These Precious Days by Ann Patchett
$29.99 AUD
Category: Anthologies | Reading Level: very good
The international bestselling writer Ann Patchett has been described as 'one of the foremost chroniclers of the burdens of emotional inventory and its central place in American lives' and 'a master of her art' (Observer). In her new collection, with her trademark blend of wryness, intelligence and wisdo ...Show more
Fairy Tale Land: 12 Classic Tales Reimagined by Kate Davies
$35.00 AUD
Category: Anthologies
Fairy Tale Land is a large-format gift book filled with classic fairy tales and exquisitely illustrated maps for children to pore over. Fairy Tale Land opens the gates to the magical land where all the fairy tale characters live. Get lost in this visually stunning, oversized gift book that features all ...Show more
A Bloody Good Rant: My Passions, Memories and Demons by Thomas Keneally
$39.99 AUD
Category: Anthologies
Following a lifetime observing Australia and its people, Tom Keneally turns inwards to reflect on what has been important to him. 'When I was born in 1935 I grew up, despite depression and World War II, with a primitive sense of being fortunate . . . The Utopian strain was very strong . . . if we weren ...Show more
India Rising?: Asia's Huge Question: Australian Foreign Affairs 13 by Jonathan Pearlman
$22.99 AUD
Category: Anthologies
Could India, an emerging giant and growing geopolitical player, change the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific?The latest issue of Australian Foreign Affairs examines the future of India, a rising giant whose unsteady growth and unpredictable political turns raise lingering questions about its role and ...Show more
A Life in Words: Collected writings from Gallipoli to the Melbourne Cup by Les Carlyon
$39.99 AUD
Category: Anthologies
The collected writing of one of Australia's most admired authors and journalists, Les Carlyon. 'Les Carlyon has died, and Australia has lost one of its greatest wordsmiths.' Greg Baum, The Age 'He's been called Australia's Damon Runyon, but that tag is far too limiting to do him justice. Certainly his ...Show more
The Gifts of Reading - Essays on the Joys of Reading, Giving and Receiving Books by Jennie Orchard (Curated by); Robert Macfarlane; Jackie Morris; William Boyd; Candice Carty-Williams; Chigozie Obioma; Philip Pullman; Imtiaz Dharker; Roddy Doyle; Pico Iyer; Andy Miller
$32.99 AUD
Category: Anthologies | Reading Level: very good
'This story, like so many stories, begins with a gift. The gift, like so many gifts, was a book...' So begins the essay by Robert Macfarlane that inspired this collection. In this cornucopia of an anthology, you will find essays by some of the world's most beloved novelists, nonfiction writers, essayist ...Show more
Feeling the Heat; Australia Under Climate Pressure: Australian Foreign Affairs 12 by Jonathan Pearlman
$22.99 AUD
Category: Anthologies
As a new US administration edges closer to international climate action, will Australia follow suit, or risk becoming an outlier?The twelfth issue of Australian Foreign Affairs examines the growing pressure on Australia as global and regional powers adopt tough measures to combat climate change. Feeling ...Show more
Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency by Olivia Laing
$19.99 AUD
Category: Anthologies
Never has a publication been more timely' - Dazed 'A brave writer whose books open up fundamental questions about life and art' - Telegraph In this remarkable, inspiring collection of essays, acclaimed writer and critic Olivia Laing makes a brilliant case for why art matters, especially in the turbule ...Show more
Everybody : A Book About Freedom by Olivia Laing
$44.99 AUD
Category: Anthologies
'Simply one of our most exciting writers' Observer 'One of the finest writers of the new non-fiction' Harper's Bazaar 'Laing combines formidable intelligence with boundless curiosity and fabulous taste' James Lasdun The body is a source of pleasure and of pain, at once hopelessly vulnerable and radiant ...Show more
Close to Home: Selected Writings by Alice Pung
$29.99 AUD
Category: Anthologies
A BRILLIANT COLLECTION FROM ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S LEADING WRITERS Close to Home brings together Alice Pung's most loved writing, on topics such as migration, family, art, belonging and identity. Warm, funny, moving and unfailingly honest, this is Alice at her best - an irresistible pleasure for fans and n ...Show more
Quarterly Essay 82: Exit Strategy: Politics After the Pandemic by George Megalogenis
$24.99 AUD
Category: Anthologies
In the wake of the pandemic, will we see a new politics of social security and concern for the future? Australia faces recession. In the wake of the pandemic, will we see a new politics of care and fear, of social security and concern for the future? In this original essay, George Megalogenis explains ...Show more
Griffith Review 72: States of Mind by Hay Ashley
$27.99 AUD
Category: Anthologies
Ask yourself this: What state am I in? And how much is it a reaction to the state of the world today?Griffith Review 72: States of Mind examines the ways we think about our psychological, existential and political condition. Anxiety and depression are on the rise in Australia and across the globe. Digit ...Show more