Charlotte Wood

Tre kvinnor i 70-årsåldern samlas under en livsförändrande helg i sin avlidna väninnas strandhus. Deras långa vänskap har alltid präglats av respekt, värme och lojalitet. Men efter väninnans död tycks allt förändrat.

När de återförenas i Sylvies strandhus - så som de gjort vid jultid varje år - är det inte för att fira utan för att städa ut allt innan huset ska säljas. Gräl, missförstånd, en gammal, döv hund, ovälkomna gäster och alltför mycket vin leder till en urladdning som river upp gamla sår och hotar att förstöra deras vänskap för all framtid.

Med humor, värme och gnistrande intelligens utforskar Charlotte Wood hur det är att bli gammal och vad som händer när vi måste tvingas möta lögnerna vi tvingat oss själva att tro på.

'The paint itself is part of the painting's meaning; the words do not merely tell, but are the story...' -Charlotte WoodIn The Best Australian Stories 2016, Charlotte Wood, author of The Natural Way of Things (winner of the 2016 Stella Prize, and the 2016 Indie Book of the Year), presents twenty pieces of outstanding short fiction. Featuring the work of exciting new voices alongside stories by established favourites, this is a collection of great diversity. If it has a unifying thread, writes Wood, it might be her own preoccupation with 'the trio of ghosts, monsters and visitations'. Some emerge from the natural world, others from the inner lives of characters contemplating death and its aftermath. Other stories still are playful, experimental or poetic, and celebrate the colours of the human experience. Together they form an anthology of unusual power and resonance, which will surprise and delight in equal measure. Contributors include Paddy O'Reilly, Tegan Bennett Daylight, Gregory Day, Elizabeth Harrower, Ellen Van Neerven, Nasrin Mahoutchi, Jack Latimore, Brian Castro, Georgia Blain, Julie Koh, Trevor Shearston, Fiona McFarlane, Jennifer Down, Elizabeth Tan, Michael McGirr, Kate Ryan, James Bradley, Michelle Wright, David Brooks and Abigail Ulman. Charlotte Wood's latest novel, The Natural Way of Things, won the 2016 Stella Prize, the 2016 Indie Book of the Year, and the ABIA Reader's Choice Award. The Natural Way of Things and Charlotte's novel The Children have both been optioned for feature films.

Focuses on the current law relating to the protection of registered trademarks and certain related rights. This includes registered trade marks, well-known trade marks, certification marks, collective marks, protested geographical origin indicators, international conventions, and passing off.There is clear explanation of the underlying principles and concepts with a breakdown of procedural matters, thereby helping to tie the different areas together.Individual topics covered include: Kit-Kat - when can 3D shape marks benefit from 'acquired distinctiveness'?Whether colours may form part of 3D shape marks - LouboutinInfringement by 'wrong way round' confusion Limitations on the own-name defenceCalculation of damages, and the availability of blocking injunctionsThis title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Intellectual Property and IT online service.

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE WEEKEND'Savage: think Atwood in the outback'Paula Hawkins'An unforgettable reading experience'Liane Moriarty'Ferocious... recalls the early Elena Ferrante'NPR'A masterpiece'Guardian'Devastating' EconomistShe hears her own thick voice deep inside her ears when she says, 'I need to know where I am.'The man stands there, tall and narrow, hand still on the doorknob, surprised.He says, almost in sympathy, 'Oh, sweetie. You need to know what you are.'"Two women awaken from a drugged sleep to find themselves imprisoned in a brokendownproperty in the middle of a desert.Strangers to each other, they have no idea where they are or how they came to be therewith eight other girls, their heads shaved, guarded by two inept yet vicious jailers.Doing hard labour under a sweltering sun, the prisoners soon learn what links them: ineach girl's past is a sexual scandal with a powerful man.They pray for rescue but as the hours turn into days and the days into weeks and months,it becomes clear only the girls can rescue themselves.Winner, 2016 Stella PrizeWinner, 2016 Indie Book of the Year AwardWinner, Fiction Book of the Year, 2016 Indie Book AwardWinner, 2016 Prime Minister's Literary Award for FictionWinner, Reader's Choice, 2016 ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year Shortlisted, 2016 Miles Franklin Literary AwardShortlisted, 2016 ABA Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice AwardLonglisted, 2017 International Dublin Literary Award

Jack and the Wood Pile is a story about a young boy who has such strong hope and faith that goodness triumphs in the end. He never gives up working to make his family's life better. Jack lives in the 1920s, but his devotion and love for his family could be emulated by young boys in today's society who face the same struggles and possess the same love of family and determination.

