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Dusk by Robbie Arnott
Synopsis: In the distant highlands, a puma named Dusk is killing shepherds. Down in the lowlands, twins Iris and Floyd are out of work, money and friends. When they hear that a bounty has been placed on Dusk, they reluctantly decide to join the hunt. As they journey up into this wild, haunted country, they…
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Stay for a Spell by Amy Coombe
Synopsis: One curse, seven princes, and a bookshop that you’ll never want to leave… Princess Tanadelle of the Widdenmar longs to build a life of her own making. During a royal visit to the cosy town of Little Pepperidge, Tandy’s dream comes true when she finds herself cursed to remain in a run-down bookshop until…
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Sunbirth by An Yu
Synopsis: In Five Poems Lake, a small village surrounded by impenetrable deserts, the sun is slowly disappearing overhead. A young woman keeps one apprehensive eye on the sky above as she tends the pharmacy of traditional medicine that belonged to her great grandfather. She has few customers, and even fewer visitors: her older sister Dong…
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Every Version of You by Grace Chan
Synopsis: In late twenty-first century Australia, Tao-Yi and her partner Navin spend most of their time inside a hyper-immersive, hyper-consumerist virtual reality called Gaia. They log on, go to work, socialise, and even eat in this digital utopia. Meanwhile their aging bodies lie suspended in pods inside cramped apartments. Across the city, in the abandoned…
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The Memory Bookshop by Song Yu-jeong
Synopsis: Which moment should I go back to? Past regrets unspooled in my mind. All the what-ifs. Jiwon’s life has been slowly disintegrating since her mom died. Until one day, caught in a downpour, she comes across a mysterious bookstore. Uneasy, she turns to leave when a voice calls ‘If you open that door—You can…
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Mad Sisters of Esi by Tashan Mehta
Synopsis: Myung and Laleh are keepers of the whale of babel. They roam within its cosmic chambers, speak folktales of themselves, and pray to an enigmatic figure they know only as ‘Great Wisa’. To Laleh, this is everything. For Myung, it is not enough. When Myung flees the whale, she stumbles into a new universe…
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