pink shorts press (24 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Olivia De Zilva's Plastic Budgie is a brutally funny and inventive debut about family and self, full of itchy Y2K nostalgia, curses and glimpses of birds.There was no use googling am I cursed because the search engine algorithm would always say yes.Olivia was named after a lycra-clad singer her parents saw on Rage. As a child, she lost the ability to speak and spent a year barking like a dog. Her Gong Gong bought her a yellow bird in a shoebox from the Adelaide Central Markets. Her heart was broken by a guitar teacher after a school disco. She started university and learnt to run and travelled to Guangzhou for her cousins wedding.In her genre-defying debut, Olivia De Zilva collects stories on shelves: neat coming-of-age anecdotes and sitcom characters trapped behind glass.Then she breaks it all apart.Plastic Budgie questions how our memories and families form us, in a way that is both unapologetically sentimental and eternally surprising.'Funny and brutal and tender and lovely De Zilva has the native talent of the true writer.' Declan Fry, ABC Best Books of 2025A concise and affective representation of becoming in the contemporary world. De Zilva is an impressive new voice and has revitalised an excessively written genre with distinction. Hellai Gul, MeanjinDoes not deliver a narrative that is safe, predictable or neatly structured, nor does it wrangle together a conventionally satisfying resolution; rather, it puts all the elements of second-generation immigrant memoir on the table and confronts readers with the instability of meaning and with their own expectations of the story. Fernanda Dahlstrom, Mascara Literary ReviewA powerful, unique voice polished, well-realised and deftly woven together. Elaine Chennatt, Aniko PressAchingly funny and cleverly inventive. The Australian Womens WeeklyDe Zilva proves herself as a literary force and pushes the boundaries of fiction and memoir. Grace Gooda, ReadingsThe authors evolving sense of self is beautifully and vividly portrayed; a well-layered and emotionally engaging novel. Rebecca Wu, Glam Adelaide'De Zilvas writing is laced with dark wit and is emotionally devastating in equal measure; she has a voice that is bold, bright and steeped in complicated nostalgia . De Zilvas humour and unflinching honesty make the book compulsively readable, perfect for anyone who grew up feeling a little out of place.' Books+Publishing'A searching and companionable coming-of-age story that combines vulnerability and restraint, directness and discretion. Olivia De Zilva writes about loneliness and disruption with great humour and sensitivity.' Shannon Burns'De Zilva is a marvellous writer, effortlessly funny and yet able to pull off heartrending and meaningful scenes. Definitely a talent to watch.' Matthew Hooton Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. From legendary Australian feminist writer Barbara Hanrahan, Annie Magdalene is a quietly moving, funny and perfectly formed novel of a beautifully ordinary life. With a new introduction from Farrin Foster. Born at the turn of the century, Annie Magdalene grows up in a suburban cottage in Adelaide. She is devoted to her family but makes up her mind when she is sixteen that she doesnt want a husband or children, instead prioritising friendship, work, independence and a sense of self. In a style that is both simple and full of wonder, legendary Australian feminist artist and author Barbara Hanrahan creates a full portrait of life its small pleasures, its beautiful flaws, and its inevitable intersections with death. First published in 1985, Annie Magdalene still feels entirely fresh, capturing sleepy war-era Australia as well as many universally enduring truths. With a new introduction from Farrin Foster, this is a moving, funny and perfectly formed novel of a beautifully ordinary life. Quietly and gleefully challenging. Farrin Foster Hanrahans tour de force. The Canberra Times A small treasure. Los Angeles Times Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. A stunning and unforgettable novel about the pursuit of a creative and independent life, Barbara Hanrahans Sea Green is an Australian feminist classic. With a new introduction from Laura Elizabeth Woollett. Virginia is on a ship bound for London, lured by her creative dreams, leaving behind her weeping mother and father in Adelaide. On the cocoon-like journey she is struck by the messiness of relationships and her uncontrollable body. But things on the other side of the world are no neater, as she is pulled between her conservative expectations and her magnetic internal life. In innovative poetic prose, artist and author