Juliet Marillier: The Harp of Kings
In this thrilling historical fantasy from the author of the Sevenwaters Trilogy, a young woman is both a bard – and a warrior in Juliet Marillier’s The Harp of Kings. Eighteen-year-old Liobhan is a powerful s...
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Elizabeth Bryer: From Here On, Monsters
A timely work of unbridled imagination from a startling new voice, Elizabeth Bryer, From Here On, Monsters is an ambitious, noirish allegory for any fan of Claire G. Coleman’s Terra Nullius or Shaun Prescott’...
Curious Recollections: Life in the Curiosity Show
Every child who grew up in Australia in the 70s and 80s remembers the Curiosity Show – the science show that encouraged kids to build their own experiments at home. Running for 18 years, it was a groundbreaking tel...
Dominic Smith: The Electric Hotel
From the award-winning author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller, The Last Painting of Sara de Vos, comes a luminous novel tracing the intertwined fates of a silent-film director and his muse. Dominic Smith’...
Melissa Lucashenko wins 2019 Miles Franklin Literary Award
Australia’s most prestigious literary award, the Miles Franklin, has been awarded to acclaimed Indigenous novelist Melissa Lucashenko for Too Much Lip, published by University of Queensland Press. In a year when the shor...
Vale Margaret Fulton: a role model for generations of Australian food ...
Legendary Australian food writer Margaret Fulton has died aged 94. At the news of her death, many are noting her long career and her influence on cookery and eating habits in Australia. With a professional life spanning ...
Theo Inglis: Mid-Century Modern Graphic Design
A visual and comprehensive guide to a hugely popular graphic style. The distinctive aesthetic of mid-century design captured the post-war zeitgeist of energy and progress, and remains hugely popular today. In Mid-Century...
Ben Pobjie: Mad Dogs and Thunderbolts
Ned Kelly’s metal helmet looms large over Australia’s bushranging past, but what about all the unsung outlaws of the Australian bush? In Mad Dogs and Thunderbolts Australia’s most irreverent historian, Ben Pobjie, ...
