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Perchance to Dream is an origin story to Isobelle Carmody's new book, Comes The Night, and tells the story of Anna whose estate set up and operates the Sleep Research Institute, and introduces the compelling Nicholas. The story was first published in the multi-award-winning collection Dreaming Again, edited by Jack Dann and published in 2008 by Harper Collins. Having written the story, Isobelle could never put the work she had created to bed. The dreamscape beckoned and led her to write Comes the Night.

The third book in the charming Kingdom of the Lost series for younger listeners by award-winning author Isobelle Carmody. Bily and Zluty, the injured Monster and two diggers journey into a land of ice and darkness. Here they find a secret settlement and learn more about the mysterious Makers' plan. But the Monster must make a dreadful choice.... A magical adventure series for younger listeners from the award-winning author of Little Fur.

This is the unforgettable world of Isobelle Carmody, presented in 14 stories written over a period of 13 years. Within it you will find roads of paradox on which an angel might be a torturer or a princess might reject a prince to save a rooster. These are paths travelled by seekers of the difficult deepest truths never found on straight roads; here a boy searches for his truename, a group of pilgrims is led by a song on an ancient journey and a beast discovers hope.

In this last part of their long journey, Bily and Zluty must each travel to the dangerous Velvet City, where they will learn the shocking truth about themselves...even as their beloved Monster faces the fate he fled.

An engrossing collection of stories from one of Australia's most loved fantasy writers and creator of the acclaimed Obernewtyn Chronicles. A girl is sent across the world to discover her destiny in the dark tunnels of the Metro. Another seeks a lost sister in a park where winter lasts forever. A young man fulfils a dying wish. A mother works magic to summon a true princess for her son. A man seeks an ending to his story. An old man goes in search of his shadow. This is a world of desire and transformation, the real and the not real, from the queen of modern fantasy.