Tom Gilling
Dreamland

When Nick Carmody agrees to take the fall for his old friend Danny Grogan, he has no idea what he's setting in motion. He doesn't know that the path he chooses will be a thousand times more dangerous than the one he's leaving behind. Or that he will fall in love with a woman who enters his life in the most unpredictable way. And is it merely chance that has taken over the direction of his life? Or are more sinister forces at work? Darkly comic and compulsively readable, Dreamland is a haunting modern fable from one of Australia's most surprising writers.

Sarah Hay
Texas

On a rundown station in the remote top end of Australia, life for Susannah is isolated and difficult. Left alone by her husband, the manager of the station, Susannah has to cope with their young twins, the relentless physical work of running the homestead, and the frustration that these things now mark the boundaries of her life. And then a young English Jillaroo, Laura, arrives to work on the property. She falls in love with Texas, the Aboriginal head stockman. As the weather builds and the heat intensifies, both Susannah and Laura are faced with decisions that will affect the rest of their lives.

Victoria: 1868. Jemma Musk is settling in to her new home in the bustling goldfields town of Wombat Hill, wanting to establish herself as a painter and an independent woman. But word has gone out that she saw a young girl's brush with death. Instead of saving her, she sketched her. What kind of woman does that? This is not the last time that Jemma Musk will find herself hounded by gossip and scandal. A tragedy sets Jemma on the run from the law, and a legend - that of the beautiful outlaw Musk and her accomplice Byrne - is born.