Summer Reading Giveaway #5
This draw is now closed. Congratulations to the winner, Jenny Snell from Greigs Flat, NSW.
Eds Patrick West and Om Prakesh Dwivedi The World to Come
This collection of SF stories from all over the world is ‘… an incredibly diverse exploration of the themes of Science Fiction: future sex, alternate history, racism, procreation and energy.’ – Kaaron Warren
Courtesy of Spineless Wonders
Sheng Keyi Death Fugue
In a large tower in the centre of Beiping a huge tower of excrement appears. This novel about contemporary China re-imagines the events around Tiananmen Square as an allegory. ‘… one of China’s upcoming star literary novelists …’ – Wall Street Journal
Courtesy of Giramondo
Wendy James The Mistake
A suspenseful novel about adoption, a murder enquiry and a witch hunt. ‘Wendy James takes the media clichés and turns them around, showing what it might be like for a mother accused of murdering her child – and for her family …’ – Linda Funnell in NRB
Courtesy of Penguin
Elizabeth Gilbert The Signature of All Things
This novel encompasses the globe as it tells the story of Amy Whittaker, a woman of the Enlightened Age who stands on the cusp of the modern. ‘A writer of incandescent talent.’ – Annie Proulx
Courtesy of Bloomsbury
