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Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter

Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter
  • Author(s): Lizzie Pook
  • Location(s): Western Australia
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1886

1886, BANNIN BAY, AUSTRALIA. The Brightwell family has sailed from England to make their new home in Western Australia. Ten-year-old Eliza knows little of what awaits them on these shores beyond shining pearls and shells like soup plates –...

My Brilliant Career

My Brilliant Career
  • Author(s): Miles Franklin
  • Location(s): Australia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): early 20th century

“My Brilliant Career” is the story of Sybylla, a headstrong young girl growing up in early 20th century Australia. Sybylla rejects the opportunity to marry a wealthy young man in order to maintain her independence. As a consequence she...

My Place

My Place
  • Author(s): Sally Morgan
  • Location(s): Australia
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 20th century

Looking at the views and experiences of three generations of indigenous Australians, this autobiography unearths political and societal issues contained within Australia’s indigenous culture. Sally Morgan traveled to her grandmother’s birthplace, starting a search for information about her family....

New Beginnings

New Beginnings
  • Author(s): Iris Blobel
  • Location(s): Hobart
  • Genre(s): Romance, Young Adult
  • Era(s): Modern

Twenty-two-year-old Sophie Levesque has been guardian to eight-year-old sister Mia since their mother’s death a few years ago. Luck comes their way when they inherit a small house in Hobart. Problem is, though, they don’t know or have even...

Nine Perfect Strangers

Nine Perfect Strangers
  • Author(s): Liane Moriarty
  • Location(s): Australia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Nine perfect strangers, each hiding an imperfect life. A luxury retreat cut off from the outside world. Ten days that promise to change your life. But some promises – like some lives – are perfect lies . . .

No Number Nine

No Number Nine
  • Author(s): F J Campbell
  • Location(s): Munich, Sydney
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2000

What do you do when your amazing, beloved sister dies? Hide in your room for two years. Sleep with a very, very wrong man. Leave home and start a new life, lying to everyone you meet including your kind...

North of Nowhere, South of Loss

North of Nowhere, South of Loss
  • Author(s): Janette Turner Hospital
  • Location(s): Australia
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): Various

Dark and gripping short stories set in Australia

Not an Ordinary Life, from class enemy to the Hall of Fame and a lifetime in between

Not an Ordinary Life, from class enemy to the Hall of Fame and a lifetime in between
  • Author(s): Laszlo Hody
  • Location(s): Szeged, Budapest, Melbourne
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): 1940-2015

A compelling and adventurous story that unfolds in Hungary, a country caught up in the frightening political and social issues of the 40’s and 50’s. Les’ early family life was one of privilege and success, but it quickly changed...

Off the Beaten Track: My Crazy Year in Asia

Off the Beaten Track: My Crazy Year in Asia
  • Author(s): Frank Kusy
  • Location(s): India, Australia, London, Thailand
  • Genre(s): Travelogue, Humour
  • Era(s): 1980s

One man. Four continents. And a love-crazed travel writer going off the beaten track… In 1989, Frank Kusy found himself the unwilling love pawn of a booted and bodiced Boadicea on a Harley low rider. Then he fell in...

On the Beach

On the Beach
  • Author(s): Nevil Shute
  • Location(s): South Australia
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Future
  • Era(s): Future

After a nuclear World War III has destroyed most of the globe, the few remaining survivors in southern Australia await the radioactive cloud that is heading their way and bringing certain death to everyone in its path. Among them...

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