We are excited to share with you a great selection of fiction, non-fiction, children’s and gift titles, handpicked for you by our professional staff. As an independent bookseller, we are motivated by a love of books and reading and we are proud of our great range, personalised service and loyal customers. If you don’t find what you are looking for on the pages of this guide, we’d be happy to help you find an alternative or place a special order for you. Happy Reading! Something Special, Something RaRe: outStanding ShoRt StoRieS by auStRalian Women Black Inc. (Ed.) Paperback RRP $ 24.99 Drawn from over a decade of Best Australian Stories, this collection presents outstanding short fiction by the country's finest female writers. Including tales of love, family, heartbreak and joy, it showcases the strength and diversity of writing by Australian women. From the dramatic to the hilarious, these stories will enchant, move and delight the reader. one life: my motheR'S StoRy Kate Grenville Hardback RRP $ 29.99 When Kate Grenville's mother died she left behind many fragments of memoir. These were the starting point for One Life, the story of a woman whose life spanned a century of tumult and change. In an era when women were expected to have no ambitions beyond the domestic, Nance ran a successful business as a registered pharmacist, laid the bricks for the family home, and discovered her husband's secret life as a revolutionary. go Set a Watchman Harper Lee 14 July release, advance orders welcome The most anticipated book of 2015. To be published more than fifty years after the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird, Go Set A Watchman is set during the mid-1950s and features many of the characters from To Kill A Mockingbird. * Final cover not available at the time of printing. bloodhound: SeaRching foR my fatheR Ramona Koval the cottage undeR the big pineS Susan Southam Hardback RRP $ 69.99 Susan Southam allows readers to look through the window of 'Foxglove Spires' - her former home of 30 years, located in rural Australia - and into the lushly romantic and soul-filled interior within. This gorgeous book tells the nostalgic love story between Southam and her restored century-old timber cottage in a collection of essay-like chapters, themed around seasons and colours and supported by an abundance of photographs. Paperback RRP $ 32.99 May release, advance orders welcome Ramona Koval's parents were Holocaust survivors who fled their homeland and settled in Melbourne. As a child, Koval learned only snippets about their lives. But she always suspected that the man who raised her was not her biological father. Bloodhound is a moving story of the terrible cost of war and of family secrets. millennium SeRieS, book 4 27 August release, advance orders welcome The highly anticipated sequel to late Swedish author Stieg Larsson’s bestselling Millennium series will go on sale on 27th August. Written by David Lagercrantz, the book will continue the story of Lisbeth Salander, first made famous in Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. * Final cover not available at the time of printing. daughteR of the teRRitoRy Jacqueline Hammar Paperback RRP $ 32.99 Daughter of the Territory is the amazing life story of Jacqueline Hammar. Born in Darwin in 1929, Jacqueline's childhood was spent in a succession of bush towns. Jacqueline met and married stockman Ken Hammar, and they moved to one of the most inaccessible areas of Australia. Her determination and courage helped them survive many hardships and turn their property into a prosperous millionacre cattle station. picnic in pRoVence Elizabeth Bard Paperback RRP $ 29.99 May release, advance orders welcome In Lunch in Paris, Elizabeth Bard fell in love with a handsome Frenchman and moved to the City of Lights. In this mouth-watering follow-up, the couple and their newborn son bid farewell to Paris for rural life in a tiny village in Provence - land of blue skies, lavender fields and peaches that taste like sunshine. Special offer: Purchase a copy of Picnic in Provence for your chance to WIN an ice-cream maker. For details go to the competition page at www.indies.com.au. Win Pre-order your copies from your local independent bookseller outback midWife Beth McRae motheRS & otheRS Various Paperback RRP $ 34.99 May release, advance orders welcome Outback Midwife is the story of Beth McRae’s 40 years as a midwife, from her terrifying first day witnessing a birth as a naïve student nurse at Albury Base Hospital in NSW to her training as a midwife in Preston and Northcote in Victoria – the days when the words ‘birth plan’ were unheard of and what women wanted was a long way from being part of any plan - to the Outback. Paperback RRP $ 32.99 In this collection of fiction and non-fiction stories, Australia's best women writers reflect on motherhood: how it should be and how it really is. Their stories tackle everything from the decision not to have children to the so-called battle between working and stay-athome mums. With its unflinching honesty and clear-eyed wisdom, Mothers & Others holds a mirror up to the most romanticised, demonised and complex roles women play. 1 of 3 PRIZE PACKS TO BE WON! To celebrate the release of our Autumn Reading Guide, three lucky customers will have a chance to WIN a prize pack of your 10 Most Wanted Books selected from the titles in this catalogue. For your chance to win, simply purchase a book from this catalogue, go to the competition page at www.indies.com.au, list the titles you’d like to win, view full terms & conditions and enter your details. Competition closes 31 May 2015. 2