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Christmas is upon us! There's something for every

Christmas is upon us! There's something for every reader at Roaring Stories.
Here are our suggested books for those that love their fiction!

Stone Yard Devotional | Charlotte Wood | $32.99 – A deeply moving novel about forgiveness, grief, and what it means to be ‘good’, from the award-winning author of The Natural Way of Things and The Weekend.

Held | Anne Michaels | $29.99 – The triumphant new novel from the author of the Orange Prize-winning Fugitive Pieces- a soaring and luminous story of chance and change.

Prima Facie | Suzie Miller | $34.99 – Drawn from the internationally acclaimed play, Prima Facie is a propulsive, raw look at the price victims pay for speaking out and the system that sets them up to fail. With breakneck prose and a devastating emotional intensity, this is a novel for our times, by one of Australia’s most important writers.

Edenglassie | Melissa Lucashenko | $32.99 – In this brilliant epic, Melissa Lucashenko torches Queensland’s colonial myths, while reimagining an Australian future.

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store | James McBride | $32.99 – The unforgettable novel about small town secrets from the National Book Award-winning, Oprah Book Club-picked, Barack Obama favourite, James McBride.

Prophet Song | Paul Lynch | $32.99 – WINNER OF THE 2023 BOOKER PRIZE. Exhilarating, terrifying, propulsive and confrontational, Prophet Song is a work of breathtaking originality and devastating insight, a novel that can be read as a parable of the present, the future and the past.

All available in-store or online.
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Exclusive to Roaring Stories subscribers, this Dec

Exclusive to Roaring Stories subscribers, this December we are giving away a pack of eight First Nations Classics- with thanks to UQP, valued at $160.

The First Nations Classics series ranges across genres, including memoir, novels, short stories and poetry. Showcasing a number of Unaipon Award winners, the series is inspired by the richness and cultural importance of First Nations writing, and the longstanding role UQP has had in publishing those works. It aims to bring new readers and renewed attention to some brilliant, timeless books that are as important, engaging and relevant today as they ever were on first publication.

To enter simply:
1. Follow Roaring Stories Instagram page
2. Like our post highlighting this competition
3. Comment with which book within the set you will be reading first.

Giveaway ends 30th December 23 and is open to Australian residents only.

We are very honoured to have Matthew Lamb write th

We are very honoured to have Matthew Lamb write this piece for us ‘Frank Moorhouse and Le Ghetto de Balmain’, giving us an insight into Frank Moorhouse’s ties with Balmain. Click on the link in our bio to read the full article.

Matthew’s book ‘Strange Paths – Frank Moorhouse’ is released today. Copies are available in store and online.
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Congratulations to @paullynchauthor on winning the

Congratulations to @paullynchauthor on winning the 2023 Booker Prize for ‘Prophet Song’

‘This is a triumph of emotional storytelling, bracing and brave. With great vividness, Prophet Song captures the social and political anxieties of our current moment. Readers will find it soul-shattering and true, and will not soon forget its warnings.’ The Booker Prize 2023 Judges

Purchase your copy in store or online now. Link in bio.

Yesterday Sylvia and the Roaring Stories team were

Yesterday Sylvia and the Roaring Stories team were thrilled to have Sarah Firth drop buy and sign copies of her book ‘Eventually Everything Connects: Eight Essays on Uncertainty’. Sylvia had just finished reading this, and suggested it was the one thing that helped her not lose her mind during a recent illness and thoroughly enjoyed the book.
Read more about Sylvia’s review on our latest blog.

Signed copies of ‘Eventually Everything Connects: Eight Essays on Uncertainty’ - are available both in store and online.