Liane Moriarty

Christie Nieman

Miriam Sved

Maggie Scott

Natalie Kon-yu

Maya Linden

'When are you having children?' 'Why didn't you have another child?' 'Well, I guess that's your choice, but...' They are questions asked of women of a certain age all the time. Beneath them is the assumption that all women want to have children, and the judgment that if they don't, they'll be somehow incomplete. And that's only the beginning... Being a mother, or not being a mother, has never been so complicated. The list of rights and wrongs gets longer daily, with guilt-ridden mothers struggling to keep on top of it all, and non-mothers battling a culture that defines women by their wombs. In this collection of fiction and non-fiction stories, Australian women reflect on motherhood: how it should be and how it really is. Their stories tackle everything from the decision not to have children to the so-called war between working and stay-at-home mums. Including special contributions by Rosie Batty and Deborra-Lee Furness, the stories explore every topic from infertility and IVF, to step-parenting and adoption, to miscarriage and breastfeeding, child meltdowns and marriage breakdowns, as well as giving a much-needed voice to those who won't ever be called 'Mum'. With its unflinching honesty and clear-eyed wisdom, Mothers & Others holds a mirror up to the most romanticised, demonised and complex roles women play: those of mother or non-mother, and daughter.

Mothers and Others

Children's illustrated picture book Children learning about being picked on and bullying 24 page large 8.5 x 8.5 softback book with glossy cover Suitable for children to read themselves to learn about being picked on and how to cope with this within a story

Softback Book for Primary Age Children to Read with an Adult Or Read Themselves. Learn about Being Picked on and How to Deal with This Within the Story

I'm Being Picked On

Children's illustrated picture book Friends learning about jealousy 24 page large 8.5 x 8.5 softback book with glossy cover Suitable for children to read themselves to learn about jealousy within a story

Children's Story Book Discussing Feelings of Jealousy and Friendship. Large Softback Picture Book for Children to Read with an Adult Or Read Themselves

I'm Feeling Jealous

Children's illustrated picture book Children learning about feeling angry 24 page large 8.5 x 8.5 softback book with glossy cover Suitable for children to read themselves to learn about feeling angry and how to cope with this within a story

Softback Book for Primary Age Children to Read with an Adult Or Read Themselves. Learn about Feeling Angry and How to Deal with These Feelings

I'm Feeling Angry

Children's illustrated picture book Children learning about diabetes and why their friends have Insulin injections at school 24 page large 8.5 x 8.5 softback book with glossy cover Suitable for children to read themselves or read with an adult.

Softback Book for Primary Age Children to Read with an Adult Or Read Themselves. Children Learn about Diabetes and Why Their Friends Have Insulin Injections at School

My Friend Has Diabetes

Children's illustrated picture book Children learning about their feelings when grandma has died and how to cope in this situation 24 page large 8.5 x 8.5 softback book with glossy cover Suitable for children to read themselves or read with an adult.

Softback Book for Primary Age Children to Read with an Adult Or Read Themselves. Children Learn Through the Picture Book That It Is Ok to Talk about Grandma When She Has Died

My Grandma Died

Children's illustrated picture book Children learning about their feelings when grandpa has died and how to cope in this situation 24 page large 8.5 x 8.5 softback book with glossy cover Suitable for children to read themselves or read with an adult.

Softback Book for Primary Age Children to Read with an Adult Or Read Themselves. Children Learn Through the Picture Book That It Is Ok to Talk about Grandpa When He Has Died

My Grandpa Died

Children's illustrated picture book Children learning about feeling worried and anxious and how to deal with these feelings 24 page large 8.5 x 8.5 softback book with glossy cover Suitable for children to read themselves or read with an adult.

Softback Book for Primary Age Children to Read with an Adult Or Read Themselves. Children Learn about Feeling Worried and Anxious and Hope to Manage These Feelings

I'm Feeling Worried

Children's illustrated picture book Children learning about being who they are and not changing due to peer pressure 24 page large 8.5 x 8.5 softback book with glossy cover Suitable for children to read themselves or read with an adult.

Softback Book for Primary Age Children to Read with an Adult Or Read Themselves. Children Learn about Being Themselves and Ignoring Peer Pressure to Change

I'm Being Me

Children's illustrated picture book Children learning about being hurt and to speak up if they are in this situation themselves 24 page large 8.5 x 8.5 softback book with glossy cover Suitable for children to read themselves or read with an adult.

Softback Book for Primary Age Children to Read with an Adult Or Read Themselves. Children Learn Through the Picture Book Story to Speak Up When They Are Being Hurt Or Abused

I'm Being Hurt

A gripping psychological thriller. Perfect or fans of murder mystery and medical crime thrillers. Sister Cate Carter has been running Ward 73 for many years. The day Detective Sergeant Charlie Hammond arrived at her office door, her world shattered. Finding herself in the middle of a murder investigation and coming to terms with all her staff being murder suspects soon takes its toll. Facts just don't add up for DS Charlie Hammond with a case seemingly impossible to break. Patients' lives are at risk. Can he find the murderer before more patients die?

Murder on the Wards

The Scots language is a world of wonderful, historic and evocative words, full of a rich variety that can fit any occasion. And where better to find this use of Scots than in the land itself. In Scottish Place Names Maggie Scott of Scottish Language Dictionaries takes you around the country from Dumfries to Shetland to explain the meanings of the place names that make up today's Scotland. Through a trip to Scotland's towns and cities, up and down the hills and mountains, along the rivers and lochs, through the forests and glens, all the way around the Scottish coast and back to the names of the streets where we live today, Scottish Place Names is a fascinating, entertaining and informative guide to Scots language and to Scotland.

Scottish Place Names

'An extremely important anthology' Tracey Spicer In October 2017, the hashtag MeToo went viral. Since then we've watched controversy erupt around Geoffrey Rush, Germaine Greer and Junot Díaz. We've talked about tracking the movement back via Helen Garner, Rosie Batty and Hannah Gadsby. We've discussed #NotAllMen, toxic masculinity and trolls. We've seen the #MeToo movement evolve and start to accuse itself - has it gone too far? Is it enough? What does it mean in this country? And still, women are not safe from daily, casual sexual harassment and violence. In this collection thirty-five contributors share their own #MeToo stories, analysis and commentary to survey the movement in an Australian context. This collection resists victimhood. It resists silence. It insists on change. Timmah Ball # Arielle Cottingham # Alison Croggon # Carly Findlay # Sarah Firth # Eugenia Flynn # Ginger Gorman # Jenna Guillaume # Liz Hall-Downs # Nicole Hayes # Shakira Hussein # Eleanor Jackson # Kath Kenny # Natalie Kon-yu # Sylvie Leber # Rebecca Lim # Jenni Mazaraki # Fleur McDonald # Christie Nieman # Greta Parry # Rashmi Patel # Fiona Patten # Ruby Pivet # Natasha Rai # Candy Royalle # Kerri Sackville # Simone Sheridan and Ailsa Wild # Maggie Scott # Harriet Shing # Miriam Sved # Maria Takolander # Heather Taylor-Johnson # Helen Thurloe # Kaya Wilson PRAISE FOR #METOO 'For the Australian #MeToo movement, this book feels like both war-cry and manifesto - a comfort, a realisation and a reckoning.' Maxine Beneba Clarke '#MeToo: Stories from the Australian Movement should be essential reading for anyone with an interest in positively transforming our workplaces, relationships, and wider culture.' Australian Book Review 'Pour yourself a glass of wine or a cup of tea and buckle up, you will be moved, and maybe to action.' Arts Hub Australia 'This is a brave book. It wades into all the difficult areas...' The Conversation

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