*A gripping and disturbing story about the dark side of 1970s suburbia

Written by the author of "Beloved", this novel reveals an apparently defeated man finding his manhood - and, finally, his home.

After his mother's death, Richard, a newly remarried hospital consultant, decides to build bridges with his estranged sister, inviting Angela and her family for a week in a rented house on the Welsh border. But in the quiet and stillness of the valley, ghosts begin to rise up.

Stories about refugees and asylum seekers from Linda Jaivin, Arnold Zable, Amitav Ghosh, Jamil Ahmad, Abdul Karim Hekmat, Sophie Masson, Anu Kumar, Deepa Agarwal, Michelle Cahill and others. In this collaboration between Indian and Australian writers these stories describe the experiences of refugees in powerful and poignant detail.'

Ettie Brookbank is the heart and soul of Cook's Basin, a sleepy offshore community comprising a cluster of dazzling blue bays. But for all the idyllic surroundings, Ettie can't help wondering where her dreams have disappeared to. Until fate offers her a lifeline - in the shape of a lopsided little caf on the water's edge. When Bertie, its canta...

Susan Duncan came to Pittwater when she impulsively bought a tumbledown, boxy little shack in Lovett Bay. The move changed her life forever, as she describes in Salvation Creek. Now Susan lives in Tarangaua and is a well-loved member of the small Pittwater community. A Life on Pittwater takes us on a memorable trip to this beguiling place.

Continuing the story of Susan Duncan's memoir, The House picks up after Bob and Susan marry. Where Salvation Creek was about mortality - living life in the face of death - The House is about stepping outside your comfort zone and embracing challenges, at any age. It reminds us to honour what matters in life, and to disregard what really doesn't.