Barbara Hanrahan plunges us into the possibility-filled London of her youth while reflecting the all-but-unchanged experience of finding independence as a creative woman. Originally published in 1974, Sea Green was inspired by Hanrahans experiences but has a life and immediacy all its own. This jewel-like new edition, featuring an introduction from Stella Prizelonglisted author Laura Elizabeth Woollett and Hanrahans own distinctive artwork, re-establishes Sea Greens place in hearts and minds. An artistic coming-of-age novel like no other. Barbara Hanrahan is as wonderfully idiosyncratic a writer as she is as a visual artist, her prose both extravagant and frank. I hope this book will be remembered as a modern classic. Laura Elizabeth Woollett 'If this is not the kind of writing which "hands over sensation bodily" then I do not know what is' The Scotsman Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. A radical collection of reimagined fairytales from three incredible Australian authors, for readers of all ages.In the middle of a great famine, two siblings are cast out into a forest that holds both danger and beauty. Perpetual winter descends upon a giants garden after rowdy children are shut out by a massive wall. In the year 3099, humans find themselves stranded on the Moon and turn to their one remaining tree for wisdom.At the centre of each of these stories is an urgent question about humanitys relationship with nature. But there is also a tiny seed of hope.Based on the Brothers Grimms Hansel and Gretel, Oscar Wildes The Selfish Giant and Hans Christian Andersens The Little Match Girl, this epic collection from award-winning authors Ceridwen Dovey, Ursula Dubosarsky and Jennifer Mills is destined to be a favourite for all generations.A Concise Compendium of Wonder is published to coincide with the Slingsby theatre production of the same name, premiering at the Adelaide Festival in March 2026, and includes illustrations by Lorelei Medcalf.Education notes available here Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. In the pages of Pearls, Tracy Crisp entwines the pull of grief, the push of creative ambition, the messiness of family and friendships, and the many possible versions of ourselves.Tracys father has just died, and shes helping to clear out her childhood home in Port Pirie. But she still cannot find the pearls her mothers pearls, lost ever since her mother died in a car accident, not long after Tracy wore the pearls for her own wedding.Followed by grief, Tracy moves with her young family to a dislocating new home in another country and back again. She sees her boys morph into adults, her beloved grandfather lose his memory, and her friends fall into their second acts through their stitch and bitch group chat. All the while, Tracy is pulled back to consider her mothers restlessness and hopes, and what other iterations of life she herself could be living.Originally performed as a series of award-winning coming-of-middle-age memoir monologues, Pearls is a lyrically written, beautifully moving, sharply funny and endlessly relatable tapestry of human experience. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. 'I am opposed to lots of things: capitalism, misogyny, the manufacture of armaments. Nevertheless, I am essentially a good girl. My mother trained me to pay close attention.'In Scared Angry Laughing, Margaret Merrilees shares a lifetime of attempts to heal the world. She turns up punctually for collective meetings and protests. She tries to explain sex to small giggling boys. She calculates how to get across the country with the least carbon emissions.Merrilees has had to fight for her own rights. Having stared down homophobic doctors, trampled fences at Pine Gap and stripped off for climate change, she's well-versed in deliberate disobedience. And it turns out, good girls make good arrestees.A joyously unruly collection of essays about civil dissent, saving the planet and losing your hearing, Scared Angry Laughing is a book for imperfect protesters and eternal optimists, young and old. