By

Mark Forsyth

This is truly a book of words and a word on books – do pardon the pun - but what a joy to open the pages of book that states...
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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

By

Peter Corris

When Cliff Hardy takes on what seems to be a relatively simple but somewhat mysterious case of a 19th century shipwreck off the Australian coast, little did he realise just...
Fiction