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Plum and Wild Abandon: Reckoning with fragile masculinity
How two seemingly different new novels have helped me find peace. Read more
The best books we read in August 2021!
Books by Stephen King, Lauren Groff, Emily Bitto and more. Read more
Buy Emily Bitto’s award-winning The Strays in Paperback and receive the eBook free!
For a very limited time when you buy the paperback edition of The Strays, winner of the 2015 Stella Prize, you will receive the full ebook edition, absolutely free! The Strays by Emily Bitto In The Strays, Evan Trentham is the wild child of the Melbourne art world of the 1930s. He and his captivating wife, Helena, attempt to carve out their own small niche, to escape the stifling conservatism ... Read more
The 2015 Stella Prize awarded to Emily Bitto!
Tuesday night saw Melbourne writer Emily Bitto take out the Stella Prize for her incredible novel The Strays. The Stella Prize, which Booktopia was honoured to be a major sponsor of, is fast becoming one of the most prestigious awards on the literary calendar, celebrating Australian women’s writing. The prize is named after one of Australia’s iconic female authors, Stella Maria Sarah ‘Miles’ Fr... Read more
Caroline Baum’s Book of the Month – THE STRAYS by Emily Bitto
Inspired by the bohemian art world of 1930s Melbourne The Strays is a marvellously accomplished and assured debut, announcing a major new talent. Rich in atmosphere and beautifully observed, it tells the story of only child Lily who makes friends with Eva at school and then becomes infatuated with her family, particularly larger-than-life painter Evan and his glamorous wife Helena. Lily tells t... Read more