Best Summer Stories by Aviva Tuffield

$30.00 AUD

Category: Anthologies & Journals | Reading Level: 1 Fiction

Brilliant short fiction from some of Australia's most talented storytellers A woman suspects her partner of murder. A father seeks to save his son from a looming disaster. A boy finds love in the heat of summer as a dust storm transforms his city and his fortunes. A guard in a detention centre causes t ragedy. A town is consumed by a strange apocalypse that its residents struggle to keep contained. Continuing Black Inc.'s long tradition of discovering and celebrating the country's finest writers, these exceptional stories will entertain, move and provoke you long after you finish reading. Spend this summer with Australia's best writers; MICHAEL MOHAMMED AHMAD LIZ ALLAN ROMY ASH TONY BIRCH STEPHANIE BISHOP MIKAELLA CLEMENTS AOIFE CLIFFORD LAUREN AIMEE CURTIS DEMET DIVAROREN ELIZABETH FLUX JOHN KINSELLA JACK LATIMORE JENNIFER MILLS PADDY O'REILLY FIKRET PAJALIC ELLIOT PERLMAN ALLEE RICHARDS MIRANDI RIWOE BEEJAY SILCOX ELIZABETH TAN TIEN TRAN BRENDA WALKER BEN WALTER MARLEE JANE WARD KATY WARNER CHRIS WOMERSLEY DANIELLE WOOD MICHELLE WRIGHT ...Show more

Reading the Landscape: A Celebration of Australian Writing by Bernadette Brennan (Introduction by)

$29.95 AUD

Category: Anthologies & Journals

UQP celebrates 70 years of publishing the best Australian writing with a unique anthology that showcases the diversity of the Australian literary landscape.Featuring 25 of the greatest Australian writing names from UQP's past and present, this unique publishing project will showcase specially commission ed fiction, non-fiction and poetry by Australia's finest writers on themes such as legacy, country, vision and hope. Participating authors include:- Ali Alizadeh- Venero Armanno- Larissa Behrendt- Lily Brett- Gabrielle Carey- Peter Carey- Matthew Condon- David Brooks- Karen Foxlee- Kári Gíslason- Rodney Hall- Steven Herrick- Sarah Holland-Batt- Nicholas Jose- Mireille Juchau- Julie Koh- Melissa Lucashenko- Patti Miller- David Malouf- James Moloney- Jaya Savige- Josephine Rowe- Peter Skrzynecki- Samuel Wagan Watson- Ellen van Neerven ...Show more

Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader by Anne Fadiman

$25.00 AUD

Category: Essays

The author is the sort of person who learned about sex from her father's copy of "Fanny Hill", and who once found herself poring over a 1974 Toyota Corolla manual because it was the only thing in her apartment that she had not read at least twice. This title recounts her lifelong obsession with books. ...Show more

Griffith Review 62 - All Being Equal - the Novella Project VI by Ashley Hay

$28.00 AUD

Category: Anthologies & Journals

Late last year, after a decade of what was at times a bitter and divisive debate, Australians made it clear that their understanding of equality included formal recognition of the most intimate relationships. The parliament responded to the voice of the people and passed legislation to allow same-sex ma rriage. A year on, Griffith Review 62: All Being Equal - The Novella Project VIinvestigates what this means: is it a sign of a new-found appetite for equality? The primacy of love and family? A measure of a flawed political process? Or the mark of a new approach to political decision-making? Judged by Benjamin Law, Melissa Lucashenko, Dennis Altman and Aviva Tuffield, this edition features works of both fiction and creative non-fiction. All Being Equalexplores the texture of equality in all its forms, bringing to life the big issues in the national narrative and the stories around them. This edition of Griffith Reviewis supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund. Ashley Hayis a former literary editor of the Bulletinand a longstanding contributor to Griffith Review. She is a prize-winning author who has published three novels and four books of narrative non-fiction. Her work has won several awards, including the 2013 Colin Roderick Prize and the People's Choice Award in the 2014 NSW Premier's Literary Awards. She has also been longlisted for the Miles Franklin award and the International Dublin Literary Award. In 2014, she edited the anthology Best Australian Science Writing. ...Show more

Granta 146 by Sigrid Rausing

$25.00 AUD

Category: Anthologies & Journals

Meanjin Vol 77 No 3 by Jonathan Green

$25.00 AUD

Category: Anthologies & Journals

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Found in Translation by Frank Wynne (Editor)

$50.00 AUD

Category: Anthologies & Journals

'Without translation, we would be living in provinces bordering on silence' George Steiner. It is impossible to overstate the influence world literatures have had in defining each other. No culture exists in isolation; all writers are part of the intertwining braid of literature. Found In Translationbri ngs together one hundred glittering diamonds of world literature, celebrating not only the original texts themselves but also the art of translation. From Azerbijan to Uzbekistan, by way of China and Bengal, Suriname and Slovenia, some of the greatest voices of world literature come together in a thunderous chorus. If the authors include Nobel Prize winners, some of the translators are equally famous - here, Saul Bellow translates Isaac Beshevis Singer, D.H. Lawrence and Edith Wharton translate classic Italian short stories, and Victoria Hislop has taken her first venture into translation with the only short story written by Constantine P. Cavafy. This exciting, original and brilliantly varied collection of stories takes the reader literally on a journey, exploring the best short stories the globe has to offer. ...Show more

Griffith Review 63 - Writing the Country by Ashley Hay; Julianne Schultz

$28.00 AUD

Category: Anthologies & Journals | Series: Griffith Review Ser.

