Shafana and Aunt Sarrinah: Soft Revolution by Alana Valentine
$22.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
A story of two Australian Afghan Muslim women and the tension within a family over the wearing of the headscarf. A young Australian-born Muslim woman turns to the religion of her heritage for answers after the September 11 attacks in 2001, resulting in a deep experience of faith and a controversial deci ...Show more
The Heartbreak Kid by Richard Barrett
$17.95 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Teenage S.
Explores the relationships of youth, the migrant experience in school and assumptions about teaching and learning (10 men, 5 women).
Elegies Of Love by Ovid Rodin Illus
$24.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
- Ovid's matchless love poems in a glittering translation by the young Christopher Marlowe, illustrated by Rodin's astonishingly free and improvisatory woodcuts, made in his later years Never reprinted since their first, posthumous appearance in 1935, these woodcuts were the only printed versions of his ...Show more
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami
$22.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Coming this October: Killing Commendatore, the much-anticipated new novel from Haruki MurakamiThe twenty-four stories that make up Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman generously express the incomparable Haruki Murakami's mastery of the form. Here are animated crows, a criminal monkey, and an ice man, as we ...Show more
Looking for Alibrandi: the screenplay by Melina Marchetta
$24.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: Screenplays
Looking for Alibrandi chronicles a year in the life of Josie Alibrandi, a third-generation Italian-Australian on the brink of adulthood. In her last year of school, Josie grapples with the awkwardness of first love, the grief of unexpected death and the uncovered secrets of her family history. It's a tu ...Show more
The Book of Tree Poems by Ana Sampson
$35.00 AUD
Category: Poetry
Could there be a more pleasant way to spend a warm afternoon than lazing under a tree reading poetry inspired by these shade-giving wonders of the world? Trees have sparked some of the biggest literary imaginations over the ages and - as the climate emergency escalates - it has never been more important ...Show more
I Think of You by Alexander McCall Smith
$29.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Living what the philosophers call a good life is not always easy. If there is a single human quality that most of us value above others it is kindness. Love and kindness are at the heart of this new collection by Alexander McCall Smith. In each of these poems the author explores and celebrates, life, lo ...Show more
His Dark Materials by Nicholas Wright
$27.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: NHB Modern Plays Ser.
A two-play dramatisation of Philip Pullman's extraordinary award-winning fantasy trilogy, first seen at the National Theatre. His Dark Materials takes us on a thrilling journey through worlds familiar and unknown. For Lyra and Will, its two central characters, it's a coming of age and a transforming sp ...Show more
Homecoming: Longlisted for the Stella Prize 2022 by Elfie Shiosaki
$24.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Our grandmothers' stories teach us about Aboriginal women's ways of being in our many worlds. Some of the stories in this collection are held in spoken histories, others in archival material, recontextualised with living katitjin. Some are held in my imagination. They are fragments of the many stars in ...Show more
Twelfth Night: No Fear Shakespeare Deluxe Student Edition by SparkNotes
$14.99 AUD
Category: Poetry | Series: No Fear Shakespeare Ser.
Shakespeare everyone can understand--now in new DELUXE editions! Why fear Shakespeare? By placing the words of the original play next to line-by-line translations in plain English, these popular guides make Shakespeare accessible to everyone. They introduce Shakespeare's world, significant plot points, ...Show more
The Fire of Joy: Roughly 80 Poems to Get by Heart and Say Aloud by Clive James
$22.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
Clive James read, learned and recited poetry aloud for most of his life. In this book, completed before just before his death, he offers a selection of his favourite poems and a personal commentary on each.In the last months of his life, his vision impaired by surgery and unable to read, Clive James exp ...Show more
My Heart was a Tree by Michael Morpurgo
$39.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
A beautifully illustrated gift collection of poetry and stories celebrating trees and their importance to humanity and in the natural world. Written by bestselling author Sir Michael Morpurgo and illustrated throughout by Yuval Zommer, My Heart Was a Tree is a joyful treasure trove to dip into time and ...Show more