Book to Screen

With the AACTA awards ceremony this month, it's a good time to check out some of the great Australian novels that have been adapted for the screen!

Updated January 16, 2024
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Barracuda
Tsiolkas, Christos
Paper Book
Daniel Kelly, a talented young swimmer, has one chance to escape his working-class upbringing. His astonishing ability in the pool should drive him to fame and fortune, as well as his revenge on the rich boys at the private school to which he has won a sports scholarship. But when he melts down at...
Big little lies
Moriarty, Liane
Paper Book
DISCOVER THE GRIPPING NO. 1 BESTSELLER BEHIND THE AWARD WINNING HBO SENSATION STARRING REESE WITHERSPOON, NICOLE KIDMAN & MERYL STREEP ________ Perfect families, perfect houses, perfect lives. Three mothers, Jane, Madeline and Celeste appear to...
The book thief
Zusak, Markus
Paper Book
HERE IS A SMALL FACT - YOU ARE GOING TO DIE 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier. Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books...
Boy swallows universe
Dalton, Trent
Paper Book
'The most extraordinary writer - a rare talent' Nikki Gemmell An utterly wonderful novel of love, crime, magic, fate and coming of age from one of Australia's most exciting new writers. Brisbane, 1983: A lost father, a mute brother, a mum in jail, a heroin dealer for a stepfather...
The cry
FitzGerald, Helen
Paper Book
He's gone. And telling the truth won't bring him back.
The dry
Harper, Jane
Paper Book
'Spellbinding' Ian Rankin 'A riveting murder mystery and a beautifully wrought picture of a rural community under extreme pressure' Mail on Sunday Thriller of the Week 'Packed with sneaky moves and teasing possibilities that keep the...
Force of nature
Harper, Jane
Paper Book
'THE NEW QUEEN OF OF CRIME' Sunday Times The gripping new novel from the author of the Sunday Times top ten bestseller, Waterstones Thriller of the Month and Sunday Times Crime Book of the Year, The Dry. FIVE WENT OUT. FOUR...
The light between oceans
Stedman, M. L.
Paper Book
Would you accept a chance for happiness even if it wasn't yours to have? This is a story about a lighthouse keeper and his wife, who live on a lonely island with just seagulls, stars and buffeting winds for company. It's a story about right and wrong, and how sometimes they look the same.
The lost flowers of Alice Hart
Ringland, Holly
Paper Book
Flowers, fire and fairy tales are the elements that will forever shape nine-year-old Alice Hart's life, in The Lost Flower's of Alice Hart, the international bestseller by Holly Ringland. Alice Hart lives in isolation by the sea, where her mother's enchanting flowers and their...
Nine perfect strangers
Moriarty, Liane
Paper Book
**Read the addictive bestseller now a major Amazon Prime TV series starring Nicole Kidman, Melissa McCarthy, Regina Hall, Manny Jacinto, Bobby Cannavale and Luke Evans** PERFECT LIVES OR PERFECT LIES? THE UNPUTDOWNABLE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER AND RICHARD & JUDY BOOK...
On the beach
Shute, Nevil
Paper Book
English summary: A useful text for those studying Italian and who wish to develop their economic and commercial linguistic skills. The eight chapters address various aspects of the world of business and provide the tools necessary for building a career in Italy, from writing a resume to developing...
Schindler's ark
Keneally, Thomas
Paper Book
***Winner of the Booker Prize*** 'ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST WRITERS' Spectator 'Extraordinary' Graham Greene 'Powerful' The Times 'Marvellous' Sunday Times The acclaimed bestselling classic of Holocaust...
Scrublands
Hammer, Chris
Paper Book
* * *NOW A MAJOR BBC TV SERIES * * * THE #1 BESTSELLING AUSTRALIAN CRIME NOVEL WINNER OF THE CWA JOHN CREASEY DAGGER SUNDAY TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 'Shimmers ... a tortured tale of blood and loss' Val...
The secret river
Grenville, Kate
Paper Book
The slap
Tsiolkas, Christos
Paper Book
Christos Tsiolkas presents an apparently harmless domestic incident as seen from eight very different perspectives. The result is an unflinching interrogation of our lives today; of the modern family and domestic life in the 21st century, a deeply thought-provoking novel about boundaries and their...
True history of the Kelly Gang
Carey, Peter
Paper Book
This story is the song of Australia, and it sings its protest in a voice at once crude and delicate, menacing and heart-wrenching. The author gives us Ned Kelly as orphan, as Oedipus, as horse thief, farmer, bushranger, reformer, bank-robber, police-killer and as his country's Robin Hood.

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