The third instalment in the Arthur Ellis award-nominated Forsyth and Hay mystery series.Detective Chief Inspector Stephen Hay of Scotland Yard believes he is dealing with a serial killer. Two young female victims bearing a superficial resemblance to each other are found asphyxiated and posed, with indecipherable writing on their right hips. A hostel caretaker, a journalist and his photographer, a bariatric specialist, the Canadian High Commission in London...

Alice Carroll is just a normal, unassuming twenty-something. She works in a retail store, serving customers and tidying displays five days a week, and likes to let her hair down at the weekend. However, on her way home from a party one Halloween, Alice stumbles upon a world she had never before believed existed. She’s haunted by nightmares and visions, and just as her life is being completely turned upside down, she meets the one man who might be able to help her: Sam Hain.In A...

Of Memory and Furniture is described by Julienne van Loon as 'a deeply feminist project', and by David Brooks as 'bold, explicit and unapologetic'. This collection in four parts explores experiences of female embodiment, sexuality, and relationships with family, lovers and institutions. It is concerned with expressions of female sexuality in its myriad forms – heterosexual, lesbian, and experiences of nonnormative sexuality – as well as issues of maternal subjectivity, mental health and ab...

Finalist for a 2015 Arthur Ellis AwardFinalist for the 2015 Kobo Emerging Writers AwardThe head of the Canadian High Commission’s trade section is found brutally clubbed and stabbed to death in the Official Residence in London, England. Scotland Yard’s Detective Chief Inspector Stephen Hay is called in to investigate, while Royal Canadian Mounted Police Inspector Liz Forsyth is dispatched from Ottawa. There are a number of suspects from the diplomatic commun...

Four men head out on a secret expedition to Mars' rich deposits of ore.But they get more than they bargained in their cranky old stowaway.Between ghost stories and dangerous terrain, the men confront their own fears in the glassy surface of Mars' outer realms.

A fiercely funny, feminist debut about mental health, motherhood and female rage, for fans of Caitlin Moran, Celeste Barber and Tanya Hennessy.Bron Lewis is one of Australia’s most beloved comedians, regularly appearing on Have You Been Paying Attention? and Thank God You’re Here. No stranger to madness – from watching her mother smash a casserole dish through the family dining table while going through ‘the change’, to finding herself singing Tina Arena’s ‘Chains’ at the top of he...

A moving collection of poetry exploring healing, love, and the reclaiming of the past, inspired by Frida Kahlo.In Blue Wren, Bron Bateman builds on themes from her previous work, delving into healing and reclaiming her past through the lens of Frida Kahlo's life and art. Bateman experiments with magical realism, prose poetry, and free verse, addressing poems to her lover, sister, children, and the strong influence of her mother. These poems explore complex...

Whatever your dream, if you wish to change your life by moving aboard your sailing vessel and casting off into wherever the wind and weather take you, this book may be helpful for you.I write this book to inspire others to step out of their comfort zones and live life to the fullest they possibly can.I want to demonstrate that age, a few health issues and limited funds do not need to prevent you from having fun and experiencing amazing things.Of course, life occasio...

In this innovative and deeply felt work, Bron Taylor examines the evolution of "green religions" in North America and beyond: spiritual practices that hold nature as sacred and have in many cases replaced traditional religions. Tracing a wide range of groups—radical environmental activists, lifestyle-focused bioregionalists, surfers, new-agers involved in "ecopsychology," and groups that hold scientific narratives as sacred—Taylor addresses a central theoretical question: How can environme...

2033By: Roger Bron FikIn the shadow of the Presidential Election of 2016 the author of "2033" was reminded of the recently tossed around "fact" that empires allegedly last only around 250 years. A disconcerting fact arose - America was about 230 years of age! Was time almost up?Panter Colobasi, flawed hero of the effort to save the USA, wages struggle against the forces of yet another secession - complicated by the duplicity he encounters at every turn. Good suffers...

"Writing with a storyteller’s flair, Alznauer captures her audience’s attention with colorful phrases and interesting facts." —Booklist (starred review)Ablaze with pattern and color, this ebullient picture book biography celebrates the intersection of art and science—through the life and lens of an extraordinary amateur mathematician.When Marjorie Rice was a little girl in Roseburg, Oregon, in the 1930s, she saw patterns everywhere...

Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923-2014) wrote brilliant novels about what love can do to people, but in her own life the lasting relationship she sought so ardently always eluded her. She grew up yearning to be an actress; but when that ambition was thwarted by marriage and the war, she turned to fiction. Her first novel, The Beautiful Visit, won the John Llewellyn Rhys prize - she went on to write fourteen more, of which the best-loved were the five volumes of The Cazalet ...