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An astonishing and monumental masterpiece from the towering Australian writer Alexis Wright whose “words explode from the page” (The Monthly) WINNER OF THE 2024 STELLA PRIZE WINNER OF THE 2023 QUEENSLAND AWARD FOR LITERARY FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE 20... Read More about Praiseworthy

Alexis Wright’s award-winning classic Carpentaria: “a swelling, heaving tsunami of a novel—stinging, sinuous, salted with outrageous humor, sweetened by spiraling lyricism” (The Australian) Carpentaria is an epic of the Gulf country of northwestern Queensland, Australia. Its portrait of life in the ... Read More about Carpentaria

In this brilliant novel, Alexis Wright evokes city and outback, deepening our understanding of human ambition and failure, and making the timeless heart and soul of this country pulsate on the page. In the 1950s Gulf Country of Queensland’ s far North, black and white cultures collide in... Read More about Plains of Promise (First Nations Classics)

A hypnotic and “astonishingly inventive” (O, The Oprah Magazine) novel about an Aboriginal girl living in a future world turned upside down—where ancient myths exist side-by-side with present-day realities.Oblivia Ethelyne was given her name by an old woman who found her deep in the bowels of a gum ... Read More about The Swan Book: A Novel

IN the sparsely populated northern Queensland town of Desperance, battle lines have been drawn in the disputes among the powerful Phantom family of the Westend Pricklebush, Joseph Midnight’s renegade Eastend mob, and the white officials of neighboring towns. Trapped between politics and principle, p... Read More about Carpentaria: A Novel

Have you found yourself grappling with the devastating impact of infidelity, desperately seeking a path to rebuild trust and rediscover love with your partner? I've been in your shoes, and I understand the overwhelming emotions accompanying the discovery of betrayal. But I'm here to assure you that... Read More about From Betrayal To Renewal: How To Connect With Your Spouse Again After Infidelity: Rebuild Love and Trust After an Affair, Find Forgiveness, and