Australia Day Weekend Reading

Looking for something to read over the Australia Day long weekend? Why not grab a book written by an Aussie author from the library!

Tim Winton:

• Cloudstreet
• Rising Water

Bryce Courtenay:

• The Power of One
• The Persimmon Tree 

Markus Zusak:

• The Book Thief
• Fighting Ruben Wolfe

Colleen McCullough:

• The Thorn Birds
• Life Without the Boring Bits / Biography  

Kate Morton:

• The Forgotten Garden
• The Distant Hours

Geraldine Brooks:

• Caleb’s Crossing

• People of the Book  

Doris Pilkington (Nugi Garimara):

• Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence
• Under the Wintamarra Tree 

Kate Grenville:

• Dark Places
• The Idea of Perfection

Peter Carey:

• True History of the Kelly Gang
• His Illegal Self 

Thomas Keneally:

• Schindler’s Ark
• The Commonwealth of Thieves 

Peter Temple:

• The Broken Shore
• Truth

Alexis Wright:

• Carpentaria
• Plains of Promise 

And for the kids:

Paul Jennings:

• Round the Twist
• Tongue-tied!

Melina Marchetta:

• On The Jellicoe Road
• Looking for Alibrandi

Morris Gleitzman:

• Toad Away
• Boy Overboard

Emily Rodda:

• The Silver Door
• Dragon’s Nest

Isobelle Carmody:

• A Fox Called Sorrow : The Legend of Little Fur
• The Sending

Garth Nix:

• Mister Monday
• Sabriel

John Marsden:

• Tomorrow, When the War Began
• Circle of Flight

For more books by these great Aussie writers just enter the author name into Primo Search.