The story of Eadweard Muybridge, Flora Shallcross Stone and Harry Larkyns, as told by their granddaughter, Rosa Maria de Martinez
A dazzling novel of secrets, scandal, and survival. Light and Shadow by Candida Baker reimagines a notorious Victorian crime through the eyes of a fearless young woman. From 19th-century California to Mexico and Australia’s Snowy Mountains, it’s a gripping tale of love, art, and legacy across generations.
In Dreams brings together fifty-one works for the first time in English by Ryunosuke Akutagawa, the "father of the Japanese short story" and one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. Deftly translated by Ryan Choi, these stories and vignettes all have radical brevity in common.
Lennie Lower, Australia's answer to James Thurber and S.J. Perelman, wrote humorous columns for Smith's Weekly and The Women's Weekly and by 1930 was seen as our greatest humorist with his novel Here's Luck. HERE'S LOWER is a selection of the whimsical Lower from his newspaper columns of the 1930s, illustrated by Patrick Cook. These short tales ......
Winners of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2022
The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is one of the world's most dynamic literary honours. It is awarded for the best short fiction from the Commonwealth. The overall winning entry was by Eswatini's Ntsika Kota. The other finalists are Sofia Mariah Ma (Singapore), Cecil Browne (England), Diana McCaulay (Jamaica) and Mary Rokonadravu (Fiji).
For fourteen years, the Commonwealth Short Story Prize has been awarded for the best short fiction from the Commonwealth. The overall winning entry is by Canadian Vincentian writer Chanel Sutherland. The other winning stories are by Joshua Lubwama (Uganda), Faria Basher (Bangladesh), Subraj Singh (Guyana) and Kathleen Ridgwell (Australia).
Insightful stories from the heart about the tears and laughter, the rise and fall, the love and pain felt by women in Malaysia and Singapore. Intimate collection of autobiographical essays every woman should read.
These 20 stories, illustrated with traditional Aboriginal drawings, are topical and satirical pieces, giving an insider's view to a strange and all-embracing ancient culture. B&w illustrations
Includes stories published in small magazines in Australia in the 1870s and 1880s. All deal with the human motivation and interaction of colonial life in Australia from women's points of view. The later stories resonate with experience of life on the continent, far away from Australian gullies.
When Benny Banana Peel is invited to a superstar singing weekend with Madam Melody, he thinks he is dreaming. But when the other students choose to learn opera singing, Benny is faced with a big decision. Will he follow his heart or follow the crowd?
