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australian fiction

Fierceland by Omar Musa ISBN:9781926428796

Fierceland by Omar Musa

$35.00 Inc GST

Annie Magdalene by Barbara Hanrahan ISBN:9781763554122

Annie Magdalene by Barbara Hanrahan

$33.00 Inc GST

Fireweather by Miranda Darling ISBN:9781761381379

Fireweather by Miranda Darling

$30.00 Inc GST

The Underworld by Sofie Laguna ISBN:9781761350771

The Underworld by Sofie Laguna

$35.00 Inc GST

Discipline by Randa Abdel-Fattah ISBN:9780702271014

Discipline by Randa Abdel-Fattah

$35.00 Inc GST

A Great Act of Love by Heather Rose ISBN:9781761066337

A Great Act of Love by Heather Rose

$35.00 Inc GST

Last One Out: No one stays forever by Jane Harper ISBN:9781760783969

Last One Out by Jane Harper

$35.00 Inc GST

Tenderfoot by Toni Jordan

Tenderfoot by Toni Jordan

$33.00 Inc GST

Yilkari A Desert Suite by Nicolas Rothwell and Alison Nampitjinpa Anderson

Yilkari A Desert Suite by Nicolas Rothwell and Alison Nampitjinpa Anderson

$35.00 Inc GST

U Want It Darker by Murray Middleton ISBN:9781761263163

U Want It Darker by Murray Middleton

$35.00 Inc GST

The Golden Sister by Suzanne Do ISBN:9781761566783

The Golden Sister by Suzanne Do

$35.00 Inc GST

The Visitor by Rebecca Starford ISBN:9781761471148

The Visitor by Rebecca Starford

$33.00 Inc GST

What Kept You? by Raaza Jamshed ISBN:9781923106413

What Kept You? by Raaza Jamshed

$32.95 Inc GST

The Immigrants: Fabula Mirabilis

The Immigrants by Moreno Giovannoni

$37.00 Inc GST

Pissants by Brandon Jack ISBN:9781761633072

Pissants by Brandon Jack

$35.00 Inc GST

Gravity Let Me Go by Trent Dalton

Gravity Let Me Go by Trent Dalton

$35.00 Inc GST

Arborescence by Rhett Davis

Arborescence by Rhett Davis

$33.00 Inc GST

Daughters of Batavia by Stefanie Koens

Daughters of Batavia by Stefanie Koens

$35.00 Inc GST

Until the Red Leaves Fall by Alli Parker

Until the Red Leaves Fall by Alli Parker

$35.00 Inc GST

The Far Side of the Moon and Other Stories by Jana Wendt

The Far Side of the Moon and Other Stories by Jana Wendt

$35.00 Inc GST

Honour's Mimic by Charmian Clift

Honour's Mimic by Charmian Clift

$35.00 Inc GST

The Revisionists: A thrilling and utterly compelling novel from the author of Tiny Uncertain Miracles

The Revisionists by Michelle Johnston

$35.00 Inc GST

When Sleeping Women Wake by Emma Pei Yin ISBN:9780733652875

When Sleeping Women Wake by Emma Pei Yin

$33.00 Inc GST

The Gowkaran Tree in the Middle of our Kitchen by Shokoofeh Azar ISBN:9781787706040

