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Dancing on Coral
Glenda Adams

Introduced by Susan Wyndham

The True Story of Spit MacPhee
James Aldridge

Introduced by Phillip Gwynne

The Commandant
Jessica Anderson

Introduced by Carmen Callil

Homesickness
Murray Bail

Introduced by Peter Conrad

Sydney Bridge Upside Down
David Ballantyne

Introduced by Kate De Goldi

Bush Studies
Barbara Baynton

Introduced by Helen Garner

Between Sky & Sea
Herz Bergner

Introduced by Arnold Zable

The Cardboard Crown
Martin Boyd

Introduced by Brenda Niall

A Difficult Young Man
Martin Boyd

Introduced by Sonya Hartnett

Outbreak of Love
Martin Boyd

Introduced by Chris Womersley

When Blackbirds Sing
Martin Boyd

Introduced by Chris Wallace-Crabbe

The Australian Ugliness
Robin Boyd

Introduced by Christos Tsiolkas

The Dyehouse
Mena Calthorpe

Introduced by Fiona McFarlane

All the Green Year
Don Charlwood

Introduced by Michael McGirr

They Found a Cave
Nan Chauncy

Introduced by John Marsden

The Even More Complete
Book of Australian Verse
John Clarke

For the Term of His Natural Life
Marcus Clarke

Introduced by Rohan Wilson

Diary of a Bad Year
J. M. Coetzee

Introduced by Peter Goldsworthy

Wake in Fright
Kenneth Cook

Introduced by Peter Temple

The Dying Trade
Peter Corris

Introduced by Charles Waterstreet

They’re a Weird Mob
Nino Culotta

Introduced by Jacinta Tynan

Aunts Up the Cross
Robin Dalton

Introduced by Clive James

The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke
C. J. Dennis

Introduced by Jack Thompson

Careful, He Might Hear You
Sumner Locke Elliott

Introduced by Robyn Nevin

Fairyland
Sumner Locke Elliott

Introduced by Dennis Altman

The Explorers

Edited and introduced by

Tim Flannery

Terra Australis
Matthew Flinders

Introduced by Tim Flannery

Take Me to Paris, Johnny
John Foster

Introduced by Peter Craven
Afterword by John Rickard

Owls Do Cry
Janet Frame

Introduced by Margaret Drabble

In the Memorial Room
Janet Frame

Introduced by Simon Van Booy

My Brilliant Career
Miles Franklin

Introduced by Jennifer Byrne

Such Is Life
Joseph Furphy

Introduced by David Malouf

The Fringe Dwellers
Nene Gare

Introduced by Melissa Lucashenko

Cosmo Cosmolino
Helen Garner

Introduced by Ramona Koval

The Last Days of Chez Nous & Two Friends
Helen Garner

Afterword by Laura Jones

Wish
Peter Goldsworthy

Introduced by James Bradley

Dark Places
Kate Grenville

Introduced by Louise Adler

The Idea of Perfection
Kate Grenville

Introduced by Neil Armfield

I Saw a Strange Land
Arthur Groom

Introduced by Robyn Davidson

The Quiet Earth
Craig Harrison

Introduced by Bernard Beckett

Down in the City
Elizabeth Harrower

Introduced by Delia Falconer

The Long Prospect
Elizabeth Harrower

Introduced by Fiona McGregor

The Catherine Wheel
Elizabeth Harrower

Introduced by Ramona Koval

The Watch Tower
Elizabeth Harrower

Introduced by Joan London

Out of the Line of Fire
Mark Henshaw

Introduced by Stephen Romei

The Long Green Shore
John Hepworth

Introduced by Lloyd Jones

Blue Skies
Helen Hodgman

Introduced by Danielle Wood

Dog Boy
Eva Hornung

Introduced by Yann Martel

The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
Fergus Hume

Introduced by Simon Caterson

Madame Midas
Fergus Hume

Introduced by Clare Wright

Carry Me Down
M. J. Hyland

Afterword by J. M. Coetzee

The Chantic Bird
David Ireland

Introduced by Geordie Williamson

The Unknown Industrial Prisoner
David Ireland

Introduced by Peter Pierce

The Glass Canoe
David Ireland

Introduced by Nicolas Rothwell

A Woman of the Future
David Ireland

Introduced by Kate Jennings

Eat Me
Linda Jaivin

Introduced by Krissy Kneen

Moral Hazard
Kate Jennings

