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Tell it to the Dog

a memoir of sorts
by Robert Power

An exquisitely written memoir that is at once playful, heartbreaking and affirming. From a Dublin childhood to London, then on to Europe, to Asia and Australia, there is a deep engagement with the world in this book about growing up, about human and animal connectedness, about friendship, love and loss.

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The Pacific Room

by Michael Fitzgerald

This remarkable debut novel tells of the last days of Tusitala, ‘the teller of tales’, as Robert Louis Stevenson became known. In 1892 Girolamo Nerli travels from Sydney by steamer to Samoa, with the intention of capturing something of Jekyll and Hyde in his portrait of the famous author.

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Siren

by Rachel Matthews

"Siren is a gritty and honest novel in its depiction of sexual violence against young women. It deals with the experience and aftermath of violence that neither sanitises the experience physically or psychologically. This is an important work.’
- Tony Birch, author of Ghost River

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Soon

by Lois Murphy

"A dark and powerful novel that takes the reader on a journey through a disturbingly new and hostile world. Lois’s characters carry their old ways into this new order with grave consequences if they don’t heed the signs. Heralds a compelling new talent."
- Judges, Tasmanian University Unpublished Manuscript Prize,
Tasmanian Premier's Awards

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Atlantic Black

by A. S. Patrić

"A powerful and mesmerising voyage into darkness. Atlantic Black creates an indelible portrait of humanity sailing towards war."
- Heather Rose, Winner of the 2017 Stella Prize.

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From the Wreck

by Jane Rawson

"It's hard to find the right words to praise this novel. I think we need a whole new critical vocabulary to be invented. Rawson recreates a vanished historical world with utterly convincing characters as well as inhabits the mind of a cephalopod alien and make us feel, in both cases, yes, that's exactly how it is. Jane Rawson's writing is mysterious, chilling and tender. The book is a sort of miracle."
Lian Hearn

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Billy Sing

by Ouyang Yu

William ‘Billy’ Sing was born in 1886 to an English mother and Chinese father. He was one of the first to enlist in 1914 and at Gallipoli became famous for his shooting prowess.
Ouyang Yu embodies Sing's voice in a magically descriptive prose that captures both the Australian landscape and vernacular.

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The Mysterious Mr Jacob

by John Zubrzycki

'One of the most exciting narrative histories to come out of India.' William Dalrymple

Alexander Malcolm Jacob, a man of mysterious origins arrived penniless in Bombay in 1865, but soon became the most famous purveyor of precious stones in princely India, and a master of the magical arts. John Zubrzycki, author of The Last Nizam, conveys the page-turning colour, romance and adventure of Jacob's astonishing life.

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Disappearing off the Face of the Earth

by David Cohen

"David Cohen takes suburban life and turns it into a warped comedy with a body count, letting weirdness in, compellingly, irresistibly, until our sense of what's real is flickering on and off like a dodgy fluoro tube."
Nick Earls

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My Idol Years

by Mark Holden

From Carnation Kid and early pop stardom to LA songsmith and actor to producer and manager to Idol judge to barrister, Mark Holden's memoir is always startlingly honest, a unique portrait of the music and TV industries, of family and ageing in the public eye.

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Old Growth

by John Kinsella

‘Pitch perfect. Subtly powerful stories that ring hauntingly true.’
Steven Carroll, Winner of the Miles Franklin Award

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Transit lounge is an independent press dedicated to the publication of exciting new fiction and non-fiction. We have a particular interest in creative literary publishing that explores the relationships between East and West, entertains and promotes insights into diverse cultures and encompasses diverse genres.

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From the Wreck shortlisted for The Readings Prize for New Australian Writing

SIREN by Rachel Matthews

Poum and Alexandre longlisted for Australian Book Industry Awards

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