The Gowkaran Tree in the Middle of our Kitchen by Shokoofeh Azar

$35.00 Inc GST

What We Can Know by Ian McEwan ISBN:9781787335745

What We Can Know by Ian McEwan

$35.00 Inc GST

debut and emerging australian fiction

A Catalogue of Love by Erin Hortle ISBN:9781761631801

Catalogue of Love by Erin Hortle

$35.00 Inc GST

Desolation by Hossein Asgari ISBN:9781761154133

Desolation by Hossein Asgari

$35.00 Inc GST

Honeyeater by Kathleen Jennings ISBN:9781761562303

Honeyeater by Kathleen Jennings

$35.00 Inc GST

The Farm by Jessica Mansour-Nahra

The Farm by Jessica Mansour-Nahra

$33.00 Inc GST

Five Found Dead by Sulari Gentill ISBN:9781761153372

Five Found Dead by Sulari Gentill

$35.00 Inc GST

The Occupation by Chloe Adams ISBN:9781761351426

The Occupation by Chloe Adams

$35.00 Inc GST

Nock Loose by Patrick Marlborough ISBN:9781760995072

Nock Loose by Patrick Marlborough

$35.00 Inc GST

Cure by Katherine Brabon ISBN:9781761151804

Cure by Katherine Brabon

$35.00 Inc GST

All We Need by Magdalena McGuire ISBN:9781761151217

All We Need by Magdalena McGuire

$35.00 Inc GST

Big Feelings: An anti-romantic comedy by Amy Lovat ISBN:9781761263743

Big Feelings by Amy Lovat

$35.00 Inc GST

Your Friend and Mine by Jessica Dettmann

Your Friend and Mine by Jessica Dettmann

$33.00 Inc GST

Ruins by Amy Taylor

Ruins by Amy Taylor

$33.00 Inc GST

Wait Here by Lucy Nelson ISBN:9781761632389

Wait Here by Lucy Nelson

$33.00 Inc GST

crime fiction

The Predicament by William Boyd ISBN:9780241761144

The Predicament by William Boyd

$35.00 Inc GST

A Particularly Nasty Case by Adam Kay

A Particularly Nasty Case by Adam Kay

$33.00 Inc GST

Dust by Michael Brissenden ISBN:9781923293748

Dust by Michael Brissenden

$35.00 Inc GST

Stillwater by Tanya Scott ISBN:9781761471391

Stillwater by Tanya Scott

$35.00 Inc GST

Liar's Game: A Frenchman Thriller by Jack Beaumont ISBN:9781761066696

Liar's Game by Jack Beaumont

$35.00 Inc GST

King Tide by Luke Johnson ISBN:9781923293274

King Tide by Luke Johnson

$35.00 Inc GST

An Ill Wind by Margaret Hickey ISBN:9781761342059

Ill Wind by Margaret Hickey

$35.00 Inc GST

Broke Road by Matthew Spencer

Broke Road by Matthew Spencer

$35.00 Inc GST

The Peak: An exciting and gripping new espionage thriller and debut novel

The Peak by Sam Guthrie

$35.00 Inc GST

The White Crow: The gripping thriller from the No. 1 bestseller (Philomena McCarthy) by Michael Robotham ISBN:9780733651342

White Crow by Michael Robotham

$35.00 Inc GST

Eden by Mark Brandi ISBN:9780733649356

Eden by Mark Brandi

$33.00 Inc GST

The Forsaken: Volume 1 by Matt Rogers ISBN:9781761427817

The Forsaken by Matt Rogers

$35.00 Inc GST

international fiction

We'll Prescribe You Another Cat by Syou Ishida ISBN:9781529936735

We'll Prescribe You Another Cat by Syou Ishida

$35.00 Inc GST

House of Day

House of Day, House of Night by Olga Tokarczuk

$35.00 Inc GST

Great Black Hope by Rob Franklin ISBN:9781398539938

Great Black Hope by Rob Franklin

$35.00 Inc GST

The Elements by John Boyne ISBN:9780857528889

Elements by John Boyne

$37.00 Inc GST

Girl

Girl, 1983 by Linn Ullmann

$45.00 Inc GST

Life

Life, and Death, and Giants by Ron Rindo

$35.00 Inc GST

Buckeye by Patrick Ryan ISBN:9781526689320

Buckeye by Patrick Ryan

$33.00 Inc GST

Among the Burning Flowers: Take your first steps into the epic by Samantha Shannon ISBN:9781526686824

