Books

Dawn Meredith has created an evocative, rich world where the senses are tingled and love is deep as the Norwegian fjord itself.    All her life Freya has been told that...

Long listed for the Margaret Scott Prize in the Tasmanian Premier's Literary Awards 2017 Long listed for the Dick and Joan Green Family Award for Tasmanian History 2018 Her husband...

Based on the true story of a sheep who disappeared into the Tasmanian bush, only to be found six years later with her fleece weighing in at a hefty 30...

Unputdownable...a book about near misses – 77 of them – enjoyed or endured by its author Philip Blake. I laughed all the way through it. ~Ann Hughes, Tasmanian editor and the...

“My father didn’t talk about the war much, but sometimes he would firmly grip the edge of the kitchen table and shout, ‘SINKING STATIONS!’ – apparently it was something they...

A unique exploration of colonial Tasmania interweaving poetry, historic images, and history to imaginatively reinterpret the past. The British colonial rule of Van Diemen’s Land, like so many early colonisations,...

Martin Wilson’s poems portray his complex journey through schizophrenia.  “This is not a volume to be dipped into, sampled. It should be treated as a whole. Some of the poems are...

Convicts making a start in a new land... Based on historical documents, Starting Over is the story of William Guest and Martha Gregory, separately convicted of theft and sentenced to...

Sticks and Stones takes the reader on a journey through time and into remote regions of Western Tasmania. Peter Murphy and four friends set out to follow the trails of...

A story of grief, stillbirth and magic  Grief comes in many forms. It comes in many stages of life. Grief following a stillbirth is unimaginable. Pregnancy loss is a surprisingly...

"Bold, absorbing writing from a memorable voice" ~ Favel Parrett, acclaimed Australian author Frances McIntyre is almost forty – single, a lesbian, manager of a further education program for adults, and...

NOW AVAILABLE A collection of bittersweet stories that ring with compassion, understanding and empathy. "The tales in this collection are about us, with many serving as a poignant reminder of...

Captain Bill McGrath’s life spanned the experiential breadth of many men.  He started his life’s quest as a student activist protesting against Nazism, then as a surfer, a naval commander during World...

One of three delightful children’s books about endangered species on Bruny Island   Suzi P is a little swift parrot who struggles to find a place to raise her family...

Tarkine the Tasmanian tiger declares that there is no future in extinction – and he should know! Tarkine and his crew take off in his trusty tiger biplane to visit some of...

Don Defenderfer ‘s companion book to TASMANIA an island dream is a collection of stories, poems and photographs that capture the magic and beauty of Tasmania.  “Defenderfer is the consummate...

It was a David and Goliath story. The movement to end transportation of convicts to Tasmania was up against the might of the British Empire, supremely indifferent to the wishes...

Tasmania's Forgotten Frontier by John Beswick | PB A history of exploration, exploitation and settlement around Tasmania’s Far North-East Coast Almost five years before the first British settlement on mainland...

A beautiful book that evokes the character, spirit and ruggedness of the Tasmanian high country and the special qualities of the people who made a living from it. It tells...

A guide to Tasmania's awesome birds of prey and the work of the Raptor Refuge to protect them.  Raptor Refuge founder, Craig Webb In 1997, Craig returned to his birthplace...