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'Second-hand bookshops are full of mysteries
'This is a love story.
'It's the story of Howling Books, where readers write letters to strangers, to lovers, to poets, to words.
'It's the story of Henry Jones and Rachel Sweetie. They were best friends once, before Rachel moved to the sea.
'Now, she's back, working at the bookstore, grieving for her brother Cal. She's looking for the future in the books people love, and the words that they leave behind.
'Sometimes you need the poets
'The new novel from the award-winning author of Graffiti Moon.' (Publication summary)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Gifts of Grieving
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 3-4 September 2016; (p. 14)
— Review of Words in Deep Blue 2016 single work novel -
Precious Gifts in the Mail
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 4 September 2016; (p. 12)
— Review of Words in Deep Blue 2016 single work novel -
Review : Words in Deep Blue
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 15 October 2016; (p. 40)
— Review of Words in Deep Blue 2016 single work novel -
Trisha’s Best of 2016
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time , December 2016;
— Review of The Sidekicks 2016 single work novel ; Words in Deep Blue 2016 single work novel -
In Love with Literary Allusions
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 December 2016; (p. 34)
— Review of Words in Deep Blue 2016 single work novel ; Skylarking 2016 single work novel ; Quest of the Sunfish 2016 series - author children's fiction ; Goldenhand 2016 single work novel
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Precious Gifts in the Mail
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 4 September 2016; (p. 12)
— Review of Words in Deep Blue 2016 single work novel -
The Gifts of Grieving
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 3-4 September 2016; (p. 14)
— Review of Words in Deep Blue 2016 single work novel -
In Love with Literary Allusions
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 December 2016; (p. 34)
— Review of Words in Deep Blue 2016 single work novel ; Skylarking 2016 single work novel ; Quest of the Sunfish 2016 series - author children's fiction ; Goldenhand 2016 single work novel -
Trisha’s Best of 2016
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Reading Time , December 2016;
— Review of The Sidekicks 2016 single work novel ; Words in Deep Blue 2016 single work novel -
Review : Words in Deep Blue
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 15 October 2016; (p. 40)
— Review of Words in Deep Blue 2016 single work novel -
The Lives of Secondhand Books
2016
single work
column
— Appears in: Good Reading , September 2016; (p. 18-19) '‘Books, like lovers or friends, mark and change us. And we, in turn, mark and change them.’ Melbourne novelist CATH CROWLEY writes about her longtime love of secondhand bookshops, and how the histories she found and imagined there led her to write Words in Deep Blue.'
Awards
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2018
finalist
Premio Mare di Libri
For the Italian translation.
- 2017 shortlisted Australian Booksellers Association Awards — Booksellers Choice Award
- 2017 winner Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Young Adults' Fiction
- 2017 winner Queensland Literary Awards — Young Adult Book Award
- 2017 Honour book CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year: Older Readers
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