The Young H.G. Wells: Changing the World by Claire Tomalin
$45.00 AUD
Category: Literature
A fascinating journey into the early life of H.G. Wells, the father of science fiction, from one of Britain's best biographers How did the first forty years of H.G Wells' life shape a fantastic writer into a visionary? Claire Tomalin's remarkable and empathetic biography, focusing on HG Wells' early l ...Show more
Meanjin Vol 80, No 3 by Jonathan Green
$24.99 AUD
Category: Literature
'I've never been too impressed with the metaphoric mountain-top that Black race scholars and civil rights activists have typically been concerned with, of a promised land and a dream . . . As appealing as it sounds I don't believe that such a world will ever be possible in a settler colonial state . . . ...Show more
Blood Relations by Sandy Jeffs
$21.95 AUD
Category: Poetry
These poems are an evocative documentation of the harrowing experiences of a child living in a hostile and unhappy home. Pain and bitterness accompany the conflicting emotions of growing up in a family torn apart by domestic violence and alcoholism.
The Unwinding and Other Dreamings by Jackie Morris
$29.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
A highly illustrated pillow book to prompt dreaming and creativity by Kate Greenaway Medal-winning artist Jackie MorrisLonglisted for the 2021 Kate Greenaway Medal"A quiet masterpiece . . . a love story, a hope story, a story out of time, out of stricture, out of the narrow artificial bounds by which we ...Show more
Such A Sweet Singing: Poetry To Empower Every Woman by Kirsty Gunn (edited by)
$24.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
A beautiful collection of poems to nourish, inspire and change the people who read them. Here is poetry for those no longer being spoken to but speaking, no longer being looked at but looking, from the contemporary voices of Fiona Benson and Jane Yeh to the evocative imagery of Christina Rossetti, Anna ...Show more
Judith Wright: Selected Writings by Judith Wright; Georgina Arnott (Editor)
$34.99 AUD
Category: Literature
This first-ever collection of Australian poet Judith Wright's nonfiction is a compelling portrait of a prescient voice on modern Australia. Judith Wright (1915-2000) is one of the best-known Australian poets of her generation. Born into a pioneering bush family, her commitments to environmental protect ...Show more
TAKE CARE: Shortlisted for the Stella Prize 2022 by Eunice Andrada
$25.00 AUD
Category: Poetry
TAKE CARE explores what it means to survive within systems not designed for tenderness. Bound in personal testimony, the poems situate the act of rape within the machinery of imperialism, where human and non-human bodies, lands, and waters are violated to uphold colonial powers. Andrada explores the mag ...Show more
Selected Poems by Jordie Albiston
$25.00 AUD
Category: Poetry
Jordie Albiston is one of Australia’s most accomplished and celebrated poets, and Selected Poems presents a keenly anticipated retrospective of her work. This significant volume offers the reader an enthralling visit to all thirteen of her critically acclaimed poetry collections—many of which have been ...Show more
Space Struck by Paige Lewis
$28.00 AUD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: near fine
"Must-Read Poetry: October 2019" by Nick Ripatrazone,The Millions"Best Books of 2019,"Book Riot This astonishing, self-assured debut leads us on an exploration to the stars and back, begging us to reconsider our boundaries of self, time, space, and knowledge. The speaker writes, "...the universe/is an ...Show more
The RSC Shakespeare: The Complete Works by William Shakespeare
$69.99 AUD
Category: Drama
Developed in partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company, this Complete Works of William Shakespeare combines exemplary textual scholarship with beautiful design. Curated by expert editors Sir Jonathan Bate and Professor Eric Rasmussen, the text in this collection is based on the iconic 1623 First Fo ...Show more
Limelight June 2022 by Limelight
$11.99 AUD
Category: Literature
The June 2022 issue of Limelight goes on sale 31 May, 2022Cover story- Poems from the Podium In what could well be his final trip to Australia, Indian maestro Zubin Mehta conducts the Australian World Orchestra in Melbourne and Sydney. Mehta, who conducted the AWO in 2013 and on an Indian tour in 2015, ...Show more