The Silence Factory by Bridget Collins
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
The whole world disappears when you enter The Silence factory. Henry dreams of silence. A world without the clattering of carriages through cobbled streets, the distant cries of drunken brawls, the relentless ticking of the clock. Then he meets a fascinating, mysterious gentleman who sells just that. P ...Show more
To Sing of War by Catherine McKinnon
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
From the author of the Miles Franklin Award shortlisted Storyland, comes a rich, layered and thrilling novel of love, war and friendship, To Sing of War. December 1944: In New Guinea, a young Australian nurse, Lotte Wyld, chances upon her first love, Virgil Nicholson, there to fight the Japanese and ke ...Show more
James by Percival Everett
$34.99 AUD
Category: Literary Fiction
From the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Trees, James is an enthralling and ferociously funny novel that leaves an indelible mark, forcing us to see Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in a wholly new and transformative light. The Mississippi River, 1861. When the enslaved Jim overhe ...Show more
Mothering Heights: A year of joy and survival in the trenches of early parenthood by Rachael Mogan McIntosh
$34.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
A comedy, tragedy and farcical romp all rolled into one, Mothering Heights is a year-in-the-life love story about becoming a mother from the hilarious author of Pardon My French, Rachael Mogan McIntosh. For fans of ABC TV's The Letdown, Nina Stibbe's Love, Nina and Alison Pearson's I Don't Know How She ...Show more
The Pyramid of Needs by Ernest Price
$34.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Darkly funny family drama about transphobia, political identity and family dynamics. Perfect for fans of My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh and The Dinner by Herman Koch. Linda Taylor is livestreaming her glamourous life as an alternative health guru when she trips over in front of her f ...Show more
Dust Child by Nguyen Phan Que Mai
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
Named a Best Book of Spring 2023 by the Los Angeles Times, Amazon, the Chicago Review of Books, Ms. Magazine, BookPage and BookBub A Most Anticipated Title according to Sydney Morning Herald, Salon, NB Magazine and SheReads Four lives, entwined forever by decisions made in a time of conflict. But what h ...Show more
Like Fire-Hearted Suns by Melanie Joosten
$34.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
The cost of freedom is sacrifice London, 1908. It's the dawn of a new century and change is in the air.When 17-year-old Beatrice Taylor stumbles across the offices of the infamous Pankhursts and the Women's Social and Political Union she begins to realise her future may not be the one she wants.Her frie ...Show more
Water Baby by Chioma Okereke
$34.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
She's the Pearl of Makoko and the world is her oyster.In Makoko, the floating slum off mainland Lagos, Nigeria, nineteen-year-old Baby yearns for an existence where she can escape the future her father has planned for her. With opportunities scarce, Baby jumps at the chance to join a newly launched dron ...Show more
Code Name Butterfly by Embassie Susberry
$32.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
Inspired by the incredible true story of Josephine Baker in the French Resistance, this is a heart-wrenching, unforgettable tale of the strength of the human spirit in the darkest days of World War II. In the City of Light, one woman will stand against darkness. Paris, 1941. With Nazi occupation imminen ...Show more
The Curse of Pietro Houdini by Derek B. Miller
$34.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
The compelling and heartrending new novel from the award-winning author of Norwegian By Night and How To Find Your Way In The Dark We will lie, cheat, steal, fight, kill, and sin our way to Napoli. We will trust no one but each other, and we will remember that in this place, at this time, there is no w ...Show more
What I Would Do to You by Georgia Harper
$34.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
A compulsively readable debut novel for those who could not put down Dirt Town or Before You Knew My Name. In a near-future Australia, the death penalty is back. But if the victim's family wants the perpetrator to die, they have to do it themselves. Twenty-four hours alone in a room with the condemned. ...Show more
The Tower by Flora Carr
$34.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
A fiery feminist retelling of Mary, Queen of Scot's darkest hour for fans of MATRIX and THE SILENCE OF THE GIRLS 'The Tower is such a vivid, visceral read, you feel you're locked in the tower alongside the characters, acting out a royal family drama. I am moved and impressed' TRACY CHEVALIER They are im ...Show more