The Moon in the Palace

By

Weina Dai Randel

This Chinese Historical Fiction tale is wonderfully encapsulated by language that immediately brings the reader into the time, place and mind of the main character Mei. The author has written...
The Other Side of the Season: Seasons Collection

By

Jen J McLeod

This Australian family story is set in NSW, near Byron Bay, and reflects the surrounding country and lifestyle beautifully. Initially in 2015 we are taken on a road trip with...
Happy People Read and Drink Coffee

By

Agnes Martin-Lugand

The title of the book is actually the name of a book café, run by the main character in this story, Diane. She comes from a wealthy Parisian family, who...
My Italian Bulldozer

By

Alexander McCall Smith

In this stand-alone novel McCall Smith once again introduces us to the wonderful fluidity of life as we live it as he takes a journey to Italy, Tuscany to be...
The Last Pearl

By

Leah Fleming

Leah Fleming has written a narrative saga that follows the fortunes of several families over generations, also delving into the pearling industry in Scotland and America. Fresh water pearling was...
Secret Heiress

By

Luke Devenish

 The story commences with Miss Matilda Gregory looking to hire a new maid. Ida Garfield, longing for a chance to escape her go nowhere life on the farm is offered...
Whole Wild World: A Memoir

By

Tom Dusevic

Award winning journalist Tom Dusevic offers a wonderful look back in time as he allows us to see, first hand, just what it was like growing up in post war...
One

By

Patrick Holland

With sparing use of words Patrick Holland has portrayed the final months of the last two bushrangers in Australia, the Kenniff brothers, Patrick and James and the policeman, Nixon, responsible...
Second Chance Town

By

Karly Lane

Bundah is like many country towns, slowly dying, with many schemes to try and encourage people to return to the country. To date not many of them have worked but...
A Window Opens

By

Elizabeth Egan

If someone claimed this story as an autobiography, or a piece of non-fiction writing, I'm sure most readers would believe it. The characters are so real, and the situations so...