Invisible Boys, Holden Sheppard (Fremantle Press)
October 2019 Book of the MonthIn a small town, everyone thinks they know you: Charlie is a hardcore rocker, who’s not as tough as he looks. Hammer is a footy jock with big AFL ...
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Refuge, Richard Rossiter (UWA Publishing)
September 2019 Book of the MonthRefuge is a meditation on place and belonging which intertwines the stories of a tenderly portrayed and compelling cast of characters. Each in their bush shacks, Greta and Tinny ...
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The Wooleen Way, David Pollock (Scribe)
August 2019 Book of the MonthDavid Pollock’s engrossing read tells the story of his passionate mission to renew his family’s massive pastoral property in Western Australia’s southern rangelands. It follows on from his appearances ...
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Finding Our Humanity, Leif Cocks (The Orangutan Project)
July 2019 Book of the MonthUsing a seamless blend of personal anecdote, philosophical and psychological discussion and the gentle presentation of scientific evidence, Finding our Humanity convincingly builds the case for understanding our place ...
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A Stolen Life: The Bruce Trevorrow Case, Antonio Buti (Fremantle Press)
June 2019 Book of the MonthAntonio Buti’s A Stolen Life charts the circumstances behind the removal of Ngarrindjeri man Bruce Trevorrow from his family as a baby by the South Australian Aboriginal Protection Board, ...
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Step Up, Mrs Dugdale, Lynne Leonhardt (Matilda Bay Books)
May 2019 Book of the MonthWhen Henrietta Augusta Dugdale was denied access to her three young sons because she could no longer bear to live with their father, it evoked within her a keen ...
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Slice Girls: A female surgeon’s remarkable story of blood, bone and the boys’ club, Joan Arakkal (Ventura Press)
April 2019 Book of the MonthThis enormously engaging autobiography is not only the story of a clever and courageous woman’s life but also of the differences between attitudes to women in Joan Arakkal’s chosen ...
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The Valley, Steve Hawke (Fremantle Press)
March 2019 Book of the MonthSteve Hawke’s The Valley is a stunning debut novel. Set in the Kimberley, mostly in Bunuba country, the novel charts four generations of a family whose secretive lives are ...
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Driving Into the Sun, Marcella Polain (Fremantle Press)
February 2019 Book of the MonthTwelve year old Orla’s world is shattered when her favourite parent, her beloved father, dies on his night shift, just before all their collective dreams as a family are ...
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Hive, A.J. Betts (Pan Australia)
January 2019 Book of the MonthPrologue: All I can tell you is what I remember, in the words that I have. I’m here because of a drip. A drip I wasn’t supposed to find. They ...
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