Series: Ultimo Ultimates

SHORTLISTED FOR THE STELLA PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND FICTION BOOK AWARD ‘an illuminating reflection on what it means to live with pain’ —Publishers Weekly Body Friend is a deeply intimate tribute to the fragile and porous self, written in prose of rare clarity and tenderness. I felt everything reading this book. —Claire Thomas, author of The Performance...

WINNER OF THE MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD HIGHLY COMMENDED FOR THE BARBARA JEFFERIS AWARD ‘Deftly traversing time, culture and continent to weave a tale of both home and unbelonging, this is truly a novel not to be missed.’ —Maxine Beneba Clarke, author of Foreign Soil and The Hate Race ‘Chandran is an excellent storyteller.’ —The Weekend Australian ‘This is an...

Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian NovelistWinner of the ABIA Book of the Year AwardWinner of the ABIA Award for Literary Fiction of the YearWinner of the ABA Booksellers' Choice Award for FictionWinner of the MUD Literary PrizeShortlisted for The Readings Prize for New Australian FictionShortlisted for The Age Book of the Year for FictionShortlisted for the Indie Book Award...

Shortlisted for The Age Book of the Year for Non-Fiction Shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Non-fiction 2023 ‘The sky above our heads was uncaged and unlike us, free.' THIS EDITION CONTAINS A NEW FOREWORD BY KYLIE MOORE-GILBERT The extraordinary true story of Kylie Moore-Gilbert’s fight to survive 804 days imprisoned in Iran. On September 12, 2018, British-Australian...

The Australian Women’s Weekly Great Read Shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards for Debut Fiction Shortlisted for the MUD Literary Prize Shortlisted for the ABIA Award for General Fiction Shortlisted for the ABIA Matt Richell Award New Writer of the Year ‘Hannah Bent’s outstanding debut is a wise, wondrous celebration of life.’ — The Australian Marlowe and Harper share a...