 by Andrea Innocent ISBN:9781761212819

Lamington Left Behind by Andrea Innocent

$20.00 Inc GST

Phoenix by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley ISBN:9781923058774

Phoenix by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

$18.00 Inc GST

Swearwolves by Steve Worland ISBN:9781761352911

Swearwolves by Steve Worland

$15.00 Inc GST

The Boy and the Dog Tree by Fiona Wood ISBN:9780702269226

The Boy and the Dog Tree by Fiona Wood

$18.00 Inc GST

Your Next Read Silver: Will Fin Win? by Jane Godwin ISBN:9781923419322

Your Next Read Silver: Will Fin Win? by Jane Godwin

$13.00 Inc GST

Your Next Read Silver: The Lonely Lunch Club by Maddy Mara ISBN:9781923419308

Your Next Read Silver: The Lonely Lunch Club by Maddy Mara

$13.00 Inc GST

Your Next Read Silver: Bea

Your Next Read Silver: Bea, Bart and the Birds by Katrina Nannestad

$13.00 Inc GST

Your Next Read Silver: The Missing Pencil Case by Jasmin McGaughey ISBN:9781923419315

Your Next Read Silver: The Missing Pencil Case by Jasmin McGaughey

$13.00 Inc GST

Treeshape by Trace Balla ISBN:9781761181252

Treeshape by Trace Balla

$33.00 Inc GST

young adult + children’s non-fiction

Don't Let Them Leave by Mike Lucas ISBN:9781761355462

Don't Let Them Leave by Mike Lucas

$20.00 Inc GST

Once Upon Tomorrow by Karen Comer ISBN:9780734424013

Once Upon Tomorrow by Karen Comer

$20.00 Inc GST

Piper at the Gates of Dusk by Patrick Ness

$30.00 Inc GST

I Could Give You the Moon by Ann Liang ISBN:9781038971142

I Could Give You the Moon by Ann Liang

$20.00 Inc GST

These Shattered Spires by Cassidy Ellis Salter ISBN:9781526682994

These Shattered Spires by Cassidy Ellis Salter

$20.00 Inc GST

In the Kelp Forest by Patsy Cameron

In the Kelp Forest by Patsy Cameron

$28.00 Inc GST

Hide and Beak by Georgia Angus

Hide and Beak by Georgia Angus

$25.00 Inc GST

Once Upon An Island: An Atlas of Islands From Around the World by Alice Albinia ISBN:9781917044349

Once Upon An Island by Alice Albinia

$38.00 Inc GST

Cluck!: The Eggstraordinary Story of Chickens by Evelien De Vlieger ISBN:9781917366588

Cluck! by Evelien De Vlieger

$35.00 Inc GST

Good Young Men by Gary Lonesborough ISBN:9781761182174

Good Young Men by Gary Lonesborough

$23.00 Inc GST

Romeo v Juliet by R.A. Spratt ISBN:9781761349744

Romeo v Juliet by R.A. Spratt

$17.00 Inc GST

Poster Boys by Scott Woodard

Poster Boys by Scott Woodard

$20.00 Inc GST

food

A Day in Seoul: A Korean Cookbook by Julian Kim ISBN:9781923239869

A Day in Seoul by Julian Kim

$40.00 Inc GST

You're Welcome: A baking celebration with a Southeast Asian twist by Raymond Tan ISBN:9781761501265

You're Welcome by Raymond Tan

$50.00 Inc GST

The Baker's Percentage: The simple formula for making perfect sourdough bread at home by Mara Ripani ISBN:9781923239791

Baker's Percentage by Mara Ripani

$50.00 Inc GST

Beit Trad: Recipes

Beit Trad by Sarah Trad

$70.00 Inc GST

Aunty Beryl's Cookbook: Heartwarming recipes and stories of First Nations food by Beryl Van-Oploo ISBN:9781761500688

Aunty Beryl's Cookbook by Beryl Van-Oploo

$50.00 Inc GST

You Had Me At Cake: Unconditional love in 80 perfect

You Had Me At Cake by Emelia Jackson

$40.00 Inc GST

The Cook's Companion 30th Anniversary Edition: Australia's favourite cookbook - fully updated by Stephanie Alexander ISBN:9781761348921

Cook's Companion 30th Anniversary Edition by Stephanie Alexander

$130.00 Inc GST

She Who Tastes

She Who Tastes, Knows by Durkhanai Ayubi

$35.00 Inc GST

Home Food: The perfect cookbook for imperfect cooks: elegant ease

Home Food by Elizabeth Hewson

$45.00 Inc GST

A Day in Penang: A Malaysian Cookbook by Aim Aris ISBN:9781923239753

A Day in Penang by Aim Aris

$40.00 Inc GST

travel, gift and illustrated

Tony Albert: Not a Souvenir by Tony Albert ISBN:9781760764555

Tony Albert by Tony Albert

$100.00 Inc GST

Lonely Planet Where To Go When: Hiking by Lonely Planet ISBN:9781837588756

Lonely Planet Where To Go When: Hiking by Lonely Planet

$45.00 Inc GST

The Garden Room: Outdoor spaces reimagined for creative living by Hannah Puechmarin ISBN:9781760764852

Garden Room by Hannah Puechmarin

$60.00 Inc GST

Fifty Places to Drink Wine Before You Die: Travel Experts Share the World's Greatest Wine Destinations by DC Helmuth ISBN:9781419783937

Fifty Places to Drink Wine Before You Die by DC Helmuth

$50.00 Inc GST

Lonely Planet Don't Hike Naked in Switzerland: And 101 Other Travel Etiquette Tips by Lonely Planet ISBN:9781837587674

Lonely Planet Don't Hike Naked in Switzerland: And 101 Other Travel Etiquette Tips by Lonely Planet

$25.00 Inc GST

Pretty Dirty: The Life of Flowers

Pretty Dirty by Melanie Stapleton

$60.00 Inc GST

7 Days a Parisian: Travel itineraries and local secrets for the City of Lights by Jiawa Liu ISBN:9781761500817

7 Days a Parisian by Jiawa Liu

$45.00 Inc GST