Packing up her mother's life, George instead unpacks her own... A deeply insightful and wryly funny story perfect for readers of Meredith Jaffe and The Weekend by Charlotte Wood.Things you might be surprised to find when cleaning out your deceased mother's house:a secret diarya family mysterya new lease on life.Grief-stricken middle-aged sisters George, Kat and Annie give themselves a week to pack up their c...

There are certain moments studded throughout our lives where events embed memories that last the distance. Not just the obvious, like births, deaths and marriages, but also the smaller, less overtly impactful ones, which glue our past to our present to our future. The minutiae that solidify us. It may be as inconsequential as a conversation, a meal, or the sun-speckled image of a six-year old running ahead, blonde hair becoming iridescent as it whips across her shoulders. Jogging behind is...

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me."What a ridiculous saying."Jenny nodded. "Bruises heal, eventually, but the words - they're there forever.""Actually the words are like sticks and stones," said Fiona quietly. "Sharp and spiky and painful. Like little missiles."Maddie had thought the support group might help her. But with a sense of almost giddy relief she can't identify at all with these w...

Everybody has a book in them, or so the saying goes. For Kate Painter - wife, mother, freelance editor and aspiring writer - it's just a matter of finding a spare five minutes, a little peace and quiet... and something to write about.When her cousin Angie announces she has a room to let, Kate's spur of the moment decision to move temporarily out of the family home and in with Angie takes everyone, not least her husband and teenage children, by complete surprise. Yet Kate's sure tha...

She'd worn white to her wedding… Huge clouds of frosted white that billowed around her in the wind like fairy tale snow. But now the fairytale has ended and Mattie Hampton's marriage is over, or so she thinks.

An astonishingly inventive, playful, witty, poignant and deeply moving novel from one of Australia's most exciting writers.Shortlisted for THE AGE BOOK OF THE YEAR and THE READINGS NEW AUSTRALIAN FICTION PRIZE in 2023.Margaret Bryce, deceased mother of twins, has been having a hard time since dying in 2014. These days she spends time with her daughters - Eva in Madrid, and Rachel and her family in Melbourne - and her estranged husband, Henry, in Aberdeen. M...

From the author of The Good Wife of Bath comes this brilliant recreation of the vibrant, optimistic but politically treacherous world of London's Restoration theatre, where we are introduced to the remarkable playwright Aphra Behn, now a feminist icon but then an anomaly, who gravitated to the stage - a place where artifice and disguise are second nature and accommodates those who do not fit in.'Karen Brooks demonstrates her considerable talent for capturing the historical...

'Tension and menace ... Mercier wields exceptional talent' CANDICE FOX'Will keep you turning pages late into the night: don't say you weren't warned!' HAYLEY SCRIVENOR'Suspenseful, smart and utterly gripping' BETTER READINGLonglisted for the 2024 Davitt Best Adult Novel PrizeOnly a handful of inmates in Westmead Prison have committed crimes so atrocious that they've been locked away for life...

Mandy Magro's touching new novel Silverton Shores is available 2 October 2024. Preorder now!Bestselling Australian romance author Mandy Magro tells a heartwarming story of homecoming and love against all the odds.Would you give up everything for love?Samantha Evans may have been born and bred in the country, but over the years she has adapted to, and loves, her big-city life in London. She's reached heights of succ...

The bestselling, practical and inclusive guide to life from Instagram's favourite psychologist Chris Cheers.Shortlisted for the 2024 Australian Book Design Awards Best Designed Non-Fiction CoverTake a moment and check in with how you've been feeling lately. Maybe a little tired, stressed or burnt out? All the recent upheaval and uncertainty has left many of us not only feeling exhausted, but also questioning who we are and what we want from...

A town scandal. A kelpie chaperone. A winter ball. The bush telegraph has never had so much to talk about...A delightfully charming rural story about love and healing from bestselling Australian author Alissa Callen.Hettie Burbrook is the first to admit she's happiest when flying solo through the outback skies. After her hobby of photographing farmers lands her a book deal, it provides the ideal cover story to visit small-town Bund...

A story about running away, crashing through and hitting my strideWhen the whole world seems set against you, how you keep the negative voice out of your head?Candice Warner knows all about the damaging consequences of living life in front of the cameras and has learned a lot about how to insulate from the worst of public life - for herself, as a wife and partner, and as a mother. Growing up with, competing in and living among some of the most abrasive envi...