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. A riotous collection of ethical fever dreams from an internationally recognised master of the short form, Alex Cothrens Playing Nice Was Getting Me Nowhere is a book for anyone struggling to tell the difference between the news and satire. A conspiracy theory about bees divides a nation. A haunted pokie machine seeks revenge. A smart home becomes a little too clever. Alex Cothrens riotous collection of ethical fever dreams explores the ethos of the end times, testing the limits of technology, humanity and modern media. His predictions are incisive, hilarious and terribly plausible, tracing our contemporary obsessions to their logical and often dire conclusions. Yet amid the horror are moments of hope and resistance, and possibly even a path to redemption or at least instructions on finding a good place to hide when it all comes crashing down. From an internationally recognised master of the short form, this is a book for anyone struggling to tell the difference between the news and satire. It will stop you doomscrolling and keep you guessing. Playing Nice Was Getting Me Nowhere is hilarious, horrific and always heartfelt. Cothrens satirical-slipstream scalpels slice into contemporary anxieties like Black Mirror, but better. Sean Williams Reading Playing Nice Was Getting Me Nowhere is like wandering into a hall of mirrors. Its weird, its funny and its heartbreaking, often all at the same time. James Bradley In a world going mad, what can you do? Read Alex Cothren! These stories are incisive, intelligent, funny and heartbreaking. Cothrens aim is devastatingly accurate, his details perfectly tuned. As enjoyable and strange as George Saunders, but with a sharper edge, these stories are the lively medicine your brain needs now. Jane Rawson This scintillating bunch of stories, both formally and thematically daring, are a savage indictment of where things stand. But, for all the mayhem, there are also moments of tremendous heart. Wayne Marshall They say that nice guys finish last. But the underdog cast of Alex Cothrens debut collection battle misfortune, the government, prejudice, their own vices and each other to a hilarious, well-earned draw. This is pure tragicomedy, with the dial turned up so far its broken off. Andrew Roff Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Winner of a Philippine National Book AwardYniga is not just a novel; it is an echo of people, of families, who, generation after generation, confront the relentless cycle of political violence. Eka KurniawanYniga Calinauans quiet existence in Manila is upended when a biographer starts asking questions about her activist father who disappeared years earlier.Soon after, a former army general is arrested across the road from her home, and her neighborhood is burnt to the ground. With nowhere to go, Yniga returns to the small fishing town of her childhood. But the boundaries between her various lives are beginning to crumble.Set against a backdrop of political upheaval, Yniga is both a compulsive thriller and a literary treasure. Multi-award-winning author Glenn Diaz forms a complex portrait of a woman and a country haunted by a forest of history. This is a novel about the routine violence of state terror and the possibility of everyday resistance.Diazs fierce and articulate intellect dazzles in his very evocative and at times funny but mostly deadpan and wry prose. He has captured the often absurd and peculiar life in the Philippines with a fond but critical eye. Asian Review of BooksThis moving, remarkable novel is as much a visceral, unforgettable journey into one womans fraught familial legacy of disappearance and resistance, as well as a deeply poignant meditation on nation-building itself. Elaine Castillo Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Olivia De Zilva's Plastic Budgie is a brutally funny and inventive debut about family and self, full of itchy Y2K nostalgia, curses and glimpses of birds.There was no use googling am I cursed because the search engine algorithm would always say yes.Olivia was named after a lycra-clad singer her parents saw on Rage. As a child, she lost the ability to speak and spent a year barking like a dog. Her Gong Gong bought her a yellow bird in a shoebox from the Adelaide Central Markets. Her heart was broken by a guitar teacher after a school disco. She started university and learnt to run and travelled to Guangzhou for her cousins wedding.In her genre-defying debut, Olivia De Zilva collects stories on shelves: neat coming-of-age anecdotes and sitcom characters trapped behind glass.Then she breaks it all apart.Plastic Budgie questions how our memories and families form us, in a way that is both unapologetically sentimental and eternally surprising.'Funny and brutal and tender and lovely De Zilva has the native talent of the true writer.' Declan Fry, ABC Best Books of 2025A concise and affective representation of becoming in the contemporary world. De Zilva is an impressive new voice and has revitalised an excessively written genre with distinction. Hellai Gul, MeanjinDoes not deliver a narrative that is safe, predictable or neatly structured, nor does it wrangle together a conventionally satisfying resolution; rather, it puts all the elements of second-generation immigrant memoir on the table and confronts readers