Keeping Up Appearances by Tricia Stringer

A novel with heart set in an Australian countryside town. Family secrets and friendships are made.

The Three Miss Kings by Ada Cambridge

The Three Miss Kings is an Australian classic published in 1891, which was republished by Virago in the 1980's. It is about three grown-up sisters living in early 1880's Victoria (Australia). They live on the coast and have recently been orphaned. Elizabeth is the eldest at about 27 years old and is described as having …

Hollowpox by Jessica Townsend

Morrigan Crow is what's called a Wundersmith; Someone with magical abilities who holds a type of white light/energy within herself which can be harnessed to produce great things. This is the third book in this fantasy children's series set in the city of Nevermoor, focusing on a 13-year-old girl called Morrigan Crow. The book follows …