Released: January 2018Publisher: Bloomsbury CircusFormat: HardcoverRRP: $24.99 AUDGenre: Literary Fiction / SurrealismRating: 2.5/5 ‘An immensely talented young writer’ – George SaundersSlip the pin through the skin. Start stitching.It doesn’t sting. It does bleed. White thread turns red.Red string. Going in. Going out. I pull. Tug. Tug the pin. In. Out. Out. Out. Blackout.Something has happened to Peach. Blood runs down her legs... Continue Reading →
Released: May 2019Publisher: PicadorFormat: Trade PaperbackRRP: $29.99 AUDGenre: Science Fiction, Short Stories, NovellasRating: 4/5 From the award-winning science fiction writer (whose short story "The Story of Your Life" was the basis for the Academy Award-nominated movie Arrival), the long-awaited new collection of stunningly original, humane, and already celebrated short stories.This much-anticipated second collection of stories is signature Ted Chiang, full of revelatory... Continue Reading →
Released: May 2017Publisher: Allen & Unwin Format: PaperbackRRP: $16.99Genre: Middle Grade / Climate FictionRating: 4.5/5 A story about family, loyalty, kindness and bravery, set against an all-too-possible future where climate change has forever changed the way we live. Peony lives with her sister and grandfather on a fruit farm outside the city. In a world where real bees are extinct, the quickest,... Continue Reading →
Jean McClellan spends her time in almost complete silence, limited to just one hundred words a day. Any more, and a thousand volts of electricity will course through her veins. Maybe it’s a foolish thing, but I’ve never been able to figure out exactly how to describe an electric jolt of pain to a six-year-old.... Continue Reading →
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