A First Place by David Malouf
$29.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories
A collection of personal essays and writing from David Malouf to celebrate his 80th birthday. Topography, geography, history. Multiculturalism, referendums, the constitution and national occasions. Parental and grandparental romances, the sensual and bountiful beauty of Brisbane, the mysterious offering ...Show more
The Local Wildlife by Robert Drewe
$29.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories | Reading Level: very good
Welcome to northern New South Wales, where the 'local wildlife' doesn't just mean the native fauna, but the people as well. When Robert Drewe moved to this small community, he was expecting a few eccentrics and interesting animals -- and he got them.
Swimming to the Moon by Robert Drewe
$29.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories
From a floury encounter on a baker's work table to the art of sitting backwards on chairs, from budgie training to spontaneous human combustion, this collection showcases the non-fiction writing of one of Australia's best-loved authors. These pieces encompass suburban portraits and coastal living, affec ...Show more
Venice : Wisdom Tree 2 by Nick Earls
$19.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories
Venice is the second novella in a set of five by Nick Earls. It is part of the box set called Wisdom Tree
A Collapse of Horses by Brian Evenson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories
"A stuffed bear beats with the rhythm of a dead baby's heart; a crew on a space mission are dying of exposure to alien dust and at the hands of a killer among them; and a town keeps receding to the east as a man travels back to the father who drove him away. In these stories, Brian Evenson unsettles us ...Show more
Head Land by GLASS RODGE
$38.95 AUD
Category: Short Stories
Contributors include Kevin Barry, Colm ToIbIn, Ali Smith, Neil Gaiman, Kirsty Gunn, Tessa Hadley, Sarah Hall, Zoe Lambert, Claire Keegan, Jon McGregor, Nicholas Royle, Helen Simpson, amongst others.
Io Anthology by Richard Grossinger
$54.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories
Io Anthology celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of this formative journal and commemorates its role in opening a path to decades of innovative publishing. Bringing together in one volume the quirky blend of artistic and scholarly writing that characterized the literary journal, this book is a "greatest ...Show more
The Hunter and Other Stories by Dashiell Hammett
$19.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories
A new collection of crime stories from the legendary hard-boiled writer Dashiell Hammett. The author of classic novels The Thin Man (1934) and The Maltese Falcon (1938), Hammett has been called 'a master of the detective novel, yes, but also one hell of a writer' (The Boston Globe). This new collection, ...Show more
Little White Slips by Karen Hitchcock
$29.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories
The 13 stories in this debut collection showcase a writing that is deeply personal, strikingly feminine, heartbreakingly beautiful, at times fearless and confronting, and frequently hilarious. Whether tackling a troubled marriage using an action figure of Sigmund Freud, celebrating the apparent triumph ...Show more
Echoes by Laura Dockrill
$32.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories
A collection of terrifyingly wicked fairytales and poems from The Times' Talent to Watch, Laura Dockrill Immerse yourself in the magical world of Laura Dockrill; a land where all is not as it seems. Between the covers of this book lie worlds you'll never want to leave, stories familiar and yet strange, ...Show more
Six Stories and an Essay by Andrea Levy
$29.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories
Andrea Levy, author of the Man Booker shortlisted novel THE LONG SONG and the prize-winning, million-copy bestseller SMALL ISLAND, draws together a remarkable collection of short stories from across her writing career, which began twenty years ago with the publication of her first novel, the semi-autobi ...Show more
Inexperience and Other Stories by Anthony Macris
$24.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories
Can a relationship survive a long-anticipated but disappointing world trip? Will a small-shopkeeper cope when pitted against an emerging mega-mall? How do we keep our sanity in the face of life's obstacles - and when we don't, what will pull it back again? Take a trip through the world's greatest cities ...Show more