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All Hamish Macbeth ever really wants is a quiet life in the peaceful surroundings of his home in the Highland village of Lochdubh. Unfortunately for him, the time he would normally find most relaxing – after the tourists have gone and before the winter sets in – turns out to be far from peaceful....

On Talisman Day in Arylia, every child receives an object that gives them special powers and reveals their destiny. Every child except for the Wintrish girl, Penn, that is. There’s no need for a Talisman to reveal her fate. Penn already knows that she’s doomed to a miserable, lonely life as a ser...

In this award-winning work of fiction, Ellen van Neerven leads readers on a journey that is highly imaginative and still achingly real.Over three parts, Ellen van Neerven takes traditional storytelling and gives it a unique, contemporary twist. In ‘Heat’, we meet several generations of the Kresin...

Welcome to the Kennedy household:Lila wrote a bestseller about keeping your marriage alive, before discovering her ex was playing happy families with another woman. A woman she sees everyday at school pick-up.Bill, her stepdad, moved in after Lila’s mum died. He’s kind, old-fashioned and driving ...

The right book might just change your life ...Mim Cohen roams the world in a travelling bookshop, with her dad and brother and a horse called Flossy.Flossy leads them where she will, to the place where they're needed most ... the place where the perfect book will find its way home.Now Mim has arr...

Sand Talk, Tyson Yunkaporta’s bestselling debut, cast an Indigenous lens on contemporary society. It was, said Melissa Lucashenko, ‘an extraordinary invitation into the world of the Dreaming’.Right Story, Wrong Story extends Yunkaporta’s explorations of how we can learn from Indigenous thinking. ...

Join Poppy and her anthropomorphic sidekick Chaz on nine adventures that introduce them to some delightful new words – from gargantuan pizzas, to spectacular meteor showers, to astounding circus acts! Including:– Poppy’s Pizza: Poppy and Chaz set themselves to make a gargantuan pizza in time for ...

The naughty dragons are getting ready for a whole new challenge – school!Ava and Jack can’t wait to start flying to class, and Graun and Fafnine are excited to start dragon lessons.But with new rules to learn, new powers to discover and a set of mean dragon triplets determined to get them in trou...

When love comes to town …Artisan blacksmith Ned Harrow lost his wife and gained a son, all in the space of a day. Since then, he’s been caring for his son, Ollie, and working to rebuild his business. When his neighbour’s visiting goddaughter offers to help, she’s a lifeline and so much more. Ned ...

The world has been burned. The final mass extinction is nearly complete.The dragon plague has scoured the land of living things, and Troyson Strom lives on his small boat, staying on the move, and gathering supplies when he can. But he has a plan – save enough provisions and sail back to the coas...