FICTION

The TransformationsAndrew Pippos is a Sydney writer who lectures in creative writing at the University of Technology Sydney. His writing has appeared in Meanjin, The Sydney Review of Books, Catapult and Electric Literature. His novel, Lucky's, won The Readings Prize for Australian Fiction, and was shortlisted for the 2021 Miles Franklin award, and the Prime Minister's Literary award.

Love, Al Dente Jenna Lo Bianco is 'The Italian Teacher', a passionate Italianist, and also a writer, educator and advocate for Italian language education in Australia. With nearly sixty publications to her name, Jenna is trusted to write about all things Italian. She is a past Fellow of the International Specialised Skills Institute and Italian Australian Foundation, and has written and consulted in educational publishing for more than a decade. Jenna may appear to live in Melbourne, but her heart and soul are Rome's most permanent residents. Her first three novels The Italian Marriage, Love & Rome and Venetian Lessons in Love were published in 2024. Follow Jenna on Instagram @the.italian.teacher

Lost And FoundDr Liz Byrski A.M. is a novelist, non-fiction writer, former journalist and ABC broadcaster, with more than fifty years' experience in the British and Australian media. She is the author of eleven bestselling novels, including Gang of Four and A Month of Sundays, as well as more than a dozen non-fiction books. Liz lives in Melbourne, Australia. She has two sons and twin grandsons.

The Last Love SongLucinda Riley was born in 1965 in Ireland and, after an early career as an actress in film, theatre and television, wrote her first novel aged twenty-four. Her books have been translated into forty languages and continue to strike an emotional chord with cultures all around the world.The Seven Sisters series specifically has become a global phenomenon, creating its own genre, and there are plans to create a multi-season TV series. In collaboration with her son Harry Whittaker, she also devised and wrote the Guardian Angels series of books for children.Lucinda was diagnosed with cancer in 2017 and died on 11 June 2021, surrounded by her family.

The Hawk Is DeadPETER JAMES is a New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author best known for his crime thrillers featuring Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, who Queen Camilla recently named as her favourite fictional detective. Praised by critics and much loved by crime and thriller fans for his fast-paced page-turners full of unexpected plot twists, sinister characters, and accurate portrayal of modern-day policing, he has won more than 40 awards for his work, including the WHSmith Best Crime Author of All Time Award and the Crime Writers’ Association Diamond Dagger. His books have sold over 23 million copies worldwide, achieved 21 Sunday Times No 1s, and have been translated into 38 languages. His Roy Grace novels are currently filming their 6th season for the hit ITV drama, Grace, starring John Simm as the troubled Brighton copper and available to view on ITVX and on Britbox. Seven of his novels have been adapted into hit stage plays, with his most recent, Picture You Dead, now on national tour in the UK. His plays have been named as "The most successful stage franchise since Agatha Christie."

DuskRobbie Arnott is the author of Limberlost, The Rain Heron and Flames. He's a two-time winner of The Age Book of the Year, and has also been awarded the Voss Literary Prize. He's been named a Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelist, and has twice been shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award, as well as the Dylan Thomas Prize. He lives in Hobart with his wife and daughter.

The Bell And The Blade Paullina Simons is the author of sixteen internationally bestselling novels, one non-fiction memoir, a cookbook, and two children's books. Born and raised in the former Soviet Union, Paullina immigrated with her family to the United States in the mid-seventies. She received her Bachelor's degree in political science from Kansas University. She has lived in Rome, London, Dallas, and now lives in New York with her husband and four children.

Nash Falls David Baldacci is one of the world’s bestselling and favourite thriller writers. A former trial lawyer with a keen interest in world politics, he has specialist knowledge in the US political system and intelligence services. His first book, Absolute Power, became an instant international bestseller, with the movie starring Clint Eastwood a major box office hit. He has since written more than fifty bestsellers featuring, most recently, Travis Devine, Amos Decker, Aloysius Archer, and Mickey Gibson. David is also the co-founder, along with his wife, of the Wish You Well Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting literacy efforts across the US. Killer twists. Heroes to believe in. Trust Baldacci.

The Taylor Jenkins Reid CollectionNew York Times bestselling author Taylor Jenkins Reid’s acclaimed novels Forever, Interrupted, After I Do, Maybe in Another Life and One True Loves are now available together in this special boxed set!From an author who ‘writes with wit and true emotion that you can feel’ (Sarah Jio, New York Times bestselling author), this collection features four of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s most beloved and moving love stories.Forever, Interrupted, soon to be a Netflix limited series, proves that there’s more than one way to live happily ever after when a widow meets her mother-in-law for the first time and, together, the two women face grief and healing.After I Do follows a couple struggling with their marriage when they decide to take a year apart to fall back in love. The only catch – they can’t contact each other. Will they find their way back to one another or is this experiment doomed to fail?Maybe in Another Life explores the power of choice as a woman decides whether to go home after a night out on the town with her friend… or her old high school boyfriend, told in riveting, concurrent storylines.One True Loves, now a major motion picture starring Phillipa Soo, follows a woman who finds herself madly in love once again years after her husband’s plane goes missing. But what happens when her husband returns—having spent all those years trying to find his way back to her?

