When the Apricots Bloom by Gina Wilkinson
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: near fine
What would you do if the secret police demanded you spy on a friend in order to protect your family? Three women confront the complexities of trust, friendship and motherhood under the rule of a dictator in this debut inspired by the author's own experiences in Iraq. At night, in Huda's fragrant garden, ...Show more
Looking After Grandma by TEENA RAFFA-MULLIGAN
$24.95 AUD
Category: Australian authors
Once Grandma knew so much. Now she finds most things a puzzle. Even her granddaughter's name has become a guessing game. As her grandmother seems to be going backwards, a young girl remembers all the treasured times they have spent together. Although Grandma is different now, their love for each other h ...Show more
How to Shame the Devil by Ros Thomas
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian authors
Her silence did not mean yes. Art Lambkin, newly confined to a nursing home, is terrified of being erased from the outside world. Determined to remain relevant, he engages in a correspondent’s war on the Letters Page of his daily newspaper, pitting his acerbic wit against a rogue gallery of bigots, win ...Show more
See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Abuse by Jess Hill
$32.99 AUD
Category: Social issues, cultural & politics
Winner of the Stella Prize 2020. At the office of Safe Steps, Victoria's dedicated 24/7 family violence response call centre, phone counsellors receive a call every three minutes. Many women are repeat callers- on average, they will go back to an abusive partner eight times before leaving for good. ' ...Show more
The Smuggler's Curse (#1 Smuggler's Cove) by Norman Jorgensen
$16.99 AUD
Category: Australian authors | Series: SMUGGLERS CURSE | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 4-6, Age 9-11
"Red Read's life takes a surprising u and alarming u turn when his mother sells him to an infamous smuggler plying his trade off the north-west coast of Australia in the closing days of the 19th century. From terrifying encounters with cut-throat pirates to battling the forces of nature in a tropical ty ...Show more
To the Lighthouse by Cristy Burne
$9.99 AUD
$14.99 (33% off)
Category: Australian authors | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 2-3, Age 7-8
With Emmy daring him on, Isaac's life gets more and more exciting. But when things go horribly wrong on their secret midnight adventure, they both wonder whether this time they've gone too far . . .
Dungzilla (S. Tinker Inc. #2) by James Foley
$14.99 AUD
Category: Australian authors | Series: S. Tinker Inc Ser.
CONTACT PAPER BIRD FOR SIGNED COPIES! Sally Tinker - creator of Brobot and the world?s foremost inventor under the age of twelve - is back. Sally has built a machine capable of enlarging any object, but when she tries resizing a slice of pizza she accidentally enlarges a dung beetle to scary proport ...Show more
Friends by Teena Raffa-Mulligan; Veronica Rooke (Illustrator)
$14.99 AUD
Category: Australian authors
Being Black 'n Chicken, and Chips by Matt Okine
$19.99 AUD
$26.95 (25% off)
Category: Australian authors | Reading Level: near fine
A heartbreaking and often hilarious story about trying to grow up when everything is falling apart from one of Australia's leading comic talents. Mike Amon is a regular teenager. All he wants is to fit in. He wants to sit at the cool bench. He wants to be a star athlete. He wants his first kiss.
Sheila : The Australian Beauty who Bewitched British Society by Robert Wainwright
$14.95 AUD
Category: Australian authors
She wedded earls and barons, befriended literary figures and movie stars, bedded a future king, was feted by London and New York society for 40 years, and died a Russian princessAs a child Sheila Chisholm chased kangaroos on horseback and swam with sharks at Bondi Beach. As a young woman she nursed sold ...Show more
Curious and Curiouser by Karl Kruszelnicki
$15.95 AUD
Category: Humorous & Quirky
The brand new book from Australia's best-loved science guru! Did you know that the vast majority of our universe is missing? Or that Santa would spontaneously combust if he tried to deliver presents to all the children of the world? Is a hand dryer more hygienic than a paper towel? When will we be able ...Show more