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Fifteen-year-old Finn has always felt out of place, but suddenly her world is unraveling. It all started with The Party. And Adam Porter. And the night in September that changed everything. The only person who knows about that night is Audrey—Finn's best friend, her witness to everything and the...

Short story for commuters and those who like a quick uplifting read at bed time. Meet a young man who is unhappy with where his life has taken him.

Decades after Hitler won the war, the German Reich remains a well-oiled machine under the military regime. In Bohemia, Annelie – bright, young and hopeful – finds her first job in the Central Museum as a tour guide. A series of chance encounters turns her world upside down. Her life becomes...

From the renowned contemporary American poet C. K. Williams comes this fluent and accessible version of The Bacchae, the great tragedy by Euripides. This book includes an introduction by Martha Nussbaum.

A small collection of short stories based on my work in child protection and working with families. Not suitable for children under 18 years as contains adult themes. These stories can be quite confronting for the more sensitive person.

A striking new collection of accessible yet elegant stories from literary giant and master craftsman C.K. Stead. Gathered from throughout Stead's career, these stories are a reminder of his deft storytelling and literary power. They are clever, sensual, wry and beautifully written, with Stead's...

'Wonder Stories' was founded by legendary publisher Hugo Gernsback after he left 'Amazing Stories.' 'Wonder Stories' thrived in one form or another for more than thirty years, briefly rivaling even 'Astounding.' This four-hundred-plus page anthology collects ten important stories from the magazine's...

The Plaisir De Rouge theater, with its cast of quirky characters, is the backdrop for this hilarious romantic comedy series. Showtime Rendezvous, the first book in the series, is a steamy second chance romance where we meet Kristin and her long-lost love, Devon. In Stage Bound, Kristin’s BFF, Fran...

Get tied up in this fun read! Fran loves her job as the theater manager at the Plaisir De Rouge. She’s surrounded by friends, her world-class Pez dispenser collection and her boyfriend, Peter, the all American eat-your-heart-out surfer model look alike. Life couldn’t be better—not until...

A short story for commuters and others who want a quick uplifting story. Meet Mark as he travels home from work in the city of Brisbane on a hot summers day.

A capstone to an unforgettable career Over the past half century, the great shape-shifting poet C. K. Williams took upon himself the poet’s task: to record with candor and ardor “the burden of being alive.” In Falling Ill, his final volume of poems, he brings this task to its conclusion,...

Award-winning author C.K. Stead takes us to the heart of contemporary Paris and into a world of books and witty conversation. The Necessary Angel is a story of people grappling with love and fidelity; a story about the importance of books; a commentary on living in complex modern-day Europe; and a...

In his 85th year, C. K. Stead's new collection leads us deep inside the life of the poet. He looks back at his younger self, remembering old loves and cringing at his ‘sonnets' lugubrious rhyming'. He tells us of those who have gone – Derrida (‘that Derrida whom I derided died') and Curnow (‘Allen's...

Sixteen-year-old Mason Rice is having the night of his life. He's just delivered an incredible performance in the school play, basked in celebratory afterglow vibes at the party of the year, and lost his virginity to one of his best friends—the gorgeous but previously unobtainable Kat Medina. His...