Kathryn Heyman: 6 books

'A tale of passion and courage...Heyman weaves the strands together with an imaginative gusto that echoes the great Angela Carter...delightful.' The Times 'There is warmth, humour and compassion, and a resolution that's nothing short of inspiring...brilliantly original...this ranks up there...

In sparkling prose and with a desire to express essential truths of life in stories ranging from historical sagas to incisive observations of contemporary life, the distinct voices of the students of Faber Academy at Allen & Unwin are united in this volume. Under the expert guidance of...

In early 2012 in Sydney and Melbourne, forty-one new novelists embarked on 'Writing a Novel' - a six-month creative writing course, under the auspices of Faber Academy at Allen & Unwin. Course directors James Bradley, Sophie Cunningham and Kathryn Heyman walked alongside these new writers as they...

Marah and Charis have left Australia to pursue very different careers. Marah, a trainee opera diva, tries hard to keep her weight, her life, her self under control; Charis works nights as a telegram girl, zooming across London on her motorbike dressed as a French maid or a pregnant bride.

This is the story of one of the most shocking events of the seventeenth century: the wreck of a Dutch ship, the Batavia, off the west coast of Australia, and the extraordinary events that befell its stranded survivors. It is also the story of Judith Bastiaansz, sailing with her family to a new life,...

In the prison in Sarah Sweet's backyard, drunks get locked up for the night and sing beautiful songs through the bars. Behind the prison, there's a paddock full of horses waiting to be broken by her dad, the best horse breaker in Boolaroo. Mal Sweet can break anything, except Sarah. She's a champion,...