Books

To Sing of War

From the author of the Miles Franklin Literary Award shortlisted Storyland, comes a rich, layered and thrilling novel of love, war and friendship, To Sing of War.

A beautiful, rich and intricately woven novel, To Sing of War asks how one person can make a difference in a world that is wondrous, thrilling and endangered. It insists on our interconnectedness, hums with the energy of the world and is a blazingly powerful and deeply moving account of friendship, love and war..

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Storyland

An ambitious, remarkable and moving novel about who we are: our past, present and future, and our connection to this land. SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD. In 1796, a young cabin boy, Will Martin, goes on a voyage of discovery in the Tom Thumb with Matthew Flinders and Mr Bass: two men …

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The Nearly Happy Family

My point is this: who needs enemies when you have a family?’ Claire Delaney, a fiery fifteen-year-old, and her mother, Jackie, are both out of control.  They’ve had a lot to deal with after the tragic death of Claire’s father – and they’re driving each other crazy. When Jackie, a forty-something comedian, announces she’s going …

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