Now in its fourth year, this popular and acclaimed anthology steps inside the Australia s finest scientific and literary minds to present a collection that celebrates the nation s finest science writing of the year. Featuring prominent authors such as Tim Flannery, Jo Chandler, Frank Bowden and Iain McCalman, as well as many new voices this annual anthology covers topics as diverse and wondrous as our lumpy universe, the creation of dragons, why are Sydney s golden orb weaver spiders getting fatter and fitter, and the frontiers of climate science."

For fans of Kate Morton andThe Light Between Oceans, this "exquisitely written, a true book of wonders" (Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prize-winning author) explores the aftermath of World War II in an Australian seaside town, and the mysterious poem that changes the lives of those who encounter it.

From the author of the highly acclaimed The Railwayman's Wife comes an emotionally resonant and profound new novel of two families, interconnected through the house that bears witness to their lives.