By

Michael Foley

Absurdity – does this relate to life as we know it today or has it always related to life as it is and always has been? Foley, in amongst doing...
Fiction, Humour

By

Nicholson Baker

How do you get there? Down the O Hole. How do you find the O Hole? You meet a hand: you really do. Or you fall down a hole on...
Fiction

By

Michael Frayn

Seldom does a true farce come along disguised as a novel but in Skios there is a true meeting of farce and fantasy. Set on the isle of Skios the...
Fiction

By

Karly Lane

Bridie Farrell and Shaun Broderick come from opposite ends of the social spectrum in a small Australian town, and of course they fall in love, much to the horror of...
Fiction

By

Joe St John (Ed)

Language is a fascinating medium. It can be used in so many ways but once the legendary Jack Dyer got hold of the language, in his case the Australian language,...
Humour

By

Karen Viggers

Facing the end of her life Mary returns to the place of her younger life, Bruny Island, where she and her husband kept the light for many years, in order...
Fiction

By

Dean Crawford

In this second thriller by Crawford we again meet Ethan Warner and new partner Nicola Lopez as they set off on a clandestine operation to find missing coroner Lillian Cruz,...
Fiction

By

Leah Fleming

Set during the German occupation of Crete in World War 2 the story combines little known historical fact with fiction to create a compelling story of a British nurse caught...
Fiction

By

Wendy Harmer

She’s 45 and facing the biggest change in her life. All the built in measures carefully constructed over a lifetime have taken a battering and left Jo Blanchard, deputy principal...
Romance

By

Simon Tofield

Bitingly funny and very, very wry this is one offering all lovers of cats should take a look at, as it gives a true insight into how well trained our...
Humour

By

Alice Hoffman

Unforgettable, challenging, fascinating, enthralling and emotional, The Dovekeepers is one novel which should become a major contribution to modern historical fiction. Without a doubt Hoffman has cemented her already secure...
Fiction

By

Su Dharmapala

When you are Sri Lankan, born in Australia, and according to your mother more than ready, if not nearly past your use by date, for the up and coming marriage...
Fiction