Leanne Hall

A guy who howls, and a girl on a mission to forget: Neil Gaiman meets John Green in this captivating debut. Welcome to Shyness, a town where nothing is quite what it seems, and the sun hasn't risen for three years. Where gangs of sugar-addled teenagers terrorise dreamers sporting darkened expressions and darker secrets. Where there may even be a conspiracy that will affect the whole world.

This Is Shyness

Based on true events, this compelling YA novel by award-winning Melbourne author Leanne Hall examines grief and guilt in the aftermath of a community tragedy

The Gaps

Twelve-year-old Iris has been sent to Spain on a mission: to make sure her elderly and unusual aunt, Ursula, leaves her fortune–and her sprawling estate–to Iris’s scheming parents. But from the moment Iris arrives at Bosque de Nubes, she realises something isn’t quite right. There is an odd feeling around the house, where time moves slowly and Iris’s eyes play tricks on her. While outside, in the wild and untamed forest, a mysterious animal moves through the shadows. Just what is Aunt Ursula hiding? But when Iris discovers a painting named Iris and the Tiger, she sets out to uncover the animal’s real identity–putting her life in terrible danger.

Iris and the Tiger

For six months Nia - Wildgirl - has tried to forget Wolfboy, the mysterious boy she spent one night with in Shyness - the boy who said he'd call but didn't. Then Wolfboy calls. The things he tells her pull her back to the suburb of Shyness, where the sun doesn't rise and dreams and reality are difficult to separate. And Nia decides to become Wildgirl once more. The sequel to the 2009 Text Prize-winning This Is Shyness (also available from Turnaround) is about the difficulty of recreating the past - about how the Darkness no longer sets Wolfboy and Wildgirl free.

Queen of the Night

Die Nacht von Shyness

Andrew Mcdonald

Carolyn Court

David Cohen

Claire Thomas

Paul Dawson

Andrew Morgan

Ellie Campbell

Lee Kofman

Mischa Merz

Melanie Joosten

Euan Mitchell

Adele Smith

John Holton

Jane Ormond

Nathan Curnow

Rachel Leary

Scott McDermott

Rose Mulready

Ann Bloch

Brook Dunnell

Caroline Petite

Daniel Wynn

Helen Addision-Smith

Jamie Buchanan

Julia Inglis

Leigh Coyle

Lucy Lawson

Melissa Bruce

Mira Cuturilo

Phil Guy

Ryan Paine

Sean M. Whelan

Paula Hunt

Cardigan Press are back with a new collection of fiction sourced from across Australia. Stories fall into sections that pass through the night with darkening themes: "Bedtime Stories", "Brink of Midnight", "Through the Looking Glass" and "Hallucinatory Bird Songs". New fiction meets pop culture in this collection that's all about getting postcards of your disappeared boyfriend, meeting Hemingway on the train, pretty exploding mosquitos and winning the race to the mixing bowl.

Fiction That Burns at Both Ends

Allnighter

In the sequel to the Text Prize-winning This Is Shyness, the dark is dangerous. So are your dreams. For six months Nia has tried to forget Wolfboy, the mysterious boy she met in Shyness. Then he calls, and the things he tells her draw her back to the strange suburb of Shyness, where Nia decides to become Wildgirl once more.

Am Stadtrand von Shyness, wo ewige Dunkelheit herrscht und die Grenzen vor merkwürdiger Energie knistern, trifft Wolfboy im Diabetic Hotel ein seltsames Mädchen. Sein Name ist Wildgirl und es erklärt Wolfboy zum Fremdenführer für eine Nacht. Auf ihrer Tour durch Shyness kommen sie den Gangs der zuckerabhängigen Kids in die Quere. Ein waghalsiges Abenteuer beginnt, in dem Wolfboy und Wildgirl nicht nur verrückten Affen, ewigen Träumern, Döner verkaufenden Wahrsagerinnen und teuflischen Psychiatern begegnen, sondern auch der ganz, ganz großen Liebe – denn eine Nacht ist lang genug, um zwei Leben für immer zu verändern.

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