Book title:
Ishmael and the Return of the Dugongs
Book author:
Michael Gerard Bauer
This is the laugh-out-loud sequel to the critically acclaimed Don’t Call Me Ishmael by award-winning Australian author Michael Gerard Bauer.
Book title:
The Perfume Garden
Book author:
Kate Lord Brown
When an abandoned house in Valencia is rediscovered, the mistakes, loves and losses in its past are finally revealed.
Book title:
Radio Congo
Book author:
Ben Rawlence
Congo is a country where few venture, but author Ben Rawlence traversed the country to experience for himself the aftermath of colonialism and multiple wars.
Book title:
Midnight in Peking
Book author:
Paul French
Peking, January 1937. An elderly Chinese man discovers the mutilated body of a young foreigner at the base of the Fox Tower.
Book title:
Little People
Book author:
Jane Sullivan
This is a wonderfully gothic tale from Jane Sullivan that will grip readers from the beginning.
Book title:
Following Fish
Book author:
Samanth Subramanian
Following Fish is a richly detailed travelogue written with a wry sense of humour and a real eye for the people, culture and cuisine of the coastal states of India.
Book title:
Just Send Me Word
Book author:
Orlando Figes
In this moving book Orlando Figes looks at the lives of two young Muscovites seperated for fourteen years by war and the Gulag.
