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Natasha Lester (The French Photographer) takes us to LA for a reimagining of Jane Eyre set at the infamous Chateau Marmont Hotel on Sunset Boulevard.
ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- A woman is visiting Switzerland after the death of her beloved father, who was born there but migrated to Australia many years ago. She had always hoped to travel with him in the land of his birth, and this trip is a journey of deep sadness and loss of what-could-have-been. But it is interleaved with her meditations on artists and writers who have lived and worked on the shores of Lac Leman (Geneva) and of mountain climbers from the past and their links to the worlds her mind inhabits. Her particular interest is of a reclusive artist who painted train station waiting rooms, but her musings move from the 18th century through to now. With a copy of the 1891 Baedeker's Guide, her interest in the literary world and artistic circles keeps her company, as she also navigates the grief of losing her father...
A quiet novel full of depth and profound beauty, one that asks you to pause over its fine sentences and the resonating connections of a reader to art, whenever or whyever it was created. Lindy
ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Two Islands by Ian Kemish combines quiet suspense with a thoughtful exploration of trauma and moral responsibility.
Niko, a young man fleeing the aftermath of Balkan war crimes, is hidden on a remote Scottish island while an Australian investigator searches for him and those connected to the violence close in. Fergus and several villagers gradually become his protectors, their small acts of loyalty shaping the novel’s emotional core.
Kemish writes with restraint, showing how distance, memory, and community influence the fragile process of survival and belonging. Steve
Xavier Hennekinne offers a luminous meditation on love, memory, and the quiet devastations of time ...
A middle-aged man journeys through Japan with his wife, drifting between Kyoto's hushed temples and Tokyo's incandescent streets, while traversing the more elusive terrain of his own restless mind.
Legendary literary livewire Kathy Lette's new novel presents a tricky 'situation' that is the beginning of a wild roller-coaster ride ...
For twin sisters Isabel and Verity, the sisterhood rules were shattered when Verity had an affair with Izzy’s husband. Unforgivable, right? Devastated by her sister’s betrayal, Izzy casts Verity into social Siberia.
But when their mother goes missing, Verity and Izzy are forced to come together again to find her. And then the estranged sisters’ problems only get bigger. Their mother has a new younger lover and where there’s a will… he’d clearly like to be in it.
Debut author Cassie Stroud charts the hurtful messes, complicated relationships and profound loves of three siblings as they deal with the death of their grandfather and family secrets that are revealed as they clear the family home.
Screenwriter and author J.R. Lonie (The Woman from Saint Germain) has a historical fiction about a young Bavarian actress, surviving in the arts world in Berlin during the rise of Nazi Germany. While staying true to her beliefs and to those she loves, Monika must employ all the skills of her craft to outwit Goebbels and, with her close friends, resist the regime's attempts to rewrite German theatre and culture, by hiding in plain sight – even in the glare of the spotlight.
Award-winning playwright George Kemp's debut novel takes us to a small town as bushfires close in ...
Stuck in a regional McDonald's, as the fires approach, three twenty-somethings and their dead friend's mum all face a reckoning. Fern longs for Ethan, Ethan longs for Jacob, and Jacob struggles to long for anything. Meanwhile, Pat just wants her grief to ease up.
Charming and poignant, it's drive-thru Chekhov ... a story full of wit and heart.
ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Bugger follows Hamoodi, a quiet boy growing up in Sydney's west, moving between school, home, and the unspoken pressures that shape his days. As he tries to stay unnoticed, a series of encounters gradually exposes his vulnerability and isolation.
Michael Mohammed Ahmad writes with restraint and precision, keeping the focus on lived detail rather than explanation. The novel deals with difficult material but remains measured and attentive to how moments accumulate and endure. It closes without release, leaving the reader to reckon quietly with what has been lived. Steve
Journalist, writer, podcaster and now author, Clare Stephens delves into fiction and creates a tale involving an internet pile on ...
It's an ordinary Tuesday morning when Ruby Williams' name starts trending online. She's uploaded an interview that has outraged journalist Felicity Cartwright, a social media personality. Suddenly Ruby is at the centre of a brutal public shaming, watching on in horror as her reputation is torn apart. At first Ruby thinks she can get on top of it if she can just explain herself better. But she soon realises she'll never be able to placate the tsunami of strangers baying for her blood ...
When Martin and Grace meet and bond at an All Souls service, they unwittingly set off a chain of events with far-reaching consequences. They become funeral crashers. But who could have predicted that crashing funerals might have such life-changing and life-affirming outcomes?
Joanna Nell (Mrs Winterbottom Takes a Gap Year) brings us a delightfully heartwarming story of four or more funerals and at least one wedding.
Paris, fashion … two words that never fail to marry, producing dreams of sophistication and style.
Sophie Beaumont’s novel takes you to Paris across several decades, with a story of women making their way in the fashion industry and their impact on what we wear and how we live.
UQP - winners of the ABIA 2023 Small Publisher of the Year award for the third year running - have released their First Nations Classics series.
The first instalment features eight award-winning titles by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers dating back to 1988. They feature new introductions from contemporary writers and the series covers a range of genres including memoirs, novels, short stories and poetry.
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Winifred Peters Is Not Sorry for Her Loss
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On the Calculation of Volume IV
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On the Calculation of Volume III
'Thrilling . . . humming with new...
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The Woman in the Seal Skin
Will she answer the call of the...
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The Scent of Oranges
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