How we speak of and to the world we live in requires us to make sense of where we are and where we?re going; it requires us to describe, interrogate and analyse our places from the smallest to the grandest of scales.In the second issue of Griffith Review, published fifteen years ago, Melissa Lucashenko wrote of 'earthspeaking, talking about this place, my home?. All these years later, the need to hear all sorts of earthspeak has perhaps never been more urgent. Co-edited by Julianne Schultz and Ashley Hay, Griffith Review 63- Writing the Countryfeatures contributions from writers including Tony Birch, Kim Mahood, Jane Gleeson-White and Charles Massy. This edition ofGriffith Reviewis supported by The Nature Conservancy. ...Show more

Portable Dorothy Parker (Deluxe Edition) by Dorothy Parker

$38.00 AUD

Category: Anthologies & Journals | Series: Penguin Classics S.

The second revision in sixty years, this sublime collection ranges over the verse, stories, essays, and journalism of one of the twentieth centurys most quotable authors.

Short Stories in Italian for Beginners by Olly Richards

$23.00 AUD

Category: Anthologies & Journals | Series: Foreign Language Graded Reader Ser.

An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners. "I love Olly's work - and you will too!" - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for Numbers Short Stories in Italian for Beginners has been written especially for stude nts from beginner to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, and most importantly - enjoyment! Mapped to A2-B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference, these eight captivating stories will both entertain you, and give you a feeling of progress when reading. What does this book give you? · Eight stories in a variety of exciting genres, from science fiction and crime to history and thriller - making reading fun, while you learn a wide range of new vocabulary · Controlled language at your level, including the 1000 most frequent words, to help you progress confidently · Authentic spoken dialogues, to help you learn conversational expressions and improve your speaking ability · Pleasure! It's much easier to learn a new language when you're having fun, and research shows that if you're enjoying reading in a foreign language, you won't experience the usual feelings of frustration - 'It's too hard!' 'I don't understand!' · Accessible grammar so you learn new structures naturally, in a stress-free way Carefully curated to make learning a new language easy, these stories include key features that will support and consolidate your progress, including · A glossary for bolded words in each text · A bilingual word list · Full plot summary · Comprehension questions after each chapter. As a result, you will be able to focus on enjoying reading, delighting in your improved range of vocabulary and grasp of the language, without ever feeling overwhelmed or frustrated. From science fiction to fantasy, to crime and thrillers, Short Stories in Italian for Beginners will make learning Italian easy and enjoyable. ...Show more

Granta 139: The Best of Young American Novelists by Sigrid (EDT) Rausing

$25.00 AUD

Category: Anthologies & Journals | Series: Granta: the Magazine of New Writing | Reading Level: General Adult

The third instalment in Granta's iconic list of the best new voices in American fiction.Once every ten years Granta publishes a list of the twenty best American fiction writers under the age of forty.In 1997 and 2007 we picked out such luminaries as Daniel Alarc�n, Edwidge Danticat, Anthony Doerr, Jeffr ey Eugenides, Jonathan Safran Foer, Jonathan Franzen, Nell Freudenberger, Nicole Krauss, Lorrie Moore, Yiyun Li, Karen Russell, Akhil Sharma and Gary Shteyngart.This issue distils the preoccupations of another generation; a selection of fascinating writers you will be hearing more from, chosen by panel of judges who are themselves acclaimed writers: Paul Beatty, Patrick DeWitt, A.M. Homes, Kelly Link, Ben Marcus and Sigrid Rausing. ...Show more

Short Stories in French for Beginners by Olly Richards

$23.00 AUD

Category: Anthologies & Journals | Series: Foreign Language Graded Reader Ser.

An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners. "I love Olly's work - and you will too!" - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for Numbers Short Stories in French for Beginners has been written especially for stud ents from beginner to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, and most importantly - enjoyment! Mapped to A2-B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference, these eight captivating stories will both entertain you, and give you a feeling of progress when reading. What does this book give you?   · Eight stories in a variety of exciting genres, from science fiction and crime to history and thriller - making reading fun, while you learn a wide range of new vocabulary · Controlled language at your level, including the 1000 most frequent words, to help you progress confidently · Authentic spoken dialogues, to help you learn conversational expressions and improve your speaking ability · Pleasure! It's much easier to learn a new language when you're having fun, and research shows that if you're enjoying reading in a foreign language, you won't experience the usual feelings of frustration - 'It's too hard!' 'I don't understand!' · Accessible grammar so you learn new structures naturally, in a stress-free way Carefully curated to make learning a new language easy, these stories include key features that will support and consolidate your progress, including · A glossary for bolded words in each text · Full plot summary · A bilingual word list · Comprehension questions after each chapter.   As a result, you will be able to focus on enjoying reading, delighting in your improved range of vocabulary and grasp of the language, without ever feeling overwhelmed or frustrated. From science fiction to fantasy, to crime and thrillers, Short Stories in French for Beginners will make learning French easy and enjoyable. ...Show more