The Cost of Living: Early and Uncollected Stories by Mavis Gallant
$28.00 AUD
Category: Anthologies & Journals
Mavis Gallant is admired and beloved as one of the masters of the modern short story. Selected from early collections and the "New Yorker", where many of the author's stories have appeared over the years, and with an introduction by Jhumpa Lahiri, this title reveals a writer coming into her own.
The Best Australian Stories 2010 by Cate Kennedy
$29.95 AUD
Category: Anthologies & Journals
In The Best Australian Stories 2010 , Cate Kennedy selects the year's most exciting short fiction. Featuring established masters alongside fresh new voices, this diverse collection is a perfect companion for summer and an ideal introduction to Australia's best contemporary fiction writing. Previous cont ...Show more
Granta 113: The Best of Young Spanish Novelists: Issue 113 by John Freeman
$27.99 AUD
Category: Anthologies & Journals | Series: Granta: The Magazine of New Writing
From Borges to Garcia Marquez, Vargas Llosa, Marias or Bolano , the Spanish language has given us some of the 20th century's most beloved writers. But as the reach of Spanish culture extends far beyond Spain and Latin America, and the US tilts towards a majority Hispanic population, the time is right to ...Show more
20 Under 40: Stories from the New Yorker by Deborah Treisman
$24.95 AUD
Category: Anthologies & Journals
In June 2010, the editors of "The New Yorker "announced to widespread media coverage their selection of "20 Under 40"--the young fiction writers who are, or will be, central to their generation. The magazine published twenty stories by this stellar group of writers over the course of the summer. They ar ...Show more
The Pen and the Stethoscope by Leah Kaminsky
$32.95 AUD
Category: Anthologies & Journals
The Pen and the Stethoscope is a unique collection of fiction and non-fiction by doctor-writers that gives us a fascinating look behind the doctor's mask and gets inside the minds of those who deal with enormous existential issues and traumatic situations on a daily basis. It is through writing that man ...Show more
The Penguin Book of the Ocean by James Bradley
$35.00 AUD
Category: Anthologies & Journals
The ocean has been one of the wellsprings of the human imagination for almost as long as we have existed. Its immensity, its mystery and its restlessness speak to something deep within us, something fundamental to our natures. And from this source, great literature has been formed. Here bestselling nove ...Show more
Griffith Review 29:Prosper or Peris by SCHULTZ Julianne (ed
$24.95 AUD
Category: Anthologies & Journals | Series: Griffith Review
If Australia's population is to almost double by 2050, we face extraordinary challenges - economic, social and environmental. Coping with this growth demands visionary planning and insights from the rich history of immigration. Prosper or Perish investigates ways to find a balance between growth, divers ...Show more
Still the Lucky Country? by Julianne Schultz
$24.95 AUD
Category: Anthologies & Journals | Series: Griffith Review
Australia's good fortune seems inexhaustible. Is it a product of luck, or of initiative and good governance? Is Australia still the Lucky Country? This edition explores Australia now - the sources of power, influence and fragility. Since settlement, Australia has responded with remarkable agility to cha ...Show more
The Bedside Book of Beasts: A Wildlife Miscellany by Graeme Gibson
$49.99 AUD
Category: Animals
The Bedside Book of Beasts blends the best writing about lions, tigers, leopards, cheetahs, jaguars, hyenas, bears, wolves and other alpha predators and their prey with a wealth of extraordinary illustration. Among the writers included are: as Simon Armitage, Margaret Atwood, Walter Benjamin, Italo Calv ...Show more
Brothers and Sisters by Charlotte Wood
$32.99 AUD
Category: Anthologies & Journals
'Your brother or sister, it might be said, is your other self - your grander, sadder, braver, shrewder, uglier, slenderer self ...Your sibling is your most severe judge and your fiercest defender. You must always rescue them. They always abandon you ...You recognise one another, this is your relief and ...Show more
Granta 106 : New Fiction Special by Alex Clark (ed.)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Anthologies & Journals
Published in early May, just in time for summer reading, Granta 106 is a special issue devoted to fiction. Look out for the best short stories of the year, extracts from the most exciting autumn books and an exclusive interview with critically acclaimed short-story writer Mavis Gallant by the Pulitzer P ...Show more