Books & Poetry
A fresh and comprehensive new narrative reveals how the Adelaide art scene post-World War II was an incubator of progressive ideas and talent, despite often being dismissed or disparaged in the wider mainstream history of Australian art.
Books & Poetry
With her signature elegance and compassionate insight into human frailty, Carol Lefevre’s Temperance reaffirms her as one of Australia’s most accomplished writers.
A sincere and sincerely entertaining account of ‘Life, Love and Laughter with Endometriosis’, Adelaide writer and cabaret performer Libby Trainor Parker’s Endo Days is a must-read for anyone living with the chronic medical condition.
In his latest story collection, Adelaide author Stephen Orr charts a child’s progress ‘from the Outer Hebrides to a Mongolian desert, from war to kidnapping, a Midwestern American nightmare, (and) falling from the wheel-well of a Dreamliner’.
Ghost stories, lonely shacks at the edge of the world, shadowy wilderness, and the fierce, maddening heat of a rural South Australian summer: Adelaide-based writer Michelle Jäger’s Bird Bones has all the ingredients of a classic Australian gothic tale.
Intrigued by the story behind the 3200km-long Overland Telegraph Line, author Rosamund Burton set out to trace its path through the heart of Australia – beginning with a gruelling bike ride from Adelaide to the outback SA town of Farina.
Books & Poetry
Books & Poetry
Books & Poetry
Books & Poetry
