Allen & Unwin
The Last Hours
June 1348: When Lady Anne of Develish loses her husband to the Black Death, she takes charge of his demesne…
Into the World
It is 1791, and the ships of the La Perouse expedition have gone missing somewhere in the Great Southern Ocean.…
Freedom Swimmer
1968. Guangdong Province, China. Somehow, the 17-year-old Ming has survived a three-year famine, though he lost his family. He now…
We That Are Left
Set in Melbourne during World War II, this novel tells the parallel stories of two women: Grace Fowler, who works…
Dreaming the Enemy
Editors' choice
Dreaming the Enemy starts when 19-year-old Johnny Shoebridge, an Australian country boy from a hard-working, traditional community, returns from Vietnam.…
The Pearl-Shell Diver: A Story of Adventure from the Torres Strait
It is 1898, and 13-year-old Sario lives on an island in the Torres Strait between New Guinea and Australia. His…
Maggie’s Kitchen
In London during World War Two, Maggie Johnson opens one of the many British Restaurants, an initiative of the Ministry…
Harry Mac
South Africa is an exciting, dangerous place to live in the 1960s. Tom’s Dad is Harry Mac, a journalist using…
Racing the Moon
It’s 1931 and Joe Riley, ‘on the wrong side of thirteen’, lives in Sydney, Australia. It’s the Depression, and Joe…
The Railwayman’s Wife
Anikka (Ani) Lachlan is the title character in this novel, which is set after World War II in Thirroul, a…
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