Among the Burning Flowers by Samantha Shannon

$33.00 Inc GST

The Book of Lost Hours by Hayley Gelfuso ISBN:9781761472794

Book of Lost Hours by Hayley Gelfuso

$35.00 Inc GST

Bookstore Girls by Kei Aono ISBN:9781529446333

Bookstore Girls by Kei Aono

$33.00 Inc GST

The Healing Hippo Of Hinode Park by Michiko Aoyama ISBN:9781529949766

The Healing Hippo Of Hinode Park by Michiko Aoyama

$35.00 Inc GST

The Island of Last Things by Emma Sloley

The Island of Last Things by Emma Sloley

$35.00 Inc GST

People with No Charisma by Jente Posthuma

People with No Charisma by Jente Posthuma

$28.00 Inc GST

Katabasis by R.F. Kuang ISBN:9780008501877

Katabasis by R.F. Kuang

$35.00 Inc GST

The Greatest Possible Good by Ben Brooks ISBN:9781398550483

The Greatest Possible Good by Ben Brooks

$35.00 Inc GST

The Midnight Shift by Gene Png ISBN:9781526679833

The Midnight Shift by Gene Png

$33.00 Inc GST

How to Hold Someone in your Heart by Mizuki Tsujimura ISBN:9780857529664

How to Hold Someone in your Heart by Mizuki Tsujimura

$35.00 Inc GST

Autocorrect by Etgar Keret ISBN:9781761380709

Autocorrect by Etgar Keret

$30.00 Inc GST

The Second Chance Convenience Store by Kim Ho-Yeon ISBN:9781035032891

The Second Chance Convenience Store by Kim Ho-Yeon

$23.00 Inc GST

Fulvia by Kaarina Parker

Fulvia by Kaarina Parker

$33.00 Inc GST

My Sister and Other Lovers by Esther Freud

My Sister and Other Lovers by Esther Freud

$33.00 Inc GST

Silvercloak by L. K. Steven ISBN:9781529940985

Silvercloak by L. K. Steven

$35.00 Inc GST

My Friends: A Goodreads' MOST anticipated novel of 2025 by Fredrik Backman ISBN:9781398516403

My Friends by Fredrik Backman

$35.00 Inc GST

australian stories + indigenous voices

The Man Who Planted Canberra: Charles Weston and His Three Million Trees by Robert Macklin ISBN:9781922507778

Man Who Planted Canberra by Robert Macklin

$40.00 Inc GST

Snake Talk: How global serpent stories can save reality by Tyson Yunkaporta ISBN:9781923058460

Snake Talk by Tyson Yunkaporta

$37.00 Inc GST

1975: Living in the Seventies by National Library of Australia ISBN:9781922507914

1975 by National Library of Australia

$20.00 Inc GST

Under the Influence of Salmon: How a man and a fish turned the world upside down by Steve Harris ISBN:9781922779472

Under the Influence of Salmon by Steve Harris

$40.00 Inc GST

Playtime: A History of Australian Childhood by Emily Gallagher ISBN:9781760645663

Playtime by Emily Gallagher

$37.00 Inc GST

The Eagle and the Crow by JM Field ISBN:9780702269127

Eagle and the Crow by JM Field

$25.00 Inc GST

First Knowledges Ceremony: All Our Yesterdays for Today by Georgia Curran ISBN:9781760764074

First Knowledges Ceremony by Georgia Curran

$27.00 Inc GST

Deep History: Country and Sovereignty by Ann McGrath ISBN:9781761170300

Deep History by Ann McGrath

$50.00 Inc GST

The Last Outlaws: The crimes of Jimmy & Joe Governor and the birth of modern Australia by Katherine Biber ISBN:9781761631665

The Last Outlaws by Katherine Biber

$37.00 Inc GST

Guts and Glory: Diggers

Guts and Glory by Peter Rees

$37.00 Inc GST

Terraglossia by Debra Dank ISBN:9781760689803

Terraglossia by Debra Dank

$23.00 Inc GST

biographies and memoirs + creative lives

No Dancing in the Lift: A memoir by Mandy Sayer ISBN:9781923023475

No Dancing in the Lift by Mandy Sayer

$33.00 Inc GST

Inside Out: An Incredible Friendship and Fight for Justice by Kathleen Folbigg ISBN:9781761346620

Inside Out by Kathleen Folbigg

$37.00 Inc GST

Fires Which Burned Brightly: A Life in Progress by Sebastian Faulks ISBN:9781529154658

Fires Which Burned Brightly by Sebastian Faulks

$45.00 Inc GST

Mother Mary Comes To Me by Arundhati Roy ISBN:9780241761724

Mother Mary Comes To Me by Arundhati Roy

$37.00 Inc GST

White Male Stand-Up by Alan Davies ISBN:9781800962583

White Male Stand-Up by Alan Davies

$35.00 Inc GST

Fly

Fly, Wild Swans by Jung Chang

$38.00 Inc GST

All the Way to the River: Love

All the Way to the River by Elizabeth Gilbert

$35.00 Inc GST

Looking for Elizabeth: The Life of Elizabeth Harrower by Helen Trinca ISBN:9781760645755

