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Freycinet

Freycinet
  • Author(s): Melanie Calvert
  • Location(s): Freycinet
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Freycinet is about obsessive love and cruel murder in the Tasmanian wilderness, as Ginny O’Byrne experiences disturbing visions of torturous fates for two missing young women. In Freycinet (pronounced Frey-sin-ay), Ginny is simultaneously enchanted but also strangely horrified by...

Heist

Heist
  • Author(s): Robert Schofield
  • Location(s): The Outback, Western Australia
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

‘Ford laid his fingertips gently on the cut in his shoulder where the bullet had clipped him. His best chance would be to hitch a ride south at the first opportunity, before the police started looking for him. He...

Hindsight

Hindsight
  • Author(s): Sarah Belle
  • Location(s): Melbourne
  • Genre(s): Fantasy, Humour, Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Humour, wit, and just a touch of humility: the swinging 60s as you’ve never seen them before! The universe has sent Juliette a sign. She wishes it had been an email instead… Juliette’s career is on fire, her marriage...

Home Is Nearby

Home Is Nearby
  • Author(s): Magdalena McGuire
  • Location(s): Wroclaw (Breslau), Australia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1980s

1980: the beginning of the Polish Crisis. Brought up in a small village, country-girl Ania arrives in the university city of Wroclaw to pursue her career as a sculptor. Here she falls in love with Dominik, an enigmatic writer...

In a Sunburned Country

In a Sunburned Country
  • Author(s): Bill Bryson
  • Location(s): Australia
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): 2000s

Bryson travels around Australia, seeking the key to the uniquely Australian character. Bryson on form he comes upon critters, local characters, the history of the “discovery” … areal incentive to pack your bags and explore this beautiful part of...

Jacaranda Wife

Jacaranda Wife
  • Author(s): Kendra Smith
  • Location(s): Sydney
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

When a double dip recession hits along with a tax bill, most people tighten their belts, cancel the summer holiday and look for the two-for-one offers. But not Katie Parkes. The home-loving mother of two from London finds herself...

Jasper Jones

Jasper Jones
  • Author(s): Craig Silvey
  • Location(s): Western Australia
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Young Adult
  • Era(s): 1960s

Summer, 1965. In the fictional town of Corrigan, WA. Late one night, thirteen-year-old Charlie Bucktin is startled by a knock on his window. His visitor is Jasper Jones. Rebellious, mixed-race and solitary, Jasper is intriguing. And he needs Charlie’s...

Land’s Edge

Land’s Edge
  • Author(s): Tim Winton
  • Location(s): Western Australia
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Late 1900s

On childhood holidays to the western coast, Tim Winton’s days followed a joyous rhythm. In the mornings, the sun and surf kept him outside, in the water. In the afternoons, as the horizon wobbled with mirages and the wind...

Little Exiles

Little Exiles
  • Author(s): Robert Dinsdale
  • Location(s): Australia, England
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Second half 20th Century

Jon Heather, proud to be nearly nine, keeps a vigil at the end of his lane. Determined not to be beaten by the cold he stands and waits for his Father. It is Christmas Eve, 1948. Christmas, a time...

Little Lies

Little Lies
  • Author(s): Liane Moriarty
  • Location(s): Australia
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

The same book as BIG LITTLE LIES Jane hasn’t lived anywhere longer than six months since her son was born five years ago. She keeps moving in an attempt to escape her past. Now the idyllic seaside town of...

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