Australia is a country of extremes, that’s for sure. The last book I read set in Oz (Truly, madly, guilty by Liane Moriarty) began during a rainy spell lasting weeks - this one knocks that out of the water (excuse the pun) by having the farming community of Kiewarra driven half-mad by a drought that has lasted two years and shows no sign of ending. So arid and barren has the land become that the river, central to the history of this place, has just disappeared. It’s not that much of a surprise then to the struggling community that local farmer, Luke Hadler, took the desperate decision to end

An inventive and exhilarating novel set in an astonishing world.

A dark and gripping and imaginative novel.

A brilliant and blackly funny collection of short stories

A sumptuous exploration of human relationships and our connection with the land.

The true story of how Richard Beard's younger brother drowned in Cornwall in 1978. He was 9 years old. Richard and the rest of his family were there at the time. The book tells how the family never really discussed the incident in the years afterwards. His journey back to the past is very moving, honest, painful yet something he has to do.Parts will make you angry, others baflle you. Some will make you laugh and particular paragraphs make you cry. Very highly recommended

The first in a series of crime novels set in England in the 1880's. They feature private detective Sidney Grice and his young ward March Middleton. Mrs.Middleton is the narrator of the novel. If you like period crime series with authentic detail these are for you. But what really sets this series apart is the character of Sidney Grice. He is a true original creation. Bad tempered, arrogant and full of acerbic wit- his ward is frequently the butt of his comments. The novels are full of humour and the crimes are quirky and off beat. To date there have been 5 novels in the series.

A beautifully written novel about an ambitious young woman who tries to defy her destiny as a subservient wife to become an Arctic Explorer. Penney creates a wonderfully authentic and courageous protagonist in Flora Mackie, who grew up on her father's whaling ship in the last years of the nineteenth century. As you accompany Flora on her adventures to Greenland and beyond, you will realise that you're desperate for her to fulfill her ambitions and be happy.

It's a shame that the movie deviated from the book, I wasn't bothered reading it after I saw the movie, but I was encouraged by a friend to do so, and I was not disappointed! The attention to detail and the vivid imagination of the author oozes from the pages.

The book is set ten years after the initial outbreak of the zombie apocalypse, mankind has been devastated, victory has come at a dreadful cost over many years. The narrator is an agent of the UN Post-War Commission as he travels all over the world to find out definitively what happened in the different countries. He learns of the extreme

Simsion's protagonist is the refreshingly honest, intelligent and unusual Professor Don Tillman. Don decides that the time in his life has come to meet someone and settle down, but he's not sure how to do this as he is somewhat socially awkward. With the help of his friend Gene, Don designs a questionnaire to choose a wife: naming it the Wife Project. We follow him on a hilarious journey to self-discovery and surprisingly, true love. Simsion's novel is a breath of fresh air; you'll find yourself laughing out loud at his sharp honesty and insight into human nature.