Looking for Elizabeth by Helen Trinca

$37.00 Inc GST

Hawke PM: The making of a legend by David Day ISBN:9781460766613

Hawke PM by David Day

$50.00 Inc GST

My Father Bryce by Adam Courtenay

My Father Bryce by Adam Courtenay

$35.00 Inc GST

A Different Kind of Power: A memoir by Jacinda Ardern ISBN:9781776951277

A Different Kind of Power by Jacinda Ardern

$55.00 Inc GST

nature and science + history

Science Under Siege: how to fight the five most powerful forces that threaten our world by Michael E. Mann ISBN:9781761381669

Science Under Siege by Michael E. Mann

$37.00 Inc GST

Planet Fungi: A Photographer's Foray by Catherine Marciniak ISBN:9781486318186

Planet Fungi by Catherine Marciniak

$60.00 Inc GST

The Sceptical Botanist: Separating Fact from Fiction by Tim Entwisle ISBN:9781486318216

The Sceptical Botanist by Tim Entwisle

$40.00 Inc GST

The Genius of Trees: How trees mastered the elements and shaped the world by Harriet Rix ISBN:9781847927835

Genius of Trees by Harriet Rix

$37.00 Inc GST

Prove It: A Scientific Guide for the Post-Truth Era by Elizabeth Finkel

Prove It: A Scientific Guide for the Post-Truth Era by Elizabeth Finkel

$37.00 Inc GST

Survival in Singapore by Tom Trumble

Survival in Singapore by Tom Trumble

$37.00 Inc GST

Nature's Last Dance: Tales of wonder in an age of extinction by Natalie Kyriacou ISBN:9781923293618

Nature's Last Dance by Natalie Kyriacou

$37.00 Inc GST

History's Strangest Deaths: A Half-Arsed History book by Riley Knight ISBN:9781761472589

History's Strangest Deaths by Riley Knight

$30.00 Inc GST

Silk Silver Opium: The Trade with China that Changed History by Michael Pembroke

Silk Silver Opium by Michael Pembroke, Hon Justice

$38.00 Inc GST

Seven Rivers: A Journey Through the Currents of Human History by Vanessa Taylor ISBN:9781474617239

Seven Rivers by Vanessa Taylor

$35.00 Inc GST

Back From The Dead: The astonishing true story of the Blythe Star

Back From The Dead by Piia Wirsu

$37.00 Inc GST

Blamey: The story of Australia's greatest general

Blamey by Brent D. Taylor

$37.00 Inc GST

non-fiction

Raising Readers: How to Nurture a Child's Love of Books by Megan Daley ISBN:9780702268984

Raising Readers by Megan Daley

$35.00 Inc GST

Better Things Are Possible: How rebellious hope will change the world by Jack Toohey ISBN:9781761471506

Better Things Are Possible by Jack Toohey

$35.00 Inc GST

Plain Life: On thinking

Plain Life by Antonia Pont

$35.00 Inc GST

The Gift of Not Belonging by Rami Kaminski

The Gift of Not Belonging by Rami Kaminski

$33.00 Inc GST

Torn: Four Women's Stories of Why They Left - or Why They Stayed by Nicole Madigan ISBN:9781763516496

Torn by Nicole Madigan

$37.00 Inc GST

The Origin of Language: How we learned to speak and why by Madeleine Beekman ISBN:9781761634369

The Origin of Language by Madeleine Beekman

$37.00 Inc GST

Raising Resilient Children: 7 steps to help children thrive in the classroom and beyond by Gavin McCormack ISBN:9781761429804

Raising Resilient Children by Gavin McCormack

$37.00 Inc GST

The New Age of Sexism: How the AI Revolution is Reinventing Misogyny by Laura Bates ISBN:9781471190490

