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Come along to the SMSA to hear Dr Vanessa Pirotta's enthusiasm and deep knowledge of whales as she explores a variety of timely topics – from why whale snot and poo are important for us and the ocean to the life cycle of whales, the challenges humans present to these marine giants, and the new technologies – including tagging whales via satellite – so we can see where they swim, listen to them talk and even spy on them underwater.
Abbey's will be there too for you to meet Vanessa, buy your copy and get it personally signed.
Come along to the SMSA to meet RYAN BUTTA and hear about his latest history book, THE BRAVEST SCOUT AT GALLIPOLI which tells of Harry Freame who was the first Australian to die on secret service for Australia and was the first Australian soldier to win the Distinguished Conduct Medal at Gallipoli.
Ryan's works of historical nonfiction look to reveal and understand the hidden and forgotten stories of Australia and the Australians who came across the seas to make their home here.
Abbey's will be there too for you to meet Ryan, buy your copy and get it personally signed.
Come along to the SMSA to meet TIM AYLIFFE and hear about his new novel, THE WRONG MAN, the fifth novel in the John Bailey thriller series. Bailey is trying to solve two murders, ten years apart. But will it cost him his life?
Tim's thriller novels have been informed by his 25-year career as a journalist in Australia and around the world. He writes about espionage, extremism, politics and the global power games at play in the 21st Century.
Abbey's will be there too for you to meet Tim, buy your copy and get it personally signed.
Come along to the SMSA to hear Shankari Chandran talk about her new novel, SAFE HAVEN, a story of displacement and seeking refuge — but ultimately of finding home — and the lengths you’ll go to find safety and love.
Shankari was raised in Canberra and spent a decade in London, working as a lawyer in the social justice field. She eventually returned home to Australia, where she now lives with her husband and four children. She is the author of Song of the Sun God, The Barrier and Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens, which won the 2023 Miles Franklin Literary Award.
Abbey's will be there too for you to meet Shankari, buy your copy and get it personally signed.
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Meet local author Lachlan M Foster, whose debut SF, THE PARALLEL GIRL, has been nominated for the QLD State Literary Awards. Lachlan is excited for the opportunity to meet new readers, answer questions on all things Morse and Rake and sign his books!
Morse and Rake's Middlemen The One-Stop-Shop For All Criminal Undertakings Across The Vast Galaxy.
Morse, a grizzled bat-man, and Rake, one of the weirdest women in the cosmos, have taken on a new contract; one which involves the extortion of a planet owner's wealth and prestige. The plan is kidnap his daughter, Desy, and hold her at ransom. But when Desy escapes them, and the replica they had assigned to keep up the pretense of the real Desy gets captured, things spiral out of control for all involved. Suddenly the entire United Galaxy's Interstellar Police Force, including their greatest adversary, are on their fleeing heels... Can these villains escape the repercussions of their botched job, or is there still a way to salvage it all?
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Award-winning Australian spec-fic author Kaaron Warren sits down with UK-based author and editor Lavie Tidhar at GALAXY in August to discuss Kaaron's recent releases THE UNDERHISTORY and CALVARIA FELL. We make no promises, but Lavie might also be able to tell us about his upcoming novel SIX LIVES (HB due December 2024, PB due January 2025).
ABOUT THE BOOKS
The Underhistory by Kaaron Warren is described as "A dark and magnificently inventive upmarket thriller about the lengths a lone woman will go to protect her home, and the family history it hides within its walls."
Calvaria Fell is a stunning collaborative collection of weird tales from two acclaimed authors, Kaaron Warren and Cat Sparks. It features previously published stories from both authors, along with a new novella by Kaaron Warren and four new stories by Cat Sparks.
The collection offers a glimpse into a chilling future world that is similar to our own. Readers will be drawn into experiences at once familiar and bizarre, where our choices have far-reaching consequences and the environment is a force to be reckoned with.
Lavie Tidhar burst onto the scene with the alternate history steampunk mystery trilogy The Bookman Histories, followed by one-shots Osama, A Man Lies Dreaming and The Circumference of the World, among many others. More recently, he has been curating and sharing The Best World SF in the anthology series of that name.
In the forthcoming Six Lives, six lives, connected through blood and history spanning the 19th to 21st centuries, each rooted in the dirt of their inheritance, look to the future, and what it might hold.
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Seth Haddon immediately wowed readers with REFORGED, the first in his queer romantasy series. After being drawn in by the political intrigue, betrayal, violence and its slow burn second chance romance, they came back for more in REBORN and were not disappointed.
Return to the fantasy world of REFORGED with RECLAIMED, in which a scholar is to be imprisoned for the malfunction of a device he created, that resulted in the devastation of a district in the city. His captor becomes less certain of his guilt and wonder if he's the scapegoat of a larger plot.
As with Seth's previous releases, if you preorder your copy from GALAXY, you'll receive bonus limited edition swag from Seth.
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Saba Vasili, a scholar of the astral sea, faces a harrowing accusation: an arcane device he designed has malfunctioned and an entire district of the city has been obliterated and a foreign dignitary has been killed. Charged with murder, Saba is incarcerated on the orders of Byrengrad's ruling council, the Triad.
Ambassador Luan Zek of the Rezwyn Empire is dispatched to take custody of the alleged murderer of his countryman. But seeing Saba's pathetic state, Zek questions whether Saba is truly guilty or only the Triad's scapegoat.
With Byrengrad's fate in the balance, Saba and Zek must uncover the truth behind the arcane catastrophe and stop the malfunctioning device that is jeopardising the fabric of their whole world. Can one act of compassion save the worlds?
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