Molly: A Prequel to the Dressmaker by Rosalie Ham

Molly: A Prequel to the Dressmaker by Rosalie HamIt's 1914 and Molly Dunnage wants to see change: at home, at work and in underwear. Her burgeoning corsetry business is starting to take off, thanks to some high profile supporters. She's marching with Melbourne's suffragists for better conditions for women everywhere. And her family her eccentric, confounding, adored father and aunt are turning their minds to country retirement. But as the clouds of war gather and an ominous figure starts skulking in

the killer was black

beautiful flowers for the modern garden

Killing Darcy won the Royal Blind Society Award and was shortlisted for an Aurealis award

when Rollins stepped back from performing and recording to begin a new regime of musical exploration

He is happiest playing with his daemon

changed jobs and

Tom's use of language is so deft

So begins Huda and Akeal's hair-raising and action-packed journey to reunite with their parents half a world away

whose abrupt and taciturn manner Hitomi finds

messy and - when small risks are taken - even exhilarating

then working in Australian radio and her experiences on the much-loved music quiz show Spicks & Specks

Stan Grant is one of our foremost observers and chroniclers of the world in crisis