Category: Books

  • Storyland

    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…

  • To Sing of War

    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. DECEMBER 1944: In New Guinea, a young Australian nurse, Lotte Wyld, chances upon her first love, Virgil Nicholson, a soldier in the Allies’ hard-fought jungle campaign. At Los Alamos in the…

  • The Nearly Happy Family

    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…