Introduced by Gideon Haigh

Julia Paradise
Rod Jones

Introduced by Emily Maguire

The Jerilderie Letter
Ned Kelly

Introduced by Alex McDermott

Bring Larks and Heroes
Thomas Keneally

Introduced by Geordie Williamson

Came Back to Show You I Could Fly
Robin Klein

Introduced by Simmone Howell

All in the Blue Unclouded Weather
Robin Klein

Introduced by Amie Kaufman

Dresses of Red and Gold
Robin Klein

Introduced by Fiona Wood

The Sky in Silver Lace
Robin Klein

Introduced by Alice Pung

Strine
Afferbeck Lauder

Introduced by John Clarke

The Young Desire It
Kenneth Mackenzie

Introduced by David Malouf

The Refuge
Kenneth Mackenzie

Introduced by Nicolas Rothwell

Stiff
Shane Maloney

Introduced by Lindsay Tanner

The Middle Parts of Fortune
Frederic Manning

Introduced by Simon Caterson

Selected Stories
Katherine Mansfield

Introduced by Emily Perkins

The Home Girls
Olga Masters

Introduced by Geordie Williamson

Amy’s Children
Olga Masters

Introduced by Eva Hornung

The Scarecrow
Ronald Hugh Morrieson

Introduced by Craig Sherborne

The Dig Tree
Sarah Murgatroyd

Introduced by Geoffrey Blainey

A Lifetime on Clouds
Gerald Murnane

Introduced by Andy Griffiths

The Plains
Gerald Murnane

Introduced by Wayne Macauley

The Odd Angry Shot
William Nagle

Introduced by Paul Ham

Life and Adventures 1776–1801
John Nicol

Introduced by Tim Flannery

Death in Brunswick
Boyd Oxlade

Introduced by Shane Maloney

Swords and Crowns and Rings
Ruth Park

Introduced by Alice Pung

The Watcher in the Garden
Joan Phipson

Introduced by Margo Lanagan

Maurice Guest
Henry Handel Richardson

Introduced by Carmen Callil

The Getting of Wisdom
Henry Handel Richardson

Introduced by Germaine Greer

The Fortunes of Richard Mahony
Henry Handel Richardson

Introduced by Peter Craven

The Delinquents
Criena Rohan

Introduced by Nick Earls

Rose Boys
Peter Rose

Introduced by Brian Matthews

Fear Drive My Feet
Peter Ryan

Introduced by Peter Pierce

Hills End
Ivan Southall

Introduced by James Moloney

Ash Road
Ivan Southall

Introduced by Maurice Saxby

To the Wild Sky
Ivan Southall

Introduced by Kirsty Murray

Lillipilly Hill
Eleanor Spence

Introduced by Ursula Dubosarsky

The Beauties and Furies
Christina Stead

Introduced by Margaret Harris

A Little Tea, a Little Chat
Christina Stead

Introduced by David Malouf

The Puzzleheaded Girl
Christina Stead

Introduced by Fiona Wright

The Little Hotel
Christina Stead

Introduced by Lisa Gorton

The Women in Black
Madeleine St John

Introduced by Bruce Beresford

The Essence of the Thing
Madeleine St John

Introduced by Helen Trinca

Jonah
Louis Stone

Introduced by Frank Moorhouse

To the Islands
Randolph Stow

Introduced by Bernadette Brennan

Tourmaline
Randolph Stow

Introduced by Gabrielle Carey

Visitants
Randolph Stow

Introduced by Drusilla Modjeska

The Girl Green as Elderflower
Randolph Stow

Introduced by Kerryn Goldsworthy

The Suburbs of Hell
Randolph Stow

Afterword by Michelle de Kretser

An Iron Rose
Peter Temple

Introduced by Les Carlyon

1788
Watkin Tench

Introduced by Tim Flannery

The House that Was Eureka
Nadia Wheatley

Introduced by Toni Jordan

Happy Valley
Patrick White

Introduced by Peter Craven

Tobruk 1941
Chester Wilmot

Introduced by Peter Cochrane

The Visit
Amy Witting

Introduced by Susan Johnson

I for Isobel
Amy Witting

Introduced by Charlotte Wood

A Change in the Lighting
Amy Witting

Introduced by Ashley Hay

Isobel on the Way to the Corner Shop
Amy Witting

Introduced by Maria Takolander

Selected Stories
Amy Witting

Introduced by Melanie Joosten

I Own the Racecourse!
Patricia Wrightson

Introduced by Kate Constable

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