Ali Berg

Michelle Kalus

Sometimes love means having to broaden your literary horizons. Frankie Rose is desperate for love. Or a relationship. Or just a date with a semi-normal person will do. It's not that she hasn't tried. She's the queen of online dating. But enough is enough. Inspired by her job at The Little Brunswick Street Bookshop, Frankie decides to take fate into her own hands and embarks on the ultimate love experiment. Her plan? Plant her favourite books on trains inscribed with her contact details in a bid to lure the sophisticated, charming and well-read man of her dreams. Enter Sunny, and one spontaneous kiss later, Frankie begins to fall for him. But there's just one problem - Frankie is strictly a classics kind of gal, and Sunny is really into Young Adult. Like really. A clever, funny and wryly observed story about books and discovering who you really are.

The Book Ninja

Words are messy. Love is messier. A hilarious, insightful new novel from the creators of Books on the Rail Meet Beatrix Babbage - 29-year-old dog-earer of books and accidental destroyer of weddings. After ruining her best friend's nuptials, Bea relocates to the other side of the country in search of a fresh start, including meeting new people, living life to the fullest and finally pulling off balayage. But after a few months, life is more stagnant than ever. Bea's job is dead-end. Her romantic life? Non-existent. And her only friends are her books, her barista and her cleaning lady. ​Then Bea stumbles across a second-hand novel, inscribed with notes. Besotted with the poetic inscriptions, Bea is determined to find the author ... and finds herself entangled in one hell of a love quadrangle. Funny, poignant and insightful, While You Were Reading reveals that there's no such thing as perfection, the value of true friendship and, most importantly, the power of not living in fiction, but still reading it ... Often. A love story for book lovers that celebrates much more than romance.

While You Were Reading

La vita inizia quando trovi il libro giusto

Sometimes the man of your dreams is standing right in front of you... only ten years in the past. A charming and unconventional love story about trying to rewrite history.

Fancy Meeting You Here

Back then, Lauren was a frizzy-haired bookworm who dreamed of becoming the next Margaret Atwood. Jamie was the impossibly charming boy who thought Margaret Atwood was a type of cheese. Still, they were hopelessly in love. Until, out of nowhere, they weren't.

Twenty years later, Lauren is the vice principal of North Caulfield Primary. She's buried her old heartache and big, bold writing dreams under a stack of responsibilities and big, bold colourful dresses.

So when she calls a meeting with notorious truant April Reidman's absent parents, the last person she expects to walk into her office is Jamie. Now, the scruffy teenager has morphed into an impeccably dressed Kit Harington lookalike - but there's no mistaking those dazzling blue eyes.

As if things couldn't get any worse, he's acting like he has no idea who she is!

Lauren's determined to quickly resolve April's behavioural issues and be done with Jamie for good, but the universe has other plans . . .

Steamy, laugh-out-loud funny, and delightfully nostalgic, Love Overdue is a bookish rom-com about first loves, second chances, and discovering how sometimes the best plot twists come along, well, after you think the final line's been written.

Love Overdue

Sometimes love means having to broaden your literary horizons. Frankie Rose is desperate for love. Or a relationship. Or just a date with a semi-normal person will do. It’s not that she hasn’t tried. She’s the queen of dating. But enough is enough. Inspired by her job at The Little Brunswick Street Bookshop, Frankie decides to take fate into her own hands and embarks on the ultimate love experiment. Her plan? Plant her favourite books on trains inscribed with her contact details in a bid to lure the sophisticated, charming and well-read man of her dreams. Enter Sunny, and one spontaneous kiss later, Frankie begins to fall for him. But there’s just one problem – Frankie is strictly a classics kind of gal, and Sunny is really into Young Adult. Like really. A quirky and uplifting love letter to books, friendship and soulmates. Film rights have been optioned. Praise for The Book Ninja ‘A funny, quirky read with a fantastically book-ish flavour.’ Kelly Rimmer, bestselling author of Before I Let You Go and The Things We Cannot Say ‘I could not put The Book Ninja down. It’s so very Melbourne … It’s young and funny, and very modern. It was written very beautifully.’ Carly Findlay OAM, author and activist ‘Great read! Highly recommend. Original idea and really well written.’ Chyka Keebaugh, The Real Housewives of Melbourne ‘Hilarious, heartwarming, amazing.’ Pip Drysdale, bestselling author of The Sunday Girl and The Strangers We Know ‘An unbelievable love story in a very believable world. It was funny, sad and so, so relatable. I loved every page!’ Sophie Dillman, Home and Away ‘A light hearted, quirky romance’ Herald Sun ‘A delightful, funny read’ Good Reading ‘A clever, loveable book that is to be enjoyed. Maybe even hugged’ Better Reading 'This was a fantastic five star read for me and a great breath of fresh air. Read it with a cheeky glass of wine and then share it with your bestie.’ Crazy Book Lady, Instagram ‘This book celebrates the joys of reading anything from childhood classics to YA and onwards. Ah my bookworm heart is all excited just thinking. About my old faves plus the potential of future reads.’ What Jane Read, Instagram ‘Still looking for love online? Forget it. The Book Ninja is the only thing a modern girl needs in her dating toolkit.’ Sharon Krum, journalist and author

