Having Cried Wolf by Gretchen Shirm
New for September
Small towns harbour secrets.
Having Cried Wolf is a collection of stories set in a fictional NSW coastal town, revolving around two women, friends since childhood, who have grown to live vastly different lives.
'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
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New Release - When We Think About Melbourne by Jenny Sinclair
What exactly makes Melbourne unique? And where does it get its x-factor? This 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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Coming Soon - Rock and Hard Places by Andrew Mueller
Andrew Mueller couldn’t decide between being a rock journalist, travel writer or foreign correspondent so he tried to be all three at once. Rock and Hard Places is a retrospective of the backstages, frontlines and assorted side shows he’s encountered over the past 20 years, where he's cracked America with Radiohead, hung out with U2, watched Def Leppard play in a Moroccan cave and tuned into the music scene in bomb-out Sarajevo.
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Fathers' Day Special - Bob Franklin's Under Stones and Barry Divola's Nineteen Seventysomething
To celebrate Fathers' Day on Sunday 5 September, Affirm Press is offering this special gift pack: Bob Franklin's Known Unknowns, the critically acclaimed collection of horror stories; and Barry Divola's rocking requiem to bygone days, Nineteen Seventysomething. And we'll even throw in free postage.
This pair of books makes the perfect gift for all the readerly dads out there.
