AWARD WINNERS 2018
MILKMAN Anna Burns Paperback RRP $29.99 WINNER OF THE 2018 MAN BOOKER PRIZE Set in an un-named city but with an astonishing, breath-shorteningly palpable sense of time and place Milkman is a tale of gossip and hearsay, silence and deliberate deafness. The story of inaction with enormous consequences and decisions that are never made, but for which people are judged and punished.
THE LIFE TO COME Michelle de Kretser Paperback RRP $22.99 WINNER OF THE 2018 MILES FRANKLIN AWARD The Life to Come is a powerful novel that effortlessly blends sharp satire of the literary world with deeply compassionate portraits of lonely people and their strategies for survival.
NEVERMOOR Jessica Townsend Paperback RRP $16.99 WINNER OF THE 2018 INDIE BOOK OF THE YEAR This first book in a breathtaking, enchanting series by debut Australian author Jessica Townsend, about a cursed girl who escapes death and finds herself in a magical world - but is then tested beyond her wildest imagination.
LESS Andrew Sean Greer Paperback RRP $19.99 WINNER OF THE 2018 PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION Arthur is a failed writer trying to escape his problems by traveling abroad. From France to India, Germany to Japan, Arthur almost falls in love, almost falls to his death, and puts miles between him and the plight he refuses to face. Less is a novel about mishaps, misunderstandings and the depths of the human heart.
TRACKER Alexis Wright Paperback RRP $39.95 WINNER OF THE 2018 STELLA PRIZE Tracker is a collective memoir of the visionary Aboriginal leader Tracker Tilmouth. Wright weaves together the stories of Tracker, along with family, friends and colleagues, in a book that is testament to the role of storytelling in Aboriginal life as much as it is to the legacy of an extraordinary man.
HOME FIRE Kamila Shamsie Paperback RRP $19.99 WINNER OF THE 2018 WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION Discover this urgent and fiercely compelling story of what happens when loyalties are torn apart and love and politics collide. Home Fire confirms Kamila Shamsie as a master storyteller of our times.
BEST BOOKS OF 2018 THE SHEPHERD'S HUT Tim Winton Hardback RRP $39.99 The 2018 bestseller that sparked a national conversation about the toxic masculinity that plagues our culture; when the harsh reality that is Jaxie's life is torn away from him, he must trek across the saltlands to reach the only person left that he loves in a journey only a dreamer or a fugitive would attempt.
THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ Heather Morris Paperback RRP $29.99 The incredible story of the Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist and the woman he loved. Full of beauty and hope, the story is based on years of interviews author Heather Morris conducted with real-life Holocaust survivor and AuschwitzBirkenau tattooist Ludwig (Lale) Sokolov.
THE NOWHERE CHILD Christian White Paperback RRP $32.99 One of the breakout books of the year, and soon set for the screen, The Nowhere Child is a smart and electrifying thriller about an Australian woman confronted with the possibility that her life is a lie. To find the truth, Kim travels to Kentucky and into a dark past that reveals itself layer upon layer in an unforgettable tale of cult and conspiracy.
THE 104-STOREY TREEHOUSE Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton Paperback RRP $14.99 Join Andy and Terry in their stupendous 104-storey treehouse! They've added 13 new levels including a stupid-hat level, a refrigeratorthrowing level, a bun-fighting level, a tangled-up level and a deepthoughts thinking room.
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