Title: Beauty in Thorns Author: Kate Forsyth Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Penguin Random House/Vintage Published: 3rd of July 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 465 Price: $32.99 Synopsis: A spellbinding reimagining of ‘Sleeping Beauty’ set amongst the wild bohemian circle of Pre-Raphaelite artists and poets. The Pre-Raphaelites were determined to liberate art and love from the shackles… Continue reading Beauty in Thorns by Kate Forsyth
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My Lovely Frankie by Judith Clarke
Title: My Lovely Frankie Author: Judith Clarke Genre: YA Fiction Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: 28th June 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 224 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: A masterful, moving story about a teenage boy caught between faith and love, by one of Australia's finest YA writers. 'Frankie believed in Heaven quite literally, as if it was… Continue reading My Lovely Frankie by Judith Clarke
Death at Victoria Dock By Kerry Greenwood
Title: Death at Victoria Dock (Phryne Fisher #4) Author: Kerry Greenwood Genre: Crime Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: First published 1992, this edition published March 2005. Format: Paperback Pages: 186 Price: $22.95 Synopsis: Phryne Fisher returns in her fourth magical mystery amidst bullets, sexy ex-anarchists, furs, tattooists and silken lingerie. The devastating Phryne Fisher is… Continue reading Death at Victoria Dock By Kerry Greenwood
Running on the Roof of the World by Jess Butterworth
Title: Running On The Roof Of The World Author: Jess Butterworth Genre: Children’s Fiction Publisher: Hachette/Orion Children’s Books Published: 13th June 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 280 Price: $15.99 Synopsis: Join 12-year-old Tash and her best friend Sam in a story of adventure, survival and hope, set in the vivid Himalayan landscape of Tibet and India.… Continue reading Running on the Roof of the World by Jess Butterworth
Rotherweird by Andrew Caldecott
Title: Rotherweird Author: Andrew Caldecott Genre: Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction Publisher: Hachette Australia/Jo Fletcher Books Published: 16th May 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 460 Price: $32.99 Synopsis: Welcome to Rotherweird: a town with no maps, no guidebooks and no history, but many many secrets . . . A stunning combination of JONATHAN STRANGE AND MR NORRELL… Continue reading Rotherweird by Andrew Caldecott
The Lost Pages by Marija Peričić
Title: The Lost Pages Author: Marija Peričić Genre: Literary fiction, historical fiction Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: May 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 276 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: WINNER of the 2017 The Australian/Vogel's Literary Award A stunning novel of friendship, fraud and betrayal within a compelling literary rivalry. 'To frame The Lost Pages as being about Brod is clever… Continue reading The Lost Pages by Marija Peričić
2017 Pultizer Prize Winner: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Title: The Underground Railroad Author: Colson Whitehead Genre: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction Publisher: Hachette Australia Published: 26th April, 2017 (latest edition), Trade paperback 9th August 2016 Format: Paperback Pages: 306 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER and a NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER FOR FICTION 2016 2017 Pultizer Prize Winner… Continue reading 2017 Pultizer Prize Winner: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Beyond the Wild River by Sarah Maine
Title: Beyond the Wild River Author: Sarah Maine Genre: Fiction, Historical Fiction Publisher: Hachette Australia Published: 26/4/17 Format: Paperback Pages: 400 Price: $32.99 Synopsis: A spellbinding and beautiful novel from a major new voice in fiction, perfect for fans of Kate Morton, Santa Montefiore and Rachel Hore. From the author of THE HOUSE BETWEEN TIDES,… Continue reading Beyond the Wild River by Sarah Maine
Release Date Announced for Kate Forsyth’s Beauty in Thorns
On the 3rd of July this year, Kate Forsyth’s latest historical novel, Beauty in Thorns will be released by Penguin Random House, and is being hailed as her best work yet. Beauty in Thorns is Kate’s fortieth novel, and centres on the Pre-Raphaelites, and the series of paintings that Edward Burne-Jones completed in 1890 that… Continue reading Release Date Announced for Kate Forsyth’s Beauty in Thorns
Stars Across the Ocean by Kimberley Freeman
Title: Stars Across the Ocean Author: Kimberley Freeman Genre: Fiction, Historical Fiction Publisher: Hachette Australia Published: 26th April 2017 Format: Paperback Pages: 450 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: The powerful new novel from Kimberley Freeman. A rich and satisfying story of two women with indomitable spirits and the high costs they have to pay for being strong-minded,… Continue reading Stars Across the Ocean by Kimberley Freeman
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