Scottish Literary Connections to Australia

  • Cover scan of Carnivorous Nights

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    Carnivorous Nights: On The Trail Of The Tasmanian Tiger
    Margaret Mittelbach; Michael Crewdson - Paperback - Canongate
    Brooklyn naturalists Margaret Mittelbach and Michael Crewdson, along with their friend Alexis Rockman, embarked upon a treasure hunt to try to find any surviving Tasmanian tigers in the jungle. This work brings their journey to life and documents their encounters with wombats, tiger hunters and bushrangers.
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    Dancing With Strangers
    Inga Clendinnen - Paperback - Canongate
    Providing an account of the first British settlers to land in Australia, this text tells of their first encounters with the indigenous people of the continent and the subsequent effects of colonialism and imperialism.
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    How The Light Gets In
    M. J. Hyland - Paperback - Canongate
    Lou Connor, a gifted, unhappy sixteen-year-old, is desperate to escape her life of poverty in Sydney. And when she is offered a place as an exchange student at a college in America, it seems as if her dreams are going to be fulfilled. But, once in America, things start to go terribly wrong.
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    Nice Try
    Shane Maloney - Paperback - Canongate
    When Murray Whelan, lovelorn political minder and part-time fitness fanatic, is recruited to massage Australia's bid for the Olympics, he has no idea how tough the going will get. And when the death of the young Aboriginal athlete Darcy Anderson proves that murder is a contact sport, Murray is soon breaking all the rules.
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    Searching For The Secret River
    Kate Grenville - Paperback - Canongate
    Shortlisted for the Booker Prize and awarded the Commonwealth Writer's Prize, the story of William Thornhill and his journey from London to the other side of the world has moved and exhilarated many readers. 'Searching for the Secret River' tells the story of how Grenville came to write this wonderful book.
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    Something Fishy
    Shane Maloney - Paperback - Canongate
    The now Hon. Murray Whelan MP has found respectability at last. What's more, Murray has found true love in the person of the salty-tongued Lyndal Luscombe - who has in her possession a highly significant ultrasound photo. There must be a catch, and Murray's about to reel it in.
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    The Spare Room
    Helen Garner - Hardback - Canongate
    Sceptical of the medical establishment, placing all her faith in an alternative health centre, Nicola is determined to find her own way to deal with her cancer. In the weeks that follow, her battle against the disease will turn not only her own life upside down but also those of every one around her.
Last modified Tuesday 20 October 2009