100 Years Of Anime Relive a full century of artistic innovation, iconic moments, and technological advancements in this gorgeously illustrated definitive history of anime. Paying tribute to a century of one of the world’s most popular and enduring genres, 100 Years of Anime follows the beloved medium from its earliest beginnings to its current blockbuster success. Learn all about the technological inventions and artistic genius that shaped the genre in this authoritative account of anime, illustrated with stunning full-color stills. Revisit much-loved series, including Dragon Ball, Akira, Cowboy Bebop, Pokémon, and Studio Ghibli films—and discover new favorites—in this complete guide!LAVISH ILLUSTRATIONS Pore over full-color stills that showcase how changing technology, culture, and artistic innovation have influenced and enhanced the narrative themes and aesthetics of the genre. ALL YOUR FAVORITE ANIME This book features popular anime titles including Dragon Ball, Akira, Pokémon, Cowboy Bebop, and Studio Ghibli films, as well as more niche works that helped define the genre. DEFINITIVE HISTORY Celebrating a century of success, this title covers the earliest days of the genre and contemporary examples, exploring all the evolutionary steps in between.

The Little Women Collection All three novels in the beloved Little Women series are collected in this elegant leather-bound volume.Follow the lives of the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—as they advance from young ladies to mature women through domesticity, work, and true love. This collection includes all three novels in Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women series: Little Women, Little Men, and Jo’s Boys. As the sisters deal with the ups and downs of childhood and grow into women with their own families, readers will be inspired by their strength, independence, and resilience in the face of adversity. Written over the course of nearly two decades, the Little Women series has long charmed readers with its depiction of life in the late nineteenth century. This elegant leather-bound volume includes an insightful introduction that discusses Alcott’s life and career, providing further insights into the world of the March sisters.

Inner DemonsIt’s bad enough when your brother is possessed by a demon. It’s even worse when the only person who might be able to help turns you into a toad on her doorstep and tells you to keck off. But the fact that the planet is shaped like a cube? Well, that really isn’t her problem.Nelbow Rockfist is a dwarf on a mission. Her brother has a bad case of demonic possession and there is a shortage of exorcists. Her only hope is to convince the sorcerer Grumblechin to come out of retirement, but the once-infamous spellcaster is adamant she won’t leave the comfort of her tower for anything, least of all to meddle with demons. Failing to convince this reclusive retiree to change her mind will mean disaster for Nelbow, her brother and potentially the rest of dwarfkind.Meanwhile, Orsnart Rogtog knows that firsts are difficult. Being the first orc ‘pryvate eye’ in a city of dwarves is tough. Avoiding the axe blows of gangsters and smugglers while trying to crack a case is tougher. Waiting until an acceptable hour to have the first drink of the day is toughest of all. But when he finds a lead on the most wanted criminal in the kingdom and has glamorous elves knocking on the door of his agency, that really is a first.And then there’s Arran: Hell’s newest demon who’s found a unique way to corrupt souls. But in the competitive realm of demonic possessions, things aren’t working out for him, to say the least.

The Hiding PlaceThey’re good people. Why shouldn’t they get what they deserve?When Lou sees an ad for a long-abandoned mining town up for sale, it doesn’t take her long to convince her sister and their oldest friends to go in on the idyllic property buried in the bush – a place where the four families can hide away on weekends, get back to nature and unstick the kids from their screens.But things start to go wrong before they even arrive for their first camping trip – a rogue deer sends a trailer off the road, a neighbour complains about the fence line and squatters have set up camp down by the river. Soon none of that will matter, though, because by the end of the first night someone will be dead.At first it seems that hiding a body is easier than keeping other sorts of secrets: a lost job, an illegal crop, an outrageous affair, a little embezzlement. But what’s buried has a way of coming to the surface, and even in the bush, it’s hard to remain unseen.White Lotus meets The Slap in a razor-sharp literary thriller about deception and self-deception, and how far people will go to protect what they feel they ought to have.‘Absolutely brilliant. I wish I had written this book.’ Hayley Scrivenor, author of Dirt Town

The Ex-Boyfriend'S Favourite Recipe Funeral CommitteeWhat ingredients do you need to cure a broken heart?Twenty-nine-year-old Momoko has been tragically dumped. She thought her boyfriend was her soulmate. She believed he was going to propose. Instead, he broke things off at a love hotel.So Momoko does what many broken-hearted people do – she gets incredibly drunk. So drunk that she passes out in a nearly empty café. When she wakes, she pours her heart out to Iori, the curious and impossibly handsome manager, and Hozumi, a Buddhist monk in training and café regular.As Momoko describes how her ex loved her cooking, the manager decides to allow her to slip into the kitchen and cook up his favourite dish: a delicious butter chicken curry.Momoko realises that this combination of cooking and sharing has stopped the flow of her constant tears. And the manager has a brilliant idea: what if they started doing this regularly, inviting customers to share stories about heartbreak while cooking dishes that held significance in their relationships? And so, an unconventional therapy group, the ‘Ex-Boyfriend’s Favourite Recipe Funeral Committee’ is born . . .