Focuses on the current law relating to the protection of registered trademarks and certain related rights. This includes registered trade marks, well-known trade marks, certification marks, collective marks, protested geographical origin indicators, international conventions, and passing off.There is clear explanation of the underlying principles and concepts with a breakdown of procedural matters, thereby helping to tie the different areas together.Individual topics covered include: Kit-Kat - when can 3D shape marks benefit from 'acquired distinctiveness'?Whether colours may form part of 3D shape marks - LouboutinInfringement by 'wrong way round' confusion Limitations on the own-name defenceCalculation of damages, and the availability of blocking injunctionsThis title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Intellectual Property and IT online service.

This collection is the first book to focus on the intersection of dance, disability, and the law. Bringing together a range of writers from different disciplines, it considers the question of how we value, validate, and speak about diversity in performance practice, with a specific focus on the experience of differently-abled dance artists within the changing world of the arts in the United Kingdom. Contributors address the legal frameworks that support or inhibit the work of disabled dancers and explore factors that affect their full participation, including those related to policy, arts funding, dance criticism, and audience reception.

THE SUNDAY TIMES 'BEST BOOKS FOR SUMMER 2021'A Times, Guardian and Daily Mail paperback pickA Times, Observer, Independent, Daily Express and Good Housekeeping book of the year'The Weekend is so great I am struggling to find the words to do it justice'Marian Keyes'A rare pleasure... I was shocked by how unusual it felt to spend 275 pages exclusively in the company of older women'Sunday Times'Riveting' Elizabeth Day'Glorious... Charlotte Wood joins the ranks of writers such as Nora Ephron, Penelope Lively and Elizabeth Strout'Guardian 'A perfect, funny, insightful, novel about women, friendship, and ageing'Nina Stibbe'Wood ably conveys that older women didn't used to be old, and that the experience of ageing is universally bewildering'Lionel Shriver (Observer, Books of the year) 'Triumphantly brings to life the honest, inner lives of women' Independent'A lovely, lively, intelligent, funny book'Tessa Hadley 'Charlotte Wood's powerful novel depicts old age as a time when hope, desire and love are still felt as vividly as they were in youth'Daily Mail'One sharp, funny, heartbreaking and gorgeously-written package. I loved it' Paula Hawkins'These women are so alive on the page, it is impossible not to feel a kinship and intimacy with each of them'Daily Express'Hypnotic and profoundly unsettling... Masterful'Rosamund LuptonSylvie, Jude, Wendy and Adele have a lifelong friendship of the best kind: loving, practical, frank and steadfast. But when Sylvie dies, the ground shifts dangerously for the remaining three.These women couldn't be more different: Jude, a once-famous restaurateur with a spotless life and a long-standing affair with a married man; Wendy, an acclaimed feminist intellectual; Adele, a former star of the stage, now practically homeless. Struggling to recall exactly why they've remained close all these years, the grieving women gather for one last weekend at Sylvie's old beach house. But fraying tempers, an elderly dog, unwelcome guests and too much wine collide in a storm that threatens to sweep away their friendship for good.

