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This story does not begin on a boat. Nor does it contain any wild swans or falling leaves. In a wonderland called Footscray, a girl named Alice and he...
My Mother, My Grandmother, and Me
“Poignant, provocative, sometimes laugh-out-loud funny, Pung’s rollicking tale of two worlds is not to be missed.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred rev...
Selected Writings
A brilliant collection from one of Australia's leading writers Close to Home brings together Alice Pung’s most loved writing, on topics such as migr...
Asian - Australians have often been written about by outsiders, as outsiders. In this collection, compiled by award - winning author Alice Pung, they ...
A Novel
From one of Australia’s most celebrated authors comes a powerful mother-daughter drama that explores the fault lines between love and control, pairi...
Winner, 2011 Western Australian Book Awards At twenty-something, Alice is eager for the milestones of adulthood: leaving home, choosing a career, find...
When my dad dropped us off at the front gate, the first things I saw were the rose garden spreading out on either side of the main driveway and the en...
A #LoveOzYA Short Story
A short story from BEGIN, END, BEGIN: A #LOVEOZYA ANTHOLOGY. Kim has two heartbeats - one her own, another that she didn't mean to create - and her mo...
Xiao Xin believes he is a fire warrior, but his family thinks the world is too dangerous for him. Can he inspire his family to trust him? Xiao Xin bel...
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Marly walks on the Moon (Book 4)
It's 1983... and baby mania has struck Marly's house with the arrival of her baby brother. But Marly never realised that a new baby would take up so m...
Marly's Business (Book 2)
It's 1983 . . . and Marly needs a job. She wants to buy Donkey Kong cards to swap with the other kids at school, but her parents think the cards are a...
Meet Marly (Book 1)
It's 1983 . . . and Marly is just trying to fit in at Sunshine Primary School. But being a refugee from Vietnam doesn't make things easy, and when Mar...
Marly and the Goat (Book 3)
It's 1983 . . . and there's excitement in Marly's house. Her grandparents have arrived from Vietnam, and soon her mum will have a new baby. While Gran...
The second exciting book about Millie and her superpower of making everyday objects into something beautiful and useful. Millie Mak is now ten, and of...
With contributions by: William Boyd, Candice Carty-Williams, Imtiaz Dharker, Roddy Doyle, Pico Iyer, Robert Macfarlane, Andy Miller, Jackie Morris, Ja...
Writers on Writers
I keep coming back to John Marsden. What makes him so fascinating to me is that he approaches writing for young adults with a whole philosophy of what...
Story Box Hub
Is Australia a 'racist' country? Why do issues of race and culture seem to ignite public debate so readily? Tim Soutphommasane, Australia's Race Discr...
The YA event of the year. Bestsellers. Award-winners. Superstars. This anthology has them all. With brilliantly entertaining short stories from belove...
Ruth Park's Miles Franklin - winning novel brilliantly evokes Australia in the midst of the Great Depression. Growing up in an Australian country town...
Marly: Book 1
It's 1983 in Sunshine, Melbourne, and funny, quick-thinking Marly is just trying to fit in. But being a 10-year-old boat refugee from Saigon doesn't m...
Marly: Book 3
It's 1983 ... and there's excitement in Marly's house. Her grandparents have arrived from Vietnam, and soon her mum will have a new baby. While Grandm...
An original and moving look by award-winning writer Alice Pung at one of her biggest influences - the much-loved and hugely successful writer John Mar...