The Choke is a mesmerising, harrowing and ultimately uplifting novel from the 2015 Miles Franklin winner.Winner of the 2018 Indie Book Award for Fiction!'It is quite a feat to write characters with such nuance...in harnessing her storytelling facility to expose the flaws in the system with what is becoming trademark empathy, Laguna is an author proving the novel is a crucial document of the times.' - Louise Swinn, The Australian

The incandescent new novel from the acclaimed Miles Franklin winner author of The Eye of the Sheep and The Choke.WINNER OF THE 2021 COLIN RODERICK AWARDLONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARDLawrence Loman is a bright, caring, curious boy with a gift for painting. He lives at home with his mother and younger brother, and the future is laid out before him, full of promise. But when he is ten, an experience of betrayal ...

For the first time, read all four Grace stories in one beautiful hardback edition.It's 1808 . . .and Grace's world is about to change - from her tough life as a mudlark on the River Thames in London, to the adventures and challenges she faces as a servant girl in a new country.Journey with Grace across all four exciting stories about a convict girl who's given a second chance.Dreamy, thoughtful, brave and compassionate, Grace is an unf...

A beautiful, illustrated adventure story with a classic feel, about a quiet boy and a talking crow on an extraordinary hot-air balloon ride to the Arctic.Matthew stood on the snowy peak and stared out at the world spread before him. Every picture in his books had been limited by the size of the page, contained within frames. Here, there was no frame. Here, the picture didn't end. Beyond those icy plains, the sea, and beyond the sea, a land that floated on the i...

A child is imprisoned in a house by her reclusive religious parents. Hester has never seen the outside world; her companions are Cat, Spoon, Door, Handle, Broom, and they all speak to her. Her imagination is informed by one book, an illustrated child's bible, and its imagery forms the sole basis for her capacity to make poetic connection.One day Hester takes a brave Alice in Wonderland trip into the forbidden outside (at the behest of Handle - 'turn me turn me'), and this overwhelm...

When Mother Bird and Father Bird discover a large blue egg in their nest, they treat it as their own. A beautiful story about love and kindness and loyalty in the face of adversity, from the award-winning creators of many much-loved picture books including Iceberg and When You're Older.Mother Bird sat over her eggs.'Not long now,' she said to Father Bird.Father Bird brought her worms and seeds.'N...

Sugar boy gave me the name Bird, otherwise I'm James Burdell. I live with my dad who has a big tattoo that says Live to Ride. He is so strong he can lift up a car, but he can't tell me what he's thinking. Maybe he's thinking about my mother who shot through. Sugar Boy is my best friend. We hang around down at the river, in the bush tunnel, or beside the railway tracks riding our bikes fast enough to beat the train. There's only two of us, but we're the whole team. I don't know wha...

Justine Lee was born breech, entering the world on her knees. She reads words the wrong way round. But she sees things more clearly than the adults around her think. Raised by her Pop since her parents left, Justine helps feed the chooks and makes dens down by the narrow stretch of the Murray River they call the Choke, dodging the violent games of her half-brothers.When Justine hears her dad's coming home at Christmas, she feels a mixture of excitement and dread. He's a dangerous m...

Fighting Bones is the convict-era adventure in this series of exciting, action-packed Australian stories for boys aged 8 to 12.Irish brothers Danny and Declan Sheehan are inmates at Tasmania's Point Puer prison for convict boys in 1836. When tragedy strikes and the prison bully is on the rampage, escape is their only chance to survive... But will they dare?It's an adventure in history.Do you dare?

Megan and her best friend Li must team up and draw on all their creativity and courage to defeat a strange monster that threatens their town.Megan is obsessed with drawing fantastical creatures and she shares them with her best friend Li who writes stories to go with the pictures. They are kindred spirits with big creative dreams.One day everyone in town - except Megan and Li - is immobilised by a strange glow coming from their phones. Megan and Li are init...

A spooky, exuberantly funny and hugely entertaining book about a boy who is having trouble making friends in his new neighbourhood… From bestselling author Sofie Laguna. Perfect for Halloween reading!Alby and his family are new on Pleasant Street. Their house is perfect, with a great tree to climb, and a pool. Their pet, Delia, is still in training, but she's settling in just fine.And tonight is Halloween - Alby's favourite night of the year - so ANYTHING c...

Beautiful, warm and evocative, this stunning picture book reveals an older brother's hopes for the amazing experiences he will share with his new baby brother - when he's older. A triumph of illustration and storytelling.Baby brother, I can't wait until you're older.Just imagine the adventures that lie ahead...An exquisitely illustrated and deeply joyful celebration of the bond between brothers. Join them as they explore the far rea...