The New Age of Sexism by Laura Bates

$37.00 Inc GST

Fault Lines: Australia's unequal past by Seumas Spark ISBN:9781923192447

Fault Lines by Seumas Spark

$37.00 Inc GST

Sweet Nothings by Madison Griffiths ISBN:9781761151859

Sweet Nothings by Madison Griffiths

$37.00 Inc GST

picture books

Once I was a Giant by Zeno Sworder ISBN:9781760764913

Once I was a Giant by Zeno Sworder

$30.00 Inc GST

If We Were Dogs by Sophie Blackall

If We Were Dogs by Sophie Blackall

$25.00 Inc GST

Cock-a-Doodle-Doo! by Pamela Allen ISBN:9781761354908

Cock-a-Doodle-Doo! by Pamela Allen

$25.00 Inc GST

A Is for ... A Rabbit's Tale by Jackie Hosking ISBN:9781760657437

A Is for ... A Rabbit's Tale by Jackie Hosking

$25.00 Inc GST

Hello Cocky A Stickybeak at the Cockatoo by Hilary Bell

Hello Cocky A Stickybeak at the Cockatoo by Hilary Bell

$28.00 Inc GST

Scotty and the Scotties by Gabriel Evans

Scotty and the Scotties by Gabriel Evans

$25.00 Inc GST

Two Cranky Bears by Nick Bland ISBN:9781761640131

Two Cranky Bears by Nick Bland

$20.00 Inc GST

I'd Rather be a Dragon by Laura Bunting ISBN:9781761528910

I'd Rather be a Dragon by Laura Bunting

$20.00 Inc GST

Cloudmaker by Helen Milroy

Cloudmaker by Helen Milroy

$28.00 Inc GST

How to Help When You Really Want to Help by Davina Bell

How to Help When You Really Want to Help by Davina Bell

$25.00 Inc GST

middle fiction

Song of a Thousand Seas by Zana Fraillon ISBN:9780702266317

Song of a Thousand Seas by Zana Fraillon

$15.00 Inc GST

The Poisoned King: Discover the epic adventure series loved by readers around the world by Katherine Rundell ISBN:9781408897454

Poisoned King by Katherine Rundell

$19.00 Inc GST

Gloam by Jack Mackay ISBN:9780861549528

Gloam by Jack Mackay

$17.00 Inc GST

A Gift from the Birds by Caroline Stills

A Gift from the Birds by Caroline Stills

$17.00 Inc GST

Mega Rich Guinea Pigs by Kate and Jol Temple

Mega Rich Guinea Pigs by Kate and Jol Temple

$17.00 Inc GST

The Disappearing Circus by Helen Edwards ISBN:9781763526099

Disappearing Circus by Helen Edwards

$18.00 Inc GST

New Kid On Deck: Pirate Academy 1 by Justin Somper ISBN:9781761182044

New Kid On Deck: Pirate Academy 1 by Justin Somper

$17.00 Inc GST

Sonny & Tess by Nova Weetman

Sonny & Tess by Nova Weetman

$17.00 Inc GST

The Silken Thread by Gabrielle Wang

The Silken Thread by Gabrielle Wang

$18.00 Inc GST

Into the Bewilderness by Gus Gordon

Into the Bewilderness by Gus Gordon

$25.00 Inc GST

You & Me and the Peanut Butter Beast by Andy Griffiths ISBN:9781761269004

You & Me and the Peanut Butter Beast by Andy Griffiths

$17.00 Inc GST

Oceanforged 1: The Wicked Ship by Amelia Mellor ISBN:9781922992390

Oceanforged 1: The Wicked Ship by Amelia Mellor

$17.00 Inc GST

young adult + kids nonfiction

Our Islands by Yuval Zommer ISBN:9780500653685

Our Islands by Yuval Zommer

$30.00 Inc GST

The Stuff that Stuff is Made of: Things We Make With Plants by Jonathan Drori ISBN:9781917044172

Stuff that Stuff is Made of by Jonathan Drori

$35.00 Inc GST

The Locked Room by Adam Cece

The Locked Room by Adam Cece

$20.00 Inc GST

Peculiar Parents by Stephanie Owen Reeder ISBN:9781922507822

Peculiar Parents by Stephanie Owen Reeder

$30.00 Inc GST

Eleanor Jones is Playing with Fire by Amy Doak ISBN:9781761350634

Eleanor Jones is Playing with Fire by Amy Doak

$20.00 Inc GST

Skipshock: A genre-blending sci-fi romance from the bestselling author of ALL OUR HIDDEN GIFTS and THE RACHEL INCIDENT by Caroline O'Donoghue ISBN:9781529520927

