Ex convicts Annie and Sam, ave their lives turned upside down when late in life their famiy history is finally revealed.Finally, they end up back in England, facing their ghosts and discover they are not whom they think they are.
In Mudrooroo's unforgettable novel, considered by many to be his masterpiece, the author evokes with fullest irony the bewilderment and frailty of the last native Tasmanians, as they come face to face with the clumsy but inexorable power of their white destroyers.
Set during the gold rush days, The Promised Landconcludes Mudrooroos fantastical voyage through the history of Australia around the time of its colonisation by the British. This is satire at its most cutting, and entertaining. Sir George Augustus returns to the Great South Land with his young wife, Lady Lucy...
The infection is continuing to spread in this uncertain, ever-changing world. This adrenaline-pumping page-turner is set in Australia. An unknown flu-like infection creates an apocalyptic crisis. The ‘Infected’ have developed intellect, becoming strategic in hunting the main character, Jackson. Jackson is marked by them and they want him dead.
Smart, idealistic and motivated, Jen the law student intends to make a big splash as a criminal lawyer. A bit of upmarket prostitution pays her way through University and leads her to Harry, cannabis dealer and playboy who turns her world upside down.
Dave Allenson, a security guard, stops Peter Hore from tearing down the net of the Iranian goal in the 1997 play-off against Australia, setting off an alternate timeline of Australian football. This book traces the course of "what if".
In 1943 on Bougainville Island, New Guinea, a Japanese officer beheads Hugh Rand, an Australian spy—a coast watcher. Spectators at the execution include villagers Rand terrorised as his mind frayed under the stress of pursuit by Japanese soldiers and their hounds.
What happens when a young boy lets his sister pack his lunch for him? Is a mysteriously rich uncle too good to be true? What do you need to throw the ultimate party? With all stories and illustrations penned by Aaryan himself, this book is bound to delight, intrigue and inspire us.
Lennie Lower, Australia's answer to James Thurber and S.J. Perelman, wrote humorous columns for Smith's Weekly and The Women's Weekly and by 1930 was seen as our greatest humorist with his novel Here's Luck. HERE'S LOWER is a selection of the whimsical Lower from his newspaper columns of the 1930s, illustrated by Patrick Cook. These short tales ......
