When We Think About Melbourne by Jenny Sinclair
Coming soon in August
What exactly makes Melbourne unique? And where does it get it's x-factor?
When We Think About Melbourne is a wry and whimsical survey of our city’s creativity. It observes with a keen and appreciative eye the changing physical, social and cultural landscape of Melbourne through its film, literature, music, art, maps and transport.
'Writer, thinker, collector and cyclist, Jenny Sinclair's vision is complex, insightful and multifaceted' - Richard Evans
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Known Unknowns by Emmett Stinson, $24.95 pb
Set largely in Washington DC after September 11,Known Unknowns (the third collection in the Long Story Shorts series) traces the minutiae of momentous change. These are stories of social misfits, estranged couples and lonely souls trying to find a foothold in uncertain times.
'Each of these stories is a gem, and the collection is a remarkable chronicle of the human condition. Emmett Stinson is a writer of our time.' - Tony Birch
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Peace of Wall by Chris Parkinson (foreword from Jose Ramos-Horta), $29.95
Chris Parkinson spent four years living and working in East Timor. Throughout this time, he documented the changing political and social climate in East Timor through its street art. He amassed over 3000 photographs and hundreds of hours of interviews.
'An evocative piece of photojournalism.' - Tristan Manco, graffiti documentarian
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Coming Soon - Having Cried Wolf by Gretchen Shirm
Having Cried Wolf is a collection of stories set in a fictional NSW coastal town and revolving around two women, friends since childhood, who grow to live vastly different lives, will be published in September.
'There are two kinds of pleasure found in reading this work from such a powerful new talent – feeling yourself in the hands of a born storyteller, and looking forward to whatever Gretchen Shirm writes next.' - Cate Kennedy
