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Safe Haven: THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE WINNER OF THE MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD | Shankari Chandran

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Contemporary story - a rural community working to protect one of their own against a backdrop of refugee experience and border policy. Recommended

BookmarkTavern That sounds like a powerful read! Thanks for sharing! 2mo

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Safe Haven: THE NEW NOVEL FROM THE WINNER OF THE MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD | Shankari Chandran

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In a detention camp in Northern Australia, I think this is going to be a hard read

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Chrissyreadit

Girl Underground | Morris Gleitzman

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This was recommended by a teen who lived in Australia- and it was a great choice! Two kids try to do what‘s right to help two kids in a detention camp. There are a lot of grey lines- sometimes the “bad guys” are good and sometimes the “good guys” are bad, and I laughed, I cried, I loved it. #foodandlit #Australia

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag Morris Gleitzman has an incredible body of work! Big part of lots of Australian childhoods. 2y

Chrissyreadit @thegirlwiththelibrarybag I am so glad this book was suggested and that @TheBookHippie encouraged me to jump back into foodandlit 2y

TheBookHippie Yay!!!!! Coffee it up!!! 2y

Texreader How wonderful!!! And thanks to @TheBookHippie for such support for our challenge! 2y

Catsandbooks That's wonderful! 🇦🇺❤️ 2y

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kellock

The Stoning: A twisting, blisteringly atmospheric Outback crime debut | Peter Papathanasiou

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I think outback noir novels are now my firm favourite

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kellock

The Stoning: A twisting, blisteringly atmospheric Outback crime debut | Peter Papathanasiou

A very chilled Christmas Eve here. If I imagine really hard that could almost be a real fire 🔥

Tamra No clean up! 😄 3y

EvieBee Could have folded me lol! 3y

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kellock

The Stoning: A twisting, blisteringly atmospheric Outback crime debut | Peter Papathanasiou

Next up . . . I do love a bit of outback noir

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Joanne1

On the Java Ridge | Jock Serong

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Australia has a turbulent history when it comes to the treatment of refugees. I find the current policies reprehensible but in this novel they are even more so. Despite the very difficult subject it was an utterly compelling story, told from the perspective of a politician, a refugee child and an Australian woman unwittingly caught in the middle. This was recommended by a patron at the library I work at and I‘ll be adding his others to my TBR.

Joanne1 June #bookspin completed nice and early this month. @TheAromaofBooks 5y

CarolynM I've just read the Litsy blurb which includes the line "Andrew Bolt would hate it" . Good enough for me! Stacked. 5y

Freespirit I haven't heard of this..thank you..stacked...I am waiting for Andrew Bolt to follow Allan Jones into retirement🙏🏼 @CarolynM 5y

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CarolynM @Freespirit Can't happen soon enough 5y

Joanne1 @CarolynM yes he would absolutely hate it. And I completely agree @Freespirit the sooner he retires the better. I hadn‘t heard of this one either, I love when the library patrons can put me on to something new. 5y

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Great review!! 5y

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Joanne1

On the Java Ridge | Jock Serong

#bookspin (tagged) and #double spin for June. I started the Jock Serong book prior to lockdown but couldn‘t focus once the world fell apart. Life is still mad but I feel more able to tackle both it and reading now than I did three months ago. Plus they‘re both library books due back at the end of the month.

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Joanne1

On the Java Ridge | Jock Serong

I found myself with absolutely no books on the go this morning having finished my non-fiction and audiobook and bailed on my fiction read earlier this week. Must rectify this situation immediately!! This was a recommendation from a library customer and the start is very promising.

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