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The Aunts'
House
Elizabeth Stead
RRP $29.95
Recently orphaned,
Angel Martin moves
into a boarding
house populated
by an assortment
of eccentric and
colourful characters.
Elizabeth Stead brings her classic subversive
wit and personal insight to this nostalgic
portrait of wartime Sydney.
Due
MAY
21
Due
APRIL
16
Machines
Like Me
Britain has lost the Falklands war, Margaret
Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power and
Alan Turing achieves a breakthrough in
artificial intelligence. In a world not quite
like this one, two lovers will be tested
beyond their understanding.
Steven Carroll
RRP $29.99
One of Australia’s
finest writers returns
with a powerful novel
that goes back to the
very beginning of the
story, to bring his
Glenroy series to a
close. The Year of the Beast tells a story of what
it means to be an individual, standing against
the surge of the crowd.
Due
APRIL
Identity crisis
23
Ben Elton
Where’d You
Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple
RRP $22.99
Where’d You Go,
Bernadette is a
compulsively readable,
deeply touching novel about misplaced genius
and a mother and daughter’s place in the
world. Soon to be a film starring Cate Blanchett,
Kristen Wiig and Billy Crudup.
RRP $32.99
OUR PRICE $27 99
Ben Elton, returns with
a blistering satire of the
world as it crumbles
around us. No one is
safe as he sends up
everything from fake
news culture to gender
politics, from political sloganism to the power
of the hashtag, and everything in between.
The Shepherd’s Hut
Tim Winton
RRP $22.99
The War Artist
Simon Cleary
RRP $29.95
The War Artist is a
compelling novel
about the legacy of
war, the power of art
and the possibility of
redemption. This is
the most important
novel about the legacy of war since Richard
Flanagan’s The Narrow Road to the Deep North.
16
The Shepherd’s Hut is a
searing look at what it
takes to keep love and
hope alive in a parched
and brutal world. It is a
crisp, fast, shocking story,
an urgent masterpiece
about solitude, unlikely friendship, and the raw
business of survival. Now in small format.
Due
MAY
Due
APRIL
6
23
The Forest of
Wool and Steel
Natsu Miyashita
RRP $24.99
Under the tutelage
of three master
piano-tuners Tomura
embarks on his training, never straying too
far from an unfathomable question – do I
have what it takes? This book reveals that the
road to finding purpose is often filled with
doubt but for those who persevere there are
moments of revelation.
Berlin, 1938. Ernst Schäfer, an ambitious
zoologist has come to the attention of
Heinrich Himmler, who invites him to
lead a group of SS scientists to the frozen
mountains of Tibet. Their secret mission: to
search for the origins of the Aryan race…
Due
july
Mark Haddon
RRP $32.99
The Year of
the Beast
Leah Kaminsky
RRP $32.99
Ian McEwan
RRP $32.99
The Porpoise
A newborn baby is the
sole survivor of a plane
crash. She is raised in
isolation by an overprotective father. When a
suitor visits, he understands far more than he
should. Forced to run for his life, he escapes
aboard The Porpoise, an assassin on his tail...
The Hollow
Bones
Daughter of
Bad times
Bodies of Men
Nigel Featherstone
RRP $32.99
Bodies of Men is a
beautifully evocative
tale of two men whose
lives are brought together in tragedy. Egypt,
1941. Only hours after disembarking, Australian
William Marsh, is caught in a stoush with the
Italian enemy. He is saved by James Kelly,
a friend from home and the last person he
expects to see…
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Rohan Wilson
RRP $29.99
Rin Braden is almost
ready to give up on life
after the death of her lover Yamaan and the
everyday dread of working for her mother’s
corrupt private prison company. But miraculously
Yamaan has survived. This is a compelling novel
by the author of The Roving Party.
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