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Beauty's Sister: Penguin Special James Bradley

'Bradley's writing is spare and precise, his images haunting, and his plot reimagines the well-known fairy tale from the point of view of Rapunzel's darker, wilder sister... I have read many hundreds of reinventions of this tale. Beauty's Sister is one of the most powerful.' Kate Forsyth

Marrow: Penguin Specials Yan Lianke

A chilling and relentless tale of family responsibility and a mother's sacrifice, Marrow is Yan Lianke at his best.

Governor Bligh & the Short Man: Penguin Special Peter Cochrane

Seventeen years after the mutiny on the Bounty, Governor-elect William Bligh sets sail for New South Wales accompanied by his daughter Mary, the narrator of this extraordinary shipboard tale.

Radish: Penguin Specials Mo Yan

During China's collectivist era in the late 1950s, a rural work team responsible for building an important floodgate receives a strange new recruit: Hei-hai, a skinny, silent and almost feral boy.

The Bodysurfers: Penguin Special Robert Drewe

Love and Honour and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice:Penguin Specials Nam Le

Revolution: Monash University Undergraduate Prize Shortlist: Penguin Special Emerging Writers Festival

This is the shortlist of exciting new writing from some of Australia's brightest student writers, on the theme of 'revolution'.

The Kiss: Penguin Special Peter Goldsworthy

A short shot of brilliant storytelling – one of the most celebrated modern Australian short stories is now available to read by itself, wherever you are.

A Selection of Smithereens: Penguin Special Shaun Micallef

A short shot of the unique genius of Shaun Micallef.

Ahead of the Game: Penguin Special Shaun Micallef

North: Some Compass Readings: Eden: Penguin Special Thea Astley

Adam's Bride: Penguin Special Elizabeth Jolley

The Darkling Sisters: Penguin Special Dorothy Hewett

A classic short story from one Australia's most celebrated writers.

Governor Bligh and the Short Man: Penguin Special Peter Cochrane

The Girl with the Dogs Anna Funder

The Girl with the Dogs is a poignantly beautiful novella about what's really precious in life, from Miles Franklin Award-winning Anna Funder, author of All That I Am.

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