Dalle autrici di «La vita inizia quando trovi il libro giusto» I libri hanno sempre tutte le risposte. «Le sembrava di conoscerlo già. Le frasi spontanee che punteggiavano le pagine di quel libro le erano arrivate al cuore. Il modo leggero in cui erano scritte e la spensieratezza di curve, anse e inchiostro le erano penetrati sotto la pelle.» Bea sta per compiere trent’anni. Un’età in cui si fa un bilancio del passato, ma soprattutto si decide su che cosa puntare per il futuro. Lei sa che c’è solo un luogo dove guardare per ricominciare davvero: tra le pagine di un libro. Forse è per questo che, durante una passeggiata nella sua libreria di fiducia, The Little Brunswick Street Bookshop, la sua attenzione viene colpita da un piccolo volume dalle pagine sgualcite. Quel libro sembra aver scelto proprio lei e Bea non avrebbe mai immaginato che potesse custodire un tesoro: una serie di note a margine scritte in un’elegante grafia. Parole che, seppure di uno sconosciuto, sembrano parlarle direttamente. Parole che nessuno le ha mai rivolto, ma che lei ha sempre sognato di leggere. Bea è convinta che sia un segno. Deve capire chi ha scritto quelle righe, ma non può farlo da sola. Ha bisogno dell’aiuto di altri lettori come lei. Per questo lancia una serie di appelli in rete, accompagnandoli sempre con una citazione. Perché gli autori che più ama, da Louisa May Alcott a Lewis Carroll, a Marcel Proust, sanno che cosa è giusto fare. Non è una ricerca facile. Ma un giorno Bea riesce a scovare la persona che ha scritto gli appunti. L’uomo perfetto per lei. Tutto sembra andare come ha sempre desiderato, anche se Bea sa che i libri, dietro una copertina accattivante, possono nascondere un segreto. Bisogna avere pazienza e leggerli fino all’ultima pagina, godendosi il viaggio. Ovunque le parole vogliano portare. Perché solamente tra le pagine di un libro si può trovare la forza di ricominciare. La vita inizia quando trovi il libro giusto è stato il romanzo rivelazione del 2018. Ora le autrici tornano con il seguito ideale di una storia che ha affascinato migliaia di lettori. Un nuovo romanzo in cui i libri sono i protagonisti indiscussi. In cui le parole riescono a cambiare il destino. In cui l’amore arriva, ma solo se è una storia bella da raccontare.

Per ricominciare guarda tra le pagine di un libro

Words are messy. Love is messier. A hilarious, insightful new novel from the creators of Books on the Rail Meet Beatrix Babbage – 29-year-old dog-earer of books and accidental destroyer of weddings. After ruining her best friend's nuptials, Bea relocates to the other side of the country in search of a fresh start, including meeting new people, living life to the fullest and finally pulling off balayage. But after a few months, life is more stagnant than ever. Bea’s job is dead-end. Her romantic life? Non-existent. And her only friends are her books, her barista and her cleaning lady. ?Then Bea stumbles across a second-hand novel, inscribed with notes. Besotted with the poetic inscriptions, Bea is determined to find the author ... and along the way, she finds herself entangled in one hell of a love quadrangle. Funny, poignant and insightful, While You Were Reading reveals that there’s no such thing as perfection, the value of true friendship and, most importantly, the power of not living in fiction, but still reading it … Often. A love story for book lovers that celebrates much more than romance.

Sometimes the man of your dreams is standing right in front of you... only ten years in the past. A charming and unconventional love story about trying to rewrite history. Evie Berry is a thirty-year-old wannabe screenwriter who spends her days managing a London cinema bar and making the podcast Pasta La Vista with her best friend Ben. She's also obsessed with Hugo Hearst. Have you heard of him? Of course you have. He's only one of the most influential and not to mention swoon-worthy bestselling writers of his generation. When Evie's not hooking up with her on-again, off-again booty call 'Ever-Ready Freddy' (and sometimes even when she is), she fantasises about what might have been if she'd met Hugo years ago, when he was just a struggling writer. After Evie interviews a psychic to the stars on her podcast, her life is catapulted ten years into the past. But the grass isn't quite as green as she remembers . . . Fancy Meeting You Here is a hilarious and heartwarming new book from the bestselling authors of the global hits The Book Ninja and While You Were Reading - a love story about reliving your early twenties and testing out that old saying: be careful what you wish for.

Kaffee, Küsse, Katastrophen – dieser Roman macht glücklich! Beatrix Babbage ist 29, liest für ihr Leben gern und hat gerade eine Hochzeit ins Wasser fallen lassen – aus Versehen, versteht sich. Ihre ehemals beste Freundin kann ihr das aber nicht verzeihen, und so zieht es Beatrix weit weg in eine neue Stadt. Hier will sie endlich einen Neuanfang wagen und ihr Leben in vollen Zügen genießen. Doch nach ein paar Monaten wird ihr klar: Ein Ortswechsel reicht nicht. Sie muss sich auch endlich etwas trauen und sich nicht nur mit ihren Büchern und gelegentlichen Gesprächen mit ihrem Lieblings-Barista zufriedengeben. Dann findet Bea ein altes Buch, vollgekritzelt mit poetischen Notizen, die Bea sofort faszinieren. Sie ist entschlossen, den Verfasser zu finden – und steckt bald mitten in einem amourösen Chaos...

Roman

Liebe kann kein Zufall sein

Ein Buch sagt mehr als tausend Worte ... Frankie Rose hätte nichts lieber als einen Freund. Wobei: Ein Date mit einem halbwegs normalen Typ wäre schon ein Anfang. Denn es ist ja nicht so, als hätte sie nicht schon alles versucht! Inspiriert von ihrem Job in einer kuschligen Buchhandlung wagt sie schließlich das ultimative Liebesexperiment: Um endlich den belesenen Mann ihrer Träume zu finden, lässt sie ausgewählte Bücher mitsamt ihrer Telefonnummer in Zügen und U-Bahnen liegen. Und was das für Folgen hat, hätte sie sich im Leben nicht vorstellen können ...

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