with the instability of meaning and with their own expectations of the story. Fernanda Dahlstrom, Mascara Literary ReviewA powerful, unique voice polished, well-realised and deftly woven together. Elaine Chennatt, Aniko PressAchingly funny and cleverly inventive. The Australian Womens WeeklyDe Zilva proves herself as a literary force and pushes the boundaries of fiction and memoir. Grace Gooda, ReadingsThe authors evolving sense of self is beautifully and vividly portrayed; a well-layered and emotionally engaging novel. Rebecca Wu, Glam Adelaide'De Zilvas writing is laced with dark wit and is emotionally devastating in equal measure; she has a voice that is bold, bright and steeped in complicated nostalgia . De Zilvas humour and unflinching honesty make the book compulsively readable, perfect for anyone who grew up feeling a little out of place.' Books+Publishing'A searching and companionable coming-of-age story that combines vulnerability and restraint, directness and discretion. Olivia De Zilva writes about loneliness and disruption with great humour and sensitivity.' Shannon Burns'De Zilva is a marvellous writer, effortlessly funny and yet able to pull off heartrending and meaningful scenes. Definitely a talent to watch.' Matthew Hooton Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Olivia De Zilva's Plastic Budgie is a brutally funny and inventive debut about family and self, full of itchy Y2K nostalgia, curses and glimpses of birds.There was no use googling am I cursed because the search engine algorithm would always say yes.Olivia was named after a lycra-clad singer her parents saw on Rage. As a child, she lost the ability to speak and spent a year barking like a dog. Her Gong Gong bought her a yellow bird in a shoebox from the Adelaide Central Markets. Her heart was broken by a guitar teacher after a school disco. She started university and learnt to run and travelled to Guangzhou for her cousins wedding.In her genre-defying debut, Olivia De Zilva collects stories on shelves: neat coming-of-age anecdotes and sitcom characters trapped behind glass.Then she breaks it all apart.Plastic Budgie questions how our memories and families form us, in a way that is both unapologetically sentimental and eternally surprising.'Funny and brutal and tender and lovely De Zilva has the native talent of the true writer.' Declan Fry, ABC Best Books of 2025A concise and affective representation of becoming in the contemporary world. De Zilva is an impressive new voice and has revitalised an excessively written genre with distinction. Hellai Gul, MeanjinDoes not deliver a narrative that is safe, predictable or neatly structured, nor does it wrangle together a conventionally satisfying resolution; rather, it puts all the elements of second-generation immigrant memoir on the table and confronts readers with the instability of meaning and with their own expectations of the story. Fernanda Dahlstrom, Mascara Literary ReviewA powerful, unique voice polished, well-realised and deftly woven together. Elaine Chennatt, Aniko PressAchingly funny and cleverly inventive. The Australian Womens WeeklyDe Zilva proves herself as a literary force and pushes the boundaries of fiction and memoir. Grace Gooda, ReadingsThe authors evolving sense of self is beautifully and vividly portrayed; a well-layered and emotionally engaging novel. Rebecca Wu, Glam Adelaide'De Zilvas writing is laced with dark wit and is emotionally devastating in equal measure; she has a voice that is bold, bright and steeped in complicated nostalgia . De Zilvas humour and unflinching honesty make the book compulsively readable, perfect for anyone who grew up feeling a little out of place.' Books+Publishing'A searching and companionable coming-of-age story that combines vulnerability and restraint, directness and discretion. Olivia De Zilva writes about loneliness and disruption with great humour and sensitivity.' Shannon Burns'De Zilva is a marvellous writer, effortlessly funny and yet able to pull off heartrending and meaningful scenes. Definitely a talent to watch.' Matthew Hooton Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. From legendary Australian feminist writer Barbara Hanrahan, Annie Magdalene is a quietly moving, funny and perfectly formed novel of a beautifully ordinary life. With a new introduction from Farrin Foster. Born at the turn of the century, Annie Magdalene grows up in a suburban cottage in Adelaide. She is devoted to her family but makes up her mind when she is sixteen that she doesnt want a husband or children, instead prioritising friendship, work, independence and a sense of self. In a style that is both simple and full of wonder, legendary Australian feminist artist