Title: If Blood Should Stain the Wattle Author: Jackie French Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: HarperCollins Published: 1st December 2016 Format: Paperback Pages: 544 Price: $29.99 Synopsis: It's 1972 in Gibber's Creek, and across the nation, the catchcry is, 'It's time'. In 1972, and the catchcry is 'It's time'. As political ideals drift from disaster to… Continue reading If Blood Should Stain the Wattle by Jackie French (Matilda Saga #6)
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The Ghost by the Billabong by Jackie French (Matilda Saga #5)
Title: The Ghost by the Billabong Author: Jackie French Genre: Children’s Literature/Young Adult Publisher: HarperCollins Australia Published: 1st December 2015 Format: Paperback Pages: 544 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: Hippies wear beads, demonstrators march against the Vietnam War, and the world waits to see the first human steps on the moon's surface. But at Gibbers Creek, Jed… Continue reading The Ghost by the Billabong by Jackie French (Matilda Saga #5)
The Bombs That Brought Us Together by Brian Conaghan
Title: The Bombs that Brought Us Together Author: Brian Conaghan Genre: Children’s Fiction Publisher: Bloomsbury Published: 1st May 2016 Format: Paperback Pages: 368 Price: $16.99 Synopsis: WINNER OF THE 2016 COSTA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD Fourteen-year-old Charlie Law has lived in Little Town, on the border with Old Country, all his life. He knows the rules:… Continue reading The Bombs That Brought Us Together by Brian Conaghan
Frostblood by Elly Blake
Title: Frostblood Author: Elly Blake Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton Published: 10th January 2017 Format: paperback Pages: 376 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: The first in a page-turning young adult series in a world where flame and ice are mortal enemies. In a land governed by the cruel Frostblood ruling class, seventeen-year-old Ruby is a Fireblood… Continue reading Frostblood by Elly Blake
A Waltz For Matilda by Jackie French (Matilda Saga #1)
Title: A Waltz For Matilda (Matilda Saga #1) Author: Jackie French Genre: Historical Fiction, Children’s Fiction Publisher: HarperCollins AU Published: December1 2010 Format: Paperback Pages: 496 Price: $19.99 Synopsis: 'Once a jolly swagman camped by a Billabong Under the shade of a Coolibah tree And he sang as he watched and waited till his Billy… Continue reading A Waltz For Matilda by Jackie French (Matilda Saga #1)
Cocaine Blues: A Phryne Fisher Mystery by Kerry Greenwood
Title: Cocaine Blues: A Phryne Fisher Mystery Author: Kerry Greenwood Genre: Crime Publisher: Allen and Unwin Published: June 2005 Format: Paperback Pages: 208 Price: $22.95 Synopsis: This is where it all started! The first classic Phryne Fisher mystery, featuring our delectable heroine, cocaine, communism and adventure. Phryne leaves the tedium of English high society for… Continue reading Cocaine Blues: A Phryne Fisher Mystery by Kerry Greenwood
Born A Crime: Stories from A South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
Title: Born a Crime: Stories from A South African Childhood Author: Trevor Noah Genre: Memoir/Non-Fiction Publisher: John Murray/Hachette Published: 29th November 2016 Format: Paperback Pages: 336 Price: $35.00 Synopsis: Growing up mixed race in South Africa, this is the fascinating and darkly funny memoir from Trevor Noah. Trevor Noah is the host of The Daily… Continue reading Born A Crime: Stories from A South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
The Beast’s Garden by Kate Forsyth
Title: The Beast’s Garden Author: Kate Forsyth Publisher: Random House Category: Fiction Pages: 512 Available formats: Print Publication Date: 3/8/15 Synopsis: ‘Ava fell in love the night the Nazis first showed their true nature to the world …’ A retelling of the Grimms' Beauty and The Beast, set in Nazi Germany. It’s August 1939 in Germany, and… Continue reading The Beast’s Garden by Kate Forsyth
Five Years of Rowland Sinclair
Five years ago, on the first of June, Rowland Sinclair and his artist compatriots were released from the grey cells and imagination of Sulari Gentill into the literary world, with the help of the fantastic team at Pantera Press. A 1930s gentleman of means, living in a family estate in Woollahra, with his friends Elias… Continue reading Five Years of Rowland Sinclair
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