Carrie Tiffany

A fearless and masterful new novel from the Stella Prize-winning author of Mateship with Birds

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WINNER OF THE STELLA PRIZE 2013 "clever, original and richly rewarding" Australian Bookseller & Publisher"it might just be the sweetest book about sex you will ever read" Sydney Morning HeraldOn the outskirts of an Australian country town in the 1950s, a lonely farmer trains his binoculars on a family of kookaburras that roost in a tree near his house. Harry observes the kookaburras through a year of feast, famine, birth, death, war, romance and song. As Harry watches the birds, his next door neighbour has her own set of binoculars trained on him. Ardent, hard-working Betty has escaped to the country with her two fatherless children. Betty is pleased that her son, Michael, wants to spend time with the gentle farmer next door. But when Harry decides to teach Michael about the opposite sex, perilous boundaries are crossed.Mateship with Birds is a novel about young lust and mature love. It is a hymn to the rhythm of country life - to vicious birds, virginal cows, adored dogs and ill-used sheep. On one small farm in a vast, ancient landscape, a collection of misfits question the nature of what a family can be.Shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2013 Winner of the NSW Premier's Literary Awards' Christina Stead Prize 2013Finalist of the Melbourne Prize for Literature for Best Writing Award 2012Shortlisted for the VIC Premier's Literary Awards' Prize for Fiction 2013 and Prime Minister's Literary Awards' Prize for Fiction 2013Longlisted for Nita B Kibble Literary Awards for Women Writers' Kibble Literary Award 2013

Mateship with Birds

A tale set at the beginning of World War II finds independent young Jean Finnegan embarking on a scientific life in Australia at the side of agricultural expert Robert Pettergree, with whom she shares a passionate marriage that is marked by such characters as a prim "women's subjects" expert and a Japanese chicken sexer. A first novel. 20,000 first printing.

A Novel

Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living

Kathryn Heyman

James Bradley

Sophie Cunningham

In sparkling prose and with a desire to express essential truths of life in stories ranging from historical sagas to incisive observations of contemporary life, the distinct voices of the students of Faber Academy at Allen & Unwin are united in this volume. Under the expert guidance of course directors Kathryn Heyman, Sophie Cunningham and Carrie Tiffany, a group of talented new writers embarked on the six-month creative writing course in Sydney and Melbourne in 2013. They shared their challenges and achievements, enhanced their creativity and practiced their craft. With witty, poignant and thrilling narratives, this anthology offers the work of these emerging Australian writers to the world. Contributors are: Jenna Frost, Dave Verey, Maria Haughey, Ayla Sunday, Andrew Doyle, Shay Ongan, James Walden, Mandy Geddes, Barbara Hughes, Julian Canny, Kathryn Coughran, John Salmon, Samantha Sharpe, Hilary Badger, Hwei Oh, Robyn Harris, Ellen Rodger, Meredith Tucker.

Writing a Novel Anthology, 2013

In the 1950s, a lonely farmer trains his binoculars on a family of kookaburras that roost in a tree near his house. Harry observes the kookaburras through a year of feast, famine, birth, death, war, romance and song. His next door neighbour has her own set of binoculars; trained on him. Betty has escaped to the country with her two children. She is pleased when her son, Michael, wants to spend time with the gentle farmer next door. But when Harry decides to teach Michael about the opposite sex, perilous boundaries are crossed.

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