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Pick up some Baggage.

Humankind carries the past as invisible baggage. Thirteen brilliant writers explore this, looking at Australia's cultural baggage through new and often disturbing eyes.

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Baggage explores layers and complexities that are oddly Australian. If you think Australian culture is all about neighbours and mateship, you may find Baggage distressing.

What is Australia?  What baggage do Australians carry?  Pick up this book.
Have a read.

You know you want to.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Vision Splendid — K.J. Bishop

Telescope — Jack Dann

Hive of Glass — Kaaron Warren

Kunmanara – Somebody Somebody — Yaritji Green

Manifest Destiny — Janeen Webb

Albert & Victoria/Slow Dreams — Lucy Sussex

Macreadie v The Love Machine — Jennifer Fallon

A Pearling Tale — Maxine McArthur

Acception — Tessa Kum

An Ear for Home — Laura E. Goodin

Home Turf — Deborah Biancotti

Archives, space, shame, love — Monica Carroll

Welcome, farewell — Simon Brown

"Baggage is a fascinating exploration of Australian issues through
characters and situations that feel immediate and real. There's little in
the way of escapism here, but instead much subtlety and nuance, combined
with stunning writing. From the incendiary, no-holds-barred  'Acception' by
Tessa Kum to the quiet power of K.J. Bishop's 'Vision Splendid', and beyond,
this anthology tackles difficult and diverse subject matter."
Jeff VanderMeer, World Fantasy award winner 

"An excellent cross-section of the current Australian fiction scene-and a
potential must-have for 2010."  Ann VanderMeer, Hugo award winner.

"Baggage collects many of the finest voices in Australian speculative fiction. Each author contributes a unique cultural perspective, with stories ranging from the deeply personal to the highly disturbing. Baggage an anthology not to be missed." Shane Jiraya Cummings, OzHorrorScope