Translations
A novel of connection, loss and healing. Set in rural Australia, this book by Jumaana Abdu is an honest and thought-provoking narrative about the power of language, community care and multicultural identity. Grieve, love and laugh with Aliyah and her friends and family as she reconnects with her faith and finds community in a new home.
A Language of Limbs
This book will break and heal you all at once. Dylin Hardcastle is a poetic genius whos words reach you in depths you didn't know possible. An honest story of the realities of growing up queer in the 1970s, these characters and stories will live within you long after the last word on the page.
The Heart's Invisible Furies
Beautifully as heartbreaking as it is uplifting. This novel by John Boyne the life of Cyril Avery, a gay man navigating identity and love in conservative, Catholic Ireland. From his childhood realisation that he’s in love with his best friend, Cyril’s journey is marked by secrecy, shame, wit, and hope. Boyne crafts a powerful, tender story that lingers long after the final page.
Shirley
It’s been twenty years since her mother was photographed, blood-soaked, outside the family home. A famous TV food personality, she fled the country. Since that time, the girl has grown up. She’s bought an apartment, learned her own cooking style, fallen in love. She lives a quiet life, working as a copywriter for a health insurance company. She’s found happiness, finally.
But strange things are in the air. Her easygoing boyfriend has started sleeping with men. Her mother is selling the infamous family home. And a glamorous, pregnant neighbour has moved into the apartment downstairs, calling into question everything the girl believes about her own desires.
Among conspiracies, dubious loyalties, and mercenary impulses, how do we work out who is worthy of our devotion and who is just a fan? Shirley charts a search for meaning in a world where the fracturing of ambitions – work and purpose, real estate and home, family and love – has left us uncertain how to recognise ourselves.
This Is How It Always Is
An honest and insightful look into families, parenting and gender identity. This novel is emotional, thought-provoking and heartwarming. The complex, beautiful and genuine characters will stay with you long after this book is finished.
The In-Between
In true Tsiolkas literary form, this book is an entertaining (sometimes raunchy), easy read. When two men, who have both suffered incredible heartbreak from their previous relationships, disclose their loneliness to each other, a modern love story evolves. Tsiolkas explores the complexities of the heart and what we hide from ourselves and others. A great exploration of relationships, friendships, connections and emotions.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Dive into the glamour and turmoil of icon Evelyn Hugo's Hollywood life from the 50s to the 80s. Follow the wild and engaging stories and marriages as she aims to follow her passions in acting and her truth of love and intimacy. You won't be able to put this book down.
I’m Not Really Here
Told in the first person, this rich, heartwarming coming of age, Aboriginal, queer story is authentic, vulnerable and believable.
When We Were Sisters
A heartwrenching and beautiful story of a young orphan coming of age as a Muslim in America. Asghar's lyrical novel transports you into Kausar's world and invites you to sit with her as she grows and grapples with gender, family, sisterhood and love.
Lessons In Chemistry
A smart, quirky, bittersweet feminist manifesto set in the 1960’s. A brilliant book, that was difficult to put down due to its pacy plot and characters you only wanted to know more about.
