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Australian stories on the shelf

Guides to Australian books: what each is about, who it suits, and how to hear or borrow it. Each one is a new page written for this site.

Cover of The Hate Race by Maxine Beneba ClarkeThe Hate Race by Maxine Beneba ClarkeSummary, structure, themes and study questionsCover of The Old Lie by Claire G. ColemanThe Old Lie by Claire G. ColemanSpace war, and an older Australian story underneathCover of The Kindness Revolution by Hugh MackayThe Kindness Revolution by Hugh MackayHugh Mackay's case for a kinder AustraliaCover of The Emporium of Imagination by Tabitha BirdThe Emporium of Imagination by Tabitha BirdA magical shop arrives in a small Queensland townCover of Raising Readers by Megan DaleyRaising Readers by Megan DaleyHelping children love books, from a teacher librarianCover of This Taste for Silence by Amanda O'CallaghanThis Taste for Silence by Amanda O'CallaghanShort stories about secrets and the unsaidCover of The Shining Wall by Melissa FergusonThe Shining Wall by Melissa FergusonA walled city, two sisters and a cloned NeandertalCover of The Competition by Caroline MileyThe Competition by Caroline MileyA painter, a Royal Academy prize and the LudditesCover of Who's Afraid of the Quite Nice Wolf by Kitty BlackWho's Afraid of the Quite Nice Wolf? by Kitty Black and Laura WoodA gentle wolf, a big bad pack, and a choice
An empty suburban street at dusk under a smoky orange sky
The best dystopian books, with the Australian ones nobody listsThe classics, and the Australian dystopias most lists miss