Stranger Thingies: From Felafel to now

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John Birmingham

The incredible, delightfully funny John Birmingham is back, with a weird and whacky selection of short stories, most of which he claims to be amongst some the best he has...
Perfectly Norman

By

Tom Percival. Ill: Tom Percival

It is an almost an intrinsic desire for most children to consider themselves as normal. Norman was no different, and led a happy, comfortable life, until one day he grew...
The Floating Theatre

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Martha Conway

Twenty years before the American Civil War began, there were slave catchers based along the Ohio River. This river was a natural border between North and South. It was common...
Song of the Current

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Sarah Tolcser

We meet Caro and her father, as they travel down the river on their way to deliver a cargo of timber for the lumber yards. As their wherry, the Cormorant,...
We That Are Left

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Lisa Bigelow

In this hauntingly beautiful story, Lisa Bigelow has managed to capture the very essence of the many young women who are left to wait, while the men they love and...
Bad Mermaids

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Sibéal Pounder, illustrated by Jason Cockroft

The front cover of this book is enticing, with mermaids sparkles and bling. For the reader, the story begins with three young mermaids who have cast off their tails and...
A Promise to Kill A Clyde Barr Novel

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Erik Storey

Clyde Barr is back in trouble again, no matter how hard he tries to lead a quiet and simple life, trouble with a capital ‘T’ seems to come calling. How...
Paddy O’Melon

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Julia Cooper. IIl: Daryl Dickson

A little joey kangaroo was having a very exciting day as it was the first time he was considered big enough to be able to hop out of his mother pouch....
Prang

By

David Finchley

Looking at the cover of this book, it seems to indicate a sinister and dark story. However, this is certainly not the case. The author has chosen to unravel the...
The Bedlam Stacks

By

Natasha Pulley

Merrick Tremayne was injured while working as a smuggler for the East India Company. He now resides, with a malevolent brother, at his family home in Cornwall.  His father and...