Skipshock by Caroline O'Donoghue

$23.00 Inc GST

Find Me on the Coast by Jess McGeachin

Find Me on the Coast by Jess McGeachin

$30.00 Inc GST

Weaving Us Together by Lay Maloney ISBN:9780734423559

Weaving Us Together by Lay Maloney

$20.00 Inc GST

We Saw What You Started by Carla Salmon ISBN:9781761566790

We Saw What You Started by Carla Salmon

$20.00 Inc GST

This Bird Noticing Our Urban Birds by Astred Hicks with Holly Parsons

This Bird Noticing Our Urban Birds by Astred Hicks with Holly Parsons

$33.00 Inc GST

Drift by Pip Harry

Drift by Pip Harry

$18.00 Inc GST

The Incredible 3D Bug Hunt by Peggy Nille

The Incredible 3D Bug Hunt by Peggy Nille

$35.00 Inc GST

food + gardening

FUSAO: Untraditional recipes inspired by Brasil by Ixta Belfrage ISBN:9781529932829

FUSAO by Ixta Belfrage

$65.00 Inc GST

The Japanese Art of Pickling & Fermenting: Preserving vegetables and family traditions by Yoko Nakazawa ISBN:9781923239135

Japanese Art of Pickling & Fermenting by Yoko Nakazawa

$50.00 Inc GST

Winter in Tuscany: Amber Guinness brings the heart of Tuscany's cosy autumnal and wintry flavours to your kitchen by Amber Guinness ISBN:9781760764753

Winter in Tuscany by Amber Guinness

$65.00 Inc GST

Wild by Design: Naturalistic Gardening for Modern Australian Landscapes by Tim Pilgrim ISBN:9781761500411

Wild by Design by Tim Pilgrim

$60.00 Inc GST

Linger: Salads

Linger by Hetty Lui McKinnon

$45.00 Inc GST

The Urban Food Forester by Justin Calverley

The Urban Food Forester by Justin Calverley

$45.00 Inc GST

Planting for Native Birds

Planting for Native Birds, Bees and Butterflies by Jaclyn Crupi

$35.00 Inc GST

What We Call Masala | A cook's practical guide to the poetry of Indian spices: 74 spices

What We Call Masala | A cook's practical guide to the poetry of Indian spices by Sarina Kamini

$50.00 Inc GST

Modern Australian Baking: Sweet

Modern Australian Baking by Christopher The

$60.00 Inc GST

Handfuls of Sunshine by Tilly Pamment

Handfuls of Sunshine by Tilly Pamment

$40.00 Inc GST

Family Food: Fuss-free family meals to make weeknights a breeze by Sarah Pound ISBN:9781761563768

Family Food by Sarah Pound

$45.00 Inc GST

Boustany: A celebration of vegetables from my Palestine by Sami Tamimi ISBN:9781529916423

Boustany by Sami Tamimi

$60.00 Inc GST

gift, travel and illustrated

Lonely Planet Epic Runs of the World by Lonely Planet ISBN:9781837587599

Lonely Planet Epic Runs of the World by Lonely Planet

$35.00 Inc GST

City

City, Coast & Country by Adelaide Bragg

$90.00 Inc GST

Exposure: Contemporary photographers in Australia and New Zealand by Amber Creswell Bell ISBN:9781760764869

Exposure by Amber Creswell Bell

$80.00 Inc GST

Lonely Planet Epic Train Trips of the World by Lonely Planet ISBN:9781837586141

Lonely Planet Epic Train Trips of the World by Lonely Planet

$50.00 Inc GST

Lonely Planet The Travel Atlas by Lonely Planet ISBN:9781837587612

Lonely Planet The Travel Atlas by Lonely Planet

$45.00 Inc GST

What a Ripper!: 60 everyday objects that shaped Australia by Tim Ross ISBN:9781761500473

What a Ripper! by Tim Ross

$40.00 Inc GST

The Secret Language of Plants: Art

Secret Language of Plants by Hope Werness

$55.00 Inc GST

The Gifts of Reading for the Next Generation: essays on nurturing a passion for reading by Jennie Orchard ISBN:9781761380976

The Gifts of Reading for the Next Generation by Jennie Orchard

$35.00 Inc GST