and author Barbara Hanrahan creates a full portrait of life its small pleasures, its beautiful flaws, and its inevitable intersections with death. First published in 1985, Annie Magdalene still feels entirely fresh, capturing sleepy war-era Australia as well as many universally enduring truths. With a new introduction from Farrin Foster, this is a moving, funny and perfectly formed novel of a beautifully ordinary life. Quietly and gleefully challenging. Farrin Foster Hanrahans tour de force. The Canberra Times A small treasure. Los Angeles Times Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. A stunning and unforgettable novel about the pursuit of a creative and independent life, Barbara Hanrahans Sea Green is an Australian feminist classic. With a new introduction from Laura Elizabeth Woollett. Virginia is on a ship bound for London, lured by her creative dreams, leaving behind her weeping mother and father in Adelaide. On the cocoon-like journey she is struck by the messiness of relationships and her uncontrollable body. But things on the other side of the world are no neater, as she is pulled between her conservative expectations and her magnetic internal life. In innovative poetic prose, artist and author Barbara Hanrahan plunges us into the possibility-filled London of her youth while reflecting the all-but-unchanged experience of finding independence as a creative woman. Originally published in 1974, Sea Green was inspired by Hanrahans experiences but has a life and immediacy all its own. This jewel-like new edition, featuring an introduction from Stella Prizelonglisted author Laura Elizabeth Woollett and Hanrahans own distinctive artwork, re-establishes Sea Greens place in hearts and minds. An artistic coming-of-age novel like no other. Barbara Hanrahan is as wonderfully idiosyncratic a writer as she is as a visual artist, her prose both extravagant and frank. I hope this book will be remembered as a modern classic. Laura Elizabeth Woollett 'If this is not the kind of writing which "hands over sensation bodily" then I do not know what is' The Scotsman Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. From legendary Australian feminist writer Barbara Hanrahan, Annie Magdalene is a quietly moving, funny and perfectly formed novel of a beautifully ordinary life. With a new introduction from Farrin Foster. Born at the turn of the century, Annie Magdalene grows up in a suburban cottage in Adelaide. She is devoted to her family but makes up her mind when she is sixteen that she doesnt want a husband or children, instead prioritising friendship, work, independence and a sense of self. In a style that is both simple and full of wonder, legendary Australian feminist artist and author Barbara Hanrahan creates a full portrait of life its small pleasures, its beautiful flaws, and its inevitable intersections with death. First published in 1985, Annie Magdalene still feels entirely fresh, capturing sleepy war-era Australia as well as many universally enduring truths. With a new introduction from Farrin Foster, this is a moving, funny and perfectly formed novel of a beautifully ordinary life. Quietly and gleefully challenging. Farrin Foster Hanrahans tour de force. The Canberra Times A small treasure. Los Angeles Times Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. A stunning and unforgettable novel about the pursuit of a creative and independent life, Barbara Hanrahans Sea Green is an Australian feminist classic. With a new introduction from Laura Elizabeth Woollett. Virginia is on a ship bound for London, lured by her creative dreams, leaving behind her weeping mother and father in Adelaide. On the cocoon-like journey she is struck by the messiness of relationships and her uncontrollable body. But things on the other side of the world are no neater, as she is pulled between her conservative expectations and her magnetic internal life. In innovative poetic prose, artist and author Barbara Hanrahan plunges us into the possibility-filled London of her youth while reflecting the all-but-unchanged experience of finding independence as a creative woman. Originally published in 1974, Sea Green was inspired by Hanrahans experiences but has a life and immediacy all its own. This jewel-like new edition, featuring an introduction from Stella Prizelonglisted author Laura Elizabeth Woollett and Hanrahans own distinctive artwork, re-establishes Sea Greens place in hearts and minds. An artistic coming-of-age novel like no other. Barbara Hanrahan is as wonderfully idiosyncratic a writer as she is as a visual artist, her prose both extravagant and frank. I hope this book will be remembered as a modern classic. Laura Elizabeth Woollett 'If this is not