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Memento Mori
$15.00 (GST-inc)Daniel King’s short story collection cycles through the shadowy landscapes of death, gnarled relationships, the slippery side of human nature, even the contemporary lure of cosmetic surgery pushed to a surprising extreme.
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Memento Mori (Traduzione italiana)
$15.00 (GST-inc)La raccolta di racconti di Daniel King attraversa gli indistinti paesaggi della morte, delle relazioni inasprite dalla vita, dei lati instabili della natura umana, anche dell’attrazione contemporanea della chirurgia plastica spinta ad un sorprendente estremo.
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Monstrous
$13.00 (GST-inc)Monstrous contains some famous creatures. You will find poems about Mary Shelley’s monster, who writes a new ending to his story. There are also lesser known monstrosities, such as sharks that eat suns, kings who wear crowns decorated with eyes, evil fairies, and the dubious future of the game of cricket.
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Pangea and almost back
$11.00 (GST-inc)In this time-traveling adventure, Freddie O’Toole’s is in search for his real father who has disappeared in a plane crash several years earlier. His guardian sends Freddie on a secret expedition to Timor where Freddie and his crusty manservant, Gruntenguile, are chased by Snapahuti headhunters.
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Serpent’s Wake: a Tale for the Bitten
$16.00 (GST-inc)After twelve years trapped in the throat of a serpent, a girl escapes. She returns to her village naked with a monstrous snakeskin trailing behind her. One decision at a time, she reclaims her life. Each character she encounters by land and sea—brute, healer, orphan, mystic, lover—reflects an unhealed aspect of herself and plots her recovery through symbolic milestones. Serpent’s Wake is intended for adults and young adults exploring how, once fractured, we may mend.
It snarls and hisses at categorization, but will etch itself onto the minds and souls of anyone discerning enough to lose themselves
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The Moonlight Bird and the Grolken
$13.00 (GST-inc)Once upon a full moon night a shining bird flies over a mountain.
The Grolken wants the bird to sing, dance and light up his den.
The townsfolk want to display her in a palace of glass.
But the bird just wants to fly free.The Moonlight Bird and the Grolken is
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The Ruby Bottle
$8.00 (GST-inc)When Amber discovers a dusty red bottle in her elderly neighbou’s shed, she knows at once that it’s meant to be hers.
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The Secret Stealer
$8.00 (GST-inc)Winner, IP Picks 2009 Best First Book.
A creative and well-crafted fantasy story for young adults, and takes the reader on an entertaining ride as it looks at magic curses, good and evil, and the challenges of dealing with the adult world.
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The Sky Dreamer
$13.00 (GST-inc)When Liam’s sister dies, his world turns grey. He spends hours watching clouds crossing the wintry skies, hoping that Cassie is out there somewhere.
On the night before Liam’s birthday, Cassie sails the Sky Dreamer to their home and drops anchor in a ghost gum tree. She invites Liam to climb aboard, and together the children go sailing through the Milky Way. But there are lessons Liam must learn before the Sky Dreamer returns home.
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The Sky Dreamer / Le Bateau de reves (bi-lingual)
$8.00 (GST-inc)The Sky Dreamer, by Anne Morgan, illustrated by Céline Eimann, is a picture book that helps children to better understand their feelings of grief after the death of a loved one. Published by IP Kidz, an imprint of IP (Interactive Publications). Also available in French, French-English bilingual and translation editions.
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The Smallest Carbon Footprint in the Land & other eco-tales
$9.00 (GST-inc)In this delightful collection of organically-grown eco-tales, a prince wants to marry the girl with the smallest carbon footprint in the land; Space Cadet Lox finds out why a planet is like a bowl of porridge; a girl in a little green hoodie tries to save an endangered wolf; and Chicken Licken warns the sea is rising. Times have changed in Fairytale Land!
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Voyagers: Science Fiction Poetry from New Zealand
$13.00 (GST-inc)Prose writers have had it their own way for too long. At last, here is an anthology of poetry from New Zealand that captures the essence of science fiction: aliens, space travel, time travel, the end of the world — as well as concepts you may not previously have thought of as science fiction.
