Long weekend escapes, no travel required
Escape this April with Penguin
What better way to spend your April holidays than with a fantastic book?
No matter your goals for the long (or very long) April 2025 weekend, our book picks will satisfy anyone looking for an escape.
SHORTLISTED, 2025 Stella Prize.
Shortlisted for THE AGE Book of the Year.
Shortlisted for the NSW Literary Award for Non Fiction.
'If there's a more important or timely book in 2024, I'm yet to come across it. Five big shiny stars.'
GOOD READING MAGAZINE
'Samah Sabawi has written a story of courage and struggle. Her generosity is such that above all she has gifted us a story of love of family and country.'
TONY BIRCH
The story of a family over the past 100 years, starting in Palestine under British rule and ending in Redland Bay in Queensland.
Winner, 2025 SMH Best Young Australian Novelists
Shortlisted for the 2025 Stella Prize.
Shortlisted in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards.
Jumaana Abdu is extraordinary and I will read everything she writes.
HANNAH KENT
'Translations is a joy to read.'
Stella Judges' report
Shortlisted for the MUD Literary Prize.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024: An exhilarating tale of twisted desire, histories and homes, and the unexpected shape of revenge