the kind of writing which "hands over sensation bodily" then I do not know what is' The Scotsman Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. In the pages of Pearls, Tracy Crisp entwines the pull of grief, the push of creative ambition, the messiness of family and friendships, and the many possible versions of ourselves.Tracys father has just died, and shes helping to clear out her childhood home in Port Pirie. But she still cannot find the pearls her mothers pearls, lost ever since her mother died in a car accident, not long after Tracy wore the pearls for her own wedding.Followed by grief, Tracy moves with her young family to a dislocating new home in another country and back again. She sees her boys morph into adults, her beloved grandfather lose his memory, and her friends fall into their second acts through their stitch and bitch group chat. All the while, Tracy is pulled back to consider her mothers restlessness and hopes, and what other iterations of life she herself could be living.Originally performed as a series of award-winning coming-of-middle-age memoir monologues, Pearls is a lyrically written, beautifully moving, sharply funny and endlessly relatable tapestry of human experience. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Winner of a Philippine National Book AwardYniga is not just a novel; it is an echo of people, of families, who, generation after generation, confront the relentless cycle of political violence. Eka KurniawanYniga Calinauans quiet existence in Manila is upended when a biographer starts asking questions about her activist father who disappeared years earlier.Soon after, a former army general is arrested across the road from her home, and her neighborhood is burnt to the ground. With nowhere to go, Yniga returns to the small fishing town of her childhood. But the boundaries between her various lives are beginning to crumble.Set against a backdrop of political upheaval, Yniga is both a compulsive thriller and a literary treasure. Multi-award-winning author Glenn Diaz forms a complex portrait of a woman and a country haunted by a forest of history. This is a novel about the routine violence of state terror and the possibility of everyday resistance.Diazs fierce and articulate intellect dazzles in his very evocative and at times funny but mostly deadpan and wry prose. He has captured the often absurd and peculiar life in the Philippines with a fond but critical eye. Asian Review of BooksThis moving, remarkable novel is as much a visceral, unforgettable journey into one womans fraught familial legacy of disappearance and resistance, as well as a deeply poignant meditation on nation-building itself. Elaine Castillo Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. A radical collection of reimagined fairytales from three incredible Australian authors, for readers of all ages.In the middle of a great famine, two siblings are cast out into a forest that holds both danger and beauty. Perpetual winter descends upon a giants garden after rowdy children are shut out by a massive wall. In the year 3099, humans find themselves stranded on the Moon and turn to their one remaining tree for wisdom.At the centre of each of these stories is an urgent question about humanitys relationship with nature. But there is also a tiny seed of hope.Based on the Brothers Grimms Hansel and Gretel, Oscar Wildes The Selfish Giant and Hans Christian Andersens The Little Match Girl, this epic collection from award-winning authors Ceridwen Dovey, Ursula Dubosarsky and Jennifer Mills is destined to be a favourite for all generations.A Concise Compendium of Wonder is published to coincide with the Slingsby theatre production of the same name, premiering at the Adelaide Festival in March 2026, and includes illustrations by Lorelei Medcalf.Education notes available here Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. 'I am opposed to lots of things: capitalism, misogyny, the manufacture of armaments. Nevertheless, I am essentially a good girl. My mother trained me to pay close attention.'In Scared Angry Laughing, Margaret Merrilees shares a lifetime of attempts to heal the world. She turns up punctually for collective meetings and protests. She tries to explain sex to small giggling boys. She calculates how to get across the country with the least carbon emissions.Merrilees has had to fight for her own rights. Having stared down homophobic doctors, trampled fences at Pine Gap and stripped off for climate change, she's well-versed in deliberate disobedience. And it turns out, good girls make good arrestees.A joyously unruly collection of essays about civil dissent, saving the planet and losing your hearing, Scared Angry Laughing is a book for imperfect protesters and eternal optimists, young and old. