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Phosphorescence : on awe, wonder & things that sustain you when the world goes dark [ABIA Book of the Year 2021]
A beautiful, intimate and inspiring investigation into how we can find and nurture within ourselves that essential quality of internal happiness - the 'light within' that JuliaBaird calls 'phosphorescence' - which will sustain us even through the darkest times. Over the last decade, we hav...
The dictionary of lost words [Paperback] [ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year 2021]
In 1901, the word 'Bondmaid' was discovered missing from the Oxford English Dictionary. This is the story ofthe girl who stole it. Esme is born into a world ofwords. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, she spends her childhood in the 'Scriptorium', a garden shed in Oxford wh...
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A lonely girl is a dangerous thing [Paperback] [ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year 2021]
Jena Chung plays the violin. She was once a child prodigy and is now addicted to sex. She's struggling a little. Her professional life comprises rehearsals, concerts, auditions and relentless practice; her personal life is spent managing family demands, those of her creative friends, and ...
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The happiest man on Earth [Paperback] [ABIA Biography Book of the Year 2021]
Eddie Jaku always considered himself a German first, a Jew second. He was proud of his country. But all of that changed on 9 November 1938, when he was beaten, arrested and taken to a concentration camp. Over the next seven years, Eddie faced unimaginable horrors every day, first in Buchenwal...
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The left-handed booksellers of London [Paperback] [ABIA Book of the Year for Older Children 2021]
Eighteen-year-old art student Susan Arkshaw arrives in London in search of her father. But before she can question crime boss Frank Thringley he's turned to dust by the prick of a silver hatpin in the hands ofthe outrageously attractive Merlin. Merlin is one ofthe youngest mem...
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The grandest bookshop in the world [Paperback] [ABIA Book of the Year for Younger Children 2021]
Pearl and Vally Cole live in a bookshop. And not just any bookshop. In 1893, Cole's Book Arcade in Melbourne is thegrandestbookshopintheworld, brimming with every curiosity imaginable. Each day brings fresh delights for the siblings: voice-changing sweets, talking par...
Our home, our heartbeat [ABIA Picture Book of the Year 2021]
OurHome, OurHeartbeat is a celebration of past and present Indigenous legends, as well as emerging generations, and at its heart honours the oldest continuous culture on earth.
In praise of veg : a modern kitchen companion [ABIA Illustrated Book of the Year 2021]
The definitive guide to making vegetables the centre of the plate. In this comprehensive and fully illustrated kitchen companion, food writer and presenter Alice Zaslavsky profiles 50 favourite vegetable varieties, offering 150+ recipes reflective of both tradition and modernity, just as al...
Such a fun age [Paperback] [ABIA International Book of the Year 2021]
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The animals in that country [Paperback] [ABIA Small Publishers Adult Book of the Year 2021]
Out on the road, no one speaks, everything talks. Hard-drinking, foul-mouthed, and allergic to bullshit, Jean is not your usual grandma. She's never been good at getting on with other humans, apart from her beloved granddaughter, Kimberly. Instead, she surrounds herself with animals, working ...
Bindi [ABIA Small Publishers Children's Book of the Year 2021]
The coconut children [Paperback] [ABIA Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year 2021]
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