#1 International Bestseller Shortlisted for the Stella Prize 2020 * Longlisted for the 2020 Miles Franklin Award“The Big Chill with a dash of Big Little Lies... Knife-sharp and deeply alive.”—Guardian “An insightful, poignant, and fiercely honest novel about female friendship and female aging.”—Sigrid Nunez, National Book Award-winning author of The Friend 'Friendship, ambition, love, sexual politics and death: it's all here in one sharp, funny, heartbreaking and gorgeously-written package. I loved it' —Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the TrainThree women in their seventies reunite for one last, life-changing weekend in the beach house of their late friend.   Four older women have a lifelong friendship of the best kind: loving, practical, frank, and steadfast. But when Sylvie dies, the ground shifts dangerously for the remaining three. They are Jude, a once-famous restaurateur; Wendy, an acclaimed public intellectual; and Adele, a renowned actress now mostly out of work. Struggling to recall exactly why they've remained close all these years, the grieving women gather at Sylvie's old beach house—not for festivities this time, but to clean it out before it is sold. Can they survive together without her? Without Sylvie to maintain the group's delicate equilibrium, frustrations build and painful memories press in. Fraying tempers, an elderly dog, unwelcome guests and too much wine collide in a storm that brings long-buried hurts to the surface—and threatens to sweep away their friendship for good. The Weekend explores growing old and growing up, and what happens when we're forced to uncover the lies we tell ourselves. Sharply observed and excruciatingly funny, this is a jewel of a book: a celebration of tenderness and friendship from an award-winning writer.

THE NEW NOVEL BY THE STELLA PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE WEEKEND AND THE NATURAL WAY OF THINGSA book of the year for the Sydney Morning Herald and ABCA fearless exploration of forgiveness, grief and the complicated beauty of female friendship'A beautiful, mature work that does not flinch from life'SUNDAY TIMES'Both profound and addictively entertaining. I loved it' CLARE CHAMBERS, bestselling author of Small Pleasures'Its resonance is global . . . a powerful, generous book'GUARDIAN 'Beautiful, strange and otherworldly' PAULA HAWKINS, bestselling author of A Slow Fire Burning'The consistently brilliant Wood delivers yet again'SYDNEY MORNING HERALD 'It's remarkable. I'm still trying to figure out how she pulled it off. The best thing she's done'TIM WINTON, author of The Shepherd's Hut'Magnificent and radical . . . It gripped me from the opening line to the very last'AGE'No words can quite convey how much I loved this book'KAREN JOY FOWLER, author of Booth'Extraordinary . . . a stunning work of fiction from a major writer who keeps getting better'AUSTRALIAN'Subtly powerful and utterly engrossing' CLAIRE FULLER, bestselling author of Unsettled Ground'It extends and deepens Wood's already remarkable achievements as a novelist in powerful and often profound ways'SATURDAY PAPERBurnt out and in need of retreat, a middle-aged woman leaves Sydney to return to the place she grew up, taking refuge in a small religious community hidden away on the stark plains of the Australian outback. She doesn't believe in God, or know what prayer is, and finds herself living this strange, reclusive existence almost by accident.But disquiet interrupts this secluded life with three visitations. First comes a terrible mouse plague, each day signalling a new battle against the rising infestation. Second is the return of the skeletal remains of a sister who disappeared decades before, presumed murdered. And finally, a troubling visitor plunges the narrator further back into her past.PRAISE FOR CHARLOTTE WOOD'S THE WEEKEND A Sunday Times 'Best Book for Summer 2021'A Times, Observer, Independent, Daily Express and Good Housekeeping Book of the Year'So great I am struggling to find the words to do it justice . . . Wood is an agonisingly gifted writer. I am now going to read all her other books'MARIAN KEYES'A rare pleasure'SUNDAY TIMES'A perfect, funny, insightful novel about women, friendship and ageing'NINA STIBBE'Glorious . . . Charlotte Wood joins the ranks of writers such as Nora Ephron, Penelope Lively and Elizabeth Strout'GUARDIAN'Riveting'ELIZABETH DAY'Triumphantly brings to life the honest inner lives of women'INDEPENDENT'A lovely, lively, intelligent, funny book'TESSA HADLEY'These women are so alive on the page, it is impossible not to feel a kinship and intimacy with each of them'DAILY EXPRESS'Hypnotic and profoundly unsettling . . . Masterful'ROSAMUND LUPTON