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. A riotous collection of ethical fever dreams from an internationally recognised master of the short form, Alex Cothrens Playing Nice Was Getting Me Nowhere is a book for anyone struggling to tell the difference between the news and satire. A conspiracy theory about bees divides a nation. A haunted pokie machine seeks revenge. A smart home becomes a little too clever. Alex Cothrens riotous collection of ethical fever dreams explores the ethos of the end times, testing the limits of technology, humanity and modern media. His predictions are incisive, hilarious and terribly plausible, tracing our contemporary obsessions to their logical and often dire conclusions. Yet amid the horror are moments of hope and resistance, and possibly even a path to redemption or at least instructions on finding a good place to hide when it all comes crashing down. From an internationally recognised master of the short form, this is a book for anyone struggling to tell the difference between the news and satire. It will stop you doomscrolling and keep you guessing. Playing Nice Was Getting Me Nowhere is hilarious, horrific and always heartfelt. Cothrens satirical-slipstream scalpels slice into contemporary anxieties like Black Mirror, but better. Sean Williams Reading Playing Nice Was Getting Me Nowhere is like wandering into a hall of mirrors. Its weird, its funny and its heartbreaking, often all at the same time. James Bradley In a world going mad, what can you do? Read Alex Cothren! These stories are incisive, intelligent, funny and heartbreaking. Cothrens aim is devastatingly accurate, his details perfectly tuned. As enjoyable and strange as George Saunders, but with a sharper edge, these stories are the lively medicine your brain needs now. Jane Rawson This scintillating bunch of stories, both formally and thematically daring, are a savage indictment of where things stand. But, for all the mayhem, there are also moments of tremendous heart. Wayne Marshall They say that nice guys finish last. But the underdog cast of Alex Cothrens debut collection battle misfortune, the government, prejudice, their own vices and each other to a hilarious, well-earned draw. This is pure tragicomedy, with the dial turned up so far its broken off. Andrew Roff Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. In the pages of Pearls, Tracy Crisp entwines the pull of grief, the push of creative ambition, the messiness of family and friendships, and the many possible versions of ourselves.Tracys father has just died, and shes helping to clear out her childhood home in Port Pirie. But she still cannot find the pearls her mothers pearls, lost ever since her mother died in a car accident, not long after Tracy wore the pearls for her own wedding.Followed by grief, Tracy moves with her young family to a dislocating new home in another country and back again. She sees her boys morph into adults, her beloved grandfather lose his memory, and her friends fall into their second acts through their stitch and bitch group chat. All the while, Tracy is pulled back to consider her mothers restlessness and hopes, and what other iterations of life she herself could be living.Originally performed as a series of award-winning coming-of-middle-age memoir monologues, Pearls is a lyrically written, beautifully moving, sharply funny and endlessly relatable tapestry of human experience. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. A radical collection of reimagined fairytales from three incredible Australian authors, for readers of all ages.In the middle of a great famine, two siblings are cast out into a forest that holds both danger and beauty. Perpetual winter descends upon a giants garden after rowdy children are shut out by a massive wall. In the year 3099, humans find themselves stranded on the Moon and turn to their one remaining tree for wisdom.At the centre of each of these stories is an urgent question about humanitys relationship with nature. But there is also a tiny seed of hope.Based on the Brothers Grimms Hansel and Gretel, Oscar Wildes The Selfish Giant and Hans Christian Andersens The Little Match Girl, this epic collection from award-winning authors Ceridwen Dovey, Ursula Dubosarsky and Jennifer Mills is destined to be a favourite for all generations.A Concise Compendium of Wonder is published to coincide with the Slingsby theatre production of the same name, premiering at the Adelaide Festival in March 2026, and includes illustrations by Lorelei Medcalf.Education notes available here Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. A riotous collection