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Lynne Olson documents how, within the horrors of a Nazi concentration camp, the women of the French Resistance continued to ...
The new novel from the author of Dyschronia and The Airways is climate fiction focussed on human adaptability.
Sarah Gilbert’s account of this religious order offers a rare insight into the women who chose to separate themselves from ...
The lyrical second novel from the author of The Burial criss-crosses through time following one girl’s parallel lives. Bird is the pensive, defiant 14-year-old protagonist of Courtney Collins’ new ...
This debut is a sharp plunge into dark water. Bad things happen in Tasmania: from Marcus Clarke to Richard Flanagan and Carmel Bird, our novelists have been delivering stories inspired by the island’s ...
This diverse anthology challenges stereotypes by bringing together Autistic women and gender-diverse writers to share their experiences. In their introduction to Someone Like Me, editors Clem Bastow ...
Comedian Steph Tisdell’s first novel tackles serious issues in this story of growing up in a First Nations family. Set in Brisbane, The Skin I’m In opens with Layla, the youngest daughter of a First ...
In Claire Sutherland's debut crime novel, a body is found on an isolated track on the Wimmera Plains, where Mount Arapiles towers over all.
László Krasznahorkai’s latest novel encompasses physics, the music of JS Bach, and an obsessive correspondence with the German chancellor. László Krasznahorkai enthusiasts won’t be surprised he’s ...
Tim Winton’s new novel Juice dives into a post-climate-change world where violence seems the only solution.
Researcher Lynne Kelly explains the groundbreaking discovery of the gene that enables humans to store knowledge – and create art. What makes us human? The question is philosophic, but increasingly the ...