of ethical fever dreams from an internationally recognised master of the short form, Alex Cothrens Playing Nice Was Getting Me Nowhere is a book for anyone struggling to tell the difference between the news and satire. A conspiracy theory about bees divides a nation. A haunted pokie machine seeks revenge. A smart home becomes a little too clever. Alex Cothrens riotous collection of ethical fever dreams explores the ethos of the end times, testing the limits of technology, humanity and modern media. His predictions are incisive, hilarious and terribly plausible, tracing our contemporary obsessions to their logical and often dire conclusions. Yet amid the horror are moments of hope and resistance, and possibly even a path to redemption or at least instructions on finding a good place to hide when it all comes crashing down. From an internationally recognised master of the short form, this is a book for anyone struggling to tell the difference between the news and satire. It will stop you doomscrolling and keep you guessing. Playing Nice Was Getting Me Nowhere is hilarious, horrific and always heartfelt. Cothrens satirical-slipstream scalpels slice into contemporary anxieties like Black Mirror, but better. Sean Williams Reading Playing Nice Was Getting Me Nowhere is like wandering into a hall of mirrors. Its weird, its funny and its heartbreaking, often all at the same time. James Bradley In a world going mad, what can you do? Read Alex Cothren! These stories are incisive, intelligent, funny and heartbreaking. Cothrens aim is devastatingly accurate, his details perfectly tuned. As enjoyable and strange as George Saunders, but with a sharper edge, these stories are the lively medicine your brain needs now. Jane Rawson This scintillating bunch of stories, both formally and thematically daring, are a savage indictment of where things stand. But, for all the mayhem, there are also moments of tremendous heart. Wayne Marshall They say that nice guys finish last. But the underdog cast of Alex Cothrens debut collection battle misfortune, the government, prejudice, their own vices and each other to a hilarious, well-earned draw. This is pure tragicomedy, with the dial turned up so far its broken off. Andrew Roff Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. 'I am opposed to lots of things: capitalism, misogyny, the manufacture of armaments. Nevertheless, I am essentially a good girl. My mother trained me to pay close attention.'In Scared Angry Laughing, Margaret Merrilees shares a lifetime of attempts to heal the world. She turns up punctually for collective meetings and protests. She tries to explain sex to small giggling boys. She calculates how to get across the country with the least carbon emissions.Merrilees has had to fight for her own rights. Having stared down homophobic doctors, trampled fences at Pine Gap and stripped off for climate change, she's well-versed in deliberate disobedience. And it turns out, good girls make good arrestees.A joyously unruly collection of essays about civil dissent, saving the planet and losing your hearing, Scared Angry Laughing is a book for imperfect protesters and eternal optimists, young and old. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Winner of a Philippine National Book AwardYniga is not just a novel; it is an echo of people, of families, who, generation after generation, confront the relentless cycle of political violence. Eka KurniawanYniga Calinauans quiet existence in Manila is upended when a biographer starts asking questions about her activist father who disappeared years earlier.Soon after, a former army general is arrested across the road from her home, and her neighborhood is burnt to the ground. With nowhere to go, Yniga returns to the small fishing town of her childhood. But the boundaries between her various lives are beginning to crumble.Set against a backdrop of political upheaval, Yniga is both a compulsive thriller and a literary treasure. Multi-award-winning author Glenn Diaz forms a complex portrait of a woman and a country haunted by a forest of history. This is a novel about the routine violence of state terror and the possibility of everyday resistance.Diazs fierce and articulate intellect dazzles in his very evocative and at times funny but mostly deadpan and wry prose. He has captured the often absurd and peculiar life in the Philippines with a fond but critical eye. Asian Review of BooksThis moving, remarkable novel is as much a visceral, unforgettable journey into one womans fraught familial legacy of disappearance and resistance, as well as a deeply poignant meditation on nation-building itself. Elaine Castillo Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.